Undercover Birthday/Trapped in a Basketball (feat. Rachel Dratch and Will Swenson)

The Story Pirates help Meryl the Mermaid (Rachel Dratch) in her quest to win the 65th Annual Mermaid Tail Competition. Featuring two new stories: “Undercover Birthday,” a song about a classified celebration for a super secret spy (Will Swenson), written by Isaiah, a 9 year old from Ohio, and “Trapped in a Basketball,” a story about a kid who learns the hard way just how the ball bounces, written by a 9 year old from Pennsylvania named Ethan.

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Original Stories

Undercover Birthday

by Isaiah, age 9, Ohio

A spy is having a birthday and his mom says it should be undercover. At first he thinks it will be fun. But when he discovers that nobody shows up he decides that he doesn’t want to have an undercover birthday. He tells his mom that nobody is showing up and that he doesn’t want to have an undercover birthday. It all works out in the end and he says it’s his best birthday ever. The spy is named Zack.

The Pancake Heist

by Ethan, age 9, Pennsylvania

Hey Dad! Can I go play basketball with Mike and Connor? Sure. Mike and Connor let’s go play basketball! OK Mike and Connor said at the same time. I want to be on my own team, Luke said. So me and Connor are on a team? Mike said. Yes, Luke said. Let’s do this! Connor said. Hey Mike, Luke said. I am going to trick you on this sick move. Wait, you are lay-upping? Mike asked. And I’m not going to be able to block you. I made it! Luke said. Wait, I’m falling! Luke said. I feel like I’m disappearing! Ahhhh!! What? I’m in a basketball! Luke said. I feel so small. Mike! Connor! Can you hear me? Oh no! Mike is picking up the basketball! Luke said. Ow! I hit my head! Luke said. Well let’s find a way out of here, he said. Hey maybe if I try rolling the ball from the inside it will hit something sharp and break! Here it goes! Luke screamed, Ow! ow! Ow! Well that didn’t work…Oh my god Mike is picking up the basketball! Now he’s going somewhere with it, Luke said. It feels like my head is spinning. I think we will just put the basketball in the garage, Connor said. Ok, Mike said. Where are they taking me? Luke asked himself. Mike! Mike’s mom yelled. What? Mike said.Do you want to come to your basketball game or play video games? Mike’s mom asked. I am bringing the basketball for the game, Mike said. Ok, Mike’s mom said. Mike is picking the basketball up and I am inside it, Luke said to himself. I think he is putting me in the car! Luke said. Mom I am going to play the game ok, Mike asked? Sure. Mike’s mom said. Oh no! I think Mike brought me to his basketball game, because I hear a big crowd! Luke said. Someone is definitely using the basketball that I am in for the game, Luke said to himself. The game is starting, and I am getting dribbled and now I’m flying through the air! Ow! I just hit something hard! I think it was the backboard. And now I think I hit the ground. I scored! Mike shouted. That means I scored, Luke said from inside the basketball. Well, that was a great game! Mike said. But the basketball felt weird, Mike said. Yeah it did! Connor said. Where is Luke? He was supposed to at the game, Mike said. Well, the last thing I saw of Luke was that he hit the basketball really hard and disappeared. Maybe he got trapped inside the basketball, he joked. There’s no way that happened, Connor said. How could something like that ever happen? Mike asked. Wait, let’s just check to make sure we are not crazy. Let’s go cut it open, Connor said. No!! Mike screamed. Then what do we do?? Connor asked. We just cut the top open, Mke said. Sooooo kind of like my plan? Connor said. Well kind of, Mike said. I am going to cut it open, Mike said. Hey Luke, are you in there? Connor asked, feeling a little silly. Wait what? Luke said. Connor? Mike? Luke said. Luke! We got you! I’m pulling you out, Connor said. Yes! I’m safe! Luke said. Mike and Connor asked, How did this happen? I’ll tell you all about it, Luke said. Maybe over a game of basketball, he said with a wink.THE END

DJ Squirm-A-Lot's Thanksgiving Mixtape 2020

In this special bonus episode, DJ Squirm-A-Lot provides the soundtrack to your Thanksgiving feast, featuring some of our favorite songs and deep cuts from the podcast.

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The Game/Funny Animals/The Pancake Heist

The Story Pirates try out a new, complicated board game. Featuring two new stories: “Funny Animals,” a story about going to the circus that is also about NOT going to the circus, written by Corinne, an 8 year old from Ohio, and “The Pancake Heist,” the tale of a team of squirrels trying to pull of the greatest score of their careers, written by a 10 year old from Pennsylvania named Fiona.

