Hey Story Pirates Podcast listeners, Leigh here.
Today's brand new story might just be the most terrifying story we have ever done on the Story Pirates Podcast.
Hmm, you're probably wondering, does that mean that it has monsters or snakes or monster snakes?
Well, no, it doesn't have any of those things, but it does have a summer vacation that only lasts one day.
Coming up right after a few words for the Grown Ups.
Hey Grown Ups, season 7 of the Story Pirates Podcast is right around the corner and it's time for your kids to send us their own stories, but maybe they don't know what to write about?
Luckily Story Pirates is partnering this season with The Week Junior, an incredible magazine that kids can't wait to read.
Every issue of The Week Junior has a section called Photos of the Week that is full of photos that are great to tell an imaginative story about.
Grown Ups, as part of our partnership, you can get six free issues of The Week Junior for your family delivered right to your mailbox by going to theweekjr .com slash story pirates.
And don't forget, the Story Pirates amazing adventure tour continues October 5th and 6th with shows in Connecticut and New Hampshire.
You can find tickets at StoryPirates .com slash live.
Now back to the show.
I love Story Pirates.
I've been told it has no reactive imagination.
It makes me feel cozy.
Your pen and paper have arrived.
Don't worry about the bad stuff, just think about positive vibes.
I write most of my stories for fun.
There's so much out there that we'll probably never know.
The Story Pirates. Welcome back to the Story Pirates podcast.
You know, here at Story Pirates, we love a good time travel story.
We especially love it when the characters in such a story change something in the past, unintentionally altering the present and future in a horrifying way.
Take a listen and see what I mean.
Here's the author to introduce it.
Hi, I'm Nash. I'm 10 years old and I live in Indiana.
And this is my story.
It's summer only lasted a day.
Breaking news this morning.
This year in a major change for time as we know it, the season that we've all been waiting for, summer, will only last one day.
That's right, Tom. When local scientists were asked what had caused this dramatic seasonal shift, they simply screamed, aha, aliens!
And ran away in fear.
Huh. I guess we'll never know.
In other news, kabobs!
The new summer treat?
My goodness, I better wake Nash or he'll miss his entire summer vacation.
Nash, wake up! Coming, Mom.
I'm so excited for summer.
No school. Woo -hoo.
About that, dear, unfortunately, something strange happened with time, so summer only lasts a day now.
What? No! I've got to fix this.
Honey, I love that you want to help, but you're only in fifth grade.
Leave it to the professionals.
No, Mom. I'm going to bike to see my friend Barry.
He's the smartest guy I know, and he has a fully equipped science lab to prove it.
I don't like you spending time with that Barry.
He's always getting you into trouble with his unique inventions and DIY attitude.
Sorry, Mom. I'm going to Barry's lab.
Here I am at Barry's lab.
Barry, it's Nash. Let me in!
Did you hear the news?
I did. I can't believe anyone would consider kebabs a summer -specific treat.
They're great year -round.
What? No! The news that today is the only day of summer.
Oh, right. Yes, I heard that too.
I have to fix this.
But how? Well, time is all weird now, right?
But what if I could turn back time, if I could find a way?
But, Nash, to do that...
You'd need to finish building that time machine.
Oh, you mean this? Time machine?
You finished it. It works.
Only one way to find out.
Let's go. Let's do it.
Hold on. Let me grab this glass of juice I just poured.
Don't want to waste it.
Are you sure you should have an open container of juice while we're traveling through time?
What's the worst that could happen?
Time machine? Go! No!
Oh, my juice! We are going into last year.
Oh! Whoops. What do you mean, whoops?
Hm, let me see. Yes.
It's just as I thought.
What? The time machine is broken.
You mean we're stuck in last year?
Not necessarily. I can fix it.
We just need a spring, a time coil, and time juice.
Luckily, we have one of those things.
We do? Yeah. I was drinking normal juice while traveling through time, which means it's now time juice.
