Branch started looking for Mr. Dinkles.
Poppy, Barb, and Trollex were walking together.
Barb said to Poppy, "You could always babysit Debbie if you want."
Trollex whispered to Poppy, "I wouldn't recommend it. I babysat for her once, but it was no fun making sure she didn't break anything or listening to her growl at night while I tried to get some sleep."
They then noticed Branch looking for something.
Barb asked, "Dude, what are you doing?"
Trollex asked, "And where's Mr. Dinkles?"
Branch didn't answer.
Poppy said, "Branch?"
Branch finally said, "Okay, I'll tell you, but you have to swear you won't tell anyone. You have to hair swear."
Poppy asked nervously, "Hair swear?"
Branch responded, "It's the only way."
Barb asked, "Uh...what's hair swear?"
Poppy and Branch showed them a maneuver with their hair, "Sparkle, sparkle, rainbow cakes, glitter dewdrop, your secret's safe."
Trollex said with a confused look, "Ok, that's...cool. So, uh, what's going on?"
Branch answered, "I lost Mr. Dinkles."
Poppy gasped, "Oh, man. That's bad."
Trollex said, "Not a problem. We'll just make an announcement to everyone here to start looking for him."
However, Branch said, "No. Biggie put his trust in me. This can't get back to him. You hair swore, remember?"
Barb said, "Technically, Poppy hair swore. Not us. But...I guess we'll help you find him."
Branch asked, "Really?"
Barb responded, "Sure. I would be devastated if Debbie was lost."
Trollex also said, "And I'd be devastated if Beat Drop was lost."
Poppy said, "Aww! That's so sweet! Ok, so how do we do this?"
Branch said, "To catch a worm, you have to think like a worm."
Branch started doing a worm crawl, "I'm a worm. I'm an invertebrate and I eat dirt."
Poppy turned and said, "Or...we can look right over there in that tree!"
Mr. Dinkles was just sitting in a tree.
Branch was relieved...up until he fell out of the tree and into the hair of Mags Gumdrop, a Troll with big hair.
Branch, Poppy, Barb, and Trollex tried to sneak up, but then she turned.
They made it look like they were just talking.
Branch said, "And then I said, 'No, but I sure would take another cupcake!'"
They laughed hysterically.
But, Mags said, "That wasn't a real joke. You guys are just trying to get something you lost in my hair."
They tried to deny it.
But then, Mags kindly said, "Happens all the time. Come on in."
She let them in her hair.
But, they could find many items, but no Mr. Dinkles.
They looked outside and saw that he was being carried away in a basket with candy corn that had the same colors as him.
They got out, thanked Mags for letting them look, and went after him.
The candy corn ended up in a huge tub of water for a game.
A game of bobbing for candy corn!
A bunch of blindfolded Trolls started biting aimlessly into the water.
Branch immediately dove into the tub and was able to save Mr. Dinkles from being eaten.
When he got out, everyone was looking at him.
He just grabbed a candy corn and bit it, "I win!"
He left and the others just continued the game.
***
On the way back, Trollex said to Branch, "Man, that was way too close. You took a serious risk not telling people about Mr. Dinkles being lost."
Branch just insisted that he couldn't afford Biggie finding out and losing his trust.
Poppy asked, "So, lying is ok now?"
Branch said, "Whoa, whoa, I never lied, and I never will."
Just then, Biggie came with a guide critter, "Branch, is that you? Why isn't Mr. Dinkles inside?"
Branch quietly said, "Lie! Lie!"
He then said to Biggie, "Dinkles is inside."
He put Mr. Dinkles on the lift and sent him down.
Inside, Mr. Dinkles had eyes for Gary.
Back outside, Barb smugly asked, "That's weird. If the worm has been inside all day, then what are you doing outside, Branch?"
Branch grumbled softly and then said, "I just came out to get Dinkles a bowl of lukewarm dirt."
Biggie said, "Oh, Branch, that's so thoughtful! I knew I could trust you!"
He hugged Trollex by mistake, "Not Branch."
Branch took him aside, "Uh-huh. Actually, why don't you take it easy and I'll run down a get Dinkles so you can say hi?"
However, Mr. Dinkles was still eyeballing the remote...and then fell on it and pushed a button.
That button activated a full system lockdown.
