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Hey Story Pirates Podcast listeners, Lee

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here. Today you

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are listening to something so

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incredibly special, something that has

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never happened before in the

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history of the Story Pirates

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Podcast. Because today's new

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story was written by not

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one, not two, but

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over a hundred different

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kids. How is that

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possible, you ask? Well

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I'll tell you right after a few

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words for the grown ups. Hey

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grown ups, guess what? The Story

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Pirates just announced brand new

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dates for the amazing adventure tour.

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Come see us perform songs like

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Cat Sit on You and Fart

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Out Loud Day and

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improv comedy based on

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your kids ideas. You

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can find tickets at

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storypirates.com/live. The amazing adventure

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tour is headed to these cities

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in May. Iowa City,

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Iowa, St. Paul, Minnesota, Akron,

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Ohio, Plainfield, Indiana, Milwaukee,

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Wisconsin, Skokie, Illinois, Madison,

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Wisconsin, and Joliet, Illinois.

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We would love to

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see you there. That

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ticket link again is

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storypirates.com/live. And

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grown ups, did you know that

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you can share more episodes of

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the Story Pirates Podcast with your

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kids without even leaving your podcast

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app? All of our

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bonus episodes with more coming every

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month are now available on Story

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Pirates Podcast plus. And

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you can subscribe right in Apple

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Podcasts. Plus you'll get our

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so no more scrolling through episodes

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to find your kids' favorites. Want

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even more perks? Story Pirates

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Podcast plus is also available in

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Creator Club where you can get

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inside access and presale opportunities

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to upcoming tours or with

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a premium membership, a free

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shirt, and access to our

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brand new creative story events

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where your kids help Lee

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and Peter build a story

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that will make it onto

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the podcast. Learn

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more at

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storypirates.com/podcast. As

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I'm told I've had

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no reactive imagination, it makes me

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feel cozy. Your men

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and paper have arrived.

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Don't worry about the bad stuff, just think

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about positive vibes.

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I wrote most of my stories for fun.

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There's so much out there that we'll probably

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never know. Okay

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so here's the deal. Here at

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Story Pirates we have a little

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thing called the Creator Club and

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recently we decided to try

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something we've never tried before.

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We invited all Creator Club

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members to join Peter and

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me on a Zoom to

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write a brand new story together and

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we did it! Over a

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hundred different kids from all over

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the world showed up and together

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we wrote a hilarious, bizarre, and

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incredible story. It was so

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much fun and today's episode

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is an adaptation of that

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story. It's called Pudding's

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Destiny and I really do

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think it might be the weirdest collection of ideas in

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one story that we have ever done. So I really

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really want to thank all the

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kids who showed up and helped

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write this story. You are so

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creative, you have incredible ideas, and

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you really treated the

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process and each other with

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so much joy, respect, and

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kindness. Peter and I

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really appreciate you. And

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PS grown-ups, we're doing this whole

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thing again on Zoom with me

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and Peter this coming April 18th.

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And it's not too late to get

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your kids involved. We are going to

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write a brand new story together and

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then adapt it for the podcast just

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like in today's episode. We

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put the information on how to join

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us in the show notes for today's

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episode. So grown-ups, check

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it out. April 18th, Creator

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Club, let's do this. But

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enough about that. Let's get back to

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the main event. Without further ado, we

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present to you a story written

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by the Story Pirates Creator

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Club. Here is Pudding's Destiny.

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Hello, friend. Welcome to the Stop

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Along Convenience Store. I'm the owner,

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Shammy Boy the Hypnotist. How can

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I help you? You're a

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hypnotist? Wow. Is that part of your

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job here at the Stop Along? Nope.

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Oh, okay. Anyway,

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I'm just making a quick stop along my

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way for a bite to eat. What do

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you got? Oh, we

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got all sorts of things.

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Chips, pretzels, sandwiches. Oh,

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and this. Hello. Oh, what

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is that? Isn't it obvious? I'm a

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meatball with eyeballs and my name is

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Pudding. I wouldn't say that

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any of that is obvious. Fair.

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Want to eat me? Please say yes.

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You seem very moldy. I

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am the moldiest meatball around,

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but I'm also very buff. Check out

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these meatball muscles. Oh,

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please stop doing that. I

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got buffed by squeezing things. Want

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to eat me now? I'm suddenly

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not so... hungry good

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day thanks for stopping

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at stop along oh

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shammy boy I'm starting to think that

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I'm never gonna be eaten come

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on pudding I'm sure there's someone

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out there longing for a moldy

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buff meatball with eyeballs have no

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fear I have no

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fear except for those three things that

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we shall not speak of what

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cats hot sauce and tacos boy

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I said we shall not speak of them

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oh right because I'm going

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Wow that was a song it

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sure was anyway back to waiting

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I suppose not just

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any cat

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it's hot sauce the local cat

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that's always drenched in hot sauce

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for some reason wait

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don't you want to be eaten you just sang a

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whole song about it yes but not by

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a hot sauce cat I have some dignity

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get out of here cat shammy

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boy thank you for lightly showing

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away hot sauce with that broom no problem

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say you seem pretty worked up why

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don't you take a nap while I mop up

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all this hot sauce good idea thanks

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for always looking out for me oh

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wow I guess I

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am a bit tired hey maybe I'll

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dream about the one who will one

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day buy this moldy little meatballs huh

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is this a dream because

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my dream is to what

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I'm awake

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oh Oh, chammy boy, I was about

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to have a dream about being eaten,

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but you suddenly- Quiet down! I have

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something to tell you! While you were

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asleep, someone came in looking to buy

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you. Who was it? You're not going

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to believe this, but you're going to go

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live with the one and only,

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McBlaze! The world famous palm

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tree who's also a DJ? The

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one and only! But why does he want

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to buy me? Does he want to eat

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me? Or is he perhaps looking for a

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new DJ partner to collaborate with him on

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his epic secret island DJ set? I'm

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not sure, but I don't see how it

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could possibly be any other reason

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besides those two options. Anyway,

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you leave in two weeks. I

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can't wait. Two

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weeks later. Pudding,

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where are you? It's time to go!

