(Gilligan's Island fan fiction influenced by and based on characters from the television series, 'Gilligan's Island' which is copyright by United Artists Television.) --- Early one morning while Thurston was walking along the beach he noticed a 55-gallon drum that had washed ashore. Examining the dark green container, rolling it over to read the stenciled lettering on its side, he felt a sticky, viscous liquid on his hand. Looking at the green goop that was leaking from the canister, now dripping from his hand, in disgust he wiped the thick slime onto the sand and nearby bushes. Reading the lettering, indicating only that it was the property of the U.S. Army, with a serial number. Grumbling to himself, as he rinsed the goo from his hand in the warm ocean water, he murmured, "Tax dollars at work; indeed." Knowing none of the other castaways would be awake yet, seeing it as no urgency to inform them of the discovery, he continued his morning stroll. Walking on, ...