Baby with a Mustache takes a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she meets a treasure hunter (Justin Bartha). Featuring two new stories: “How To Get Into Monkey Trainer School,” a story about the most prestigious simian educational institute in the world, written by two brothers, Liam, age 12, and Finn, age 10, from Wisconsin, and “The Snake Charmer’s Trick,” a story about a clever daughter of a snake charmer who outwits a mischievous king, written by an 8 year old from Wisconsin named Parker.
Scroll down for the original stories behind the episode!
Illustration by Camila Franklin
How to Get into Monkey Trainer School
by Liam, age 12, and Finn, age 10 in Wisconsin
Somewhere in Wisconsin, there lived a person named Person. Person was a very normal guy. Except he had a pet monkey named Oo-a-hoo-ha-ding-a-ling-dong. But people call him Marvin. Person just graduated from college, and is ready to pursue the job of his dreams; Being a monkey trainer. To be a monkey trainer, you must take 6 years at monkey trainer school, after you graduate from college. It’s the law in Wisconsin. (Not really). So Person called up The Wisconsin Monkey Trainer School, and spoke to the headmistress. Let's check in on him and Marvin.
(Beep-bo-boop-boop. RINGGGGGGGGGGGG) “Hello?!!” said the headmistress
“Hello, is this monkey trainer school? I’m Person and this is my monkey, Marvin”. (ooh ooh ahh ahh) Said Person. “ Listen kid only the best of the best get in monkey trainer school. *sighs* Lemme get this over with. Tell me a little bit about Marvin. Have ya’ taught him any tricks?” Asked the headmistress “Boy, have I. He can water the plants, stand on one leg, eat prun-” “Is that all? Boy, those are baby tricks! gimme something real.” “ Oh I will, Headmistress, he can screw in a light bulb, walk on a tightrope, and can even build the eiffel tower” “Ooh I’m a big fan of architecture. But can he talk?” “Yes he can! *clears throat* Marvin, speak.” “Ah yes I’ve been to introduce myself, Headmistress Dianna-” Marvin said “How do you know my- uhh nevermind. Person, you’re going to Monkey Trainer school!” Announced Dia- er, The headmistress. “YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!” Yelled Marvin. A few years later, things were going pretty well for Person. He was getting good grades, perfect attendance, and lots of friends. After the “Homosapiens” class, (it’s literally a class where the teacher says that monkeys are homosapiens, and then everyone leaves. I know. Pretty useless.) The intercom came on. “Attention, students. Please come down to the gym for an all-school assembly.” It wasn’t the headmistress speaking, but who was Person to question it? Once he walked into the gym, the lights went down, and a spotlight came down on a mysterious figure. Where did the spotlight come from? I have no idea! “Hello, all students and staff! Welcome to the gym!” Said the figure. “ You’re probably wondering who I am, or what you’re doing here! To start off with the first question-” He then takes off his robe. “ I am an evil baboon.” (DUNN-DUNN-DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN) Yeah. It played for over 5 minutes. “And what am I doing here? Taking over the school!” Said the baboon. “Not so fast,”said Person. Then, the baboon throws a power banana that knocks Person out. All hope seems lost but Marvin jumps in. “Not so fast, baboon!” Marvin said. Then they started throwing power bananas at each other. They fought for at least five minutes, until Marvin was struck down by a power banana. “I guess I have no choice. POWERRRR COCONUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!”
The power coconut was effective, and the school was saved!
THE END
The Snake Charmer’s Trick
by Parker, age 8, Wisconsin
Once upon a time there was a very clever girl named Petunia. Her family was neither rich nor poor. Her father was a snake charmer! He owned a very poisonous king cobra. Every day he would go out in the streets and take his flute out and take the lid off very quickly off the pot that the snake was in, and he started playing and the snake poked his head out of the pot and started swaying to the music. After a few minutes of playing crowds of people began to come around and watch the snake. They knew to stay a safe distance away from him so they wouldn't get bitten by the snake, but they did throw coins and money out.