Really? Okay. One down.
Now I'll go get the spring.
I know about a spring stand up the street.
You figure out the time coil.
But where should I look?
How about over there across the street at the local science facility?
Hm, that's a pretty good idea.
But Nash, listen, we must be very careful not to disrupt too much here in the past.
One small change could make the biggest difference in the future.
Gotcha. Good luck. Okay.
I'm snuck into the facility.
Now, where can I find a time coil?
Well, I wasn't expecting that on a two minute list.
Oh no, two scientists are approaching.
Holy moly. I can't believe that we just made contact with aliens for the first time.
I'm so glad we decided to use our last time coil to build this here alien translator.
Totally. Um, so this is a little embarrassing, but do you remember what the aliens even said?
I was a little too shocked to really listen.
Me too, but I think they asked if they could move Earth closer to their planet because apparently it's a better part of the solar system or something.
Hmm, you think moving the Earth out of its orbit will have unintended consequences?
Who knows, but we have two days to give them an answer.
Or else. Or else what?
Not sure. At that point in the conversation, I was too busy screaming to aliens and running around the room.
Honestly, same. Let's get lunch.
Ooh, I'm feeling a cob salad.
That's it. In two days from now, these scientists are going to give the aliens permission to move the Earth, which will speed up its orbit making summer only one day long.
I have to find a way to stop the scientists from calling them back.
I know. I'll take the time coil out of their translator so they can't communicate with the aliens.
And I can fix my time machine.
Here I go. And that, Nash, is how I found a time coil.
How is it getting the spring?
Honestly, my journey was hard too.
I had to pay 15 bucks?
Huh. Well, now that the time machine is fixed, let's get home and enjoy a full season of summer.
Here we go. Oh, we're back in my lab.
We did it, Barry. Summer is saved.
Let's go ride bikes and enjoy this victory.
Yeah. Um, Barry? Yes, Nash?
Why does it look like an apocalypse outside?
Let's turn on the news.
Breaking news on this apocalyptic summer's day.
We go now to our reporter in the field, Becky, who is at the local science facility right now.
Thanks, Tom. I'm here with two local scientists.
Tell us, scientists, how did this apocalypse start?
Well, it started when our very important alien communication device went kaput.
And how did that happen?
It seems like last year, someone stole our time coil, which interrupted our communication, and now the aliens are mad.
They did not like being ghosted.
No, they did not. That is the understatement of the year.
Back to you, Tom. Thanks, Becky.
Well, it seems clear that unless that time coil is replaced in the next hour or so, the world as we know it is at an end.
In other news, kabobs.
The new summer treat?
Oh, no, Barry. This is our fault.
We have to return the coil to the scientists.
Let's go. Look, there are the aliens over by the scientists.
Aliens, please don't destroy us.
Local scientists, I have the coil.
He's got the coil. Here, put it back in the machine.
Wait, the aliens are about to attack.
Got it. Turn it on.
Because you were so rude by not speaking to us for an entire year after we offered you that sweet deal to move your planet, we are now going to destroy everything in three two.
Wait, aliens. Stop the countdown.
Huh? They can understand us?
And we can understand them?
It's my fault you couldn't communicate with the humans this past year.
In another timeline, you did move the Earth.
But in doing so, our summer vacation was shortened to one day.
So we went back in time to stop you.
But my time machine broke it.
I needed the time coil from the translation machine to fix it.
We're sorry they couldn't call back.
It's our fault. Your fault?
No, we should be sorry.
I think we overreacted.
Yes, in fact, overreacted might be an understatement.
Well, we will not destroy your planet, nor will we destroy your summer.
We did it. Woo hoo.
All right. Now that the apocalypse is off, what are you going to do?
I'm going to have a summer party and everyone is invited.
Ooh, will there be kebabs?
Of course. Woo! The end.
We'll be right back.
