0:01

Hey, Story Pirates podcast listeners, Lee

0:04

here. Before we get

0:06

into today's episode, we have got

0:08

to go over some backstory. Remember

0:11

in season six, episode one,

0:13

when Rolo and Smitty tell

0:15

me how they found our

0:17

new headquarters, the secret underground

0:19

hideout nestled inside of an

0:21

abandoned subway station. And

0:24

remember how the hideout is magically

0:26

powered by a painting of our

0:29

ship made by Rolo's grandpa, Rolisimo.

0:32

And the painting itself has a frame

0:34

that we got from that French lady,

0:37

Roccarita. And then at

0:39

the end of that episode, remember

0:41

how Roccarita says she's going to go track

0:43

down Rolisimo in Italy. Remember

0:45

all that? Yeah, me neither,

0:47

but that's okay. All you need

0:49

to know is that in today's

0:51

episode, we go to Italy to

0:53

have a little bit of pizza

0:55

with Rolo's grandpa. And

0:58

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1:00

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1:03

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3:05

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now, back to the show. I

4:14

make it a pie, we set a

4:16

stone rise. Mmmmmm, a

4:19

day for a simo.

4:22

Ah, the first fresh pizza pie of the

4:24

day. Debrus

4:26

4 1, leave a play. Rokorita,

4:29

my sweet Rocky, you

4:31

finally found me. I've

4:33

been searching for a long time, Roycemon.

4:36

I have been right here

4:38

in Chivita Vecchia, making pizzas

4:41

every day. You know it's

4:43

always been my dream to

4:45

run my own pizza restaurant.

4:48

But of course I did. I just

4:50

thought you would do it in Manhattan,

4:52

where you are from. Oh, Rocky, I

4:55

left New York behind a long time ago. If

4:58

only I could get rid of this

5:00

authentic New York accent. I'll

5:03

serve you the first pie of the day. Merci,

5:05

Roy. How much do I owe you?

5:08

Please, for you honor the

5:10

house. Men, no, I cannot

5:12

do that to you. I insist on

5:14

paying the full price. Okay,

5:17

then it is 20 Euros. Oh, okay.

5:19

Okay, well then I will have to pay with

5:21

some coupons. Oh!

5:26

Oh! Oh,

5:29

you guys. I've

5:32

been told I have no reactive imagination.

5:35

It makes me feel cozy. Your

5:38

pen and paper have arrived. Call

5:41

now and get a space hug. I

5:46

write most of my stories for fun. There's

5:48

so much out there that we'll probably never

5:51

know. It's only time. Mail

6:01

we met C. S

6:05

at this like the site in the

6:08

day is that there's a sense of.

6:10

Class. Neat little is use come

6:12

from are both is both of

6:14

flows from one of our fine

6:16

as local grocery stores. Ah

6:18

that explains the tastes

6:20

highly as but something

6:22

for you to. See it

6:24

echoes the. Six.

6:38

Six. Puppies.

6:41

Is still I'm not.

6:43

Ah Lox infinity. A still

6:45

walking had to make it with their plane.

6:47

Oh, this sounds like they've been doing a

6:49

good job. It's exactly what I wanted for

6:51

them. Would. You like to listen to

6:53

one of Distillery where we enjoy

6:56

another slice of he says sloppy

6:58

Italian style pizza. I would love

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the perfect day to redecorate the

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you redecorate two weeks ago and

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now we're doing it again while.

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right, And please make sure that Hagi

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all righty on a let's get to

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it. Now. I am looking. Favorite

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dog is online and I said. Hey.

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oh wow that was very

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fast. The commercial guys, the delivery

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just here to help you set up

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remember what the scientists says. A

11:27

grounded groundhog is a sad groundhog.

11:30

Want to know? Scientists have had

11:32

this blade was Iraq. And

11:36

most of most. Farm I liked it.

11:41

Is working perfectly. Never

11:43

have a dirty handmade

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rog again. I'll never have

11:47

a dirty vintage couch with plastic covering

11:50

again. I'll never miss a big

11:52

wrestling that's a game and and never

11:54

fear that sometime between I thought that

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again there was that comes out of

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that that ended. The word. Lives

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my humble abode. I happily

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sandwich my human family. Oh

12:05

how do. I owe.

