Backstroke Raptor

By Ben, age 7, Virginia

Once upon a time there was a backstroke velociraptor. The other raptors wanted to know how to get off of the island that they were stuck on. Then one day they figured they needed a boat but something bad happened to the boat. What they did was they forget to put the engine in it when they tested it it didn’t go anywhere it just spins around. After that they put the engine in but they forgot to put the wires in. It’s an electric boat. The third time they got the wires in and the engine in. Except they forgot to put the batteries in. And then they got the batteries in. The connected the wires to the battery. They connected the wires to the engine. And then they put a motor. And they also put for going forward a propellor. Backstroke raptor can do the backstroke off the island. They were a pack so they left together so they got backstroke raptor out of the water and put them in the boat. And then they set a course all the way to a new island and a new habitat. The new island is called The Doon. The end.

The Story Pirates’ adaptation was written by Brendan O’Grady
Produced by Brendan O’Grady
Associate Produced by Sam Bair
Musicians: Brendan O’Grady, Rick Snell, Zachary Eldridge
Singers: Louie Pearlman, Emily Olcott, Alexandra Nader

Samantha

By Tierney, age 9, Texas

Once upon a time...There was a monster. Her name was Samantha. Samantha really wanted to become human. "Mom, Dad, I really, really, really want to become human." Samantha   said at dinner. "NO WAY!'' Her parents shouted. But that had not changed Samantha's mind. That night.........."I'm going to run away''. thought Samantha. "I'll run away to the monster of monsters." So at 12:00, when Samantha knew every onewas asleep, she slipped out the door. "Yes." said Samantha. "Now I can run off to the monster of monsters." And that is exactly what she did. Two days later.......... "Huff." "Puff.'' ''I've finally made it up the monster of monsters tall mountion.'' HELLO!'' called a deep voice. ''Hello sir.'' ''May I become human? asked Samantha. ''YES''. ''But you must promise not to tell anyone about me.'' said the monster of monsters. ''Yes sir.'' said the new human Samantha.

The Story Pirates’ adaptation was written by Ellen Winter
Produced by Brendan O’Grady
Associate Produced by Jack Mitchell and Sam Bair
Musicians: Brendan O’Grady, Rick Snell, Tom Jorgensen, Chris Kosar, Joseph Anckowicz, Ellie Goodman
Singers: Ellen Winter, Chris Ferry, Emily Olcott, Chris Simpson

The Wizard Who Could Just Go Poof (feat. Lin-Manuel Miranda)

By Jonah, age 13, Utah

Once upon a time in a far-away land there lived a wizard who went to wizard school. This wizard had two problems. One problem was that all the other wizards had cool names like Morazen the Great and Infernion the Fire Wizard, but his name was just Erlin. Another problem Erlin had was that he could only make his wand go poof. All the other wizards made fun of him for that. One day a dragon came to the school. He said that they had to give him gold and food or he would eat them. But first, he had to know all of their powers, because he only had one weakness. All the wizards told them about their incredible powers, and when it got to Erlin, the other wizards told the dragon not to worry about him because he couldn’t do anything cool like them. The dragon was happy and started taking all their gold. The wizards kept learning magic, but the dragon watched them. He had taken the gold and was looking for food. He watched as Erlin tried to cast a spell, but his wand only went poof. The dragon suddenly roared and covered his ears. Erlin realized the dragon’s weakness was poof. He kept poofing, and the dragon kept roaring. With one last poof, the dragon flew away forever and was never seen again. All the teachers were so proud of Erlin, so they put an ‘M’ in his name, because ‘M’ is for Magic. From then on, he was known as Merlin, The Greatest Wizard Ever.

