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In this silly story, a girl named Imogen notices a terrible smell coming from the farm near her house. It's so bad, she can't even fall asleep without nose plugs. Then, things get even worse when Imogen notices the smell at her school. Even the principal can't handle it. Has a principal ever shut down an entire school because of a bad smell? And what about the rest of town?
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In this silly story, a girl named Imogen notices a terrible smell coming from the farm near her house. It's so bad, she can't even fall asleep without nose plugs. Then, things get even worse when Imogen notices the smell at her school. Even the principal can't handle it. Has a principal ever shut down an entire school because of a bad smell? And what about the rest of town?
Warning: this goofy story for kids may result in smiles, snorts, and possibly some LOLs. Listen at your own discretion.
*Shout-out and character name lists remain closed
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hellel story Time is really not a bloring time. Rabbis standing,
You'll be fine. Follow the whole storyline, Hellol story Time,
might you live at least one time story Welcome back
to the show, and right off the bat, a quick
update for those of you on the character name list.
Because it's been closed for over a year, I've been
reaching out to see who on that list is still interested.
(00:24):
If you're on it, but if youet to hear from me,
well that probably means I don't have any way to
contact you. So in order to save your spot, just
email the show using feedback at lolstorytime dot com. Today's
story is called an Interesting Smell and features a character
named after Imagen. How about some shadows for the following listeners.
(00:44):
Warren Harry C. From Gold Coast, Australia, Riley from Santa Clara, California,
John Hudson, Elliott and Tucker, Jack and Margo from Oklahoma City,
Grace and Isaiah from Johannesburg, South Africa, Milo, Vivian mom,
Dad and their lizard Tater Taught from Livermore, California, Zoe
(01:04):
from Maryland along with her dog Rocky, Tim and his
dog Coco, lev and his little sister, Noah Hunter and
Sadie Fraser, Aditya and Harshitta from India, Andre Bautista from Albany,
New York, Finley and Malia from Nova Scotia, Canada. Max
Sebby and Addie Grandon Eddie with their dog Whiskey and
(01:26):
their cat Mister George Peace Wagger's esquire. Now, I don't
know about you, but I think it's about time we
jump into the story. This is the story of a smell,
A real stinker of a smell, a smell so bad
shut down an entire school. Ugh Imogen first noticed the
(01:51):
smell when she was going to bed one night and
had the hardest time falling asleep because of it. Oh,
p you, what is that awful smell? It's worse than
rotten eggs. Now Like many of us, Imagen had never
actually smelled rotten eggs, but she'd heard about them. People
were always using rotten eggs to paint a picture of
how bad something smelled. They're famously stinky. Well. Imagen did
(02:16):
eventually fall asleep that night, but only because she had
thought the pincher nose shut with a clothespin. Needless to say,
it was not the best sleep she'd ever had. In
the morning, she removed her nose plug, but the awful
smell was still there, and it wasn't just in her room.
She could smell it everywhere in the house. When her
father walked into the kitchen during breakfast, the first thing
(02:37):
he said was, WHOA, that's an interesting smell. Now, isn't
it interesting? Dad? It's the worst smell I've ever smelled.
What is that? Well, you know how it is living
so close to a farm. There's always a number of
interesting smells to look forward to throughout the year. Dad,
(02:57):
Why do you keep saying interesting? You should be using
words like fowl putrid, nasty and mac nasty, awful, boboffel,
or stink horrific. Those are the only words that belong
next to this smell, and maybe even all of them
at once. It was true that living close to a
farm did mean the occasional bad smell, but in all
her years living in this house, never had she ever
(03:20):
smelled anything quite like this. At school that morning, Imogen
was bummed out to discover that the farm smell had
made its way there as well. Everyone was complaining about it.
Ew it smells like a skunk ate some pickled fish.
That's not pickled fish, corrected another kid. That's the smell
(03:41):
of moldy cheese that's been left sitting out in the sun.
I don't think that has anything to do with food,
said someone else. I bet you my dad is just
airing out his smelly gym shoes. Imagen had to explain
that it was coming from the farm by her house. Normally,
the farm smells never made it this far, but this
was also not one of their usual smells. This smell
(04:04):
was different. The teachers were doing their best to ignore
it and carry on, but even they found it distracting.
