Bootchild

  On an island called Yoshi's Isle, there lived a young Yoshi with purple scales named Feather. She was woken one windless night by her brother's snoring and couldn't fall back to sleep, so she decided to take a walk.  The best of browning grass rustled softly under her weight as she sat up. She looked over at her brother and glared. He turned the other way and snored louder. She grumbled, rubbed her eyes and stood up.  Next to her bed, a bush dwarfed by salt spray grew. She wove her hand between its tight branches and took a mushroom growing underneath, then tapped its cap with her forefinger. The cap opened like an umbrella, dropping a

Prologue Yoshi's Island was always a peaceful place, and the natives were always a kind sort. However, it was not always how it is today. In fact, it was quite the opposite, once upon a time... The natives of Yoshi's Island—the Yoshies, of course—were always happy, and one reason behind their eternal joy was the Super Happy Tree, a very special plant bearing the juiciest, yummiest, biggest, most beautiful fruit you could ever have seen. Very often, the Yoshies would gather around and have a big festival for no reason at all, and they would play games and tell jokes, but most importantly, they would eat until they could no more (an