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In this silly story, we find out what happens when parents get tired of giving their kids rides. Why drive your kid around town when they can drive themselves using a car specifically designed for kids? And no, this isn't the toy car you remember driving along the sidewalk when you were two-and-a-half years old.
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In this silly story, we find out what happens when parents get tired of giving their kids rides. Why drive your kid around town when they can drive themselves using a car specifically designed for kids? And no, this isn't the toy car you remember driving along the sidewalk when you were two-and-a-half years old.
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 rab as standing,
You'll be fine follow the whole storyline. Hellol story Time,
Might you love released one time? Well Time? Welcome back
to the show. This is Lowell Storytime, and in today's episode,
I'll be telling you a story called kid Car. This
one features character is named after Mikey and Amora. But
(00:25):
before we dive in, let's kick off September with some updates. First,
the story writing contest. I'll be contacting the winner sometime
in the next week or two, and hopefully shortly after that,
I'll be able to share the winning stories with you
right here on the show. Stay tuned. My second update
is all about the shoutouts. If you've been patiently waiting
to put your name in for a shout out or
(00:45):
to have your name featured in a story, well, unfortunately
those spots are still booked for another ten weeks or so,
but hopefully sometime in November I'll be able to reopen
that request for him, which you'll be able to see
by visiting lvel storytime dot com Slash shout Outs. And
final update, and this one is more of a wink wink,
nudge nudge to let you know that last week I
dropped a bonus story called The Big s Niece, which
(01:06):
may very well be my favorite of all the bonus
stories so far. Let's just say never has there been
a better time to become an Lall Storytime Premium member.
All Right, before this episode turns into a full day event,
let's get to the shoutouts. Shout out to Vishva from Wisconsin, Hayden,
Haley and Hunter from Florida, Olivia Klein from North Carolina,
(01:29):
Marcus Lorenzo from Miami, Florida, Eva from Perth, Australia, Ryan
and j from Perth, Australia, Grant Ferguson from Atlanta, Georgia, Everley,
Atara and Odell from Cooktown, Australia, Ryder, Sloane and Layla
from Niskayuna and Lily H from Melbourne. More shotts to
come next time, But for now, let's get into the story.
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This is the story of some whiny parents. Wait, hold on,
parents don't whine, do they? Okay, maybe sometimes, but the
parents in the story had a perfectly good reason for it.
Mikey and Amora always expected their parents to drive them here, there,
and everywhere. They were asking for rides all of the time. First,
there were the rides to and from school, and what
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was up a school starting an ending during rush hour?
We're talking peak traffic here, And of course when their
parents got them to school, there was never anywhere to
park or pull over. Then by the time their parents
got home, it almost felt like it was already time
to go pick them up again. That alone would be
reason enough to make someone wine and complain. But five
to ten minutes after the kids got home, one of
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them would be asking for a ride to their friend's house.
When were these poor parents expected to relax and drink
a milkshake? What do you mean you need a ride
to your friend's house. You literally just spent the whole
day with your friend at school. Was that not enough?
What about all the squirrels in the backyard? Can't you
just play with one of them? And in case it
didn't already sound like more than enough driving for these poor,
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poor parents, who had every right to be a little
bit whiny. Well, then there were things like piano lessons
and soccer practice and extra soccer practice and early morning
soccer practice because for some reason, coach really really loved practicing.
One day Mikey and Mora's parents just couldn't do it anymore. Mikey,
I just sat down and I'm so tired. Your sister
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needs a ride somewhere. Can you do it? I was
just about to enjoy this delicious milkshake. Mikey's dad was
waving a car key at him from his recliner. Dad, Hello,
what are you talking about? Kids can't drive? Remember? Okay,
so I'll admit there was definitely some whining happening here,
but again totally justified. You can't drive? Well, why not?
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Come on? Does your sister know how to drive? Amora
shook her head. She couldn't believe she even had to
answer that. It's just like, what are they even teaching
you kids in school? If not how to drive? When
I was your age, I'm pretty sure I already knew
how to drive. Mikey and Mora's father most certainly did
not know how to drive a car when he was
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their age. Dad, are you sure you're not thinking about
a horse and buggy? Asked Amura? Yeah, Dad agreed Mikey.
