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Chair Dances!/Spicy Noodles

In part 2 of our season finale, the Story Pirates find themselves at…the Beginning. Featuring two new stories: “Chair Dances!”, a song about a group of siblings who dream of starring in a reality television show that features Broadway stars, written by Onni, a 13 year old from Massachusetts, and “Spicy Noodles,” a story about a high stakes bet and the spiciest ramen anyone has ever tasted, written by a 9 year old from Canada named David.  

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Illustration by Camila Franklin

Chair Dances

by Onni, age 12, Massachusetts

Once there were five kids, named Ontrificus, Richardin, Terrence, Andy, and Emily. All these kids had a dream… to perform on… THE BAKERS OF BROADWAAYYYYY, a television spectacular where many different broadway actors were sent to a desserted, (not a typo), island, where they had to use found foods to make creme brulee. These children had a problem however, to go to broadway, you have to daancceeee. But they couldn’t take dance lessons because they lived in greenland. So they built a boat and sailed it to New….Jersey. Where they then rented a car and walked to New York! They did not use the car. They walked. They took dance lessons with a sentient chair they found on the street. His name was Gregory von Strupwafel III, and he said he was from Kalamazoo! (That’s not relevant it’s just giving context). This chair specialized in polka dance, so when they finished their montage, they auditioned for the new smash hit, “POLKATOWN”, a musical based off of old polka myths. But then, tragedy struck. Orville, Richard, Terrence, Andy, and Emily all forgot how to dance! But suddenly the chair appeared, and used its newly revealed magical powers to make them dance! And they got in! And when they performed, they won 29 Tonys. And then, suddenly, the producer of… THE BAKERS OF BROADWAAYYYYY appeared, and offered them a spot in her show. And all the creme brulee they made was delicious. THE END!!!

Our adaptation of “Chair Dances!” was written and produced by Jack Mitchell

Spicy Noodles

by David, age 9, Canada

One Thursday afternoon after baseball practice Thomas went to the mall food court

and asked his mom Maria to buy him some spicy roman noodles his mom said no because spicy food

never ends well for you Thomas. Thomas told his mom he is 10years old now and is a big kid who can

handle spicy food. Thomas's mom said you cannot even eat hot chitose without needing a big glass of

milk. Thomas asked his mom if she wants to make a bet if he can eat spicy noodles with one complaint

Thomas would scrub the whole house with a little toothbrush all by himself and she said what if you can

spicy noodles what would I have to do for you? Thomas told his mom she would have to give him a yes

day where Thomas and his mom will have to do anything Thomas wants for a full day and he can buy

anything he wants from the mall. Thomas's mom thinks its funny she doesn’t believe Thomas can finsh

the bet so she aggresses but she told him he has to tast mild spice and work his way up to XXX spicy

Thomas was exsided him and his mom both aggreed to to the bet so they go to the food court and his

mom orders him a small mild spice noodle bowl Thomas eats that with no problem next he goes up

another spice and Thomas is thinking wow this is a little but doesn’t say anything to his mom he doesn’t

want to lose the bet Maria can see Thomas is eating slower she gets another spice up from the last and

Maria can see Thomas is sweating he take a big sip of water before he eats the next bowel Thomas takes

a big bit and he holditin his cheeks Maria thomas mom goes Thomas are you ok? Thomas moves his

head yes Thomas mom says do we need to stop going more spicy? Thomas says NO IM NOT LOSING and

then at the next bowl phone spits it out and goes THAT IS TO SPICY Thomas mom gives him some water

and milk and goes maybe next time you can try spicy but she this time you always made it extra hot

beofre they leave the mall Maria takes Thomas to the dollor store Thomas goes why are we here? Maria

says well Thomas pick your toothbrush for cleaning Thomas hides his face and goes OH NOOO what did I

get into Maria says Thomas mom is always right have fun cleaning.

Roll Call Stories

The Jack of All Trades

by Jett, age 11, Washington

Jack came home from school, feeling sad.

“What’s wrong, honey?” Asked his mom, as he trudged through the front door.

“Ugh, the fact that I’m not good at anything,” answered Jack.

“You’re good at lots of things,” said mom.

“Well, there’s always someone who’s better than me,” replied Jack.

“That’s not tr-“ started mom, but she was cut off by a portal opening next to them for some reason, and they got sucked in!

“AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!!!” They screamed together.

“Jinx!” Yelled Jack. “You owe me a Coke, mom!” Mom groaned, but she tossed a Coke over, and Jack opened it and chugged it.

“HOW IN THE WORLD ARE YOU ENJOYING A SODA RIGHT NOW?!?!?!?!?!?!?” Mom exclaimed.

“Dunno,” answered Jack. “It’s just one of the things I’m good at.”

“LIKE I SAID!” Yelled mom over the howling winds. “YOU’RE GOOD AT SO MUCH STUFF!!!!”

“What?” Asked Jack, unable to hear her over the rushing winds.

“I SAID,” mom repeated, “YOU’REGUDAZOMUJZDUV…” she tried to say, but the wind blended her words together and drowned them out.

The end of the portal approached, and they were blasted out.

“AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!” They yelled as they fell out of the portal and onto the ground. They landed on a palm tree, and slid off of it.

“OOF!” Said mom as she hit the ground hard.

Jack, however, landed in a perfect superhero pose.

“WOAH!!” Said mom.

“Yep,” agreed Jack. “That’s a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge canyon.”

“How will we get across?” Mom wondered aloud.

“Don’t worry,” replied Jack in a tone that could only be described as too calm.”In stem at school, we learned how to craft a simple rope out of vines!”

“Ooh, good idea,” said mom.

Once he had made it, he tossed it over the canyon.

“Wow,” said mom. “when you tossed it over the canyon, the rope turned into a bridge!”

“Yeah,” said Jack. “I said that it was simple.”

“HOW CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT AS SIMPLE?!?!” Screamed mom.

“C’mon,” Jack said. “let’s go over the bridge.”

Once they crossed over the bridge, mom said, “Look! Another portal!”

They jumped in—and came out just as they were before they fell into the first portal.

“Well,” said Jack, “I guess that now that we’re home, I can go back to being plain old ordinary me.”

“Jack, wait!” Said Mom. “I wanted to say; you’re good at so many things! That trip proved it to me!”

“I’m good at lots of things?” Asked Jack skeptically. “Like what?”

“Well, for starters—“ began mom, but she was cut off by dad opening the door.