12:08

I feel so bad now. I have

12:10

something I've been wanting to save for

12:12

a while now. I just never had

12:14

the ability to wear that music coming.

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From I think it's coming from

12:18

the erhard. Go on Hagi,

12:21

you have our undivided attention he

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said when I was like groundhog.

12:25

Of I'll have one this one

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singular during and that was hey.

12:30

I hope you don't mind. I

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was watching through your window. was

12:34

feeling sad knowing that your ground

12:37

hog doesn't like his. Ah yes,

12:39

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hockey boy isn't satisfied will give

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you a second air on for

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only double the price of a

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we can also change the boys

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on his translator Things sound like

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anyone, even me. I sound like

12:57

that annoying announcer guy now curse

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you. Ah,

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13:05

this is a commercial for our on.

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me. How.

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Hey dude has ago and. Really?

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Really well. I'm so excited! I've been

13:45

listening to your podcast for a long

13:47

time. Till century I just said it's

13:49

read a story. How did you come up with

13:51

the idea for and. Okay, so we're

13:53

playing this game and the plant was.

13:56

I hate that my groundhog keeps getting

13:58

dirty. I just. They'll a

14:00

really bad picture of a groundhog

14:02

with a balloon. cyclists. It

14:05

was something so like non in

14:07

is that could come into something

14:09

so funny to me. That.

14:11

I'm very proud of it and

14:13

I've been just super excited, even

14:16

just to send it in. That's

14:18

like such a cool thing to

14:20

do so via something. Yeah,

14:22

because before there was nothing and

14:24

now there's something. Yeah, it

14:27

started of something, some significance and then it's

14:29

just kind of came here. How.

14:31

Does it feel to use your

14:33

creativity like that to make something

14:36

out of nothing? Or to make

14:38

something insignificant significant? It just. Feels

14:40

really special that I can do

14:43

that. You know that human beings

14:45

are just able. To create a

14:47

think you're right. it's probably one

14:49

of the most special things about

14:52

being a human. Yeah, the fact

14:54

that even if it's not good,

14:56

you can make all this. Gotta

14:58

put that first step. And what's

15:00

good anyway? Based

15:03

in perspective, the So who's to

15:05

say what's good and what's not.

15:08

The Mona Lisa. everyone thought it was

15:10

bad same as lobster the phone or

15:12

we saw and lot. There are

15:14

also sell you know are you seen

15:17

a people you said not like eating

15:19

lost her you. Didn't even have to

15:21

like have a license to fish for it,

15:23

but someone just decided this is actually really

15:25

good. We should charge a billion dollars for.

15:27

It yeah this is i the

15:29

Cncs food in the world when

15:31

in reality there like pigeons of

15:33

the see now they're everywhere you

15:35

know there's lots of stuff in

15:38

your commercial said species like tactics

15:40

to try to get me to

15:42

buy an air hog. I was

15:44

thinking of the kind of like you're

15:46

watching something on cable television or even

15:48

increase but up the paul now you

15:50

can get a special say. You

15:53

know, you know it actually sounds like you're trying

15:55

to get me to buy in a are hard.

15:58

When. You buy one. Well are you

16:00

actually selling the air hogs out of

16:02

your house? Shit, I'm. In

16:05

my imagination, I can't see right

16:07

now, but I'm imagining use surrounded

16:09

in your factory by a. Bazillion.

16:13

Air hog balloons and this is

16:15

just you. Sending in this story

16:17

is just huge, starting your business,

16:19

etc. Just put in a pool

16:21

full of ground hogs. Just they're

16:23

just chilling. What else he needs

16:25

besides still go hawks? A chill

16:28

air. Have to think that erhard a little

16:30

stepped up and they think they're a little

16:32

better than the ground hogs. And I

16:34

feel like the next step in their

16:37

evolution. My be the air hogs building

16:39

a city in the sky, the

16:41

or. Maybe. To just go to space,

16:43

colonize the mound. If. They're the

16:45

first to the moon. Then they own all

16:47

that real estate. The March cheap

16:49

is no one else was on the moon.

