The next morning, Link stepped outside his room, and something hit his
head. "Ouch!" he exclaimed, rubbing the spot.
"Oops! Sorry Link!"
He saw Fox bent over, picking something up off the floor. It was a wreath. "What's with the wreath?" Link asked.
"Hello!? Don't you know what day it is?"
".no.."
"It's December first!" Falco shouted, who was pulling a cart full of wreaths behind him. "We're showing our holiday spirit by putting these things up on all of the doors!"
"Can I help?"
"Sure! The more the merrier!"
The three smashers went running down the hallways, laughing merrily. "It feels like I'm on my paper route again!" Fox cried. "Only I'm delivering wreaths, INSTEAD OF NEWSPAPERS!! AH HA HA HA!!!"
"You know," said Falco, as they got into an elevator headed towards the north tower. "We're probably waking up everyone with all this shouting."
"Serves them right," Link snorted, grinning. "They should've been up hours ago."
Zelda stuck her head out of her door and looked around. She had heard laughing, and wondered who it was. "Hello?"
"HELLO, PRINCESS!" Link shouted, running up to her and hugging her.
"Oh, uh, hi Link," she said. "What're you doing?"
Fox and Falco came jogging up. "We're decorating for the holidays!" said the one that isn't a bird. "Link decided to give us a hand!"
Zelda glanced out the window, and her face broke into a magnificent grin. "IT'S SNOWING OUTSIDE!!" she shouted. "How perfect is that? Right on the first day of December!"
The four of them, still in their pajamas, started dancing around the hallways screaming with joy. Of course, this commotion didn't go unnoticed.
"What are you guys doing?" Samus asked wearily, poking her head into the hallway. Zelda rushed up to her.
"IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER!!" she shouted. "AND IT'S SNOWING OUTSIDE!!"
Samus' eyes widened, and she ran out of her door. She joined the other smashers in dancing down the corridors. Falco abandoned his empty cart, and they flew down the stairs to wake up everyone else.
"Ooh, look!" Zelda exclaimed, coming to an immediate halt. The others stopped behind her, and they all looked curiously over her shoulder. "It's the breakfast gong that hasn't been used for sixteen centuries!!"
"OOOH!!" oohed her fellow smashers. They all picked up the giant stick, and banged the gong as hard as they could four times.
The gong, which was probably the size of a baby elephant, rang out across the grounds, waking everyone up. Zelda, Samus, Link, Fox and Falco smiled as they heard shouts of excitement and joy. Their friends had discovered the snow.
At breakfast that day, hardly anyone could sit still. All that snow was sitting outside, just waiting to be played in.
"It must-a have snowed-a all-a night," Mario concluded, passing the orange juice to Peach. "Just-a look how tall-a it is!"
"Yeah," said Link. "But.it's really too bad that Gannondorf and Captain Falcon can't come with us."
"You're right," sighed Samus. "Well, about the Ganon part anyway. I'm not sure if I feel so bad about Falcon."
Link pounded his fist on the table. "I'm going to help them," he whispered.
"Oh Link, what could you possibly do now?" asked Zelda, trying to get a bone out of her chicken-and-scrambled-eggs cereal.
"Try and prove to King Toadstool that Falcon and Ganon are innocent."
"But you can't!" Peach blurted. Link and Zelda stared at her. "I mean, my father hardly ever changes his mind. And besides, you'll miss all the fun outside."
Link stood up. "I think I'll go talk him now."
Zelda sighed as he walked away. "Well, there goes the hero of time. He never gives up."
"Neither does my father," Peach mumbled.
"Sire," Link said, bowing. "May I talk to you in private about something?"
King Toadstool stood up. "Certainly, Link." The two of them walked into the den behind the dining room.
"It's about Falcon and Gannondorf," Link began.
Peach's father rolled his eyes. "What, do you want me to put Ganon in the Frank Sinatra dungeon as well? I mean one-"
"No, no, nothing like that," Link interrupted. "I'm trying to prove that they are innocent."
King Toadstool frowned. "Why do you speak in their behalf now? Like instead of last week?"
"Because I wasn't it my right mind then!" Link shouted. "But it's obvious to anyone with eyes that they did not do it!"
"Well then, what is this obvious evidence, Link?"
Hyrule's hero took a glimpse out the window. He saw all of his fellow smashers out in the snow. "Simply because.well.Zelda was in the castle right before she was almost killed, right?"
"Right." said King Toadstool slowly.
"And EVERYONE but her, me, and Princess Peach were outside, right?"
"Yes.where is this getting to?" the King asked. "Is it not possible that they might have just gone inside and done it?"
"That's my point, highness!" Link cried. "It was NOT possible!"
"My dear boy, why on earth not?"
"Because Peach said that she, Impa, and Zelda had locked everybody outside as a joke! A joke! So no one would have been able to get in! And that clearly means that it must have been someone inside the castle that did it!"
Breathing heavily, Link collapsed into a chair. King Toadstool let it sink in. "You.you must be right. You may be right."
"I am right!" Link choked.
