The Goomba Lurp

Chesnie was a little girl just about your age

Snatched up by a Goomba Lurp and locked up in a cage!

A very pretty girl she was with manners kind and sweet.

The perfect kind of little girl that Goomba's love to eat.

Walking through the flower garden, Chesnie had no clue

That waiting quietly in the pond was a Goomba colored blue.

All the frogs croaked out load to scare Chesnie away

But the little girl giggled instead thinking they wished to play.

She bent down close and turned her head to listen all the more

To the frogs who croaked so much that their throats were very sore.

The Goomba Lurp spread his toes with webs between each one

Then he drove right in without a noise-of splashes there were none.

He swam and slithered like a snake with horns all down his tail

Baring teeth of an awful green and as sharp as a wire nail.

Two bulging eyes glared at the girl, who pulled back her hair

To keep her locks from getting wet, she took extra care.

The Goomba Lurp saw his chance and grabbed the little girl

But just before he dragged her down, she was spotted by a squirrel.

Flicking his tail in wild fear, the squirrel ran up the tree

Chirping to friends, to birds and deer, and even to the bees.

While the animals scampered above, Chesnie was pulled below

Held on tight by the Goobma Lurp who's hunger started to grow.

Into the cage he threw the girl, then locked it with a key

Given to him as a birthday gift from the Loch Ness of the sea.

It was fire-proof and unbreakable, impossible to undo

Swallowed by the Goomba Lurp and he didn't even chew.

An evil laugh escaped his gut and shook poor Chesnie's cage

So she shrilly shrieked in his ear, causing a red hot rage.

“Quiet you! I'll eat you up! Just you wait and see,”

“I'll have you with some filleted fish, or maybe even brie!”

Another laugh burst out loud as he cackled at his joke.

He laughed so hard, he couldn't breath and began to choke.

Chesnie looked away from him, unable to hide her woe

But not far off in the pond, were fifty fish in a row!

The army of fish were aimed at her, swimming rather fast

Before she knew it, the fifty fish were becoming rather vast.

One hundred fish swam her way: pike, carp, and trout

All the different kinds of fish seemed to be about.

Shooting out from the lines was a minnow barely seen

Right before Chesnie's eyes he shone with a rainbow sheen.

“Do not worry, Chesnie dear, we are here to rescue you,

From a squirrel the tale was told, about this Goomba blue.”

Chesnie smiled in relief, thankful for the brave finned fish

That would save her from the horrible threat of becoming the Goomba's dish.

Straight for the cage they all swam, fish, frogs, and snakes

Shouting out to their Chesnie dear to hold on for goodness sake!

BANG! BAM! went the cage as it swung here and there

But it didn't open, that rotten thing, the Goomba's vile snare!

The Goomba chortled with a nasty smile to ridicule the pond

And all its little creatures within and those far beyond.

“Try to break my magic cage. See how far you get!

The sooner you realize it won't break, the sooner you will quit!

Better yet, here's an idea, you'll taste nice as a side

Fresh and cooked, broiled and chopped, or maybe even fried.”

He licked his lips and rubbed his hands ready to attack

But a brave catfish swam around and rammed into his back.

Out came the key that he had tried to hide in his growling gut

It landed on the sandy ground perfect in it's shapely cut.

One of the frogs shot out his tongue, sticking it to the key

Flinging it over to a water snake who set poor Chesnie free.

The angry blue Goobma Lurp swiped out at a carp

Catching him in his hands and opened his teeth so sharp.

“Make him laugh!” Yelled the girl dizzy from the her terror

But a nearby trout heard her words and made sure not to err.

Swimming below the Goomba Lurp, the trout breathed out small bubbles

That floated up the Goobma's sides and caused him many troubles.

He wiggled and shook and tried his best to keep his laugh inside

But he couldn't resist the urge to laugh no matter how hard he tried.

Out it came in a roar, echoing throughout the water

His hand released the little carp who happily escaped the slaughter.

Right on cue the frogs released their tongues so sticky and long

Attaching them to the Goomba Lurp who had done Chesnie wrong.

Into the cage they dragged the brute, thrashing his arms and feet,

Until the door was locked for good, the Goomba was finally beat.

Chesnie swam back to the land, happy to see the garden.

She thanked the animals, all of them, then begged them for their pardon.

She was very tired and completely spent, and having been a meal

For a Goomba Lurp so utterly mean is quite a big ordeal.