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In this silly story, Rollins, Maris, and Wells go house shopping. Choosing a house isn’t something you can trust your parents to do. Parents sometimes miss the important stuff, like making sure there’s a basketball hoop, a swimming pool, and at least seven different playrooms. The siblings think they’ve finally found the perfect house… now they just have to convince their parents to go along with it. Easy, right?
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In this silly story, Rollins, Maris, and Wells go house shopping. Choosing a house isn’t something you can trust your parents to do. Parents sometimes miss the important stuff, like making sure there’s a basketball hoop, a swimming pool, and at least seven different playrooms. The siblings think they’ve finally found the perfect house… now they just have to convince their parents to go along with it. Easy, right?
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello, Well story Times really not a boring time. Rabbis,
stand and you'll be fine. Follow the whole storyline, Hellol
story Time. Might you love atleast one time hell Time
story Hello and welcome. In today's episode, I'll be telling
you a story called Let's Buy a House. This one
features characters named after Rollins, Maris, and Wells. And I'm
(00:24):
going to try and keep this brief, but as of
twelve pm Eastern Time tomorrow, you'll be able to head
over to allowellstorytime dot com to book a shout out
or to request having a character named after you. All
the details will be on the website this week. I'd
like to give a shout out to Louis from Portland,
Kurt from Hahira, Georgia, Nolan and Bronson from Kailua, Hawaii,
(00:47):
and Tucker and Franny along with their dog Tanner in Connecticut.
As of next week, Shadows will be moving to the
end of the episodes so that you can get into
the stories a little bit sooner. I hope you enjoy
this one. Let's get into it. This is the story
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of a house, a house that just wasn't working out anymore.
It was too old, too small, too messy and all
around just too beat up. Now, Rollin's, Mares and Wells
didn't see it this way, but their parents sure did.
One day, the kids overheard their mother complaining that she
had had enough of this house. I am so done
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with this house, she had said. Every time I turn around,
I see another mess. Stuff on the floor, junk on
the stairs, things pile up on the kitchen table. I
had to eat breakfast in my car because there was
nowhere else for me to eat. The floors are scratched,
the walls are scuffed, and I'm pretty sure I saw
mustard on the carpet mustard. Some days, I just wish
we could knock this house to the ground and start
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over fresh, someplace else. Rollin's and Mares thought the house
was just fine, but even still, hearing their mother say
this got them excited a new house could be Wells, however,
did not look excited. Oh it's gonna be okay, Wells,
said Maris, who wrapped her arms around her brother. Yeah,
little buddy, said Rollins. I know change can be hard.
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We have a lot of good memories in this house.
That's right, agreed Maris. We totally get it. This is
the home where you learned how to walk. It's where
you learned how to drive your brother and sister completely bonkers.
It's where you wet the bed for the first time
of many This place will always hold a special place
in our hearts. But listen, you can still wet the
bed at the new house. Too. Well shoved his sister away.
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I don't wet the bed anymore, guys, And that's not
why I'm upset. I'm upset because we don't get to
pick the house mom and Dad do. They're gonna pick
a mom and dad style house. Do you think for
one moment they're gonna care how many playrooms a house has. Nope,
And that's the most important thing to consider when buying
a new house. I can see this ending up like
the time Mom and Dad bought a car without talking
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to us first. Rawlins and Marius could remember that awful daily.
It was yesterday. Their parents had opted for a car
that had a built in vacuum cleaner instead of a
built in TV. Like. They were literally given the choice,
and they went with the vacuum cleaner. Who does that? Yeah,
wells is right, said Rollins. If Mom and Dad pick
out the new house, they're only going to care about
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finding a house that doesn't have any mustard stains on
the carpet. Maris thought for a moment, well, maybe we
should be the ones to pick it out. Then any
went up for a little house shopping this afternoon. Before
setting out on their bikes to begin their search, the
three siblings created a checklist. The checklist included must have
features they would need to see before agreeing to buy
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a house. Rawlins wrote down that their new house should
have a basketball hoop, Maris wrote down that their new
house should have a swimming pool, and Wells wrote down
that their new house should have no less than seven
different playrooms. Guys, a moment ago, we were panicking that
mom and dad wouldn't pick a house with anything we want,
and yet we haven't added anything to the list that
they might want. Biblings unanimously agreed that their new house
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must be clean. It wasn't the most exciting thing to
ask for, but hey, this was their parents. Rawlins, Maris,
and Wells rode their bikes up and down the streets
until they finally found a house they liked. Guys, check
it out, announced Rawlins, this house has a basketball hoop
and a swing set. And it's not like the usual
backyard swing sets that you outgrow by the time you're six.