All right, class, please take out your notebooks and write
down the following numbers in odor I mean order. And
then in music class they heard the teacher say today
we'll be learning about one of my favorite musical instruments,
(04:26):
the twote I mean flute. Everyone was very distracted, to
say the least. It took all that they had just
to make it through to the end of the day,
and to Imagen's disappointment, the smell was still present that night.
It's a good thing Mom's away this week, Imagen said
to her dad during dinner. She can't even handle the
(04:46):
smell of a tiny little burp. Imagen's mom had left
hand with their pet dog to compete in a dog show.
Every year she brought the dog there, and every year
she was convinced that was going to be the year
that they brought home first price. But the best this
poor dog had ever pulled off was fourth place. Imagen
tried to imagine what her mother might say if she
were here to smell the so called interesting smell. She'd
(05:09):
probably keel over. Dad, how come you weren't using your
nose plugs anymore? Imogen asked, Well, I think I've actually
gotten used to the smell. Imagen held a bottle of
her mother's perfume up to her dad's nose. Dad, tell
me what you smell now? Well, I don't smell anything.
(05:30):
Is that water you've got there? Imogen laughed. D Dad,
you haven't gotten used to the smell. Your nose is
just given up. It's called it quits. During bathtime, Imagen
brought her mother's perfume to the bathroom and sprayed it
all over. It seemed like a good idea to try
and mask the smell, but she still needed nose plugs
(05:52):
at school The next day. The principal was furious. I
can't believe the school still stinks. I won't accept this.
This unacceptable, unacceptable. As principal, it's my job to get
to the bottom of this. Kids. I need all of
you to take off your shoes. Someone here has stinky socks,
and I'm about to find out who it is. One
(06:14):
by one, the principal went around sniffing everyone socks while
the children just giggled. It was the strangest thing they'd
ever seen happen at school. Even the teachers thought it
was funny. They made sure to take plenty of photos
to put in the yearbook of the principle down on
his hands and knees, sniffing socks. Attention everyone, I've located
the source of the smell. From what I can tell,
(06:34):
the smells coming from everybody socks and all of the tables,
the chairs, the desks, the apples on the teacher's desks,
my office, the janitor's office, and oh, who am I kidding?
The smell is just everywhere. How am I supposed to
figure out where it begins? Imagen was just about to
tell the principle about the farm when he made a really, really,
(06:56):
really wonderful announcement. I can't take it any I'm shutting
down the school for the rest of the day and
sending everybody home but me first. Okay, bye bye. There
were hoots and hollers as everyone ran for the nearest
exit walking children. Remember, we don't run in the halls.
Oh who am I kidding? It smells like an ogre's
(07:18):
armpit in here. Run, children run. Since Imagen had the
rest of the day off school, she decided to pay
a visit to the farm. Someone had to say something
to these people. It's fine and dandy to be polite
and not point out when someone passes gas, but this
was a whole different ballgame. When she got there, she
found the farmer tending to some pigs. Mister Tigglesworth. I
(07:41):
was wondering if I could talk to you about that
really uh interesting smell, mister Tigglesworth. The farmer looked up
at Imogen. What smell? Oh? That one wolf? That is
an interesting smell. Indeed, mister Tigglesworth looked down at the
pig in front of him. Betsy was that you? Come on,
(08:03):
we've got company. He then turned back to Imogen. I'm
really sorry about that. This is the first time I've
ever seen or let out a smell like that before.
Imogen throwed her brows. Um, wait, so you're only just
noticing the smell now, like this is the first time
you've you know, smelt it. The farmer nodded his head
(08:27):
while fanning a cloth in front of his face to
try and push the smell along. Yeah, bold, Betsy must
have let one rip just as you were coming up.
Unless it was you, I'm just teasing. Sorry, that was rude.
I apologize. Imagen normally would have laughed, but she wasn't
laughing this time, not because she had found the joke rude.
(08:48):
She was worried it might be true. What if the
smell was coming from her. Imogen raced back home and
flew through the door, barely pausing to greet her father,
Hi Dad, no school today, I'm she was gonna spend
the rest of the day taking a bath. Bye, And
that girl wasn't kidding. She took one bath after another,
eventually losing counter of how many baths she had taken.
