Week 2 Stories: Mario and Bowser

Once upon a time in a kingdom far far away, lived a king. This king was not noble, not kind, not mighty. He ruled people by fear. King Bowser, was fierce. He had a shell with spikes, sharp teeth, and a nasty roar. 

(Bowser the King. Source: Flickr)

In a land not to far away from the kingdom lived a town of Toadettes. These poor defensively creatures lived in a land with no resources. They were on their last days of survival. One day Bowser was walking along and saw the town. He saw them as an easy target. He knew he could convince them to come to his kingdom where he would then eat them. Bowser walked into town and the Toad people ran, except one. Bowser with his nicest voice introduced himself as king of kingdom rich in resources. The little Toadette was fascinated, he wanted to go to this kingdom. Bowser, with a grin on his face, said he would take him there. The only problem was he could only take one at a time because they had to cross a mighty river and he could only carry one Toadette this way. The people said they would let the little Toadette go with King Bowser and let him see what he thought of the kingdom that Bowser described.

So off they went. Little Toadette and Bowser. After crossing the river, they were at the entrance of the kingdom. Bowser rang a bell and all the townspeople were out of sight because they were frightened by Bowser. He did this so that the Little Toadette would think this place was empty and could fit the entire town. Little Toadette was amazed of the big kingdom and stuffed his face in the food that Bowser provide. They then embarked back to the town where Little Toadette was from. He told the people about how much room there was and that they should go and he thanked Bowser for everything. Bowser gave a sly smile. 

He then proceeded to take Little Toadette back to the kingdom. As soon as Little Toadette saw the kingdom, Bowser ate him. Bowser went back and forth. Eating each Toadette one by one. After several trips they were all gone. 

Bowser made one last trip back to the town to make sure he did not miss anyone. As he was about to leave he heard a scream. "WHAT HAPPENED HERE? TOADETTE? WHERE ARE THEY?" a voice shouted. Bowser starting to giggle a bit and was looking where the voice came from. He noticed a small person, rather round, in a plumber outfit. Bowser asked, "Who are you?". The plumber stated, "I am Mario. Who are you and where is the town?". Bowser replied, " I am Bowser, King of the kingdom not too far from here. I took the people to my kingdom so that they will never go hungry." Mario, a bit skeptical asked if Bowser would take him and show him. Bowser agreed and knew he would have another snack soon. 

As they approached the kingdom, Mario got a bad feeling in his stomach. He jumped up on Bowser. Bowser not sure what was going on stopped but then continued forward because he was almost about to eat again. When they got to the gates Bowser threw Mario into the air, closed his eyes, and opened his mouth wide. Mario quickly threw a fireball into his mouth. Bowser began to choke as Mario threw more and more fireballs. When Bowser fell down, Mario jumped on top of him and gave the last blow. "You could not fool me and you will no longer fool anyone else", Mario said as he entered into his new kingdom. 

(Mario. Source: Flickr)

Author's Note: This story about Mario and Bowser is an adaption from the Cunning Crane and the Crab. When I was thinking of a story I could write that had characters similar to this I immediately thought of Mario. Bowser was the Crane who thought they knew everything and could get their way by tricking innocent people. The innocent people are Toadettes who don't really have any powers or strengths. This makes them very similar to the fish that are hopeful and helpless. Mario of course had to be the crab because of how clever he is and how he defeats the enemy. 

Bibliography: The Cunning Crane and the Crab from "The Giant Crab", and Other Tales from Old India by W. H. D. Rouse.