Lala/Laugh Day (feat. Lou Wilson)

When Loofah takes the day off, a stunt performer (Lou Wilson) is hired to fill in. Featuring two new stories: “Lala,” a song about a girl who goes to great lengths to find her voice, written by Juniper, a 10 year old from Tennessee, and “Laugh Day (A New Holiday),” a story about the funniest new holiday around, written by a 6 year old from Massachusetts named Miles.

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Original Stories

Laugh Day (A New Holiday)

by Miles, age 6, Massachusetts

Today is laugh day. If you see a new person your goal is to make them laugh. Then at the end of the day we have a giant feast. On one side of the table there’s candy. In the middle, there’s candy and healthy stuff. And on the other side there’s just healthy stuff. And then after that before you go to bed you watch yourself laughing. And then you go to bed. But your goal is to dream about yourself making other people laugh, and making other people feel happy. And that is the magic of laugh day.

Lala

by Juniper, age 10, Tennessee
Once upon a time there was a girl named Lala and she loved to sing but she could only sing her name, Lala. One day she went to her school theater and she heard a voice say, "Hello, I am your announcer Billy...Bob...Joe... and I will be randomly picking who will sing a solo at the Boom Elementary music fest." "Yay!" "Woo!" "I'm gonna sing a solo" clap clap clap! Cheer cheer cheer! She decided she would go in. She didn't want to sing the solo, but she decided her chances were so low she would not get chosen. Soon Billy...Bob...Joe... said, "Now."He closed his eye. "How about..." he pointed his finger and moved it around, "YOU!" His finger landed on Lala. Lala was speechless. She meant to say no, but all that came out was "Wow." She now realized that everyone was looking at her. The script was brought to her. When she got home she went straight to her room. She didn't even glance at the script, and she cried. "I can't sing the solo if I can sing my name!" Soon two fairies appeared, and they said "Hello Lala, we know your problem, and we know how to fix it too. You see your voice is at the top of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world."

Lala got up straight away, walked down the stairs and told her mom, "Mom, I'm going to climb Mount Everest!" Her mom said, "OK! Wait, did you say you were going to climb Mount Everest?" But Lala was already out the door. Lala got on an air plane and went to Mount Everest. When she got there she started to climb, and climb, and CLIMB. When she got to the top, she saw a team of insects, and they said, "Hello Lala, we know what you are looking for and we have it right here." They stepped to the side to reveal ice cream in an ice cream cone. The team of insects said "Eat it!" So Lala ate it. And soon she had her singing voice again. She got back on the airplane and flew back home. She sang the whole way there. When she got there she looked at her script she would sing at the Boom Elementary Music Fest. And it said, "La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la." THE END

Our adaptation of Lala was written by Nimene Wureh and produced by Brendan O’Grady, with vocal direction by Jack Mitchell

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Story Spark

Juniper, who wrote “Lala" is presenting this week's Story Spark!

Kids: write about a plant that can talk. Describe the plant. Does it have its own language? Does it have feelings?

Roll Call Stories

The Nonstop Laughers

by a 10-year-old named Delia in Texas

Once there was a girl named Indigo. She went to the playground near her house one day and found her friend scarlet. I am bored said Indigo. What should we do? Could we swing? Nah Could we play in the sand? Nah. What if we make each other laugh? Suggested Scarlet. Great Idea Said Indigo. Can you go first? Scarlet took a minute to think. Okay. She stood up and ran around the playground singing a crazy song. Indigo started to giggle. Then guffaw and then chortle before she knew it tears were welling up in her eyes. Scarlet stopped her goofing and asked, are you ok? I think so replied Indigo She was laughing harder now. I can’t stop! You were just so funny! I know how to make people laugh Said Scarlet. Indigo (Still Laughing) Stood up and Imideatly tripped. AHHH! Hahahahhahhaahahhahahahahhahahahahahhaha Now they were both crying and laughing. A baby boy came up and said Mawmwa Aw tey owkay? The two girls started to laugh harder. When they got home they went to the man down the street who everyone had said could solve any problem no matter how big (or small) When they arrived at his house they saw an old man sitting in a corner eating something. WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM!! He said in a booming voice so loud it could shake the earth. Indigo took out a sticky note and wrote something downHe studied the note and made a slight nod. Okay… Take this potion and drink it all up. And take some chicken soup for the road. He handed them a big container. The next morning they woke up (after a night of barely sleeping) and noticed something. They had stopped laughing!! Hooray!! The End

The Carrot Who Wants to be a Potato

by 7-year-old Zoey in the UK

Once upon a time there was a carrot called potato and a potato called carrot. They both wanted to be the other one and then both of the bags they were in were bought by the same person. The person cut holes in the bag so that they would drop into the cooking pot. The person cooked them together and then they swapped brains, and in the morning they realised they'd swapped! And then the carrot was called carrot and the potato was called potato. And then a unicorn came and pooped on their heads, giggle giggle. The end.

The Pickle Making Machine

by 6-year-old Po in New Hampshire

Once upon a time, there was a pickle named Pickle that loved eating pickled pigs hooves. Pickle found a pickle making machine in their backyard. When they found that pickle making machine, they saw a red button. They pressed it. Then, the whole world turned into a giant slice of a pickle! Pickle loved his new world, so they ate all the way to the center of this new pickle world. But there was giant seeds! Pickle ate into those seeds and built a house in those seeds. Their house has lava dripping off the roof and volcanoes everywhere! It was heated by a giant pool of lava under the floor!

The end.

