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The Helena same since I'm a

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in mid town called the Karaoke

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Diner with no Name. We're not

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listed in the white pages for

3:26

reasons unknown. whenever.

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Anyone does sign my diner? They

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believe they wandered in here by

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accident but I've often found that

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are drawn. Here for a reason.

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Mostly they night hunger. But

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everyone he walks through these doors as a

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song to sing. Loses. A know

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it. On. Sigfried.

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The Ahrens. hell and off

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the rough day is it that

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obvious your pants on backwards and

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you and christmas stockings remittance oh

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these i'm trying to feel was

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inside. It was glue! But

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at least my fingers aren't cold. I'll

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have the usual please. There

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you go, hand milkshake with

4:15

extra marshmallows. Thank you

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Helena. Ah, hold on. These

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stockings are making it a little hard to

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hold the... Ah ha! I've got it! And

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now to sip very carefully.

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Ah, Helena, I dropped the milkshake.

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Take off the stocking! As

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I'm told I've had no reaction imagination.

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It makes me feel cozy. Your

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pen and paper have

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arrived. Maybe

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he was going to a fancy dinner party or something?

4:56

They wrote most of my stories for fun. There's so

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much else there. But we'll probably

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never know. Welcome

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to the Story Pirates Podcast, where we

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take stories written by kids and turn

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them into sketch comedy and songs. Thank

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you for the welcomes, Dig Read. Do you

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know what you'd like to sing? You

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know I'm never sure. That's alright.

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Let the song find you. Would it

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be okay if we listened to a

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story first? Of course. You're the only

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one here tonight, so feel free to

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play it over the jukebox speakers.

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Thanks! Hi,

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my name is Ada. I'm seven years old. I

5:39

live in Illinois and this is my story of

5:42

the dancing artichoke. Vegetables,

5:47

vegetables. Take your seats. I'm

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going to take attendance for

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veggie class. Uh, Ben the

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Broccoli, are you here? Broccoli.

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Oh, Ben, I love your singing voice.

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And Carly the Ca- Harrot, are you

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here today? Oh yeah, do

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you need rhymes? Look right here,

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it's carrot time. Yes! Curly,

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you're so good at rhyming.

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And Pablo the artichoke? Here.

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What? Yikes. Yeah,

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I'm here. Oof, what was

6:17

that? Okay, um, class,

6:19

let's take a quick break.

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Pablo, can I talk to you for just

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a moment? Yeah. Look, Pablo, I don't know

6:27

if you noticed, but all the veggies in

6:29

this class have a thing. Ben the broccoli

6:31

likes to sing, Carly the carrot likes to

6:33

rhyme. So, what's your thing? Gosh,

6:37

I don't know. Well, you better

6:39

figure it out by tomorrow. Okay,

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thanks, Professor Parsnip. Yeah, I'll figure

6:43

it out. I'll see you in

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veggie class tomorrow. Veggies,

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veggies, welcome back. Ben the broccoli,

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are you here? Broccoli

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is here.

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Carly the carrot? Don't shed a

7:00

tear, this carrot is here. And

7:03

Pablo the artichoke? Pablo, are you

7:05

here? This

7:09

artichoke is gonna take a chance.

7:12

So here I am doing the

7:14

artichoke dance. The artichoke dance. Ooh,

7:17

ooh, ooh, the artichoke dance.

7:19

Ooh, ooh, ooh. Wow.

7:22

Amazing. Amazing. Pablo, I

7:24

knew you'd find your thing. I'm so

7:26

happy that you love to dance. Did

7:28

you say dance? Yeah, I,

7:30

wait, are you- The artichoke dance.

7:33

Ooh, ooh, ooh, the artichoke dance.

7:36

Ooh, ooh, ooh. Right,

7:39

well, that was great, Pablo. Okay,

7:41

now let's move on to our

7:43

lesson. Today we're going to be

7:46

talking about plants. Ooh,

7:48

I like plants. So there are many

7:50

types of plants. Hey, Carly, quick question.

