Hey Story Pirates Podcast listeners, Lee here.
Today we decided to bring you an incredible brand new story because, well, we care.
We care a lot about you, and you, and you, and yeah, even that guy over there.
And we'll prove it right after a few words for the grownups.
Hey grownups, season seven 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.
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 you'll probably never know.
The Story Pirates. Welcome back to the Story Pirates Podcast.
You know, it seems like these days they can make almost anything into a competition.
If you turn on the TV, you'll see all sorts of things turned into a competition.
And today's author took that notion and really ran with it.
Though honestly, this particular competition kind of makes sense to me.
Here's the author to introduce it.
Hi, I'm Logan. I'm 12 years old and I'm from West Virginia.
This is me. Good morning, Mom.
Good morning, Kimmy.
Look what I found all dusty in the closet, my old teddy bear.
Kimmy, not on the table.
I just spent all morning dusting the house.
Good morning, family.
Good morning, Dad. And what a great morning it is.
I have my newspaper, my coffee, and my perfect family.
I care for a great deal.
Oh, I care about you too, Dad.
Thanks, Kimmy. That's nice of you to say.
But I'm pretty sure as your father, I care about you just a little bit more than you do me.
Not that it matters, but I definitely think I'm the most caring person in this family.
Oh, you do, do you?
So I guess helping to bring you into this world means nothing, huh?
Is that what you're saying?
Oh, you're going to throw that in my face.
I'm not throwing it and anyone's face I'm stating a simple fact.
Kimmy, Kimmy, listen to yourself because you're not making any sense.
You two cut it out.
If you really cared, you'd stop fighting and appreciate this breakfast I made for you.
Quite right, Barbara.
So sorry. Yeah, thanks, Mom.
It's great. Now let's just eat.
Right. I'm just going to open my newspaper here.
And while I read, I'm going to take a nice long sip of my coffee.
Oh, Timothy, I meant to tell you the Snydermans are coming.
Ah, Timothy. No time.
Look at what I just read in the newspaper.
There's a new competition in town called the Carathon.
We should join in. A Carathon?
Competitive caring?
I don't know. That sounds like.
A great idea. Kimmy, how does it work?
All it says is the Carathon is where you try to out -care for each other.
That's ridiculous. I wouldn't be caught dead doing something.
The winner gets six septillion dollars.
Kimmy, get your coat.
To the Carathon. This line to register for the Carathon is taking forever.
We've been waiting for three hours.
At this rate, we're never going to get to the front of this line.
Next. Oh, that's us.
Hello. We're here to register for the Carathon.
I'm Timothy. This is my wife, Barbara, and our daughter, Kimmy.
I'm very caring. That's true.
Though maybe not quite as caring as a old man.
Probably more caring, actually.
Oh, is that right? Yes, that is right.
I'm the most caring person in the world.
You clearly both care a lot.
Thank you. Here are your wristbands.
Welcome to the Carathon.
You can head on in.
Let's go, family. I hope it doesn't start too quickly.
Hello, Care fans. Welcome to the first ever national Carathon competition.
I'm your host, Stand By You.
And I'm Troy Attaboy.
Attaboy. Today is looking to be an intensely competitive battle royale of caring.
Let's meet today's contestants.
Hailing all the way from Smileyburg, Kansas, say hello to Karen Gotchaback.
I hope that I win. But more importantly, I hope that we all have a good time today.
Wow. Some fiercely friendly words from Karen.
Up next is a family of three that just registered.
First, let's say hello to the mom, Barbara.
Wow. We literally just registered and now I'm in the middle of a stadium surrounded by thousands of people.
Up next, here comes Barbara's very own daughter, Kimmy.
Yeah, I'm here. I care.
And you're all going down.
Finally, our fourth and final contestant, say hello to the dad, Timothy.
Who dares to care more than I, the most caring person on earth?
Yeah, we were the only person on earth.
Oh, here we go. Yeah, we're going to do it right now.
That's fine to me, because I can do goodness gracious me.
These two really seem to care a lot about caring.
And here comes tonight's referee, Walt.
Let's just have fun out there to explain the rules.
All right, caretestants, the rules are simple.
Whoever can be the most caring, the longest amount of time wins.
Any off and the crowd goes wild.
Looks like Timothy and Karen have started by trying to care for each other.
Hey, Karen, please let me help you out by tucking you into this bed over here.
Oh, I'm just fine, Timothy.
But you look thirsty.
Have a glass of water.
No, please let me read you a bedtime story.
No, have the water.
I insist. Once upon a time, there were three bears.
Oh, you must be so parched from the storytelling.
Here comes Goldilocks.
Wow. Timothy and Karen are battling toe to toe.
Meanwhile, Barbara and Kimmy have started cleaning the house.
And by house, do you mean this stadium?
Attaboy! Could everyone in the first row lift up your feet?
I just want to sweep all that popcorn out from under there.
Second row, throw your empty wrappers into this trash can from downtown and switch.
Smart thinking, Kimmy.
Stop trying to get into my head, mom.
Wow. Kimmy is caring hard for the entire audience while Barbara is struggling to keep up.
Let's check in with Karen and Timothy who are still locked in an intense care down.
Please, you seem tense.
I made you some chamomile tea.
Have some. You're the one who's been standing all day.
Let me rub your feet.
Stop untying my laces.
Drink the tea. Take off your shoes.
Wow. Things are getting weird.
Meanwhile, it looks like Barbara is still struggling.
