Tonight, Madison wanted to see Mater. Not entirely sure what brought that on, but after dinner, we plugged in the new "Mater's Tall Tales." Mater is the tow truck you see below.
He's actually a really great character in the movie "Cars," and we're anxious to see him again when he shows up in "Cars 2" later this summer. Until then, "Mater's Tall Tales" is a well-done and really funny DVD that we all like watching. It's several mini-stories about Mater and Lightning McQueen, all with different unique themes. Great stuff!
Tonight before bed, Madison wanted to hear another story. I suppose we'll have to start a new section up on this blog entitled "Madison's Bedtime Stories."
Once upon a time, Princess Madison and Princess Belle were having a picnic nearby a lovely wheat field under a blue sky.
Suddenly, they heard a roar like nothing they ever heard before! It was a truck engine - belonging to Mater the Tow Truck.
"Dagum!" he said, as he saw the two Princesses. "I'm going to need some help. Can y'all come with me for a bit?"
Princess Belle and Princess Madison thought it might be fun, so they said, "Sure!"
At which point a cable swung around from Mater's backside and hoisted the two princesses up into the air - and back onto Mater's back.
"You'd better hold on back there," Mater warned. And then he sped off with the two princesses clinging tightly behind him.
They drove past the wheat fields and into a desert, where soon they found themselves at Radiator Springs.
As they drove into town, everyone gathered to see the beautiful princesses riding with Mater. There were great cheers and warm smiles all around!
"Good to meet you," the sheriff told them. He was a car too, an old Mercury Club Coupe, and he was very nice to the two princesses. "I'm the sheriff around here and I wanted to share something with you. We've got ourselves an interesting problem here. Seems there's something wild up there in a big cave in Carburetor Canyon. Crazy noises are coming from the cave that sound mysterious and spooky, and altogether ooky. Some folks say it might even be ... haunted! Can you help us?"
The princesses nodded. They'd do their best, but they weren't entirely sure what that was.
"What's going on in that cave?" Princess Madison asked.
"Only one way to show you," Mater replied. "Let's get on up there ourselves."
"Good luck," the sheriff told them - and watched Mater drive off again towards the creepy cave.
Mater drove carefully along the curvy road, straight towards Carburetor Canyon. He pointed his tow cable upwards and told them, "There it is! Up yonder!"
The princesses looked upwards along a rock face and saw a large cave, dark and mysterious.
"What's in there?" Princess Belle asked.
"Don't know," Mater told them. "But it sure gets noisy."
As if on cue, there was a tremendous roar that echoed inside the cave.
"Dagum!" Mater exclaimed!
"Let's get closer," Princess Madison said bravely.
So they did. Mater drove them upwards, shaking all the way until he reached the mouth of the large cave.
"It sure is dark in there," Mater announced.
The princesses got off of Mater's back and walked along side him a moment.
"I think I can do something about that," Princess Belle said.
This is the point where she pulled out her famous mirror. This mirror was given to her by Beast, and could show her anything or anyone ... anywhere.
She pointed the mirror towards the cave entrance and told the mirror, "Show me...the sun!"
Suddenly, a bright light shone out from the mirror and illuminated the entire cave! It was as if it were daylight inside that cave.
"Let's take a peek inside," Mater told them.
Cautiously, the three walked into the cave, looking all about.
"What could be making all that noise?" Princess Madison asked.
Suddenly, as if to answer, there was a tremendous roar once more! The three looked to their left and saw a huge dump truck, simply covered with mud and dirt. He was so dirty, his windshield eyes were nearly covered! He looked miserable!
He revved his engines threateningly, and the three backed up slowly. But he wasn't through - he wanted to scare them off! That would explain why he raced forward towards them, as if he were going to run them over. Uh-oh!
Fortunately, Belle pointed her mirror at the charging dump truck. The bright sunlight coming from her mirror completely blinded him for a few moments. He stopped dead in his tracks, and yelped!
"Awww," the dump truck said. "Why'd you have to go and do a thing like that?"
"You were going to run us over," Princess Madison said.
"I'm just trying to scare you off," the dump truck replied.
"Why are you in such a rotten mood?" Madison asked.
"Because I lost my magic windshield wiper fluid!"
Mater said, "You lost you're what?"
The dump truck explained: "I lost my magic windshield wiper fluid, and my eyes are all covered up and irritated. That's why I'm in this dark cave. That's why I'm cranky!"
Madison asked him, "Where did you lose it?"
The dump truck slowly rolled over towards a crack in the wall of the cave.
"I dropped it and it rolled away," he said. "Right in there, deep in the crevice. It is such a tight squeeze in there that I can't get to it. And now, I'm afraid I'm going blind!"
The large dump truck started to cry.
Princess Belle shined her mirror light into the crack, and just as the dump truck said, there inside the tight crevice was a bottle of windshield wiper fluid. On the front of it was a label that said, "MAGIC."
"Perhaps we can reach it," Belle suggested. She put her arm into the crack in the cave wall - but unfortunately, it was too far of a reach.
Next, Princess Madison tried. But she too could not reach the bottle.
But Mater confident. "Back up, gals," he announced boldly.
And with that, he swung his tow cable out - and deep into the crevice. His cable went all the way in, further than anyone could reach! Sure enough, he connected with the bottle, which he began to drag back out of the crevice.
"You've got my bottle of magic windshield wiper fluid," the dump truck gleefully shouted.
"All in a day's work," Mater said, and the princesses laughed.
The dump truck then opened his hood, and Princess Madison climbed up, putting the magic windshield wiper fluid inside. Soon, he was spraying his own eyes, and soon he could see clearly! He was clean again!
"I don't know how to thank you," he told them.
"How about you give us a ride back to town?" Princess Belle suggested.
"Sure thing, ladies!"
"What's your name, by the way?" Princess Madison asked.
"You can call me Doug," he replied. "Hop on back!"
So the princesses did just that. Soon, he was riding them back to Radiator Springs, with Mater driving just behind.
There was a big celebration for them that night. Right down the main road, there was a big parade with all the cars and all sorts of fancy music. It was perfectly wonderful. Even the big dump truck was dancing all about.
But soon it was time for everyone to go to sleep. A car named Sally let them stay at the Cozy Cone Motel for free, where there was a special room just for people like Princess Madison and Princess Belle.
"Goodnight Princesses," the dump truck said. "Thank you again!"
"G'night girls," Mater told them, as he started to head back to his place. "Had a load of fun!"
"Good night!" they replied.
The two went to their beds, said their prayers and lay down for a good night's rest, happy with today's adventures in Radiator Springs.
The End
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