7:52

You know what sort of rhymes with

7:55

plants? Dans? I'll

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find if I do. The artichoke dance. Dance!

8:00

Ooh, ooh, ooh! The artichoke

8:02

dance! Ooh, ooh, ooh!

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Okay, Pablo, maybe it's time to cool it with the

8:07

dancing. Well, that's lunch,

8:10

so it's not my problem anymore. To

8:12

lunch, veggies! Carly,

8:15

that was a lot back there. You

8:17

mean the artichoke dance? Did someone say?

8:20

Oh no. The artichoke dance! Ooh,

8:22

ooh, ooh! The artichoke

8:24

dance! Ooh, ooh, ooh! Pablo,

8:27

we really just wanna eat lunch right now.

8:29

Yeah, please, I think we've had enough dance.

8:31

You mean the artichoke dance? Ooh,

8:34

ooh, ooh! The artichoke dance!

8:36

Ooh, ooh, ah! Okay,

8:38

maybe this whole dancing thing will be out of its system

8:41

by the time we get on the bus to go home.

8:45

Okay, now that we're on the

8:47

bus, I think we're safe. You mean

8:49

safe from the artichoke dance? Then someone

8:51

says the artichoke dance! Ooh, ooh,

8:54

ooh! The artichoke dance! Oh yeah,

8:56

yeah! Make it stop! Carly, let's

8:58

just go to my house so we can

9:00

have our sleepover. Okay,

9:03

now that we're at my house, I

9:05

think we're actually safe. Safe from the-

9:07

Don't say it! Right, sorry. It's been

9:09

a long day. I'm excited for a

9:11

sleepover. Yeah, me too. Oh,

9:14

good night, Carly. Good

9:16

night, Ben. Artichoke

9:21

dance. Why did you say

9:23

it? I don't know! Did

9:25

someone say? How did you get

9:27

in my house? The artichoke dance! Ooh, ooh, ooh! The

9:30

artichoke dance! Stop! Wow,

9:33

you actually stopped. Sorry,

9:35

artichoke. It's just, sometimes we can get

9:38

a little annoyed by your dance. Ah,

9:41

yeah, yeah, of course. I totally understand

9:43

that. Looking back, but wait a minute.

9:45

Can I just ask you one question?

9:47

Yeah, sure, go ahead. Did

9:49

you just say?

9:52

Oh no. Dance! Joke

9:55

dance! Oh, the artichoke dance!

10:00

What is happening? Everybody has

10:02

a sing and my sing is

10:05

annoying dancing. I'm gonna dance everywhere.

10:07

No, don't do it. Pablo! Watch

10:10

me. Morning

10:12

crossing guard. Howdy neighbor, you've

10:14

seen Peppy this morning. It's a

10:16

beautiful day. Sun shining, sky is

10:18

blue. I'm so happy I could

10:20

dance. Did someone say

10:22

dance? Is

10:25

that a talking artichoke? The artichoke dance. Hoo

10:27

hoo hoo. Everybody run! Dance!

10:34

Thanks everyone for coming to the

10:36

third annual Dan convention. Where everyone

10:38

is named Dan. As always, my

10:40

name is Dan. Hi, Dan. And

10:43

hello to all named Dan. I want

10:45

to congratulate everyone as we've set a

10:47

new record. In this room with us

10:49

today, there are 125 Dans. Huh?

10:54

What is happening? Did you just say Dans?

10:57

No, I said Dans. Close enough for me.

10:59

The artichoke dance. Hoo hoo hoo.

11:01

Everybody run. Dance! Dance! Dance!