(09:10):
She didn't come out of that tub until dinnertime. After
towbling off for the last time and putting her clothes on.
She made her way downstairs, where she hesitantly removed her
nose plugs and carefully took a whiff. Oh no, it
still smells. It still smells. Imogen had a light bulb moment.
She got on the phone and called her friend Eveya,
(09:32):
who lived close to the school. Oh hey, friend said Imogen,
what are you up to? Nothing, answered Avea. Okay, Well,
I was just calling the chat and you know, talk
about how strange it is that they shut the whole
school down when practically the whole town smells, you know,
not like we really got to escape it by going home.
(09:55):
Avea didn't seem to know what Imogen was talking about. Oh, man,
the whole town is starting to smell now. I didn't
know that it still smells perfectly fine at my house.
It was just as Imogen had feared. She hung up
the phone and called three other friends, all of whom
reported the same thing. No smell in any of their
homes either. Imogen couldn't help, but wonder was it only
(10:20):
because she hadn't visited her friends this week. During dinner,
Imagen was sullen and quiet as she sat slumped over
picking at her food. Something else was now weighing heavily
on her mind, Dad, would you still love me even
if I smelled like old underwear left in a lunch box?
Imagen's dad didn't flinch, he didn't even look up, and
(10:41):
he certainly didn't need any time to come up with
an answer. Girl, I'd still love you even if that
underwear had been dipped in some kind of funky, burnt
popcorn soup. Her dad then looked down at a notification
he had received on his phone. Oh that's good news.
Looks like your school is planning to re open tomorrow.
They sent someone over to check on it, and it's
(11:02):
already smelling a lot better, probably because I'm not there,
image and mumbled not loud enough for her dad to hear.
When she woke up in the morning, she was more
nervous than ever about removing her nose plug. What if
more than twenty baths hadn't been enough. What if she
still smelled? Would she even be allowed back at school?
(11:23):
Imaging closed her eyes as she slowly removed the nose plug,
and then nearly fell over while gagging. She tried not
to fumble while putting the nose plug quickly back on. Dad,
can I stay home today, image and begged not today.
Love your mother's coming home today, and I need to
clean this place up so it looks like we didn't
just order pizzas and sit around watching movies the whole time.
(11:46):
Even though no one at school had figured out that
the smell was coming from her, she didn't want to
be responsible for shutting the school down day after day.
Eventually someone was going to figure it out, so instead
of going to class when she showed up at school,
I had to pay a visit to the principal's office.
Principal Schmorg, may I please come in? Of course, please
(12:08):
come in, have a seat. The sun is shining, the
air is fresh, and all I can smell today is oh,
come on, the smell is back. Seriously, what is this?
Imagen noticed that her hands were shaking, Sir h I
think the smell might be coming from me. I don't
(12:29):
know why, but apparently I stink now, so just thought
I should let you know. Oh okay, then, well, thank
you for telling me and being honest about it. I'm
sure that wasn't easy. Principal Schmorg leaned back in his chair.
You know, when I was a kid, I didn't like
taking baths very much either. I wins went two weeks
(12:49):
without taking one, but then I noticed that everyone was
keeping a safe distance from me, except for the flies.
I certainly didn't smell like a hockey bag stuffed with
old onions and bee like you do. But you know
what I'm trying to get out of here is that
you need to take a bath. Then and only then
will I be able to have you back here at school.
Imagen didn't bother to tell Principal Schmork that she had
(13:12):
already taken a bath, well lots of baths. Instead, she
did as she was told and went home to take
what felt like her thirtieth bath since yesterday. While sitting
in the tub, long passed when her skin had adopted
the texture of her raisin, Imagen began to wonder if
she was perhaps doomed to spend the rest of her
days living in a tub. At one point during her bath,
she dozed off and had a dream about making friends
(13:34):
with a troll that lived in a dumpster behind a
seafood restaurant. His name was Stinky Joe, and he was
the only one who didn't mind putting up with her smell,
maybe because he also didn't smell so wonderful. Imogen woke
up to the sound of her mother's car pulling in
the driveway. Oh no, her mother, the woman with a
super sensitive nose, the woman who once cried when the
(13:55):
garbage truck drove by. Imogen jumped out of the tub
and made a beeline to her mother's car. The second
her mother opened the door, image and slapped a pair
of noseblugs over her mother's nose. Oh kay, said Imagen's mother, awkwardly.