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Sorry, I had to use the toilet. Oh,

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I didn't know that you- As a pretend

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turntable to practice being a DJ! Right,

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anyway, your bags are packed and

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it's time to go. But how

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will I get to the secret island? It's

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easy. You just take a car to

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a train to another car, then back to the

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same train to another car, which will take you

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to a bike. And that's when you'll know that

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you've reached the secret island. Huh, I

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thought traveling to an island would involve a plane or a

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boat. It doesn't. Good luck,

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Pudding! Here I go! It's

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a car to a train to a car to

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a train to a train to a car to

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a car to a train to a bike. Here

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I am on the secret island.

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Oh, he is in the middle of

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one of his famous DJ sets. I

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hope he shouts out some of his

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most famous catch phrases. Hold

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it up! Let's get

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fiery! Can we rat-dude?

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I'm the DJ! Wow, he

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did them all! Pudding!

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What? A shout out to

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me? Of course Pudding, I've been waiting for

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you for so long. Listen, I'm sure you're

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wondering why I brought you here, but have

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no fear. Oh, I have

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no fear. Well except for three

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things. What's rumbling?

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Oh my goodness, it's the volcano!

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Don't worry, volcanoes are not one of

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the three things. A hot sauce volcano!

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I'm sorry, what? Every once in a

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while the hot sauce volcano erupts and

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shoots out liquid hot hot sauce along

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with hot sauce covered cats. What?

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Why? Watch out! Here comes the

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hot sauce and the cat! Quick,

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stand under my leaves! I'll protect you

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from the raining hot sauce. Okay. Huh?

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Scratch me will you cat? How about

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some loud music? Clump it up! It's

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working, but look at your palm leaves,

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they are getting too full of hot

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sauce. Oh no, form of a super

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spy! Whoa,

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did you just turn into a super

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secret spy with snack cannons? How else will

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I shoot out all these hot dogs from my pocket

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to soak up all the hot sauce so I can

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eat them to save you? You have

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pockets? Where does a palm tree even

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get panned? Banana Republic,

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watch out! Hot dogs! Hot

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dogs! Hot dogs! Wow, the hot dogs

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soaked up all the hot sauce! Now

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to eat them! Oh no, this is

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very hot sauce! Hot,

11:28

hot, Pudding, help me! Oh,

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what do I do? I don't

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see anything around to help me

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except palm trees, cats, hot sauce,

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a stop-along franchise location. Wait, a

11:39

stop-along? Did someone

11:41

say stop-along? Yeah, me boys! What are you

11:43

doing here? I'm studying abroad. Here, McFlaze, drink

11:46

this milk for the hot sauce. Yes,

11:48

please! Oh no, all the hot sauce is stopped! I'm not going

11:50

to be here! Let's go! Oh no, the hot sauce is stopped!

11:52

Oh no, the hot sauce is stopped! Oh no, the hot sauce is stopped!

11:55

Oh no, the hot sauce is stopped! Oh no, the hot sauce

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is stopped! The hot sauce is stopping the music, which means...

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The cats are fast! I'd

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rather be eaten, but that's the way I

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wanted! Stop,

12:07

cats! Look into my

12:09

eyes! Into the eyes of

12:12

Shemy-Boy! The hypnotist! He's

12:15

hypnotizing the cats! You

12:18

did it! You saved me from two

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of my biggest fears! It

12:23

was no big wait, McBlaze, but

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I just- You're very welcome, Pudding!

12:27

Huh. But now I must know,

12:30

which of the only two possible reasons

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did you bring me here to eat

12:34

me or to make me your DJ

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partner? Neither. What?

12:39

But those are the only options!

12:41

Wrong! I don't want to eat

12:43

you, nor DJ partner with

12:45

you. I, DJ McBlaze,

12:47

would like to marry you.

12:50

Oh, that is not what I thought you were going

12:52

to say, but... Of

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course I'll marry you! Because...

12:59

I wanna get married! I wanna

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get married! I wanna get married!

13:04

I wanna get married! Triple-tossing,

13:06

Taco Bell, Sugar Cammie! Cause

13:08

I know I'll be safe at the DJ

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Palm Tree! I wanna get

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married! I wanna get married!

13:15

I wanna get married! No!

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We do! The End!

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back to the show. new

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story together on April 18th. So

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grown-ups, check out the show

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notes for today's episode to find out how

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you and your kids can

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join us. We'll be back

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with another new episode later this week. Until

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then, stay creative and

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stay kind. Bye! The

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Story Pirates podcast is a production

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of Story Pirates Studio, executive produced

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by Lee Overtree and Benjamin Salka.

16:29

This episode was produced by Sam Baer,

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Peter McNerney, and Lee Overtree. Recording, sound

16:33

design, and mixing by Sam Baer at

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the Relic Room in New York City.

16:38

Our theme song was written by Bobby

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Lord and produced by Sam Baer, Bobby

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Lord, Jack Mitchell, and Brendan O'Grady. Musical

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Story by John Mitchell and Eric Hernan. Good

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evening, this is episode

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5 of Peter McNerney.

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This episode features performances by

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Andrew Barbado, Ben Blackman, Enzi

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Ford, and Peter McNerney.