The man looked around for a moment, but everyone had already seemed committed at this point. “Excellent,” he said and a loud whistle blew. The boys could feel the boat moving as it pulled away from the dock.
A few hours went by in the dark evening ocean until a small glint of light was visible on the horizon. It grew brighter and brighter and all the boys gathered onto the bow of the ship to see. A massive amusement park, much bigger than they had thought, grew on an island. The boat pulled into a small cove and dropped anchor.
The boys were all escorted off the boat and led into the island. They followed the man in red as he walked them down the empty amusement park pointing out the various rides and attractions. Jake and Dean took notice of the overall theme of the park which had a lot of donkey looking figures everywhere. “What do you think that’s all about,” Dean asks. Jake shrugs as the man brings them to a small structure away from the park.
“This is the bunk house. You boys will stay the night here and begin work tomorrow morning,” the man in red says turning on the lights. The bunk house was like a barracks filled with cots and at a far end a large bathroom. At the end of each cot was a large trunk. “In each trunk,” the man continued,” you’ll find your uniforms. They adjust to fit any size. But we’ll go over all that in the morning. Say around 10:00.”
The man walks back to the door after all the boys have selected cots. Dean and Jake get one next to each other and sit. “And I must ask you all to stay in the bunkhouse for the night. Do not go out into the park,” the man said with a stern look. All the boys groaned and asked why, but he didn’t answer as he shut the door.
Some of the boys started going through the trunk and looking at the uniforms. Great bursts of laughter and some groans came at the sight of them. They were brightly colored jump suits, but that wasn’t the worst part. In the back, was a fake donkey tail, and for a hat, a large billed cap with long donkey ears on top.
Most of the boys were settling for the night, but several of the boys started talking about sneaking out in a few hours to check out the park. Dean looked over at Jake, “so, you wanna sneak out of here?”