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In this silly story, Rocky and Sunny head off to summer camp. It should be the best week ever—no parents, just fun. But when every other camper seems to have a cool animal-like talent, Rocky starts to feel left out. Will his brother Sunny’s strange discovery help him fit in… or cause even more chaos?
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In this silly story, Rocky and Sunny head off to summer camp. It should be the best week ever—no parents, just fun. But when every other camper seems to have a cool animal-like talent, Rocky starts to feel left out. Will his brother Sunny’s strange discovery help him fit in… or cause even more chaos?
Warning: this goofy story for kids may result in smiles, snorts, and possibly some LOLs. Listen at your own discretion.
To see if the shout-out list is open, visit: lolstorytime.com/shoutouts
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hellol story time really not a glory time. Rabbis standing.
You'll be fine follow the whole storyline. Helloel story Time.
Might you love at least one time story Time? Whether
this is your first time listening or your one hundredth,
welcome to the show. This is Lool Storytime, and today
I'll be telling you a story called Animal Roulette. This
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one features two characters named after Rocky and Sonny from Colowna,
British Columbia. Other shadows this week go out to Boe Holland,
Delaney and Jesse from the United States, Alden from North
Andover Massachusetts, Rachel, Samuel, Solomon, Amelia, Judah, Benaiah and Esther
from Piedmont, South Carolina. Sure from the United States listening
(00:47):
with Rocket the Dog Kinsley p from Frankfurt, Wisconsin. Noah,
Nico and Lola from Snellville, Georgia, Connor and Link from Newfoundland,
and Olivia Joyce from Darwin, Mornicame next time, but for now,
let's get into the story. This is the story of
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a game two brothers discovered while spending a week at
summer camp. It was Rocky and Sonny's first time staying
at an overnight camp and they were excited, not so
much because of the swimming or the hiking, or the
paddling or the camp songs, but mostly for the reason
that camps don't have parents. That meant they were about
to enjoy a whole week of not being told pick
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up your staff, finish your supper, do your homework, brush
your teeth. While getting dropped off at the entrance to camp,
Rocky and Sonny didn't think their parents would ever leave.
Don't you boys run off without giving your mother a
proper hug. I just love my sweet little boisy woises
so much. And remember, do not touch poison Ivy of three,
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let it be leaves of four, eat some more, and
brush your teeth twice a day. And don't forget to
wash your armpits. If you make a mess, clean it up.
If someone else makes a mess, clean that mess up too.
And if you find yourself in the middle of a
fight with a bear, just remember you're a lot smaller, weaker,
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and slower than the bear, So just try to be
nice to the bear. Maybe offer to take the bear
out for a nice dinner. Sometime compliments go a long
way too, you know. And another thing, boys, where do
they go They're gone? Aren't they Funny? How the boys
couldn't wait to get away, and yet ten minutes later,
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neither one of them could stop talking about how much
they missed their parents. Ah, I miss the way mom
and dad always did stuff for us. Doing stuff is hard.
The boys were assigned to different groups. Rocky was placed
in the Red group and Sonny was placed in the
Green group. Being in different groups meant sleeping in different cabins.
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It also meant they'd only get to see each other
during community hour. Community Hour was a daily get together
where the campers got to mingle and talk about their day.
At the end of the first day, Sonny had lots
to tell his brother about. Bro So, first we went
swimming and it was fun and I swam, and then
there was this kid who couldn't swim and it wasn't
really fun for him. But then this other kid was
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getting out of the water and his shorts fell down,
and then the kid who wasn't having fun was suddenly
having fun again because this whole swim shorts thing was
really funny. Sonny then asked about his brother's day, but
Rocky just answered his question with a question of his own. Sonny,
you know those teenagers who get the bosses around. Sonny nodded,
You mean the camp counselors. Yeah, those ones to the
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counselors in your group, like you, Sonny thought for a moment,
I mean, I think they do. One of them gave
me a high five when I burped, and another one
let me take three extra cookies lunchtime. When I asked
the counselor, she just said, sure, whatever, do what you want.
I don't care. So yeah, I think they like me
just fine. Rocky leaned in, so no one else could hear. Well,
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I don't think my counselors even know who I am.
They barely even noticed me today, Yet the other kids
got all sorts of special attention. When Rocky's group had
gone swimming that day, one of the counselors made a
big deal about how good of a swimmer Malcolm Thunderwall.
