     For years now, Luigi,
that skinny, high-jumping
plumber from Brooklyn, 
stood quietly in the shadow
of his plumper brother,
Mario.  As Mario rescued
Princess Toadstool from 
the clutches of the evil
Bowser time after time,
Luigi kept dreaming of a
day when he would rise up
and face off against King
Koopa and his army.  And 
with his victory would come
a thank-you kiss from the
beautiful Princess, 
praise from all of the 
Mushroom people, his face
on Nintendo merchandise,
and the respect of his
brother.
    One day, Toad, the loyal
Mushroom retainer, rushed
into Luigi's bedroom,
frantically trying to wake
him up.
    "Luigi!  Wake up!  We
have a crisis on our hands!"
    "The Princess was 
captured, right?", said 
Luigi, slowly sitting up.
    Toad seemed surprised.
"Yeah, how'd you know?"
    "It's not so shocking
when you hear it for the
fourth time.  Don't worry,  
I'm sure Mario's kicking
Koopa's butt by now."
    "But that's just it!
Mario's been captured too!!"
    It was then that Luigi
realized what was going on.
With Mario gone, he was the  
only one who could rescue 
him and Princess Toadstool. 
This was the moment he had
always dreamed of.  His big
chance to be the hero.  And
he wasn't about to miss out
on it.
    With that, Luigi rushed
out the door, grabbed his 
plunger, and headed towards
Bowser's castle.  This is
Luigi's heroic debut!!!