Flowers Aren’t As Sweet As They Seem

by 9-year-old Coraline in California

Calling all San-Franciscans! Open your doors - look out your windows. THERE ARE FLOWERS IN GARDENS EATING PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Grownup with a Growth Spurt

by 5-year-old Arlo in Massachusetts

A growth spurt is when kids grow really big and get really hungry. But I am a grownup and I got a growth spurt! I’m EXTRA hungry! Tonight is movie night snack dinner so I’m going to get to eat ALL the snacks. But oh no! Suddenly I don’t fit in my house! My clothes don’t even fit! I can’t lay on my bed. If eating extra makes me grow really tall, maybe I’ll try eating less until I get smaller again. What has tomato sauce and cheese? My lunch! Pizza! My favorite! Maybe I’ll just get a bigger house. The end.

We’ll feature new stories every week!

The Prince-ess/The Magician’s Accidents (feat. Rivkah Reyes)

Peter and Nimene swap personalities. Featuring two new stories: “The Prince-ess,” a song about a royal (Rivkah Reyes) who is brave enough to share their truth, written by Ella, a 10 ½ year old from Sweden, and “The Magician’s Accidents,” a story about a magic trick gone wrong, written by 6 year old from California named Oscar. 

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Original Stories

The Prince-ess

by Ella, age 9, Sweden

There once was a princess. Her name was Rosalie. She was a normal princess. She had long, chestnut brown hair. Her eyes were sky blue. But she had a secret. Only her parents knew about it. It was that she wanted to be a prince. But she didn't have the courage to tell her friends. And her mom said she couldn't be a prince if not 5 more people knew about this. But she was still too scared! She thought they would be mean to her. Then one day one of her friends invited her to a sleepover with 5 more friends. After a movie and some candy, popcorn and chips, one of the friends (her name was Maya) said "Let's play Skeletons in the closet!" Everyone else said "Yes!" But Rosalie didn't know how to play. She asked and another one of her friends (that friends name was Clara) said "It's a game were you tell your deepest, darkest secrets. Rosalie didn't like this at all. When they started the game she said "I have to go to the bathroom". So she wouldn't have to say. But when she came back after a few minutes (she didn't want to seem mysterious) they said (the friends said) "All of us had a turn, now it's your turn!" She thought "Ok. I can do this. Otherwise I'll live my whole life as a girl." Then she gathered all her coura ge and said "My deepest, darkest secret is that I want to be a prince." First there was a silence then a friend (her name was Katie) said "Good that you told us Rosalie!" Maya said "That was very brave of you." All her friends hugged Rosalie. The next day the headlines in the newspaper was:
Princess Rosalie changes to Prince Frederic

Under it was a picture of Rosa- sorry Frederic hugging his friends.
When Rosa- sorry, Frederic told her- his mom that he told five more people, she cut his hair short and he never, EVER wore a dress again. (Frederic asked of course if she could do this. His mom would never do this if he didn't want her to do this.) Sh- he was soooooo happy.
That was the end of this story.
The end

Our adaptation of The Prince-ess was written and produced by Eric Schackne

The Magician’s Accidents

by Oscar, age 6, California
We're Back At Jerry's The Magic Show! With our contestant Jerry. "I am Jerry, hi! And I am the best magician in the world!"
...
"Honey please turn off the TV now! You have been watching for an hour," says Maklin's Mom.
"Mooooommmmm ... I just saw the best thing on Jerry's The Magic Show. Can I please watch more?"
"OK. But first can I tell you something. Tomorrow Jerry's The Magician is going to put on a magic show!"
"So can you please sign up for the magic show?"
"OK Let's do it"
...
"Here we are! At Jerry's The Magic Show!"
"It's him, Jerry!"
"I know all of you fellows have been waiting to see me," says Jerry. "So I am going to do a very good magic trick. You see this rabbit here?
Look closely at it dissapear." Poof!
"Whoa!!," said the entire crowd.
"And now it is time for the best magic ever. It is time for the time travel."
"Wow! I see dinosaurs." says Maklin.
"Zhhhhoooo Zroooo"
"We're there!" says Jerry.
"Roar!"
"WAhhhhhhhhh!" says the crowd
A giant with one eye and two wings and four feet and a scorpian tail and a lions head monster flew at them.
The crowd runs, but Jerry doesn't. One of them says "Look out Jerry".
But Jerry doesn't move. Jerry gets picked up and carried away.
"Waahhhhhhhhhh!!"
They found a tree. They found a hole in the tree. They climbed in there.
At night time they gathered some leaves and soft stuff. And they put it under them and over them.
And then they slept.
When they woke up, they peaked out and saw no monsters and they saw dinosaurs.
Maklin took out her dinosaur book, looked at each dinosaur page and they were all dinosaurs.
And then they climbed out of the hole in the tree.
And they jumped down from the hole and they landed on the ground.
And then they walked around, they found a tree that was pretty tall. They climbed the tree and rested on it.
And then they saw a nest. And in the nest was Jerry The Magician!
They climbed down the tall tree with Jerry the Magician.
And then Jerry said, "Time to go forward in time!"
"Zhhhhrooooo"
"Whoomp!"
"Oof"
"Not again!"
The end!

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Story Spark

Ella, who wrote “The Prince-ess" is presenting this week's Story Spark!

Write us a story from the perspective of someone or something that's not yourself. For example, maybe you write from a baby's perspective of their first birthday. Or, write a story from the perspective of a phone! What's it like for people to write and talk on you all day?

