Troupers

"What? What's goin' on?" Judy HAD to know. She knew Shauna better than anyone else there, and knew that if she got stirred up over a phone call that something BIG was happening. By this time, all the ladies were gathered around her waiting to hear the scoop. Smoke started rolling from the kitchen area. Because of all the excitement, Kim left the grilled cheese on high and the soup was boiling over too. The smoke alarm went off and Doris ripped it off the wall and before she smashed it with her boot she, just for orneriness, laid it beside Ricks and Dicks ears for a few seconds. "Haahahaha, how's that? Can you hear that? Smoke alarm works, doesn't it? Hahahaha!!!" With that, she gave a quick stomp and the noise ceased. " Okay Shauna, Give us then news!" Patsy pleaded. Shauna gave a disgusted sigh and started in; "Those people are idiots!!! I rattled off our alarming news to them and they just started laughing and told me "APRIL FOOLS"!!! I don't know who runs that place but I'm going to tell their superiors about this! We have a full blown emergency here and they just want to tell me "April Fools" and then they hung up on me!!!! " Shauna was red in the face and ready to blow a gasket when a park ranger car pulled up in the drive-way. Kim was still thinking about this April fool thing and asked, "can you play an April fools joke in October? Just doesn't seem the same to me." She was getting used to "the look" from her fellow campers so it didn't faze her when they gave her the look and then ignored her to turn their attention to the rangers at the door.
"Hi ladies! Glad to see you all here together! Oh, we see you have some extra "guests" as well. Hi Jonas, Rick, Dick. Boy, it sure is a beautiful day, huh?" At that, Patsy and Judy had to practically pull Shauna off of Ranger Tom. His partner, Ranger Regina, just stood there with a smirk on her face. "I'll wipe that stupid grin off your face if you don't tell us what's been going on around here!" threatened Shauna. She wasn't fooling.
It finally got quiet and the rangers felt that it was time to straighten everything out. "Okay ladies"Tom started, "Hey, we're not ladies, we're the HAC's!" corrected Patsy. "Oh, excuse me. I didn't know. Okay, HAC's, we here at the park know that you have been here many times over the years. You know the trails, know the rules and have always followed them to a tee. You always clean up the cabin so nicely. You are basically, perfect campers for us. We are always glad to have you." The girls glanced at each other with smiles and had to agree. They WERE pretty darn perfect. It was nice to be noticed once in a while."We ARE good, but what does that have to do with all that has happened to us?" Judy wanted to know. She had her note pad and pen. She was getting this all down, by golly! "What's with all this fluff and stuff you're telling us? We know all that already." Doris was not into warm and fuzzy talk. She wanted them to get to the meat of the subject. "Come on Gomer, tell us about these puds here and why they've caused us so much trouble!" Patsy found Doris' rough and tumble way hilarious. She laughed saying, "Yeah Gomer! Get on with the story! Hurry up before I pee my pants!!!"
"Okay ladi.. I mean, HAC's, we really like you ladies and love having you stay at our wonderful park. We also know that you're a pretty tough group. We have a local acting troupe that puts on plays and so forth and.. "OOOoooo! You want us to act for you!?" asked Kim excitedly. "No,no, no not really!"Tom continued, "but we".. "Kim and I are PROFESSIONALS!!! We've acted before and were the stars of the show!" Judy was obviously proud of the parts they played on the boat murder mystery. "So, you were in a Murder Mystery play? Hmmm, funny!!" Regina said. "What's so funny about that?" wondered Shauna. "These are my friends you're making fun of!" "OH! I'm not making fun!!! I'm just now seeing the coincidence!" Everyone was getting more confused by the minute. "Oh, for cryin' out loud, would you people get to the point!!?!!" Doris needed to get home to her horses but couldn't leave until the truth was out. "And I still haven't got to go to the bathroom. Let's get on with it!" agreed Patsy.
"Alright, you're probably going to mad but you ladies were all a part of a murder mystery week-end!!!" They were too stunned to speak so Ranger Tom continued.. "We were looking for a fun bunch of people to take part in our "play" only we didn't want the people we chose to know that they were a part of it!" "Uh, WHAT?" uttered Kim, "how can we have a "part" if we don't even know it?" "That was supposed to be the beauty of it. You all take a natural part of our elaborate scheme, only you don't know it. The "actors" all play along with you and even we don't have any idea where the story will lead." Judy got into it, " I get it!!! What a neat idea! I wish I knew what was going on though, I would have acted better!!!" "So, I'm assuming Jonas, Rick, Dick and you two are all part of this acting troupe?" guessed Shauna. "Yep, we sure are. Could you untie us now?" " Was that Rick or Dick asking?" questioned Doris. She still couldn't believe that this was all just an act. "Actually, that's David Crandellson and his twin brother Robert. And "Jonas" there, is actually Joe Walton. I'm Steven Peterson and this is Cindy Horner. We all had a part with moving the canoes, messing with your trucks and all the other tricks we pulled on you! You guys were great!!! We couldn't have done a better jobs ourselves!" " It was a little scary having you mad at us though. We weren't going to let it go much farther or someone would've been hurt, namely US! " admitted David and Robert. Jonas/Joe spoke up, "On behalf of the Great Lake Acting Troupe, we dub you all honorary members and we've granted you the gift of free camping in these wonderful campground cabins twice a year for as long as you want!" They all agreed that that was mighty nice, but with all the excitement they'd been through, they might be camped out. "Well," Judy thought, "Maybe, just maybe we'll be up for another vacation in the spring. Just promise us that the next time will be BORING!!!"