The Mario Gang's Wacky Vacation Chapter 19: The Easter Tanooki's Run
(Mario's plan had worked. He took a nap earliar and woke up to watch TV and went to bed with Peach. She hadn't expected that Mario would wake up to deliver treats for everyone. He felt fresh and ready for work.)
Mario: Now is the time for the Easter Tanooki to do his duties.
(Mario opened the dresser and put on the Tanooki Suit. He took his back pack and dumped everything out of it, then he took his suitcase and put all the stuff in it, then he put the treats into the back pack. This process was no problem for Mario. The Tanooki Suit that he wore also gave him the ability to see in the dark...certainly an advantage. No flashlight needed.)
Mario: My first task is to get the baskets.
(Mario put the back pack on and left the room and went downstairs. Mario had to be careful in the living room because of Bowser and D.K. While Bowser sleeps in a corner, D.K. sleeps in a random spot. In this case, right in front of the doorway to the kitchen.)
D.K.: ...snore...I'll catch...snore...Easter Bunny...snore...this year...
Mario: He wants to catch me, huh? I'll burst his bubble. Heh heh.
(Instead of going to the kitchen to use the door like D.K. seems to have expected, Mario took a detour and used the sliding door. Mario ran across the yard to the driveway and followed it down to the fork. Mario took the left and crossed the bridge, then he went into the store.)
Store Lady: Well, if it isn't another late Easter Bunny.
Mario: Uh...lady. I'm not a bunny.
Store Lady: You're not? Oh! You're not! Just what are you?
Mario: A tanooki...you know...a raccoon.
Store Lady: I see now. An Easter Tanooki. That's cute. Can I take a good look at you?
(Mario puts the hood of his costume down.)
Store Lady: Oh, you're the guy that bought the last Super Soaker Huge Number. Handling well?
Mario: Yes, but that's not why I'm here. I need some Easter baskets.
Store Lady: Ah yes. Just over here we have pink baskets, red baskets, orange baskets, yellow baskets, green baskets, blue baskets, purple baskets and, for those of you that don't like colors, brown baskets.
Mario: Great! I'll take two green and one of each of the other colors. Now I need a few more treats.
Store Lady: Ah...uh...look what came in yesterday.
(Store Lady held up a box of Nintendo All Stars Fruit Snacks.)
Mario: Dang! I need a box of those. Actually, make that two.
Store Lady: All right? Anything else?
Mario: Nope.
Store Lady: I'll just ring these up then. Would you like tags for the baskets? They're free.
Mario: Sure. Can you put the names on them?
Store Lady: Okay.
(Mario took out a list and gave it to Store Lady.)
Mario: Here's all the names.
(Store Lady writes the names on the tags with fancy handwriting.)
Store Lady: They won't reconize that, will they?
Mario: Nope. Could you take a letter too?
Store Lady: Sure tell me what to write.
Mario: Okay. Ahem... Dear Mario Gang. Because of an unexpected emergency the East Bunny could not make it so he sent me instead. Yours truely, the Easter Tanooki.
Store Lady: Here you go.
Mario: Thanks. Here's the money.
(Mario gave Store Lady the money, then he took his stuff and left the store. On his way out, he passed a guy in a rabbit costume.)
Mario: You working under cover too?
Rabbit Guy: You bet. I have five kids to get snacks for.
Mario: Yeah. Me too. We better hurry along then.
(When he got to the bridge, he put his stuff down and took his backpack off.)
Mario: Now I put the stuff in the baskets.
(Mario emptied the back pack and divided the treats into eight of the baskets. He put the fruit snacks in the last one, then he labled the baskets with the tags.)
Mario: Now for the delivery...
(Mario put the empty back pack on and picked up all the baskets, then he ran to the house. He went into the front door, into the kitchen, and put the letter on the table. But he forgot about something...D.K. The ape was in the doorway, but now he was right in front of the staircase. Mario put the orange and brown baskets on the couch, locked the door, then carefully made his way over D.K. and up the stairs. He didn't know it, but his tail brushed up against D.K. when he crossed him and he woke up when Mario was gone.)
D.K.: Huh? What? Oh! That must be him! I'll just wait for him to come back down.
