Book 9-The Secret "Engine oil?  Ax, I mean Phillip, you know how I mentioned you can't eat cigarette butts or dryer lint?  Add engine oil to that list." --Jake "Well, what a surprise seeing you all here." "Everyone still up for this?" "Sure.  We're looking forward to it.  Who needs sleep when you can run off on a suicide mission instead?" --Marco, Jake "Let's see, I'm behind in my homework.  My dad thinks I've joined a gang because I'm never around. I don't sleep much because every time I try I'm suddenly a termite again and I wake up screaming.  I never get to just sit around and watch TV.  And in my spare time, I have to help figure out how  we're going to keep the Yeerks from turning some guy named Farrand into a Controller so they can wipe out the forest and hunt down the Bird-boy and the universe's only almanac-reading Andalite.  I mean, I knew the middle school years would be tough, but this is a little much." "So in other words, you'll be glad to help." --Marco, Jake Typically, it was Marco who decided, after his first shift guarding the skunks, that the kits needed names. "Joey, Johnny, Marky,and CJ.  The Ramones." --Cassie, Marco "Cassie sprayed Homer!" <Sorry Jake.> <Fascinating, that is possibly the worst thing I have ever smelled...I believe the smell is causing me to become deranged.  I may have to run away in panic.> "Take me with you." --Marco, Cassie, Ax, Marco "You have a better idea?" "We could go home and watch TV." "I'll take that as a no." --Jake, Marco "What's up, Bird-boy?" ...<The Visser is now a very lovely, attractive shade of purple.> ..."Think maybe we should have told him the truth?  That it's tomato juice, not grape juice, that washes away skunk smell?" --Marco, Tobias, Cassie