Hey Story Pirates Podcast listeners, Peter here!
Today's brand new story features one of my favorite storytelling devices, going back in time, then going back further in time, then even further, and then back to the future, I mean the present, but it's kind of the future for someone somewhere in the past, right?
Anyway, that's 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 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.
Grown Ups, 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.
They 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.
Do you know how to play an instrument?
Me too. Actually, I consider myself a very musical person.
Did you know I was once in an a cappella group?
What's an a cappella group you ask?
Well, I'll sing you the answer.
A Boop, a Boop, a Boop, a Boop, a Boop, a Boop.
This is the bass part and then someone else sings the next part.
Doo -wah, a doo -doo -wah, a doo -wah, a doo -doo -wah.
And then there's one guy with a really high voice sings this next part.
Like, this is an a cappella group.
Yeah. That was great, right?
And where are you going?
We do cover some popular songs too.
Okay, fine. Let's just do today's new story, which luckily for you is not about my a cappella group.
But it is about a musical instrument.
Here's the author to introduce it.
Hi, I'm Stanley. I live in California and I'm 10 years old.
And this is my story, the time -traveling violin.
Morning, Joey. Morning, Mom.
Good morning, Joey.
Morning, great, great, great grandpa.
Happy birthday. I'm 235 years young today.
He talks so slow. Let's have birthday cake.
No, you eat it too fast because you're always in a rush.
Why don't you slow down for once and spend some quality time with your great, great, great grandpa?
Oh, Mom. Just try. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to play my favorite saxophone.
We're a musical family.
Ah, Joey, you are my favorite.
Great, great, great, great, great, great, grandson, grand, grandson, son.
Finally. Now, for my favorite game, meditating.
You mean breathing in and out?
Slowly. No, thanks.
I breathe fast, like this.
Joey, you're breathing so fast in here, I can't hear myself play saxophone.
Can't you just spend a few minutes with your great, great, great grandpa?
He's not that great.
Joey, until you learn some patience, go to the attic.
I love the saxophone.
The attic is boring.
Just the same old stuff, mom's tubas, trombones and trumpets.
Whoa, that's weird.
I never noticed this old violin before.
I bet I could play it.
We're a musical family.
I'm a natural. Now to speed it up.
I'm as good as Mozart and Ray Chen.
Faster. Wow, forks are flying.
The year is 2024, 2023, 2022.
My job is saying what the year is.
Oh, I was just in my attic.
Now where am I? Howdy stranger.
Welcome to this old timey train car.
Would you like a spot of old timey tea?
Who is our old timey cream and old timey sugar?
This is a grand old old timey time.
Maybe this guy has some answers.
Excuse me. Hey, what is it, Shoney?
I was just in the middle of my favorite game, breathing in and out, but slowly.
Huh? That's also what my great, great, great grandpa calls it.
But there's no way you're him.
He's old and you're less old.
What year is it, mister?
It's 1902, Shoney. What?
I traveled to the past?
How? If you play violin fast enough, you travel back in time.
Everyone knows that.
Simple physics. The basis for many films.
So I'm stuck here? He makes it sound like a bad thing.
Kind of insulting, actually.
Ouch. I have an idea.
I'll compose a new piece of music for you.
I come from a musical family.
Be sharp and then a little C12 and then a chord there and a hot.
Play this. An original song called As Slow As Possible.
And I'll play it as fast as possible.
No! If you play it fast, you'll go back further in time.
You think this is old timey?
This is new timey compared to the old old timey.
Too late. I'm already playing.
The year is 1801, 1900, 1899.
I love my job! I was just in the old timey train car.
Now, where am I? Howdy, stranger.
Welcome to our horse -drawn carriage.
Would you like a spot of old old timey tea?
With some cream and sugar and dirt.
This is a grand old old old timey time.
I'll do a little less dirt next time.
Why do we put dirt in it?
I bet this guy knows what's going on.
Excuse me. Hey, what is it, sonny?
I was just in the middle of my favorite game.
Breathing in. You mean breathing in and out?
Now, there's an idea.
What year is it, mister?
Why, it's 1780, sonny.
We just invented horses.
I came up with the name.
Just sounds right, horses.
We should have called them tall, fast pigs.
