Peeps

Prussia walked into the store, trying to find the maple syrup. Canada was visiting soon, so he had to be prepared. While he was browsing the aisles, he came to the one with the seasonal candies. The albino grinned to himself. Maybe there were some leftover Valentine's Day candies still there.

He dashed into the aisle, hoping to spot a red or pink box, but the only colors he saw were green and purple. There was only Easter candy. Oh well, as long as there weren't any–

And then he saw them. Those evil little marshmallow confections coated in dyed sugar. They were an insult to both Prussia and his awesome Gilbird. Those evil, nasty, disgusting, vile, foul candies that people seemed to love during Easter.

Marshmallow Peeps.

Now on any other day Prussia actually enjoyed marshmallows. It was especially fun to watch people trying to play Chubby Bunny. But yellow Peeps . . . they looked almost exactly like Gilbird! It was unawesome that someone would actually like eating something that looked like his friend.

The Prussian man was noticeably upset, and his foul mood only worsened when he saw a young boy zoom into the aisle and stop directly in front of the Peeps.

"Mama look!" the boy cried happily. "Peeps! Can I get some? Please, please, please, please?!"

The boy's mother sighed. "Alright, but just this once, okay?"

A huge smile lit up the kid's face. "Thanks Mama!" And wouldn't you know it, he picked the yellow bird Peeps.

Prussia stormed out of the store, intent on drowning his bad mood in beer. At least Birdie was coming over later. There was at least one bright spot in his strangely unawesome day.

England headed into the store, intent on finding some tea. He was almost out because America had come over and dumped out most of his tea leaves, claiming that they were disgusting. As the Brit calmly walked down the rows of grocery items, he came across the seasonal aisle. Perhaps they had some leftover Valentine's Day sweets?

But sadly, there were no boxes of Valentine's chocolate left, only the newly displayed Easter sweets. As long as England didn't see his most despised sweet, he would be fine. Just as long as they hadn't yet set out–

There they were. Those loathsome confections of marshmallow and sugar. They were an added insult to him and his friend. They were the worst sort of sweet mankind had created in the last century. England never could pinpoint the exact reason people preferred those vile Easter sweets.

Marshmallow Peeps.

Now when they had first come about, England hadn't minded them. In fact, he rather enjoyed the marshmallow birds. But then they started coming out with new colors and animals, resulting in a mint green rabbit. A rabbit that looked suspiciously like Flying Mint Bunny.

England's mood worsened considerably, and even more so when a young child tugged her mother over to the display.

"Mummy look! Peeps! They even have the yummy green bunnies! Please can we get some, please, please, please?" the girl begged.

Her mother laughed. "Of course dear."

England stormed away, fully intending to forget the afternoon with help from either tea or alcohol. He hated Easter, especially those foul little green rabbit Peeps.

I was in Walmart the other day and saw the Easter display. Lo and behold, there were Peeps! And then I got to thinking: yellow bird Peeps looked like Gilbird and the green rabbit Peeps looked like Flying Mint Bunny. So then I thought how Prussia and England would hate those specific Peeps. And then this was born. Personally, I don't care too much for Peeps, but that's just me. Thanks for reading!

~C