Sonic the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom

Chapter 12.

While the Roboens were still in the land of the Mushroom Kingdom , the Lord gave the following instructions to Sonic and Manic , "From now on , this month will be the first month of the year for you. Announce to the whole community of Robo Tropolis that on the tenth day of this month each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for a sacrifice , one animal for each household. If a family is too small to eat a whole animal , let them share with another family in the neighborhood. Divide the animal according to the size of each family and how much they can eat. The animal you select must be a one - year - old male , either a sheep or a goat , with no defects. "Take special care of this chosen animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of this first month. Then the whole assembly of the community of Robo Tropolis must slaughter their lamb or young goat at twilight. They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the sides and top of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the animal. That same night they must roast the meat over a fire and eat it along with bitter salad greens and bread made without yeast. Do not eat any of the meat raw or boiled in water. The whole animal - including the head , legs , and internal organs - must be roasted over a fire. Do not leave any of it until the next morning. Burn whatever is not eaten before morning." "These are your instructions for eating this meal , be fully dressed , wear your sandals , and carry your walking stick in your hand. Eat the meal with urgency , for this is the Lord's passover. On that night I will pass through the land of the Mushroom Kingdom and strike down every firstborn son and firstborn male animal in the land of the Mushroom Kingdom. I will execute judgment against all the gods of the Mushroom Kingdom , for I am the Lord! But the blood on your doorposts will serve as a sign , marking the houses where you are staying. When I see the blood , I will pass over you. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of the Mushroom Kingdom. "This is a day to remember. Each year , from generation to generation , you must celebrate it as a special festival to the Lord. This is a law for all time. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast. On the first day of the festival , remove every trace of yeast from your homes. Anyone who eats bread made with yeast during the seven days of the festival will be cut off from the community of Robo Tropolis. On the first day of the festival and again on the seventh day , all the people must observe an official day for holy assembly. No work of any kind may be done on these days except in the preparation of food. "Celebrate this festival of unleavened bread , for it will remind you that I brought your forces out of the land of the Mushroom Kingdom on this very day. This festival will be a permanent law for you ; celebrate this day from generation to generation. The bread you eat must be made without yeast from the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month until the evening of the twenty - first day of that month. During those seven days , there must be no trace of yeast in your homes. Anyone who eats anything made with yeast during this week will be cut off from the community of Robo Tropolis. These regulations apply both to the foreigners living among you and to the native - born Roboens. During those days you must not eat anything made with yeast. Wherever you live , eat only bread made without yeast." Then Sonic called all the elders of Robo Tropolis together and said to them , "Go , pick out a lamb or young goat for each of your families , and slaughter the passover animal. Drain the blood into a basin. Then take a bundle of hyssop branches and dip it into the blood. Brush the hyssop across the top and sides of the doorframes of your houses. And no one may go out through the door until morning. For the Lord will pass through the land to strike down the Mushroomens. But when he sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe , the Lord will pass over your home. He will not permit his death angel to enter your house and strike you down." "Remember , these instructions are a permanent law that you and your descendants must observe forever. When you enter the land the Lord has promised to give you , you will continue to observe this ceremony. Then your children will ask , 'what does this ceremony mean?' And you will reply , 'it is the passover sacrifice to the Lord , for he passed over the houses of the Roboens in the Mushroom Kingdom. And families." When Sonic had finished speaking , all the people bowed down to the ground and worshiped. So the people of Robo Tropolis did just as the Lord had commanded through Sonic and Manic. And that night at midnight , the Lord struck down all the firstborn son in the land of the Mushroom Kingdom , from the firstborn son of Mario , who sat on his throne , to the firstborn son of the prisoner in the dungeon. Even the first - born of their livestock were killed. Mario and all his officials and all the people of the Mushroom Kingdom woke up during the night , and loud wailing was heard throughout the Mushroom Kingdom. There was not a single house where someone had not died. Mario sent for Sonic and Manic during the night. "Get out!!" He ordered. "Leave my people - and take the rest of the Roboens with you! Go and worship the Lord as you have requested. Take your flocks and herds , as you said , and be gone. Go , but bless me as you leave." All the Mushroomens urged the people of Robo Tropolis to get out of the land as quickly as possible , for they thought , "We will all die!" The Roboens took their bread dough before yeast was added. They wrapped their kneading boards in their cloaks and carried them on their shoulders. And the people of Robo Tropolis did as Sonic had instructed ; they asked the Mushroomens for clothing and articles of silver and gold. The Lord caused the Mushroomens to look favorably on the Roboens , and they gave the Roboens whatever they asked for. So they stripped the Mushroomens of their wealth! That night the people of Robo Tropolis left the Mushroom Kingdom. There were about 600,000 men , plus all the women and children. A rabble of non - Roboens went with them , along with great flocks and herds of livestock. For bread they baked flat cakes from the dough without yeast they had brought from the Mushroom Kingdom. It was made without yeast because the people were driven out of the Mushroom Kingdom in such a hurry that they had no time to prepare the bread or other food. The people of Robo Tropolis had lived in the Mushroom Kingdom for 430 years.