Sam Singer

“ Never mind how I got here! Just give me those oars! I'm taking you back to Pelicanland. You have a lot of explaining to do.
Paddy Pelican
Why, why, you're not a pelican at all! You're a swan! You've been wearing an imitation beak. You're nothing but a spy!
Lord High Chancellor
Oh, please, please don't be too harsh with me, young man. I was just trying to help Swania get the better of Pelicanland.
Paddy Pelican
You're gonna carry back every sack of this corn to the vault, and don't complain about being too tired either! ”

“ The corn is all collected, and this is the big payoff day.
"SWANIA
FOILED
AGAIN"
Grandpa Perrywinkle
Oh, our newest shipment of corn has disappeared. It was put in the vault this morning. Oh, why, this could ruin Pelicanland if we don't find it! Oh, we owe fifty bushels of corn to the neighboring state of Swania. And if we don't pay that debt by midnight tonight, the swans will take over our country. Oh, I'd better summon the Lord High Chancellor at once. Oh, if we don't find that corn, Pelicanland is ruined! ”

“ VAULT
Lord High Chancellor
Why, His Excellency and I have the only keys that I know of, young man. Whoever took the corn must be extremely clever.
Paddy Pelican
Ah, it would take more than cleverness to break into the vault. And, besides, the vault door wasn't broken. The vault was locked when Grandpa showed it to me.
Lord High Chancellor
Say, I just remembered, there is one other key to the vault. The keeper of the dungeon has kept that key, and I'm pretty sure he may have it. I'll take you to him. Perhaps he can explain where he was when the corn disappeared. If he can't, we'll have him. ”