Had they even invented cars? Yet? He tried convincing the
kid's mother to drive them, which just ended in there
being two whiny parents. Oh, come on, I drove them
last time. No, I drove them last time. No. Uh,
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pretty sure it was me. No way, I gave him
like four rides in a row, I swear. Amora ended
up having to call her friend's parents to come pick
her up. Now, to be clear, Mikey and no Moorea's
parents never wanted to be whiny parents, but they were
getting tired of all this driving around. They also soon
discovered that they weren't the only ones. The moment they
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started whining to some of the other parents, those parents
began whining back, Oh, tell me about it. The O
my kid had me drive them to a store to
buy one of those things all the kids are into,
but when we got there, they didn't have any, so
then we had to drive to another store, and when
we finally got home, she realized she had bought the
wrong one, and then we had to go back. As
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it turned out, many of the other parents were feeling
the same way. All of them agreed that it would
be so nice if kids could just drive themselves wherever
they needed to go. Mikey and a Moora just never
believe their parents would actually make it happen. Great news, kids,
We figured it out. All of us parents put our
heads together and decided, Hey, let's just let the kids
have their own cars. Mikey and Nomora had owned driveable
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toy cars when they were two or three years old.
The things drove so slowly down the sidewalk that a
snail could have beaten them in a race. Mom and
dad began, Mikey, we don't even fit in the seats
of those kid cars. Besides, it will take us so
long to drive to school. We'd have to leave home
before the roosters are up. Their mom flapped her hand
at Mikey dismissively. We aren't taught talking about those toy cars.
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We're talking about real cars, but for kids. That's right,
continued their father. A group of us parents partnered with
a car manufacturer to begin producing real cars for kids
at a factory right here in town. These kid cars
will be able to drive on actual roads, and you
know it'll be safe because they're made for kids. Amara
thought this sounded too good to be true. But won't
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we have to take driving lessons and apply for a
driver's license. Mikey had been wondering that too. Yeah, how
is it not dangerous to allow kids to drive cars
on the road, he asked. Their parents laughed, as if
these were totally silly things to be worrying about. Relax, kids,
these are kid cars. Kids can drive kid cars because
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it has the word kid in the name. They wouldn't
call them kid cars if they weren't meant for kids
to drive them. Their parents did make a good point,
it would be weird to call it a kid car
and not have it meant for kids. So the car
factory moved ahead and began making kid cars. One of
the first was delivered to Mikey and Amoor's house not
too many months later. Look at that thing, said Mikey.
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It's beautiful, gush Toamura. It looked very much like a
real car, but more kid like. There were cool pictures
and designs on the outside, and the inside was specifically
tailored towards kids as well. The seats felt like beanbag
chairs and were high enough up to clearly see out
every window while still allowing the driver to comfortably reach
the steering wheel and pedals. Mikey, check it out. This
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car has cup holders, but also candy and doughnut holders.
And look, it has speakers to play music just like
a real car. But there's a sign right there that
says this car will not play any boring grown up songs. Mikey,
I love this car. Mikey immediately asked his parents to
show him how to drive it. Whoa, whoa, whoa son,
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would you ask your dad to show you how to
play a video game or how to play with a
new toy. Kids stuff is like rocket science to us parents,
and this kid car is probably no exception. Just get
out there and have some fun. You kids will figure
it out. Well. This couldn't have been further from the truth.
Mike and Amora, along with some other kids who were
trying their cars, figured some of it out, but there
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was also a lot of driving way too fast or
driving way too slow, slamming on the brakes or forgetting
to use the brakes, swerving for no reason at all,
or perhaps not swerving when they really should have swerved.
It was a disaster. Mikey and Amora couldn't figure out
why so many people were honking at them when they
stopped the car to switch places. Instead of pulling over
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to the side of the road to let his eager
sister have a turn driving, Mikey had just parked the
car right there in the middle of the road. No
one could get by. Yesh, why does everyone seem so angry, Mikey.
I don't know, Probably just some whiny parents whining about
not having had their coffee yet. But even though it
wasn't what you'd call good driving, the kids were having
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the time of their lives, the freedom, the thrill. They'd
have stayed out driving all night long if they didn't
have to be home for supper. So, kids, we heard
you parked your car in the principal's parking spot at
school today. Is that correct? Yes? Mom and dad, answered
the kids sheepishly. We also heard the principal's car was
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already parked there, and you somehow managed to park your
car on top of the principal's car. Is that correct? Yes,
mom and dad, the kids answered again. Parking, among other things,
was going to need some work. The whiny parents called
another meeting. They couldn't believe their brilliant idea of letting
kids drive cars around town didn't work out so well.
