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Sadie ground pounded a Goomba, one of the mushroom-like creatures that were abundant in Super Mario. "I feel bad for the Goombas."
"They're just henchmen," the boy said.
"But it feels like they've gotten mixed up in something that has nothing to do with them."
"That's the life of a henchman.
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Gabrielle Zevin (Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow)