Butt Ratt/Who Turned Out the Lights?

Season finale, part 1. The Story Pirates return to the Isle of Monsters to gather a rare substance they need to power the ship. Featuring two new stories: “But Ratt,” a story about an unlikely superhero, written by Liliana and Oliver, two siblings from Nevada, and “Who Turned Out the Lights?”, a story about a dad who refuses to call a professional electrician, written by a 10 year old from California named Indira.

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Illustration by Camila Franklin

Butt Rat

by Liliana, age 11, and Oliver, age 10, Nevada

(Interview with Butt Rat, New York’s greatest superhero)

Director: “We’re live in 3…2…1!”

Mr. Steve: “Hello and welcome to New York’s favorite news channel, Totally Real News. I’m your host, Mr. Steve, and today I will be interviewing the one and only, Butt Rat!”

CUE BUTT RAT THEME SONG:

Butt Rat!

He’s a rat,

With a big butt!

Butt Rat!

Bob the bobcat,

Is no match for

Butt Rat!

Saving the world,

And eating moldy pizza!

Butt Rat!

Butt Rat!!

BUTT RAT!!!

CUE APPLAUSE SOUND

Butt Rat: “Yes, thank you for having me here today, Mr. Steve. You were lucky I could fit this interview in with my tight schedule, you know, saving the world and all that. Typical rat things.”

Mr. Steve: “Tell me, Butt Rat, how did you manage to defeat New York’s greatest superhero, Bob the Bobcat during your 127th encounter?”

Butt Rat: “Well, Mr. Steve, when I realized that Bob the Bobcat was replacing all the pizza shops’ pepperoni with brussel sprouts, I roasted the brussel sprouts, because raw brussel sprouts are disgusting and roasted brussel sprouts are tolerable. To some people, at least.”

Mr. Steve: “But what will you do with the riot of angry citizens hungry for pepperoni pizza?”

Butt Rat: “I definitely thought of that! You see…I will… um….”

CUE COMMERCIALS

“Are you tired of having your hair smell like flowers and rain? Try Cheese Shampoo! Will leave your hair smelling like parmesan, cheddar, colby jack and more! New Deal! Buy two and get one 75% off! Warning: Cheese Shampoo may cause side effects of nausea, messy hair, vomiting, passing out from the smell, and smelling like moldy cheese. Cheese Shampoo may or may not be just melted cheese.”

Mr. Steve: “We’re back with Totally Real News, with an interview with Butt Rat!”

Butt Rat!

He’s a rat

With a big butt

Butt-

Butt Rat: (interrupting his own theme song) “Hey, do you smell that? Smells like, hmm… rotten pepperoni?”

[Sniffs the air]

Mr. Steve: “Umm… I don’t smell anything!? Resume theme song!”

Butt Rat: “I think it's coming from…you!”

Mr. Steve: “I’m not hiding anything! You’re acting strange, not me!”

Butt Rat: “Then what’s in your pocket?”

Mr. Steve: “Okay fine! You got me!”

[RIPS OFF MASK, REVEALING BOBCAT FACE UNDERNEATH]

Butt Rat: “Gasp! You’re Bob the Bobcat, New York’s greatest supervillain?”

Bob the Bobcat (Previously Mr. Steve) : “MWA HA HA HA HA! I WILL RULE THE WORLD NOW!”

The End.

Part Two coming soon to theaters near you!

Who Turned Out the Lights?

by Indira, Age 10, California

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The Bear in the City

by Eva, age 9, Minnesota

Once, there was a bear who was tired of living in the forest, and he dreamt of living in the city.

The bear read a book called ‘the big apple.’ “Big Apple?” he thought. “THAT'S IT! I’ll just move to New York!” So he moved to New York. when he got there… “OMG!!!!” he said. “It’s filled with animals!” “and the Central Park Zoo is filled with… humans!?” “ wow! New York has really changed, especially the Statue of liBEARty!”

The Confusing Story

by Owen, age 5, Pennsylvania

Three little aliens were jumping on the bed. The mother said, "stop!" The three little aliens jumped into the kitchen, but then the dad came in and said, "stop eating all the ice cream!" Then a big volcano eruppted and split theire planet in two. Then a lava monster declared "I must rule all of space," but then superheros came they were called *righno rusher and eagle flyer* and they said, "we must attack the lava monster!" so then the attack started. The superheros threw ice balls at the lava monster and it turned into an ice cube. The ice cube monster became nice and evryone shouted "yay!" Then a vampire came and said "what happened to that monster?" But then it turned out to be morning so the vampire left. The end.