Roll Call Stories

Magic Sinkhole in the Kitchen

by an 10-year-old named Leilahni in Iowa

It was almost time for school and I was heading downstairs. I was going to eat some breakfast and then….
“Honey, watch out for the…” said mom
“Whoa!”
“Sinkhole,”mom finished
“I noticed,” I said “why is there a sinkhole in the kitchen?”
“Well… your brother he… well, one of his experiments… exploded.”mom replied.
“Oh, jeez. Again?”I said.
“Yeah, we really need to get him a lab…”she said, more to herself then to me.
I walked over to the table.
“Here.” said mom , tossing me my lunchbox. “The bus leaves in five minutes, eat quickly.”
“Thanks, mom.” I said “ You know, I…uh-oh! I’m slipping! Wooooooaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!!!”
I fell into the sinkhole. It was deep and dark, but i wouldn’t stop falling. It was… bottomless.
“I can’t see! Oh! My phone! I’ve got a flashlight on it! Ah...where…? Oh,here it is… and,okay, i got it! AHHH!!!”I said, as I looked behind me. There was a giraffe.
It told me to follow it as it swam through the air. I followed it through a big, weird, hexagonal, door in the side of the sinkhole.
“I’m Larryfrandelopodoobop, but you can call me Larry.” said the giraffe.
“Okay… Um, Larry.” I said, “Where are we going?”
“We’re here.” Larry said.
“Where’s “here”” I said.
“It’s the land of bobhotlopdeenarrf. Or, as most people call it: THE LAND OF BOB.” said Larry, “Now, what is your name and what is your land?”
“I’m...Leilahni, and I’m from Indianola, Iowa.” I told him.
He looked at me with disgust and said: “what kind of name and land are those?”
“Mine”
“Well, anyway… that’s Larry, that’s Larry, that’s Larry, that’s Larry...” Larry said. “And that’s Barry. We don’t talk about him.”
“Um……...Okay…” I said. “Where are we going?”
“We’re going to my friend, Doctor Larry.” said Larry.
We floated around for a while, and then we came to a weird, purple, thing. It looked like a bean.
“Hello” Larry said to the bean “I’m here to see doctor Larry.”
“Name?” the bean responded in a voice that sounded like a sick, french, donkey. It was weird.
“Larryfrandelopodoobop” Larry said.
“Come in”
The door opened.
“AH, LARRY!” said doctor Larry, loudly. “WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE?!?”
“This girl, she needs your special pickle.” said Larry.
“AH, I SEE! WELL, HERE YOU GO, NOW GET OUT SO I CAN SEE MY NEXT PATIENT! LARRY! COME ON IN!” said doctor Larry.
We left and ran into Barry.
Larry had a disgusted look on his face. He said: “Barry! Ugg… oh! Hey, can you look after this girl, the one with the pickle.”
“Oh, sure!” said Barry. “Come on girl.”
“Okay..” I said.
Barry took me on a tour around The Land Of Bob, and then he said: “We’re gonna go out into the sinkhole, and i want you to eat the pickle”
“Um, sure.” I responded.
We went into the sinkhole, falling.
I ate the pickle, then I started to fall faster, and faster, and faster, and then...
“Huh? Mom?”I said.
I was back at the top.
“The bus is here, get outside.”
she said.
“Wait, it’s only been five minutes?” I said.
“Yes, get outside. You fell in the sinkhole, how’d you get out?”
“I don’t know… magic?” I said.
“Get outside.” My mom laughed.
THE END!

Why is the Book So Quiet

by 8-year-old Henry in Utah

The Pickle Making Machine

by 6-year-old Po in New Hampshire

Once upon a time, there was a pickle named Pickle that loved eating pickled pigs hooves. Pickle found a pickle making machine in their backyard. When they found that pickle making machine, they saw a red button. They pressed it. Then, the whole world turned into a giant slice of a pickle! Pickle loved his new world, so they ate all the way to the center of this new pickle world. But there was giant seeds! Pickle ate into those seeds and built a house in those seeds. Their house has lava dripping off the roof and volcanoes everywhere! It was heated by a giant pool of lava under the floor!

The end.

Party on the Moon

by 10-year-old Evie in the UK

We’ll feature new stories every week!

All Because I Bit My Knee/Cat That Can Spell

Meghan discovers crystals. Featuring two new stories: “All Because I Bit My Knee,” a story about a minor trampoline accident that spirals into disaster, written by Tobias, a 10 year old from Oregon, and “Cat That Can Spell,” the story of a uniquely talented feline who learns to appreciate what makes them special, written by an 11 year old from Pennsylvania named Natasha.

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Original Stories

All Because I Bit My Knee

by Tobias, age 10, Oregon

I did a flip on the trampoline
I hit my face and then my knee
I bit my knee
I bit my knee
All because I bit my knee

I cried and cried and cried, "wee, wee!"
I need some bandages and some cream
I bit my knee
I bit my knee
All because I bit my knee

When I got home I said, "Daddy please,
I need some bandages and cream.
I bit my knee,
I bit my knee,
All because I bit my knee."

Then I got some bandages and cream
I told my parents about my knee, you see
I bit my knee
I bit my knee
All because I bit my knee.

Cat That Can Spell

by Natasha, age 11, Pennsylvania
I am a cat that can spell yet nobody can tell that I am a cat that can spell words like yell mell and sell, fore I am a cat that can spell

I am a cat that can spell but nobody knows me so well. When I spell hat they at scream at that. Oh the sorrow of a cat that can spell

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Story Spark

Simone, who wrote “The Secret Theme Park," is presenting this week's Story Spark!