16:51

We are you trying to sell me space?

16:53

Real Say Now. Would. You buy

16:55

spatial school. Uses

17:00

on the hunt for the most marketable product

17:02

Dart you. Are now and get

17:04

a space Hogs! I really hope that

17:06

this erhard business works out for you.

17:09

Or thank you thank you so much for

17:11

letting us a former story dude and you

17:13

summer for doing this. I love yourself. Enjoy!

17:16

All those Iraq's okay. Yeah.

17:19

That's him in the for supper have by.

17:21

Dude is. Very.

17:25

Impressive. Rouleau and Smithy have

17:27

found themselves a good team. I'm very

17:30

proud of them and. Says had led

17:32

to his that some use. Years

17:34

I am busy with the be

17:36

the restaurant you know. That

17:40

the see that only customer

17:42

today or just December. Just

17:44

the first rocky the day. still young. Ah

17:48

hardly be done at night. Hims yeah

17:50

i thought is a disaster you except

17:53

on cent of my to. Pull. The

17:55

thing? they're treated as cash at

17:57

my tier. the most successful floated

17:59

are. The company in the world just

18:01

as mixed you need My had no of

18:03

gross and I know exactly how I want

18:06

to run my pizza restaurant and that's what

18:08

I'm doing. Schools.

18:11

Who are do you have in mind?

18:13

There's always more than one way to

18:15

do things. We

18:19

must change your layout to be more

18:21

insight. You only have one staple and

18:24

once it directly in the middle of

18:26

a notch and few home he was

18:28

standing inside them I was eating my

18:30

are you supposed to be a by

18:32

your sense with no one knows. Exactly,

18:35

You come to a small city forty

18:37

five minutes outside rom look for isolated

18:39

peculiar in order to absorb an entire

18:41

probably about in Santa Margarita pizza. Far

18:43

by not so you don't towards be

18:45

watched by people prying eyes as it

18:47

was my decision on a long. As

18:50

that is this decision for a new

18:52

heights not as as I said hi

18:54

Men and Connie I mean as a

18:56

Heisman Cinema said Ny it's but as

18:58

a high soundtrack the policies you will

19:00

not succeed with our customers and you

19:02

will have not as them as without

19:04

much guidance. And. Sale but rocky. I

19:07

really just wanted to have one customer

19:09

at a time. As this height

19:11

you will be having zealot them. As

19:13

I did I see a senator shop

19:15

across the plaza. spirit. Is a

19:17

small sub run by Erica and

19:20

Rosso. Eric or specializes in building

19:22

tables and was so specializes in

19:24

building shares but they think I'm

19:26

weird. Because sweet highly you

19:28

A. Valiant

19:30

Gonna censor. Okay,

19:36

I'm back rookie or abroad ago

19:38

and resell with all the jews

19:40

in tables of good. You can

19:42

play some other yes. Now

19:46

this is a nice to play it into V

19:48

show. It. Sorry, you know really seem

19:50

all that Silva never came in here

19:52

because we thought you were weird. Looks

19:55

like we'll all right. A. Good

19:58

more me You know with others

20:00

a book and it looks like

20:02

a restaurant is a restaurant. I

20:05

serve pizza with no tables and

20:07

chairs. No wonder we thought you

20:09

were. We're. There's.

20:14

A weird. Ah I see

20:16

more islands to talk to you

20:18

that that the men's. What's wrong with

20:20

the menu? Rocky of perfect what you want me

20:22

to printed on nicer paper? Something. That. We

20:25

it is tossed into a heavy

20:27

stone tablets. the moment but immense.

20:29

You need to add not oh

20:31

no obvious I will not budge.

20:33

I'm tired of all of his

20:35

pizza places with their friends. The

20:38

topics like oranges and sprinkle them

20:40

apple pie crumble when you eat

20:42

the But the beauty of pizza

20:44

is it is implicitly I am

20:46

a big the Bureau's and I

20:48

will not do not mean. Your

20:50

menu says pizza. don't mind sissies,

20:52

whatever. Highly Chemo has nothing to.

20:56

Guess. What is the problem with them? On

20:58

these seem more This is a

21:00

beast has some are calling me

21:02

die. But this is my vision for

21:04

is the most specialty. This. Is

21:07

not just for you. It is closer.