Hungry Mustache Man

by Cora, age 11, Virginia

Hi I’m hungry mustache man and I’m hungry so I’m going to the juice shop. Do,do,do,do,do walking to the juice shop.

Mustache man:Hi juice lady
Juice lady:Um my name Gigi
Mustache man:Ok juice lady
Juice lady: Sigh what can i get you
Mustache man:Can I have some apple juice please
Juice lady: Ok be right back

Crash, Bam, Clank, Clonk, Smash

Juice lady:Here you go I hade to put it in a watermelon boll
Mustache man:A watermelon boll ?Oh well I guess I can work with this

So hungry mustache man walked around town saying I’ve apple juice in a watermelon boll for the rest of his life and never even took a sip.

The Princess That Liked Ads

Have you ever wondered how you could improve communication around the kingdom that you rule? Find out in a brand new story, written by a 12 year old from Canada named Grace.

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The Princess That Liked Ads

by Grace, age 12, Canada

One upon a time there was a princess that was super bored so she asked her maid to turn on the TV. the princess was bored because she had already done all of the other princess things like running in the felid of daisies, jumping and playing in her pool with her friends, and riding on the horses. She was in her bed in her night gown (for comfiness)! The TV turned on and she watched a show about wild cats. Then an ad came on and she fell in love! she wanted to be in one! the ad said " Do you want your own ad? well then come and climb the super tall mountain and make one with me!" So she did she climbed all the way up and met the ad guy. They ended up being friends! So they made an ad about buying cars. Then they said goodbye and she climbed all the way back down, got back to the castle then turned on the TV and there was her ad. THE END!!!!!

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Worm’s Dream

by Emilia, age 8, Arizona

Turning Spider Webs

by Zion, age 3, Tennessee
There once was a spider
Who had a web T
hat web had a spider and a fly
And then they chased
And the spider was chasing the fly
Because the fly wasn't good.
And then the fly was chasing the spider
And then it was the end
Flower.

I am late!

by Norah, age 12, Romania

( Girl ) “Brushing my hair, do do doooo. Ah, no! I’m late for my meeting!!

Runs to taxi.

( Girl “Hey driver! Take me to 24 Lincoln Road. And fast!!!

(Driver) “You got it.”

They take off.

( Girl ) “Hey driver, can you go any faster?! You're making me late.”

( Driver ) “Ok ill go full speed.”

( Put fast driving sounds )

( Girl ) “Ahhhhh! We’re going too fast!!!”

( Driver ) “We’re traveling through space!!!!”

( Girl and Driver ) “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!”

( Put fast zooming sounds )

They land on a different planet.

( Girl ) “Where are we?!”

( Driver ) “I Don’t know “

Alien-like sounds.

( Alien ) “Greetings, earthlings. My name is Xò#3s*k. You have arrived on planet 5%hsiA*9.”

( Driver and Girl ) “AHHHHHHH!!!!”

( Alien ) “Woah, it’s ok, I’m not going to hurt you.”

( Girl ) “Oh ok. How far are we from earth?”

( Alien ) "Approximately 158.28 light years away.”

( Driver and Girl ) “WHAT?!”

( Girl ) “How is that possible?!”

( Driver ) “Well, you did tell me to go fast.”

( Girl ) “Oh whatever. How do we get home?”

( Alien ) “Well you can use our teleportation machine.”

( Driver and Girl ) “YAY!”

( Alien ) “WAIT! We have all the pieces, but we don’t know how to build it…”

( Girl ) “Seriously? It’s not like we have a builder or mechanic or whoever builds those sorta things. Maybe a scientist?”

( Driver ) “Hey, I know how to build it. My dad built those sorta things, and he taught me how to build them.

( Girl ) “Yay! Well, what are you waiting for? Go start building it so I’m not late!”

( Driver ) “Ok, ok, I’m on it.”

( Put building sounds like drill, hammer. )

( Driver ) “Ok, it’s done.”

( Girl ) “Hooray! Now we can hurry home, maybe I can still make it on time!!”

( Alien ) “Now you guys can go home.”

( Girl ) “Goodbye Xò#3s*k!

( Alien ) “Goodbye! Farewell! Adios!”

( Driver ) “Let’s go!”

( Girl ) “Ok.”

( Driver and Girl ) “WHOOOOOAAAAAAAAA!”

They arrive back on earth.

( Girl ) “Hey, we made it!”

( Driver ) “Back in the car too.”

( Girl ) “Oh no!”

( Driver ) “What?”

( Girl ) “I’m still late!!!”