The Story Pirates’ adaptation was written by Dan Foster
Produced by Brendan O’Grady
Associate Produced by Jack Mitchell and Sam Bair
Musicians: Brendan O’Grady, Amos Rosenstein, Tom Jorgensen, Alex Wyatt, Joseph Anckowicz, Ellie Goodman
Singers: Nimene Sierra Wureh, Chris Simpson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dewey Caddell, Emily Olcott

The Great Wallaby Adventure

By Olivia, age 10, and Marissa, 8, Illinois

One day in St. Paul Minnesota,Grace sat at her desk bored out of her mind. As she listened to her teacher blab on and on about the report they were doing on Wallabies." Grace! Grace? Are you listening to me?" Asked her teacher. "Yes Ma'am, Well sort of ." Grace said under her breath.She waited for what seemed like forever for the bell to ring . When it rang she raced out the classroom door and ran into the locker room. When she opened her locker three week old banana peels fell out. "Oh well."she said. Throwing the banana peels back inside she grabbed her book bag, ran outside and hopped on the bus. She grabbed a seat next to her best friend Maddy. Looking over at her friend she asked "Do you know what a Wallaby is?" Maddy shrugged "Not really, but I do know that they are mini kangaroos." "Thanks." said Grace. When the bus stopped at Grace's house, she jumped off the bus and watched as it drove away. Rushing inside, she threw open the door passed her mom who was making BLT's for supper. she plopped down on the couch and was about to grab the remote to turn on the T.V. when her mom walked in and asked "Do you have any homework?" "Yes." answered Grace,"I have to do a report on Wallabies, but what are they?" "Why don't you look them up on the internet?" suggested her mom. Walking over to the computer, she typed in wallabies. After reading about them for several minutes she exclaimed " Wow these creatures are amazing! Did you know that a group of wallabies is called a mob." After writing her report on wallabies she had learned a lot about them. The next day when she was at school she turned it in to her teacher, and at the end of the day she learned she had gotten an A+. "Hooray!" she cheered. THE END

The Story Pirates’ adaptation was written by Brendan O’Grady
Produced by Brendan O’Grady
Associate Produced by Jack Mitchell and Sam Bair
Musicians: Brendan O’Grady, Rick Snell, Zachary Eldridge, Geoff Countryman, Joseph Anckowicz , Mariel Bildsten
Singers: Teddy Shivers, Alexandra Nader, Meghan O’Neill, Emily Olcott, Brendan O’Grady, Kelsey Bair

Cement Dude

By Ilan, age 7, California

Once upon a time there was a man named Cement dude. At first he started out as a wet cement man but he really wanted to dry up so set off to find a desert to dry up. He packed 4 ovens, 5 irons, and 6 campfires. He was all set. So he traveled for days and days and finally he got to the desert. Immediately he dried up and he couldn't move! So he learned his lesson don't go to the desert. The end.

The Story Pirates’ adaptation was written by Joel Esher
Produced by Brendan O’Grady
Associate Produced by Jack Mitchell and Sam Bair
Musicians: Brendan O’Grady, Rick Snell, Tom Jorgenson, Joseph Anckowicz
Singers: Brendan O’Grady, Louie Pearlman, Chris Simpson, Joel Esher, Jack Mitchell, Drew Anderson

A Girl With Superpowers

By Paisley, age 7, California

There was a girl that had super powers. She had a dream to be a super hero. She wished there was something to defeat. One day there was something to defeat. She defeated it. She was a super hero. Her dream came true!  The end. P.S. she fought a dragon.

The Story Pirates’ adaptation was written by Eric Gersen
Produced by Eric Gersen
Associate Produced by Jack Mitchell, Sam Bair
Musicians: Jack Mitchell, Eric Gersen
Singers: Sam Reece, Eric Gersen, Emily Olcott

The Person Who Could Not Spin

By Dillon, age 5, Virginia

In the city there was a lonely guy, and he didn't know how to spin. So, one day, he found somebody, and he asked them, "Can you help me spin?"

And the guy said, "Yes, of course, but spinning is so easy I can do it no problem oh my gosh!"

"Thank you, thank you - after I learn how to spin, this story will be over!"

So he learned how to spin, and guess what?

The end!