Write a story about a character who unexpectedly gets transported to a strange new place. Where are they, and why and how did they get there? Be sure to emphasize the contrast between where the character began and where they traveled to. How are the two locations different?

Roll Call Stories

The Mutation! Duh Duh Duh!!!

by an 8-year-old named Audrey in Tennessee

Once there was a little girl. She was alone in the forest. She saw a weird mushroom she picked it up and brought it home. The next morning she mutated into something horrible...a monster an amphibian a FROG. Duh, duh, duh !!! She said "I can't go to school like this" She jumped out her window and ran out of her home.
The End!

Meep

by 9-year-old Micah in California

Meep is meek

The W And Its Friends

by 6-year-old Charlie in New Jersey

There was a W. It went “wuh wuh wuh, wuwuwuwuwuwuh, wuwuwuwuwuwuh”

It was friends with V and M and U.

The friends W, V, M, and U liked to play together on the playground. W’s favorite thing on the playground was the monkey bars. The same for V, M, and U. M wasn’t as good at the monkey bars as his friends W, V and U, because he didn’t have long branchy arms like they did on their letters. They like to jump.

One day at the park, they ran into P, who was walking a dog and a cat. The dog was a golden retriever. And a gray and brown and black kitty. And then P asked to be their friend and doggy and kitty asked also to be their friend. So they all did the monkey bars together. And then P did it and W was just so close he only missed one of the monkey bars. There was one left for W.

The End.

The World With No Color

by 10-year-old Yasmine in Saudi Arabia

Read it here!

We’ll feature new stories every week!

The Secret Theme Park/Ryan in Rhinebeck Grows Rhubarb (feat. Krysta Rodriguez)

Smitty becomes an official member of the Story Pirates, but is surprised to see what exactly that entails. Featuring two new stories: “The Secret Theme Park,” a song about a girl (Krysta Rodriguez) who discovers the coolest place ever at her mom’s work friend’s house, written by Simone, a 10 year old in New Jersey, and “Ryan in Rhinebeck Grows Rhubarb,” a cautionary tale about always reading the instructions on the magic seed packet before planting, written by a 5 year old from New York named Oliver. 

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Original Stories

The Secret Theme Park

by Simone, age 10, New Jersey

When I was done playing Ultra Destroy Dudes, we drove to Mom’s MYSTERIOUS FRIEND’S house. When we got in, she was all “Hi! You have a lovely family, Marisa.” and “I am SOOOOO happy you could all come!” She got sing-songy on the “sooooo”. I was a little creeped out.

Anyway, we ate a dinner of “gourmet chicken nuggets” (aka nuggets with Fancy Man brand ketchup.) and then Alicia (that’s the friend’s name) said “How about you all watch a movie on the couch and I’ll go get us some popcorn. We sat down and were watching a (slightly boring) movie, when the tv, walls, and floor were pulled away as if they were PAPER, walls, rails, and a floor were PUT on the couch, and we heard Alicia say, over a loudspeaker, “Please keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle while the roller coaster is in motion. Thank you!” “Wait.” I thought. “ROLLER COASTER???” The couch/cart suddenly surged onto the track at a speed of, like, a MILLION miles per hour! We could see smudged shapes (from the speed) of people and…theme park stuff! I was also screaming the entire time, though, so there wasn’t much time for excitement.

Finally, after a lot of sudden lurches and drops and heights, we screeched to an abrupt stop. I got off, feeling queasy but happy, and anyway, although secret, it WAS A THEME PARK, so I played games and road rides the entire rest of the day. Mom ended up buying special tickets for the elaborate entry. It was a good (but very weird) day.

Our adaptation of The Secret Theme Park was written by Jack Mitchell and produced by Brendan O’Grady and Jack Mitchell.

Ryan in Rhinebeck Grows Rhubarb

by Oliver, age 5, New York
Here is Ryan. He is Oliver's Dad. He has a house in Rhinebeck with a garden. One day... Ryan went to the store and bought magic rhubarb seeds. Unfortunately, Ryan didn't realize they were magic seeds with two warnings.

Warning #1 – Don't put near your mouth.
Warning #2 – Seeds are magic.
(Warnings written by rhubarb. Just kidding!)

Ryan planted the seeds and went to Brooklyn for the week. When he came back to Rhinebeck, he noticed that some of the other plants were missing!

“Oh no!” said Ryan. He also noticed that the rhubarb was… HUGE!

Ryan thought it was one of the animals. He went to bunny’s underground house and asked him, “what were you doing in the night? Did you eat my plants?”

“I was sleeping!” said the bunny.

Ryan went to the pond to find frog. He checked every single lily pad. Frog had to wait an hour while he did. At the last lily pad, he found frog.

“What were you doing last night? Did you eat my plants because the rhubarb is huge!”

“Rrrrryan, I was sleeping! You should ask Owl, he’s nocturnal.”

Ryan walked to Owl’s tree and climbed up.

“Owl, were you eating my plants last night?”
“Did you see the warnings on the seed packet?” asked Owl.
“What?! Huh?! What warnings?”

That night…
Ryan decided to sleep in a tent by the garden. He peeked out of his tent and saw the giant rhubarb eating the other plants.

“STOP” yelled Ryan. “I’ll give you your own garden.” The rhubarb kept eating the plants, so Ryan picked him up and put him in his own planter and gave him some weeds to eat.

THE END!

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Story Spark

Simone, who wrote “The Secret Theme Park," is presenting this week's Story Spark!

