The Story Pirates track down Rachel, who has been busy directing a television show at the Statue of Liberty. Featuring two new stories: “The Ice Cream Translator,” a story about a young inventor who accidentally unleashes vengeful ice creams upon the world, written by Jacob, a 10 year old from Michigan, and “The Dad Who Bought Himself,” a cautionary tale about a dad who thought he could get more done by making copies of himself, written by 7 year old from New Hampshire named Lyla.
Scroll down for the original stories behind the episode!
Illustration by Camila Franklin
The Ice Cream Translator
by Jacob, age 10, Michigan
The Dad Who Bought Himself
by Lyla, age 7, New Hampshire
Once Matt was at the store shopping. Then he saw that there were pretty cool things in the shop. Then he went up and said, "Is there any way that I could buy myself?" But then the person said, "Yes." Then the person told him where he could find it. Then he went to the section the person had told him to go to. Then he found the thing he was looking for, bought it and went home. But when he got home he found out that he made a bunch of copies of him. And then he told all the Matts to make sure nobody saw them together. Then Matt said that he had lots of jobs to work so then he asked all the Matts to do some of the jobs for him so he could get them all done. All the Matts went out to do the jobs.
Roll Call Stories
The Karate Fighting Christmas Tree
by Tony, age 7, California
The only Christmas tree left in the lot. Forgotten. Sad.
Months go by. He watches the squirrels doing karate.
The most amazing storm! Lightning strikes the tree! The tree grows huge muscles and gets strong.
HE BEATS THE SQUIRRELS TO BECOME KARATE KING!
The Secret Duck/Human
by Juliet, age 6, Texas
The Secret Duck/Human
One day there was a boy named Liam. His best friend, Carge, loved to play with him. They played on the swing. Liam fell down the swings and turned into a duck. But he already knew he was a duck. Carge didn’t. He grabbed his best duck friend and take him to the lake. And then when he was carrying Liam he turned back into a human. But he was wearing a crown that said ‘I am a duck.’
Liam had a wand and brought it in his hand, magically. And then he touched his crown and turned back into a duck. And the duck could talk! “Can you carry me to the swings again?” he said.
They all swinged again.
THE END!
P.S. Lee this is for you. Peter, who loves snacks?!
Doughnut Donkey
by Sahani, age 9, Columbia
