Mario's Summertime Time Trial

It's summer time in the Mushroom Kingdom and Mario is having a peaceful afternoon at Peach Beach when suddenly, he came up with a great idea. Mario smiled and said, "I know, I'll just race around the track. After all, I'm a kart racer and it is summertime so, let's have a Mario Kart time trial! To the Wild Wing!"

So Mario hopped in to his red Wild Wing kart and said, "OK, now let's get this run started. Mushrooms, check. Engines, check. Three laps, check. Well, that's everything and now for the final step, starting the countdown."

Then he turned on the engines and waited for the countdown to start but, Lakitu is not here. Mario said, "Huh, why is Lakitu not here? I know, I'll call him and see if he can start the race."

So Mario called Lakitu on the phone and he said, "Hey there, it's me Lakitu. I'm not here at the moment because I'm on vacation at Koopa Troopa Beach. Please leave a message after the beep and I'll get back to you. Later."

Then his phone beeped as Mario said, "Well, this is not good. Lakitu is on vacation and I don't have an application that will give me anything to start the race, or do I?"

Then he checked his MPad for an application to start the race and then, he found it. Mario smiled and said, "There we go! Good thing I have the Mario Kart application just in case Lakitu is not around. Now I can start the race! Well, let's do it. Mario Kart... OPEN!"

Then Mario opened the app and it said, "Welcome to the Mario Kart App. Please enter your name to continue."

Mario agreed as he entered his name. Then the app said, "You have entered Mario. Now, which mode are you doing today?"

Then he tapped on the clock and the app said, "Time Trial it is, then. Which course are you going to race on in this run?"

Mario tapped on Peach Beach and then, the app said, "Peach Beach from Double Dash. Great choice. Now, you're all set. To begin the time trial, tap 'Start Race'. This starts the countdown. Do you want to start the race now?"

"YES!" Mario said as he tapped on Start Race. Then the app said, "OK! The time trial begins when the light turns green. Good luck."

Then, the countdown began as Mario revved up his engine on the Wild Wing and then, the green light went off, signaling the start of the race. Mario stepped on the gas and he took off.

After a nice run, Mario crossed the finish line. The app said, "Great race, Mario. You have a total race time of 1:30.000. Do you want to go again?"

"Yes, please." Mario said as he tapped on the Start Race button again. Then Mario smiled and said, "Well, I guess that is one good way to spend my summertime and that is Mario Kart racing!"

Then Mario took off once again as the race began once more. It was a fantastic summer day for Mario.