Write a story about a character who unexpectedly gets transported to a strange new place. Where are they, and why and how did they get there? Be sure to emphasize the contrast between where the character began and where they traveled to. How are the two locations different?

Roll Call Stories

A Boy That Was Not In A TV

by a 4-year-old named Quinten in California

Once there was a boy that was not in a TV but he got into one and then he turned all gray and turned into a zombie and it said “brains!”and it wanted brain sandwiches. And then he walked into a rainbow and it turned him back into a human and then he saw the city and he went down to the city and he stole stuff (because he was a bad boy). And then he bumped into a robot and then he was dead but he was still alive and there was a giant castle that smooshed him and then he was dead but he was still alive and then he was flattened but he was not flattened and he got put in a stew but when no one was looking he escaped out of the stew. The end

The Dougoul Dwarfs: A True Story

by 8-year-old Dash in Illinois

Hello. This is some breaking news we have. NASA has launched a new rocket. The thingy. It will take off in 5 seconds, so unfortunately we are going to miss it, so this news is pointless. (Back to NASA).
Dash, are you ready? Get on the ship.
T - 2 seconds.
Blast off.
What do you see?
I see a rainbow planet. I'm in the atmosphere! I'm falling! OW!!!! Um, what are those weird worm things with legs?
Hello, welcome to Dougoul Land. I am a Dougoul Dwarf.
How many are there?
1,000,000,000,000.
Ah!! Bye. NO! Wait, I didn't know I was in a maze.
(Dash goes through the hard maze. Finally done.)
A grocery store?? I'll go in.
A Dougoul thief!!!! Stop that, Dougoul thief.
What's that ball?
(It's a Dougoul orb.)
Hello, would you like to change reality? The ball said.
Um...sure?
rummble rummble
Pshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Catttts!!!!!
It's raining cats!!!!!!!
The end.

Mr. Shadowland’s Nightly Boba Run

by 7-year-old Xuân June in North Carolina

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The Man with the Glasses with a Man on His Glass

by 6-year-old Aaron in The Philippines

One day, the man is gonna wear his glasses and the man decided to wear his glasses. And then before he wore the glasses, a little little boy so so so small jumped into the glasses and then the big man saw the small man. And then the small man said his name— I'm Shoekini! The big man asked, "How old are you?" Shoekini was 200 years old!

Listen to the full story:

Super Boogies Save The World: Novel #1

by 9-year-old Ethan in Kansas

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Snakes and People/The Fish Person (feat. Kimmy Gatewood and Rebekka Johnson)

As the Story Pirates begin to traverse the different underground layers of the earth, they encounter a dance party led by EDM-loving dinosaurs (Kimmy Gatewood and Rebekka Johnson). Featuring two new stories: “Snakes and People,” a story about a massive, national effort to teach snakes to talk, written by Mikayla, a 9 year old from South Africa, and “The Fish Person,” a story about the weirdest-flavored donut you’ve ever tried, written by an 8 year old from Arizona named Mia.

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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 draw their own dinosaur catchers. Then, grownups can submit their creations and Rolo will share some of them with next week's activity!

Original Stories

Snakes and People

by Mikayla, age 9, South Africa

nce upon a time there was a snake. And a person. This person was picked at random to teach the snakes how to speak English. And the snake was picked at random to learn how to speak English. But there was a problem: snakes can’t understand humans. So scientists decided to make a device that would translate snakes’ language into human language and human language into snakes’ language. And these scientists were picked at random.

One of the scientists thought, “Why don’t we just learn how to speak snake?” “Because we can’t understand the snakes,” the other scientist said. So there was a problem with their whole plan. And that’s why they went out seeking a girl with super powers who had a fortune-telling cat.

They had a lot of fun when they were playing together, but the bad guys have been stirring up a lot of things lately. So that was also a problem. Yeah, the world is full of problems.

But there’s only one kid who could fix it: Mikayla. But there was a problem: she was on a different planet. So they had to send a spaceship off to get her. And this one spaceship was a national space station, and it would take about two light years to get there. So that was also a problem.

They just gave up. They would never talk to snakes. This wasn’t fun. And then suddenly someone who could talk to snakes appeared. But every human on earth vowed to never try to talk to snakes again. So this was a problem.

So the scientists said, “Vows are meant to be breaked.” And someone said, “But didn’t we vow that so that the national space station could stay in orbit around earth and we wouldn’t have to go two light years to get Mikayla?” And then the scientists said, “Good point.”

This really isn’t the end but this story’s way too long for me to finish, so — THE END.

The Fish Person

by Mia, age 8, Arizona

title the fish person
hi mom I'm back from school! cool are you still gonna sell those dounuts? oh yes I forgot! ok bye mom see you in an hour! ok i'm all set up here are my custemers! ok what flavor dounut would you like? chacolote. ok that will...be free! here you go.Hi what flavor would you like? Fish! fish? Sorry we don't have that flavor. what other flavors? fish! I said we don't have fish. we have strawberry vanilla and chocolote that is free so what flavor?! Fish. WE HAVE NO FISH! fish? Please go away. sigh. fish. why why why can't you understand me?! FISH! Go Away. can you only say fish? Fish? Stop saying that. Fine I will make you a fish dounut here. Meat? I thought you want fish? I was here for 5 hours! Bye take all the dounuts. Sigh. I quit! the next morning Fish meat you been here all Night! here is some meat and fish plain. cheese?
The end

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MikaylaLuke, who wrote "Snakes and People," is presenting this week's Story Spark!

Write a story about a person trying to learn an animal language. What language do they try to learn, and how do they learn it? If they succeed, how do they celebrate?”