“Hi, dad!” Said Jack and his sister, Emily, simultaneously.

“Emily?” Jack asked. “My little sister, who also takes spy lessons for some reason? When did you get here?”

“I’ve been here the whole time,” replied Emily. “Smoke bomb.”

They all coughed.

“Wow, she really takes those spy lessons seriously,” said dad.

“Sooooo…” said Jack. “How was work today, dad?”

“Very hard,” said dad.

“Husband,” said mom. “You test video games for a living.”

“Hey, it was a boss level!” Complained dad.

“Well, you should go rest in your room while I talk to Jack,” said mom. And she ushered him off to bed.

“Now, Jack, as I was saying,” mom continued,”You’re good at so much stuff. Look at that adventure! You built a bridge! You did a Perfect superhero pose! YOU ENJOYED A DIET COKE WHILE WE WERE SOARING THROUGH A TEAR IN THE FABRIC OF SPACE AND TIME!!!!”

“Wow, Mom…” said Jack. “Now… I see what you mean. Even though I may not be the best at everything, I’m good at so much! From now on, I’m going to be more thankful for the gifts that I have!”

Suddenly, the air went smoky, and everyone coughed.

They both said, “ENOUGH WITH THE SMOKE BOMBS!!!”

“Jinx!” Yelled Emily. They both groaned, and handed over a Coke.

Emily cracked one of them and said, “THE END!!!

Bad Breakfast, Good Hero

by Violet, age 9, Rhode Island

One very normal sunny day I was just getting out of bed. I walked downstairs and told my mom,who was making breakfast “I want one pancake, two eggs,and a cup of applesauce for breakfast.”she asked "So you want one pancake,two eggs, and a cup of applesauce for breakfast?” I said “no! I want one pancake,two eggs and a cup of applesauce for breakfast!!!”So I didn't have any breakfast,so as you can see I walked to school in quite a frump.I didn’t even notice that our teacher wasn’t here until I looked up and saw three angry bats flying around the room biting people!!! And one of them was a kid named George who I’ve been in the same class with since kindergarten and he suddenly had two big teeth and was biting everyone and they were getting big teeth too!!! So I ran to the abandoned car rental place and hid in a empty car garage.But I saw many people coming towards me.So I knew there’s only one way to turn a vampire into human again.I sprinted towards the mall and found Jerry’s Junk Food Palace and in the third row I found seventeen bags of cotton candy!! I brought some outside and started shoving it in the vampire’s faces and they turned back into humans!!!!I won a medal and all that jazz and I had to pay for the cotton candy bags witch was no biggy but I never got my one pancake,two eggs, and a cup of applesauce.The End

Teeth That Dance

by Lucy, age 5.5, Colorado
“What if I was playing piano, getting a bunch of good, like,tunes – like good dance tunes – aaaaand my teeth started wiggling and dancing, and they all popped out of my mouth and a disco ball fell out of the ceiling on a string, and all the lights went out (on purpose). And they were just dancing in the spotlight, and I had a spotlight, and they were dancing in a ball in the living room. And then Mom was just calling the dentist, and then we went there. But my teeth were still dancing, because there was Taylor Swift playing. And I had no teeth. And we couldn’t catch all of my teeth from stopping to dance, we couldn’t get all of my teeth back. And then I ate with no teeth. I mushed it up with the top and the bottom of my mouth.”

Lima Bean With a Limousine/Giant Robot Particle on the Loose! And Now Aliens!

 In part 1 of our season finale, the Story Pirates are pulled into a mysterious realm. Featuring two new stories: “Lima Bean with a Limousine,” a song about an ambitious legume who spends a million new wheels, written by Noah, a 9 year old from Canada, and “Giant Robot Particle on the Loose! And Now Aliens!”, a story about what happens when an intergalactic menace meets Minnesota nice, written by an 8 year old from Minnesota named Samantha. 

Scroll down for the original stories behind the episode!

Illustration by Camila Franklin

Lima Bean with a Limousine

by Noah, age 9, Canada

Once there was a lima bean his name was Jeffrey Harrison Junior the Third. One day he was at school and they were learning about royalty and Hollywood. Jeffrey asked what do people in Hollywood Drive?Mrs Periwinkle said they drive limousines. I want a limousine said Jeffrey what do they look like? oh they're big long black cars and they're very expensive like one quaddecadodillion dollars Miss Periwinkle said. well that's expensive Jeffrey said but I am a vegetable so they should let me have it Jeffrey then went to the limousine shop pulled out his grandma's stinky stewed vegetables and and said give me a limousine or I will pour the stinky stewed vegetables on your head Mr doodle Said okay okay you can have a limousine what color do you want Jeffrey said wet dog which is a type of blue. Mr doodle said okay you can have it but unfortunately for you I like eating lima beans so here I go nom nom nom. yum hang on why am I choking just then Mr doodle died because lima beans have cyanide But then Jeffrey got out and got the limousine then he started singing I know I'm a lima bean with the limousine song : I'll be driving in the Hollywood I eat lots of food they see me driving I love it I drift into Hollywood to play the movie star but then they kick me out and then I eat stewed vegetables because why not So I'm eating my stewed vegetables when I realize I should use my limousine to help out the poor so I sell the limousine for a lot of money and then I give it all to random strangers so They will like me I go see My pet dog and feed him some dog food but then I realize that I'm a cannibal because I eat stewed vegetables and I am a vegetable anyway who cares they're delicious so I don't really care at all so I eat more stewed vegetables And then I use my money to buy another car this was a really fun adventure(end of song )the end

Our adaptation of “Lima Bean with a Limousine” was written by Nimene Wureh and produced by Eric Gersen

Giant Robot Particle on the Loose! And Now Aliens!