After every day of Petunia's father's work, he would come home to Petunia's happy face and she would hug him every day when he came home. Petunia and her family had a well in their yard. Petunia never used it because she never needed to collect water from it.
One day the phone rang and it was the king of the whole country. He asked for Petunia's father to come and play for the king. The king said he already had a poisonous snake and a flute. Petunia's father left for the castle the next day.
When he got there, he had no clue that the king was going to sabotage him! The king handed him a flute and a pot with a poisonous snake in it, and said, “Play for me!”. Petunia's father started to play, and the snake stuck his head up like always. But then, the snake jumped out of the pot and chased Petunia's father! He dropped the flute and ran out of the castle and all the way home.
Petunia was very scared for her father, and she asked what had happened. Petunia's father told her everything that had happened, and also added that he never wanted to do snake charming ever again! Petunia was worried they were going to be poor like they used to.
The next morning Petunia was in bed thinking about what she would do so her family would not become poor. She felt very brave when she went downstairs to ask her father if she could do the snake charming. Her father said, “Yes! But only if you are careful. And NEVER go to the king if he calls you.”
After a while of Petunia snake charming she became very good and crowds surrounded her just like her father. That night, the king called her and asked her to come to the castle to play for him. Like he told her father, he told her that he had a flute and a snake for her. Petunia knew it was a trick! She agreed and then ran to her father.
She said, “The king called me and said to come, and that he has a snake and a flute.” She said, “I can switch the snake pot and the flute so we use OUR snake and OUR flute so we will not be tricked.” Her father said, “Be careful! Just be careful. And you can go.”
The next night Petunia went to the castle. When she got there, she saw the king talking to the queen for a second. She knew that was her time to switch them. She had brought a knife so she quickly opened the basket with the bad snake and killed it. Then she got the nice snake that she owned and put it where the bad snake was, and threw the bad snake in the garbage. Then she took the bad flute, snapped it in two, and put in the garbage. Then she put her flute where the bad flute was.
Finally the king came over and said, “Play for me!” Petunia did as she was told. She took the lid off of her snake and grabbed her flute. She played as the king got amazed and more amazed. Then the king got so mad that he threw all his money on the floor and marched away and was never seen in that country again.
Petunia and her family lived happily. Petunia did the snake charming and they grew wise and rich.
The End!
Roll Call Stories
The Fish Barber
by Nola, age 8, Canada
Once upon a time there was a barber who used fish as his scissors. He would sprinkle a little bit of fish food on peoples’ heads, and the fish would eat their hair.
One day a woman came into his shop. The woman said, “I would like a haircut”. “Okay”, the barber said. So the lady sat down.
The barber got the fish food. He sprinkled it over her hair, but he spilled all of it on her head by mistake. Some also got in her eyebrows, eyelashes and nose hairs.
He grabbed his fish, and the fish went wild. The fish plopped out of his hand and chewed every single hair on her head and face.
There was a cat right beside her. The fish ate all the cat’s hair too.
The lady looked in the mirror and screamed. The barber got nervous, but the lady said, “I love it!”.
The Cow Who Went Meow
by Sylvia, age 6, Tennessee
One day the cow was eating grass and then he ate a cat. who was laying in the grass below the cow's mouth. The cow went meow! The farmer said please fix the cow, I don't know what happened he just started going meow. Then a vet came over to fix the cow. The vet pulled out the cat and then the cow just went back to eating grass. And then he ate a ghost. The end.
The Wave Whale
by Shane, age 5, Louisiana
Once upon a time there was a little whale with wings. Its name was Wa-Wa. And it lived with its mommy whale and its daddy whale, and they all had wings and they lived in a wave. One night, Wa-Wa sneaked out of the wave and found a watermelon, and then it flew, and then it got trapped in the watermelon. And then, the wind’s power blew the little whale out of the watermelon onto a mountain that was connected to a water slide. Then the little whale went down the slide to his family.