THE END

The Ghost That Launched a Business/Julius Caesar: The Guinea Pig

Eric discovers a mysterious book. Featuring two new stories: “The Ghost That Launched a Business,” a terrifying tale about entrepreneurship, written by Jesse, a 9 year old from the UK, and “Julius Caesar: The Guinea Pig, Not the Famous Ancient Roman Dude, But This Rodent Thinks Otherwise,” a story about how our names sometimes shape who we are inside, written by a 9 year old from Illinois named Scottie.

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Illustration by Camila Franklin

The Ghost That Launched a Business

by Jesse, age 9, UK

Hello

This is my story the ghost that launched a business

One day there were two children called November and December. They lived in a haunted house with their mum and dad. The ghost that haunted the house would creep into November and December’s bedroom and scream “Ready to launch your business?”, and November and December would scream! This happened several times before November and December decided something had to be done So one night they crept into mummy’s bedroom and took off her robot head. Brought it into their bedroom and waited, when the ghost finally appeared November who was clutching mummy’s robot head took it out from under the blankets and threw it at the ghost but it was a ghost so it just went right through it. So the next night November and December went into Daddy’s bedroom and got his pet squid. Then they went back To their bedroom And waited. When the ghost came they the ghost dad’s pet squid but the ghost didn’t get scared so the next night they Waited For the ghost to get there and when it did get there the kids asked it for paper work that could help them launch a business and the ghost decided he would give it to them so they ended up running a sanctuary for Squids

THE END

Julius Caesar: The Guinea Pig, Not the Famous Ancient Roman Dude, But This Rodent Thinks Otherwise

by Scottie, Age 9, Illinois

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The Savory Pie

by Julian, age 9, Washington, DC

There was a Pie named Tom.

He was the only savory pie in the fridge.

But then, one time he was taken out!

The dreaded garbage bag was looming closer!

Tom has flashbacks.

Tom get baked and rejected by the kids and stuck in the fridge.

But there is toxic goo in the bag!

This is going to be hard to explain.

The Unscary Haunted House

by Samara, age 6, Pennsylvania

Once there was a haunted house who was not scary. And all the other haunted houses were laughing at him.

Snake on a Plate

by Carter, age 8, Washington

The snake got lost in the forest. A rock fell on the snake. He shed his skin to get away. He traveled all around the world. And finally it looked like he found his plate but it wasn't his plate at last. He saw his plate behind that plate then he finally found his plate. The end.

Gerald the Wizard/The Scaredy Ghost Cat (feat. Kyle Gordon)

The Story Pirates discover a castaway (Kyle Gordon) who is stranded on a deserted island with his only friend, Stick (Kyle Gordon). Featuring two new stories: “Gerald the Wizard,” a story about the lowly servant to a zombie king who risks it all to save the kingdom, written by Beckham, a 14 year old from Utah, and “The Scaredy Ghost Cat,” the tale of a showdown between a spectral cat and a flatulent dog, written by an 11 year old from Ohio named Henry.

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Illustration by Camila Franklin

Gerald The Wizard

by Beckham, age 14, Utah

Once apon a time, There was a dystopian town. There was one thing different about this town that separated it from the rest. It was…. OVER RUN BY ZOMBIES!

“ARGHHHH” Zorblock said.

“Ugh…” Gerald said.

Gerald was the servant for the king zombie, Zorblock.

“ArGhRrRrRrRrRrRgHHH!” Zorblock yelled.

“Okay! Okay! I’ll get you more pancakes.” Gerald yelled in reply.

Zorblock had a crazy obsession with pancakes. He had them for every meal of the day. Even snacktime! While Gerald trudged through the hallway, he looked out the window. He was more fortunate than most Humans that survived.

Outside the window, smoke billowed across the grey sky. He saw other humans being forced to do harder jobs than get pancakes. As he was passing by, he saw a painting with a door on it. Funny, he had never scene it before. He went to touch it, but as he did, he felt a breeze.

But where did it come from, He leaned in to the painting.

“It came from the painting!” He thought.

He pushed into the painting and it popped open. He walked in. He walked down a long narrow hallway, to a set of many, many stairs. Until he come to a white door. He peaked it open to see a room full of scientist surrounded a little girl in a chair. He leaned in….. the scientists left the girl after she was tied down and walked away. A door opened up and a zombie came out. What…? The zombie walked closer and closer to the girl. The girl, screamed, but the tape over her mouth didn’t allow any sound to come out. The zombie came over, closer and closer, and bit the girl hard in the arm. The girl, got woozy, and started making random motions. The area around where the zombie bit her became infected looking. It was all red. The red slowly vanished back into the skin. He noticed looked back at the girls face. Her eyes were wide open and looking around the room. Her eyes, were now all black. He then noticed that her arm was turning green. It spread across her whole body. He finally understanded what they were doing to her. They were turning her into a zombie! He ran away from the painting. Determined to stop the zombies. But first, he had to get Zorblock his pancakes.