by Samantha, age 8, Minnesota

Roll Call Stories

The Tale of FreddyBobSteenerstins

by Louie, age 7, New York

There once was a nation of grumpets and there was one specific grumpet whose last name is FreddyBobSteenerstin. He was a leader of the tribe and he wanted to change things because all that his fellow grumpets were doing was watching wrestling matches and then getting involved, going to the water park because it was always summer and they had fur so they were hot, and eating everything that they could eat, even their own fellow grumpets. The leader of the tribe, FreddyBobSteenerstin, wanted to change things. Now, they knew they couldn’t go to the humans’ realm because they knew the humans would be terrified of them, so he made a band of grumpets that agreed with him. He changed things a lot with that band of grumpets! And let me tell you what they did, they made it so it wasn’t always summer. Can I tell you how they did that? Now grumpets aren’t that intelligent; in fact, they’re not intelligent in any way! BUT the band of grumpets and FreddyBobSteenerstin somehow made a machine that made it winter sometimes. And they made the first ever draining system for the water park and they decreed that water parks are illegal! But then the fellow tribal members that weren’t part of the band said, “we want our waterpark back!” so FreddyBobSteenerstin had no choice but to give their waterparks back. So, in the night (PS they didn’t have night so they made night but that will be in a different story, okay?) they opened it and then they made about thousand rules and that’s why I’m not going to tell you any of them. But he still had two more problems so he started on the wrestling matches. First, he made it so his fellow grumpets could only watch wrestling matches on TV, which also – like night – is for a different story, and then he decreed that the fellow grumpets who were wrestling had to have some rules. Now I’m not going to tell you the rules because they are pretty complicated. I bet it took a while for those grumpets who were wrestling on television to find out what the rules meant, but eventually they did it, and he and his band of fellow grumpets solved two problems and now there is only one problem left. His fellow grumpets were eating anything they could get their hands, or rather their paws, on, including their fellow grumpets. That’s right! You heard me right, they would eat their fellow grumpets. So FreddyBobSteenerstins had to do something about that with his squad of course. And what did he do about that? Well, I’m about to tell you. He made things that the monsters could eat and he made decrees that there were some things they couldn’t eat. Now that didn’t fix all the problems. You see, grumpets have the largest appetite of all the animals in the universe, even larger than an elephant. So he made lots and lots of snacks, lots and lots of bread, lots and lots of butter, lots and lots of bagels, lots and lots of fruit , and other various things. Now his las – but not least - problem was solved! The end!

I used my bouncy ball to hit the cuckoo clock and I broke it

by Sebastian, age 5, Texas

There once was a man who was a cuckoo clock engineer and he used his fun bouncy ball to hit the cuckoo clock and smashed it with Earth quakey smash. He was sorry to break his own cuckoo clock and made a brand new one. The End!

P.s. the man’s name is Cuckoo because he makes cuckoo clocks.

The End Wizard

by Mira Grace, age 6, Delaware

Once upon a time, there was a wizard who could only say one word, which was, "the end." When he tried to say a different word, what came out was, "The end. The end. The end. The end. The end. The end. The end. The end."

Then one day he tried to say hello to a raccoon, but what he said was, "the end."

The End.

Mr. Man

What happens when the town mayor forgets something very important every single day? And what happens when that very important thing is…wearing pants? Find out in today’s brand new story, by a 10 year old from Canada named Iris. 

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Illustration by Camila Franklin

Mr. Man

by Iris, age 10, Canada

IMr. man is the mayor of Notice-Ville, except there is one problem he never notices to put pants on in the morning. Every morning he walks out of his house [all nice and happy] and then some one says" hey Mr. man, you forgot to put your pants on." This would happen every day in till the town's people were mad. The town they lived in was called Notice-Ville but what good is that name if our mayor can't even notice he is not wearing pants . This what everybody in the town thought. so they took Mr. man to see Relda. Relda is the town's local witch. She is older then the town itself. [The town is 150 years old.] Mr. man walked up to Relda's small house, he knocked on the door three times and the door opened. Mr. man gasped when he walked in. The inside of the house was as big as the town itself, with shelves and shelves full of books with titles that Mr. man had never seen or heard of before. " Hello darling " said a voice behind Mr. man. "Ahhhhh" screamed Mr. man. " I hear you need a potion, here you go now give me 5000 bucks" Relda said. " but...." Mr. man stated to say. " no buts just give me the money" Relda said . "Ok" said Mr. man, reluctanly gave her the money and drank the potion. The next day Mr. man put on his pants in the morning. The potion worked thought Mr. man, and everybody lived happly ever after. THE END

Roll Call Stories

The Girl Who Didn’t Like Her House

by Clara, age 6, Indiana

Once upon a time, there was a girl who didn't like her house. "I do not like my house. My house does not have any cookies! My house has spiders all over the house! It is creepy in here. It smells like dead mosquitoes. I have to play with bugs. It's ok? The end.

All Joe Wanted

by Maxwell, age 9, UK

All Joe wanted was baked beans but his mum gave him broccoli and a cheese and onion sandwich. Joe hates broccoli. He loves baked beans.

Joe was sitting quietly at the table in the kitchen. He was pushing his food around the plate because he didn't want to eat it. His mom left quickly to go to the bathroom because she was sick of Joe playing with his food.

All of sudden, the kitchen door bust open. Benjamin Franklin, Joe's dog, makes a grand entrance. As a large, black Labrador, BF (short for Benjamin Franklin), had a gigantic appetite.

Since Joe and BF were alone in the kitchen, Joe slyly slide his broccoli and half of his sandwich on the floor. BF gobbled it up as quick as a lightning bolt.

Joe's mum came back in the room. She was really happy to see half of Joe's plate gone. Joe asked if he could have baked beans.

As Joe was eating his baked beans, BF barfed up some of the broccoli. BF hates broccoli too!

The end.

Super Smell

by Penny, age 8, New Jersey

Once upon a time there was a dinosaur that chewed on his hands. He chewed on them for 2 ½ years, and when he took them out of his mouth, they were ZOMBIE HANDS. The zombie hands were magic! They could destroy buildings and stuff.

“Who will help us?” the desperate townspeople cried.

“I will!” It was Super Sniff! The super hero who could smell like anything she wanted.

“Oh boy, hi, Super Smell! Do you know what my least favorite smell is?” the dinosaur asked.

Super Smell replied “No.”

“Smoke!”

So Super Smell used her powers to smell like smoke, and the dinosaur grew bigger.

“Haha!” the dinosaur evily laughed. “I tricked you!”

But then, Super Smell had an idea. “Eureka!” she said. “Be right back dinosaur.” Super Smell went back home and browsed the internet for “dinosaur’s least favorite smell.” The answer was farts! So she went back to the dinosaur and used her powers to smell like farts.

Once upon a time there was a dinosaur that chewed on his hands and got defeated by the one and only…Super Smell!

The end!

Llama’s Big Day/Taste Testing New Live Tonight (feat. Miguel Cervantes)

A visit to a famous furniture store splits the Story Pirates into warring factions that behave a lot like they’re in a famous musical. Featuring two new stories: “Llama’s Big Day,” where special guest Miguel Cervantes sings about a performing llama who learns their lines and cuts the cheese, by Frosina, a nine year old from Massachusetts, and “Taste Testing New Live Tonight,” a story about a novice taste tester in a high stakes situation, by a 9 year old from California named Colton.

