Pockets/The Evil Calendar

Meghan and Rachel compete to be Peter’s plus one for a movie premiere. Featuring two new stories: “Pockets”, a story about the #1 invention to help you not hold stuff, written by Scarlett, a 12 year old from Wisconsin, and “The Evil Calendar”, a story about the chaos that ensues when scheduling goes maliciously awry, written by a 6 year old from the UK named Aidan. Peter and Lee also read more stories written by kids in the latest installment of Story Love.

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Illustration by Camila Franklin

Listen here, then scroll down for the original stories behind the episode!

 
 

Original Stories

Pockets

by Scarlett, Age 12. Wisconsin

The Evil Calendar

by Aidan, age 6, UK

The Evil Calendar moves the crossings-out on the calendar every day, so it goes from the top to the middle to the bottom. And also it rubs some of the crosses out. Then the boy gets confused, and they'll cross off the wrong day.

Then their Mum looks at the calendar and says, "You're wrong! It's not Monday today, it's SATURDAY today!"

Then they tell their Dad, "Is it Monday today?" and their Dad says, "No, darling, are you joking?"

And then the boy gets confused.

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Story Love Stories

Scroll down to read the original stories or watch Peter, Lee, and special guest Nimene read them and react below:

Well That Escalated Quickly

by Samara, age 8, Wisconsin

I looked at my clothes and saw a strange circle. First I tried washing my clothes. It didn't work. In fact, it turned into a portal and sucked me in. I met the demon king. I defeated it.

 
 

Hot Dog Lasers

by Elias, age 9, Pennsylvania

Judge: Today is the case of Bob vs. Hot Dog.

Bob, you tell us your side of the story.

Bob: Thank you, Judge. So, it all happened yesterday…

[Yesterday]

Hot Dog Salesperson: Here’s your hot dog, Bob.

Bob: How much is it?

Hot Dog Salesperson: Two thousand dollars.

Bob: Okay, that’s perfectly reasonable!

Okay, now I'm about to eat my hot dog and ... oh no! It’s shooting lasers at me!

Ahh! It hit me and now I'm flying past Mars!

[Present Day]

Judge: Wait! If you flew past Mars, how are you on Earth?

Bob: Well, I used Mars’ gravitational field to slingshot back to earth!

Judge: Okay, that makes perfect sense!

I declare Hot Dog guilty!

Hot Dog: Awwwww!

Judge: Wait, you can talk?!?!?!

Hot Dog: The End!

The Fruit Tree

by Harlow, age 6, Maine