It was, Oh, are you guys seeing that Malcolm kid? There,
he's like a little dolphin just ripping through the water
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way to good Malcolm. Then, during a game of Capture
the Flags, one of the counselors kept gushing over Molly
mangle Bush's speed. Oh man, that kid can't run. Look
at that. We're gonna have to start calling that kid
that cheetah. It felt like the Red Group was full
of shining stars, each with their own cool talent. Yet
no one even noticed just how quickly Rocky retied one
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of his shoelaces after he tripped over them. Next morning,
he decided it was time to reveal his special animal talent.
Sure he may not swim like a dolphin or run
like a cheetah, but man, could he ever? Uh?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
What was it he could do?
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Again, as he himself was trying to remember just that,
a little songbird landed on a tree next to him
and tweeted a little song. Oh yeah, that's what I do,
shouted Rocky to no one in particular. I sing like
a bird. Just before lunch, one of the camp counselors
pulled out a guitar and told all of the campers
in the Red group to sing along. It began with
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a well known camp song, and boy did Rocky belt
it out. He got people's attention all right. One of
the other counselors came over and tapped him on the
shoulder right in the middle of the song. Hey kid,
could you try singing a little less like, you know,
maybe turning the volume down a bit or a lot.
And hey, if you would prefer to just not sing
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at all, well we would totally be okay with that too.
Rocky was in a pretty foul mood when he met
up with during community hour later that day. So, Rocky,
did your counselors get to know you a little better today,
asked Sonny. No, apparently I sing like a lawnmower, though
I did hear someone compare me to a horse while
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we were canoeing. Unfortunately, Sonny knew his brother too well.
A counselor told you to stop horsing around, didn't they, Yeah,
answered Rocky, I just don't get it. Why don't I
have a cool animal talent? Hearing his brother mentioned animals
reminded Sonny of something that had happened earlier that day. Hey,
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I almost forgot this morning. I found a dusty old
board game hidden under a loose floorboard in my cabin.
Looked fun to me, but no one in my group
wanted to play with me. So I was thinking maybe
tomorrow you and I could try it. Rocky wasn't sure
how this was supposed to help with his problem. Well,
you know, it's an animal game. You spent a wheel
and then you get to be that animal. Dude. I
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already tried being a bird today, and look how well
that worked out for me. The third day of camp
was the same old story, a few new activities, but
with the same outcome. Rocky continued feeling unseen by his counselors. Sonny,
today my group got to use the rope swing to
jump into the water.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
It was awesome.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
I thought for sure the counselors would notice my monkey
like swinging. But do you know what they said this time?
They said, braden Hammernail reminded them of a swinging monkey er.
To be fair, braiden Hammernail was very agile, but that's
besides the point.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Well, don't let it bother you.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Said Sonny. You'll always be a goofy monkey to me.
Rocky pointed to the dusty wooden box. Sonny was holding.
What you got there, he asked. Sonny removed the lid.
This is the game I was telling you about, the
animal game. Rocky was in no mood to play some
game that looked like it hadn't been touched in a
hundred years. Come on, Rocky, please, will you play the
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game with me. Oh, the kids in my group ignore
me whenever I asked them to play. Rocky wondered if
Camp Invisible might be a better name for this place. Okay, fine,
but just for a few minutes, all right. Sonny removed
around board from the box. The board looked like an
apple pie sliced into many different pieces. Each triangular section
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showed a picture of a different animal, and in the
middle was a spinner. The game is super easy, began Sonny.
Just flick the spinner and whichever animal it lands on,
that's the animal you get to be. Rocky humored his
brother and spun the spinner. It spun round and around
many times before landing on a picture of a gorilla.
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Oh gosh, thought Rocky, am I supposed to act this out.
Rocky reluctantly stood up tall and started thumping his chest
with his fists while making gorilla sounds. He was hoping
none of the other campers were looking in his direction.
Sonny was laughing, dude, what are you doing. You haven't
even spun the second spinner yet. Sonny explained that there
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were two spinners as he pulled out the second one
from the box. This one had pictures of different body parts. Uh,
this game is so weird, stated Rocky as he spun
the second spinner. It landed on a picture of some hands. Okay,
so what do I do now? After asking the question,
Rocky started feeling an unpleasant tingling sensation in his fingers.
