Memories of Boom Boom Mountain
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 When the Going Gets Rough
CHAPTER 5 A Real Crowd Pleaser
Finn the Human and his constant companion, Jake the Dog, travelled to the mountains of Ooo to spend some time with their favourite band of manly marauders.
‘You guys sure you want another round of squid ink?’ the cephalopod server asked as she poured a dark liquid into two mugs. Two blue beefy brigands nodded. Then each swallowed the ink in one gulp and tossed the mugs to the ground. They began to push and shove each other.
All around town, fighting marauders filled the streets. A pair of men with horned helmets banged their heads against each other.
Finn couldn’t wait to battle, too. He grabbed the head marauder’s helmet and pulled with all of his might.
‘Not too bad for a human boy,’ the marauder complimented him.
‘Not too bad?’ Finn huffed. ‘I’m better than that!’
Finn was all set to show the head marauder the power behind his punch when he heard the sound of sobbing in the distance.
‘Jake, do you hear that?’ Finn called to his best buddy.
‘What did you say?’ Jake yelled back.
Jake was in the middle of his own battle, riding the back of a four-legged, bearded beast that was bucking back and forth. The beast reared up, tossed Jake off its back and gave him a donkey-kick that sent him flying through the air.
‘WHOA!’
Jake cried.
Jake landed right at Finn’s feet.
‘I think someone’s crying,’ observed Finn, cupping his hand to his ear. Just then, the head marauder attacked. He slammed Finn to the ground.
‘Stop!’ Finn protested as he smacked the marauder in the face. ‘This is serious. I gotta go find out where that crying is coming from.’
Finn raced off toward the sobbing sounds.
‘Get back here, you chicken!’ the head marauder commanded.
The marauder’s buddies huddled around him and jeered Finn, too. Finn’s blood started to boil. He was a hero! How dare anyone question his bravery!
‘What did you call me?’ Finn hissed.
‘You can’t just walk away from a rough-house,’ noted the head marauder.
‘
HEY
, listen up, you cold-hearted marauders,’ Finn said defiantly. ‘Somebody’s out there crying for help, and I’m not going to ignore that.’
‘Aw, here it comes,’ said Jake. ‘Lay it down, Finn.’
The marauders gathered around as Finn told a story from his early days in the Land of Ooo.
‘A long time ago, when I was a baby, I went boom boom on a leaf,’ he began his tale.
‘Then I fell backwards and sat in my own boom boom,’ Finn went on. ‘I cried for a day, but no one came to help me. That day, I vowed to help anyone in need, no matter how small their problem,’ Finn finished. ‘And that’s why I need to go.’
Finn passed through the town gate. He then stopped to listen for a moment. Jake was trailing behind him.
‘It’s coming from up there,’ Jake said, pointing up the mountain that they were facing. Rocks and boulders were tumbling and crashing to the ground.
‘Someone must be caught in that avalanche,’ Finn concluded. ‘Let’s get it on!’
