Well, the manatee is dead and someone may be in trouble. The neighbor's wife came back from vacation, saw it in her pool, and shot it in a fit of jealousy. That brought the cops and the DNR out. It turns out it wasn't a common Carlise's manatee, it was the rare Ronstadt's manatee, known only to inhabit impoundment's in Arizona and Southern California, seasonally, where it's known as, "The manatee that marches to a different drum."
"Linda" as she's become known will be the main course at this year's annual critter dinner. The police have the note and are looking for the girls. They said the author had the handwriting of a known anti-penguin activist and dragger of feet when it comes to popping the question.
As for me I'm stuck with two sets of Mormon women's honeymoon undergarments that set me back twelve dollars and forty-eight cents. If get my money back I may forget who this "Al" character is.