In part 1 of our thrilling season finale, the only thing that stands between the Story Pirates and a return home to their native NYC is the dastardly Silica Googenheim (Jess McKenna). Featuring two new stories: “Old Man Homer,” a song about time travel, photography and connecting with old relatives that features members of Mipso (Jacob Sharp, Joseph Terrell and Libby Rodenbough), by Lucy, a 7 year old from New Mexico, and “The Very Grown Up Place,” a song about what happens when ‘bring your child to work’ day gets turned on its head, written by Zoey, age 8, and Izzy, age 5, from Washington.
Scroll down for the original stories behind the episode!
Illustration by Camila Franklin
Old Man Homer
by Lucy, age 7, New Mexico
One day, Lucy's dad built a time machine and special phone that could be used anywhere and anytime. Lucy got the phone and turned on the time machine. Lucy traveled back to the year 1900. Lucy found Old Man Tucker, this old guy who's photo is on the wall at her house. Lucy showed Old Man Tucker the special phone and how to use it to take pictures since back then it was a big deal to take a picture. "Old man Tucker, do you like the phone?" said Lucy. "Yes, I do!" said Old Man Tucker. Lucy traveled back home excited to see all the new photos in the family album that Old Man Tucker would take with his phone.
Our adaptation of Old Man Homer was composed by Jack Mitchell and produced by Brendan O’Grady and features members of Mipso - Jacob Sharp, Joseph Terrell and Libby Rodenbough
The Very Grown Up Place
by Zoey, age 8, and Izzy, age 5, Washington
What is there was a very grown-up place and it was called the very grown-up place it's a very grown up place there was very grown-up stuff like computers and other boring things. People who worked at a very grown-up place where as you probably expected grown-ups. They work to make the stuff with a very grown-up place. What day it was bring your kids to work day at the very grown-up at the very grown-up place so just as a holiday recommended the grown-ups brought the kids to go to the very grown-up place. The kids at the very grown-up place said this is a very grown-up place but what is the kids brought... A bouncy house! And another kid brought... A very kids stuff like.... Toys books games and lots more! And so from that day on the very grown-up place became a very kids place!
Our adaptation of The Very Grown Up Place was written and produced by Brendan O’Grady
Story Spark
Lucy, who wrote “Old Man Homer" is presenting this week's Story Spark!
Write us a story about going back in time to meet a really old relative of yours. Tell us what their life is like, and tell us about a piece of modern technology that you bring back in time with you. How does your relative respond to the technology? Do they like it?
Roll Call Stories
The Robot Without a Home
by Leon, age 6, Wisconsin
Once upon a time there was a robot that did not have a home. He looked at a house but the people there did not give him a home. So he went to a park but the owners of the amusement park did not let him stay. He was very sad. So he lived at a zoo but the animals there did not like him. He went on a boat but the people that owned the boat did not let him stay. So he lived outside for a while. But it made him dirty. So he went to an inventor's workshop and the inventor let him stay. The robots there liked him. The end.
The Shoe Who Could Talk
by Selah, age 5, California
“Oh what a nice day to play outside today. But first I have to put on my shoes.“
“Whaaaat?? My shoes can talk??? Ok ok my shooeees can talk can talk! Oh no! Someone is coming. It is my secret. Let’s hide.”
Harmy turned into a bat and went up into the air with her shoes. And then on her nose was frosting. And then she said “ok let’s go back home”
Then someone who can float said to them, “hey what are you doing up here in my home?? Do you want to know my home phone number?”
And then Harmy said “of course.”
“979795626262”
Then the shoe talked all day long. Then Harmy said “oh I think it’s time to go to bed right in a little while.”
She made herself turn into a raindrop and someone ate her. Then she said “oh man I’m in a voice box.”
The end
The Clay Monster
by Olive, age 9, Canada
Once upon a time there was a girl whose name was Olive. One day Olive went to her grandma's house for a clay party! When Olive’s sister Naya made a big blob of clay and threw it on the floor it started to grow “ahhh” we tried throwing balls of wet clay but that just made it bigger. “Then i got an idea.''We have to put him in the kiln {a kiln is an oven you use to harden and cook the clay} so we put the clay monster into the kiln and it disappeared. The end.
Portal Potty
by Melody, age 6, New Mexico
I went into a portal potty. It was a portal to another dimension. I found aliens, I was walking around hiding from the aliens. “Oh no they found me! They put me back in my portal potty!” Then I said “something feels weird.” And then I put my head up a little, and felt a little bit of water and then I moved my head all the way up and then I was like “I shoved my head in the toilet! Bleh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
