It all began with a table full
of potatoes.
Normally potatoes lead a rather dull life. From the moment they are
pulled from the ground to the moment they are eaten, potatoes very rarely
get the chance to have Incredible Adventures. But in the batch of potatoes,
there was one very special Potato by the name of Mr. Poe Tader. He was
feeling restless in his position as normal potato, so he went to the
elder of the Potato Village on the table and asked for his help.
"Wise Elder!" said Poe Tader. "I do not feel like this
is where I belong! I know that I should be looking forward to serving
mankind as a french fry or a chip, but I want more from life than that!"
The village elder had known this was coming ever since Poe Tader was
just a little tot. So together they created a plan so that Poe could
escape and try to make it on his own in the Real World. One day during
the Afternoon Nap Time, the elder snuck Poe out of the building, and
helped him onto a Bicycle, which Poe could use to escape far away from
the potato factory.
Poe Tader took his bike and rode this way and that, but unfortunately
for him, he was a potato, and potatoes are not known for their skill
at riding a bicycle, and so he did not make it far before he crashed
his bike - and he had no way of getting back on without his elder friend.
He thought that his dream of freedom was gone, and so he sat on a bench,
and he hummed and he sighed.
In fact, he got so upset at the plight of potatoes in this country,
that very nearly turned to a Life of Crime! He even went so far as to
get a can of spray paint so that he could paint his name on brick walls.
But then one day a young lady spotted him trying to lug his spray paint
around town and felt sorry for this little spud, so she picked him up
and helped him to turn his life around.
It was with her guidance that Poe Tader discovered his hidden talent:
Juggling! As it turns out, Poe Tader could juggle better than any potato
in history! The only thing to do next was to find some way of letting
the world see his talent… and it just so happened that there was a
World Juggling Competition going on in town!
So Poe Tader went to the World Juggling Competition - but instead of
getting to show them all his skill, the jugglers juggled him instead!
This went on for hours, until somebody tried to use him for contact
juggling and while she was balancing him on her hand, he spoke up and
said that he was there as a competitor, not a prop.
The juggler apologized for trying to juggle him, and to make up for
it, she brought him to the main performance stage, and there Poe Tader
wowed everyone with his juggling skills.
And he also discovered he had another talent - card tricks!
When everyone saw the Poe Tader’s amazing juggling skills and magic
trick skills, he became an instant sensation. Everyone loved Poe Tader!
Walking down the street, he would be stopped by screaming fans, who
would call their relatives just to say that they were meeting Poe Tader
in person!
And sometimes they’d even give him smooches.
Poe Tader was a celebrity, and his name was plastered everywhere. He
was by far the most famous potato the world had ever known - and life
was good for Mr. Poe Tader.
But there was something trouble Mr. Poe Tader. Despite all of the fame
and the riches, he was not satisfied. And then one day as he went backstage
of one of his shows, he noticed a terrifying sight there on the craft
services table:
Mr. Poe Tader knew that he could not continue this life style any more,
and so he stopped juggling and doing magic forever. He decided that
he had to go where potatoes belonged - out in nature. So he went out
and found himself a nice place in the woods.
He liked all of his new-found freedom, away from the bustle of the Big
City. All day long he ran around and sat in the grass.
And every day he would make time to stop and smell the flowers.
But as he soon discovered, the woods are no place for a tender young
potato. Although out in the woods he was free from the paparazi trying
to snap pictures, he had a whole new threat: bears!
And when it wasn’t the bears, it was the hunters:
With all of these things out to eat him, Mr. Poe Tader thought that
he was a goner for sure! But then one day as he was hiding amongst some
rocks, he bumped into a small green fellow wearing a nice suit and holding
a rock. "Hello, there!" said Mr. Poe Tader. "Who are
you?"
The green fellow looked at him and said "I am Beady, the mayor
of this town! And who are you, little potato?" Poe Tader then told
the mayor of his adventures at the potato factory, and how he escaped
on a bike, became a famous juggler, and was now trying to avoid being
eaten by a bear. The Mayor nodded and said that he understood, and that
Mr. Tader could stay with them in their village as long as he liked.
"Oh thank you!" said Poe Tader, and then he went to explore
his new home.
Poe Tader met all kinds of friendly people, and he got along with everyone.
He even met a young lady that was just his size!
Since they were of similar stature, they decided to get married. At
first they did not know what to do since they were so much smaller than
everyone else, but then they discovered that they could use their creative
talents to help design new rock formations, and then the workers would
carry out their ideas, and with this teamwork, they soon had the greatest
village in the whole forest.
They had such a fantastic village that everybody could then take time
to sit in the grass, and smell the flowers, and lie about without shoes
on with no fear of bears or hunters.
And everyone in the village was so happy that they even gave Mr. Poe
Tader his very own green hat.
And he lived Happily Ever After.
The End.