Scroll down for the original stories behind the episode!

Illustration by Camila Franklin

Llama’s Big Day

by Frosina, age 9, Massachusetts

Our adaptation of “Llama’s Big Day” was written and produced by Eli Bolin and Mike Pettry with vocal direction by Mike Pettry

Taste Testing New Live Tonight

by Colton, age 9, California

"Hi, I'm Jonathan, and I never like to try anything new, ever. Like, really never. So, I don't plan on getting a new job, even though I don't really have enough money for my job. So, I've got no idea what to do for life."

"Jonathan.”

“Yes, Daddy?"

"We got a report from your job, but you're fired."

"But that was the only job that I could ever do well!"

"Well, you didn't get paid, and you never got enough money to live, so I thought I'd put you in a job that was very delicious, very, very fun. You're going to be a taste tester for the most famous cooking show in the world."

"But I'm not good at anything, or I'm not going to try anything new."

"Well, this is a great opportunity for you, Jonathan."

"Well, I've got no idea how I'm supposed to be a taste tester."

"It's easy. You just grab the utensil and you take a bite."

"Really?”

“ Plus, it's the world's most famous cooking show, so it should be the world's most famous food, the world's tastiest food. So, you should get a pretty good job out of it. Plus, it pays you a hundred dollars a day!

“ $100!”

“ All right, here I am, my first day on the job. There's a famous chef over there, over there, every direction I could look, 360°, and see a famous chef. And also, there's a bunch of tasty food."

"All right, and Jonathan, for today, you are testing out the job, and we will give you a lot of slack. But you're not ever good at trying new things, or at least, you say so. Go ahead, try your first food, Jonathan."

"Okay, here goes nothing."

"All right, try my delicious Lobster ravioli with vodka sauce."

"That sounds tasty. Here goes nothing. Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom. That's the tastiest thing I've ever eaten! Well, I've only really eaten macaroni and cheese, cereal, and sandwiches my whole life, so not much to say, but this is very good. “

“On to the next one, Jonathan."

"Okay, sir. How am I doing so far?"

"You're doing very well, Jonathan. Next up, we have George with his macaroni and cheese dish.”

“This might be the best thing I've ever had in my life, because I've had a lot of macaroni and cheese, and I've got a lot of experience with macaroni and cheese. So, I think I've got this, and I think you did a very good job expressing all that cheesy goodness and all that deliciousness in the macaroni. It looks so big and poofy and cheesy and creamy. Oh, and also, it's delicious.”

“ All right, on to the next person. George again, but like a different George. How many Georges are on this show? Has that been three Georges already? Oh, but next George has done a peanut butter and jelly pizza.”

“I've never had pizza, never had peanut butter and jelly, but this is probably going to be so good, maybe even the best thing I've ever had. But today is just a test day right, we're not live, are we?"

"Oh, Jonathan, we are very much live."

"Wait, what?”

“ I'm just messing with you. You should have seen your face. You looked like you were about to die. But trust me, we're all good here. You're doing amazing. Honestly, you're probably the best taste tester I've ever had."

"Oh, yeah? Does that mean I'm doing really well?”

“All right, just taste the peanut butter and jelly and pizza thingy already."

"Okay, sir. Here goes nothing. Oh, I think that's a good catchphrase for me. Should I do that during the TV livestreams? Yeah, I think I should. It's like, really good. All right, whatever. But I got to get to this taste testing. You did a good job expressing the creaminess and the jelliness. All right, time to take a bite. It tastes like peanut butter and jelly on pizza, which is very good, even though I've never tried it. It's very good. Now that I've tried it, I think I'm getting good at this. What's next?”

“George with the more pizza?Wait, no, this is special. Very special. It's s'mores pizza.

“ I can't wait to eat this. Here goes nothing. Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom

"Wow, I just took down that entire pizza in 5 seconds! And that's saying something. Plus, it was very good. Is that it, sir?"

"Yes, Jonathan, that is all your taste testing today."

"Oh, and one more thing. You're hired, Jonathan!”

“Let's go! I got hired for a new job! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, booyah!"🍕🍽️🍴🥄🔪🥛

Roll Call Stories

Snail Rabies

by Ziyana, age 9, Oregon

The World with No Coffeee

by Holden, age 8, Texas

Aaaahhh, good morning, Tim.

Good morning, Pennington! Let’s go downstairs for some rice and egg for breakfast!

“Hey!” Pennington shouted. “Why are mom and dad running around in circles?”

“What are they doing?” Tim said.

“WHERE IS THE COFFEE?!” Mom shouted, as she flipped the couch upside down. There was nothing under the couch.

Dad said, “I didn’t find any coffee in the bathroom, either! But you should give it a good ol’ 20 minutes before you go in there anyway.”

The TV turned on randomly. It was the news! The random news person said “welcome to global news. The news company thinks that you don’t have any coffee! Because of the coffee bean thief!

Bom bom BOMMMMMMM!

The TV automatically turned off.

Mom and dad started yelling SO LOUD because there was no coffee and that means they would have to go to bed early!

While mom and dad were yelling, Pennington and Tim said “drink this chicory. It’s a coffee substitute.”

Dad tried a sip and spat it out so hard it went through the glass door.

Dad said, “did you put barf in my cup?!”

Tim said, “No! It’s chicory!” as he laughed.

“Anyway,” Pennington said, “me and Tim agreed that we are going to find the coffee bean thief!

Mom and Dad said, “What?! Are you sure?”

The brothers said, “Yep!”

Then Pennington ran out of the house with Tim following him. Both of the brothers said that they should check out the sewer because it’s a cool secret base. Most bad guys are in the sewer.

They were heading towards the sewer, they heard a twig snap. Both of them turned around so quickly. And there he was: the coffee bean thief.

He had black coat. He wore thief goggles. And he was wearing only black.

The coffee bean thief was distracted because he was tying his shoelace. While he was tying his shoes, Tim and Pennington managed to grab the thief’s giant bag of coffee beans and ran towards the thief, grabbed him, took him to the police. The police said, “Now he can only drink decaf coffee!”

THE END!

