Martin's Morning - (Continuation 2)

Author: Man Gongchang
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
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Grandma Martin: Martin wakes up in the morning and looks in the mirror. Huh? How did his rural grandma show up? Turns out, it's Martin himself in the mirror—he's turned into his grandma today. His parents thought it was the real grandma, so Martin played along, pretending to be both "grandma" roles. He helped his grandma with household chores, broke a bowl while washing dishes, sucked newspapers and tablecloths into the vacuum cleaner, spilled water all over the floor while doing laundry, and made a mess of the house. Martin went to the parent-teacher meeting as "grandma," heard Director Ge ramble on about Martin's misdeeds, and got so angry he almost gave himself away. When his parents came home from work, they found neither Martin nor "grandma" was around, and they grew extremely worried. Just then, the real grandma arrived from the countryside, and Teacher Dong also came with a sick leave note supposedly written by "grandma." This mix-up led to a hilarious "Grandma Martin" and "Real Grandma" skit—how would Martin continue his act?
Mark the Sharpshooter: A shiny gold medal hangs around Martin's neck, inscribed with "National Shooting Champion." Martin has become a shooting champion! Today is Children's Day, and Martin and his classmates go to the park to play. They see a paintball shooting game. Mark the Sharpshooter is thrilled—he gets to show off his skills and win a toy Teddy Bear for Lona, who's also celebrating her birthday today. The greedy vendor tries various tricks, but Martin sees right through them, popping balloons left and right. The vendor claims the Teddy Bear is a grand prize, but to win it, Martin must shoot one bullet to extinguish five lit candles, and the candles can't fall over! What a sharpshooter! Martin arranges the candles in a row and fires—five candles are left with only wisps of smoke. The vendor, however, acts unscrupulously, saying the candles must be arranged horizontally! Just then, Martin swiftly draws his trigger, and a flash of white light goes out—every flame is extinguished! Guess what "new weapon" Martin used?
Mermaid Martin: Martin's two legs turn into fish tails—he's become Mermaid Martin today. In the coral reef, Martin meets Gu Mo and Lona, who have also turned into mermaids. They must complete a mission—to change the tragic ending of the fairy tale "The Little Mermaid," making the sea princess fall in love with the prince and not turn into foam! With the help of an old sea turtle, they trade an MP3 for a magic potion from the sea witch and rush to the palace to explain the truth to the prince, convincing him to marry the sea princess. On the wedding ship, the evil minister Romeo kidnaps the prince. Just as he draws his sword to stab the prince, the sea princess bravely blocks the blade, getting stabbed in the heart. Martin, tears streaming down his face, says, "I still couldn't save the sea princess!" A huge wave hits him, and Martin suddenly wakes up—it was all a strange dream. But he discovers he's truly become a mermaid! Determined to return to the underwater world, he resolves to complete that daunting task.