Illustration by Camilla Franklin
Episode Description: The Story Pirates meet a shapeshifting alien full of nostalgia. Featuring two new stories: “I Have A Cookie,” a soulful number sung by Eddie Cooper about a huge treat with a long life, written by Natalie, a 7 year old from Massachusetts, and “Three Little Phones,” a modern take on the three little pigs, written by a 9 year old from Virginia named Colin.
I Have a Cookie
by Natalie, age 7, Massachusetts
I have a huge cookie. I am going to eat it.
It took me years to eat that cookie.
I'm not even done yet.
It's taking me forever to eat that cookie.
I'm 100 years old by now.
The earth is destroyed by now.
But the cookie still lives.
Our adaptation of “I Have a Cookie” was written by Michael B. Wells and produced by Brendan O’Grady with vocal direction by Jack Mitchell.
Three Little Phones
by Colin, Age 9, Virginia
Once upon a time, there were three little phones and a mama computer. One day, the mama texted her kids to go out and make their own houses because one plug for them to charge is not enough for all four of them. But, she told them to beware of the big bad virus. So, they set off to find a place to build their houses. Later, they found a quiet, peaceful neighborhood where the virus was sure to never come.
Right away, the first phone started building his house out of phone cases he bought on Amazon. The second phone built his house of of metal from E-bay. The third phone built his house out of firewalls. He got them from using some persuasion so the programmers gave him some.
Later that day, someone very scary came...the big bad virus! He went over to the first phone’s house. He was bored and he wanted to have some fun, so he whispered, “Little phone, little phone, let me in!”
But the phone replied, “Not by the bytes of my Wi, I, Fi!”
So the virus hissed back, “Then I’ll hack, and I’ll hack, and I”ll hack into you!”
So the virus hacked a robot to bomb the first phone’s house apart, then glitched him out. Still bored, he went to the second phone’s house and whispered, “Little phone, little phone, let me in!”
But the second phone replied, “Not by the bytes of my Wi, I, Fi!”
So the virus hissed back, “Then I’ll hack, and I’ll hack, and I’ll hack into you!”
So he hacked ten robots to bomb his house, because the second phone’s house was stronger. Then, he glitched him out too. Still bored, he went to the third phone’s house. And he said, “Little phone, little phone, let me in.”
But the third little phone replied, “Not by the bytes of my Wi, I, Fi!”
So the virus hissed back, “Then I’ll hack , and I’ll hack, and I’ll hack into you!”
So he hacked into twenty robots this time to bomb the house. But it didn’t do anything because the firewalls made it invincible. So the virus got 100 bombs and tried it but it had no effect and he got so frustrated that he went through the drain pipe. The third phone saw this so he set some debuggers at the end of the drain pipe. The virus squeezed up the drain pipe and was shocked by the debuggers and he never ever bothered the three little phones again. So, the phones lived happily ever after.
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