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Original Stories

Funny Animals

by Corinne, age 8, Ohio

Once upon a time there was a girl named Betsy. Betsy was eating her snack and said, "I miss the circus. Can we go there soon?" "Sure!" said her Mom. "Me and Dad already planned to go next week." Betsy grinned. "I can't wait!" she said. They all hopped in the car and drove away. When they got there she took her Dad's hand and skipped to the door. But when they got there a sign said "Circus closed. Sorry for the inconvenience." "Oh, no!" yelled Betsy. "We will think of something else to do." said Mom. So they thought and thought until Mom said, "I hear there is a pet show today. " So they all hopped in the car and drove to the pet show. They saw lots of different pets there. Some could do tricks but all of them were funny. It was a great show. The End

The Pancake Heist

by Fiona, age 10, Pennsylvania

One day Sean squirrel was hopping along the fence looking for some juicy tomatoes when he stopped dead in his tracks. He spotted something better than tomatoes, it was a plate full of golden fluffy pancakes on the humans outdoor table.There were big ones, little ones, some with chocolate chips, blueberries or bananas. He scampered over to his squirrel friends, who were hanging out at the new bird feeder arguing what the point of it was and how to get the most fun out of it. This is what happened every time the humans put up a new “squirrel proof” bird feeder. Sean eagerly explained what he saw on the table. When he finished, Steve said, ¨This sounds too good to be true, are you sure there were no booby traps?¨ “ I’m 100 % sure!” Sean replied “Come on Sean lets go get us some pancakes!” Cried Steve, as he and Sean marched toward the table. “ Hold up! You think you're doing this without us¨ protested Sammy. Sean and Steve spun around and looked at Sammy and reluctantly returned back to the other squirrels. “ Wait almost for got we need a distraction!” exclaimed Sean. “ Errrrr.” sputtered Steve, but he was too late. He wished Sean didn’t say anything.“ We’ve got that covered.” said Sarah hugging grumpy looking Sammy. “There better be no streamers.” grumbled Sammy, who wanted to be part of the heist not the distraction. “ How about a soap opera?” suggested Sean, “ We know that's worked in the past.” “ Ok.” agreed Sarah. “ I’ll go get the bubbles”. said Sammy as she slumped toward the garage. “ I must get my voaclcords ready…. la-la-la-la-la” sang Sarah. Sammy came back heaving a half gallon of bubbles.“That should be enough.¨ said Sammy wiping sweat from her face “ Okay, time to put this plan into action.¨ said Sean, “Squirrels on three¨. ¨1,2,3 SQUIRRELS¨ they hollered in unison. Something they didn’t realise was that the humans weren’t home. So when the humans found two squirrels having a bubble party in their gutters they just laughed. As for the pancakes, when they saw the squirrels running along the fence holding the pancakes in their mouth they all burst into fits of laughter.

My Mouth Ran Away/The Zinc Sink With the Kink in the Link Problem (feat. Alison Pill)

Mother Porpoise (Alison Pill) revives her rivalry with Meghan. Featuring two new stories, “My Mouth Ran Away,” a story about a rebellious mouth by Eleanor, an 11 year old from Japan, and “The Zinc Sink With The Kink In The Link Problem,” a rhyming tale about the weird solution to a weird problem, written by two brothers from Illinois named Bennet and Cillian. 

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Original Stories

My Mouth Ran Away

by Eleanor, 6th grade, Japan

Once, my mouth ran away. Yep, it did. When that happened I was, well freaked out. Well, I was reading and well it ran away. I do not know how but it did. I was just reading a book about the body, on the page about the mouth. And it ran away. It felt weird. Like I couldn't talk, but it was the worse feeling. I dropped my book and ran after it, and guess where it hid? The lipstick shop. I ran there and found my mouth putting on LIPSTICK. I sneaked up on it and put my mouth on.How? I do not know but I did. I am not lying, Mom. I am so very serios
The End!