What are these for? Is your father airing out his
gym bag again? Also? Where are your clothes? Imagen blushed,
(14:19):
and then ran back inside to get dressed. She knew
she wouldn't be able to keep her mother from finding
out about the smell forever, but she at least wanted
to buy herself a little bit of time before getting
kicked out of the house and being forced to live
in a dumpster behind a seafood restaurant with a troll
named Stinky Joe. Imagen came back downstairs and overheard her
mother complaining about the dog show to her father. We
(14:41):
didn't get first place, we didn't get second. We didn't
even get third, fourth or fifth. We came in last place.
Can you believe it? Last place? All because they thought
my sweet little doggie boot didn't smell good enough. Imagen's
mom pulled out a bottle of her daughter's bubble bath
from her bag and handed it to her daughter. Sorry, dear,
(15:01):
looks like I packed your bubble bath instead of the
doggy shampoo. Imagen slowly backed away without saying anything, and
then ran upstairs to the bathroom. She grabbed the bottle
she'd been using for her bubble baths all week and
looked at the label Bark and Shine Deep Cleaning Concentrated
dog Shampoo. In a moment, her mother was behind her. Oh, yep,
(15:24):
that's the one that's what cost me first place. It's funny, though,
because if you were to smell that stuff, you'd never
believe it works. It smells like frog burps. Even though
I only need to add one tiny drop of it
to a tub of water, I still have to open
all of the windows in the house and put on
five pairs of nose plugs. But something about it works
(15:44):
perfectly with dog fur. It dries with a nice shine
and smells great. Though I'd hate to think of what
it would do if a person tried it, Imogen thought
about that just one drop was all you needed. She'd
used up more than half of the bottle just this
week alone. You know, Mom, I just realized something. I'm
kind of in the mood for my thirty first bubble bath.
(16:06):
You know how much I like to smell as fresh
as a daisy. But do me a favor and keep
those nose plugs on for a little while longer. Something
weird's been happening over at the farm this week. Smells
like an ogre's arn pit over there the end. That's
the story, And here is your question of the week.
(16:28):
What is something you've mistaken for something else? Hot sauce
instead of ketchup. I once used conditioner thinking it was
shampoo for over a week and couldn't figure out why
my hair was getting so greasy. Anyway, that's all for now.
We'll catch you on the next one.
Hellel story Time is really not a bloring time. Rabbis standing,
You'll be fine. Follow the whole storyline, Hellol story Time,
might you live at least one time story Welcome back
to the show, and right off the bat, a quick
update for those of you on the character name list.
Because it's been closed for over a year, I've been
reaching out to see who on that list is still interested.
(00:24):
If you're on it, but if youet to hear from me,
well that probably means I don't have any way to
contact you. So in order to save your spot, just
email the show using feedback at lolstorytime dot com. Today's
story is called an Interesting Smell and features a character
named after Imagen. How about some shadows for the following listeners.
(00:44):
Warren Harry C. From Gold Coast, Australia, Riley from Santa Clara, California,
John Hudson, Elliott and Tucker, Jack and Margo from Oklahoma City,
Grace and Isaiah from Johannesburg, South Africa, Milo, Vivian mom,
Dad and their lizard Tater Taught from Livermore, California, Zoe
(01:04):
from Maryland along with her dog Rocky, Tim and his
dog Coco, lev and his little sister, Noah Hunter and
Sadie Fraser, Aditya and Harshitta from India, Andre Bautista from Albany,
New York, Finley and Malia from Nova Scotia, Canada. Max
Sebby and Addie Grandon Eddie with their dog Whiskey and
(01:26):
their cat Mister George Peace Wagger's esquire. Now, I don't
know about you, but I think it's about time we
jump into the story. This is the story of a smell,
A real stinker of a smell, a smell so bad
shut down an entire school. Ugh Imogen first noticed the
(01:51):
smell when she was going to bed one night and
had the hardest time falling asleep because of it. Oh,
p you, what is that awful smell? It's worse than
rotten eggs. Now Like many of us, Imagen had never
actually smelled rotten eggs, but she'd heard about them. People
were always using rotten eggs to paint a picture of
how bad something smelled. They're famously stinky. Well. Imagen did
(02:16):
eventually fall asleep that night, but only because she had
thought the pincher nose shut with a clothespin. Needless to say,
it was not the best sleep she'd ever had. In
the morning, she removed her nose plug, but the awful
smell was still there, and it wasn't just in her room.