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This one is a full size swing set like you
get at the park. Maras seemed a little more guarded. Guys,
let's not get too excited. We still don't know if
it has everything on our list. Well, there was only
one way for them to find out. The kids hopped
off their bikes and knocked on the front door. A
man with a grand total of seven hairs on top
of his head answered the door. Hello, Can I help you?
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The kids all put on their best smiles. Yes, as
a matter of fact, you can. Rawlins looked down at
his list. We already saw the basketball net, which is great.
A nice job on the full sized swing set. We
didn't even have that one on our list. If that's
just a bonus. Now, can you tell us if you
have a swimming pool and seven or more playrooms? The
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man with very few hairs on his head looked like
he wished he had never opened the door. Can I
ask why you're asking? Maris edged forward. That's a great question, sir.
We're here to buy our house, unless, of course, you
don't have a swimming pool. The man turned around and
called out to his wife, Dorothy, we've got some kids
here that want to buy our house. They heard the
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wife call back tell him our house isn't for sale.
The man turned back to the kids. My wife says,
our house isn't for sale. Rollins didn't see this as
a problem. Ah, so you're looking to trade, Well that's fine.
Have you been considering a house with mustard stains on
the carpet, because if so, have we got a deal
for you. The man clarified that he didn't want to
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sell or trade or do anything other than close his
front door and hope to never see these kids ever again.
But he did give them one helpful piece of advice
before they left, which was to check for a first
sale sign before knocking on anyone else's door. Rawlins began
climbing back onto his bike. A for sale sign. Huh,
that would have been helpful to no before we started,
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he grumbled. Absolutely agreed, Maris, who knew he couldn't just
buy any old house you like? I was ready to
tell Dorothy and not so much here guy to hit
the road. The kids continued their search, though their options
were now few and far between. Hey, that house over there,
has a for sale sign, Wells pointed out, but before
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the others could look, he had already changed his mind.
A for sale sign and a really, really really big dog.
I think that should go on the list of things
we don't want. What if it tries to steal all
of my cookies. A little further along, the kids found
another house with a for sale sign. In fact, this
one had two signs. The second sign said open house.
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I think that means we can just walk right in,
explained Rollins. And walk right in they did. Several others
were already inside checking the place out. A tall man
with fancy clothes and a lot more hair than the
last guy approached the kids as they walked in. Um, hello, welcome.
I assume your parents are just behind you. The kids giggled.
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Let's hope not, said Rawlins. Put it this way, house
shopping is not something our parents should be left to
do alone. I bet they wouldn't have even noticed the
basketball net out front. Instead, my dad would probably start
tapping on your railings, asking is this made out of
real wood. The man explained that he was a real
estate agent and that it was his job to help
the owner sell their house. He then added that he
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was only interested in talking to serious buyers. We're serious,
said Maris, unless this house doesn't have a swimming pool
out back. That's when we turned very not serious. The tall,
fancily dressed man with more hair than the last guy said,
follow me, I have something I'd like to show you.
Wells assumed the man was going to take them on
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a two were of the house to show them no
less than seven playrooms. Instead, the tall, fancily dressed man
with more hair than the last eye led them out
into the backyard. kNs, I can tell you three are
serious about buying a house today, and I am ready
to make a deal. Just don't tell the other people inside. Okay,
this was great. These kids had to be the best
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house shoppers around. The man then led them over to
a small plastic playhouse in the back corner of the yard.