The Zinc Sink With A Kink In the Link Problem

by Bennet and Cillian, ages 8 and 10, Illinois

"“Oh no!” “my zinc sink has a kink in its link! Oh well, I hope I can fix it. I'm going to watch TV to pass the time,” “You will see the answer to today's problem on THE GAME SHOW THAT'S A GAME SHOW!”After this commercial break.”*KKKKKGGGHHHH*“Do you want to get your zinc sink fixed? maybe it has a kink in the link of the sink?”“yes! how did you know?” “then come to the zinc sink with a kink in the link fixers, call 804-718-0614, for us to fix your kinky linked zinc sinks”“Hey, that's a good idea! I’ll call them!”“RingRingrRingRingRingRing,”“Hi, I have a zinc sink that has a kink in its link needing fixed.”“OK that would be 1 Gazillion dollars.”“OK, I’ll pay them when they get the sink fixed.”“We'll send them over soon, bye."“Ding,Dong.” “Wow, that was fast!”“Hello,we’re here To fix your zinc sink with a kink in it’s link”“Ok, right this way, The sink sink with a kink in its link is down the hall into the right” “Okay, thanks. We will be there right away. You can just sit back, relax, and eat nachos on the couch. we will do the rest.”“But I don't have nachos! and that means I have to help you. I don't even know how to! And it's going to be boring and hard!”“Relax, giving people free nachos is part of our customer service application! Also, we give people free couches if they don't have a couch. Do you have a couch? “yes I do.” “Okay, here’s your nachos! We’ll get to work.”Lots of bangs and clangs and for some reason, meows, later.“Don't worry. We have really bad news,You Zinc sink with a kink in its link cannot be fixed. But, you can get a new one for 3 gazillion dollars.”“OK, Sold!”Lots more bangs and clangs and for some reason, meows and growls later,“OK,The new one is installed.”“ Great! Here’s your 3 gazillion dollars.” “Bye!” 1 hour later, “Wait!, I gave him four gazillion dollars!” “Sploosh,” “And the sink is broken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” The end!

Finding Purpose/The Gold Tiara/The Blog Story

Nimene searches for a new purpose. Featuring two new stories: “The Gold Tiara,” an epic fantasy tale about two kids who save the world from a dark power, written by Sydney, an 11-year-old from Delaware, and “The Blog Story,” about a high-pressure newsroom looking for their next big scoop, written by a 10-year-old from New Jersey named Mackenzie.

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Original Stories

The Gold Tiara

by Sydney, age 11, Delaware

Once in the land of Filecity as the words of Ambrose the evil warlock said the Crutoke spell the golden tiara, that kept the entire land intact, shattered into 5 pieces she used her staff and scattered them all across the lands. One flew into the depths of the enchanted lake, one in the cave of the dragon, one into the eye of the cyclops, one into the wand of the town wizard, and one in the gem on the end of Ambose's staff. Across town Colette And Nathaniel are born. They don't know it yet but at that moment their destiny has been set. They must save the land of Felecity from its horrible fate. As Colette and Nathaniel grow they come to fully understand their purpose. Ambrose is aware of this. She knows that if Colette and Nathaniel obtain the pieces of the tiara she will be ruined. Colette and Nathaniel's parents have disappeared Ambrose is the culpret. Hiding in the shadows she plots her revenge. Colette and Nathaniel must collect the pieces, So placing monsters at the locations is the smartest thing to do to keep them from getting to them. Little by little Colette and Nathaniel battle and defeat the monsters while making friends as well as enimies along the way. once they collected all five pieces. They must do four more things: Find their parents, ride on the back of the knight's steed, collect an enchanted egg from the tree of power, and use it to do the fourth task: defeat Ambrose and put her rein to an end.Once and for all. THE END

Our adaptation of “The Gold Tiara” was written by Megan and Marcus Bagala, produced by Brendan O’Grady and associate produced by Marcus Bagala with vocal arrangements by Megan Begala and vocal direction by Jack Mitchell

