I take the banana.

—It is here for a reason, it must be to help me!

As I consume the fruit I feel my body grow stronger.

—I knew it. This was the one-up I needed.

The dong rings again. We all sit up on our arches. But time and time again we can never reach the player.

—What? How could this be? No matter how many bananas I eat, it will never be enough?

I’ve played this game long enough now that with each small adventure man I lack to catch, a piece of who I was slips away. I am no longer a human. I am an eternal player of the never ending running and never catching.

THE END.