The next day, he woke up extra early, and headed down to the library. He researched every book he could find. Until he finally found one titled, “What to do in case zombies take over the world and have found out they can turn everyone into a zombie” Just what he needed. Almost too good to be true. He opened it. There was a blinding light that stopped as soon as it started. Gerald checked the book. Nothing suspicious. He walked out of the library. Oblivious of his new power.

Later that day, while serving Zorblock his usual stack of pancakes, Gerald realizes he can now sense zombie thoughts. He discovers he has the ability to block zombie transformation and potentially cure infected humans.

Determined to save his town, Gerald decides to use his new power secretly. He starts by helping small groups of humans escape zombie-controlled areas. He learns that the book he read was actually a magical wizard's spell book that chose him as its wielder.

As his powers grow, Gerald becomes a secret hero. He develops ways to stop zombies from spreading their infection. Eventually, he confronts Zorblock, using his newfound magical abilities to challenge the zombie king.

In an epic showdown, Gerald defeats Zorblock, breaking the zombie curse over the town. The humans are freed, and Gerald becomes known as Gerald the Wizard - the unexpected hero who saved everyone from the zombie apocalypse.

The story ends with Gerald continuing to protect the town, always keeping a stack of pancakes nearby as a reminder of where his journey began.

The Scaredy Ghost Cat

by Henry, Age 11, Ohio

Once there was a completely normal family. Every thing in this family was normal except, the dog. I mean this dog from the day they got him was just weird. First off he reeked. He just smelled terrible. Also , he had a habit of chewing on towels. Yes towels! But, one day he was really misbehaving and saw a rabbit and decided to follow it . The family was so scared. But the dog seemed to be doing fine. When the dog was just moseying around after the rabbit finally gave up he spotted a haunted house. His animal friends had told him about this place, and not to go near. But the dog was getting cold and this warm looking house was the only thing he could find. He went in and found himself a nice blanket right next to the fireplace to sleep on.

Once there was a very normal ghost cat. This ghost cat had lived in a haunted house for years. The house was old, dingy and dark but she already had the lights on and the fireplace on to make it a little brighter. One day she had seen a perfectly normal family moving in with a very smelly dog across the street . She wondered about the family often. One day she had woken up to a terrible smell. The family's dog had walked into her house! The ghost cat was very annoyed with this and wanted to get their dog out at once. She tried multiple things like scaring him by saying “boo” but nothing would work. The family's dog just kept sleeping and sleeping and sleeping. One time the dog woke up to stretch and scared the ghost cat by startling her with his bad smell. When the dog finally woke up,the cat was screaming with all her might shaking her little tiny paws around, but nothing was working. She noticed the dog walked right through her. This made her mad. She figured out that the dog couldn’t see her nor that he could hear her. This was gonna make it harder for the cat to get the dog out of her house. The next day the cat woke up and her cozy little ghost cat bed with the dog’s butt on her face. This made the cat want to scream . She did. The ghost got an idea to set a trap to catch the dog. She worked hard all day and night. The trap was finally set. She had laid a doggy bone right under the trap. The dog was getting close. She could feel the adrenaline running through her body. Then she tried to pull down on the rope but her little ghost hands slipped right through. Her trap had failed. She felt so sad, but hope was not lost because the next day the family came and found the dog. The ghost cat was relieved that the dog was gone. THE END

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My Aunt is an Ant

by Violet, age 10, California

Airplane eyepatch day

by Renji, age 7, Pennsylvania

Johnny the airplane was flying around when he noticed that it was airplane eyepatch day. A national holiday, where airplanes and their pilots wear eye patches and pretend to be air pirates. Everybody was excited and Johnny was too. When Johnny put on his eye patch he felt like the best airplane in town. Everybody thought he was the best and then one day just one day Johnny’s air pilot discovered airplane eye patch day and decided that he and Johnny should turn into pretend air pirates. But they wouldn’t steal from people they would be kind pirates and just wear eye patches.

The Sloth Who Loved Swimming and Rollerskates

by Eve, age 6, Guatemala

Original:

Wuns apon a taim, there was a sloth and he lovde swiming. Wun dey the sloth mouvd and he was suprisd becus he lovd swiming and there was no puwl and he was sad. So he strtid roloscateng and he wuz happy and he compitid in the Ulimpix. And he wun the Ulimpix! He wun a bunch uv mune and he bot a puwl. His roloscast cud talk thas wie he wun a bunch uv mune. So the sloth askt if the roloscast wontid mune but the roloscast sed no. They wontid to lirn how to swim. So the sloth tot thm how to swim and evere bute had fun in the puwl. The end.

