Lee, Rolo and Smitty start tracking down the other members of the Story Pirates in NYC, starting with Meghan, who is starring in her very own Broadway show alongside a theatrical ghost (Heléne Yorke). Featuring two new stories: ‘Why Are There So Many Commercials?’, a story about two kids who find out the truth behind the constant barrage of advertisements on TV, written by Sarah, a 10 year old from New York, and ‘The Tooth Problem,’ a terrifying tale of cavities come to life, written by two siblings from Wisconsin, Kade and Avery.
Scroll down for the original stories behind the episode!
Illustration by Camila Franklin
Why Are There So Many Commercials?
by Sarah, age 10, New York
Hey Kaite, "Who do you think will win the cucumber contest!?" said Noah,
Katie replied "well I think Lily will because she is the cucumber BEAST!"
"Who do you think will win, Noah??" Katie said, I think David will win, replied Noah.
"Katie! The referee is saying who won shhh!" Noah said
"And the winner is........do you need something to make your house smell great...!?"
"UGH this is the worst! Why does a commercial have to come on at the worst time?" Noah said,
"I wish we could just go inside the TV and tell the people in the commercial to bug off," Kaite said.
"Kids, it's time for bed" The kids mom said "Ok mommmmm" Noah said
"Good night kids, "good night mom", "love you!
"Yawn, gasp oh no! Noah Noah!!! We're inside the TV and a commercial is almost on!" Kaite said
"Hey Kaite! Our wish came true!
Noah said "You're right!"
The commercial people are right on top of us, let's go tell them to bug off! Kaite said
Ya this is our chance! "Hey commercial guy!"
"My name is not commercial guy!" said commercial man.
"So what's your name?" Naoh said.
"My name is Tom but I like it when people call me a commercial man." Commercial man said
"Okkkkk? So commercial man can you help us take away all the commercials from the world?" Kaite asked
"Why should I help you guys?" The commercial man said
"Well , because we hate commercials." They both replied
"Well.... OkI agree there's no reason not to hate commercials. I will help you guys" Commercial man said
"Yay 😁! But how? Let's just change the channel and stop the people from doing their jobs" said Noah.
"Good idea" Katie said, "Ok here I go!"
-Click- "Hey commercial man!" Said Katie
"My name is commercial guy"
"Ok just stop doing your job! Noah said
"Ok fine."
-Click-
"Hey commercial guy" Kaite said
"My name is not-"
"We know it's commercial man!"
"NO it's Bobbbbb" he said
"Oh please stop doing your job!"
"Fine only because you said please" Bob said
-Click-
"Just stop doing your job!"
"NO" said annoying commercial guy
"Wait what! " said Noah
"I DON'T WANT TO! I like annoying people" annoying commercial guy said
"WHY? Said Katie
"Just because I don't want to HA HA HAAAA!"
"NOOOO" Noah said
Suddenly they woke up and Katie said "It was just a dream!"
"Oh good! Let's get breakfast replied Noah
"Hey kids, this is an old friend of mine!" The kids mom said
"Hey Noah isn't that the same guy from the commercial!? That would not stop doing his job?" Katie Said
"I think it is!"
"AHH!" both of them said
A few minutes later... "hey kids i will not stop advertising annoying" commercial guy said
"Noah" Katie said
"Yes?" said Noah
RUN!!!!! Kaite said
THE END😆📺📖
The Tooth Problem
by Kade and Avery, age 9, Wisconsin
Roll Call Stories
Wesley's Pizza Restaurant/Wesley's Restaurant
by Alma, age 5, California
It was very noisy and loud in Wesley's Restaurant. Everyone was ordering at once so there had to be a lot of servers at Wesley's Restaurant.
There was a crazy cat that sent the boss (Wesley) on an adventure to get new ingredients for new types of pizzas because everyone wanted a new type of pizza.
Crazy the Cat was also very hungry. So he jumped up on everbody's table and ate up all their food and slurped up all their drinks.
Once Crazy the Cat was full, he went to sleep.
Meanwhile.....
Wesley the boss found really good ingredients in the rainforest. He found basil. He was the first person to ever find it. He found roasted worms and he roasted them by bringing an oven in his backpack. He also had two bananas.
He took them back on a sea airplane. He was flying it because he took lessons last week. The plane ride was funny and crazy and fun.
The customers loved the new ingredients. They were super hungry because of Crazy the Cat and the told Wesley all about it. And they told him that Crazy the Cat should have a time out.
The End.
The Cat That Can Not Finish a Sentence!!
by Teddy, age 8, Ohio
"Hi, I am a cat and my name is..."
"Hey cat over there, would you like a..."
"As I was saying, my name is..."
"Hey cat over there, would you like a..."
"AS I WAS SAYING, MY NAME IS..."
"English muffins for sale"
"I will just tell you, my name is Teddy!!"
When Cow Got a Shell
by Evalena, age 7, Maryland
Once there was a cow that wanted to wear a turtle shell. He wanted to do it so much that he walked to the costume shop and said “Do you have any turtle shells here?” And they said “No we do not. We do not capture turtles for turtle shells. We do make fabric ones if you’d like them.”
And he said “No, I don’t want one of those, I want a real turtle shell.”
So they said “Go to the pet store and find out if they have turtle shells.”
And he did. But they said, “Sorry, but we don’t take turtles. Try asking the animal repair shop. They might have free turtle shells.”
And so he did. He was walking there and he saw some turtle shells in a shop window. The shop was called ‘Turtle Wertle.’ But the sign said “no animals that are not turtles allowed.” And he was very sad. He didn’t like that. He wanted to go in and buy a turtle shell.
So he asked his mama, “Mama, can you disguise me as a turtle and let me go to the turtle shop? Because I want to buy my own turtle shell.”
And mama cow said, “I already bought you one because I know how much you love them.” And he said, “Thank you mama.” And he ran upstairs where there was a huge turtle shell as a present.
But his friend Hare came over, and saw that Cow had a new shell. But Hare didn’t know it was Cow, and Turtle was also visiting.
Hare said “Would you like to race with me?”
And Turtle said “Of course I would.”
And then they started racing. Cow was in the shell, and he raced too. He was faster than Hare. And Hare went for a nap, so Cow got even more of a head start.
So Cow kept running. And then Hare’s sister (Haress, is her name) said “Hare wake up! Hare wake up!” But Hare wouldn’t wake up.
Cow won the race. The end!