If everyone could please lift their feet up, I can't sweep this whole stadium with everyone's muddy boots stomping around.
It's too much. I can't take it anymore.
I'm out. Oh, and it looks like our first care tested to tap out is Barbara.
Yes. It's okay, honey.
Go on without me. I'm rooting for you.
Even in defeat, Barbara still cares about her family.
Meanwhile, neither Timmy nor Karen have given up any care ground.
Sir, please, all I want to do is wrap you in this blankie and rock you to sleep like a little baby.
Come here. No, no, I'm making you a friendship bracelet.
We simply must keep in touch after this.
Can you get your hands off of me?
Stop rocking. So cared about.
Oh, and Timothy has tapped out as well.
I told you I cared more than you did.
I care the most. Kimmy, be careful.
Don't be like me. I'm such a fool.
What? What do you mean?
I thought I could scream my way into caring, but I was wrong.
I was wrong. But how am I supposed to win without arguing?
It's all I know. Kimmy, we don't care if you win.
We just care about you.
Mom and dad. Wow. Something special seems to be happening down on that field.
Is it possible that this family is discovering the true meaning of caring?
Speaking of caring, here comes Karen.
Attaboy. Kimmy, you seem tired.
Why don't you take a little nap just like your father?
Karen. I am not going to fight my way into caring.
Instead, I'm going to do what my mom would do.
I'm going to quietly dust this entire stadium.
Not for the recognition, not for the prize money, but because it simply needs to be done.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have some dusting to do.
My goodness. Kimmy is right.
Caring isn't about me.
Caring is about everyone else.
I don't deserve to win.
I'm out. And that's the game.
Kimmy has outcared the ball.
We go now to our reporter on the field to speak with the care champion.
Sorry. I had to run down from the booth.
Kimmy, congratulations.
How does it feel to have won the competition?
Sorry, I can't really talk.
I have a lot more dusting to do.
Fair enough. Barbara and Timothy, what do you have to say?
Seeing my family truly care for each other is reward enough.
Oh, so does that mean you don't want the six eptillion dollars?
We'll live like kings.
Timothy. I mean. We'll give it to charity.
Atta boy. The end. We'll be right back after these words for the grownups.
Hey grownups, season seven 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 grownups.
As part of partnership, you can get six free issues of the week junior for your family delivered right to your mailbox by going to the week junior dot com slash story pirates.
And don't forget the story pirates amazing adventure tour continues October fifth and sixth with shows in Connecticut and New Hampshire.
You can find tickets at story pirates dot com slash live.
Now back to the show.
And now it's time for story pirates roll call.
First up, we have a story from 10 year old Petra in Alberta, Canada called for some reason Under the Sea and New Yak.
And I'm obsessed with this story because it's full of acronyms.
And the first letters of every word in like a phrase or a name or a title.
So for example, in this story, there is a bunny named carrot who goes to the city for some reason Under the Water, which is also known as TCFSR UW and carrot goes to TCFSR UW to learn to be an astronaut at TSAFSR UW, also known as the Space Academy for some reason underwater.
And those aren't the only acronyms in the story either because later carrot goes to TSB CFSR UW also known as the Spaceship Building Center for some reason underwater.
And then they go to the TSLCFSR UW also known as the Spaceship Launching Center for some reason underwater.
Anyway, the whole story is amazing.
And you should definitely read it.
But Petra, thanks especially for all the great acronyms.
Or should I say T -E -F -A -T -G -A.
Next up, we have a story from six year old Ty in Massachusetts called Happy Birthday Hand Sanitizer.
And this story features my favorite character of the week, a 79 year old bottle of hand sanitizer.
Now, Ty, I just have to say making your main character a bottle of hand sanitizer is actually genius.
We see these bottles everywhere.
They're such a part of our lives.
And I never thought one could be alive, let alone 79 years old and celebrating a birthday.
Incredible work, Ty.
And finally from Duncan and Scotia, two siblings from British Columbia, we have the Tooth Fairy roommate.
And this story has a lot of facts about the Tooth Fairy that I really did not know.
For example, the Tooth Fairy is assigned to each family, a different Tooth Fairy.
And if your family moves, the Tooth Fairy moves with you and lives in your house.
She lives in the vents of your house.
And when she collects your teeth, she decorates the vents with them.
The vents are full of teeth.
This is my favorite part teeth that belong to all the people who have ever lived in your house.
I think that's pretty amazing.
It's kind of creepy and also pretty amazing.
You have got to read the rest of this story.
Duncan, Scotia, incredible work my friends.
To read all of today's roll call stories, head to StoryPirates .com slash podcast.
And now it's time for you to write us a story.
Grown up skin, some McKids 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 Logan, 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.
The Carathon was adopted by Peter McNerney.
This episode features performances by Langston Darby, Chris Ferry, Tara Halpern, Cassidy Layton, Peter McNerney, Alexander Nader and Harry Wood.
Yup, Lee from The Story Pirates over here.
Still just Karen. Karen, a lot.
No, not like my name is Karen.
I'm caring. I'm caring about everyone I come into contact with.
I care about Peter and Megan and Rachel and Nimini and Eric and Lufa and Smitty and Rolo and Siegfried.
I care about, well, I care about you, listener and you, the other listener.
I care about you two siblings that are listening together.
I even care about mom and dad who are listening right over there and that guy over there.
I even care about, you know what?
I have to confess, I don't currently care about that guy, but I'd like to, hey guy, I would like to care about you.
Is that enough? Is that enough caring for you?