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He then watched in horror as his hands not only
started growing larger, but their shape started changing as well.
The weirdest part was that the backs of his hands
were quickly growing hair, lots of hair. Cool, said Sonny,
gorilla hands. It took a moment for Rocky to find
his voice. What have you done to my hands? It
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wasn't me, Bro, You're the one who spun the spinners.
Sonny tried taking a turn, but neither spinner would budge
for him. It was like the spinners were paused. Oh yeah,
I forgot this is only a one player game. Well
that stinks. What do you always get to have all
the fun? This was not Rocky's idea of fun. I
don't know what kind of weird game you've got here, Sonny,
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but I quit. Now make my hands go back to normal.
Sonny shrugged, says, you have to wait twenty four hours,
which is one full day. In the meantime, go show
off those amazing hands. You did say you wanted people
to notice your special animal talent. Rocky had said that,
but this wasn't quite what he had meant by that.
For the next twenty four hours, keeping his gorilla hands
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hidden proved challenging. His hands were too big to fit
in his pockets, so he had to pull them in
through his sleeve holes and hide them under his shirt.
This also made it look like he no longer had
any arms, and that attracted the wrong kind of attention.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Hey, kid whose name we can't remember, what kind of
funny business are you up to this time? If you
think you're fooling anyone with you old missing arm trick,
then you better think again. He also got in trouble
during lunch while trying to eat without using any hands.
Apparently it's not polite to shove your whole face in
your plate the way a pig might do. Gorilla would
certainly never The only blessing was that none of the
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counselors for as Rocky to wash his hands once that day.
It was like they didn't seem to care. Just another
reason why camps are best kept parent free. The following
community hour couldn't come soon enough. A hold, twenty four
hours with gorilla hands felt like a lifetime. Sonny, did
you bring the game? I need you to turn my
hands back to normal. The box was pinned under Sonny's arm.
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After finding a quiet spot away from the other campers,
he gently set the game down on the ground and
removed the pair of spinners. All right, Rocky, give it
a spin. Rocky couldn't believe that his brother thought he
still wanted to play. Dude, I'm not taking another spin.
I'm never playing this awful game ever again.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
I just need you to finish the game so I
can go back to normal. Sonny couldn't believe his brother
didn't understand how.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
The game worked.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Rocky, to get rid of the gorilla's hands, you have
to spin and choose something else. It says so in
the rules. Rocky glared at his brother. Say anything about that? Yesterday?
You told me it only lasts for twenty four hours.
Sonny explained that you had to wait twenty four hours
before you were allowed to spin again. And what if
I don't spin again? Huh, then what won't it just
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end on its own? Sonny shook his head. Nope. It
clearly says that if you don't spin again before the
end of the twenty fourth hour, which by the way,
is ticking away, then you'll be stuck with your animal
parts forever. Rocky looked like he was seriously considered tackling
his brother. Dude, these are exactly the sorts of things
you need to tell people before they agreed to play.
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Taking another look at the animal spinner, Rocky noticed a
picture of a cheetah. He imagined himself blitzing past molly
Manglebush with his cheetah legs while all of his counselors
chanted his name, Only they weren't calling him Rocky. They
were chanting Cheeta boy, Cheeta boy, Cheeta boy. Rocky grabbed
both spinners and spun them as hard as he could.
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At the same time, the spinner with the pictures of
body parts stopped for it landed on a picture of legs.
Oh yes, come on, cheetah, Come on, cheetah. The animal
spinner started to slow down and appeared to be heading
right toward the cheetah picture, but then it stopped short
on the picture of a sloth. This time, Rocky did
try to tackle his brother, only he was having a
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difficult time getting over to his brother with any sort
of speed. His giant gorilla hands, which would have been
perfect for grabbing his brother, had turned back into his
normal hands. This time, it was his legs that felt funny.
They seemed all heavy and slow, and once again he
was noticing a lot of new fur that had just
suddenly appeared. His counselors noticed something was up. This animal
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talent was painfully obvious. Hurry up, slow poke, you're holding
everybody up. I've seen snails move faster than you. Okay,
so maybe it wasn't much of a talent, but he
was thankful that he had remembered to pack a pair
of pants. Sloth legs were much easier to hide than
gorilla hands. The next day, Rocky spun a combo that
wasn't easy to hide, elephant paired with nose. Okay, so
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I'm gonna go hide on my bed for the next
twenty four hours, and you're just gonna tell everyone I'm sick. Okay.
