Unwritten: Diary of a Lean Green Plumber

Love and Motherhood

12 August 1991

Dinosaur Land

Dear Diary,

After all that business with the Koopalings last year, the Princess decided that a little vacation was in order. She woke us up with a big breakfast, and next thing we knew, we were all on a plane headed for an exotic new location—Dinosaur Land! My elementary school teacher told me that dinosaurs are extinct, but I've started challenging everything I was taught since Mario and I crawled through that pipe back in '85. Plus, this is a vacation we're talking about here. You don't think about things too hard during a vacation.

Upon arrival in Dinosaur Land, we were shuttled to the hotel. Mario and I got adjoining rooms, so we could visit each other at leisure. Before long, we were relaxing on the veranda, sipping on the drinks offered us and listening to the many things we could see and do during our stay. A relaxing feeling spread through my body as it sank deeper and deeper into the chair. Nothing better than an escape from plumbing, and best of all, princess rescuing. These next few pages are gonna be filled with all sorts of adventures I'll go on in Dinosaur Land!

Luigi

13 August 1991

Dinosaur Land

Dear Diary,

First the good stuff, and then the bad stuff.

The good stuff is that we have some brand new threads. I'm now wearing a green shirt, green hat, navy overalls and brown boots. Mario's now wearing a red shirt, red had, blue overalls and brown boots. It's considerably more vibrant than our earlier wardrobe, and now we're easier to recognize. In the hustle and bustle, I forgot to tell you about it.

Okay, now the bad stuff.

We went to the beach this morning. Mario and the Princess were skinny-dipping, and I was cooling off in the shallows. Then, we dried off, relaxed in the sand and ate lobster and cracked crab for lunch. After lunch, I plugged in my headphones, turned on my Walkman and enjoyed the scenery until my eyelids drooped. My eyes met Mario's, and we silently agreed to a quick siesta.

I woke up to my big bro fiercely whispering my name. My eyes fluttered open, staring into urgent sea blue. "Hm?" I asked.

"The Princess!" whispered Mario. "She's—gone!"

Wide awake, I sprang to my feet. Sure enough, the Princess's spot was empty, save for her beach towel, flip flops and Walkman.

"Okay, let's keep calm," I said. "We'll get to searching and ask the locals if they've seen her."

We dressed quickly and began scouring the beach, our search quickly expanding to the forest area. And it was there that we found a white egg with green spots, lying out there in the open! Our first impulse was to give it some shade and protection from predators. But as we were carrying it to a safer spot, it shuddered—and then hatched.

Out of the egg popped a green dinosaur with brown shoes. His eyes searched the forest before falling on us.

"Ah! It's you two who freed me?" he asked.