Mario's Big Problem - An Original!

Mario had a problem. You see, Mario was awfully small. He weighed in at about 300 pounds, and only seven feet long! How tiny! How mortifying! Wait a minute, you're saying, that's not small at all. Why, that's huge! And you would be right, if we were discussing a human being. But, you see, we are not. The creature in question, Mario, lives off the coast of Spain, deep in the ocean. Mario is a Dwarf Sperm Whale, and even for the smallest whale in the ocean, he is so very small.
    Mario's brother, Luigi, was a respectable eight and a half feet, and weighed nearly five hundred and fifty pounds! His mother, Shroom, was always consoling her younger son, who was very sensitive about his size.
    "It's not the size of the whale," She would sing daily. "It's the size of his heart! That's what really matters dear." Affectionately nudging his side, she would send him off to whale school. Mario hated whale school. The other calves were so mean! They called him terrible names, and hurt his feelings. His brother Luigi was the worst.
    "Hey, it's him, Mario!" He would let his voice echoe around the reef. "What a shrimp! If only he had something magical to eat to become big! Haha!" Mario would bow his head and drift on by, sad and alone with no friends.
    Just hold on, you might be saying, this is a terrible story! Poor little whale, no one likes him! And his mother! Why isn't she home-schooling him? Well, if you must know, she works. She is a crossing guard for the reef, and works long hours. His father, before you ask, was a sperm-donor-whale. He was never really involved with the boys. Now, shut up and let me finish.
    One day, as Mario was swimming to the corner store for some kelp, he saw an AD in the store window.
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    Mario had never seen this store before, so he pushed the door open and entered.  I'm ready for a big change, he thought to himself as his not-so-big head looked around. Sitting on the dusty counter, yes dusty!, was a basket of coral labeled, :free sample: No one was around, so Mario snatched one up in his mouth and took off. He was so excited for his big changes as he munched his delicious snack, he forgot all about the kelp he had wanted. He went home, where he felt oddly tired, and floated to his bed and shut his eyes.
    When he awoke the next morning, he found himself staring at a dumbstruck Luigi, who gaped up at him. Yes! I said up! With a cry only whales could describe, he left a trail of bubbles behind as he found the nearest looking shell. All he could see was one eye!
    "Mario!" Shroom yelled from behind him. "What in the world... Oh, you look so much like your father. I-I-I don't even..." And with that, his mother spun and fell to the floor, glowing stars circling her head. Her youngest, but by no means smallest, son preened. He had grown into the size of a huge humpback whale!
    Now whenever he swims through the newly-widened halls at whale school, no one dares makes fun of him to his face. After all, they can't see it any longer! And what do you say to the Dwarf Sperm Whale who was no longer so dwarfish?