Once there was a meatball named Meatball, a taco named Taco, a corn dog named Corndog and a pancake named Pancake. They were all really good friends, but one day a stranger came. His name was Mario. He looked pretty scary.

He asked, “Is Meatball here?” Everyone was as scared as an elephant seeing a mouse.

“You will not take our friend, bandit.” Corndog said. It wasn’t a big sweat for Mario to gobble down Corndog. Now his friends had to get him out of Mario.

“It would be hard to get Corndog out; it would be tough but it’s worth it,” said Pancake.

The rest agreed. They set off on a journey. Surprisingly Mario was waiting for them at his house. He even prepared dinner — it was them! The team had to defend themselves, so they threw pies at Mario. But Mario had his own plan, he started eating the pies until he broke the ceiling of his house.

“I think I hear my mom calling me,” Pancake said. He started to run out the door, screaming in fear.

Then Mario swallowed Taco whole like he was eating nothing. Meatball had one idea. It was to run and hide. So he started to run and hide. First, he thought of the dumpster, then he remembered what would happen. So he went to the art museum and acted like a statue (like anyone would hide). But there was a hungry dog. It spotted Meatball and started chasing him. Then Mario saw Meatball being chased by the dog.

“Is the little puppy hurting you?” Mario asked.

“I could never understand why you’re talking so annoyingly,” Meatball responded.

Mario was so mad. He looked like his whole face was going to explode like lava out of a volcano. Mario started chasing meatball around like a cat chasing a mouse. Finally, Mario caught Meatball and ate him. Pancake is safe for now, but he have no idea when Mario will strike again.