May Day - Chapter 2

It was a big week for the Junior Detective Bicycle and Floating Club, after their good work solving the case of the missing canaries and goldfish the mayor of their seaside town, Horace Schubert, made them honorary judges in the Annual May Day Boat Parade. May Day was a big holiday in their town. In fact, it was such a big holiday that all the towns shops were closed and Aunt Sassy made enough mintz pies for the town population. And it was also required that all town citizen's wear black to celebrate - in fact, most of the men wore tuxedos. Jessie was a little weary of the holiday as all the police officers in town had the day off and for some reason no one seemed to worry about the community's safety.

Cathy however, was the most worried as the big gusts of wind off the water that propelled the very festive sailboats would not be as kind to her floating capabilities. In previous May Day celebrations, she had been minding her own business and happily floating near the shore when a large gust of wind took her out to sea getting her entangled in one of the boat's headsails. Luckily, the gang would jump on their Sea-doos and come to her rescue. Well, thankfully this year our girls would be stationary on the dock judging the boats. The parade begin and the town cheered joyfully. Nothing like a line of boats to get a town going.

Mayor Schubert announced the first boat that went by... "Ladies and Gentleman of Seaside town, please welcome Boat #1."

Everyone clapped. It was a spectacular boat and it had a colorful flag too. The next boat went by wasn't as nice but it had a fun name - The S.S Stutter.

Lindsey said, "How clever. Write that number down".

The next boat had something very strange about it. It was actually not even a sailboat but a dingy! And it was made of seashells. Captain Seaskull O'Hoolihan paddled from its steer.

"There is something strange about that boat. How is it floating?" Asked Sarah.

"I don't know but look at the yacht at the end of the line, it looks like its sinking!" said Jessie. And sinking it was. This was a party yacht and no one on board seemed to notice they were slowly lowering into the sea as they had had too many glasses of Dewar's to drink.

"Somebody call the police! That boat is sinking!" yelled the Mayor.

"The police aren't working today! And they are all on that boat!" screamed Jessie.

That was true.

"We have to do something!" yelled Sarah.

"To the Sea-Doos" they yelled in unison.

The gang jetted through the water on their Sea-Doos (except Cathy, who was being pulled from the back like a parasailor without the parachute). They arrived to the party yacht as it struggled to stay afloat.

"What in the chicken nugget is going on?" said a drunken police officer.

"You're boat is sinking and there's Dewar's bottles flying into the water!" said Lindsey.

Sarah pulled her Sea-Doo to the front of the boat. Something was not right.

"You guys it looks like someone cut out a big piece of this ship!"

"Who would do that?" asked the drunken police officer.

The girls thought for a second and then remembered the floating seashell dingy!

"I knew there was something not right about that dingy!" exclaimed Jessie, "We gotta stop O'Hoolihan! But first - we need to help the party boat!"

Just then, Jessie whistled to her faithful canaries.

"Hello loyal canaries, please be doves and help- i mean please be canaries and help me rescue these sinking party goers."

Although the canaries were miffed about the dove comment they went on their way to help. And did they. Just then a bigger and grander rescue yacht stocked full of Dewar's sailed in. There were even more party goers on this yacht that pulled all the drunk police officers on board as the sinking ship made its way into to the depths of the deep blue sea.

"Phew," said the gang.

"Good thing those canaries called in the rescue party yacht." said Lindsey.

"And good thing the police officers got their Dewar's" said Sarah.

The gang was relieved but their work was far from done. Cathy, who was floating way up in the air above the Sea-Doos, could see O'Hoolihan trying to make a getaway in his dingy.

"You guys! O'Hoolihan is trying to get away!".

They revved up the Sea Doos and zipped down the shoreline past the Mayor and judging table and towards the old abandoned lighthouse. It was easy for them to catch the paddling Captain.

"STOP, O'Hoolihan! We know it was you who ruined the party yacht for the benefit of your seashell boat!"cried Lindsey.

"I did no such thing!" He yelled back. "

Yes you did! Why would you endanger all those police officers to win a blue ribbon in a parade?" asked Cathy.

"The fabric in the May Day Parade prize ribbon matches the decor' in my living room perfectly and I really wanted to use the ribbon as an accent on the pillow shams on my couch," said the Captain, "The only other place you can get it is Bangladesh. I traveled to a sweatshop there and was brutally attacked by a guard tiger in my pursuit. How do think I got this wooden leg?"

"Oh" said the girls.

"Well, we are willing to give you the blue ribbon but we also have to turn you in." said Jessie. 

He said, "It's worth it four eyes, for the perfect sham. It's worth it."

The neighborhood Watch sailed in and arrested the Captain in the police's abscence and the rest of the day went on without a problem.

From now on the Mayor decided to to not give the police May Day off. And they threw a mintz pie in his face.

And that's why mom always said don't play ball in the house.

The End