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I don't get it. One parents started to whine, It's
not like we let them drive real cars. These ones
are slightly smaller and have the word kid in the name.
Another parent began whining about having to go back to
giving their kids rides again. Mikey and morris father started
getting emotional. Guys, I know it was just for one day,
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but having those kids out there doing all of their
own driving, well, it was one of the best days
of my life. I not only had time to drink
one milkshake, but two. It was incredible. Other parents whined
about how unfair it was that the police were expecting
them to pay for the speeding tickets in traffic violations
that their kids had received that day, which again is
a totally valid reason for a parent to whine. Pay
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your own speeding tickets kids. But just because these parents
were whiners didn't mean they were quitters. Maybe we just
need to sit these kids down and teach them how
to drive, suggested one parent. The rest of the parents
looked at the guy like he was asking them to
teach pigs how to fly. Oh, I have a better idea,
said mikey and Mora's mother. Why don't we just teach
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the cars how to drive? You know, I keep hearing
how self driving cars are becoming a thing. Now, why
don't we just have the car factory put some of
that fancy technology inside of the kid cars. The group
of whiny parents love this idea, and although they knew
it was going to cost them a lot more money,
it was going to be totally worth it if it
meant more time for their milkshakes. Months later, a new
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and improved kid car was ready. All right, kids, all
you have to do this time is talk to the
car and tell it where you want it to go.
You kids can handle that, right. They still teach you
kids how to talk in school, don't they. It truly
was that simple. The car only needed to be told
where to go, and then it took care of the rest.
It had cameras to read traffic signs and stoplights. There
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were sensors to prevent the car from drifting out of
its lane and crashing into stuff. It could even speed
up and slow down as needed. The kids didn't even
have to so much as look at the steering wheel,
which was good because that made it a lot easier
to play Uno while driving to school. This is so
much better, said Mikey. A million times better, agreed Amora.
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The kids were happy, all right. The future was here
and the future felt good. Much like with the original car,
neither Mikey nor a Mora wanted to go home. Okay, car,
so first we'd like you to take us to the
doughnut shop, and then after that you can drive us
to the candy store, and then if there's time left,
we'd like to go to the toy store. The car
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computer had something to say about that. Please remember that
those three destinations require money to make any purchases. Do
you have money? Mikey looked at Amaura, and Amora looked
at Mikey computer. We do not have any money. Do
you have any money? What a bust it was to
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find out that this car didn't have any money. All right, then, uh,
I guess just drive us home, unless you were just
joking about not having any money. No, yeah, okay, then yeah,
just take us home. Well, the kids still love their
new car, even if it was broke. They continued getting
driven to and from school without ever having to bother
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their parents, and not once were they late for soccer
practice or piano lessons. The kids of the other whiny
parents were also enjoying their new cars, which made their
parents a little less whiny. It seemed like a huge success,
which is part of the reason why it soon wasn't kids.
You guys are doing so amazingly well with your driving,
And by that I mean you guys are really good
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at telling your car where to take you. And since
you're enjoying it so much, I guess it won't be
a problem for you to swing by the post office
on your way home and pick something up for me. Right.
It wasn't long before the kids were running all sorts
of extra errands. A trip here, I'll stop there, dry cleaning,
grocery stores, the pharmacy. Parents were getting their kids to
do all sorts of things for them while they sat
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around enjoying milkshakes. And now many of the other parents
were beginning to take notice. They wanted kid cars for
their kids too. Soon almost every kid in town owned
a kid car, and that meant there were a whole
lot of cars on the roads. Mom and dad, Mikey
and I were late for school today. We got stuck
in two different traffic jams. Oh yeah, that happens, answered
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their dad. You just have to leave a little earlier tomorrow.
But you don't understand, pleaded Mikey. There are so many
cars on the road. Now it takes forever to get anywhere,
and forget trying to find parking. Can't you guys do something.
Their parents just shrugged it off. That's just called traffic.
