Dear Mom,

I can’t believe it! The prankster has struck again! Who’s the prankster? Someone who’s been playing tricks on us…well, actually, only one of us. Sparky. First, they put pepper into his milk. Then last night, they did something almost as bad (maybe worse?).

We were out on a long hike and everyone was having a blast. When we arrived back at our cabins, we were SO tired. We all just wanted to crawl into bed. So we did…except as soon as Sparky got into his bed, he jumped right back out.
Someone had put sand and gravel in his sheets – yuck! Even worse, there were a few bugs in there. Sparky was not too pleased – he had to change his whole bed before he could even go to sleep. And we were all SOOO tired already.

I helped sweep the cabin (the prankster left a huge mess when they were pulling the prank), and as I swept, I noticed something: a white feather.

I don’t know if this has anything to do with the prankster, because we’ve got an awesome new dude in our cabin named Arnold – and he happens to be a duck. So…maybe it was just one of his (although he does keep his feathers trimmed short, and this feather was longer). Anyway, I don’t know who’s doing these things – but it’s really annoying! Poor Sparky – he doesn’t even know WHY anyone would target him. One thing’s for sure: we’ll be keeping a REALLY good eye on him from now on!

See you soon!

-          Alex