Chapter 25: Mystery of the Monkey Cage
Next up on our list of places to go to is Tall Tall Mountain.
"Gee, looks like we're going hiking." Toadette said.
"Maybe it can help me become a better Toad." Blue Toad said.
The four Toads exited the painting.
"Alright, what's next? This adventure is starting to bore me a bit." Blue Toad said.
"The author can't think of anything clever to write to entertain these readers." Toad said.
"Ahem! Fourth wall! Don't break it!" Toadette said.
"Why not?! I love breaking things, including walls!" Yellow Toad said as he tried to charge toward a wall, but Toad blocked his way after that.
"Are you kidding, Yellow? People are inside these walls!" Toad said.
"How about we go into that painting next?" Yellow Toad said.
They look at where Yellow Toad was pointing. It was a painting depicting a mountain next to a cliff with tall, tall mountains.
"You sure? It looks like a long way down." Toadette said.
"Well, I have high jumps so it can't be that bad." Yellow Toad said.
"Okay, but one slip up and we fall to our doom." Toad said.
"Less talking, more fighting." Blue Toad said.
Blue Toad was the first to jump in the painting before the other three were.
Tall Tall Mountain
The four land on a cliff side at the base of Tall Tall Mountain.
"Well, guys, there is no time to waste!" Toad said.
Yellow Toad looks up nervously, and then down to the seemingly bottomless pit. "I'm already regretting this..."
"Come on, Yellow!" Toad said.
"Coming!" Yellow Toad said.
The heroes first started to walk past a waterfall, then jumped across a few small gaps. They did not have to worry about the mushrooms since they could walk around them. Then the trouble awaited them. A group of Monty Moles started to throw rocks at the heroes. One of them hit Yellow Toad in the cap.
"What was that for?" Yellow Toad told the Monty Mole.
Toad ran toward Yellow Toad and gave him a band-aid for his mushroom cap.
"Thanks." Yellow Toad said.
"No problem! Now it's time for us to play some whack-a-mole!" Toad said.
Toad jumped on top of a Monty Mole to squish it. Toadette jumped on one too, and Blue Toad grabbed one out of it's hole and threw it down the cliff.
"And that's how you wrestle with enemies." Blue Toad told the three Toads.
Next they encountered Bob-ombs on a slope, but those were no problem as Blue Toad threw them off a cliff. Then an enemy that resembled a Bob-omb called a Chuckya grabbed Toad.
"AAAH! Put me down!" Toad said.
The Chuckya then threw Toad off a cliff, but Blue Toad caught him before he fell to his doom.
"You...rescued me?" Toad said.
"Nobody can mess with you but me!" Blue Toad said.
After Blue Toad helped him up, he punched the Chuckya far away until it was nothing but a twinkling star.
Then the heroes came up to another area with rolling balls similar to Bob-omb Battlefield.
"Not this again..." Toadette said, facepalming.
After a few minutes of mountain climbing, they were expecting a boss battle. But instead, they saw a cage with the star. And Ukiki, the monkey had the key to it.
"Um...excuse me? Could you please unlock that cage for us? It has something we really need." Toad said.
"Sure, I'll unlock it for you." Ukiki said. "If you can catch me!" Ukiki ran around and taunted at the three Toads as he dodged. Toadette just sighs.
"Guys, let me handle this. I've dealt with something like this before." Toadette said.
Toadette grabbed the Ukiki.
"Aaaaah! Let me out, I was only teasing! Can't you take a joke?!" Ukiki said.
"Then unlock the cage for us!" Toad said.
"Alright! A deal's a deal." Ukiki said.
Ukiki fell out of Toadette's hands and the quartet followed the monkey to the cage. In which he unlocked it, and the heroes earned a star.