Chapter 17: The Midnight Conversation

(Late at night, Vicky and Nicky were dragging two big bags to their ship.)
Nicky: Ha! Another day, another two yoshis!
Vicky: Yeah! Luigi wasn't even there this time! What a slacker!
(Vicky and Nicky got onto the ship and walked towards Redy's cage. Redy was asleep, but when he heard something, he woke up with a start and peered out of the cage.)
Redy: I hope Luigi didn't fail...
Vicky: Let's put the albino yoshi with the red one.
Redy: Luigi failed?!
(Vicky opened Redy's cage just wide enough to pop another yoshi in it. Redy couldn't tell what color it was. Vicky closes the cage.)
Nicky: And I'll put the pink one in the cage next to it.
Redy: They caught Pinky?!
(Nicky opens the next cage and put Birdo in it,then he closed it.)
Birdo: Let me out of here, you...INGRATES!
The other yoshi: Yoshi shi yo...yoshi[Me too, you...weirdos!
(The zookeepers didn't hear that. They were already gone.)
Redy: Birdo, are you okay?
Birdo: Yeah. I'm fine.
The other yoshi: Yoshi yo shi yoshi[What were those things?
Birdo: Who's in there with you, Redy?
The other yoshi: Yo yoshi shi Yoshi. [My name is Whitey.
Birdo: What did he say?
Redy: It's not a he. It's a she. She says her name is Whitey.
Birdo: Is she a white yoshi?
Redy: Yeah. She's a white- What the? Whitey! Where have you been all this time?
Whitey: Yooshi shi yoshi yo Yoshi. I've been looking after Mini Bluey.
Birdo: Translation?
Redy: Whitey says she was looking after Mini Bluey...
Redy & Birdo: You found Mini Bluey?!
Whitey: Shi. Yo yooooshi shi yoshi shi Yoshi yo. [Yes. He doesn't know the mountain like I do.
Birdo: What was that?
Redy: Whitey says that she found Mini Bluey because she knows the mountains quite well.
Birdo: Can't she talk like this?
Whitey: Yooooshi shi yoshi yo shi shi. [I'm not very good at it.
Redy: She says it's hard.
Birdo: C'mon. Try saying my name. By the way, it's Birdo.
Whitey: Yoshi yo. [I'll try.
Redy: She says she'll try.
Whitey: Ba...bur...burrrr...duh...oh... Burrrr-oh!
Birdo: Well, that was a nice try anyway...
Whitey: Yo! Shi yoshi Yoshi shi yo yooooshi yoshi yoshi[Hey! At least I don't have a funny looking mouth!
Redy: She says your mouth looks funny... Ha ha ha!
Birdo: You're an insolent dolt, Whitey!
(Redy whispers something to Whitey.)
Whitey: Yo shi, yo yoooooshi[Shut up, you imbecile!
Birdo: What that an insult? You told her to say that, didn't you, Redy?
Redy: I got the idea from Luigi.
Whitey: Yoshi? Yo Yoshi[Luigi? Who's Luigi?
Redy: He's our new leader. He's really cool.
Whitey: Yoshi shi yo yo? What color is he?
Redy: He's not a yoshi. He's-
Birdo: A dumb jerk that doesn't even know what he's doing!
Redy: Don't listen to Birdo. Luigi is really cool. He can even shoot fire!
Whitey: Yoshi[Really?
Redy: Yeah. It's hard to tell you what he looks like, but you'll see him when he comes to save us.
Whitey: Yo yoooooshi yooshi yo yoshi shi. Yo yo yoshi yoshi[He sounds like a great guy. Is he really coming?
Redy: I hope Luigi is coming anyway...
Birdo: I know he is because he was going nuts when you were caught, Redy.
Whitey: Yoshi... [Yikes...
Redy: I'm just wondering when he'll come.
Whitey: Yo, yoshi yo yoshi shi yo[So, what is going on here?
Birdo: What did she say? I can only understand half of the conversation.
Redy: She wants to know what's going on.
Birdo: Well, Whitey, to make a long story short, we've been captured by zookeepers and if we don't escape soon, they'll take us to a zoo where we can't do anything. Does that clear things up?
Whitey: Shi. Yooshi yo. [Yes. Thank you.
Redy: She says yes.
Birdo: We better go to sleep now.
Redy: Okay.
(All the captives lay down, but before they fell asleep, they whispered something to the sky.)
Redy: Please help us, Luigi...
Birdo: Don't screw this up, Luigi...
Whitey: Yoshi shi yo yooshi, Yoshi... [I hope you're real, Luigi...