Kodwa, ekhumbula ukuthi umkhumbi ngamunye wenza izinto ngendlela ehlukile (futhi ngibhekisela emikhumbi ye-US Navy & Coast Guard - angizange ngihlangabezane nanoma ubani owaba i-Shellback kwi-Army Ship, futhi imikhumbi yabantu [njengemikhumbi ye-cruise] yenza izinto indlela yabo kanye) isakhiwo esiyisisekelo senza into enjengale:
Ngokwesiko, ngosuku olwandulela ukuwela, iNkosi uNeptune (aka Neptunus Rex) yazisa umkhumbi - mhlawumbe ngokuthumela umkhumbi wakhe we-Herald, noma enye indlela efana nomlayezo womsakazo - ukuthi uhlose ukusebenzisa igunya phezu kwesizinda sakhe futhi ahlulele amacala ziye zalethwa ngokumelene ne-Pollywogs (izinkokhelo ezinjengokuthi zifaka nje njengezilosi, noma ukuthi azizange zikhokhise kahle unkulunkulu wolwandle).
Lezi zinsuku, imikhumbi eminingi ithatha italente ibonisa ubusuku obuphambili (enye ye-Queen's Competition), ngokuqonda ukuthi abawinile bayonikezwa isikhathi esilula ngosuku olulandelayo - ukudansa, izingoma, izikhwama, ukuphindaphinda izinkondlo, kanye nemincintiswano njengokuthi ubani ongenza izinkinobho eziphezulu kakhulu noma ukuhlala phansi / ama-crunches.
Ngemuva kombukiso, i-Pollywogs ithola insizwa evela kuDavid Jones ukuma phambi kwenkantolo ngosuku olulandelayo bese iphendula amacala ayelethwe yiShellbacks.
Amalungu aphezulu aphezulu abasebenzi kanye nalabo abaye baba yiShellbacks igqoke isikhathi eside kunazo zonke ezigqoke izingubo ezihle futhi ngamunye udlala ingxenye yenkantolo yaseNine Neptune.
Ngokwesibonelo, induna yomkhumbi ingadlala ingxenye yeNkosi Neptune uqobo lwakhe. Ngenye indlela, kungenzeka ukuthi yi-shellback endala kunazo zonke ebhodini. Amalungu eNkantolo yamaKhosi yaseNew Neptune ngokuvamile ahlanganisa:
Indlovukazi Yakhe - U-Amphitrite Wakhe Ophakeme (lokhu kuvame ukuwina i-Queen Contest yosuku oludlule, futhi yiWog kuphela enkantolo - futhi umuntu wokugcina abe yi-shellback, esebenzisa yonke into yokugcina).
UDavid Jones - Umsizi weKhosikazi kaRoyal First
I-Royal Baby - Wonke umuntu uyathanda ukumanga umntwana, akunjalo? Eqinisweni, kulesi simo, i-pollywogs idinga ukumanga isisu somntwana.
Umlobi waseRoyal - umcabangele iStenographer weNkantolo, uma uthanda. Ngezinye izikhathi uDavid Jones naye ungumlobi waseRoyal
I-Royal Doctor - Oh, iziphakamiso eziletha ...
I-Royal Barber - Omunye kumele akhulume ngendlela eNkosini ... (phumula - lezi zinsuku ziyisibhamu sezinkuni)
Ngokuya ngesithethe somkhumbi, kungenzeka ukuthi i-Royal Herald, iRoyal Navigator, i-Royal Chaplain, iJaji leRoyal, ama-Attorneys kanye nabanye abantu. (okungukuthi, ngemuva kwakho konke, okufanele kube mnandi). Ama-Shellbacks asele ahlanganyele agqoke njengamaqhawe (noma ama-bums ebhishi, njengoba afanelekile), futhi "alondoloze umyalo" we-pollywogs isikhathi sokuvakasha kukaKing Neptune.
Ngemuva kokudla kwasekuseni, okwenzelwe i-Pollywogs ukuba idle (usuke wenza ikhofi eyenziwe ngamanzi olwandle? Yuck !), I-Pollywogs ingena kwi-Uniform yosuku - ngokuvamile igqoka izingubo zayo ngaphakathi kanye / noma emuva - futhi yenza imisebenzi ehlukahlukene engase ibandakanye ukuhamba ngezinyawo (noma ukuhamba ngaphakathi kwiphubhu) egcwala imfucumfucu engavumelani (ngokuvamile ehambisana nesidlo sasekuseni esingenakulinganiswa esasikelwa kwi-Pollywogs) endleleni yabo yokuzithoba eNkosini Neptune.
Ngaphambi kokuba avele ngaphambi kweNkosi Nep Nepune, amalungu ahlukahlukene enkantolo yakhe angase abe nemisebenzi ethile ye-pollywogs ehlukahlukene. NjengaDokotela waseRoyal ukuqinisekisa ukuthi i-og iphatheka ngendlela efanele, ukuphefumula kabi (futhi ake ngithi, uma engenakho ukuphefumula okungakahle - ngemuva kokuphuza leyo potion, uzokwenza).
Noma ukuvakashela eRoyal Barber.
Ngokulandelayo, i-Pollywogs iyaguqa phambi kweNkosi iphinde ibambe isisu somntwana wasebukhosini (ngokusho kwamanye ama-akhawunti isisu somntwana esigcwele amafutha - ngezwa ngesinye isenzakalo esasetshenziswa ngaso isiShayina Mustard. Ngomkhumbi wami wokuqala, i-Royal Baby yayine-cherry inkaba yakhe).
Khona-ke umsolwa uvele ngaphambi kweNkosi Nep Nepune, ohlezi esahlulelweni (noma, uma kukhona, iJaji Lebukhosini liphatha okuningi ukubonakala nezandla eNkosini Neptune "amacala akhethekile") futhi libiza noma yikuphi "isijeziso" okufanele sinikezwe.
Okokugcina, i-Pollywogs ithatha indawo yokugeza ebhodini lamanzi olwandle (noma ishayela samanzi esasawoti ngokushisa umlilo) ngaphambi kokuba kuthiwe uShellbacks.
Ngokulinganayo, imikhosi yokuqalwa kwama-navies anamuhla yanamuhla ayinamandla kakhulu kunokudlula; kanti ngaphambi kokuba izenzakalo zomkhosi zihloswe ukuba zibe inselele futhi zibe buhlungu nakakhulu kubagibeli abasha ukuba bafeze, namuhla lezo zinselele ziyizifiso ezizithandela futhi ziyancipha ngenxa yezizathu zempilo nokuphepha. Umkhosi manje ubonakala njengokuzijabulisa, ukwakha ukuhlanganiswa kweyunithi kanye nomqondo wokuhlukaniswa ngokuhlanganyela, nokuthuthukiswa kokuziphatha kunanoma yini enye.
Ngolwazi olujulile, ngaba yi-Shellback ngaphakathi kweFF-1070 ( Downes ) ngo-9 kuJanuwari, 1984.