Turtle-mazing

by William, age 5, California
A turtle went on a trip with his family and they forgot him on top of the car. The turtle had a fun ride but then the turtle fell off. Oh no! An excavator came by and picked up the turtle and saved him. The excavator took the turtle to San Francisco. When the turtle was there he put on a a stick on beard and began to sing and dance. Everyone loved him! He decided to stay and perform in San Francisco and became very famous.

The Ultimate Cheese Event/Three Jobs For a Bear (feat. Stephanie Hsu)

Rachel and Eric travel to a printer repair shop run by an eccentric printer repairwoman (Stephanie Hsu). Featuring two new stories: “The Ultimate Cheese Event,” a story about the intersection of politics and dairy, written by Colin, a 13 year old from California, and “Three Jobs for a Bear,” a story about a wild animal’s experience in the job market, written by a 9 year old from New York named Stella.

Scroll down for the original stories behind the episode!

Illustration by Camila Franklin

The Ultimate Cheese Event

by Colin, age 13, California

Three Jobs for a Bear

by Stella, age 9, New York

Once upon a time, there was a bear who had a very relaxing life in the forest. One day, he woke up in the morning and did his morning routine, which was greeting his friends, taking a walk, and eating breakfast. While eating breakfast, he heard two people talking about a really nice coffee shop in a city called Turtlewawa.

The bear always wanted to have a job, so he walked from the forest directly toward Turtlewawa. On the way there, he stopped to smell the beautiful flowers, which people said were the best flowers in the world. The people said that there was only one coffee shop in town, so eventually he found a place that said “coffee shop”. He went inside, but he didn’t understand that you have to get hired before you can work at a coffee shop. He barged in, but it was obvious that he was way too big for the coffee shop, so he had to duck! Then, he went to the counter and roared in the boss’s face.

The boss, whose name was Mr. Finkel, could tell that the bear wanted a job. So Mr. Finkel said, with a frightened look on his face, “You’re hired!” Then he said, “Come back tomorrow for your first day of work.”

So the next day the bear, dressed in his best outfit (except he only had one outfit), started to walk to the coffee shop. When he got there, Mr. Finkel said, “Before you can officially work here, though, I have to test your cappuccino-making skills.” He pulled out a big cappuccino machine, and told the bear to make a cappuccino for the next customer. The bear made a cappuccino. While he was making the cappuccino, he felt free, like he could actually do something, which he never felt back in the forest. Then, Mr. Finkel gave the cappuccino to the customer, who drank it in a minute, saying “This is the best cappuccino I’ve ever tasted!” The customer put twenty dollars into the tip jar! When the bear saw the tip that he had just made, he felt a sense of accomplishment. There was never anything to accomplish in the forest!

Mr. Finkel stared wide-eyed at the bear. Then he said, “Can you make another cappuccino for me?” So the bear did as he was told. Mr. Finkel tasted the cappuccino – “wow,” he said, “I should get more bear employees!”

The bear worked and worked all day, making his famous cappuccinos for all the customers. At the end of the day, he took all the tips, not realizing that you have to share the tips with the other workers. All the other employees were baking in the kitchen, so when they came out and saw the bear they screamed! Mr. Finkel said, “This is our new bear-employee.” They all said to the bear, “Uh, okay, you can take the tips.”

The bear worked very hard every single day making cappuccinos, espressos, and coffee eventually. Soon, all the workers and Mr. Finkel got used to the bear working at the coffee shop. So that meant that the bear had to be fair. He had to learn to share the tips with his fellow workers.

One day, Mr. Finkel called the bear to his office. “Excuse me, Mr. Bear,” said Mr. Finkel, “I’m sorry to say this, but you can’t take all the tips. You have to share them with me and all the other employees.”

The bear did not want to share the tips. So then he roared in Mr. Finkel’s face again, this time with a little bit of sadness. But Mr. Finkel couldn’t understand. He shouted, “You’re fired! If you can’t learn to share, then you can’t work here.”

The bear was very sad, because he was enjoying making cappuccinos, and he liked taking all the tips. So he hung his head and walked out the door.

When he was walking home, he heard people talking about a new gym that was being built right next to the coffee shop. So he decided to go there the next day.

When he got there, the workers nearly fell off their ladders. Luckily they weren’t very high. Kelly, who was going to be the boss of the gym said, “Hello,” with fear in her voice. She, like Mr. Finkel, could tell that the bear wanted a job there. So Kelly said, “I will give you your building outfit very soon. Come back tomorrow so I can teach you some building skills.”

So the bear went back the next day. Kelly taught him how to build. She said, “This is cement. You use it like glue.” However, the bear did not know what glue was, so he pretended to know what it was. He touched the cement, and it felt terrible. It felt like he was touching a porcupine! He grabbed a stick, but Kelly told him to put it down. “There is a special tool that you use for cement,” she said, “you don’t use a stick.”

She showed him the tool, but the tool was too small for him to hold. So they agreed that the bear would use his hands. The next day, he began to help build and he got his building outfit. They had to get it in a really big size, because bears are humongous.

He started to build on the right side. The builders who were building close to him gave him all the easy parts because instead of asking for what he wanted, the bear selfishly roared in their faces. The workers were scared of him, and just gave him all the easy jobs. For example, the bear got to work on the bottom instead of the top, and he got to build the sides instead of the corners or the windows. One day, Kelly called him to her office. “Mr. Bear,” she said, “I’m very sorry to say this, but you can’t always take easy parts. I don’t know how they do it in other places, but here you have to divide the hard parts and the easy parts so that it is fair. And you’re not doing that.”

The bear did not understand math, or things being fair. So furious and frustrated, he roared in her face. He did not want to do the hard parts. He wanted to do the easy parts!

Kelly immediately said, “You’re fired!” The bear roared one more time, and walked away from the builders. The builders acted sad to see him go, but actually they were relieved!

While he was walking home, the bear again heard people talking about a place in town. Except they weren’t talking about a boring place like a coffee shop or a building site. They were talking about a music shop!

The bear had heard music a lot of times. Back in the forest the birds put on a concert every week of their new songs. Other animals used logs as drums and they too put on concerts every week. The bear loved music, and he had always dreamed of playing an instrument himself. So he decided to go to the music shop.

The next day, he walked to a place that said “music” because he thought that would probably be the music shop. He went inside. He went to the boss’s office. The boss, whose name was Dan, could really really tell that the bear wanted a job at the music shop, just like Mr. Finkel and Kelly. Dan said, “You’re hired,” with fear in his eyes, “come back tomorrow, and I will teach you how to play all of the instruments. You can test them.”

