The Story Pirates track down Eric and Peter, who have been busy constructing a strange theme park near Coney Island. Featuring two new stories: “The Staple Removing Comedian,” about a comic who finds his muse in tiny, metal fasteners, written by Sebastian, an 11 year old from Texas, and “The Smelly Cheese,” a story about an outcast blue cheese desperate for validation from the person who owns the fridge she lives in, written by an 8 year old from Pennsylvania named Tess.
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Illustration by Camila Franklin
The Staple Removing Comedian
by Sebastian, age 11, Texas
Benny loved making people laugh. So, when his co-workers started telling jokes during their lunch breaks, he started getting some great ideas. He wasn't a professional comedian, but he had a good sense of humor and the ability to deliver a good punch line.
Benny knew that if he wanted to get any real traction as a comedian, he was going to have to come up with his jokes. That's when he stumbled across the idea of being a staple remover comedian.
Benny started gathering old, used staples from his office and taking them home. After joining some standup comedy classes, he started incorporating these staples into his acts. Sure, it was a little odd at first, but it quickly caught on.
Benny's staple remover comedian act started to become well known --- nothing short of remarkable for someone who had only been doing standup comedy for a few months. People loved the idea of a staple remover comedian, and it got Benny noticed by local bookers and venues.
Before long, Benny became a regular at open mics around the city and was even featured on some local TV shows. His staple remover comedy had become a huge hit, and people all over the city couldn't wait to see his next show.
Now, Benny is a full-time staple remover comedian, and people travel from all over to see his act. What once started as an odd hobby has become a wildly successful career for Benny, and he loves every minute of it.
But one day Benny was doing his normal act when he started to lose his voice and his whole career was in a slump. He tried everything to get his voice back, but nothing worked. Eventually, he went to the doctor to get a check and the doctor said that Benny might never get his voice back.
And at that moment Benny thought of anything that might help him get his voice back and then he remembered what his mom once said. “That in this chest is a map to a genie that will give you one wish.” So, Benny grabbed the map and a pencil so that he could get his voice back. Then he set out on his adventure
After Benny started his adventure, he reached his first obstacle the valley of staples, then once he was inside he Remember that you always carry a staple remover. Then he reached his next obstacle the forest of paper and because he always needs staples to be unstable in his acts he always carries a stapler where he stapled all the paper and the forest together to make a path. The last and final obstacle was the unhappy town unless he made them laugh he was not allowed to ever leave and no one ever left once they enter since they are so unhappy using his power of writing he wrote he gave every person a piece of paper with a joke and everyone in the town laughed so he got to leave.
So, after 2-3 days of hard traveling, he finally reached the town which the genie resided and once he found the genie he wrote his wish which was to get his voice back so the genie granted his wish and Benny lived happily ever after
The Smelly Cheese
by Tess, age 8, Pennsylvania
There was a fridge home to many different types of food. One was named Blue Blue the Blue Cheese. Sadly she was never taken out of the fridge. But the humans who lived there never had any guests, so they never made or needed to make a cheese plate. So Blue Blue started to stink, at least more than usual. But cheese can’t or shouldn’t get wet. So she couldn’t take a bath.
“What’s wrong?” said Blue Blue’s mom.
“Everyone at freezer school said I smelled.”
“Well,” said Blue Blue’s mom. “We are blue cheese. We smell a little.”
“Yeah, we do,” said Blue Blue. “I stink so bad. People will hate me because of my smell.”
“Oh, that’s not what I meant,” said Blue Blue’s mom.
“Yes, you did mean it,” said Blue Blue. “You think I smell.”
“Well,” said Blue Blue’s mom. “It’s your bedtime. Time to go to sleep. Now go get snuggled in your sleeping plate.”
“OK,” Blue Blue said. “But when will the humans take us out of the fridge?”
Blue Blue’s mom said, “These humans don’t have many friends. They don’t need a cheese plate. We’ve talked about this before, Blue Blue.”
Blue Blue dreamed about finally being taken out of the fridge. But when Blue Blue woke up, she not in the fridge.
“Huh? What are the humans doing with me? They are having guests. Wait a second. Who are you?” asked Blue Blue.
“I’m Parmo Parmesan.”
So that day Blue Blue had a dream come true.
And they lived cheesily ever after.
Roll Call Stories
Sir Something-Something’s Quest
by Adam, age 9, Massachusetts
A BLOB
by Fiadh, age 8, Ireland
Once a blob pet a cat. Then a blob played video games. Then a blob went to bed. Then a blob woke up. Then a blob wrote a story. It went once a human pet a cat. Then a human played video games. Then a human went to bed. Then a human woke up. Then a human wrote a story. It went THE END.
Mailbox Village
by Maya, age 4, Colorado