Before sneaking away to his cabin, Rocky uses long elephant
trunk to spray water in his brother's face. He still
wasn't ready to forgive his brother now if you've never
tried staying in bed for twenty four hours when you
aren't actually sick, I wouldn't recommend giving it a try.
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Rocky had never been more bored in his life. When
he wasn't munching on old granola bars that he had
found under his bunk, he just lay there daydreaming about
having dolphin arms so he could show Malcolm thunder Wallet
and the councilors what good swimming really looked like. When
it was finally time for community hour, Rocky waited until
everyone had left the cabin before making his move. But
as he opened the door, there standing in front of
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the cabin was a big group of campers. It was
like they had been waiting for him. See everyone, what
did I tell you? My brother's got elephant powers. Rocky
felt paralyzed. His brother had told every one, But why
come on, campers, let's go down to the lake so
my brother Rocky can show you what he can really do.
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Sonny led the group, while Rocky trailed gloomily behind. There
didn't seem to be any point in trying to hide.
Now at the lake, he played along and used his
long elephant trunk to spray water at the other campers
and councilors. It turned into a bit of a game,
with people laughing and running every which way to avoid
getting sprayed. Rocky found it interesting how no one would
be smiling if he was spraying water through his regular nose.
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For some reason, this seemed a lot less gross. Soon
even Rocky was laughing and having fun. The positive attention
felt nice. His counselors were finally cheering for him. Man,
that Rocky kid whose name we can now remember, is
such an elephant out there. What a cool kid. No
one was talking about Molly the cheetah or Malcolm the dolphin.
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Rocky even overheard some kids from the Green group talking
to Sonny. Hey, Sonny, sorry if it seems like we've
been ignoring you. We weren't trying to be rude. It's
just not that animal game of yours has been giving
us the creeps. But now we wish we had tried
playing it. Rocky suddenly frozen his tracks. Oh no, the
game the twenty fourth hour is almost over and I
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haven't taken my next turn. If I don't spin the
spinner soon, I'm going to be stuck with this elephant
knows forever. Rocky began running for his brother's cabin, with
everyone following close behind. He had mere minutes left on
the clock. Come on, come on, where is it? Sonny
came up from behind and helped his brother find the box,
placing the two spinners in front of himself. He was
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about to take his next turn when he stopped and
looked at his brother. What if this is my last
turn and this time I get stuck with a monkey's butt?
Then what and what happens after my last turn is finished?
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Anyway?
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Is there even a last turn? How do you even
win this game? Sonny held up the instructions from the box.
You win my finishing your last turn, but no one
knows how many turns you get. Says here, your prize
is getting to keep whatever animal body part you finish
with on your last turn. Snatched the instructions from his
brother's hands. So that means if on my last turn
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I get a monkey's butt, I'll have to live with
having a monkey's butt again. These would have been great
things to know before I started playing. Rocky began looking
through the instruction book. After a bit of reading, a
weird look came across his face. Sonny, is there any
reason you didn't tell me this game has a Beginner's mode.
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Beginner's mode allowed players to move spinners to any picture
they wanted without even having to spin. Sonny, I'm gonna
have to assume you had a very good reason for
not telling me that this game has an easy mode.
Rocky was foaming at the mouth like a predator ready
to attack. Oh sure, began Sonny. Beginner mode might as
well be called baby mode. What fun is a game
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where you don't have to spin the spinner? Besides, in
beginner mode you only get one turn. Then you just
go back to being your regular old self. That's it.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Game over.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Rocky stopped himself from lunching at his brother. After all,
he had less than a minute left in his He
took a deep breath and moved the spinner with his
hand beginner mode style. Oh look at that, he picked
the butt. He's totally going for the monkeys butt, isn't he.
Oh no, you just moved the animal spinner to the skunk.
Well that's not good, Rocky smiled. I like Beginner's mode,
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and if it's okay with the counselors, since this was
both my last turn and our last night at camp.