The Story Pirates’ adaptation was written by Alan Schmuckler
Produced by Brendan O’Grady
Associate Produced by Jack Mitchell and Sam Bair
Musicians: Brendan O’Grady, Rick Snell, Zachary Eldridge, Geoff Countryman, Joseph Anckowicz, Mariel Bildsten
Singers: Brendan O’Grady, Emily Olcott, Josh Nasser, Jack Mitchell, Joel Esher

A Hamster's Workday

By Nina, age 10, New York

Good morning miss sally!!!!! are you ready for work ? Oh yes oh yes i am ready for work!!!! I am miss sally the hamster!!!! I am ready for anything!!!!!!!! I will eat my breakfast , a pear and put a clip in my hair Then i call up the bunnys and just to be fair they carry my computer from here to there There shall be work and i meet the desk clerk and she tells me my desk is there I sit on my chair and am glad to see the bunnys brought my computer safely Then my boss comes to me and says out loud : Edit this story about a cloud I decide to confess wich incloods saying yes because i am an editor THE END

The Story Pirates’ adaptation was written by Rachel Wenitsky
Produced by Eric Gersen
Associate Produced by Jack Mitchell
Singers: Rachel Wenitsky, Josh Nasser, Carly Ciarrocchi, Caroline Reedy, Ryan Chittaphong, Lee Overtree, Meghan O’Neill

Barry And The Big Climbing Tree

By Evan, age 5, Pennsylvania

Once upon a time there was a koala named Barry.  Barry wanted to climb a tree, but he keeps falling off.  Then he learned how to climb a tree. He had to just keep on going.  He climbed the tree! His mom signed him up for a tree climbing racing contest.  Barry was against his mother. Barry won! And Barry got to do whatever he wanted.  He feels happy and then he eats some food.

The end

The Story Pirates’ adaptation was written by Jack Mitchell
Produced by Brendan O’Grady
Associate Produced by Jack Mitchell and Sam Bair
Musicians: Rick Snell, Brendan O’Grady, Alex Wyatt
Singers: Dewey Caddell, Emily Olcott, Lee Overtree, Jack Mitchell, Andrew Barbato

The Giraffe Didn't Know

By Jonah, age 5, Pennsylvania

One time there was a giraffe, and he wanted to change the world but he didn't know how.  And then he asked the dinosaur, but the dinosaur didn't know. And then he asked the penguin, and then the penguin didn't know.  Then he asked a lion, and then the lion knew. Then he showed him how to do it. Then the end. Then the lion got a computer that was really powerful that could change the world.  It changed the whole world into a zoo. Then the end.

The Story Pirates’ adaptation was written by Henry Koperski, Matt Rogers and Brendan O’Grady
Produced by Brendan O’Grady
Associate Produced by Jack Mitchell and Sam Bair
Musicians: Rick Snell, Brendan O’Grady, Zachary Eldridge
Singers: Matt Rogers, Rachel Robertson, Jessica Morgan, Keith Rubin, Jack Mitchell, Brendan O’Grady, Jasmine Romero, PJ Adzima, Alexandra Nader

Dreaming Sheep

By Samantha, age 6, Kentucky

Once there was a farm.  In that farm, there was a sheep in the barn. You know that the sheep is in the barn, but the sheep is asleep in the barn.  And the sheep are dreaming in there. The sheep are dreaming about they were in school. In school, they are writing with pencils.  They were doing a spelling test. They got 100 on their spelling test. They wake up! They Baaa-ed. They ran away from the farm to go to school.  When they went to work, they got kicked out. So they started a sheep school. And they named it "Dreaming Sheep" The End.

The Story Pirates’ adaptation was written by Rachel Wenitsky and Brendan O’Grady
Produced by Brendan O’Grady
Associate Produced by Sam Bair
Musicians: Rick Snell, Brendan O’Grady, Joseph Anckowicz
Singers: Brendan O’Grady, Meghan O’Neill, Sam Reece, Will Jacobs, Eric Gersen.