Translation (if needed):

Once upon a time there was a sloth and he loved swimming. One day the sloth moved and he was suprised because he loved swimming and there was no pool and he was sad. So he started rollers kating and he was happy and he competed in the Olympics. And he won the Olympics! He won a bunch of money and he bought a pool. His roller skates could talk, that's why he won a bunch of money. So the sloth asked if the roller skates wanted money but the rollerskates said no. They wanted to learn how to swim. So the sloth taught them how to swim and everybody had fun in the pool. The end.

Detective Bok and the Return of the Yellow Snatcher

Bok bok bok bok bok bok bok. Bok. And THAT is all you need to know about today’s episode, written by a 10 year old from China named John.

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Illustration by Camila Franklin

Expressions… Or Not!

by John, age 10, China

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How Hide-and-Seek Was Made

by Jay, age 8, Vermont

Dear Story Pirates,

My name is Jay. I’m 8 years old and I was born in South Korea, but now I live in America. My story is called How Hide-and-Seek Was Made.And this is how it goes:

One thousand years ago, there were a brother and sister, named Ollie and Hollie. Hollie was good at finding things and Ollie was good at hiding. They lived on a farm with many animals and a ox.

One day, they were hiding so they could skip their chores. But then the ox broke the gate and all the animals got out and hid in the forest. Hollie and Ollie went searching for the animals and they had fun, and almost found them all of them, except the ox. Their mom finds out and cries ‘’Hollie! Ollie! The ox is free!”But just then ,they find the ox and so they don’t get in trouble. And that’s how hide-and-seek was made.

P.S.

I listen to your stories every night, they’re very good, thanks.

Love,

Jay

The SnazzySnazzy Weird Person

by Juliet, age 7, Texas

YAAAHHHHHHWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Good morning, myself. I think I’m going to go to CoffeeCoffee ShopShop for breakfast today. YAAAAAWWWHHWNNNWNWN.

Ok, let’s go change. I’m going to change into my snazzy clothes and my snazzy shoes and my snazzy hat and my snazzy glasses and my snazzy wig. I mean toupee. Hair! Just hair!

Then he walked downstairs into his SnazzySnazzy house. Ok lets go to my SnazzySnazzyToupeeCar. The car was an RV because he likes travelling a lot because he’s usually bored in the SnazzySnazzyHouse.

Let’s drive to the CoffeeCoffee ShopShop! OK, we’re here! Let’s go outside, open the door.

Ooh, this place looks very nice!

Ding ding!

Oh my goodness, there are so many people here. This place must be so good. Maybe it’s because people are so sleepy? Maybe everyone just woke up and needs lots of coffee.

“Hello, would you like to go to your table?”

“Obvviuosly…!”

“What would you like to order?”

“A decaf coffee and a hashbrown wrap”

“Ok!”

Part 2: The Next Day!

“Oh no, I have a flight today! I’m going to fly to New Zealand today! But first, I have to go to CoffeeCoffee ShopShop! I am so tired. Who cares if I miss my flight. It’s only for work. I don’t think that my government job is that important. I think going to CoffeeCoffee ShopShop is more important than being PRESIDENT!”

Inner voice: Just get the coffee! I don’t think your work trip is that important!

Outer voice: Oh yeah inner voice, you’re so right. So let’s go to my very very VERY SnazzyRV. And go get my very very VERRRYYYYY snazzy coffee from the very SNAZZY CoffeeCoffee ShopShop.

Drive drive drive drive drive…..

Drive drive drive drive drive…..

Drive drive drive drive drive…..

Drive drive drive drive drive…..

100 drives…

Oh that took one hour. Oh GPS you’re the worst! Oh look, I’m here!

“Hello, I’d like my usual please. Oh look, my boss is calling:”

“You missed your flight. You’re fired.”

“Come onnnnn, I thought it was a good idea!”

“No. You’re fired.”

THE END!

The Company Company

by Booker, age 11, Indiana

Narrator (N) : once there was a kid in a place watching tv.

TV: we interrupt this channel for the auction show thingie!

Person on tv: welcome back to episode 118 of the auction show thingie! Sponsored by the Company Company. The company that sells you companies at absurdly large prices!

TV host Bob (tvhb): our first company is Stretch-a-undies! The undies you can wear forever!

