The Story Pirates are back for season 5! In part 1 of the season premiere, the Story Pirates begin their journey to the center of the earth and meet the bearer of a very mysterious voice (Michael Urie). Featuring two new stories: “Driving Bumblebees,” a song about the buzziest Manhattan traffic jam ever, written by Maya, a 9-year-old from New York, and “The Bad Dog Who Was Smart,” the story of a sharp canine with a taste for misbehavior, written by a 12 year old from Virginia named Breckin.
Scroll down for a Mission from Rolo activity for kids to complete after listening and the original stories behind the episode!
Illustration by Camila Franklin
Mission from Rolo
Rolo has a mission for our listeners! Each week, Rolo is going to share a mission so that your kids can put their imaginations to work after they listen to the new episode. Starting next week, these will be a Creator Club exclusive.
This week, everyone can access the activity for FREE! Rolo wants your kids to create movie posters for something they'd like to see happen on this season of the Story Pirates Podcast. Then, grownups can submit their creations and Rolo will share some of them with next week's activity!
Original Stories
Driving Bumblebees
by Maya, age 9, New York
Look out of your window! THERE ARE BUMBLEBEES DRIVING ALL OVER MANHATTAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our adaptation of The Perfect Horse was written by Eric Gersen and Associate Produced by Brendan O’Grady, with vocal arrangements and direction by Jack Mitchell
The Bad Dog Who Was Smart
by Breckin, age 12, Virginia
Rhea was a bad dog. whenever her owners go away she jumps on the couch, poops on the floor, gets on the counter, eats the food, and sheds her hair everywhere. But her owners jack and rose woke up one day and jack said “when we come home every day the house is a complete mess, so I think we should but up some cameras while were gone so if anything happens its recorded”. “Then lets set them up after breakfast”said rose. After they ate and put
up the cameras they left like nothing was wrong. “bye Rhea”they said and she barked back.
Rhea watched from the window until the car left. rhea felt sleepy and the couch was very soft so she went to take a nap, but just before she jumped on she saw this thing was watching her it went beep so just in case she went outside and got a stick. She hit so hard the neighbors
could hear it “bang”. Later that day the owners came home and said “what happened here”. “jack we need to look at the cameras”said rose. “Omg the camera is broken”yelled jack! “how did this happen the house is a mess again”he said. They new rhea did it but they needed proof.the next day they tried motion sensing sirens but she didn’t even notice. But after a while they got tired so they pulled out the kennel from the garage. Once rhea saw it she new what was happening and ran upstairs then the door opened and closed with a slam. She got so scared that she looked at the stick she hit the camera with and broke the window now the only problem is that she’s on the second floor so how will she get down? Luckily her owners have been painting the house and they left the ladder up near the window she climbed on and used her long claws that haven’t been cut in a long time to hold. on when she climbed down she was in the backyard and she ran and she ran and her owners ran and ran. “get back here rhea”said Jack. Jack and rose were so soar but they really needed to get her back. Finally they got her and rose said “bad dog you are in so much trouble”. When they got home they put her in the kennel. rhea whimpered. “I kind of feel bad for her”said rose. “but she destroyed the house”said jack! But he looked at rhea and said “okay but she has to go to good dog school”. Rhea happily barked. After that day rhea was a good and smart dog for the rest of her life. And every day that her owners left she would not misbehave she would sit by the door waiting for them to come home.
Story Spark
Breckin, who wrote "The Bad Dog Who Was Smart," is presenting this week's Story Spark!
Write about a group of characters that find a treasure chest, but they don’t have a key. How do they open it, and what do they find inside?
Roll Call Stories
The Sneaky Mole
by a 6-year-old named Temperance in Pennsylvania
Once upon a time there lived a sneaky mole. The mole was sneaky. Nobody ever found him once, even twice, but someone found him underground.
The person went underground. The mole was scared because he never saw anyone in his home before. That person tried to trap him because of all the mischief he had done. But the mole was so sneaky, he ran so fast that the person could never catch him. But the person’s friends came. They sneaked up behind the mole because the mole didn’t really have goodears. They caught the mole with a net quickly. The mole tried to escape, but he did not.
He cried, “Please don’t catch me, please, please, please open the net!”The people said, “No! You tripped us when we were walking to the playground, and you spilled slime on our heads, you even spilled water on our heads. You even said you would give us a surprise, but you didn’t give us anything! And we don’t like it.
”But the mole cried so hard that the people untrapped him, leaving the mole behind.“
Please don’tleave me behind! If you leave me behind I’ll keep doing mischief. But if you stay, I’ll stop doing mischief,” said the mole. So the people stayed with him for a little bit. They gave him bread and tea and they had a sleepover.
“It’s dusty under here,” said the people.
The mole said, “Well that’s what it’s like living underground. You’ll get used to it.”
“Can we go home?” the people asked,
“Sure,” said the mole.
They went home.
THE END
The Toaster Who Thought He Was An oven
by 8-year-old Julian in Minnesota
In a land where everything could talk in a small apartment on toaster avenue there were two people with a new toaster and the toaster thought he was an oven for some reason. The next day the toaster said "hey pop a pizza in me! " "Hey it's me the oven stop stealing my purpose!" said the oven. "also, you are supposed to to put toast in you." "No, you're thinking about a toaster I'm an oven you are a toaster!" said the toaster. "No I am an oven if I had legs I would just walk out of here." The next day for breakfast the human put the toast in the toaster. "What are you doing? I am an oven!!!" said the toaster. "No, you are a toaster." "I want proof!" Ok, I have a picture of you at the toaster store. "WOW! I am a toaster! Hey oven I am a toaster!" "Finally" said the oven.
The Laziness Competition
by 9-year-old JP. in Virginia
“ hello hello today we’re gonna be having the first annual laziness competition. Introducing the contestants.” Kelly: “Hello my name is Kelly the koala I am so lazy I don’t leave my eucalyptus tree, I just eat all day I just eat all day, I use the poo every day so this contest is as good as mine `` Sid: ''Hello. Sid the sloth. I don’t leave my tree, I just hang around all day and eat leaves. I'm so slow I’ve been going on the journey to here since Wednesday and look, it's Saturday! So as you can tell this contest is mine.” Announcer: “ well now that the introduction is done we can go to the main laziness activities, the first one last one to leave the tree”Kelly:“I got this I just sit in my tree all day I got this I just sit in my tree all day” announcer:“ and the koala loses this one giving one point to Sid the sloth” bleep “The next challenge will be last to finish all the leaves” “this challenge was meant for me it takes me almost a week to digest one leaf, this contest meant for me for me yeah yeah yeah yeah” announcer “ and this point goes to Kelly the koala this challenge will decide the competition! We have a drum roll please… grapes. The first one to finish, will win.” “ oh did they say grapes or did they say grapes I love grapes they’re my favorite food I love grapes I love grapes…” announcer: “and Sid the sloth wins” THE END
Snorfsville
by 12-year-old Kyler in Minnesota
The Lava Llama Monster
by 7-year-old Miriam in Kansas
A lava llama monster jumps into space. And he saw a woman. He didn't eat her this time because he trusted Mom. And then he came back home into the window and he said "mom! mom! I followed your rules and I didn't eat them!" And then he went back to space, but this time it was the sun and this time it wasn't lava it was rock and he was on a rock in space, so then he jumped into the window again.
We’ll feature new stories every week!