I liked request, sleeping outside tonight under the stars, next
to none other than my wonderful, wonderful brother Sonny. Just
the two of us breathing in that wonderful fresh camp
are all night long. Much stood a dismay of Sunny
and his poor nose. The counselors approved Rocky's request. They
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also then pulled their first parent move of the week
by hiding the animal Roulette game under a loose board
in a cabin where they thought no one would ever
find it. The end, that's the story, and I hope
you enjoyed it. Question of the week, which combination would
you hope to spend on the animal Roulette game? Donkey elbows? Anyway,
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that's a wrap on episode one sixteen. Stay human and
I'll catch ya on the next one.
Hellol story time really not a glory time. Rabbis standing.
You'll be fine follow the whole storyline. Helloel story Time.
Might you love at least one time story Time? Whether
this is your first time listening or your one hundredth,
welcome to the show. This is Lool Storytime, and today
I'll be telling you a story called Animal Roulette. This
(00:25):
one features two characters named after Rocky and Sonny from Colowna,
British Columbia. Other shadows this week go out to Boe Holland,
Delaney and Jesse from the United States, Alden from North
Andover Massachusetts, Rachel, Samuel, Solomon, Amelia, Judah, Benaiah and Esther
from Piedmont, South Carolina. Sure from the United States listening
(00:47):
with Rocket the Dog Kinsley p from Frankfurt, Wisconsin. Noah,
Nico and Lola from Snellville, Georgia, Connor and Link from Newfoundland,
and Olivia Joyce from Darwin, Mornicame next time, but for now,
let's get into the story. This is the story of
(01:13):
a game two brothers discovered while spending a week at
summer camp. It was Rocky and Sonny's first time staying
at an overnight camp and they were excited, not so
much because of the swimming or the hiking, or the
paddling or the camp songs, but mostly for the reason
that camps don't have parents. That meant they were about
to enjoy a whole week of not being told pick
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up your staff, finish your supper, do your homework, brush
your teeth. While getting dropped off at the entrance to camp,
Rocky and Sonny didn't think their parents would ever leave.
Don't you boys run off without giving your mother a
proper hug. I just love my sweet little boisy woises
so much. And remember, do not touch poison Ivy of three,
(02:01):
let it be leaves of four, eat some more, and
brush your teeth twice a day. And don't forget to
wash your armpits. If you make a mess, clean it up.
If someone else makes a mess, clean that mess up too.
And if you find yourself in the middle of a
fight with a bear, just remember you're a lot smaller, weaker,
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and slower than the bear, So just try to be
nice to the bear. Maybe offer to take the bear
out for a nice dinner. Sometime compliments go a long
way too, you know. And another thing, boys, where do
they go They're gone? Aren't they Funny? How the boys
couldn't wait to get away, and yet ten minutes later,
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neither one of them could stop talking about how much
they missed their parents. Ah, I miss the way mom
and dad always did stuff for us. Doing stuff is hard.
The boys were assigned to different groups. Rocky was placed
in the Red group and Sonny was placed in the
Green group. Being in different groups meant sleeping in different cabins.
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It also meant they'd only get to see each other
during community hour. Community Hour was a daily get together
where the campers got to mingle and talk about their day.
At the end of the first day, Sonny had lots
to tell his brother about. Bro So, first we went
swimming and it was fun and I swam, and then
there was this kid who couldn't swim and it wasn't
really fun for him. But then this other kid was
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getting out of the water and his shorts fell down,
and then the kid who wasn't having fun was suddenly
having fun again because this whole swim shorts thing was
really funny. Sonny then asked about his brother's day, but
Rocky just answered his question with a question of his own. Sonny,
you know those teenagers who get the bosses around. Sonny nodded,
You mean the camp counselors. Yeah, those ones to the
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counselors in your group, like you, Sonny thought for a moment,
I mean, I think they do. One of them gave
me a high five when I burped, and another one
let me take three extra cookies lunchtime. When I asked
the counselor, she just said, sure, whatever, do what you want.
I don't care. So yeah, I think they like me
just fine. Rocky leaned in, so no one else could hear. Well,
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I don't think my counselors even know who I am.
They barely even noticed me today, Yet the other kids
got all sorts of special attention. When Rocky's group had
gone swimming that day, one of the counselors made a
big deal about how good of a swimmer Malcolm Thunderwall.
It was, Oh, are you guys seeing that Malcolm kid? There,
he's like a little dolphin just ripping through the water
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way to good Malcolm. Then, during a game of Capture
the Flags, one of the counselors kept gushing over Molly
mangle Bush's speed. Oh man, that kid can't run. Look
at that. We're gonna have to start calling that kid
that cheetah. It felt like the Red Group was full
of shining stars, each with their own cool talent. Yet
no one even noticed just how quickly Rocky retied one
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of his shoelaces after he tripped over them. Next morning,
he decided it was time to reveal his special animal talent.
