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Marshall Foxstone is a 10 year old fox with a lot of favorite things. He's well known for loving playtime, baby toys, going on adventures, hanging out with his friends, and wearing thick crinkly diapers. But there's one big thing that Marshall loves most of all is a nice juicy cheeseburger with a side of french fries! But, as Marshall quickly learned, having too much of his favorite thing can easily lead to sage moral lessons as he quickly learns the hard way.

It was on a nice weekend last summer afternoon where The Foxstones was having a backyard cookout. And best of all, the Foxstones invited Bucky Squirrlington, the young fry cook squirrel from The Sizzle Shack. And Bucky was happy to be invited to the cookout for he has an novel idea for The Sizzle Shack. He has created and designed specially made burgers for each holiday of the year for a limited time. The special burgers are...

*Hallowburger: A skull shaped bun with blood ketchup spiky cheese fries.

*Valburger (Valbunny would not approve of that name being used!): A heart-shaped bun patty with strawberry milkshake.

*Easter Bun-Bun: An egg shaped burger with decorative toppings (including a fried egg!) and a bit of dark chocolate in the patty meat.

*Indebundance: A double burger dripping with mayonnaise, mustard and ketchup, plus a USA cocktail flag on top.

*Thanksburger: A Thanksgiving turkey burger with cheese sticks and sour corn.

*Bauble Burger: A burger decorated with cheese plus specially made burger gravy with the patty.

All the burgers came with Bucky's secret lukehot burger sauce, a recipe that remains a secret to this day.

Bucky wanted Marshall to sample some of the burgers, and like a cheeseburger loving fox that he is, he went out and sampled ALL of the cheeseburgers, despite his mommy warning him that would be a very bad idea. In the end, Marshall wound up with a chubby tummy that's about ready to explode! At least Bucky had some positive feedback on his specially made burgers from Marshall and his family and was ready to try them out during the corresponding special occasions.

The very full chubby fox cub waddles inside the house and is now ready for an early bedtime. And after finding his favorite plushie, Rusty Raggs, he slowly climbs up the staircase that leads him to his cozy nursery. As Marshall climbs into his crib, he has a big stinky accident inside his diaper. But Marshall's way too tired to care about a change and instantly falls fast asleep on his pillow.

Later in the evening, Laura checked on Marshall for a quick diaper check. He does need a change, but she didn't want to wake up her son who was still fast asleep and decided to change him tomorrow morning. She then gives Marshall his pacifier, a baby bottle of milk in case Marshall gets thirsty, kisses him, tucks him in, and turns off the lights in his nursery.

Well this was a valuable lesson Marshall has learned, and even though it was fun to invite Bucky over for a cookout, the next time the Foxstones have a cookout, Marshall would now invite his friends over instead of having the cheeseburgers all to himself. It's really no fun to be a glutton and winding up as a sleepy chubby fox cub. And now Marshall has to shed off those pounds, and Myam would make sure that the chubby little fox cub would be back to his normal weight in no time!

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