Hey, grownups. Season 7 of The Story Pirates podcast is right around the corner, and it's time for your kids to send us their own stories.
But maybe they don't know what to write about?
Luckily, Story Pirates is partnering this season with The Week Jr., an incredible magazine that kids can't wait to read.
Every issue of The Week Jr.
has a section called Photos of the Week that is full of photos that are great to tell an imaginative story about.
Grownups, as part of our partnership, you can get six free issues of The Week Jr.
for your family delivered right to your mailbox by going to theweekjr .com slash Story Pirates.
And don't forget, The Story Pirates' amazing adventure tour continues October 5th and 6th with shows in Connecticut and New Hampshire.
You can find tickets at storypirates .com slash live.
Now, back to the show.
And now it's time for Story Pirates Roll Call.
Are you tired of the same old boring sports?
Have you had enough baseball, soccer, football, basketball, etc?
Well, I have a brand new sport to you featured in a story sent into us by seven -year -old Travis in Pennsylvania.
Travis sent us the story Diff -a -ball.
That's right, Diff -a -ball.
Now let me explain a little bit about Diff -a -ball to you.
It's just like regular baseball, but people use their feet.
And it's half soccer, half baseball, and everyone wears a baseball uniform but they play with a soccer ball.
So get your food ready and hands up for the very first pitch of Diff -a -ball.
Great work, Travis.
And speaking of brand new sports, Noel, a nine -year -old in Canada sent us a story called Squirrel Wrestling Academy.
And this story is about a squirrel named Eddie who dreams of wrestling in a competition called The Interesting Games of Ever.
Which, by the way, is so famous that even Martians know about it.
But guess what? Nobody wants to let Eddie squirrel wrestle in the competition.
Can you believe it?
So Eddie takes matters into his own hands and starts a Squirrel Wrestling Academy.
This story is so good.
Thank you so much for sending it in, Noel.
And finally, from five -year -old Henry in California comes a story with my favorite title of the week.
Henry's story is called Public Bug.
It's about a simple bug who has one dream, to become public.
What does that mean, you wonder?
Well, I'll tell you.
It means that this bug wants to be mayor.
But not so fast. There are three tests that the public bug must go through to become mayor.
The first one is practicing being the mayor.
The second one is practicing protecting the city.
And finally, this bug must do the hardest trial of all and learn how to boss people.
Does this aspiring public bug succeed?
Well, you are going to have to read the original story to find out.
To read all of today's Roll Call stories, just head to storypirates .com slash podcast.
And now it's time for you to write us a story.
Grown -ups can submit kids stories at storypirates .com.
And remember, we respond to every single story we receive.
That's it for today's episode.
Thanks for listening and a big thanks to Nash, today's author.
We'll be back next week with another brand new story.
Until then, stay creative and stay kind.
Bye! The Story Pirates podcast is a production of Story Pirates Studios, executive produced by Lee Overtree and Benjamin Salka.
This episode was produced by Sam Bear, McKenna Cox, Peter McNerney, Andrew Miller, and Lee Overtree.
Recording sound design and mixing by Sam Bear at the Relic Room in New York City.
Our theme song was written by Bobby Lord and produced by Sam Bear, Bobby Lord, Jack Mitchell, and Brendan O 'Grady.
Roll Call theme by Andrew Barbada.
Musical scoring by Jack Mitchell and Eric Kirsten.
If Summer Only Lasted Today was adapted by McKenna Cox.
This episode features performances by Sarah Morgan -Ashley, Dewey Caddell, Mark David Christiansen, Angela Gia -Bratana, Tara Halpern, Peter McNerney, and Kento Morita.
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C -bob. Try it. C -bob.
C -bob. C -bob. C -bob.
C -bob. Hey, you got any c -bobs?
Here's your c -bob. Enjoy the c -bob.
Hey, thanks for the c -bob.
C -bob. C -bob. C -bob.
Hey, Bob, thanks for the c -bob.
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