21:09

See. A customer. Gets

21:12

are we came back really. thinking.

21:14

About what a sad if you seconds ago

21:16

about how the place was a restaurant. So

21:18

well I'm wondering who the little

21:21

pits of guards one rallies the

21:23

most must be coming up. Ali's

21:26

seem all this. What kind of

21:28

toppings would you like. Me

21:31

and maybe some sprinkles. Always

21:33

with the sprinklers. A.

21:36

Coming right up. There.

21:39

You go red pepper. only by was

21:42

that was very goes one ever to

21:44

throw. Up.

21:48

says. Actually seems happy customers

21:50

in your pizza. Jazz

21:52

Rock the I suppose it is better

21:54

but I don't want to hear any

21:57

more changes. This is quite enough for

21:59

one day. Yeah, I have more.

22:01

I owe. You. Have done

22:03

a good job listen to with their

22:05

to say but to build a community

22:07

you need to listen to what your

22:10

customers as you the may have different

22:12

ideas and you and me. Juri

22:14

that serves more things and

22:16

that means as those is

22:18

more than one went to

22:20

do things God asks them

22:22

on Xmas. enjoying your mom

22:24

says their pets as a

22:26

magnificent. Do there anything I

22:28

could do to make your

22:31

meal more enjoyable. Some. I

22:33

wouldn't say know it's a few candles

22:35

saw on the all. Mm. maybe

22:37

some nice music instead of complete

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27:19

this on the ship. The. Done

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says the cinema. What

27:23

is? It gives it to these clothes.

27:27

On and Smithy I New York the are

27:29

no longer selling a on the list. Are

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you know. Feel a little keep up with

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the podcast? Do you. Know, but

27:35

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27:41

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27:44

Do you want me to hunt is still smarting.

27:46

Look at it. I want to

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27:50

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27:52

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27:55

lead a life. Wow honey! The

28:04

guy. coming

28:06

size is as getting

28:09

on like. Says

28:11

yes still. Have

28:14

my name's Claire. and nine years on and

28:17

eleven. North Carolina. this is

28:19

my story as we dance,

28:21

contests, Song.

28:28

I'm on a O K. Tomato

28:30

deb. How's the tomato office? Well

28:32

I've been pretty behind this week,

28:34

so today I had to catch

28:37

up. Nothing.

28:40

Okay, So. What are you

28:42

watching? Any tomato phone since And funny?

28:44

yeah, is this really old so which

28:46

weirdly safe fruits and veggies could be

28:48

a dance competition? It's called the Ugly

28:50

Dad Scientists. Have you ever heard of

28:53

it? The Ugly Dance Contest Son. Not

28:55

only has this old lumpy tomato heard

28:57

of it, but I actually. Did

29:02

you see that dance? What are

29:04

you typing? Oh, I just love

29:06

the comment. Onto this video I

29:08

wrote the side of this tomato

29:10

volley makes me gag A okay

29:12

concerned parent alert son, I thought

29:14

you loved to dance. Result is

29:16

judgment coming from. Yeah, I don't

29:18

do that anymore. Don't you know

29:20

that dancing isn't cool? Dad? I

29:22

do not know that and I

29:24

certainly didn't know it when I

29:26

was your age and a contestant

29:28

on the Ugly Dance Contest. What?

29:30

You. On the show I remember

29:33

it like it was yesterday. Farewell

29:37

Fruits and vegetables and welcomed

29:39

everyone's favorite. Outlived their contacts.

29:42

The My. Style.

29:46

I'm your host Metzler, Seal

29:48

up or something. Feel alive

29:50

from Muslim that garden today.

29:52

We have some of the

29:54

most spectacular and irregularly shaped

29:56

fruits and veggies from all

29:58

over the world. Bird

30:00

Permit Ugly Dance Contest

30:02

Blaze Welcome to the

30:05

dance floor Strawberry Get.

30:07

Ready sort of my billie them as

30:09

you. Can oh see I have a sleep?

