The gang decided to go for one last picnic to celebrate the official end of summer. They took a picnic basket with a red & white checked blanket and headed to the beach. They found a nice shady spot on the grass and spread out the blanket. Gustave doesn't go down to the sandy part of the beach or he risks being taken home as part of someone's shell collection, so he stayed on the blanket. Raoul and UpYours stayed with him as guards and to hold the blanket down in the wind. Freddy said he'd be a guard too, although he really wasn't ... he just doesn't like the feel of sand between his toes. Al sat in the tree overhead so he could keep an eye on the hedgehogs playing on the beach.
They burrowed around and built sandcastles, splashed in the water and had a great time. Then Ted & Ed decided to spin together really fast in the water and created a whirlpool. When they saw what they had done they just sat back and laughed and laughed. But then people in the water started getting sucked into it and the lifeguard made everyone evacuate the water.
The hedgehogs all headed back to their blanket in the shade to have lunch. They wanted to barbeque, so they dug a barbeque pit (they're very good diggers) and filled it with sticks and bits of paper they found around the area. Then Ted & Ed (since they're very fast) rubbed sticks together to get the fire started. Freddy used Ned's spectacles to catch some sunshine to help get it going. Gustave told them that a fire needs plenty of air to "breathe" and burn well. So once it got started Ted & Ed spun all around the barbeque pit to get a good wind going. It got a bit out of hand and they had to stop and let it burn out before they had a serious problem.
After all this they were all still very hungry so they sent Fred in his semi to go pick up some food at KFC. They all wanted drumsticks so he had to special order it in the drive-thru. He got fries too ... they all love french fries. No ketchup for Alphonso though, it's very messy.
Fred got back to the blanket with the grub and they all dug in. Once their bellies were full they all just laid around on the blanket and napped for a while before heading home. All in all it was a pretty good day at the beach.
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