Traffic is traffic. Nobody knows how to fix traffic. You
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just have to sit through it and eventually you find
yourself on the other side. Their parents had created this problem,
but they didn't seem interested in finding a solution. The
way they saw it, it was better than them sitting
in traffic. With the kids now doing most of the driving,
Mikey and Mora's dad had time most days to enjoy
a vanilla milkshake followed by a chocolate milkshake followed by
a strawberry milkshake. This guy was living his best life.
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To him, it felt like the kids were just being
a big bunch of whiners. Well, let me tell you,
those whiny kids soon got together and really started to whine.
I am just so tired of driving. You know, it
was fun at first, but now it's like, Ugh, why
are my parents asking me to return underwear to this
store for them? You're not even supposed to return underwear,
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are you. Another kid whined about never making it to
the store she was supposed to go to. Well, I
sat in a traffic jam for two hours and it
was just me and the car. I asked the car
if it wanted to play Uno with me, and it
was like no, rude And everyone agreed that the parents
didn't seem to care so long as they had time
to relax and drink their milkshakes. One boy thought he
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had a wonderful suggestion. We don't all need to have
our own cars. If we start sharing cars and driving
places together, that will mean fewer cars on the road.
If four kids need to pick up packages for their
parents at the post office, those four kids could drive together.
This idea was not followed by clapping and sharing like
the boy had expected. Everyone looked at him sideways. But
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to do that, we'd have to like plan and organize everything,
explained Mikey. Everyone agreed that planning and organizing things was
no good. What did get the chairs was the most
ridiculous idea of them all. We just need to make
the kid cars fly, suggested to Mora. You can't get
stuck in traffic if you just fly over the traffic. Plus,
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flying sounds way more fun than driving. I'm already bored
of driving. The boy who had made the first suggestion
tried to ask how they were supposed to make their
cars fly, but no one could hear him over the
sound of the chant make them fly, Make them fly,
make them fly. That same boy was also the one
who was most surprised when the workers at the car
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factory said they thought they could make the kid cars fly. Well,
since it's a bit smaller and lighter than a regular car,
we can probably get away with giving it the drone treatment.
But I don't know how safe it will be having
a bunch of kids flying cars through this guy. Come on, man,
how hard can it be? Besides, flying kid car has
the word kid in the name, so it has to
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be okay for kids. It took another few months before
the newest edition of the kid Car was released, and
like before, Mikey and Mora had one of them delivered
right to their house. Wow, it looks kind of the
same as it did before, only with a lot of
tiny propellers stuck to it. Mikey pointed out that they
may have also added some new lightning bolt stickers on
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the doors, but it didn't matter so much how it looked.
They were just happy to be among the first kids
to fly a car. The two of them had decided
that Mikey would fly the first half of the way
to school and then switch to give his sister a turn.
But how they expected to pull over and switch in
the middle of the sky was anyone's guess. Not so fast,
kiddie Poos, called out their mother. You two can hop
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in the back seat. Your father and I will be
flying you to school. Mikey and Moora's parents were scoping
at the new flying kid car like it was the
most spectacular thing they'd ever laid eyes on. What do
you mean you're flying us to school, asked Tomura. We've
been doing all the driving lately, while you parents just
whine and complain about stuff and sip on your milkshakes.
Their parents tried convincing them that they were done with milkshakes.
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That was back when giving you guys rides was boring.
Flying you to school and piano lessons sounds so much
more fun. Not to mention, we really shouldn't be having
you do all of our errands for us. What if
we need to return a pair of Polkadon underwear that
doesn't fit We can't trust you with a job like that.
It felt weird that Mikey even had to ask, but
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he asked it anyway. Do you guys even know how
to fly this thing? Mikey and more had flown drones
in their backyard plenty of times. Their parents, however, probably
didn't even know the first thing about drones. My children,
this car is made for kids. If it's made for kids,
I'm pretty sure grown ups can figure it out. Now,
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hop in, let's do this. Mikey and a Moorea did
arrive at school that day, but they were definitely not
on time, and many of their classmates arrived even later.
Some parents got lost in the clouds while others got
stuck in trees, and one parent accidentally flew to Paris
and landed on the Eiffel Tower. It was a total disaster,
and the next day all the parents had to drive
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their kids to school the normal way. And yeah, they
whined about it, but who wouldn't the end, that's the story,
And here's your question of the week. If you could
design a vehicle for kids, what would your vehicle be like?