Rawlins could barely fit inside. It even comes with a
little toy sink, said the man. Isn't that cute? And
I see the last kids have already decorated it for
you using princess and fairy stickers. This place is move
in ready. Take some time to think it over while
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I head back inside, because like I said, I have
some people waiting who are very serious about the grown
up house Tata, after the man laughed, well, squint at
his eyes. I don't know about you, guys, but I
don't think this little house has seven playrooms. I'm not
even seeing a toilet. The kids were only able to
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find one other house with a first sales sign before
it started getting dark. There was no basketball hoop out front,
and the house looked remarkably similar to the one their
grandmother lived in. This led to an argument over whether
it was even worth checking out. On one hand, it
wasn't likely to have seven or more playrooms, but on
the other hand, there was a good chance it would
be very clean. Their grandmother's house was so clean you
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could eat straight off of the floors. But this then
caused a second argument over why anyone would ever want
to eat off of a floor. In the end, all
three agreed that they would eat off of a floor
if the floor was Grandma level clean and if the
food was good. Nevertheless, the kids decided a grandma style
house was not the right house for them. While riding
their bikes home, the kids complained that their first day
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of house shopping had knock gone as they had hoped.
Guys began wells. I didn't want to seem difficult earlier,
but having seven or more playrooms wasn't the only thing
I wanted to put on the list. I actually also
wanted to write down that the house should have an elevator,
an indoor hot tub, and a snack bar righted inside
my room. Rollins admitted that he too wanted more than
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just a basketball hoop. He'd been secretly wishing for a
batting cage in an indoor bowling alley as well, and
of course Marison wanted more than just a pool. Was
it not perfectly reasonable to expect any good house to
have an arts and crafts room and a movie theater. Ugh?
This was hard enough before, but now it's going to
be impossible to find everything on our list. Rollins paused
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for a moment. I think we might be stuck with
whatever house mom and dad choose to buy. The kids
were suddenly startled by a woman who called over to
them from a nearby bus stop. She had a very
loud voice, sounds like what you kids need as a mansion.
The kids turned and looked at the woman. A mansion
like one of those gigantic houses, movie stars and famous
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singers live in. The woman smiled. More than just famous
people have mansions. The mansion I work at has a
nice little family with three kids too. The owner has
been trying to sell it for months. A mansion. Huh,
why didn't we think of that? Wells then adjusted the
collar of his shirt. That's a very serious home buyer.
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I just have one question. How many playrooms does this
mansion have? The woman thought for a moment, Oh, golly,
If I had to guess, I'd say there's got to
be at least seven. Wells's eyes lit up. Apparently they'd
been house shopping in the wrong neighborhood all along. The
kind woman with a loud voice suggested the kids stop
by the mansion the next day. That night, all three
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kids dreamed about living in a mansion. And dreaming about
living in a mansion is not good when you already
have a growing list of mustous for your new house. Now,
Maries wanted to add a zipline to the checklist. A
zipline that went from her new bedroom straight down to
the kitchen seemed like the best way to guarantee being
the first one at the table anytime. Cake was being served.
Upon rolling up to the mansion the next day, the
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kids had to keep reminding themselves not to let their
mouths hang open. Wells had already caught two flies in
his mouth. They also had to try thinking of something
other to say than just whoa, because there was a
little too much woeing happening. WHOA look at the size
of that house. WHOA? Look at the size of that garage. WHOA?
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Look at the size of that water fountain. WHOA? I
can't stop saying whoa. The inside of the house was
even more jaw dropping than the outside. The woman with
the loud voice invited the kids in and told them
to make themselves at home. Take as much time as
you need. There's lots to see, and if you get hungry,
just let the chef know. He'll be happy to fix
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you something to eat. The mansion didn't just have a chef.
It had a cleaner, a gardener, a repair person, and
three different people for the backyard pool, the indoor pool,
and the rooftop pool. As far as the kids could tell,
the other people all just stood around trying to look busy.
How is it even possible that no one has bought
this house, yet, asked Rollins, didn't you say the owner
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has been trying to sell it for months? The woman,
with a loud voice shrugged, Well, as you can imagine,
it does cost an awful lot of money. You kids
do have an awful lot of money, don't you, Maris
told the woman. They did. Not you think we're paying
for this place, Absolutely not. We're just picking it out.
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Our parents will pay for it. That's right, agreed, Wells.
