Illustration by Camilla Franklin
The crew encounters a mysterious delivery man (Billy Eichner) with a dark purpose. Featuring two new stories: “The Puzzle Competition,” a hip hop track featuring members of Freestyle Love Supreme about a high stakes championship bout, written by siblings Talia, age 8, and Levi, age 5, from California, and “Family Room Wars,” a fantasy epic that takes place in a modern family room, by a 12 year old from Utah named Jaxon.
Original Stories
The Puzzle Competition (feat. members of Freestyle Love Supreme)
by Talia, age 8 and Levi, age 5, California
"Here you have it folks. The first annual puzzle competition in the whole world. You heard me right. The first puzzle competition in the world!" says the announcer.
"Ready! Set! Go!!!!!!"
"Each contestant has a 100 piece puzzle. The one who finishes the puzzle first wins a mansion with servants and the servants are robot dogs. The contestants competing today are Mary Bloom, Bob Boosten, Ella Wind, and Larry Stern.'
"You may start your puzzles."
"Gee, I sure hope I win", thought Larry. But everyone was ahead of him. Larry kept on going. Soon only Bob was ahead of Larry. Then all of a sudden, Bob started to sneeze and sneeze and sneeze and then Larry was in first place. But then Larry had an itch that started to bother him and so Bob started to catch up. Bob had 6 pieces left and Larry had 4. Larry put in his last four pieces and won the competition.
"I won" cheered Larry.
From that day on, Larry lived in the mansion and got whatever he wanted. Larry always remembered the feeling of being a champion. The End
Our adaptation of “The Puzzle Competition” was written by Dan Foster, Produced by Brendan O’Grady with vocal direction by Jack Mitchell
Family Room Wars
by Jaxon, age 12, Utah
"This is a rebellion!" shouted the Supreme Couch Potato, Larry Cottonwood. He was addressing a crowd of Couch Potatoes, who were only half listening because they were in the middle of watching a movie. "We must take back the Remote!"
In the Family Room hierarchy, the Clan that had the TV remote was the leader, the person who would pick the movie. At that moment, the Slobs had the Remote, so the current leader was Bill the Unjust Movie-Picker, and his advisor Jim the Nose-Picker. The other Family Room Clans were the Slackers, who never really cared what they watched; the Gamers, who always chose to play video games when they had the Remote and never gave anyone else a turn; the Sleepers, who always fell asleep during movies; and the Movers, who could never sit still when they watched TV. Each Clan had a leader. Larry Cottonwood was the Supreme Couch Potato, Zig-Zag was the Mover leader, Bill the Unjust Movie-Picker was the Slob King, Droopy the Passer-Outer was the Sleeper leader; Beep-Beep-Boop was the Gamer Lord, and the Slacker Emperor was Meh.
The only reason that the Clans had spilt apart was because it was a Family Gathering. Normally, when there were just siblings, there weren't enough people to have the Clans. But since all the cousins were there, they could finally split up again.
The Supreme Couch Potato was still speaking. "We will battle the Slobs in the greatest of Family Room combat--a Pillow Fight!"
The crowd of Couch Potatoes cheered again. Then they all grabbed the nearest pillows. George the Mighty, who had earned his tile in the Battle of the Blankets, grabbed a regular-sized pillow and started to swing it. Timmy the Conqueror, who had fought bravely in the Fight of the Feathers, grabbed a small pillow, the kind that just sits on the couch.
"SCREEN TIME!" the Couch Potatoes all shouted at once. It was a battle cry that would go down in Family Room History. They rushed toward Bill the Unjust Movie-Picker, who was sitting upon the Throne of blankets that only the holder of the Remote could sit on. He looked away from the TV, startled, as pillows hit his face. Feathers flew, and Bill shouted, "Slobs! We must fight!".
The nearest Slobs picked up some pillows and charged the Couch Potatoes, yelling, "How dare you interrupt this show!"
Members of the other clans all looked up as well. When they realized what was happening, they grabbed their pillows and rushed either the Potatoes or the Slobs, depending on who they were allied with.
Just as the pillow fight was about to get good, The Mighty Mom, Stopper of Wars, stepped into the room with her hands on her hips. "What is going on here? she asked. Feathers were strewn all over the floor, and every Clan member was holding a pillow. "It's nine O'clock! Stop watching TV and come eat breakfast! Morning cartoons are over!" She walked out, leaving the Clans to clean up the mess they had made.
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