Sure he may not swim like a dolphin or run
like a cheetah, but man, could he ever? Uh?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
What was it he could do?
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Again, as he himself was trying to remember just that,
a little songbird landed on a tree next to him
and tweeted a little song. Oh yeah, that's what I do,
shouted Rocky to no one in particular. I sing like
a bird. Just before lunch, one of the camp counselors
pulled out a guitar and told all of the campers
in the Red group to sing along. It began with
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a well known camp song, and boy did Rocky belt
it out. He got people's attention all right. One of
the other counselors came over and tapped him on the
shoulder right in the middle of the song. Hey kid,
could you try singing a little less like, you know,
maybe turning the volume down a bit or a lot.
And hey, if you would prefer to just not sing
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at all, well we would totally be okay with that too.
Rocky was in a pretty foul mood when he met
up with during community hour later that day. So, Rocky,
did your counselors get to know you a little better today,
asked Sonny. No, apparently I sing like a lawnmower, though
I did hear someone compare me to a horse while
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we were canoeing. Unfortunately, Sonny knew his brother too well.
A counselor told you to stop horsing around, didn't they, Yeah,
answered Rocky, I just don't get it. Why don't I
have a cool animal talent? Hearing his brother mentioned animals
reminded Sonny of something that had happened earlier that day. Hey,
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I almost forgot this morning. I found a dusty old
board game hidden under a loose floorboard in my cabin.
Looked fun to me, but no one in my group
wanted to play with me. So I was thinking maybe
tomorrow you and I could try it. Rocky wasn't sure
how this was supposed to help with his problem. Well,
you know, it's an animal game. You spent a wheel
and then you get to be that animal. Dude. I
(06:57):
already tried being a bird today, and look how well
that worked out for me. The third day of camp
was the same old story, a few new activities, but
with the same outcome. Rocky continued feeling unseen by his counselors. Sonny,
today my group got to use the rope swing to
jump into the water.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
It was awesome.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
I thought for sure the counselors would notice my monkey
like swinging. But do you know what they said this time?
They said, braden Hammernail reminded them of a swinging monkey er.
To be fair, braiden Hammernail was very agile, but that's
besides the point.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Well, don't let it bother you.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Said Sonny. You'll always be a goofy monkey to me.
Rocky pointed to the dusty wooden box. Sonny was holding.
What you got there, he asked. Sonny removed the lid.
This is the game I was telling you about, the
animal game. Rocky was in no mood to play some
game that looked like it hadn't been touched in a
hundred years. Come on, Rocky, please, will you play the
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game with me. Oh, the kids in my group ignore
me whenever I asked them to play. Rocky wondered if
Camp Invisible might be a better name for this place. Okay, fine,
but just for a few minutes, all right. Sonny removed
around board from the box. The board looked like an
apple pie sliced into many different pieces. Each triangular section
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showed a picture of a different animal, and in the
middle was a spinner. The game is super easy, began Sonny.
Just flick the spinner and whichever animal it lands on,
that's the animal you get to be. Rocky humored his
brother and spun the spinner. It spun round and around
many times before landing on a picture of a gorilla.
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Oh gosh, thought Rocky, am I supposed to act this out.
Rocky reluctantly stood up tall and started thumping his chest
with his fists while making gorilla sounds. He was hoping
none of the other campers were looking in his direction.
Sonny was laughing, dude, what are you doing. You haven't
even spun the second spinner yet. Sonny explained that there
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were two spinners as he pulled out the second one
from the box. This one had pictures of different body parts. Uh,
this game is so weird, stated Rocky as he spun
the second spinner. It landed on a picture of some hands. Okay,
so what do I do now? After asking the question,
Rocky started feeling an unpleasant tingling sensation in his fingers.
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He then watched in horror as his hands not only
started growing larger, but their shape started changing as well.
The weirdest part was that the backs of his hands
were quickly growing hair, lots of hair. Cool, said Sonny,
gorilla hands. It took a moment for Rocky to find
his voice. What have you done to my hands? It
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wasn't me, Bro, You're the one who spun the spinners.