They have lots of money. They once paid for an
extra large pizza when we really only needed a large,
and this other time I saw my mom buy a
whole case of juice boxes. Instead of exploring the mansion together,
the kids all excitedly ran off in different directions to
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find out just how many things they could check off
their list. When they found each other hours later, they
immediately started talking all at once, trying to share what
they'd seen. Rollins was most excited to tell his brother
and sister that he had just spent the last hour
hanging out in a room with talking robots. Maris was
throwed to report that she had found a zip line
from her new bedroom the kitchen, and although everyone expected
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Wells to talk about how many playrooms he had found.
He was more interested in telling them about something else. Nineteen, guys,
that is the number of bathrooms I found in this place.
Nineteen Who needs that many bathrooms? That's nineteen toilets. Nineteen toilets.
This house checked everything on their list and more. We
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have to go home and tell mom and dad we
found them the perfect house, said maris a perfectly clean
house with nineteen toilets added wells. All sorts of thoughts
kept racing through their minds as they hurried home, Like
what if while they had been looking at the mansion,
their parents had gone out and bought a different house,
And what of that house was a granny style house
that had zero basketball hoops? Or what if their parents
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did want to buy the mansion but had already blown
all their money on one too many cases of juice boxes.
When they arrived home, no one opened the front door
like someone had done for them at the mansion. They
had to jiggle the door handle just the right way
to get it to work. Remember the time Marris kicked
a ball so hard at the door that it broke
the door handle. The kids all chuckled at the memory.
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Once inside, they started running through the house looking for
their parents. Despite being told a thousand times not to
run in the house, Wells tripped over a toy and
went head first into the wall. Surprisingly, it didn't even hurt,
but it did leave a dent in the wall. Hey, look,
Wells made a dent right next to the old dent
from Rolin's head when he was that age. I was
the first time mom and Dad made the no running
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in the house rule, which we clearly have not done
the best job following, the kids chuckled over that memory too.
They were about to make their way upstairs when Maris paused,
Remember when Wells used to always trip over the stairs
while going up to bed. So then one day we
turned one of mom's exercise bands into a slingshot and
launched them up to his room. The kids decided they
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wanted to make the giant slingshot again for old times sake,
but while fetching the exercise band, they got distracted talking
about the time the floor got all scratched up while
playing sports in the house with their cleats on. They
had forgotten all about trying to find their mom and
dad until it was their dad who came and found them. Dad,
I think We've made a big mistake, began Rowlins. We
picked out a new house for us to live in,
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but now I kind of want to stay here. The
mansion was great and had everything you could ever want.
But where were the dents in the wall, Where were
the banged up floors? Where was the mustard stain? This
little old house of our says the one thing a
mansion could never have our story. Rawlins hadn't said any
of this to his brother or sister yet, but they
were both nodding their heads. This house wasn't perfect, but
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it was theirs. Whoa, whoa, whoa, said their dad. Back
the whole entire train up, back it way up, back
it into the station, and let it sit there for
a while. What are you kids talking about? The kids
backed the train way up and started from the beginning.
They explained how they overheard their mother saying she wanted
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a new house. They mentioned how they hadn't trusted their
parents to pick out a good house, and finally they
told their dad all about the mansion with nineteen toilets,
three swimming pools, and a zip line. Kids, I can't
believe you did all that. We were never planning on
moving and even if we were, we would have discussed
that with you guys first, Unlike the time I bought
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a TV so big it couldn't fit through the door.
I really should have discussed that with your mother first.
But hey, your mom was just blowing off steam when
she said that messy houses can make parents say things
they don't mean. Trust me, your mother and I love
this place as if right on cue, their mother burst
in through the door. Kids, husband, I know I should
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have discussed this with you first, but I just bought
a house. Also, it wasn't cheap, so we may need
to cut back on juice boxes for a while. The
kids were stunned. How could their mother have done this
without talking to them first. Even their dad's face had
turned completely white. Guys, relax, why is everyone looking so serious.
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It's just one of those treehouse building kids for the backyard.
I thought you'd be excited. I figured we could move
all your toys out there so we can keep the
main house looking clean and tidy. While it was a
relief knowing that their mother hadn't just bought the granny house,
these savvy and very serious home buyers had a few
important questions, like would there be enough room to play
mini basketball on the treehouse and would it be strong
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enough to hold a waiting pool? And could a zipline
be run from the treehouse to their bedroom windows? And
let's not forget how many playrooms and toilets would this
treehouse include the end, that's the story, And here's your
question of the week. What is the first thing you'd
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be putting on your checklist. That's it for this episode.
