which was also laughing. âHee hee! Iâm gonna get you!â said the waffle.
Plankton was confused.
Two ice cream cones threw fudge at each other. âFudge fight!â they said, laughing.
âHmm,â Plankton said. âApparently itâs very sweet inside SpongeBobâs brain. After talking to SpongeBob, I thought itâd be mostly empty. But that secret formulaâs got to be in here somewhereâ¦.â
As he started to search through SpongeBobâsbrain, Plankton heard two voices calling to him. âHello, Plankton! Come play with us!â
He turned and saw two ice pops stuck together. They were smiling at him. âHurry!â they called. âBefore we MELT!â They giggled.
Horrified, Plankton ran away, scattering a bunch of happy balloons. He passed a doughnut blowing bubbles out of its hole. Screaming, Plankton ran off the edge of a cliff, landing in a pile of cute little fur balls!
The fur balls pushed together and transformed into a single giant kitten. It was cute but gigantic. Looming over Plankton, the kitten purred and meowed.
âSo ⦠much ⦠sweetness,â Plankton groaned, heaving. âI think Iâm going to be sick.â
He threw up, but what came out of his mouth was a giant rainbow! He stared at the rainbow in disbelief. The giant rainbow suddenly grew arms and eyes.
âDADDY!â cried the giant rainbow.
Plankton screamed and ran away again. Soon he popped out of SpongeBobâs ear and landed next to their cold campfire. His grunts and groans awakened SpongeBob.
âPlankton?â he asked groggily. âPlankton! I just had the craziest dream, and you were in it!â
Plankton was covered in cotton candy, cookie crumbs, and caramel sauce. âIâm sure it was nothing,â he said quickly. âNow go back to sleep.â
âWell, good night,â SpongeBob said. But as he lay down, he noticed a candy cane stuck to Planktonâs head.
âWere you in my brain?â SpongeBob asked.
âWhat? No,â Plankton insisted. âThatâs crazy talk.â
âThen why is there cotton candy on your antennae?â
âBecause ⦠um â¦,â Plankton said, stumped. âOkay, fine! I was in your brain!â
SpongeBob gasped, stepped back, and covered his head with his hands. âWhat were you doing in there?â
Plankton rolled his eye. âWhat do you THINK I was doing? Looking for the secret formula.â
âWHAT?â SpongeBob cried.
âDonât act so innocent!â Plankton sneered. âYou knew what I was up to. Thatâs why youâre pretending not to know the formula!â
SpongeBob looked shocked. âIâm not pretending! I canât believe you thought I was lying!â
Plankton shrugged. âHey, donât take it personally. I just assume everyoneâs lying.â
âThat is a horrible way to live your life.â
âWhatever,â Plankton said.
âIt is! And if weâre going to be on the same teamââ
Plankton jumped to his feet and shook his fist. âMaybe I donât want to be on a
tee-am
! You ever think of that?â
âBut, Plankton,â SpongeBob protested. âEVERYTHINGâs better when youâre part of a team!â With that, he pulled out a pitch pipe and blew through it.
âYouâre not going to start singing, are you?â Plankton asked, shaking his head.
But he was. SpongeBob sang a song about teamworkâabout how nothing is impossible if you tackle it as a team. In his enthusiasm, SpongeBob picked up Plankton during the song. After the song was over, Plankton said, âAll right, you can put me down.â
SpongeBob gently set Plankton on the ground. âWell, thatâs one minute of my life Iâll never get back,â Plankton complained.
âNot without a time machine,â SpongeBob pointed out.
Plankton froze. âWait a
Joseph Lance Tonlet, Louis Stevens