She could smell it everywhere in the house. When her
father walked into the kitchen during breakfast, the first thing
(02:37):
he said was, WHOA, that's an interesting smell. Now, isn't
it interesting? Dad? It's the worst smell I've ever smelled.
What is that? Well, you know how it is living
so close to a farm. There's always a number of
interesting smells to look forward to throughout the year. Dad,
(02:57):
Why do you keep saying interesting? You should be using
words like fowl putrid, nasty and mac nasty, awful, boboffel,
or stink horrific. Those are the only words that belong
next to this smell, and maybe even all of them
at once. It was true that living close to a
farm did mean the occasional bad smell, but in all
her years living in this house, never had she ever
(03:20):
smelled anything quite like this. At school that morning, Imogen
was bummed out to discover that the farm smell had
made its way there as well. Everyone was complaining about it.
Ew it smells like a skunk ate some pickled fish.
That's not pickled fish, corrected another kid. That's the smell
(03:41):
of moldy cheese that's been left sitting out in the sun.
I don't think that has anything to do with food,
said someone else. I bet you my dad is just
airing out his smelly gym shoes. Imagen had to explain
that it was coming from the farm by her house. Normally,
the farm smells never made it this far, but this
was also not one of their usual smells. This smell
(04:04):
was different. The teachers were doing their best to ignore
it and carry on, but even they found it distracting.
All right, class, please take out your notebooks and write
down the following numbers in odor I mean order. And
then in music class they heard the teacher say today
we'll be learning about one of my favorite musical instruments,
(04:26):
the twote I mean flute. Everyone was very distracted, to
say the least. It took all that they had just
to make it through to the end of the day,
and to Imagen's disappointment, the smell was still present that night.
It's a good thing Mom's away this week, Imagen said
to her dad during dinner. She can't even handle the
(04:46):
smell of a tiny little burp. Imagen's mom had left
hand with their pet dog to compete in a dog show.
Every year she brought the dog there, and every year
she was convinced that was going to be the year
that they brought home first price. But the best this
poor dog had ever pulled off was fourth place. Imagen
tried to imagine what her mother might say if she
were here to smell the so called interesting smell. She'd
(05:09):
probably keel over. Dad, how come you weren't using your
nose plugs anymore? Imogen asked, Well, I think I've actually
gotten used to the smell. Imagen held a bottle of
her mother's perfume up to her dad's nose. Dad, tell
me what you smell now? Well, I don't smell anything.
(05:30):
Is that water you've got there? Imogen laughed. D Dad,
you haven't gotten used to the smell. Your nose is
just given up. It's called it quits. During bathtime, Imagen
brought her mother's perfume to the bathroom and sprayed it
all over. It seemed like a good idea to try
and mask the smell, but she still needed nose plugs
(05:52):
at school The next day. The principal was furious. I
can't believe the school still stinks. I won't accept this.
This unacceptable, unacceptable. As principal, it's my job to get
to the bottom of this. Kids. I need all of
you to take off your shoes. Someone here has stinky socks,
and I'm about to find out who it is. One
(06:14):
by one, the principal went around sniffing everyone socks while
the children just giggled. It was the strangest thing they'd
ever seen happen at school. Even the teachers thought it
was funny. They made sure to take plenty of photos
to put in the yearbook of the principle down on
his hands and knees, sniffing socks. Attention everyone, I've located
the source of the smell. From what I can tell,
(06:34):
the smells coming from everybody socks and all of the tables,
the chairs, the desks, the apples on the teacher's desks,
my office, the janitor's office, and oh, who am I kidding?
The smell is just everywhere. How am I supposed to
figure out where it begins? Imagen was just about to
tell the principle about the farm when he made a really, really,
(06:56):
really wonderful announcement. I can't take it any I'm shutting
down the school for the rest of the day and
sending everybody home but me first. Okay, bye bye. There
were hoots and hollers as everyone ran for the nearest
exit walking children. Remember, we don't run in the halls.