So the next day, the bear went back to the music shop. All the workers in the music shop were scared, just like the other workers that the bear had known. He could’ve roared like the other times, but he didn’t feel the need to. He went to a room filled with instruments. Dan was there to meet him. “This is a saxophone,” he said,

“you blow into it and press the keys. It sounds very simple, but it’s not.

“This is a violin. You make sounds with the strings by pressing your fingers. You make the sound with your bow. Like the saxophone that I just showed you, it’s not simple.

“This is a piano. You press the keys to make sounds.

“And last but not least, this is a cello. It’s just like a violin except it makes lower sounds and you sit down to play it in a different way.”

The bear tried each of the instruments. At first he felt unsure, but soon he started to really like it. It took a long time to get good at all the instruments, but after a few months he could play a few songs on each of them. He also learned to do the hard jobs at the store, like making the instruments and cleaning them. There was even a music class and he learned how to teach the class just by playing notes. He felt like he had learned a lesson: if you share and try to make things fair, things will turn out much better. Dan was right. It wasn’t very simple, but he could do it all just fine. So from that day on, he worked in the music shop, and he lived happily ever after, and people loved him as the most musical bear in Turtlewawa.

Roll Call Stories

Not confusing/but confusing

by Imani, age 7, UK

Once, there was a little girl named Ellie. Ellie was going to her friend's house for a sleepover. But she had to go by herself because her Mum was ill and her Dad was at work.

She happily skipped into the wood, singing a song.

"Oh I do like to be in the woods!"

"Oh I do"

"Oh I do"

"Because I like the dark, but it is a little scary".

Suddenly Ellie saw a cave. Ellie didn't know what to do so she tiptoed into the cave. She saw a big hairy monster. It was an ogre!

Then the ogre woke up. It gave Ellie a hard stare, then chased Ellie all around the cave.

The ogre tried to ear her, so she ran out of the cave. Then she said to herself, I will never ever go back in that silly, scary cave ever again.

So she happily skipped on. Then she heard something far behind her. It was a wolf! So she screamed very loud. Her granny could hear he all the way from North America! But she stroked the wolf and it ran away as fast as it could.

She ran and ran to her friend's house and opened the door. And saw... her friend Lily had turned into a tiger!!

When Lily saw Ellie, Lily chased her. But suddenly, while Ellie was running, she realised that it wasn't Lily. it was the tiger who lived in the wood.

Then the tiger bit her! It really hurt, but she could not get past. Ellie had to think very hard. Then she knew what to do. She got a fish and ran out of the house, and flew back to the wood.

The tiger chased it then the wolf woke up. He saw the tiger and chased him. Ellie ran through the house. Then she thought she saw her friend's house. She knocked on the door, and there was her friend.

She told Lily all about her adventure, but Lily didn't believe her when Ellie went home. Ellie wrote a story. It was the story of Ellie and the wolf.

"Are you sure that is what happened?"

"Yes Ellie. Well this is how I remember it.

"Ellie was going to her best friend's house. Her Mum was not ill, so her Mum took her and in 10 steps they were there."

"No, no, no my story is correct, not yours!"

"I never say silly."

"Well you just did!!"

"Now I am going to say the end".

"No you are not, The end."

"I was going to say The end. The end."

"No she was not and my story was correct"

"The End".

How I Got a Pool into School

by Calivin and Eliza, age 7, New York

Don’t Break Promises

by Tommy, age 5, Rhode Island
The mom said “don’t lose your stuff or you might be in big trouble!”

Jack said, “Okay, mom, I’ll try not to.”

Jack actually forgot that rule and he broke the rule. He broke the rule just by forgetting what he promised to do and when he forgot to do that, his room got messier and messier. He lost all his important stuff and he was in big trouble with his mom. He lost his homework, his baseball bat, and his cap.

He lost most of all his important stuff and soon he lost all his important and fun stuff and he had nothing else to do. He broke the promise and he forgot that he threw away all his stuff!

He was in big trouble and he had to go in time out for sixteen million hours!

He said sorry to his mom. He told the mom what happened. He took everything out of the trash and it was all better and he worked on all his things again and he wasn’t in big big trouble any more.

The end.

Stuck!

What happens when two arch enemies are literally stuck together for 10 whole weeks? Find out in today’s new story, written by a 10 year old from Australia named Kate.

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Illustration by Camila Franklin

Stuck!

by Kate, age 10, Australia

Imagine if you were stuck to your bestie, that wouldn't be so bad, but what if you were stuck to your annoying little sibling. Or worse your arch nemesis or even your greatest enemy. I, Susan Samantha Jones have been stuck to my greatest foe for eleven ferociously long weeks! We've been stuck like sticky glue for ages. Literally! The person I was stuck to is Penny Perfect, the pink know-it-all.

It all started on the last day of Year 5. I remember it so vividly. We were putting final touches on our Christmas art. All I had to do now was superglue the last sequin on. The glue was spilling out quite quickly when I heard a a sudden bratty voice, in fright I jumped and glue sprayed all over Penny Perfect. She rushed to the bathroom to clean up and I rushed after her to apologise. When she turned around, we banged together where she had glue. We were STUCK! And to make matters worse every single glue removing shop and factory was closed!

We had to do everything together during that break. After 10 excruciating weeks, I realised we had glue remover in the bathroom!!

I ran to my house as fast as lightning. Well not that fast as Perfect Penny was being dragged along the ground. I opened the red, wooden front door through the white corridor with the blue lights and stone cold tiles to the small crowded bathroom. I grabbed it out of the cupboard and applied it oh so carefully. We were free!

At Last!

After all of that I wish I remembered what the contents of the bathroom cupboard was. So the moral of the story is......Your bathroom cupboard is the key to existence.

So always remember to check your bathroom cupboard!

Roll Call Stories

The Girl in the Window

by Audrey, age 11, Florida

We had never seen anyone in the old creepy house until me and my friened took a walk across the creepy house. Wen my frined went houme I went to my apartment. I desided to watch tv, But I cashale gassed out the window and I saw a Little girl. I thot it was my imashon so I started waching TV but my cat stared at the window so I Looked at the window and on my window was the LittLe girl. But I live on the 8th floor. I scremee and called my friened. She came in and sow the Girl. Me and my friened ran to the lobe and told are other friened’s. all six of us walked to the creepy house the girl staring as us the Girl’s eye were livies. Her scin was pale. So we desided to run but the Girl gust jumped Down and walked creepy as if she was walking like a zombie. So we ran faster and faster but she kept following us and getting closer and closer. When we thot we were good we made a run. Are plan was when she came closer to us we would run away then and hop into my friend Jason’s chrucc and three pepole would sit in the bed of the chrucc and two pepole would hop out at the store and grab stuff and hop back in.

