tubes and Pierre

The gang went to the hospital to visit Pierre.  Pierre is a pale rodent in the hospital laboratory who takes part in experimental projects.  Yes, he's a white lab rat.  He wears a lab coat and sometimes latex gloves, a mask or protective goggles when necessary.  When they got to the lab to see him he had a surprise for them.

He took them all over to a neat little gadget in the wall of the lab.  It was a pneumatic tube system that they use to get test samples from one place to another within the hospital.  He had it all set up and ready to go.

UpYours couldn't fit in the tubes so he was in charge of the hats and coats while the others were gone.  Raoul tried and tried to get into a tube.  First he went in head-first and his big fluffy butt was sticking out.  Then he tried to back in, but his furry cheeks and head wouldn't fit in, so he had to sit out with UpYours.

The others paired up to take turns in the tubes.  First went Julio with Freddy.  They got in the tube and Pierre pressed the button.  The tube took off through the hospital ... up, down, sideways, like a roller coaster at top speed.  They should have known better than to let Freddy go after the skateboarding incident ... he just doesn't have the stomach for these things.  He ralphed his crumpets as soon as he staggered out of the tube.  Then Emilio and Alphonso went.  They could be heard shrieking and giggling all over the hospital from the time they took off until they returned.  Then Ed & Ted zipped off.  Next went Chico and Jorge, then Fred & Ned, then Jed and Luigi.  

Gustave went with Lola.  He needed someone extra fluffy to go with so he wouldn't just bounce around all over the tube during the trip, plus Lola is quite "gassy" as they learned after she had meatballs, and nobody wanted to be stuck in a confined space with her for very long.  Gustave didn't mind and had a great time.

They all took a few turns through the tube system and then they all went home to leave Pierre to finish his work.