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the next one.
Hellol story Time really not a glory Time rab as standing,
You'll be fine follow the whole storyline. Hellol story Time,
Might you love released one time? Well Time? Welcome back
to the show. This is Lowell Storytime, and in today's episode,
I'll be telling you a story called kid Car. This
one features character is named after Mikey and Amora. But
(00:25):
before we dive in, let's kick off September with some updates. First,
the story writing contest. I'll be contacting the winner sometime
in the next week or two, and hopefully shortly after that,
I'll be able to share the winning stories with you
right here on the show. Stay tuned. My second update
is all about the shoutouts. If you've been patiently waiting
to put your name in for a shout out or
(00:45):
to have your name featured in a story, well, unfortunately
those spots are still booked for another ten weeks or so,
but hopefully sometime in November I'll be able to reopen
that request for him, which you'll be able to see
by visiting lvel storytime dot com Slash shout Outs. And
final update, and this one is more of a wink wink,
nudge nudge to let you know that last week I
dropped a bonus story called The Big s Niece, which
(01:06):
may very well be my favorite of all the bonus
stories so far. Let's just say never has there been
a better time to become an Lall Storytime Premium member.
All Right, before this episode turns into a full day event,
let's get to the shoutouts. Shout out to Vishva from Wisconsin, Hayden,
Haley and Hunter from Florida, Olivia Klein from North Carolina,
(01:29):
Marcus Lorenzo from Miami, Florida, Eva from Perth, Australia, Ryan
and j from Perth, Australia, Grant Ferguson from Atlanta, Georgia, Everley,
Atara and Odell from Cooktown, Australia, Ryder, Sloane and Layla
from Niskayuna and Lily H from Melbourne. More shotts to
come next time, But for now, let's get into the story.
(02:00):
This is the story of some whiny parents. Wait, hold on,
parents don't whine, do they? Okay, maybe sometimes, but the
parents in the story had a perfectly good reason for it.
Mikey and Amora always expected their parents to drive them here, there,
and everywhere. They were asking for rides all of the time. First,
there were the rides to and from school, and what
(02:21):
was up a school starting an ending during rush hour?
We're talking peak traffic here, And of course when their
parents got them to school, there was never anywhere to
park or pull over. Then by the time their parents
got home, it almost felt like it was already time
to go pick them up again. That alone would be
reason enough to make someone wine and complain. But five
to ten minutes after the kids got home, one of
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them would be asking for a ride to their friend's house.
When were these poor parents expected to relax and drink
a milkshake? What do you mean you need a ride
to your friend's house. You literally just spent the whole
day with your friend at school. Was that not enough?
What about all the squirrels in the backyard? Can't you
just play with one of them? And in case it
didn't already sound like more than enough driving for these poor,
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poor parents, who had every right to be a little
bit whiny. Well, then there were things like piano lessons
and soccer practice and extra soccer practice and early morning
soccer practice because for some reason, coach really really loved practicing.
One day Mikey and Mora's parents just couldn't do it anymore. Mikey,
I just sat down and I'm so tired. Your sister
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needs a ride somewhere. Can you do it? I was
just about to enjoy this delicious milkshake. Mikey's dad was
waving a car key at him from his recliner. Dad, Hello,
what are you talking about? Kids can't drive? Remember? Okay,
so I'll admit there was definitely some whining happening here,
but again totally justified. You can't drive? Well, why not?
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Come on? Does your sister know how to drive? Amora
shook her head. She couldn't believe she even had to
answer that. It's just like, what are they even teaching
you kids in school? If not how to drive? When
I was your age, I'm pretty sure I already knew
how to drive. Mikey and Mora's father most certainly did
not know how to drive a car when he was
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their age. Dad, are you sure you're not thinking about
a horse and buggy? Asked Amura? Yeah, Dad agreed Mikey.