Roll Call Stories

Delivery Gets A Delivery

by a 7-year-old named Emery in California

Dad I am gonna watch tv. K?
Okay sweetheart.
(Knock knock knock)
I wonder who that could be. Oh it’s delivery guy.
-Here is your delivery.
-but my name is already delivery.
-no, this is your delivery.
-I already sed my name IS delivery.
-this package is called a delivery.
Oooooooohhhh…..

The end

The Magical Pasta Maggots

by 13-year-old Clara in Pennsylvania

Once there was a girl named Violet, who was eating her dinner. It was pasta, her favorite. When she looked down in the bowl, she noticed something different. The pasta kind of looked like maggots. And the more she looked at it the more it looked like maggots. It started wriggling and squirming, climbing over and under each other. One of them fell out of the bowl and smiled up at her.
“HELLO”
“AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH” she dropped her spoon and jumped up, but it was too late. The magical pasta maggots were already in her stomach. They were bouncing around and singing Christmas carols.
“Don't you want to be friends?” The maggot looked terribly offended. “Well, I guess you will have to be. Weeeeeeee” it flopped off of the table and rolled on the ground toward her.
“No, get away, get away!” Violet scrambled back trying to leave the kitchen, and hit something soft and squishy. When she looked at what it was she realized the walls had turned to jelly.
“Yummy isn't it?” asked the maggot. “Hot dog flavored, mmmmm. I'm Sally by the way.”
A glob of jelly fell from the ceiling and landed in violet's mouth. she gagged, because it tasted, as you would expect, terrible.
“What's happening?” she asked in a trembling voice.
“Everything and nothing. Now, just be still and quiet while we take over the world. Or you could help. More hot dog jelly!” a fish swam past them, its pink scales glistening in the orange moonlight. Soon much more fish came, so much that they lifted the whole house up. They flew it up on their fluffy wings, buzzing amongst themselves. Soon they are above the clouds, then in space until they dropped off the house on the moon.
“Well that's unfortunate.” said Sally the maggot. “It might be a bit hard to take over the world if we are on the moon. Well, why take over the world when we can take over the universe, eh?”
Violet gulped. She started feeling nauseous, but couldn't tell if it was from eating too much pasta or because the pasta was magical pasta maggots. They were feeling great though. They had hung up a disco ball and were doing the chicken dance, while eating the hotdog jelly violet accidentally swallowed.
“This is life!” one shouted, lying on a purple couch.
“Yeah!” another replied. “More fish head juice? Or do you want an oyster cupcake?”
There must have been a hundred maggots, all dancing and singing, so it's understandable why Violet felt like her stomach was doing backflips. Meanwhile, Sally was flipping through some blueprints.
“Should we take over the world one planet at a time, or everything at once?” asked sally.
“I dont know.” violet barely managed to say.
“We need some space ships first. What do you think we should use to make them? Hey, you guys in her stomach, stop partying and get to work!”
“But we don't want to!!” a bunch of small voices called out. “We want hotdog jelly! Hotdog jelly! Hotdog jelly! The world is made of hot dog jelly!” and it was. When you looked down at earth you could see it was not earth anymore. Hotdog island fluttered in the slimy goop, with dinosaurs playing chess.
“Well, that's good I suppose.” said Sally “Why are you just sitting there human, help me” she glared at Violet, as if it was her fault they were on the moon. It kind of was, since she ate the magical pasta maggots, but that's not the point.
“I just want to go home,” Violet sobbed.
“That's not going to do you any good, but fine go ahead. One of the fish swimming under them broke the surface and threw up a piece of paper. The paper folded itself into a house that looked just like violets.
“Go on then, here's your house.”
“But it's too small,” said the girl.
“That's not my problem. Take it or leave it, I don't care.” Gingerly, violet crawled toward it, and when she opened the door she somehow fit inside. Everything seemed normal, purple walls and orange chairs. violet sighed with relief.
“Bedtime!” her mother called from the other room. Violet got up and started walking up the stairs, but something was wrong. In all the family photos were maggots, and they oddly looked like her and her family.
“Mom, what's wrong with the photos!”
“What do you mean?” her mother answered, her voice sounding closer.
“They’re all maggots!” violet exclaimed.
“Of course they are!” her mothers voice was inside the room, and when violet turned around she saw that her mom was a maggot.
“AAAAAAHHHHH” she looked down, and realized she was a maggot too.
“What's wrong, did you eat something bad? It must have been some magical human pasta. I think you need your favorite bedtime snack, hotdog jelly sandwich and fish head juice.” said her mom.

Zuzzy Week

by 9-year-old Polly in Nebraska

Nessie The Limerick

by 11-year-old Raedyn in Indiana
Nessie is not all what she seems
People like to make Nessie memes
Some people have seen her
They are true believers
Others people crush all my dreams

The Mystery of Someone Threw Something

by 9-year-old Emmy in Texas

One day at recess, someone threw a ball at Holland and she said, “Who threw that at me?!” And she was very mad. She told the teacher. That actually happened. That’s a true story.

We’ll feature new stories every week!

You Make No Sense!/The Chicken King (feat. Michael Urie)

In part 2 of the season 5 premiere, the Story Pirates meet the proprietor of a strange underground theme park (Michael Urie). Featuring two new stories: “You Make No Sense!”, a song about a kid who O.S.I.A. (Only Speaks In Abbreviations), written by Luke, a 10 year old in Colorado, and “The Chicken King,” a story about an insecure king who learns how to just be himself, written by an 8 year old from Missouri named Kayleigh.