The Blog Story

by Mackenzie, age 10, New Jersey

"Annie, do you have any more gossip to put in the newspaper?” Said Tommy, leaning back in his chair and looking around for papers. “No, I have nothing. New York is so boring right now. Nothing is happening.” “Annie we have to put something up.” “I know Tommy but I have literally nothing and I did tell the news crew to send me something if anything is happening so we can put it on our blog.” “Ok so we will get news to put on but it might not be for about 2 days,” “Ok well I will tell the crew to try to tell us sooner.” “Ok good cause fans are getting very unhappy.” Tommy decided to take a break and get a bite to eat. So he went to the sandwich house across the street, but when he was on line, one of the sandwiches came alive and it started distroying and trashing the place! But Tommy got away just in time because a bag of chips was just about to be thrown at him. Tommy ran to his office and told Annie but a minnie sandwich followed Tommy into the office and almost ate a computer and a toilet seat, but Annie and Tommy trapped him in the bathroom and one of Annie and Tommy business partners had to go to the bathroom and they did not realise it was their so it got stuck I the toilet and it got flushed. But Tommy and Annie did not realise it happened so they went back to work.“Hey Tommy, are we going to include that me and you almost got are office eaten by a sandwich in the blog?” “Yes, because fans can tell their friends to read our blog and they are going to love it and then start reading our blog.” Said Tommy running out of breath. “You are right I will get on that right now and do you have any pictures of the baby sandwich?” “ Yes I do, I will send them to you in a minute, let me just find them.” “Ok see you later,” said Annie“Ok Tommy I am all done with, Tommy what are you doing?” “ I am trying to sleep but you have to do the blog” “ I can’t because I am falling asleep and because I woke up at 4 am today.” Said tommy almost asleep. Ok I think you need some rest, come on let's go, you can finish tomorrow, ok” “ok” said Tommy asleep on the couch in the waiting room of their office. The next day Annie and Tommy got back to work on the blog. “Morning Tommy I got you a coffee from our favorite place, The Playground Store!!” Tommy and Annie screamed and started hysterically laughing. “Morning thanks for the coffee. I am so hyped up right now, but I think I am going to take all the energy and put it on my computer. “You are right,Iam going to do the same thing.” About a half and hour later Tommy and Annie were down! “Ok we are both done with the blog and we are going to post it to all our fans, in 3, 2, 1” (press) “we did it!” They both said with a lot of excitement in there vocies. When Annie and Tommy posted the blog, their fans went crazy about 758 people seeing it when they posted it! And for the longest time Annie and Tommy were famous!

Rockstar/The Creepy Weepy Dollhouse

Lee meets a spider. Featuring two new stories: “Rockstar,” a story about a mistaken identity that proves anyone can take center stage, by Olivia, a 10-year-old from Washington, and “The Creepy Weepy Dollhouse,” a spooky tale about a spooky house with a spooky name, written by an 8-year-old from North Carolina named Emery.

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Original Stories

Rockstar

by Olivia, age 10, Washington

Once a pone a time there was a Man named Alex and he was a big fan of a rockstar.And one day he was going to the concert of that rockstar and he was just getting into his seat when a stage hand grabbed him by the arm and said Dave your late come quickly before Alex could say what he was rushed off with the stage hand before he knew it he was on stage he didn’t know what to do so he sang a song he had made up this is what it sound like I’m a rockstar I I I feel like a rockstar I I feel like a rockstar later after he was asked to come in to the managers office you did a great job Dave said the manager I am not Dave said Alex I’m Alex then where is the real Dave said Alex I think he might’ve been mistaken for me after I left I saw my mom grabbed someone who looked a lot like me they’re in for some trouble then say the manager and I look at permission if Dave can sing your song I just made it up said Alex well I think it’s a good song anyway said the manager thank you sir since Alex The manager called Alex‘s mom and told him what it happened my boy said Alex‘s mom always getting into trouble even When it’s not on purpose Alex was reunited with his mom and Dave went back to the concert and I guess that’s the end"

“Anyone Can Be A Rockstar” was written by Kristina Grosspietsch and Jack Mitchell and arranged and produced by Jack Mitchell. 

The Creepy Weepy Dollhouse

by Emery, age 8, North Carolina

Hey Sally where are you going alone over to Jackson’s OK but you better tell mom and dad first all right. Mom and dad I’m going over to Jackson‘s OK honey remember just don’t go into the creepy weepy doll house OK dad I love you I love you too
Hey Jackson oh hey Sally what you doing go to school oh which means we can’t hang out yeah sorry not today Sally OK bye bye hey can I walk to school with you Jackson sure wow Sally look there’s The creepy weepy doll house let’s go in oh sorry Jackson my mom and dad said I can’t go in there how come I don’t know let’s go in fine Jackson hi there ahhh Who said that just me who’s me well my name is boo ahhhh happens all the time what’s your name Jackson and Sally can you say wanna be best friends sure OK let’s go play on the trampoline all right OK
Hey honey you didn’t go into the creepy baby doll house did you actually I did what the end

The Fairy Without Wings/The Competition Competition (feat. Patti Harrison and Mitra Jouhari)

The Story Pirates venture into the depths of an ocean trench where they encounter two bickering Riddlefish (Patti Harrison and Mitra Jouhari). Featuring two new stories: “The Fairy Without Wings,” a musical homage to Wilson Phillips about two fairies who find that what makes them unique can change the world forever, written by Franny, a 6-year-old from New York, and “The Competition Competition,” a story about a game show that begets other, weirder game shows, written by a 10-year-old from Canada named Grayson. 