Sonny tried taking a turn, but neither spinner would budge
for him. It was like the spinners were paused. Oh yeah,
I forgot this is only a one player game. Well
that stinks. What do you always get to have all
the fun? This was not Rocky's idea of fun. I
don't know what kind of weird game you've got here, Sonny,
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but I quit. Now make my hands go back to normal.
Sonny shrugged, says, you have to wait twenty four hours,
which is one full day. In the meantime, go show
off those amazing hands. You did say you wanted people
to notice your special animal talent. Rocky had said that,
but this wasn't quite what he had meant by that.
For the next twenty four hours, keeping his gorilla hands
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hidden proved challenging. His hands were too big to fit
in his pockets, so he had to pull them in
through his sleeve holes and hide them under his shirt.
This also made it look like he no longer had
any arms, and that attracted the wrong kind of attention.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Hey, kid whose name we can't remember, what kind of
funny business are you up to this time? If you
think you're fooling anyone with you old missing arm trick,
then you better think again. He also got in trouble
during lunch while trying to eat without using any hands.
Apparently it's not polite to shove your whole face in
your plate the way a pig might do. Gorilla would
certainly never The only blessing was that none of the
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counselors for as Rocky to wash his hands once that day.
It was like they didn't seem to care. Just another
reason why camps are best kept parent free. The following
community hour couldn't come soon enough. A hold, twenty four
hours with gorilla hands felt like a lifetime. Sonny, did
you bring the game? I need you to turn my
hands back to normal. The box was pinned under Sonny's arm.
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After finding a quiet spot away from the other campers,
he gently set the game down on the ground and
removed the pair of spinners. All right, Rocky, give it
a spin. Rocky couldn't believe that his brother thought he
still wanted to play. Dude, I'm not taking another spin.
I'm never playing this awful game ever again.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
I just need you to finish the game so I
can go back to normal. Sonny couldn't believe his brother
didn't understand how.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
The game worked.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Rocky, to get rid of the gorilla's hands, you have
to spin and choose something else. It says so in
the rules. Rocky glared at his brother. Say anything about that? Yesterday?
You told me it only lasts for twenty four hours.
Sonny explained that you had to wait twenty four hours
before you were allowed to spin again. And what if
I don't spin again? Huh, then what won't it just
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end on its own? Sonny shook his head. Nope. It
clearly says that if you don't spin again before the
end of the twenty fourth hour, which by the way,
is ticking away, then you'll be stuck with your animal
parts forever. Rocky looked like he was seriously considered tackling
his brother. Dude, these are exactly the sorts of things
you need to tell people before they agreed to play.
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Taking another look at the animal spinner, Rocky noticed a
picture of a cheetah. He imagined himself blitzing past molly
Manglebush with his cheetah legs while all of his counselors
chanted his name, Only they weren't calling him Rocky. They
were chanting Cheeta boy, Cheeta boy, Cheeta boy. Rocky grabbed
both spinners and spun them as hard as he could.
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At the same time, the spinner with the pictures of
body parts stopped for it landed on a picture of legs.
Oh yes, come on, cheetah, Come on, cheetah. The animal
spinner started to slow down and appeared to be heading
right toward the cheetah picture, but then it stopped short
on the picture of a sloth. This time, Rocky did
try to tackle his brother, only he was having a
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difficult time getting over to his brother with any sort
of speed. His giant gorilla hands, which would have been
perfect for grabbing his brother, had turned back into his
normal hands. This time, it was his legs that felt funny.
They seemed all heavy and slow, and once again he
was noticing a lot of new fur that had just
suddenly appeared. His counselors noticed something was up. This animal
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talent was painfully obvious. Hurry up, slow poke, you're holding
everybody up. I've seen snails move faster than you. Okay,
so maybe it wasn't much of a talent, but he
was thankful that he had remembered to pack a pair
of pants. Sloth legs were much easier to hide than
gorilla hands. The next day, Rocky spun a combo that
wasn't easy to hide, elephant paired with nose. Okay, so
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I'm gonna go hide on my bed for the next
twenty four hours, and you're just gonna tell everyone I'm sick. Okay.
Before sneaking away to his cabin, Rocky uses long elephant
trunk to spray water in his brother's face. He still
wasn't ready to forgive his brother now if you've never
tried staying in bed for twenty four hours when you
aren't actually sick, I wouldn't recommend giving it a try.
