The Tree With a Love For a Mountain/Infamous

Baby With a Mustache has an identity crisis. Featuring two new stories: “The Tree With a Love For a Mountain,” a song that proves that even nature can fall in love, written by Landon, an 8 year old from California, and “Infamous,” the story of a trendsetter who is tired of setting trends, written by a 10 year old from California named Clarke.

Scroll down for the original stories behind the episode!

Illustration by Camila Franklin

Original Stories

Infamous

by Clarke, age 10, California

Tori was the coolest girl in town. Possibly in the entire world! And one day, on her birthday, “Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear Tori, happy birthday to you!” “Thanks mom and dad! But you can eat the cotton candy. Whenever I try to be different from the other kids by not eating cake on my birthday, it becomes a trend for the rest of the year! If I eat cotton candy for my birthday, then all of the other kids will want to too!” Mom: Wow honey, I didn’t realize you felt this way!” Tori: thanks for understanding.” (goes to her room and flops down on her bed.) the next day, at school: school bell:RIIING! Tori:“aaah! That”s the school bell! And its Summer’s birthday circle! Can’t be late!” Class: “happy birthday dear Summer! Happy birthday to you!” Teacher: “here! Now I’ll hand out the cotton candy, because Tori likes it!” Summer: wait! I’m neighbors with Tori and she didn’t eat any of her cotton candy!” Teacher: “THROW AWAY THE COTTON CANDY!” Male Student: (timidly): all of it?”teacher:(in rage):”ALL OF IT!” Tori: “wait you guys! People have been copying everything I do! And you don’t know how it feels to never be original, be the “trend setter”, the cool one.” Female Student: “I think it sounds amazing!” Tori:because you’re not me. Eat the cotton candy if you like, just don’t copy me anymore! If I wear a plain T-shirt and jeans, that becomes the next style! Listen, if you want to copy what I do, go ahead. But don’t be copycats.” Teacher: “that was so emotional!” Tori: “sure.”

The end!

The Tree with a Love for a Mountain

by Landon, age 8, California
Once upon a time there was a lonely tree that wanted to go to the mountains. but he was just a tree so he couldn't go anywhere. he really wanted to go so much with his binoculars and snow gear up to the top of the mountain but then he found a pine cone on his limb and then he planted it. and he kept growing more and more until a man cut off one of his limbs and took it to his home and the tree wanted to get his limb back but he wanted to go to the mountain but he cut off one of his own branches and he could walk. and now he swings from limb to limb finally he made it to the top of the mountain. and he shouted I am I and we are we. The end.

Story Spark

Clarke, who wrote “Infamous" is presenting this week's Story Spark!

Kids: write us a story about the most wild space food imaginable. Tell us where the food comes from, what it tastes like, and what it looks like. And most of all, who eats it and why?

Roll Call Stories

The ‘The’ Who Wanted To Change His Name

by a 7-year-old named Calvin in Massachusetts

The High Note And The Low Note

by 6-year-old Bethany in Kansas

So, there is a high note and low note. The high note found the low note and the high note did not like the low note. And so the low note was sad. And then the high note came back. And then the low note was so happy so he hugged the high note and came back to his own self, the high note.

Chicken Soup Costume

by 10-year-old Delia in Texas

I put on my chicken soup costume.

The Scarer

by 8-year-old Wimberly in Switzerland