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Original Stories

The Fairy Without Wings

by Franny, age 6, New York

Once upon a time there was a fairy. She was a normal fairy like you imagine today. But she had no wings. 

She was a water fairy. She did have wings once, but they got spirited off to a waterfall. 

From then on, she hid because she was worried the other fairies would make fun of her. 

But then, one day, she met another fairy without wings, like her. She was a sun fairy. 

From then on, she was never lonely again. Her friend and her played hide and seek together. 

One day in their own good time, they found their wings. They were under a waterfall. 

The water fairy’s wings were yellow, like sun sparkling on water, with yellow shadings. 

The sun fairy’s wings were blue, like her friend’s hair. 

And they all lived happily, with their new wings, that is, ever after. It turns out their talents were mixed up. That is why their wings got spirited. The water fairy’s hair turned pink.

And that my friends is how the rainbow was created. 

The end. 

Our adaptation of “Blue Night” was composed by  Eric Gersen, produced by Brendan O’Grady and Eric Gersen with vocal arrangements and direction by Jack Mitchell.

The Unlucky Man

by Grayson, age 10, Canada

Hello! I am the announcer for the Competition Competition! My name is announcer and I’m here to announce the game. Four people come from four random planets and they come up with great ideas for competitions and the panel of judges work together to choose the best competition idea that becomes a competition on earth. Today, our four contestants are Bloop from the planet Bloop, Blop from the planet Blop, Gop from the planet Gop and Bob from Earth. They were told they each have half an hour to come up with their competition masterpieces, however that’s been shortened to the length of an ad break.
Ad break.Welcome back! Each one of our aliens and human friends has come up with their competition idea. Let’s hear what Bloop came up with.
Bloop: Hello, my competition idea is the 27 where four people pretend to be 27 and search for a job. Blop: My competition is the jacket competition where 5 people pretend to be jackets and try to advertise themselves to get sold.
Gop: International bunny competition where everyone comes and cuddles with bunnies while donuts drop on them. The person who eats the most donuts gets to keep all the bunnies! Bob: Pumpkin competition. Where you eat pumpkins. Because I like pumpkins. I told the judges they have half an hour to make their choice, but we’ll see them after the ad break. Ad break. Welcome back from the break! The judges have decided that the international bunny competition was terrible, the jacket competition was silly and the job search competition was just wrong. So the winner is Bob and his pumpkin competition because the judges also like pumpkins. The End.

Blue Night/The Unlucky Man

In part 2 of our season 4 premiere, Rachel and Eric race each other to the treasure, with surprising results. Featuring two new stories: “Blue Night,” a dreamy song about a special celebration that happens once in a blue moon, written by Monroe, a 6-year-old from Minnesota, and “The Unlucky Man,” a slapstick-filled story about a guy who just can’t catch a break, written by a 10-year-old from Massachusetts named Mia. For more from the Story Pirates, visit storypirates.com/news

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Original Stories

Blue Night

by Monroe, age 6, Minnesota

Once every blue moon, everything the moonbeams touch turns blue. It lasts for one whole week, and it's a joyous time for celebrations. They have blue fireworks, they paint their face blue and they celebrate our place in the universe. Then, it just stops. The town wakes up and everything fades back to its own color.

Our adaptation of “Blue Night” was composed by Elen Winter, produced by Ellen Winter, Associate Produced by Aleca Piper and Brendan O’Grady, with vocal arrangements by Ellen Winter and Nimene Wureh and vocal direction by Jack Mitchell. 

The Unlucky Man

by Mia, age 10, Massachusetts

there was once a very unlucky man named Dave, the reason why he was so unlucky was because whenever he wanted to use the bathroom it was clogged, whenever he waited to cross the road a car would come by and splash him, if he wanted to pick a book all the shelves would fall. But one day Dave was up in his attic and found a map, so he followed it, it led him through caves with bats, he had to walk through muddy swamps and a meadow, snakes bit him and birds pecked his head. finally he was at his destination, there where 2 potions in front of him. he was hoping he would be lucky this time, he picked the one on the right. he chose correctly! but because he was so unlucky he was now only a normal person, sometimes he was lucky, sometimes he wasn't THE END!!