Person: I’ll pay 40,000,000!

Tvhb: sold!

Tvhb: our best company is hamster gum. You may be wondering, is it gum for hamsters? Is it gum made out of hamsters? It’s actually a company that makes machines that produce an infinite amount of cheese that a hamster farted on.

Person: I’ll give all my 1,537,299,640 sock pairs!

Tvhb: Sold!

Tvhb: Auqabus!

Person: $5!

Tvhb: sold!

57 “sold!”s later

Tvhb: And our last one, the Company Company!

Person: 600 gazillion dollars!

Tvhb: Sold!

Tvhb: Oh wait, that’s my company. Hey! Who wrote this list?! I bet it was Marsha. Marsha, ya fired! Oh wait, so am I.

Person who owns the Company Company (pwotcc): alright I’m in charge of this auction now so our next company is Air. Their invisible co-workers will go into your house and give you air.

Person: I’ll give you air!

Pwotcc: sold!

Mom of kid: that’s enough tv go do your chores.

Kid: ok

(Knock on door)

Kid: I’ll get it mom!

(Kid opens door, tvhb enters)

Kid: hey weren’t you the president of the Company Company?

Tvhb: by your use of ‘weren’t’ I assume you saw episode 118?

Kid: yep.

Tvhb: mind if I crash here for somewhere from 1 to 1,648 weeks?

Mom of kid: yes.

Kid:no if you get me some more Cheetos!

THE END

The Girl Who Couldn't Do Math

In this special bonus episode, the Story Pirates reveal the winner of the Dreamworks’ Gabby’s Dollhouse contest and thank everyone who sent in a story.

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Illustration by Camila Franklin

The Girl Who Couldn’t Do Math

by Ione, age 6, California

Once upon a time, there was a girl who was named Emma.

One day, her dad took her to school. Emma was scared of math class. She said to her dad: “I’m scared.”

Her dad said “how come you’re saying you’re scared if you haven’t tried it?”
Emma said “Okay, I’ll try it.”

Emma went to the Math Class. Her friends were there. She looked around and said “This isn’t too bad. I can try math!”

The Teacher said to the class, “What is 5 + 5?”
Emma raised her hand and she said “Four!”
The Teacher said “No, Emma, No. It’s 10.”

The bell rung. The Teacher said “Class is over, everyone.”
Emma ran outside and she talked to her friends about how embarrassed she was.

Her friends said “Don’t be embarrassed. No one was laughing at you, right? We didn’t laugh at you!”
Emma said, “You didn’t. I think I’ll be better at math tomorrow.”

She went home. Her mom said, “How was your day at school, honey?”
Emma said, “The Teacher said what’s five plus five and I just said four. But the answer was ten!”
Her mom said, “Maybe you’ll be better at math tomorrow!”

Emma went to bed.
Her mom said, “Emma, it’s not night time! It’s the afternoon!”

Emma said, “Oh yeah. Good night.”
Then her mom said, “Oh well. I guess I’ll just ask the God of Night Time to make it night time.”

The next day at Math Class, Emma was nervous.
Her teacher said “What’s 10 + 10?”

Emma raised her hand and said “Four!”
The teacher said, “Emma! Are you going to keep saying ‘four’?”
Emma had recorded a sound of the bell ringing and she played it to get out of school.

Her friends said, “Emma, why do you keep saying ‘four’?” Emma said, “I do not know.”

Emma went home and went to bed, but Emma still didn’t know how time worked and it was just the afternoon again.
Her mom said, “Again?!”

Then Emma had a terrible dream that she was turned into a “Four.”
But guess what happened in the morning?

She was turned into a “Four”!

Her mom thought she was sick so she didn’t send her to school.
But Emma sneaked into the car and started driving. It’s okay! Because she was 17.

She drove to school. The Teacher was teaching math.

When Emma tried to say hello, she just shouted “Four!”

The Teacher screamed. “Agggghhhhh!”
The Kids said, “Oh no!!”

Emma ran to the yard and said, “Agggghhhh!”
She did not know she had turned into a “Four.”

She played her recording of the bell ringing. All the kids left class.
Emma called all of her friends over to say, “How can I get back to normal?”
One of her friends said, “Well, you can talk to the scientist to get back to normal.”

And guess what? That’s what she did.
Emma was turned back into a girl and said “Yay!”

She said to the Scientist, “You look familiar. Wait… are you my teacher?”

The Scientist said “Yes. Did you learn anything?”
Emma said, “I should never say ‘four’ again!”

THE END!

