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PIKACHU vs. THE GREEN PIPE/center

It was such a beautiful morning.  Pidgeots cooed, Buterfree flutter on the blue sky, and a happy-go-lucky Pikachu trotted carefree on the forest.  It did the same thing every weekend, after training with his noble and heroic master, who for some reason or another had to leave at the same time every weekend, and kicked the yellow creature out to play on the woods.

                The Pikachu found something odd in the woods this time around.  Instead of the usual pair of incompetent Team Rocket agents (who always appeared on the same weekend, after-hours, when the Pikachu was kicked off by its master to the woods), it found an overly large pipe, sticking out of the ground and green in color.  The Pikachu's curiosity was too high, as it came closer to the edge of the green pipe.

                It sniffed once, it sniffed twice, it poked with its claws, and it nibbled on the surface with its tiny sharp teeth.  Not a damn thing happened.  The Pikachu scratched it tiny yellow head.  And shrugged, turning away from it and continuing the senseless trot around the forest. 

                Out of nowhere, a giant red Piranha plant bulged out of the pipe, and snatched the Pikachu right by its tail, then gulped it down in a single try.   After a prolonged and satisfying belch, the Piranha Plant went back inside the green pipe, and resumed its game of poker with its best friend, a neurotic plumber named WaLuigi.

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