1780? I traveled even further back in time.
This song didn't work.
Let me see that. I come from a musical family.
It's called As Slow As Possible.
I played it fast and traveled back in time.
What if you did the opposite?
You mean playing the song As Slow As Possible as slowly as possible?
Makes sense to me. The logic is foolproof.
The base is for many films.
What's a film? How would I know?
Fair enough. But I do things fast.
I'm impatient. You must practice patience.
Breathe in and out.
I bet you're going to tell me to do it slowly.
Breathing in and out and slowly?
This is a lot of new information to process in one day.
Let's try. Wow. They look so tranquil.
Almost meditative. There, there, you tall, fast pig.
We agreed on horses.
How are you feeling, sonny?
I think I'm ready to play the song, but slowly.
Here I go. The year is 1781.
1782. 1783. The numbers are coming up now.
Every day is an adventure in my job.
1784. 1785. 1785. Huh.
I'm back in the attic.
But what year is it?
1780? 1902? I'm afraid to find out.
Hi, Joey. Mom. I'm back in the present.
No, it's the past. What?
When you said that, it was technically in the past.
Now is the present.
But it just became the past.
Okay. Now is the present.
Now it just changed again.
I'm here too. Great, great, great, grandpa.
I found a violin and played it but too fast and traveled in times in 1902.
This story is taking too long.
Oh, wow. That is rude.
The end. We'll be right back.
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 our partnership, you can get six free issues of The Week Junior for your family delivered right to your mailbox by going to theweekjunior .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.
Our first story comes to us from a three -year -old from Hawaii named Laiku.
And Laiku's story is called Egg Pies.
Now I love this story.
It is short but sweet.
And it's got one of those endings where you think it's over.
And then you get just one more key detail.
Spoiler alert, here's how the story ends.
The baby hatched out of his egg.
Then the baby grew up.
Then the baby was finally done.
And he drive a car.
The end. Yeah. The story said the baby was done.
But the baby wasn't done.
Because the baby had to drive that car.
Incredible detail and incredible job.
Laiku. Our next story comes to us from a ten -year -old from Texas named Ellie.
And Ellie has what I think is my favorite title of a story for this week.
Ellie's story is called The Girl Who Randomly Ate an Apple.
And then got magical powers.
Now have you ever heard the phrase an apple a day keeps the doctor away?
Yeah, I've heard that too.
And I always assumed that it meant that if you eat apples, you're being healthy, then you won't have to go to the doctor as much.
And not that if you eat apples, you will have magical powers for one hour.
So you can magically do whatever you want, including sound like a robot or fly.
You know, those are just some of the things I learned from reading this incredible story.
You will too. You should give it a read.
Incredible job, Ellie.
Our final story of the day comes from a six -year -old from Wisconsin named Oliver.
And Oliver's story is called The Germs Getaway.
Now this is our second roll call story of the day with an incredible surprise appearance from a car.
Check out the beginning of The Germs Getaway.
Once upon a time in a car that was also as big as a skyscraper.
Why was the toothbrush after them?
Are they in a mouth?
Is the car in the mouth?
How big is this mouth?
Does the toothbrush have legs?
Who's holding the toothbrush?
A mouth bigger than a skyscraper.
It has a big mouth.
Epic. Just like this story.
Oliver, wild, wacky stuff.
I love it. To read all of today's roll call stories, head to storypirates .com slash podcast.
Now it's time for you to write us a story.
Grownups can submit kids stories at storypirates .com.
And remember, we respond to every single story we receive.
That was roll call.
That's it for today's episode.
Thanks for listening.
And a big thanks to Stanley, 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 Baer, McKenna Cox, Peter McNerney, Andrew Miller and Lee Overtree.
Recording, sound design and mixing by Sam Baer at the Relic Room in New York City.
Our theme song was written by Bobby Lord and produced by Sam Baer, Bobby Lord, Jack Mitchell and Brendan O 'Grady.
Roll call theme by Andrew Barbetta.
Musical scoring by Jack Mitchell and Eric Derson.
The time traveling violin was adapted by Woody Fu.
This episode features performances by Greg Barnett, Alec Brown, Sherry Lane, Anna Marr, Peter McNerney, Rebecca Robles and Ari Wood.
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