Overriding and Inheritance in C#

Ok, bear with me guys and girls as I'm learning. Here's my question.

I can't figure out why I can't override a method from a parent class. Here's the code from the base class (yes, I pilfered the java code from an OOP book and am trying to rewrite it in C#).

using System;

public class MoodyObject
{
    protected String getMood()
    {
        return "moody";
    }

    public void queryMood()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("I feel " + getMood() + " today!");
    }
}

and here are my other 2 objects that inherit the base class (MoodyObject):

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    public class SadObject: MoodyObject
    {
        protected String getMood()
        {
            return "sad";
        }

        //specialization
        public void cry()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("wah...boohoo");
        }
    }
}

And:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    public class HappyObject: MoodyObject
    {
        protected String getMood()
        {
            return "happy";
        }

        public void laugh()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("hehehehehehe.");
        }
    }
}

and here is my main:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            MoodyObject moodyObject = new MoodyObject();
            SadObject sadObject = new SadObject();
            HappyObject happyObject = new HappyObject();

            Console.WriteLine("How does the moody object feel today?");
            moodyObject.queryMood();
            Console.WriteLine("");
            Console.WriteLine("How does the sad object feel toda