Scroll down for the original stories behind the episode!

Illustration by Camila Franklin

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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 draw their own theme park rides. Then, grownups can submit their creations and Rolo will share some of them with next week's activity!

Original Stories

You Make No Sense!

by Luke, age 10, Colorado

Once upon a time there was a boy who always talked in a weird way. He made his sentences like acrostic poems. “G-M-M-I-L-Y” He said to his mom one day. “What? I don’t- *Sigh* What are you saying?” His mom responded. “Mom, I’m obviously saying: Good Morning Mom I love you!” “Oh… Oh no… I thought you said you wouldn’t do that anymore…” “M-D-Y-R-T-I-W-S!?” The boy said. “ I’m not even gonna ask. Just go eat your breakfast. You make no sense.” Later that day at school, the class was learning about landforms. “Define a plateau” Said the teacher. The boy raised his hand. “Yes! You in the back. With the striped shirt.” Said the teacher. “A-P-I-L-A-M-B-I-I-F-O-T Oh, and I-I-N-A-T-A-A-M” The boy said. “What?” Said the teacher. “That makes no sense! You make no sense! “ I’m obviously saying, A plateau is like a mountain, but it is flat on top. And It is not as tall as a mountain.” “You… What? *Sigh* Go sit in the hall.” This went on for a long time until the principal came to talk to his parents. They talked about boring parent stuff for a while and the boy didn’t really listen, but when they started talking about his behavior he listened. “Your son Is always talking weirdly, he needs to stop!” Said the Principal. “H-I-W-N-S-I-W-N-S-N-M-W-Y-S! Wait, Um” (In mumbly voice:) “They need to understand this part… Hey! I will not stop I will never stop no matter what you say!” The adults didn’t say anything. “Wait a minute…” He said. “Talking normally feels GREAT! I will never go back to talking all weird! “YAY!” everyone cheered. Then they broke into song.

Our adaptation of The Perfect Horse was written by Eli Bolin and Produced by Brendan O’Grady, with vocal arrangements and direction by Jack Mitchell

The Chicken King

by Kayleigh, age 8, Missouri

Long ago in a kingdom called Rubian there was a happy chicken farmer with a happy family. They lived in a town called Chicken because they had lots of chickens. Everybody came to buy their chickens because she was very nice and the chickens were very healthy. Their chickens were all beautiful colors like red, white, black and some even had yellow on them. The chicken farmer liked to sing beautiful, happy songs to her chickens and her family.

The king heard of this chicken farmer and came down and said, "Can you teach me one of your chicken songs?" The chicken farmer asked, "Why do you want to learn my songs?"
He said, "Because I hear they are very beautiful." He thought people and chickens would like him better if he knew the songs. He wasn't an awful king but he wasn't a good king either. People thought he was ok and he wanted to be liked by people.

She taught him one of her songs. A day or two later he learned the song, but he came back to the chicken farmer and asked, "Why do people still not like me? I thought the song would make people like me! People like you because of your songs" and the chicken farmer said, "No, songs won't make them like you. People like me because I am happy and kind. And if you want people to like you, you need to be happy and kind too." The king said, "ok, will you please help me to be happy and kind." She said, "I cannot help you be happy but I can help you be kind." The king asked, "Why can't you help me be happy?" The chicken farmer said, "Thats something you have to do yourself. What is something you like to do?" The king said, "well, I like petting chickens." So the chicken farmer said, "You can pet my chickens!" So the king petted the chickens and decided to buy some for his castle. He started a little chicken zoo. He was happier, which helped him become kind t

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Luke, who wrote "You Make No Sense!," is presenting this week's Story Spark!

Write about a character from your imagination who does something that worries other people. What is the thing? Do they fix it, and if so, how?

Roll Call Stories

Dragon and Spaceman

by a 6-year-old named Surya in Virginia

"I am so happy today. I am hoping the spaceman will pick me, the first talking dragon."
"I pick you."
"Me? Dragon?"
"Yes, you. You will be the first space cadet. You will go to space seven years later."
"Wow! Space is so cool."
The End.

What If People And Dogs Switched Bodies?

by 12-year-old Paloma in Canada

What if people and dogs switched bodies?
Once upon a time there was a dog named.
Stella she was a st bernard. One night she was getting ready for bed and for some reason she felt like standing on two feet.

She obviously couldn't stand on two feet so she didn't really think much more of it. She went to her favourite bed on the floor, curled up and went to sleep. That night she had a weird dream of dogs driving cars and going grocery shopping. Her dreams are usually
about squirrels. When she woke up she was a human!! Stella thought
She was having a bad dream So She looked
around her house and stellas human Family were
dogs!! Stella always wanted to be a human.
She fed her now dog Famliy and then took them all for a walk. When they got outside one of her dog sisters ran away. Stella
called her name " Paloma Paloma"
but She didn't come. Stella had to run
all over the block to get Paloma back. She said to her family, "We are not going back
out there!" It was almost the end of the day so they all crawled into their beds and went to sleep. Stella curled up on the floor and felt very uncomfortable but fell asleep. When they woke up the next morning Stella was a dog again!! Her human Family were humans
again. Stella thought how hard it was
to look after 5 dogs! So, she went kind of easy on them and didn't run away anymore when it was time to go for a walk. Interestingly, switching bodies with her humans became a yearly event for this family!
That is what would happen if people and dog switched bodies.