11:07

Viewers at home, this is a

11:09

national emergency. Earth has

11:11

been taken over by an artichoke who

11:13

loves to- Nope, nope, sorry. We're

11:16

not going to say that word. We

11:18

advise everyone to lock their doors,

11:20

not let any strange vegetables inside,

11:22

and most of all, do not

11:24

under any circumstances say dance. So

11:27

I just said it, didn't I? The

11:29

artichoke dance. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Citizens

11:31

of Earth, it is clearly no longer

11:34

safe here. Go, run away. Abandon

11:36

this planet and save yourself. Mama

11:41

Lion. Yes, Papa Lion? They're

11:44

feeling lonely. It's like

11:46

all the humans just suddenly got up and

11:48

left Earth. Yes, it's just

11:50

us lions now. Strange,

11:53

I think they left when they all stopped

11:55

saying that one word. Oh,

11:58

you mean death. This

12:00

lion just made dance! The Anna

12:02

joke dance! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! The

12:05

Anna joke dance! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

12:09

Uh... Mm. That was pretty good. I

12:12

liked his little dance. Mm-hmm.

12:14

Ooh! The end!

12:19

I'd known Siegfried ever since we were

12:21

children. He was always laughing, playing, and

12:23

doing all sorts of Viking stuff. He

12:25

came from a big family, and while they

12:28

were well off, he still found it easy

12:30

to get lost in the crowd. And

12:32

I could see it back then. Siegfried wanted

12:34

to stand out in any

12:37

way he could. I

12:39

think I know what song I want to sing. Happy

12:46

birthday to me.

12:49

My name is

12:52

Siegfried. I'm 1023.

12:59

Happy birthday

13:01

to me. Happy

13:04

1023rd birthday, Siegfried. Thanks,

13:08

Helena. Not excited about

13:10

getting older? Not particularly. Birthdays

13:13

used to be so exciting and

13:15

festive. Remember my seventh birthday party?

13:17

We went to the petting zoo and fed

13:19

the baby dragons. And then when I turned

13:21

nine, I got a hole-in-one at Viking mini-gulls.

13:25

Viking mini-gulls is when you

13:27

hit your runestone into the

13:29

blowhole of a narwhal. And

13:31

then when I turned 15, we all went

13:33

to David's and Buster's. You remember

13:35

David Houndstooth and Buster Hearthstone? They had

13:38

the house with the pool and the

13:40

pit full of wolves. Yes, I

13:42

remember David and Buster, but I

13:44

also remember your 35th birthday. Well,

13:48

of course. Do you want to

13:50

talk about it? I don't know. It was

13:52

so long ago. I'd like to know

13:54

what happened after you sailed off. Here,

13:56

I'll make you another ham milkshake. And

13:59

try not to drink. The stockings are

14:01

glued to my hands because they're filled

14:03

with glue. Take them off! Yeeeaaah!

14:07

Oh, that's better! Sig

14:11

Swede began to tell me about his 35th birthday. It

14:13

was the year 1035 and

14:15

he just decided that he was finally

14:18

ready to move on from Northumbria. His

14:21

family had taken care of him for

14:23

his entire life, but he wanted to

14:25

experience the world on his own. Sig

14:30

Swede, are you sure you know what you're doing? Not

14:32

at all, Helena. All I know is that there's

14:35

something out there for me, even if I don't

14:37

know what. That's why I'm setting

14:39

sail for the open sea! But

14:41

now of all time, you're

14:43

going to miss Ragnarok-a-palooza! I

14:46

don't care about Ragnarok-a-palooza!

14:48

Don't say that!

14:51

I mean it! Besides, I'm more into indie

14:53

Ragnarok anyway. I'm 35 now, Helena. I've

14:56

been sheltered my whole life! I'm always depending

14:58

on my family or on you or on

15:01

Northumbria. How will I ever know who I

15:03

really am? My cousin Harold

15:05

was out doing Viking raids when he was

15:07

poor, Helena! If that's what

15:09

you need to learn right now, then

15:11

I hope you find your answers out there. Thank

15:14

you, Helena. Could you just help

15:16

me push my longboat into the water?

15:18

Of course! Aaaaah!