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Rocky had never been more bored in his life. When
he wasn't munching on old granola bars that he had
found under his bunk, he just lay there daydreaming about
having dolphin arms so he could show Malcolm thunder Wallet
and the councilors what good swimming really looked like. When
it was finally time for community hour, Rocky waited until
everyone had left the cabin before making his move. But
as he opened the door, there standing in front of
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the cabin was a big group of campers. It was
like they had been waiting for him. See everyone, what
did I tell you? My brother's got elephant powers. Rocky
felt paralyzed. His brother had told every one, But why
come on, campers, let's go down to the lake so
my brother Rocky can show you what he can really do.
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Sonny led the group, while Rocky trailed gloomily behind. There
didn't seem to be any point in trying to hide.
Now at the lake, he played along and used his
long elephant trunk to spray water at the other campers
and councilors. It turned into a bit of a game,
with people laughing and running every which way to avoid
getting sprayed. Rocky found it interesting how no one would
be smiling if he was spraying water through his regular nose.
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For some reason, this seemed a lot less gross. Soon
even Rocky was laughing and having fun. The positive attention
felt nice. His counselors were finally cheering for him. Man,
that Rocky kid whose name we can now remember, is
such an elephant out there. What a cool kid. No
one was talking about Molly the cheetah or Malcolm the dolphin.
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Rocky even overheard some kids from the Green group talking
to Sonny. Hey, Sonny, sorry if it seems like we've
been ignoring you. We weren't trying to be rude. It's
just not that animal game of yours has been giving
us the creeps. But now we wish we had tried
playing it. Rocky suddenly frozen his tracks. Oh no, the
game the twenty fourth hour is almost over and I
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haven't taken my next turn. If I don't spin the
spinner soon, I'm going to be stuck with this elephant
knows forever. Rocky began running for his brother's cabin, with
everyone following close behind. He had mere minutes left on
the clock. Come on, come on, where is it? Sonny
came up from behind and helped his brother find the box,
placing the two spinners in front of himself. He was
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about to take his next turn when he stopped and
looked at his brother. What if this is my last
turn and this time I get stuck with a monkey's butt?
Then what and what happens after my last turn is finished?
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Anyway?
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Is there even a last turn? How do you even
win this game? Sonny held up the instructions from the box.
You win my finishing your last turn, but no one
knows how many turns you get. Says here, your prize
is getting to keep whatever animal body part you finish
with on your last turn. Snatched the instructions from his
brother's hands. So that means if on my last turn
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I get a monkey's butt, I'll have to live with
having a monkey's butt again. These would have been great
things to know before I started playing. Rocky began looking
through the instruction book. After a bit of reading, a
weird look came across his face. Sonny, is there any
reason you didn't tell me this game has a Beginner's mode.
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Beginner's mode allowed players to move spinners to any picture
they wanted without even having to spin. Sonny, I'm gonna
have to assume you had a very good reason for
not telling me that this game has an easy mode.
Rocky was foaming at the mouth like a predator ready
to attack. Oh sure, began Sonny. Beginner mode might as
well be called baby mode. What fun is a game
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where you don't have to spin the spinner? Besides, in
beginner mode you only get one turn. Then you just
go back to being your regular old self. That's it.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Game over.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Rocky stopped himself from lunching at his brother. After all,
he had less than a minute left in his He
took a deep breath and moved the spinner with his
hand beginner mode style. Oh look at that, he picked
the butt. He's totally going for the monkeys butt, isn't he.
Oh no, you just moved the animal spinner to the skunk.
Well that's not good, Rocky smiled. I like Beginner's mode,
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and if it's okay with the counselors, since this was
both my last turn and our last night at camp.
I liked request, sleeping outside tonight under the stars, next
to none other than my wonderful, wonderful brother Sonny. Just
the two of us breathing in that wonderful fresh camp
are all night long. Much stood a dismay of Sunny
and his poor nose. The counselors approved Rocky's request. They
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also then pulled their first parent move of the week
by hiding the animal Roulette game under a loose board
in a cabin where they thought no one would ever
find it. The end, that's the story, and I hope
you enjoyed it. Question of the week, which combination would
you hope to spend on the animal Roulette game? Donkey elbows? Anyway,
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that's a wrap on episode one sixteen. Stay human and
I'll catch ya on the next one.
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