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On a hot, sunny day in the Egyptian desert, sand dunes were as far as the eye can see.

A goat herder and his herd of goats walked onto one dune and looked over the pyramids.

Suddenly, a tacky tour bus raced over the spot where the Herder and his Goats were just standing, knocking the Herder over.

The Herder was left coughing in the dust left by the bus.

Inside the bus, a little boy sat with his mom as he played with a toy airplane. He looked out the window and lowered his sunglasses to get a better view.

The bus screeched to a halt. The bulk of tourists piled out of the bus.

Then, the last Tourist Family piled up, the Boy leading the pack attached to the kid leash his mother was holding.

"Justin!" The Tourist Mom scolded.

Egyptian guards stood behind a roped-off area that surrounded the Pyramid of Giza.

The Tourist Dad stood with the pyramids in the background,  holding out his hands so it looks like he's holding it.

"Quick, honey, take my picture!" The Tourist Dad exclaimed to his wife. "I've got the pyramid in my hand!"

The Tourist Mom nodded and snapped a couple of pictures with her camera, not noticing Justin unhook the kid leash.

As the Tourist Mom continued snapping pictures, through her lens, she could see Justin running off into the distance

"Justin, you get back here! Right now!" She scolded.

But Justin didn't listen and crawled under the roped-off area.

The two Egyptian Guards whipped their heads around and their eyes widened when they saw the little boy.

"No, stop!"

"No, stop him! Do not cross that line! No!"

The Egyptian Guards ran after Justin as he ran up some rickety looking maintenance scaffolding.

But Justin didn't even realize, his attention was focused on his toy.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait! Hold on, easy little boy!" The Egyptian Guard warned.

Justin turned back to look at the Guards. He yelled as he slipped and fell off the ridge, plummeting headfirst towards the pyramid.

"No, no, no, no!"

The Guards leaned on the ridge and watched as the boy fell, knowing there was nothing they could do.

"Oh, there he goes."

The Tourist Mom gasped as she saw her son was inches away from hitting the stone pyramid.

Only for him to sink through the pyramid, which was squishy, almost like it was inflatable.

Justin bounced up and flew over the Security Guards.

The Tourists raised their cameras and snapped away at the flying boy.

"JUSTIIIN!" The Tourist Mom screamed as she raised her arms over her head, prepared to catch her son.

As Justin flew in the air, he smiled when he realized he had finally got his toy airplane to fly, for real.

The Tourist Mom looked up to the sky, tracking the flying boy's trajectory.

"I've got him, I've got him!"

Instead of landing in his mother's arms, Justin landed right on top of his father, knocking them both over.

Suddenly, a large rumble erupted.

And the pyramid deflated like it was a big bouncy house

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The word had quickly spread that the Pyramid was gone, and a Newscaster reported it on the news channel.

"Outrage in Egypt tonight as it was discovered that the Great Pyramid of Giza has been stolen and replaced by a giant inflatable replica." 

On the screen, footage of the Egyptian Guards trying to re-inflate the pyramid was shown.

"There is panic throughout the globe as countries and citizens try to protect their beloved landmarks."

Footage of police and military forces or any service guarding landmarks around the world was shown 

"Law enforcement still has no leads, leaving everyone to wonder: which of the world's villains is responsible for this heinous crime?"

The Newscaster looked at the camera above him.

"And where will he strike next?"

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Hey, darlings! <3

Quite the tone shift from Male Glinda, huh?

Ok, jokes aside, I came up with this idea a few months ago and I couldn't get it out of my head.

Plus, I remember reading a Male!Margo book last year that I'm taking some inspiration from.

I'd give you the author's account, but I haven't been able to find the book 😭

Anyway, Despicable Me is a childhood favorite of mine, my little brother and I adore these films and those lovable silly minions. We literally quote from the film all the time.

God knows it's the best film Illumination has made because their lineup is really bad 😭

Ok, aside from the Mario Movie, despicable me 2, the minions movies, and the grinch. But that's just my opinion, I don't like Illumination sorryyy :/

Speaking of which, I should just get it over with and answer the question that's on all of your minds...

Will I write the other despicable me movies?

Ehh...no.

I do love Despicable Me 2, but I'm not a fan of 3 and 4.

The three films both share one thing in common.

They don't really focus on Margo and the girls too much.

Plus, I fear I will get serve burn out writing for all four of these movies and it will distract me from writing other books I want to write 😭

Where was I? Oh yeah!

Enjoy the book! 😍

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