As always, thanks for listening and I'll catch you on
the next one.
Hello, Well story Times really not a boring time. Rabbis,
stand and you'll be fine. Follow the whole storyline, Hellol
story Time. Might you love atleast one time hell Time
story Hello and welcome. In today's episode, I'll be telling
you a story called Let's Buy a House. This one
features characters named after Rollins, Maris, and Wells. And I'm
(00:24):
going to try and keep this brief, but as of
twelve pm Eastern Time tomorrow, you'll be able to head
over to allowellstorytime dot com to book a shout out
or to request having a character named after you. All
the details will be on the website this week. I'd
like to give a shout out to Louis from Portland,
Kurt from Hahira, Georgia, Nolan and Bronson from Kailua, Hawaii,
(00:47):
and Tucker and Franny along with their dog Tanner in Connecticut.
As of next week, Shadows will be moving to the
end of the episodes so that you can get into
the stories a little bit sooner. I hope you enjoy
this one. Let's get into it. This is the story
(01:09):
of a house, a house that just wasn't working out anymore.
It was too old, too small, too messy and all
around just too beat up. Now, Rollin's, Mares and Wells
didn't see it this way, but their parents sure did.
One day, the kids overheard their mother complaining that she
had had enough of this house. I am so done
(01:30):
with this house, she had said. Every time I turn around,
I see another mess. Stuff on the floor, junk on
the stairs, things pile up on the kitchen table. I
had to eat breakfast in my car because there was
nowhere else for me to eat. The floors are scratched,
the walls are scuffed, and I'm pretty sure I saw
mustard on the carpet mustard. Some days, I just wish
we could knock this house to the ground and start
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over fresh, someplace else. Rollin's and Mares thought the house
was just fine, but even still, hearing their mother say
this got them excited a new house could be Wells, however,
did not look excited. Oh it's gonna be okay, Wells,
said Maris, who wrapped her arms around her brother. Yeah,
little buddy, said Rollins. I know change can be hard.
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We have a lot of good memories in this house.
That's right, agreed Maris. We totally get it. This is
the home where you learned how to walk. It's where
you learned how to drive your brother and sister completely bonkers.
It's where you wet the bed for the first time
of many This place will always hold a special place
in our hearts. But listen, you can still wet the
bed at the new house. Too. Well shoved his sister away.
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I don't wet the bed anymore, guys, And that's not
why I'm upset. I'm upset because we don't get to
pick the house mom and Dad do. They're gonna pick
a mom and dad style house. Do you think for
one moment they're gonna care how many playrooms a house has. Nope,
And that's the most important thing to consider when buying
a new house. I can see this ending up like
the time Mom and Dad bought a car without talking
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to us first. Rawlins and Marius could remember that awful daily.
It was yesterday. Their parents had opted for a car
that had a built in vacuum cleaner instead of a
built in TV. Like. They were literally given the choice,
and they went with the vacuum cleaner. Who does that? Yeah,
wells is right, said Rollins. If Mom and Dad pick
out the new house, they're only going to care about
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finding a house that doesn't have any mustard stains on
the carpet. Maris thought for a moment, well, maybe we
should be the ones to pick it out. Then any
went up for a little house shopping this afternoon. Before
setting out on their bikes to begin their search, the
three siblings created a checklist. The checklist included must have
features they would need to see before agreeing to buy
(03:38):
a house. Rawlins wrote down that their new house should
have a basketball hoop, Maris wrote down that their new
house should have a swimming pool, and Wells wrote down
that their new house should have no less than seven
different playrooms. Guys, a moment ago, we were panicking that
mom and dad wouldn't pick a house with anything we want,
and yet we haven't added anything to the list that
they might want. Biblings unanimously agreed that their new house
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must be clean. It wasn't the most exciting thing to
ask for, but hey, this was their parents. Rawlins, Maris,
and Wells rode their bikes up and down the streets
until they finally found a house they liked. Guys, check
it out, announced Rawlins, this house has a basketball hoop
and a swing set. And it's not like the usual
backyard swing sets that you outgrow by the time you're six.