30:11

Patterns. So when I fall

30:13

into the split, I really

30:15

do the splits. And

30:22

think you're. Perfectly

30:25

executed strawberries bottom that

30:28

is great and impressive

30:30

with. That

30:33

routine of going to be had

30:36

to wait but here to try

30:38

as a stranger saved player out

30:40

their prey. To

30:43

Thank You know it's

30:45

uniquely sit. Pan. Out

30:48

his i'm skinny on the bottom

30:50

and bigger on the time. Know

30:52

want to buy attempts to a

30:54

cat? We'll. Send.

31:00

You. Down

31:02

hard on the middle of a

31:05

car feel sick of of the

31:07

way of than the crowd at

31:09

home on. Either he

31:11

said you were a contest on

31:13

the ugly dance contests, I am.

31:15

In fact, I'm up next. Please

31:19

Welcome Love Pay us tomato

31:21

that we've ever seen. Oh.

31:26

Hi I'm tomato and I'm

31:28

super lumpy. My routine. Is

31:30

that I can stand on my head

31:32

but my uneven this makes me saw

31:34

like this he. Well.

31:41

Knows it, Would you? thanks? For

31:47

my head as a physician was. A

31:50

teenage. Girl:

31:53

An incredible debut from

31:55

a very young tomato.

31:58

You know, a bad. means it's

32:01

time to check in on

32:03

the judges scores. At first,

32:05

Strawberry's score is... 8

32:08

out of 10. Yes, thank

32:11

you. Up next is Tomato.

32:13

The judges score is... 9

32:17

out of 10. Damn,

32:20

you're about to win the ugly dance contest.

32:23

Not so fast, son. Tear's

32:25

score is... 10

32:28

out of 10. That's

32:31

it. Thank

32:33

you all for joining us

32:35

for another incredible episode. I'm

32:37

Mr. Cucumber. Wait, wait, wait.

32:40

Dad, you didn't even win?

32:42

What? It was the World State, son.

32:44

It was amazing I even qualified. You know how hard...

32:46

You know what? Never mind.

32:48

That's not the point of the story.

32:51

The point is that... That your unevenness

32:53

lost you the ugly dance contest. I

32:55

get it. I'm sorry. Well, I'm not.

32:57

My unevenness taught me to dance like

33:00

nobody's watching. You won't see me ugly

33:02

dancing. I'm a perfectly round fruit. I

33:04

don't want to give anyone a reason to

33:07

think I'm not perfect. Oh, son. Whoa,

33:10

what was that? Tomato?

33:13

Oh no, a human. Ah,

33:15

Dad, it's got me. You need

33:17

to get out of the human's

33:20

grip. How? You've got to. Ugly

33:22

dance. Okay, here I go. Whoa,

33:24

you're doing so murder. That's it,

33:26

son. You're all both... Ah! Whoa!

33:30

Tomato fall down.

33:32

Now it's dirty.

33:35

Oh well, baby. Son?

33:39

Son? I'm over here. Are you okay?

33:41

That was... fun. What?

33:44

Did you see me? I danced. I

33:47

failed. I went boom! It was

33:49

ugly and amazing.

33:51

What was that crunch sound? Oh, I think

33:53

it was this. Did

33:55

that human take a bite out of your tomato butt?

33:58

I'm so sorry. Well, I'm... That is

34:00

sort of cool not be perfect. Oh

34:03

son. That's. My tomato

34:05

I can't wait to keep

34:07

ugly dancing. Well

34:10

from the of a artfully

34:12

there's some time fill your

34:14

home Mister Cucumber And before

34:17

we begin with like the

34:19

intruders are nearly of since

34:21

after him to murder junior

34:23

the major junior during the

34:25

day before the contest begin

34:27

yes I do. I want

34:29

to dedicate my dancing today

34:31

to my Dad to show

34:33

me that even weird shapes

34:35

fruits and vegetables contain. I'm

34:37

so proud of you son!

34:39

Thanks Dad. This is a

34:41

dream come true. Same here. I've been

34:44

hosting the show for over twenty five

34:46

years. I can't believe we're still on

34:48

the. Us

34:54

all up. And.