Had they even invented cars? Yet? He tried convincing the
kid's mother to drive them, which just ended in there
being two whiny parents. Oh, come on, I drove them
last time. No, I drove them last time. No. Uh,
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pretty sure it was me. No way, I gave him
like four rides in a row, I swear. Amora ended
up having to call her friend's parents to come pick
her up. Now, to be clear, Mikey and no Moorea's
parents never wanted to be whiny parents, but they were
getting tired of all this driving around. They also soon
discovered that they weren't the only ones. The moment they
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started whining to some of the other parents, those parents
began whining back, Oh, tell me about it. The O
my kid had me drive them to a store to
buy one of those things all the kids are into,
but when we got there, they didn't have any, so
then we had to drive to another store, and when
we finally got home, she realized she had bought the
wrong one, and then we had to go back. As
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it turned out, many of the other parents were feeling
the same way. All of them agreed that it would
be so nice if kids could just drive themselves wherever
they needed to go. Mikey and a Moora just never
believe their parents would actually make it happen. Great news, kids,
We figured it out. All of us parents put our
heads together and decided, Hey, let's just let the kids
have their own cars. Mikey and Nomora had owned driveable
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toy cars when they were two or three years old.
The things drove so slowly down the sidewalk that a
snail could have beaten them in a race. Mom and
dad began, Mikey, we don't even fit in the seats
of those kid cars. Besides, it will take us so
long to drive to school. We'd have to leave home
before the roosters are up. Their mom flapped her hand
at Mikey dismissively. We aren't taught talking about those toy cars.
(06:01):
We're talking about real cars, but for kids. That's right,
continued their father. A group of us parents partnered with
a car manufacturer to begin producing real cars for kids
at a factory right here in town. These kid cars
will be able to drive on actual roads, and you
know it'll be safe because they're made for kids. Amara
thought this sounded too good to be true. But won't
(06:23):
we have to take driving lessons and apply for a
driver's license. Mikey had been wondering that too. Yeah, how
is it not dangerous to allow kids to drive cars
on the road, he asked. Their parents laughed, as if
these were totally silly things to be worrying about. Relax, kids,
these are kid cars. Kids can drive kid cars because
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it has the word kid in the name. They wouldn't
call them kid cars if they weren't meant for kids
to drive them. Their parents did make a good point,
it would be weird to call it a kid car
and not have it meant for kids. So the car
factory moved ahead and began making kid cars. One of
the first was delivered to Mikey and Amoor's house not
too many months later. Look at that thing, said Mikey.
(07:05):
It's beautiful, gush Toamura. It looked very much like a
real car, but more kid like. There were cool pictures
and designs on the outside, and the inside was specifically
tailored towards kids as well. The seats felt like beanbag
chairs and were high enough up to clearly see out
every window while still allowing the driver to comfortably reach
the steering wheel and pedals. Mikey, check it out. This
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car has cup holders, but also candy and doughnut holders.
And look, it has speakers to play music just like
a real car. But there's a sign right there that
says this car will not play any boring grown up songs. Mikey,
I love this car. Mikey immediately asked his parents to
show him how to drive it. Whoa, whoa, whoa son,
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would you ask your dad to show you how to
play a video game or how to play with a
new toy. Kids stuff is like rocket science to us parents,
and this kid car is probably no exception. Just get
out there and have some fun. You kids will figure
it out. Well. This couldn't have been further from the truth.
Mike and Amora, along with some other kids who were
trying their cars, figured some of it out, but there
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was also a lot of driving way too fast or
driving way too slow, slamming on the brakes or forgetting
to use the brakes, swerving for no reason at all,
or perhaps not swerving when they really should have swerved.
It was a disaster. Mikey and Amora couldn't figure out
why so many people were honking at them when they
stopped the car to switch places. Instead of pulling over
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to the side of the road to let his eager
sister have a turn driving, Mikey had just parked the
car right there in the middle of the road. No
one could get by. Yesh, why does everyone seem so angry, Mikey.
I don't know, Probably just some whiny parents whining about
not having had their coffee yet. But even though it
wasn't what you'd call good driving, the kids were having
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the time of their lives, the freedom, the thrill. They'd
have stayed out driving all night long if they didn't
have to be home for supper. So, kids, we heard
you parked your car in the principal's parking spot at
school today. Is that correct? Yes? Mom and dad, answered
the kids sheepishly. We also heard the principal's car was
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already parked there, and you somehow managed to park your
car on top of the principal's car. Is that correct? Yes,
mom and dad, the kids answered again. Parking, among other things,
was going to need some work. The whiny parents called
another meeting. They couldn't believe their brilliant idea of letting
kids drive cars around town didn't work out so well.