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This one is a full size swing set like you
get at the park. Maras seemed a little more guarded. Guys,
let's not get too excited. We still don't know if
it has everything on our list. Well, there was only
one way for them to find out. The kids hopped
off their bikes and knocked on the front door. A
man with a grand total of seven hairs on top
of his head answered the door. Hello, Can I help you?
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The kids all put on their best smiles. Yes, as
a matter of fact, you can. Rawlins looked down at
his list. We already saw the basketball net, which is great.
A nice job on the full sized swing set. We
didn't even have that one on our list. If that's
just a bonus. Now, can you tell us if you
have a swimming pool and seven or more playrooms? The
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man with very few hairs on his head looked like
he wished he had never opened the door. Can I
ask why you're asking? Maris edged forward. That's a great question, sir.
We're here to buy our house, unless, of course, you
don't have a swimming pool. The man turned around and
called out to his wife, Dorothy, we've got some kids
here that want to buy our house. They heard the
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wife call back tell him our house isn't for sale.
The man turned back to the kids. My wife says,
our house isn't for sale. Rollins didn't see this as
a problem. Ah, so you're looking to trade, Well that's fine.
Have you been considering a house with mustard stains on
the carpet, because if so, have we got a deal
for you. The man clarified that he didn't want to
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sell or trade or do anything other than close his
front door and hope to never see these kids ever again.
But he did give them one helpful piece of advice
before they left, which was to check for a first
sale sign before knocking on anyone else's door. Rawlins began
climbing back onto his bike. A for sale sign. Huh,
that would have been helpful to no before we started,
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he grumbled. Absolutely agreed, Maris, who knew he couldn't just
buy any old house you like? I was ready to
tell Dorothy and not so much here guy to hit
the road. The kids continued their search, though their options
were now few and far between. Hey, that house over there,
has a for sale sign, Wells pointed out, but before
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the others could look, he had already changed his mind.
A for sale sign and a really, really really big dog.
I think that should go on the list of things
we don't want. What if it tries to steal all
of my cookies. A little further along, the kids found
another house with a for sale sign. In fact, this
one had two signs. The second sign said open house.
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I think that means we can just walk right in,
explained Rollins. And walk right in they did. Several others
were already inside checking the place out. A tall man
with fancy clothes and a lot more hair than the
last guy approached the kids as they walked in. Um, hello, welcome.
I assume your parents are just behind you. The kids giggled.
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Let's hope not, said Rawlins. Put it this way, house
shopping is not something our parents should be left to
do alone. I bet they wouldn't have even noticed the
basketball net out front. Instead, my dad would probably start
tapping on your railings, asking is this made out of
real wood. The man explained that he was a real
estate agent and that it was his job to help
the owner sell their house. He then added that he
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was only interested in talking to serious buyers. We're serious,
said Maris, unless this house doesn't have a swimming pool
out back. That's when we turned very not serious. The tall,
fancily dressed man with more hair than the last guy said,
follow me, I have something I'd like to show you.
Wells assumed the man was going to take them on
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a two were of the house to show them no
less than seven playrooms. Instead, the tall, fancily dressed man
with more hair than the last eye led them out
into the backyard. kNs, I can tell you three are
serious about buying a house today, and I am ready
to make a deal. Just don't tell the other people inside. Okay,
this was great. These kids had to be the best
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house shoppers around. The man then led them over to
a small plastic playhouse in the back corner of the yard.
Rawlins could barely fit inside. It even comes with a
little toy sink, said the man. Isn't that cute? And
I see the last kids have already decorated it for
you using princess and fairy stickers. This place is move
in ready. Take some time to think it over while
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I head back inside, because like I said, I have
some people waiting who are very serious about the grown
up house Tata, after the man laughed, well, squint at
his eyes. I don't know about you, guys, but I
don't think this little house has seven playrooms. I'm not
even seeing a toilet. The kids were only able to
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find one other house with a first sales sign before
it started getting dark. There was no basketball hoop out front,
and the house looked remarkably similar to the one their
grandmother lived in. This led to an argument over whether
it was even worth checking out. On one hand, it
wasn't likely to have seven or more playrooms, but on
the other hand, there was a good chance it would
be very clean. Their grandmother's house was so clean you
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could eat straight off of the floors. But this then
caused a second argument over why anyone would ever want
to eat off of a floor. In the end, all
three agreed that they would eat off of a floor
if the floor was Grandma level clean and if the
food was good. Nevertheless, the kids decided a grandma style
house was not the right house for them. While riding
their bikes home, the kids complained that their first day
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of house shopping had knock gone as they had hoped.