Oh who am I kidding? It smells like an ogre's
(07:18):
armpit in here. Run, children run. Since Imagen had the
rest of the day off school, she decided to pay
a visit to the farm. Someone had to say something
to these people. It's fine and dandy to be polite
and not point out when someone passes gas, but this
was a whole different ballgame. When she got there, she
found the farmer tending to some pigs. Mister Tigglesworth. I
(07:41):
was wondering if I could talk to you about that
really uh interesting smell, mister Tigglesworth. The farmer looked up
at Imogen. What smell? Oh? That one wolf? That is
an interesting smell. Indeed, mister Tigglesworth looked down at the
pig in front of him. Betsy was that you? Come on,
(08:03):
we've got company. He then turned back to Imogen. I'm
really sorry about that. This is the first time I've
ever seen or let out a smell like that before.
Imogen throwed her brows. Um, wait, so you're only just
noticing the smell now, like this is the first time
you've you know, smelt it. The farmer nodded his head
(08:27):
while fanning a cloth in front of his face to
try and push the smell along. Yeah, bold, Betsy must
have let one rip just as you were coming up.
Unless it was you, I'm just teasing. Sorry, that was rude.
I apologize. Imagen normally would have laughed, but she wasn't
laughing this time, not because she had found the joke rude.
(08:48):
She was worried it might be true. What if the
smell was coming from her. Imogen raced back home and
flew through the door, barely pausing to greet her father,
Hi Dad, no school today, I'm she was gonna spend
the rest of the day taking a bath. Bye, And
that girl wasn't kidding. She took one bath after another,
eventually losing counter of how many baths she had taken.
(09:10):
She didn't come out of that tub until dinnertime. After
towbling off for the last time and putting her clothes on.
She made her way downstairs, where she hesitantly removed her
nose plugs and carefully took a whiff. Oh no, it
still smells. It still smells. Imogen had a light bulb moment.
She got on the phone and called her friend Eveya,
(09:32):
who lived close to the school. Oh hey, friend said Imogen,
what are you up to? Nothing, answered Avea. Okay, Well,
I was just calling the chat and you know, talk
about how strange it is that they shut the whole
school down when practically the whole town smells, you know,
not like we really got to escape it by going home.
(09:55):
Avea didn't seem to know what Imogen was talking about. Oh, man,
the whole town is starting to smell now. I didn't
know that it still smells perfectly fine at my house.
It was just as Imogen had feared. She hung up
the phone and called three other friends, all of whom
reported the same thing. No smell in any of their
homes either. Imogen couldn't help, but wonder was it only
(10:20):
because she hadn't visited her friends this week. During dinner,
Imagen was sullen and quiet as she sat slumped over
picking at her food. Something else was now weighing heavily
on her mind, Dad, would you still love me even
if I smelled like old underwear left in a lunch box?
Imagen's dad didn't flinch, he didn't even look up, and
(10:41):
he certainly didn't need any time to come up with
an answer. Girl, I'd still love you even if that
underwear had been dipped in some kind of funky, burnt
popcorn soup. Her dad then looked down at a notification
he had received on his phone. Oh that's good news.
Looks like your school is planning to re open tomorrow.
They sent someone over to check on it, and it's
(11:02):
already smelling a lot better, probably because I'm not there,
image and mumbled not loud enough for her dad to hear.
When she woke up in the morning, she was more
nervous than ever about removing her nose plug. What if
more than twenty baths hadn't been enough. What if she
still smelled? Would she even be allowed back at school?
(11:23):
Imaging closed her eyes as she slowly removed the nose plug,
and then nearly fell over while gagging. She tried not
to fumble while putting the nose plug quickly back on. Dad,
can I stay home today, image and begged not today.
Love your mother's coming home today, and I need to
clean this place up so it looks like we didn't
just order pizzas and sit around watching movies the whole time.
(11:46):
Even though no one at school had figured out that
the smell was coming from her, she didn't want to
be responsible for shutting the school down day after day.
Eventually someone was going to figure it out, so instead
of going to class when she showed up at school,
I had to pay a visit to the principal's office.