15:22

Happy birthday, Sig Swede! Farewell,

15:24

Helena! I'm sure we'll see each

15:27

other again in no time! That

15:30

would be the last time I heard from

15:33

Sig Swede until he found himself in my

15:35

diner this past summer. He told me he'd

15:37

spent time on a deserted island, but not

15:39

much more than that. And I didn't

15:41

push the subject. But tonight,

15:44

he was finally ready to tell me

15:46

what really happened. Uh-oh.

15:50

My longboats run aground on this beach!

15:53

Suppose I could push it back out if

15:55

I need to sail back to Northumbria. No!

15:58

No, I can't! I had

16:00

the option of going back to Northumbria. I'll never be

16:02

able to learn who I really am on my own.

16:04

I need to commit to my new life 100% and

16:07

stay on this island. Long boat,

16:10

feel the might of snow to

16:12

him, my mighty axe. Ha,

16:15

ha, ha, ha. There

16:18

we go, my ship is destroyed and

16:20

I'm stranded forever. Huh,

16:24

maybe I should have scouted

16:26

the island first. Make

16:28

sure it's livable. That'll

16:31

probably be fine. While

16:34

a bit foolish in hindsight and for

16:36

anyone else in sight sight, Siegfried managed

16:38

to live on the island all by

16:40

himself. He took the wood chips from

16:42

his damaged ship and used them to

16:44

build a house that was disproportionately larger

16:46

than the amount of wood chips with

16:48

which he was working. Ugh,

16:51

ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh. There

16:54

we go, a house of my own.

17:00

In some ways, I expected that to

17:02

collapse. After all, I've never built a

17:04

house before. Well, you know

17:06

what they say, second time's the charm.

17:11

Siegfried rebuilt his house over 76 times until

17:14

it was strong enough to not

17:17

collapse. He lived off the land,

17:19

fishing, hunting, cooking, and singing late

17:21

into the night. Waters

17:25

everywhere to me, everywhere

17:29

I look it's open

17:31

sea. At

17:34

first, the time on the island was good

17:36

for him. He found some answers, but after

17:38

long enough, his days began to look the

17:40

same. He would hunt,

17:43

cook, eat, sing. Hunt,

17:45

cook, eat, sing. Hunt,

17:48

cook, eat, sing. He

17:50

did this for 983 years. At

17:54

some point, he began to question his choices. Maybe

17:57

I was wrong. Maybe I never should have left

17:59

Northumb. Maybe it would have

18:01

been fun to go to Ragnarokapalooza! But

18:04

what Siegfried couldn't see then was that

18:06

life has a funny way of putting

18:08

you exactly where you need to be. First

18:11

of all, Ragnarokapalooza ended up

18:13

being cancelled because of Ragnarok. And

18:15

second, if he hadn't been on

18:18

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18:20

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Now, back to the show. Sigfried

20:47

had told me about his life on the island.

20:50

From the time he arrived, shortly after his 35th

20:52

birthday, all the way

20:54

until he met his friends, the story pirates, 983 years

20:56

later. But

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as soon as he mentioned them, he

21:01

fell silent. Sigfried, what

21:03

happened after you met them? Huh? Not

21:07

much, honestly. We went on some

21:09

adventures. To space, or whatever. I

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don't really remember. You

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don't remember? No, it was only

21:15

five years of my life! Nothing compared to my 983

21:17

years on the island, or

21:20

my 35 years in Northumbria before that!

21:23

These past five years have just been a blip. You

21:25

don't mean that? What about your podcast?

21:28

You know about the podcast? Of

21:30

course I do. You're recording it

21:32

right now. Earlier you said, Welcome

21:34

to the Story Pirates Podcast. Oh,

21:36

right. It's just part of the contract.

21:39

Sigfried? What? I came here to celebrate

21:41

my birthday at the only diner that

21:43

makes ham milkshakes, not to talk

21:45

about the story pirates. Why did you

21:47

wander into my diner earlier this summer? For

21:49

a ham milkshake! Don't lie to your

21:52

oldest friend! You wandered in

21:54

here because after 983 years by yourself on

21:56

an island, you

21:58

finally got to spend it. in the next five

22:00

years traveling in a magical ship with your

22:03

new friends and you are afraid that landing

22:05

in New York is the beginning of the

22:07

end for you. But it's only the end

22:09

if you push them away! I'm not pushing

22:11

anyone away! You're

22:13

spending your 1023rd birthday all by yourself!