"Go!" King Toadstool commanded. "I will think this over."
"Oops! Sorry Link!"
He saw Fox bent over, picking something up off the floor. It was a wreath. "What's with the wreath?" Link asked.
"Hello!? Don't you know what day it is?"
".no.."
"It's December first!" Falco shouted, who was pulling a cart full of wreaths behind him. "We're showing our holiday spirit by putting these things up on all of the doors!"
"Can I help?"
"Sure! The more the merrier!"
The three smashers went running down the hallways, laughing merrily. "It feels like I'm on my paper route again!" Fox cried. "Only I'm delivering wreaths, INSTEAD OF NEWSPAPERS!! AH HA HA HA!!!"
"You know," said Falco, as they got into an elevator headed towards the north tower. "We're probably waking up everyone with all this shouting."
"Serves them right," Link snorted, grinning. "They should've been up hours ago."
Zelda stuck her head out of her door and looked around. She had heard laughing, and wondered who it was. "Hello?"
"HELLO, PRINCESS!" Link shouted, running up to her and hugging her.
"Oh, uh, hi Link," she said. "What're you doing?"
Fox and Falco came jogging up. "We're decorating for the holidays!" said the one that isn't a bird. "Link decided to give us a hand!"
Zelda glanced out the window, and her face broke into a magnificent grin. "IT'S SNOWING OUTSIDE!!" she shouted. "How perfect is that? Right on the first day of December!"
The four of them, still in their pajamas, started dancing around the hallways screaming with joy. Of course, this commotion didn't go unnoticed.
"What are you guys doing?" Samus asked wearily, poking her head into the hallway. Zelda rushed up to her.
"IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER!!" she shouted. "AND IT'S SNOWING OUTSIDE!!"
Samus' eyes widened, and she ran out of her door. She joined the other smashers in dancing down the corridors. Falco abandoned his empty cart, and they flew down the stairs to wake up everyone else.
"Ooh, look!" Zelda exclaimed, coming to an immediate halt. The others stopped behind her, and they all looked curiously over her shoulder. "It's the breakfast gong that hasn't been used for sixteen centuries!!"
"OOOH!!" oohed her fellow smashers. They all picked up the giant stick, and banged the gong as hard as they could four times.
The gong, which was probably the size of a baby elephant, rang out across the grounds, waking everyone up. Zelda, Samus, Link, Fox and Falco smiled as they heard shouts of excitement and joy. Their friends had discovered the snow.
At breakfast that day, hardly anyone could sit still. All that snow was sitting outside, just waiting to be played in.
"It must-a have snowed-a all-a night," Mario concluded, passing the orange juice to Peach. "Just-a look how tall-a it is!"
"Yeah," said Link. "But.it's really too bad that Gannondorf and Captain Falcon can't come with us."
"You're right," sighed Samus. "Well, about the Ganon part anyway. I'm not sure if I feel so bad about Falcon."
Link pounded his fist on the table. "I'm going to help them," he whispered.
"Oh Link, what could you possibly do now?" asked Zelda, trying to get a bone out of her chicken-and-scrambled-eggs cereal.
"Try and prove to King Toadstool that Falcon and Ganon are innocent."
"But you can't!" Peach blurted. Link and Zelda stared at her. "I mean, my father hardly ever changes his mind. And besides, you'll miss all the fun outside."
Link stood up. "I think I'll go talk him now."
Zelda sighed as he walked away. "Well, there goes the hero of time. He never gives up."
"Neither does my father," Peach mumbled.
"Sire," Link said, bowing. "May I talk to you in private about something?"
King Toadstool stood up. "Certainly, Link." The two of them walked into the den behind the dining room.
"It's about Falcon and Gannondorf," Link began.
Peach's father rolled his eyes. "What, do you want me to put Ganon in the Frank Sinatra dungeon as well? I mean one-"
"No, no, nothing like that," Link interrupted. "I'm trying to prove that they are innocent."
King Toadstool frowned. "Why do you speak in their behalf now? Like instead of last week?"
"Because I wasn't it my right mind then!" Link shouted. "But it's obvious to anyone with eyes that they did not do it!"
"Well then, what is this obvious evidence, Link?"
Hyrule's hero took a glimpse out the window. He saw all of his fellow smashers out in the snow. "Simply because.well.Zelda was in the castle right before she was almost killed, right?"
"Right." said King Toadstool slowly.
"And EVERYONE but her, me, and Princess Peach were outside, right?"
"Yes.where is this getting to?" the King asked. "Is it not possible that they might have just gone inside and done it?"
"That's my point, highness!" Link cried. "It was NOT possible!"
"My dear boy, why on earth not?"
"Because Peach said that she, Impa, and Zelda had locked everybody outside as a joke! A joke! So no one would have been able to get in! And that clearly means that it must have been someone inside the castle that did it!"
Breathing heavily, Link collapsed into a chair. King Toadstool let it sink in. "You.you must be right. You may be right."
"I am right!" Link choked.
"Go!" King Toadstool commanded. "I will think this over."