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The Spy Who Couldn’t Lie/Dad Jokes Take Over the World

Peter turns into a goose. Featuring two new stories: “The Spy Who Couldn’t Lie,” a story about a secret agent who fails to dissemble, written by Ezra, a 13 year old from Alabama, and “Dad Jokes Take Over the World,” a story about an affliction of unfunny humor that covers the globe, written by siblings Noah, age 13, and Amira, age 10, from Ontario.

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Illustration by Camila Franklin

The Spy Who Couldn’t Lie

by Ezra, age 12, Alabama

Bob! Yes Lead SpyMaster Colonel Supreme Lord Of Awesomeness Sir? This is the biggest mission ever! Where are the spies!?! You sent them all off on missions, remember? Any good spies? There's Ernie but I said good spies bob! He’s the only spy who can't lie!!! Observe. Hey Ernie! Did you eat the last cookie? No? He-he. Totally not heh. See ? This is the biggest mission ever, we found out where the cheese factory is! GASP!! Wait, what's wrong with cheese? Well, cheese makes people evil! We need a spy who can lie so they can pretend to work there! JOE, MCKAYLA!!!-- They're our second and third best liars!-- Yes, but Ernie is the 84th out of 84 and- ERNIE!!! YOU'RE UP!!! Sir Ernie is on the other side of head courters and j & Mk are on the other side of the world they couldn't possibly–Ready for duty Sir! Joe Mckayla and Ernie said immediately. In headquarters. Ohhh I can't wait to go, this is my first real mission! Here we are in the super high tech– Sewers?!?! Yes, Mckayla said don't touch anything, it's very fancy. Come in HQ, we go for flush, repeat go for flush. Roger that! Did you just say flus–AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Here we are at the cheese factory! There's some baddies trying to teach cows how to not return library books Those monsters! Hey, what are you doing here! Um said
Joe. we're pirates, no Mckayla interrupted. Were scientists. Pirates! Scientists! Pirates! Guys stop fighting kind sir who is 2 times bigger than me, we are pirate scientists who want to see if you've taught cows to steal gold!and totally not spies sent to look at how you make evil cheese! Uhhh Great! The cheese is right this way! Wow Ernie… you just lied! Nice job! We make cows evil, milk the evil cows, then put them in this old rickety cheesinator three thousand! Occasionally one turns into a huge cheese monster with nacho breath! Oh no the piece of cheese turned into a cheese monster try to punch it! Huh! huh! Hu! Oh no! The punches are going through the swiss cheese holes! Freeze it! Yes sir! Fr-ch-ch-ch-ch-choop! It broke
through! Wait Ernie thought if being evil got us into this mess, let's try doing the opposite! You heard his thoughts, men! men, let's melt this Munster monster! ! NO I'M MEEELLTIIINGGG!!!!!!!! And the monster turned into a pile of goo get your chips out folks let's eat!
Back at HQ.
Sir! We’ve found out how to make good cheese! How? Well you get evil cheese then turn it into a cheese monster then punch it then freeze it then melt it! So we can keep our evil cheese factory open? Woo-Hoo!!! Wait, wait, wait
. How do we know if it makes people good? Then the meanest bad guy said excuse me kind sir, can I interest you in the rest of my floor nachos well it works and it's simple we can do that, right?
The End

Dad Jokes Take Over the World

by Noah, Age 13, and Amira, age 10, Ontario

Dad, I’m hungry. Hi hungry I’m dad! Whatever going to go and watch tv. Breaking news a deadly virus has hit the world called dad joke 19 after an innocent girl told her dad she was hungry and you ladies and gentlemen know the rest. Police and doctors advise you stay inside and watch out for your dad as he may be infected. “I need to do something about this the fait of the world is all in my hands, I know what must be done” MOM COME DOWNSTAIRS IM NEED FOOD, DAD IS BEING ANOYYING AGAIN AND ALSO STARTED ANOTHER PANDEMIC AS USUAL. The mom then goes on to save the day.

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The Day My Fish Grew Wings

by Raegan, age 10, Illinois
A short-ish story

One day I was feeding my fish it looked like its fins were longer “ah never mind” I thought

I went downstairs to eat breakfast “mmm” I thought “pancakes” after I ate, I went upstairs to read

I looked at my fish tank, my fish was gone! I looked almost everywhere

But then I looked on the ceiling , my fish was up there! It had long blue-ish green- ish “mom” I

yelled “dad”

“what” mom asked “its flying “I said “no way” my dad said “yes way” I said. They came into my

room.

“It is flying” my dad said, “of course it is” my mom said “mom” I said, “why are you so calm?”