22:15

You pushed all your friends in Northumbria

22:17

way back in 1035. Don't

22:20

do it again! I have to! Everything

22:23

changed so quickly in the past five years!

22:25

And it's gonna change again! What if it

22:27

gets worse? What if I lose what I

22:29

have now? I'd rather push it

22:32

away before I get too attached! Just

22:34

listen to yourself! Yes! Everything

22:36

will change again and again and

22:38

again and again! But that

22:41

doesn't mean you run away from the

22:43

things you love just because you're afraid you

22:45

might lose them! Would you throw away a

22:47

ham milkshake before drinking it just because you're

22:49

worried the glass will be empty when you're

22:51

done? No, I'd never do that! I'm

22:54

still sad I dropped my first one! And

22:56

I made you a new ham milkshake, didn't I?

22:59

Yes, you did! And before this year you

23:01

hadn't seen me in 988 years, but here I am, aren't I? Yes

23:05

you are! Your green flames burn brighter

23:08

than ever! You're not alone,

23:10

Siegfried! Even when the people

23:12

in your life are off living their

23:14

own lives! But right now, they're still

23:17

here in New York! So call them

23:19

and tell them to get down here

23:21

and celebrate your birthday! You're right, Helena!

23:24

Although I do need your help

23:26

sending everyone directions. This place

23:28

is really hard to find! Of course!

23:31

I'll print out a map quest and we'll

23:33

get a raven to deliver it. Map

23:35

quest! Ha! We're old!

23:38

Yes, we most certainly are.

23:42

While we wait for that to print, why don't

23:44

we listen to another story? Ooh,

23:46

that sounds lovely! Hi,

23:49

my name is Ezra, I am 10 years old

23:51

and I live in Utah. This is my story,

23:53

The Fancy Raccoons at Aidenville, K. now. here

24:00

at our outdoor community fashion show

24:02

is, get this, a

24:04

raccoon! That's right folks,

24:07

for the first year ever we

24:09

are allowing an animal to walk

24:11

the runway. What a fancy raccoon.

24:14

Oh, this is the best

24:16

day ever. Finally everyone in the community

24:18

is seeing how fancy I am. Oh,

24:21

I love that raccoon. He can do no

24:23

wrong. Oh no, there's a delicious piece of

24:25

trash on the catwalk. It looks so good.

24:28

But I can't eat garbage in front of

24:30

these humans. I'll just pick it up real

24:32

quick with my fork and spoon and not

24:34

eat it. I'm

24:37

sorry, I couldn't

24:39

help myself. Oh

24:43

no, I blew

24:45

it. Please, please just don't call

24:47

animal control. Did

24:50

someone call animal control? It's

24:52

animal control! Well hello raccoon,

24:54

eating rotten tomatoes again in

24:56

front of these people. Well

24:59

that's not very fancy. Is

25:01

this still the fashion show?

25:03

Come raccoon, it's time to

25:05

take you to animal control.

25:08

Oh no, who will save

25:10

me? Stop right there, animal

25:12

control. Huh? A cat.

25:14

That's right. Cat-hat, meow. Bah, get

25:16

out of my face cat. Where

25:18

my coon? My name is fancy

25:21

raccoon. Whatever, just go. Get

25:23

back here. I guess you want to be named raccoon.

25:27

What is that? Oh, thank

25:29

you for saving me cat. Oh but what's

25:31

the use? I'll never be accepted by humans.