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I don't get it. One parents started to whine, It's
not like we let them drive real cars. These ones
are slightly smaller and have the word kid in the name.
Another parent began whining about having to go back to
giving their kids rides again. Mikey and morris father started
getting emotional. Guys, I know it was just for one day,
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but having those kids out there doing all of their
own driving, well, it was one of the best days
of my life. I not only had time to drink
one milkshake, but two. It was incredible. Other parents whined
about how unfair it was that the police were expecting
them to pay for the speeding tickets in traffic violations
that their kids had received that day, which again is
a totally valid reason for a parent to whine. Pay
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your own speeding tickets kids. But just because these parents
were whiners didn't mean they were quitters. Maybe we just
need to sit these kids down and teach them how
to drive, suggested one parent. The rest of the parents
looked at the guy like he was asking them to
teach pigs how to fly. Oh, I have a better idea,
said mikey and Mora's mother. Why don't we just teach
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the cars how to drive? You know, I keep hearing
how self driving cars are becoming a thing. Now, why
don't we just have the car factory put some of
that fancy technology inside of the kid cars. The group
of whiny parents love this idea, and although they knew
it was going to cost them a lot more money,
it was going to be totally worth it if it
meant more time for their milkshakes. Months later, a new
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and improved kid car was ready. All right, kids, all
you have to do this time is talk to the
car and tell it where you want it to go.
You kids can handle that, right. They still teach you
kids how to talk in school, don't they. It truly
was that simple. The car only needed to be told
where to go, and then it took care of the rest.
It had cameras to read traffic signs and stoplights. There
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were sensors to prevent the car from drifting out of
its lane and crashing into stuff. It could even speed
up and slow down as needed. The kids didn't even
have to so much as look at the steering wheel,
which was good because that made it a lot easier
to play Uno while driving to school. This is so
much better, said Mikey. A million times better, agreed Amora.
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The kids were happy, all right. The future was here
and the future felt good. Much like with the original car,
neither Mikey nor a Mora wanted to go home. Okay, car,
so first we'd like you to take us to the
doughnut shop, and then after that you can drive us
to the candy store, and then if there's time left,
we'd like to go to the toy store. The car
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computer had something to say about that. Please remember that
those three destinations require money to make any purchases. Do
you have money? Mikey looked at Amaura, and Amora looked
at Mikey computer. We do not have any money. Do
you have any money? What a bust it was to
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find out that this car didn't have any money. All right, then, uh,
I guess just drive us home, unless you were just
joking about not having any money. No, yeah, okay, then yeah,
just take us home. Well, the kids still love their
new car, even if it was broke. They continued getting
driven to and from school without ever having to bother
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their parents, and not once were they late for soccer
practice or piano lessons. The kids of the other whiny
parents were also enjoying their new cars, which made their
parents a little less whiny. It seemed like a huge success,
which is part of the reason why it soon wasn't kids.
You guys are doing so amazingly well with your driving,
And by that I mean you guys are really good
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at telling your car where to take you. And since
you're enjoying it so much, I guess it won't be
a problem for you to swing by the post office
on your way home and pick something up for me. Right.
It wasn't long before the kids were running all sorts
of extra errands. A trip here, I'll stop there, dry cleaning,
grocery stores, the pharmacy. Parents were getting their kids to
do all sorts of things for them while they sat
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around enjoying milkshakes. And now many of the other parents
were beginning to take notice. They wanted kid cars for
their kids too. Soon almost every kid in town owned
a kid car, and that meant there were a whole
lot of cars on the roads. Mom and dad, Mikey
and I were late for school today. We got stuck
in two different traffic jams. Oh yeah, that happens, answered
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their dad. You just have to leave a little earlier tomorrow.
But you don't understand, pleaded Mikey. There are so many
cars on the road. Now it takes forever to get anywhere,
and forget trying to find parking. Can't you guys do something.
Their parents just shrugged it off. That's just called traffic.
