Good Night General Goosterd Essay

“Good night, General Custard”
“Good night, Mom”
Kyle waited anxiously as she closed the door, he then closed his eyes, and promptly fell asleep, softly drifting into the land of dreams. Suddenly, a loud call sounded, and General, what was it he was called? Custard? Coosterd? Goosterd? Goosterd sounded right, but there was no way he was a custard. Those were desserts. No matter his true name, General Goosterd ran outside to find his soldiers standing in line. The final reserves he had left in this battle. As they were his friends, and were two years old, he would find no help here. They would only serve as distractions.
Goosterd shook his head with disgust before moving to examine the armory and what little massively explosive devices he
had left in the fight with the Overlords. He was familiar with all of the types of weaponry that he had, and, unfortunately, there weren’t many.
He had three Criers, his biggest weapons in his arsenal, and the most deadly, and a Walking Giant, a mortar with devastating power. Nevertheless, the giants were older, bigger, and had thousands of individual weapons. It would be a tough fight.
Suddenly, the general alarm, for attacks only, sounded, and the General marched back to his soldiers, “Troops! Today is the last day, this is our final stand, if we don’t get this, then we fail. For mushy food! Later bedtimes! More toys! Charge!”
As the soldiers charged into battle, he had a feeling it wouldn’t end well. The size difference, intelligence difference, everything was tilted in their favour, except for one thing. The Walking Giant.
It had a reputation for being called the Kraken, for the hundreds of shells it could launch in a minute and its devastating damage per hit. And as General Goosterd shouted, “release the Kraken!” the Walking Giant killed hundreds of Giants, and relieved them for a few crucial minutes. And as it happened, Kyle relieved himself at that exact moment, but that might be too much information for the moment.
As the soldiers made their way back for dinner, they were ambushed, and screamed in a high piercing scream that made the Giants all cower back in fear, which gave General Goosterd just enough time to say, “Cry baby!”
The engineers then prepped the Criers for battle, aiming them at their target, suddenly, they all flew off their mounts with the high whining sound for which they were named. They flew towards the enemy, their aim perfect, and flew for the Giants.
They crashed with the Giants in a huge explosion that blinded those who saw.
The remaining Giants fell back to their Overlords.
The final soldiers left charged the Giant’s Fortress, intent on finishing the fight. But when they reached the throne room, they beheld a glory and a shock. All the Giant Overlords, Overpapa, Overmama, and Walter Mitty, were all showing their support to General Goosterd. Together, with the help of the Overlords, it would finally be possible to overthrow the reign of the Supreme Mama and Papa for mushy food, free toys, and other essential civil rights.
General Goosterd, in the final negotiation efforts, gave Overpapa and Overmama a large swath of land Walter Mitty, unfortunately, didn’t get anything because he started daydreaming, and despite his large size, even for a giant, he was forgotten. The seven remaining soldiers, including General Goosterd, knew they could sleep easy that night, with the army of the giants protecting them.
They fell asleep, the sound of the battle call ringing in their ears, the large army turned to nothing with criers, and, despite their magnificent size, they were actually quite caring. Now there was only one fight left.
And then, suddenly, a loud noise called, and General Goosterd ran out to meet his new
soldiers.