25:33

I thought that a fashion show was my

25:35

chance, but no matter how fancy I am,

25:38

people can't look past the fact that I

25:40

eat garbage. By the way, do you want

25:42

a rotten tomato? I still have one here

25:44

in my suit. Ew,

25:46

no thank you. But raccoon, you've

25:49

got this all wrong. Yes,

25:51

you're right, that humans will never accept

25:53

you, but instead of giving up, we

25:56

should- Run away, I know that's what

25:58

I said. No raccoon. Take

26:00

over the whole town. What?

26:03

And we'll start right here

26:05

with this school. Huh?

26:09

Whoever heard of a cat taking over

26:11

a school? Follow me. Meow. Cat,

26:13

wait! The cat is inside the school. I

26:15

have to go in and stop this. Cat,

26:18

where are you? Attention students and

26:21

faculty. This is a cat. And I

26:23

have the office intercom, which means I

26:25

am in charge of this school now.

26:27

Teacher, is that true? It is. That

26:29

is how it works. Yay!

26:33

Cat naps for everyone.

26:36

Yay! And

26:38

lunch will be dry food mixed

26:41

with wet food. Woo! Oh,

26:43

wait. Hi. Oh. I didn't know

26:46

about that. And all classes will

26:48

now be about you helping me

26:50

take over the town. Oh.

26:52

Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.

26:55

Oh. Stop that cat. Where's the

26:57

office? Here? No.

27:00

Here. This big metal door with caution signs on

27:02

it must be it. Huh?

27:04

This isn't the office. And no, it's

27:07

not. Strangely short and hairy human

27:09

being, this is the science lab.

27:11

You must be the volunteer I

27:13

sent for to test out my

27:15

time machine. Time machine? That's impossible.

27:17

Not anymore. And with your help,

27:20

I'm going to prove it. Into

27:22

the machine you go. Whoa. Oh,

27:24

scientist, where are you sending me

27:26

in time? I hadn't thought

27:28

of that. Why don't you just use the

27:30

little touch pad there and a pick for yourself?

27:33

Oh, I know. I'll go back in time to

27:35

the fashion show so that I can stop

27:37

myself from eating that rotten tomato

27:39

five minutes ago. You

27:41

have selected 95 BCE. Excellent

27:45

choice. What? I

27:47

forgot. I don't know how to

27:49

spell. Good luck, tiny fuzzy human.

27:51

No. I'm a fancy raccoon. Where

27:59

am I? Seven

28:01

me seen. looks like they were a few

28:03

bugs to work out. Who can I

28:05

sue here? you science person with areas

28:07

Arabia when the time machine? Listen, Citizen is

28:09

really the most exciting thing that's ever

28:11

happened to me, but it's hard for

28:13

me to enjoy it when I know the

28:16

schools been taken over by this. Or

28:20

that sounds like such threats.

28:22

but you should be fine.

28:25

Dinosaurs famously, don't meddle Bouchard,

28:27

you box looks delicious. Pizza

28:32

first with those who looks

28:35

trickster. I

28:37

got out of the just in time

28:40

at a time machine is wrong with

28:42

it. Now it's truly impossible to get

28:44

back. Some must be another way. well

28:46

with a real said experimental idea but

28:49

it's so gross for offensive and I

28:51

like you know what is it will

28:53

you seats you have. A

28:56

volcano about say you know

28:58

what to. Do that.

29:00

Somewhat willing to leave any

29:03

trash with any. Who enjoy

29:05

your life. For the past scientists was

29:07

this is a perfect task for me.

29:09

My defining character flaw is that I

29:11

can't help but he's garbage or sorry.

29:13

I can't hear you. I'm R. O

29:17

que you know, To find a

29:19

book, see this. One.

29:33

Time. Use

29:36

Me! Great job Such Xerox.

29:44

Where are my a You did it.

29:46

Small, fluffy human. I did not think

29:48

that would work which way to the

29:50

office. I have to stop that it's

29:53

through this door knob with me. my

29:56

plan is almost ready to launch

29:58

soon though The town will

30:01

be mine! Hold it right

30:03

there, cat! You! I

30:05

know it's hard to face rejection, but taking

30:08

over the town isn't the answer! I'm here

30:10

to stop you! And how do you

30:12

plan to do that? With this.

