Tuesday, July 15, 2014

The Cookie Carnival

A parade is being held in Cookietown! A parade to elect the newest Cookie Queen.The contestants are all ready and being paraded by on their floats like a confectionery Macy's parade. There is Miss Peppermint, Miss Coconut (looking for all the world like an eskimo), Miss Banana Cake, Miss Strawberry Blonde, and Miss Licorice.
But the scene is not all happiness. A wandering Flash Sentry and the two kids comes wandering down the train tracks (which are also made of peppermint sticks) and comes across a pretty mimi crying to herself because she doesn't have anything to wear to the carnival The Flash decides to become Fairy Godmother to our Cinderella cookie; a cupcake sleeve becomes a petticoat, cream from a few eclairs becomes a beautiful gown, and a few properly thrown candy hearts complete the wardrobe.
Making a quick switch with the tail end of the parade, the Flash just manages to get our beauty into the parade. The judges go nuts when they see her and know that they've found their queen, destroying their dais in the process of getting down to meet her But a king! The queen, they decide, must have a king. So, where before the female population of Cookietown was on parade, now it's time for the males to show their stuff.
We're introduced to a variety of sweet-stuffs: The Dandy Candy Kids, The Old-Fashioned Cookies ("like Mom used to make"), the Angel-Food Cakes (maybe a little too sweet), The Devil's Food Cakes, the Upside Down Cakes, and finally The Rum Cookies (who were cut out at one time because they were "always stewed!")
The three judges, in a serious show of bias, announce that no suitable king could be found, so one of them will have to take the crown. All during this pageant, however, the Flash has been trying to elude the guards who are trying to evict him from the show. He finally takes cover underneath the queens carpet, coming up on the other side to land at her feet. The queen and the two kids, of course, recognizes her as her savior and announces that he shall be the king.
The short concludes with a spectacular light show courtesy of a impressively bright one-candlepower and an assortment of multicolored lollipop gels. The Flash, as a reward for what he has brought about, receives a kiss from his queen, but not before hiding behind a lollipop which, in a libidinous heat, melts with their passion.

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