“because” mom said, “it’s happened before” “what?!” I said “how do we fix it ““we have to go to

your uncle Pete” mom said “ok let’s go” half an hour later

“Wait uncle Pete is a wizard “yeah, I am” Uncle Pete said “what do you need

“My fish grew wings” “oh I should have guessed “Uncle Pete said “time for a song “1 song later

“My fish has no more wings” “ok that means it’s time for ………

the end

wait what

The Paintbrush Who’s Never Been Used

by Oliver, age 5, Alaska

Once Mr. Tippy, the paintbrush, was walking home from school and then he went up to his house and went inside.

"Hey Mom!"

"Hi Mr. Tippy!"

"I'm back from school! Hey mom? What's that rainbow star up in the sky when its daytime? Let me see if they start can talk" said Mr. Tippy.

Mr. Tippy said, "Hey star?"

The star said "Hey paintbrush. want to be used a lot?"

Mr. Tippy, the paintbrush, said "Yes!"

"So come up the rainbow steps and I will give you some of my magic!" said the star.

And then Mr. Tippy the paintbrush walked up the rainbow steps and when he walked up, he saw a baby star. The big star gave Mr. Tippy some of his magic and gave him each drop of all the colors of the rainbow. The paint went inside him and there was a button on him. Then when a person pressed a button, paint went on his tip and then he painted 188 pictures and Mr. Tippy got his happiness back!

THE END

Tiny Tricky Turtle

by Annika, age 8, Colorado

Once there was a tiny turtle with a top hat and his name was Fred. Underneath his previously mentioned top hat was a smaller top hat. Under that was a smaller top hat. And under that was a peanut, because Fred stole peanuts in the dead of night but somehow he never got caught.

THE END

The Evil Bunny/ 20 Eucalyptus Leaves

It’s Gift Day! The holiday where you give gifts, get gifts and just sort of generally celebrate the idea of GIFTS! Featuring two new stories: “The Evil Bunny,” a story about the surprising origins of the Easter Bunny, written by Peter, a 12 year old from Massachusetts, and “20 Eucalyptus Leaves,” about an echidna who learns the value of collaboration from a paddle of Platypuses, written by an 11 year old from Australia named Tamar. 

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Illustration by Camila Franklin

The Evil Bunny

by Peter, age 12, Massachusettss

There once was an evil bunny named Evil Bunny. (In case you were wondering, he is the distant cousin on the left side of the Easter Bunny.) He wanted to rule the world by stealing all the candy the Easter bunny hides. Once he has all the candy, everyone, including gorillas, will worship him as the Candy Master, instead of the Easter Bunny. Two days before Easter, the easter bunny started hiding eggs. The day after, he finished. Then, he got an incoming call from one of his helpers in Africa. It was from a gorilla named Dave. All the eggs have disappeared! He exclaimed. The easter bunny’s eyes narrowed to slits, and he said, It must be the evil bunny. Dave, take the next flight to China. That's where the Evil Bunny’s lair is. So Dave and Easter went to the evil bunny’s lair, but it had a lock on it, with room for 7 letters. Try chicken, suggested Dave. It didn’t work, but no alarm sounded. Evil Bunny’s system isn’t updated, said Easter with a grin. Try Bwa ha ha, a villain’s evil laugh. Said Dave. That time, it worked. When they opened the door, they saw millions of eggs, with a normal sized bunny in the middle. That’s the evil bunny? asked Dave incredulously, looking at Easter, who was just about his size. We can have a long conversation about my size, or we can confiscate these eggs growled the Easter Bunny. I had my chance at candy, and failed. Now, I shall try to become the Carrot Master, of both humans and gorillas. Cried the Evil Bunny as he hopped off into the night.

20 Eucalyptus Leaves

by Tamar, Age 11, Australia

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The Big Pineapple’s Head

by Milo, age 4, Wisconsin
There once was a pineapple and he went into a witch's castle. The witch put a potion on him. It was a pineapple potion that turns pineapples into chickens. Then he ran and slipped and got a big booboo. He had a bandaid. He drank another potion and turned back into a pineapple. The End.

The Hamster

by Eden, age 8, UK

The Giant Spider

by Marcos, age 6, Florida

There was a grocery store and people were in it and they loved the food and there was a Knight in there. Then, a giant spider got in the store and broke it apart. He stepped on the food, mashing them, and the knight tried to stop him but he never could. And then he build a trap with the food, the spider ate it, and the knight convinced him to be his friend. He convinced him because he was mashing the food, and that was bad, and told him that he might not live if he mashes the food, or other people might not live if he mashes the food. They spent vacations, and had so much fun, and he realized that being bad is not good. The end.