30:15

Hey, don't touch that, intercom! Ahem.

30:17

Attention, students! School's dismissed!

30:20

Yay! Well,

30:24

I didn't see that coming. I guess

30:26

you beat me fair and square, Fancy

30:28

Raccoon. A what? You're

30:30

a raccoon? A fancy

30:32

raccoon! Fancy Raccoon! It's

30:36

us! The entire community fashion

30:38

show! We all ran here as fast as

30:40

we could to tell you that we're sorry

30:42

we didn't accept you. Your

30:45

heroism speaks for itself. We

30:48

will never judge you again. This

30:50

is the strangest fashion show I've ever been

30:53

to! Yeah! Rotten tomatoes

30:55

for everyone! Ooooh!

31:00

Yeah, never mind. Animal control? At your

31:02

service. Gotta

31:04

run! The end! And

31:08

now Lee speaks with the author. So

31:12

Ezra, you wrote the Fancy Raccoon that ate

31:14

a volcano. Yes. And

31:17

how did you come up with the idea for

31:19

this story? So we are reading about

31:21

volcanoes and like how they erupt. And

31:23

my friend Johnny that was sitting right

31:25

next to me, he was like, Hey,

31:27

you should write a story about this.

31:29

So I wrote about it and my

31:32

favorite animal are raccoons. So, yeah. Why

31:35

are raccoons your favorite animal? So

31:37

like when I was in like kindergarten or first grade, my

31:40

mom showed me this video of this raccoon.

31:43

And then I just love raccoons from then. And

31:45

why do you think that raccoon wanted to be

31:48

fancy? Maybe he was going to a fancy dinner party

31:50

or something? What does fancy mean

31:52

to you? In your story, it's

31:54

used as a humorous device, right?

31:56

Mm-hmm. What does it mean to you

31:58

and why is it funny? I think one

32:01

of the reasons is because, like, you wouldn't

32:03

see a normal raccoon, like, wearing a suit.

32:05

And I love that because that's one

32:07

of the building blocks of comedy,

32:10

right? Is, like, taking two things

32:12

that don't fit together, like a

32:14

raccoon and fanciness, and putting them

32:17

together. Yes, exactly. In

32:19

terms of eating the volcano itself,

32:21

what do you think is the

32:24

raccoon's strategy? I don't.

32:26

No, maybe he, like, slurped up

32:28

the lava and then, like, started

32:30

eating the crust of the volcano.

32:33

And then maybe, like, wiping his

32:36

face because of all the lava. That's probably

32:38

honest. Is there anything that the

32:40

raccoon does to protect their tongue from all

32:42

that lava? Because when I eat something too

32:45

hot, it's not pretty. Maybe he

32:47

had, like, some spare ice in his pocket

32:49

or something and he put it on his

32:51

tongue. I also like what you write

32:53

in the original story. When we get

32:56

to the volcano eating, you write, Sorry,

32:58

but we cannot show any grossness, so

33:00

yeah. Yeah. Just,

33:04

like, a very funny way to get past,

33:06

like, actually describing what it would be like

33:09

to eat a volcano, which is kind of

33:11

impossible to do. Yeah. So

33:13

your story also has time travel

33:16

in it. Yes. I love

33:18

the sound that the raccoon makes when he travels back

33:20

in time. Oh, yeah. Because

33:23

the way you wrote it in your story is like this.

33:32

If I'm reading that correctly, that's exactly what is written

33:34

on the page. Yes. Got

33:41

me thinking that. You don't just make

33:43

that sound for no reason. So time

33:45

travel must feel a certain way. It

33:48

must. What do you think time

33:50

travel feels like, like, to your body? What does it

33:52

do? I think

33:54

it feels like, like,

33:57

tomatoes getting thrown on you or something

33:59

like that. I did, You

34:01

just performed a bad vaudeville stays

34:03

routine and nineteen twenty two B

34:06

s Okay let's end this interview

34:08

by coming up with a few

34:10

more mismatches cause we talked about

34:12

how raccoons and fan seen as

34:15

don't grilli go together so all

34:17

give you a noun and then

34:19

you can give me an additive

34:21

for at that normally would inset

34:24

I guess the first now I'm

34:26

going to give you. Is

34:28

a school. Purple. Of

34:31

purple to develop last the I've never seen up

34:33

or both of whom are all of this. Is

34:37

this is ok? here's another one.