Would you Like to Buy a haunted house? if you do, here are the resons why. There are 4 Bathrooms, 5 Bedroms, a Big Kichien, the loud neighBors are two miles away, a Great Grave Yard. It’s only $1,000. Just call 111-239-647.

The Escape Grape

by Adam, age 6, UK

Once upon a time in your fridge there was a grape. The grape was blue and his name was Gary but there was a boy, it was a bad boy, it was Bad Boy Broccoli. And Bad boy broccoli was actually a villain who is actually broccoli.

Bad boy broccoli wanted to take over the fridge and then the world. I forgot to mention that Gary is actually a Super hero grape and his team of super veggies are cucumber, tomato ( oh that’s a fruit never mind) and broccoli this isn’t bad boy broccoli ok! So outside Gary the grape assembled an army of chickens to attack bad boy broccoli. Then tomato said ‘don’t chickens eat fruit and vegetables?’ ‘Yes’ said Gary ‘So what why should we be afraid, we’re superhero’s’

And then they met Pumping Pumpkin, ‘Hi I’m Pumping Pumpkin pffrt pffrt pffrt’ Gary said ‘eh guys does this guy have a problem with his bum?’ And then Pumping Pumpkin said ‘No I don’t sorry pffrt’ and then Pumping pumpkin heard the chickens and said ‘hide me I don’t want the chickens to find me’ then the super hero’s stopped the army of chickens from eating pumping pumpkin hooray! After the super hero’s had gone back inside Gary said ‘ I’m going to check out bad boy broccolis secret base’ but the minute he walked through the gate giant broccoli cannons shot giant broccoli balls at him. He dodged all of them and slipped and fell down a hole behind him that he hadn’t noticed earlier. Then at the bottom there was a broccoli cage with no roof. ‘Ha’ thought Gary, what a silly idea of bad boy broccoli, I can easily escape he blasted off the ground before he could leave the cage he bumped his head on something invisible. It came to him there must be an invisible roof. Then bad boy broccoli appeared laughing ‘ ha ha you’ll never escape now!’ But Gary said ‘ oh yeah I’ve got super strong powers and I’m going to use them to break the bars and take you to fruit and vegetable jail. So bad boy broccoli said ‘ ha you’ll never escape cause I have broccoli guards plus they’re robots!’ He could not escape the broccoli bars without his friend and the army of chickens of course. He summoned them using his special button on his belt. Then the army of chickens with his friends riding them appeared. They said ‘ chickens eat the cage but not Gary of course’ so they age the cage and bad boy broccoli said ‘ they also ate my broccoli guards, how do they eat metal - probably because it’s broccoli metal- weird but yes’

Then they all took bad boy broccoli to fruit and vegetable jail. When they got home Gary said ‘ I’ve think we’ve all learnt a lesson’ tomato said’ not watching where we’re going’ then pumping pumpkin said ‘ no the opposite of that pffrt’

The end.

Your Hat is on Fire!

by Maya, age 7, Arkansas

The Balloon That Never Stopped Floating/The Honey of Revenge (feat. Jo Firestone)

Smitty and Nimene travel below New York City to a rat city run by a Rat Czar (Jo Firestone). Featuring two new stories: “The Balloon That Never Stopped Floating,” a song about what would happen if a balloon drifted into outer space, written by Jack, a 6 year old from Tennessee, and “The Honey of Revenge,” a story about bees taking matters into their own hands, written by a 12 year old from Oregon named Elsa. 

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Illustration by Camila Franklin

The Balloon That Never Stopped Floating

by Jack, age 6, Tennessee

There was a balloon that never stopped floating up, so the balloon was in space. And the balloon was getting closer to an asteroid. But, the balloon didn't pop, the asteroid popped. So, the balloon still floated up in space. And, it was getting closer to a black hole, but it didn't pop, the black hole popped. So, the balloon still floated up. And, it was getting closer to a knife. And it popped. So, the knife moved on.

The End.

Our adaptation of The Balloon That Never Stopped Floating was written by Minhdzuy Khorami and Greg Smith and produced by Jack Mitchell

The Honey of Revenge

by Elisa, age 12, ORegon

“Ah, Another normal day for me, Jerry, the Beekeeper! Now I’m just gonna open this door to the Bee Hive and take this honey…good morning bees! Good bye bees! Now to drink it… gulp gulp gulp- Ahhh… delicious as always. I think I’m gonna go to my house which is conveniently right in front of where I work and drink the rest of this honey.” Meanwhile, in the hive… “Hey, He’s always coming in un-invited and taking our honey! We need revenge!” “What should we do?” “Ooh! I have an idea! *whisper whisper whisper*” “That’s a great idea! Let’s get started! “ A few hours later… “Ok! It’s done! Oooh, he’ll be in for a treat tomorrow!” The next morning… “Good morning, bees! Now, I’ll just collect your honey…I think I’ll drink this at home today, I promised my mom I would call her in…five minutes! AAAAAH!” “Drat! He was supposed to drink it here, so we could watch!” “We’ll just have to follow him! Bees…take flight!” *Collective BZZZZZZZ* After Jerry gets off the phone…”ok, bye mom, love you, ok, ya, sure, bye! Phew, that was a hard conversation to get out of…but now..it’s honey time! Ok…I’m grabbing it *Suspenseful pause* Gulp…Gulp…Gulp… Ahhhhh…Delicious as always!” “Why didn’t it work!?” “Wait for it…” “Whoa, I’m feeling tingly, WHOA, What’s happening! I’m shrinking Ahhhhhhh! What…happened? WHOA! I’M…A BEE?!” “That’s right, bub, get a taste of your own medicine! You’re coming with us to the hive!” “Wait, wait- NOOOOOO!” A few weeks later… “Man, being a bee isn’t too bad! At least I have you guys, my buddies, Bee-atrice, and Bee-tholomew…so… when are you guys turning me back into a human?” “Snnnrk-heh heh-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” “Guys?”

