Zip and Zap and the Captain's Island Page #4

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What's wrong?

There's something over there!

- Did an animal attack you?

- Over there, by the tree.

There's someone there.

He said, "Hey!"

Take it easy. You're tired.

Yeah. We'd better get some sleep.

Sleep? No way.

I'm not closing my eyes.

That thing is out there somewhere.

- I don't know where.

- Macky, calm down.

Go to sleep, I'll stand guard.

I will too.

So will l.

I mean sleep.

I don't see myself

as a guard.

Maybe a fireman.

I hope they're okay.

Sure they are.

They can take care of themselves.

Mom and Dad don't need anyone

to tuck them in.

We can hardly follow the sun...

Watch out, clumsy boy.

Keep your eyes peeled, Pink Floyd.

Watch your step.

Watch out!

You were saying, Pink Floyd?

Okay.

- On three we kick our way out.

- Three!

The gorilla!

Holy cow!

Run for the trees!

No, wait. We're saved.

Hi, Mr. Gorilla.

Can you help us get out of here?

Come on, he's a monkey.

Monkeys are stupid.

He can't understand you.

Then you must speak the same language,

because he understood you.

Great. He's going to steal

our sandwiches.

That's it, cut the rope!

He's a monkey.

How will he open the knife?

Maybe if he were a circus monkey...

Oh. Maybe he is a circus monkey.

Thank you very much, Mr. Gorilla.

I think he wants us to go with him.

He's a monkey!

What are you talking about?

Okay, boys.

We have a compass now.

Who do you think made this raft?

What a smart gorilla.

He says he's going to sail away.

Salomon said he was trying

to escape.

Look, what are those things?

No wonder they want to catch him.

He's a kleptomaniac.

What? It's a gift for Flecky.

Zip, Zap, come and see this!

GAME OF VANDALS:

Holy guacamole!

What's this doing here?

Definitely a circus gorilla.

Look! That's Sister Enriqueta.

"Demented nun escapes from

psychiatric hospital."

"Ruthless animal trafficker

disappears mysteriously from prison."

That's Salomon.

"The search for Detective Holgado

continues."

Who's that?

Look!

Mr. Gorilla is Detective Holgado!

Why are you a gorilla?

What a crackpot.

He says Peter Pan did that to him.

And Bambi does my hair.

No, no, no.

He means Miss Pam.

Zap! Remember what Dad said?

These are all literary characters.

Miss Pam must have brought them here

because they're like characters

from novels.

She's starting a collection!

Of course!

And she's Peter Pan!

Then who are we?

If I'm Peter Pan,

you, my darlings,

are my lost children.

- They followed us.

- No.

You were escorted by someone

more discreet.

You call him the ghost.

But in my collection he's...

the Invisible Man.

- Come in here, you idiot!

- Now?

I'm coming.

Miss Pam, these clothes

are very uncomfortable.

I'd rather be naked.

Where are our parents?

We know they didn't abandon us.

What did you do to them?

Take them back to the mansion.

Gather everything

and burn the raft.

- Why the long faces?

- Because we're sick of you.

What have you done

to Macky and Flecky?

They're fine, don't worry.

It's nice to see that

you've become friends.

- That's what I wished for.

- And our parents?

Give us back our parents

right now!

That's going to be a problem.

Either fun friends

or pestering parents,

but you can't have both.

What do you think?

Mom! Dad!

Mom! Dad!

- We have to open this!

- Don't worry, we'll get you out!

Open up, damn it!

Dad! Mom!

What are you doing?

Stop this thing!

Boys... It's time to choose.

- Mom! Dad!

- Please, stop!

Don't hurt them!

Noooo!

Say hi to your friends.

Where are our parents?

Right there. Like I said.

Either pestering parents

or fun friends.

And who wants bossy parents

when you can have fun with your friends?

We do. Give us back our parents.

They may be pests,

but they're our pests!

Really?

No, you can't choose

such horrible parents.

They punished you

and made your life miserable.

So what?

It was for our own good.

That's a lie!

What's good about punishing you

with no Christmas?

Oh, my boys.

Parents never do anything

to help their kids.

They're only trying to satisfy

their own frustration. Besides,

they always break their promises

in the end.

Okay, so they aren't perfect.

But you know what

they're really good at?

- Being our parents!

- And that's worth 5 zillion Christmas'.

It's obvious you never had

parents to raise you...

and to say no to you

every now and then.

I did have someone to raise me.

Who, him? Give me a break.

A butler

serves you like a dog.

That's not a parent.

What a disappointment.

And I thought you'd be

the prize of my collection.

But that's all right.

I can wait forever.

And I always get what I want.

That's what makes me... Peter Pan.

Actually, Peter Pan was a boy.

A boy who didn't want to grow up.

Exactly, my dear. Just like me.

Emoclew, my friends!

Who wants to play a game?

We can hunt a ghost,

run away from the mansion,

or fall into Salomon's trap.

Nothing? You don't feel like

playing anything?

Then you're all grounded!

I told you.

That girl is a wacko.

Have they said anything, Four Eyes?

What's wrong, you guys?

Did Pam... l mean Pippi...

that lunatic say where your parents are?

Zip, are you mad at me?

Why did she turn him

into a gorilla?

Miss Pam tricked him

into coming here

so he could be the Sherlock Holmes

of her collection,

but he tried to escape.

To mock him,

Pam turned him into a gorilla.

What will happen to him now?

What happens to anyone who

doesn't comply with her wishes.

She's tired of him.

She'll turn him into something

more docile.

What you said yesterday...

Do you really miss your parents?

- Of course we do!

- We'd never give them up.

And their rules, their punishment?

They're parents.

What can we do?

Remember when we got the measles?

Dad made us wear kitchen mitts

so we couldn't

scratch ourselves.

He stayed up all night,

fell out of the chair

and whacked his head.

What a bonehead.

I don't want to have kids.

And if I did, I wouldn't let them do

anything they want.

And if they get mad at me, fine!

It's better than being

a yo-yo mom.

A cool mom.

My parents are a drag.

But hey, they're my parents.

They grow on you.

You're not happy here either.

I can tell.

Pam doesn't treat you well.

Help us and run away with us.

There must be someone

waiting for you somewhere.

No...

I lost my home a long time ago.

And my family.

It was Pam, wasn't it?

No.

It wasn't her.

Her father...

was to blame.

Once upon a time

there was a wonderful island

where a little girl named Pamela

lived in a world of happiness.

Her father, who everyone called

the Captain,

was a brilliant naval engineer.

Her mother would read the little girl

a book every night.

And she would always say...

"Life is the novel that we live.

And you, my little Pamela,

can be any character you want."

But one day, her mother got sick

and her world of happiness

was shattered forever.

Haunted by guilt,

the Captain decided

to dedicate his life

to building a new world

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