(Upstairs, Mario was about to go in the boys' room when he heard voices...)
Toad: Luigi?
Luigi: What is it now, Toad?
Toad: I heard something again.
Luigi: It's probably the Bunny. Go to sleep.
Toad: Fine. Good night.
Luigi: Good night.
(Mario waited for them to fall asleep, then he went in the room and put the two green baskets, the yellow basket, the blue basket, and the purple basket on the couch. As soon as he left the room, he heard voices again.)
Toad: Luigi!
Luigi: What?
Toad: I heard it again!
(Everyone in the room woke up.)
Luigi, Waluigi, Wario, & Yoshi: SHUT UP, TOAD!
(Mario waited for everyone to stop arguing and go to sleep, then he went into Phil's room. Mario looked at Peach. She was sleeping in bed with a stuffed toy Mario...and that doesn't make much sense if you consider the fact that the real thing sleeps next to her. Anyway, Mario put the last two baskets, the pink and red ones, on the dresser. Mario took his back pack off and put the old stuff back in it, then he stuck it in the corner where it was. Mario took a piece of paper and wrote something on it. He put it next to the red basket, the one with the fruit snacks.)
Mario: Now...just one more thing...
(Mario went out of the room and started down the stairs. D.K. still lays at the bottom. Mario tried to cross him, but his tail got him again, not that it really matters since D.K. was already awake. Mario went into the kitchen.)
D.K.: (to himself) The Bunny went into the kitchen! I'll just creep over there and look at him.
(D.K. crawls to the doorway and peeked in. Mario was getting Easter eggs out of the fridge. The light from the fridge wasn't very bright so Mario looked like a mere shadow. But even still, D.K. could see that Mario had...)
D.K.: (to himself) A long tail? That's got to be the strangest rabbit I've ever seen.
(Mario closed the fridge and went out the front door. Mario went around hiding eggs everywhere. The exploring he did in Chapter Sx proved useful now. When he hid the last egg, he went back in the house. D.K. was sleeping next to the couch now so Mario had no difficulty going up the stairs. He went into Phil's room, put the Tanooki Suit away, and went to bed. Tomarrow will tell if his mission was sucessful...)
(Mario's plan had worked. He took a nap earliar and woke up to watch TV and went to bed with Peach. She hadn't expected that Mario would wake up to deliver treats for everyone. He felt fresh and ready for work.)
Mario: Now is the time for the Easter Tanooki to do his duties.
(Mario opened the dresser and put on the Tanooki Suit. He took his back pack and dumped everything out of it, then he took his suitcase and put all the stuff in it, then he put the treats into the back pack. This process was no problem for Mario. The Tanooki Suit that he wore also gave him the ability to see in the dark...certainly an advantage. No flashlight needed.)
Mario: My first task is to get the baskets.
(Mario put the back pack on and left the room and went downstairs. Mario had to be careful in the living room because of Bowser and D.K. While Bowser sleeps in a corner, D.K. sleeps in a random spot. In this case, right in front of the doorway to the kitchen.)
D.K.: ...snore...I'll catch...snore...Easter Bunny...snore...this year...
Mario: He wants to catch me, huh? I'll burst his bubble. Heh heh.
(Instead of going to the kitchen to use the door like D.K. seems to have expected, Mario took a detour and used the sliding door. Mario ran across the yard to the driveway and followed it down to the fork. Mario took the left and crossed the bridge, then he went into the store.)
Store Lady: Well, if it isn't another late Easter Bunny.
Mario: Uh...lady. I'm not a bunny.
Store Lady: You're not? Oh! You're not! Just what are you?
Mario: A tanooki...you know...a raccoon.
Store Lady: I see now. An Easter Tanooki. That's cute. Can I take a good look at you?
(Mario puts the hood of his costume down.)
Store Lady: Oh, you're the guy that bought the last Super Soaker Huge Number. Handling well?
Mario: Yes, but that's not why I'm here. I need some Easter baskets.
Store Lady: Ah yes. Just over here we have pink baskets, red baskets, orange baskets, yellow baskets, green baskets, blue baskets, purple baskets and, for those of you that don't like colors, brown baskets.
Mario: Great! I'll take two green and one of each of the other colors. Now I need a few more treats.