Guys began wells. I didn't want to seem difficult earlier,
but having seven or more playrooms wasn't the only thing
I wanted to put on the list. I actually also
wanted to write down that the house should have an elevator,
an indoor hot tub, and a snack bar righted inside
my room. Rollins admitted that he too wanted more than
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just a basketball hoop. He'd been secretly wishing for a
batting cage in an indoor bowling alley as well, and
of course Marison wanted more than just a pool. Was
it not perfectly reasonable to expect any good house to
have an arts and crafts room and a movie theater. Ugh?
This was hard enough before, but now it's going to
be impossible to find everything on our list. Rollins paused
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for a moment. I think we might be stuck with
whatever house mom and dad choose to buy. The kids
were suddenly startled by a woman who called over to
them from a nearby bus stop. She had a very
loud voice, sounds like what you kids need as a mansion.
The kids turned and looked at the woman. A mansion
like one of those gigantic houses, movie stars and famous
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singers live in. The woman smiled. More than just famous
people have mansions. The mansion I work at has a
nice little family with three kids too. The owner has
been trying to sell it for months. A mansion. Huh,
why didn't we think of that? Wells then adjusted the
collar of his shirt. That's a very serious home buyer.
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I just have one question. How many playrooms does this
mansion have? The woman thought for a moment, Oh, golly,
If I had to guess, I'd say there's got to
be at least seven. Wells's eyes lit up. Apparently they'd
been house shopping in the wrong neighborhood all along. The
kind woman with a loud voice suggested the kids stop
by the mansion the next day. That night, all three
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kids dreamed about living in a mansion. And dreaming about
living in a mansion is not good when you already
have a growing list of mustous for your new house. Now,
Maries wanted to add a zipline to the checklist. A
zipline that went from her new bedroom straight down to
the kitchen seemed like the best way to guarantee being
the first one at the table anytime. Cake was being served.
Upon rolling up to the mansion the next day, the
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kids had to keep reminding themselves not to let their
mouths hang open. Wells had already caught two flies in
his mouth. They also had to try thinking of something
other to say than just whoa, because there was a
little too much woeing happening. WHOA look at the size
of that house. WHOA? Look at the size of that garage. WHOA?
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Look at the size of that water fountain. WHOA? I
can't stop saying whoa. The inside of the house was
even more jaw dropping than the outside. The woman with
the loud voice invited the kids in and told them
to make themselves at home. Take as much time as
you need. There's lots to see, and if you get hungry,
just let the chef know. He'll be happy to fix
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you something to eat. The mansion didn't just have a chef.
It had a cleaner, a gardener, a repair person, and
three different people for the backyard pool, the indoor pool,
and the rooftop pool. As far as the kids could tell,
the other people all just stood around trying to look busy.
How is it even possible that no one has bought
this house, yet, asked Rollins, didn't you say the owner
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has been trying to sell it for months? The woman,
with a loud voice shrugged, Well, as you can imagine,
it does cost an awful lot of money. You kids
do have an awful lot of money, don't you, Maris
told the woman. They did. Not you think we're paying
for this place, Absolutely not. We're just picking it out.
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Our parents will pay for it. That's right, agreed, Wells.
They have lots of money. They once paid for an
extra large pizza when we really only needed a large,
and this other time I saw my mom buy a
whole case of juice boxes. Instead of exploring the mansion together,
the kids all excitedly ran off in different directions to
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find out just how many things they could check off
their list. When they found each other hours later, they
immediately started talking all at once, trying to share what
they'd seen. Rollins was most excited to tell his brother
and sister that he had just spent the last hour
hanging out in a room with talking robots. Maris was
throwed to report that she had found a zip line
from her new bedroom the kitchen, and although everyone expected
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Wells to talk about how many playrooms he had found.