Traffic is traffic. Nobody knows how to fix traffic. You
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just have to sit through it and eventually you find
yourself on the other side. Their parents had created this problem,
but they didn't seem interested in finding a solution. The
way they saw it, it was better than them sitting
in traffic. With the kids now doing most of the driving,
Mikey and Mora's dad had time most days to enjoy
a vanilla milkshake followed by a chocolate milkshake followed by
a strawberry milkshake. This guy was living his best life.
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To him, it felt like the kids were just being
a big bunch of whiners. Well, let me tell you,
those whiny kids soon got together and really started to whine.
I am just so tired of driving. You know, it
was fun at first, but now it's like, Ugh, why
are my parents asking me to return underwear to this
store for them? You're not even supposed to return underwear,
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are you. Another kid whined about never making it to
the store she was supposed to go to. Well, I
sat in a traffic jam for two hours and it
was just me and the car. I asked the car
if it wanted to play Uno with me, and it
was like no, rude And everyone agreed that the parents
didn't seem to care so long as they had time
to relax and drink their milkshakes. One boy thought he
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had a wonderful suggestion. We don't all need to have
our own cars. If we start sharing cars and driving
places together, that will mean fewer cars on the road.
If four kids need to pick up packages for their
parents at the post office, those four kids could drive together.
This idea was not followed by clapping and sharing like
the boy had expected. Everyone looked at him sideways. But
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to do that, we'd have to like plan and organize everything,
explained Mikey. Everyone agreed that planning and organizing things was
no good. What did get the chairs was the most
ridiculous idea of them all. We just need to make
the kid cars fly, suggested to Mora. You can't get
stuck in traffic if you just fly over the traffic. Plus,
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flying sounds way more fun than driving. I'm already bored
of driving. The boy who had made the first suggestion
tried to ask how they were supposed to make their
cars fly, but no one could hear him over the
sound of the chant make them fly, Make them fly,
make them fly. That same boy was also the one
who was most surprised when the workers at the car
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factory said they thought they could make the kid cars fly. Well,
since it's a bit smaller and lighter than a regular car,
we can probably get away with giving it the drone treatment.
But I don't know how safe it will be having
a bunch of kids flying cars through this guy. Come on, man,
how hard can it be? Besides, flying kid car has
the word kid in the name, so it has to
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be okay for kids. It took another few months before
the newest edition of the kid Car was released, and
like before, Mikey and Mora had one of them delivered
right to their house. Wow, it looks kind of the
same as it did before, only with a lot of
tiny propellers stuck to it. Mikey pointed out that they
may have also added some new lightning bolt stickers on
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the doors, but it didn't matter so much how it looked.
They were just happy to be among the first kids
to fly a car. The two of them had decided
that Mikey would fly the first half of the way
to school and then switch to give his sister a turn.
But how they expected to pull over and switch in
the middle of the sky was anyone's guess. Not so fast,
kiddie Poos, called out their mother. You two can hop
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in the back seat. Your father and I will be
flying you to school. Mikey and Moora's parents were scoping
at the new flying kid car like it was the
most spectacular thing they'd ever laid eyes on. What do
you mean you're flying us to school, asked Tomura. We've
been doing all the driving lately, while you parents just
whine and complain about stuff and sip on your milkshakes.
Their parents tried convincing them that they were done with milkshakes.
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That was back when giving you guys rides was boring.
Flying you to school and piano lessons sounds so much
more fun. Not to mention, we really shouldn't be having
you do all of our errands for us. What if
we need to return a pair of Polkadon underwear that
doesn't fit We can't trust you with a job like that.
It felt weird that Mikey even had to ask, but
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he asked it anyway. Do you guys even know how
to fly this thing? Mikey and more had flown drones
in their backyard plenty of times. Their parents, however, probably
didn't even know the first thing about drones. My children,
this car is made for kids. If it's made for kids,
I'm pretty sure grown ups can figure it out. Now,
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hop in, let's do this. Mikey and a Moorea did
arrive at school that day, but they were definitely not
on time, and many of their classmates arrived even later.
Some parents got lost in the clouds while others got
stuck in trees, and one parent accidentally flew to Paris
and landed on the Eiffel Tower. It was a total disaster,
and the next day all the parents had to drive
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their kids to school the normal way. And yeah, they
whined about it, but who wouldn't the end, that's the story,
And here's your question of the week. If you could
design a vehicle for kids, what would your vehicle be like?
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