34:39

a baby. Weight Lifting.

34:42

Way live the baby!

34:44

Yes, that's partly because

34:46

ah, babies famously not

34:48

strong. Yeah. It's ok. here's

34:50

another one. Minivan. Islands

34:53

died saying that to in the

34:55

kitchen have like an island. I

34:57

could style and minivan or your kitchen

34:59

island is a minivan. Yes, time

35:02

to a big the muffins. Put the

35:04

muffin tin on the hood of the

35:06

mini van before I guess the there

35:08

any. Of

35:13

Ezra, It has been so fun to

35:15

talk to you. Thanks for letting us

35:17

perform your story. Yeah. Thank you. Bye.

35:20

Ezra. Now.

35:23

It's time for story Pirates Roll call.

35:36

For some we have a

35:39

story from a girl micah

35:41

in Mississippi and like the

35:43

story is have brought me

35:45

balls and does our.alias. and

35:48

what i love about this story

35:50

is that might it takes that

35:52

old familiar tropes of things falling

35:54

from the sky and dozen times

35:56

a million so and make a

35:58

story we have meatballs that

36:00

fall from the sky, specifically 20

36:03

million of them. And then we

36:05

have frogs that fall from the sky,

36:07

specifically 1 million of them. And

36:10

then the frogs are fed the meatballs and

36:12

the frogs grow and grow and grow and

36:14

grow. And then they go to

36:17

outer space. You got to check this story out. Thanks,

36:19

Micah. Next up from

36:21

Leah, a nine year old in Vermont, we

36:24

have a story called the attack of the

36:26

smelly sandwich. And Leah's story

36:28

has another trope that we are familiar with

36:30

here at Story Pirates. In this

36:32

case, food that comes alive,

36:34

specifically a blue cheese sandwich. But

36:36

what makes Leah's story so interesting

36:39

and funny is that the reason

36:41

the blue cheese sandwich comes alive

36:43

is that Leah's mom puts the

36:45

sandwich on their will turn food

36:48

into a monster pan. Yes, she's

36:50

cooking the sandwich in a pan

36:52

that turns whatever you put into

36:54

it into a monster Why

36:57

do they even have that kind

36:59

of pan in the house? I'm

37:01

wondering. Leah wonders, too. And

37:04

it's pretty funny. Thanks for the great story, Leah.

37:07

And finally, from Miles, an 11 year

37:09

old in Michigan, we have an incredible

37:12

song called I'm busy that day. And

37:15

Miles included a demo of the song.

37:17

It's incredible. Take a listen. To

37:44

hear the rest of Miles'

37:46

song and to read all of

37:49

today's Roll Call stories, just

37:51

go to storypirates.com/podcast. That's

37:54

what Roll Calls. Now

37:58

It's time for you to write us a story. And

38:00

if you don't know where to start,

38:02

here's a story sparked to help you

38:05

along this week We asked Ada, the

38:07

author of the Dancing Artichokes to answer

38:09

the following question: If you could pick

38:12

any food to grow on trees, what

38:14

would you choose? I mean this

38:16

to fried. say it like a lot

38:18

and I'm going to combine them there

38:21

again. a blueberry play bridge strawberry. So

38:24

kids, what's your answer to that

38:26

question? And can you use your

38:29

answer as inspiration for a brand

38:31

new story? Grown had

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to story pirates.com/podcast to tell

38:35

us your kids the answer

38:38

to that question and remember

38:40

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38:42

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For today's episode. Thanks for listening

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