Store Lady: Ah...uh...look what came in yesterday.
(Store Lady held up a box of Nintendo All Stars Fruit Snacks.)
Mario: Dang! I need a box of those. Actually, make that two.
Store Lady: All right? Anything else?
Mario: Nope.
Store Lady: I'll just ring these up then. Would you like tags for the baskets? They're free.
Mario: Sure. Can you put the names on them?
Store Lady: Okay.
(Mario took out a list and gave it to Store Lady.)
Mario: Here's all the names.
(Store Lady writes the names on the tags with fancy handwriting.)
Store Lady: They won't reconize that, will they?
Mario: Nope. Could you take a letter too?
Store Lady: Sure tell me what to write.
Mario: Okay. Ahem... Dear Mario Gang. Because of an unexpected emergency the East Bunny could not make it so he sent me instead. Yours truely, the Easter Tanooki.
Store Lady: Here you go.
Mario: Thanks. Here's the money.
(Mario gave Store Lady the money, then he took his stuff and left the store. On his way out, he passed a guy in a rabbit costume.)
Mario: You working under cover too?
Rabbit Guy: You bet. I have five kids to get snacks for.
Mario: Yeah. Me too. We better hurry along then.
(When he got to the bridge, he put his stuff down and took his backpack off.)
Mario: Now I put the stuff in the baskets.
(Mario emptied the back pack and divided the treats into eight of the baskets. He put the fruit snacks in the last one, then he labled the baskets with the tags.)
Mario: Now for the delivery...
(Mario put the empty back pack on and picked up all the baskets, then he ran to the house. He went into the front door, into the kitchen, and put the letter on the table. But he forgot about something...D.K. The ape was in the doorway, but now he was right in front of the staircase. Mario put the orange and brown baskets on the couch, locked the door, then carefully made his way over D.K. and up the stairs. He didn't know it, but his tail brushed up against D.K. when he crossed him and he woke up when Mario was gone.)
D.K.: Huh? What? Oh! That must be him! I'll just wait for him to come back down.
(Upstairs, Mario was about to go in the boys' room when he heard voices...)
Toad: Luigi?
Luigi: What is it now, Toad?
Toad: I heard something again.
Luigi: It's probably the Bunny. Go to sleep.
Toad: Fine. Good night.
Luigi: Good night.
(Mario waited for them to fall asleep, then he went in the room and put the two green baskets, the yellow basket, the blue basket, and the purple basket on the couch. As soon as he left the room, he heard voices again.)
Toad: Luigi!
Luigi: What?
Toad: I heard it again!
(Everyone in the room woke up.)
Luigi, Waluigi, Wario, & Yoshi: SHUT UP, TOAD!
(Mario waited for everyone to stop arguing and go to sleep, then he went into Phil's room. Mario looked at Peach. She was sleeping in bed with a stuffed toy Mario...and that doesn't make much sense if you consider the fact that the real thing sleeps next to her. Anyway, Mario put the last two baskets, the pink and red ones, on the dresser. Mario took his back pack off and put the old stuff back in it, then he stuck it in the corner where it was. Mario took a piece of paper and wrote something on it. He put it next to the red basket, the one with the fruit snacks.)
Mario: Now...just one more thing...
(Mario went out of the room and started down the stairs. D.K. still lays at the bottom. Mario tried to cross him, but his tail got him again, not that it really matters since D.K. was already awake. Mario went into the kitchen.)
D.K.: (to himself) The Bunny went into the kitchen! I'll just creep over there and look at him.
(D.K. crawls to the doorway and peeked in. Mario was getting Easter eggs out of the fridge. The light from the fridge wasn't very bright so Mario looked like a mere shadow. But even still, D.K. could see that Mario had...)
D.K.: (to himself) A long tail? That's got to be the strangest rabbit I've ever seen.
(Mario closed the fridge and went out the front door. Mario went around hiding eggs everywhere. The exploring he did in Chapter Sx proved useful now. When he hid the last egg, he went back in the house. D.K. was sleeping next to the couch now so Mario had no difficulty going up the stairs. He went into Phil's room, put the Tanooki Suit away, and went to bed. Tomarrow will tell if his mission was sucessful...)