35:01

Now it's time for story Pirates Roll

35:03

call. Yourself

35:15

from seven year old Lucy and

35:17

Utah we have a bunch of

35:20

homes called Lose these poems in

35:22

I'd love to read you one

35:24

of Lucy Palms that I feel

35:26

is totally genius. Him in your

35:29

car? a cliff Bars? Now that's

35:31

a poem. Incredible work Lucy Next

35:33

up, Have you ever wondered what

35:35

would happen if your pet rocks

35:38

went wild? Wealth Leo in a

35:40

year old and wasn't in tells

35:42

us all about it in his

35:44

story. store pet rocks and

35:46

my favorite part of this story

35:49

is that it has a convention

35:51

that i just love where this

35:54

girl sylvia is selling rocks at

35:56

rocks and one day a weird

35:58

old man comes to the store

36:01

and he says, you better put those

36:03

rocks into cages. And Sylvia's

36:05

like, why? And the old man's

36:07

like, if you don't, they will

36:09

go wild. And boy,

36:11

do they ever go wild.

36:14

You got to read this story. Thanks

36:17

Leo. And finally from Joni, a 10

36:19

year old in Colorado, we have a

36:21

story called Upside Down Breakfast. And

36:24

this story is downright surreal, but

36:26

it has one detail that I

36:28

really love the most. It is

36:31

that there's a scone. Yep. I love

36:33

it when scones show up

36:35

in stories. And maybe

36:37

you should read this whole story

36:39

so you can see what happens

36:41

with this surreal scone. Great

36:44

work, Joni. To read all

36:46

of today's roll call stories,

36:49

just head to storypirates.com/podcast. That

36:51

was roll call. And now

36:56

it's time for you to write us

36:58

a story. And if you don't know

37:00

where to start, here's a story spark

37:02

to help you along. This week we

37:04

asked Claudia, the author of the ugly

37:06

dance contest, the following question of

37:09

all the fruits and vegetables in the whole

37:11

world. Which do you

37:13

think would be the ugliest

37:15

dancers of all? Maybe a

37:17

lot sided cucumber because they're more

37:20

thin, but then they're also like

37:22

bent. So kids,

37:24

what's your answer to that question? And

37:26

can you use your answer as inspiration

37:29

for a brand new story grownups?

37:31

Head to storypirates.com/podcast to tell

37:33

us your kids answers to

37:35

the question. And remember, we

37:37

respond to every single story

37:39

we receive. That's

37:47

it for today's episode. Thanks for

37:49

listening. And A big thanks to

37:51

today's authors, Jude and Claudia. We'll

37:53

be back next week with another

37:55

episode. Until Then, stay creative and

37:57

stay kind. The

38:04

Story by Earth is a production

38:06

of story parts Studio executive produced

38:08

by Leo Over Tree and Benjamin

38:10

Saga. This episode was produced by

38:12

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38:14

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38:16

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38:18

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38:20

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38:23

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38:25

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38:37

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38:40

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39:10

Russo Kristin stuttered Rachel when

39:12

his thesis that been brought.

39:33

Home. Run

39:35

low and middle of the night. Whoa.

39:38

whoa What are you do? End up

39:40

looking at the frame for Grandpa? really

39:42

the most painting doesn't seem. Weird.

39:45

To you. ah a little know

39:47

it was this whole hideout but if

39:50

you ask me it looks just like

39:52

any and a frame. as if it

39:54

ever know right? like something of a

39:57

prick up at any might see I

39:59

guess so. I just notice and

40:01

it now. That. I'm. Not

40:03

sure why. Listen, roll

40:05

know we're both tired. Let's get some sleep.

40:08

Then maybe tomorrow we can go to Mit.

40:10

Yeah and look good frames. Good idea who

40:12

when? Maybe we'll get some meat balls? Well

40:14

with their. It would be a waste of

40:17

a trip of within. What?

40:20

Are you doing up who? Me: Sometimes

40:22

I like to wake up in the

40:24

middle of the night and move on

40:26

and lead less. I'm one sales to

40:28

the yes I just a mess with

40:30

him I live in the sand anyway

40:32

if they next day and these like

40:34

who were to for good merciful give

40:36

up and walk around on it's own.

40:41

Father. Ah

40:44

don't I floated. Good.

40:46

Night well low.