Roll Call Stories

Try to eat a turtle, but don’t

by Opal, age 4, Maryland

This is my Story : once upon a Time dolphin and three turtles said “I’m gonna play with you forever”, but then a crocodile comes and try to eat one of the turtles but the dolphin tries to get in the way, but it tried to eat the tail so then a big shark, a big big shark bigger than mommy and bigger than my little brother Arlo- comes and tries to stop the crocodile and it ate it and that’s the end of the story.

On a Trip!

by Kiran, age 7, New York

I went from Alaska to Alabama. My name is Kiran, and I live in Alaska and I am on a plane to Alabama. On my way to Alabama I get caught in a tormatoe, then a tormatoe dragon appears! A tormatoe is a tornado but made of tomatoes. The tormatoe dragon stopped the tormatoe with its power of eating it. The plane got caught in a tree that is a giant cupcake on Sweet Mountain! A tormatoe dragon looks like a dragon with tomatoes on it. The tormatoe is giant. This tormatoe dragon is 2 inches tall and 2 inches long. It was my pet! His name was Freddy. I jumped down the mountain with the super jump! Then I hopped from tomatoes. Then I made it to Alabama. P.S. The ocean was made of milk.

the door to door shieldsman

by Nathan, age 11, Canada
There was a viking who was a door to door salesman. He sold retractable shields. But then one day all his shields fell out of his boat on wheels. When he realized there were a bunch of shields on the road behind him, he became broke, because he did not want to sell shields that fell on the ground because he was superstitious. THE END

Air Hog!/The Ugly Dance Contest (feat. Kirby)

Remember Rolo’s grandpa Rollissimo? And remember that French lady Rocquerita (Kirby) from episode 1 of this season? Well, they’re back and eating pizza in Italy. Featuring two new stories: “Air Hog!”, a story about a product for your groundhog that you MUST have immediately, written by Jude, an 11 year old from Tennessee, and “The Ugly Dance Contest,” a story about the dance sensation for misshapen vegetables that everyone is talking about, written by a 9 year old from North Carolina named Claudia.

Scroll down for the original stories behind the episode!

Illustration by Camila Franklin

Air Hog!

by Jude, age 11, Tennessee

AIR HOG!

Have you ever been sad because your groundhog was dirty (from the ground)? Me too. This is an epidemic striking our nation of groundhoggland. But boy oh boy. Do i have the solution for you! AIR HOG! “Air hog?” AIR HOG! “Air hog!” air hog. “Air hog?” air! hog!

ITS GREAT! Just tie this balloon to your hoggy boi, and dont let him touch the ground! All it costs is nine ninety nine nine ninety! I had trouble before air hog, but now, its great!

Buy one!

Buy it. Buy it now.

We hooked up a mind talker animal translate thingy (trade mark) to an air hog! This is what it says. “I mean its pretty good. I need L E T T U C E”

Well buy yours today, and to get a free ( for a fee) air hog leash call now at 555-555-555!

Well i’d best skedaddle. Remember, a grounded hog is a sad hog.

WARNING: no actual research has been done to see if a grounded hog is a sad hog. Buy our stuff

The Ugly Dance Contest

by Claudia, age 9, North Carolina

“WelcomeTo the Ugly Dance Contest. I'm your host Mr.Cucumber.The contestants are fruits and veggies from all over the world.They're about to do their acts and introduce themselves.” “Hi.I'm tomato.Im super lumpy my talent is I can stand on my head but the unevenness of me makes me fall”.Crash “Ow” “Hi, I'm Strawberry.I have a split Bottom so I can do the splits.Riiip.But it rips me a little more every time. “Ow” “Hi I'm pear.But I'm upside down.I'm skinnier on the bottom and bigger on the top.I can do a cartwheel but I come down in the middle because of the weight of my top”.Boom. “Ow” “And the winner is……. drumroll, please”.Bam, bam, bam bam. “Pear” ”Oh my gosh.I actually won!!!!” Meanwhile.A perfectly round Tomato was watching.”Ha ha ha This is the funniest show ever.I mean, look at me, I'm so perfectly round.And that tomato Oh, Just the sight of her makes me gag”. And then a human came and picked up perfectly round tomato.”Ahhh, what is this round strange thing with long stretchy things coming out of it doing picking me up?And then the human raised the tomato up to its mouth and took a bite.Crunch.Then it was over.The human dropped the tomato and ran off.The tomato was ok. And next year ”The winner of the Ugly Dance Contest is…...Tomato”.It was tomato.The tomato Who got the bite taken out of it.And that tomato learned Its lesson.Never to sit on the table to watch TV.Or in the tomatoes case sit on the big brown wood thingy to watch TV.

Roll Call Stories

Upside Down Breakfast

by Joanie, age 10, Colorado

Lucy: I can’t believe this. Why did Ms. Murray have to give me the lead in the play. I didn’t even sign up!

Cathy: Lucy, I don’t think you should take it that way. This is a good thing.

Ryan: Cathy’s right, she gave you the part and you should be thankful for that even if you did not ask.

Zoe: Why not just say no!

Lucy: Good point. I will say no. Thanks little sis.

Cathay: Can we just sit?

Ryan: Sure

Zoe: Ryan can you get me a scone

Lucy: I’ll do it Zoe

Lucy: Well that was weird, the person just talked backwards. He said “ Scone a is here sure”

Cathay: And look the paintings upside down.

Ryan: And the coffee maker.

Zoe: The whole place is bananas!

Lucy: Let’s fix the place up shall we. (Lucy, Ryan, Cathy and Zoe run around fixing things)

Lucy: They unfixed himself.

Cathy: This is not normal.

Ryan: True.

Zoe: Umm, guys.

Lucy, Ryan and Cathy: What?

Zoe: There is no roof.

Ryan: What! *looks up while talking*There is n, never mind

Cathy: Look, behind the curtain, it its glowing

Lucy: Come on. We have to see what is going on.

Ryan: A snow globe, What is this?!

Zoe: Look it looks like this room but wrong

Lucy and Cathy: Wow!

Cash register: Order up for Marge!

Lucy: We did it, all thanks to you Zoe!

Cathy: You are a little detective aren’t you.

Zoe: Yep!

Ryan: Are you going to eat that scone?

Ryan, Zoe, Cathay and Lucy: The End!

Store Pet Rocks

by Leo, age 8, Washington

Lucy’s Poems

by Lucy, age 7, Utah

Eight plus
Not for us

Is Lily Silly?
Is Silly Lily?
Lily is silly
Silly is Lily

In your car
A Clif Bar