The Man Who Avoided Every Question

by 9-year-old Elinor in California

One day a man was walking around town and his neighbor,
Mrs. Lily said, “Hello Mr. Man! What are you doing today?” “Where am I going umm to…. YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW!” Said the man and ran away. (Skadoo!) “What on earth just happened?” Mrs. Lily thought to herself. Mr. Man got to the farmers market. “Alright, Mr. Man is that all you will get?” Said the cashier. “I…I….I gotta go HERE’S YOUR MONEY BYE!” Said the man. “What the heck?” Thought the cashier. Then the Man went to his mom’s house just to drop off the groceries he got from the market. “Hi schmoopsy!” Said his mom. “Hi mom.” Said the man. “Oh you got my food. Thank you schmoopsy!” “Would you mind saying hello to Mrs. Lollipop?” Said his mom. “UMM SORRY MOM GOTTA GO! LOVE YOU!” And with that the man ran away. “Huh. Wonder what got into him?” Said the mother. “Alright I think I gotta go to, *gulp* the ice cream shop!” (ADD A LITTLE BELL NOISE WHEN HE WALKS INTO THE SHOP) “Heya Mr. Man! What flavor today? We got chocolate chip, Vanilla swirl, and Apple cider today.” Said the ice cream maker. “I…I…umm….i…LIKE CHEESE!?” Said the man and ran away. “Oh well” said the ice cream maker. While running out he ran into the mayor. “OH GOSH SORRY MR. MAYOR! I WAS…I WAS JUST….UMM….” Exclaimed the man. “Its alright mistakes happen! Why in such a rush Mr. Man?” Said Mr. Mayor. “I just have to go umm sorry!” He turned around and saw everyone. The cashier, Mrs. Lily, His mom, the ice cream maker, and the mayor. “What is wrong with you?” Said his mom. “Why are you avoiding our questions?” Said the cashier. “I…I…I…I just am stressed and
I don’t want to answer the questions.” Said the man. “Oh” Everyone said. “Well why are you stressed?” Asked the mayor. “I just have so many things to do” Replied the Man. “Well it’s fine if you don’t get me groceries.” Said his mom. “It’s fine if you don’t get me the mail” Said Mrs. Lily. “It’s fine if you don’t wanna “taco” about it!” Said the mayor. (Cricket noise) “Not..not funny yeah okay sorry! (😅)” Laughed the mayor. “What we are saying is…. Your off Errands!” They all said. “Oh wow thank you guys!” Said the man. After that they all got free icecream. “The end!”

Dog in Another Universe

by 6-year-old Vander in Colorado

Dog in Another Universe

Muffin Rainger

by 8-year-old Miriam in Singapore

Chapter One
Once there was a muffin shop. It sold blueberry muffins.....vanilla muffins...at least any type of muffins there could be. But in there was a special muffin...it was muffin ranger! He was great at sneaking, spying and all the things that a spy could do. But he was a special ranger....because he was a muffin! Every night the owners would leave the shop to go home and that's when muffin ranger came alive! One peculiar night the owners left the shop and that's when muffin ranger came alive. He looked to the left and then the right and in front when he saw something interesting something mysterious...an adventure he didn't know yet.

Chapter Two
Muffin ranger heroically jumped down off the muffin tray and walked boldly to the door. He silently went through a drilled hole that he had made himself and stepped out into the cool night air. Then he saw a shadow. He quickly hid behind a dustbin and heard the shadow say: Heh Heh Heh, once I get my hands on the muffin shop I'll scare everybody until they never come back then I can have all the muffins I want! That sounds bad thought muffin ranger. Especially if my friends leave the shop thought muffin ranger. He vowed he would save his shop and friends.

Chapter Three
Muffin ranger decided to investigate. He ran to where he saw the shadow and then he spotted some footprints! He took out his magnifying glass he peered closer and he saw it was rat footprints! It was probably Rattus thought muffin ranger. He vowed to stop Rattus! He pulled out his shiny sword and got through the ropes that was protecting where Rattus lived and crept into the sewer.

Chapter Four
Muffin ranger walked until he saw a sign that said: danger do not trespass or else! Muffin ranger ignored the signs and walked through and he saw Rattus and his friends planning on what they could do to take over the muffin shop. He quickly hid behind Rattus's bin and watched closely as they discussed how to take over the muffin shop. And then he saw Rattus. Rattus said: at dawn let's go and attack the muffin shop. Oh no thought muffin ranger. He quickly ran out of the sewers to think of a solution.

Chapter Five
Muffin ranger thought and thought and thought until he had an idea! This was the plan: first he would hide all his friends somewhere. Second he would find some fake plastic muffins. Third he would put them on the trays. Fourth he would wait until the rats came and wait until they go out of the shop because the muffins were plastic and when they chewed on the muffins it would hurt their teeth so they would run out of the shop and never come back. Quickly muffin ranger darted to the muffin shop and asked his friends to leave and explained to them why. Next he found some fake muffins and put them onto the trays. Then he hid behind a trash bin until he saw rattus and his friends try to eat the muffins and then all of them ran out of the muffin shop because they broke their teeth on the plastic muffins. Then muffin ranger jumped out of his hiding spot and ran to his friends to tell them about what happened.

Chapter Six
Muffin ranger celebrated with his friends! Just then they heard the muffin shop's owner and bakers cars pull up onto the driveway. They quickly tidied away the fake muffins and jumped back into their spots on the trays. Just in time when the owner of the muffin shop and bakers came in. Muffin ranger was happy that he had another exciting adventure.

The End

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Driving Bumblebees/The Bad Dog Who Was Smart (feat. Michael Urie)

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

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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.

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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

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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!