Principal Schmorg, may I please come in? Of course, please
(12:08):
come in, have a seat. The sun is shining, the
air is fresh, and all I can smell today is oh,
come on, the smell is back. Seriously, what is this?
Imagen noticed that her hands were shaking, Sir h I
think the smell might be coming from me. I don't
(12:29):
know why, but apparently I stink now, so just thought
I should let you know. Oh okay, then, well, thank
you for telling me and being honest about it. I'm
sure that wasn't easy. Principal Schmorg leaned back in his chair.
You know, when I was a kid, I didn't like
taking baths very much either. I wins went two weeks
(12:49):
without taking one, but then I noticed that everyone was
keeping a safe distance from me, except for the flies.
I certainly didn't smell like a hockey bag stuffed with
old onions and bee like you do. But you know
what I'm trying to get out of here is that
you need to take a bath. Then and only then
will I be able to have you back here at school.
Imagen didn't bother to tell Principal Schmork that she had
(13:12):
already taken a bath, well lots of baths. Instead, she
did as she was told and went home to take
what felt like her thirtieth bath since yesterday. While sitting
in the tub, long passed when her skin had adopted
the texture of her raisin, Imagen began to wonder if
she was perhaps doomed to spend the rest of her
days living in a tub. At one point during her bath,
she dozed off and had a dream about making friends
(13:34):
with a troll that lived in a dumpster behind a
seafood restaurant. His name was Stinky Joe, and he was
the only one who didn't mind putting up with her smell,
maybe because he also didn't smell so wonderful. Imogen woke
up to the sound of her mother's car pulling in
the driveway. Oh no, her mother, the woman with a
super sensitive nose, the woman who once cried when the
(13:55):
garbage truck drove by. Imogen jumped out of the tub
and made a beeline to her mother's car. The second
her mother opened the door, image and slapped a pair
of noseblugs over her mother's nose. Oh kay, said Imagen's mother, awkwardly.
What are these for? Is your father airing out his
gym bag again? Also? Where are your clothes? Imagen blushed,
(14:19):
and then ran back inside to get dressed. She knew
she wouldn't be able to keep her mother from finding
out about the smell forever, but she at least wanted
to buy herself a little bit of time before getting
kicked out of the house and being forced to live
in a dumpster behind a seafood restaurant with a troll
named Stinky Joe. Imagen came back downstairs and overheard her
mother complaining about the dog show to her father. We
(14:41):
didn't get first place, we didn't get second. We didn't
even get third, fourth or fifth. We came in last place.
Can you believe it? Last place? All because they thought
my sweet little doggie boot didn't smell good enough. Imagen's
mom pulled out a bottle of her daughter's bubble bath
from her bag and handed it to her daughter. Sorry, dear,
(15:01):
looks like I packed your bubble bath instead of the
doggy shampoo. Imagen slowly backed away without saying anything, and
then ran upstairs to the bathroom. She grabbed the bottle
she'd been using for her bubble baths all week and
looked at the label Bark and Shine Deep Cleaning Concentrated
dog Shampoo. In a moment, her mother was behind her. Oh, yep,
(15:24):
that's the one that's what cost me first place. It's funny, though,
because if you were to smell that stuff, you'd never
believe it works. It smells like frog burps. Even though
I only need to add one tiny drop of it
to a tub of water, I still have to open
all of the windows in the house and put on
five pairs of nose plugs. But something about it works
(15:44):
perfectly with dog fur. It dries with a nice shine
and smells great. Though I'd hate to think of what
it would do if a person tried it, Imogen thought
about that just one drop was all you needed. She'd
used up more than half of the bottle just this
week alone. You know, Mom, I just realized something. I'm
kind of in the mood for my thirty first bubble bath.
(16:06):
You know how much I like to smell as fresh
as a daisy. But do me a favor and keep
those nose plugs on for a little while longer. Something
weird's been happening over at the farm this week. Smells
like an ogre's arn pit over there the end. That's
the story, And here is your question of the week.
(16:28):
What is something you've mistaken for something else? Hot sauce
instead of ketchup. I once used conditioner thinking it was
shampoo for over a week and couldn't figure out why
my hair was getting so greasy. Anyway, that's all for now.
We'll catch you on the next one.
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