Illustration by Camilla Franklin
The Story Pirates head home and are surprised by what they find. Featuring two new stories: “Hedgie and the Cloud Kingdom,” a hedgehog dance party anthem featuring Lilli Cooper, by Naomi, a 9 year old from California, and “Floor Juice,” a story about a new beverage that the world is definitely not ready for, written by a 9 year old from California named Ayana.
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Hedgie and the Cloud Kingdom
by Naomi, age 9 California
One day a little hedgehog named Hedgie went to a fair. She saw some bright colorful balloons. She took the balloons and floated up to a cloud that turns out to be a magical cloud kingdom. There she found other hedgehogs from all over the world who had also floated up to the cloud kingdom with balloons. The cloud kingdom was the best! It had everything a hedgehog could wish for. It had other hedgehogs to play with, lots of balloon games and plenty of tasty snacks. After a while the hedgehogs began to miss their friends on the ground. So then all the hedgehogs went on a quest to get back to the ground. They waited until it was a foggy day when all the clouds get lower so they can climb down the clouds like a staircase. Then when they are low enough they jump onto a building then onto a tree then onto the ground. Their hedgehog friends were so happy to see them that they smothered them in hugs.
Our adaptation of “Hedgie and the Cloud Kingdom”was written and produced by Eric Gersen, with vocal arrangements and direction by Jack Mitchell.
Floor Juice
by Ayana, Age 9, California
Milly: OK, I’m going to grab my vitamin-- whoa!
Shauna: Milly! You knocked over water!
Milly: Oh well, time to clean up this floor juice.
Shauna: Floor juice? What’s floor juice?
Milly: Floor juice! Floor juice is dirty floor water!
Shauna: What if the water on the floor is not dirty?
Milly: The water on the floor always turns dirty once it touches the ground! And before you ask, floor juice can be any type of liquid! Apple juice, orange juice, lemonade, tomato juice, pineapple juice, seaweed juice, punch, banana juice, brain juice, anything!
Shauna: OK, but tomato juice, seaweed juice, and brain juice all sound disgusting. But can I try some floor juice?
Milly: OK, but it’ll cost you a dollar.
Shauna: Here’s a dollar. SLURP! Boy, does that taste good! Let’s have a floor juice business! Yee-haw!
Milly: Ain’t that a wonderful idea!
Shauna: Sugar, let’s start spillen’ and let’s start picken’!
Milly: “Picken’” ain’t not a good word for this situation. How ‘bout “collectin’” or somethin’?
Shauna: I always thought I was the smarter one. You are, sis!
Milly: Get spillen’, y’all!
SPLISH! SPLASH! SPLISH! SPLASH! SPLISH SPLASH!
Shauna: Now, let’s get collectin’!
WHIP! WHIP! WHIP!
Shauna: Great job, y’all!
Milly: I wouldn’t say “y’all”, there’s only two of us.
Shauna: Oh. Right.
Milly: Now we need to make a stand!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BANG! BANG! BANG! WHIRRRRRRRR! WHIRRRRRRRR! KKSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Milly: Shauna, I think we’re done.
Shauna: You betcha, sugar plum.
Milly: Let’s hop to it!
Shauna & Milly: HERE HERE, NICE FLOOR JUICE HERE! Y’ALL BETTER GET SOME B’FORE WE RUN OUT!
(voices all around)
Milly: I hear some! Round ‘em up, y’all! (I’m talkin’ to the floor juice, Shauna. I’m tellin’ ‘em to round up the people by having ‘em drink ‘em).
Shauna: I hear yeh, sis. I hear yeh.
Milly: Here, little lady! Have some floor juice!
Little kid: Wittwe wady? Wittwe Wady?! I’m a wittwe wady! I’M A WADYYYYYYYYY!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Shauna: Now you made that little kid think she’s a lady and think she’s 27 and now she’s runnin’ ‘round lookin’ for a job. Good job, Milly.
Milly: Oops! Sorry.
Shauna: Here!
Milly: Here!
(repeat “Shauna: Here!” and “Milly: Here!” 12 more times (they're saying ""here"" because they're giving out floor juice))
Milly: We’re done! And I’m glad everyone likes our floor ju--
Everybody: PBBBTTTT! (sound of spitting) GROSS!
Shauna: We set everybody flyin’. Wonder why the floor juice turned out bad in the end.
Worm: I’m a worm! I’m a boy worm! And this “floor juice” is the perfect bath tub for me! THE END!"
