Smitty and Nimene travel below New York City to a rat city run by a Rat Czar (Jo Firestone). Featuring two new stories: “The Balloon That Never Stopped Floating,” a song about what would happen if a balloon drifted into outer space, written by Jack, a 6 year old from Tennessee, and “The Honey of Revenge,” a story about bees taking matters into their own hands, written by a 12 year old from Oregon named Elsa.
Scroll down for the original stories behind the episode!
Illustration by Camila Franklin
The Balloon That Never Stopped Floating
by Jack, age 6, Tennessee
There was a balloon that never stopped floating up, so the balloon was in space. And the balloon was getting closer to an asteroid. But, the balloon didn't pop, the asteroid popped. So, the balloon still floated up in space. And, it was getting closer to a black hole, but it didn't pop, the black hole popped. So, the balloon still floated up. And, it was getting closer to a knife. And it popped. So, the knife moved on.
The End.
Our adaptation of The Balloon That Never Stopped Floating was written by Minhdzuy Khorami and Greg Smith and produced by Jack Mitchell
The Honey of Revenge
by Elisa, age 12, ORegon
“Ah, Another normal day for me, Jerry, the Beekeeper! Now I’m just gonna open this door to the Bee Hive and take this honey…good morning bees! Good bye bees! Now to drink it… gulp gulp gulp- Ahhh… delicious as always. I think I’m gonna go to my house which is conveniently right in front of where I work and drink the rest of this honey.” Meanwhile, in the hive… “Hey, He’s always coming in un-invited and taking our honey! We need revenge!” “What should we do?” “Ooh! I have an idea! *whisper whisper whisper*” “That’s a great idea! Let’s get started! “ A few hours later… “Ok! It’s done! Oooh, he’ll be in for a treat tomorrow!” The next morning… “Good morning, bees! Now, I’ll just collect your honey…I think I’ll drink this at home today, I promised my mom I would call her in…five minutes! AAAAAH!” “Drat! He was supposed to drink it here, so we could watch!” “We’ll just have to follow him! Bees…take flight!” *Collective BZZZZZZZ* After Jerry gets off the phone…”ok, bye mom, love you, ok, ya, sure, bye! Phew, that was a hard conversation to get out of…but now..it’s honey time! Ok…I’m grabbing it *Suspenseful pause* Gulp…Gulp…Gulp… Ahhhhh…Delicious as always!” “Why didn’t it work!?” “Wait for it…” “Whoa, I’m feeling tingly, WHOA, What’s happening! I’m shrinking Ahhhhhhh! What…happened? WHOA! I’M…A BEE?!” “That’s right, bub, get a taste of your own medicine! You’re coming with us to the hive!” “Wait, wait- NOOOOOO!” A few weeks later… “Man, being a bee isn’t too bad! At least I have you guys, my buddies, Bee-atrice, and Bee-tholomew…so… when are you guys turning me back into a human?” “Snnnrk-heh heh-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” “Guys?”
Roll Call Stories
Try to eat a turtle, but don’t
by Opal, age 4, Maryland
This is my Story : once upon a Time dolphin and three turtles said “I’m gonna play with you forever”, but then a crocodile comes and try to eat one of the turtles but the dolphin tries to get in the way, but it tried to eat the tail so then a big shark, a big big shark bigger than mommy and bigger than my little brother Arlo- comes and tries to stop the crocodile and it ate it and that’s the end of the story.
On a Trip!
by Kiran, age 7, New York
I went from Alaska to Alabama. My name is Kiran, and I live in Alaska and I am on a plane to Alabama. On my way to Alabama I get caught in a tormatoe, then a tormatoe dragon appears! A tormatoe is a tornado but made of tomatoes. The tormatoe dragon stopped the tormatoe with its power of eating it. The plane got caught in a tree that is a giant cupcake on Sweet Mountain! A tormatoe dragon looks like a dragon with tomatoes on it. The tormatoe is giant. This tormatoe dragon is 2 inches tall and 2 inches long. It was my pet! His name was Freddy. I jumped down the mountain with the super jump! Then I hopped from tomatoes. Then I made it to Alabama. P.S. The ocean was made of milk.
the door to door shieldsman
by Nathan, age 11, Canada
There was a viking who was a door to door salesman. He sold retractable shields. But then one day all his shields fell out of his boat on wheels. When he realized there were a bunch of shields on the road behind him, he became broke, because he did not want to sell shields that fell on the ground because he was superstitious. THE END
