"Your topic is 'Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus'

"Your topic is 'Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus' and your time begins now."

Giorgos smiled, "It's all greek to me." Let's see Brachy is short, hypo means under, poma is cover. pinna is feather and caudatus is tail, so its a short undercover, feather tailed

... manatee? Uh oh. The jig was up - the detective was on to us! "Quick, Giorgios! Hide in this trashcan!" I sought refuge in the closet. Sure enough, a moment later, our hideout

was stormed by the godfather's goons. I held my breath as one of the lunkheads tried to look through the crack in the closet. The second he turned around

I snapped open the closet door and surprised him by throwing a nasty blow onto his stomach before swinging a leg over the windowsill and hopping down onto the slick pavement below.

Which coincidentally happened to be under his stomach. I'd not hopped but surfed him down the building surface, leaping onto him as he, doubled over, fell outside.

I hung ten...floors, that is, riding him almost all the way down, while people on the sidewalk stopped, gawked, and then cheered for our amazing performance. I misjudged one detail

I had it under remote control. I pushed the "sleep" button and the entire crowd started yawning.

Unfortunately at that very moment, the No-doz factory next door exploded, showering all those yawning mouths with caffeine pills. My plan was foiled and The world was saved. Rats.