Dear Diary,

Today was the biggest day of my life. Today was the day that I got to play Pyramus in one of the plays done at the theater. It was such an honor. I can't actually believe that I, Nick Bottom, a weaver, would get to play such a part in one of the most loved plays. Wow. Such an honor. My favorite part of being in the play was getting to practice and rehearse with all of the village people and getting to see the King, King Theseus. My least favorite part of being in this play was having to memorize all of my lines. Probably my favorite line was:" This die, I, thus, thus, thus.(stabs himself repeatedly, and falls.) Now I am dead, no am I fled; my soul is in the sky. Moon take thy flight. (exit starveling, with his lantern, bush, and dog.) Now die, die, die."I liked this line because I got to act. I really got to act. I had to act as if I was dying. It was hard for me because in a sense, I actually got to feel what it was like to die. It was kind of freaky though. If I could change one thing about the play write itself, it would be seeing the others characters more. I think being in the spotlight in this taught me is that you don't need to be famous and popular to really know who you as a person are, you don't have to have money to be happy, and when you get to have all of the fame, you wish you didn't have any fame at all.

Nick Bottom

Dear Diary,

Oh lord, I'm so nervous diary. Sure, whatever. Anyways, Noah came to my trailer yesterday morning and said he had a plan to nail Muleman. He wants me to flush food coloring down the toilet so when he empties it, we can see where Muleman dumped the waste water when it goes down to the beach, and... we will hopefully be able to trace the dye back to the Coral Queen. It's so whacked it just might work.
Today Noah and little Abbey came to my trailer and dropped off some food dye, only problem was, since it was the gel dye, it's going to be really hard to squeeze out. When I told Noah, he said he would hide on the ship and then flush some of the gel dye himself. Noah Underwood, a kid, an Underwood, on the Coral Queen. He must be crazy. But, he convinced me, and so now, he's boarding the Coral Queen in a crate that he will be hiding in until he can get out and flush some dye down for himself. this plan is crazy and a one way road. If anything goes wrong, we're toast. All of us, Abbey, Noah, Li, and me. Not Lice, I miss that little Lice fulled head with only a few strands of hair. I swear if Muleman or his bald headed, crooked nosed, sidekick of his Luno harmed one hair on Lice's disgusting head, I will fight this battle to the death.

Sincerely,
Shelly

Dear diary,
I love my dad, but he is a real piece of work I guess you could say. You see he sunk this casino boat because he thought the owner of the boat was doing something illegal, such as dumping all the waste from the boat into the ocean water. Noah is trying to help him but I don't think it is working. I am a little scared because I have heard mom mention the "d" word...divorce more than once. I think my dad has taken it to far. And to make matters worse, my dad has escaped from jail and is now "house arrested" which means he can't leave the house and if he does he will get in a load of trouble. Sometimes I wonder are mom and dad really going to get a divorce? Is Noah going to take some life risking challenges just to help dad? Is dad the reason our family is falling apart? I don't know the answer to any of these questions. I just wish dad would get his act together so mom and him won't break up. I realize that my dad is trying to do the right thing but I don't know if his plan is working. Even I have tried to help him but it didn't turn out to well. Noah and I went out at midnight to try and catch Dusty (the owner of the polluting boat) in the act. Sadly when we got there we didn't see him do anything but legally use the sewage. I have a feeling this is all a big fat lie. I hope we find out the truth. Everyone thinks my family is weird because my dad was in jail. I say we should move to Canada to get away from all the humiliation dad has caused us, but everyone else in the family is against it. What should i do?

Sincerely,
Abbey

Dear diary,
My husband just got out of jail and there are already problems. Noah told him that I was talking about getting a divorce but I didn't even know they knew. Lice peeking is dead and Dusty Muleman's son is giving Noah problems. Noah hasn't told me but my radar is going off. I don't know what to do about it. Shelly stopped by and was asking him questions that he looked like was able to answer them easily. I love the kids but I don't know if I love Paine. In other words I don't know if I should get a divorce or not. He just got out and were already having fights I don't know if this is the marriage I wanted. I don't know who killed Lice but it was tragic, Noah was devastated and I want to comfort him but I don't know how. HELP!

Sincerely,
Donna

Dear Diary,

Being in jail isn't so bad, though this isn't really a jail. It's more of a holding cell. But it's still hard to be away from Noah and everyone at home. I hope they're doing good. Noah didn't tell me if anything was going wrong, but I sense that he's holding back.

I know Donna wants to bail me out, but I need to be here and stand up for what I believe in. Dusty is dumping the sewage into the water. Even thought he's already gotten himself back on his feet and open for business again, I'm glad that I caused him some grief. That boat wasn't easy to sink after all, and I enjoyed watching it go down.

But the turtles needed me to stand up for them, and so did the kids. It's not just gross it's dangerous for everyone. The Coast Guard never had to close Thunder beach before The Coral Queen got there. Somehow I'm going to stop Dusty, I just hope Lice will help. After all he's got a reputation for drinking and smoking. I hope that he'll see that doing the right thing is worth it for once, or the skiff is enough to pay him. After all it's all I have to offer.

Paine Underwood

Dear diary,
It's Noah here and I've been visiting my dad lately. Since he's in jail I can't really see him as much as I would like to. But when I do see him we have some pretty great conversations. I just recently met a girl named Shelly and she worked on the Coral Queen which was the boat my dad sunk. He's in jail because The Coral Queen was illegaly dumping waste and he wanted to stop it. But the way he did it was by sinking the boat. My parents were always fighting until dad went to jail and now Mom asked Mr. Shine about a divorce. Abbey is so upset and so am I. I don't know how to make Abbey feel better. What should I do?