He was more interested in telling them about something else. Nineteen, guys,
that is the number of bathrooms I found in this place.
Nineteen Who needs that many bathrooms? That's nineteen toilets. Nineteen toilets.
This house checked everything on their list and more. We
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have to go home and tell mom and dad we
found them the perfect house, said maris a perfectly clean
house with nineteen toilets added wells. All sorts of thoughts
kept racing through their minds as they hurried home, Like
what if while they had been looking at the mansion,
their parents had gone out and bought a different house,
And what of that house was a granny style house
that had zero basketball hoops? Or what if their parents
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did want to buy the mansion but had already blown
all their money on one too many cases of juice boxes.
When they arrived home, no one opened the front door
like someone had done for them at the mansion. They
had to jiggle the door handle just the right way
to get it to work. Remember the time Marris kicked
a ball so hard at the door that it broke
the door handle. The kids all chuckled at the memory.
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Once inside, they started running through the house looking for
their parents. Despite being told a thousand times not to
run in the house, Wells tripped over a toy and
went head first into the wall. Surprisingly, it didn't even hurt,
but it did leave a dent in the wall. Hey, look,
Wells made a dent right next to the old dent
from Rolin's head when he was that age. I was
the first time mom and Dad made the no running
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in the house rule, which we clearly have not done
the best job following, the kids chuckled over that memory too.
They were about to make their way upstairs when Maris paused,
Remember when Wells used to always trip over the stairs
while going up to bed. So then one day we
turned one of mom's exercise bands into a slingshot and
launched them up to his room. The kids decided they
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wanted to make the giant slingshot again for old times sake,
but while fetching the exercise band, they got distracted talking
about the time the floor got all scratched up while
playing sports in the house with their cleats on. They
had forgotten all about trying to find their mom and
dad until it was their dad who came and found them. Dad,
I think We've made a big mistake, began Rowlins. We
picked out a new house for us to live in,
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but now I kind of want to stay here. The
mansion was great and had everything you could ever want.
But where were the dents in the wall, Where were
the banged up floors? Where was the mustard stain? This
little old house of our says the one thing a
mansion could never have our story. Rawlins hadn't said any
of this to his brother or sister yet, but they
were both nodding their heads. This house wasn't perfect, but
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it was theirs. Whoa, whoa, whoa, said their dad. Back
the whole entire train up, back it way up, back
it into the station, and let it sit there for
a while. What are you kids talking about? The kids
backed the train way up and started from the beginning.
They explained how they overheard their mother saying she wanted
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a new house. They mentioned how they hadn't trusted their
parents to pick out a good house, and finally they
told their dad all about the mansion with nineteen toilets,
three swimming pools, and a zip line. Kids, I can't
believe you did all that. We were never planning on
moving and even if we were, we would have discussed
that with you guys first, Unlike the time I bought
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a TV so big it couldn't fit through the door.
I really should have discussed that with your mother first.
But hey, your mom was just blowing off steam when
she said that messy houses can make parents say things
they don't mean. Trust me, your mother and I love
this place as if right on cue, their mother burst
in through the door. Kids, husband, I know I should
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have discussed this with you first, but I just bought
a house. Also, it wasn't cheap, so we may need
to cut back on juice boxes for a while. The
kids were stunned. How could their mother have done this
without talking to them first. Even their dad's face had
turned completely white. Guys, relax, why is everyone looking so serious.
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It's just one of those treehouse building kids for the backyard.
I thought you'd be excited. I figured we could move
all your toys out there so we can keep the
main house looking clean and tidy. While it was a
relief knowing that their mother hadn't just bought the granny house,
these savvy and very serious home buyers had a few
important questions, like would there be enough room to play
mini basketball on the treehouse and would it be strong
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enough to hold a waiting pool? And could a zipline
be run from the treehouse to their bedroom windows? And
let's not forget how many playrooms and toilets would this
treehouse include the end, that's the story, And here's your
question of the week. What is the first thing you'd
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be putting on your checklist. That's it for this episode.
As always, thanks for listening and I'll catch you on
the next one.
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