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Willow usually gets a ride with her parents to her friend's house, but this time Willow decides she's going to try walking there. After all, she's been to Avery's house dozens of times. She knows the way like the back of her hand. Or does she?
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Willow usually gets a ride with her parents to her friend's house, but this time Willow decides she's going to try walking there. After all, she's been to Avery's house dozens of times. She knows the way like the back of her hand. Or does she?
Warning: this goofy story for kids may result in smiles, snorts, and possibly some LOLs. Listen at your own discretion.
*Shout-out and character name lists remain closed
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
YLLOL Storytime really not a bloring time rabbit standing You'll
be fine follow the whole storyline LLL Storytime, might you
live at least one time? Sime, Welcome back to the show.
This is episode ninety eight, and if you're new to
the show, what a perfect place to start. Last week,
the highly anticipated story writing contest kicked off. Rules, conditions,
(00:25):
and how to submit your story can be found at
lolstorytime dot com. One hundred dollars, a free year of
LOL Storytime Premium, and an OL straight Time t shirt
are up for grabs. But whether you plan on entering
or not, you can get yourself some LOL Storytime merch
anytime you like. There are lots of designs and items
that choose from, and every kid's size imaginable. Check the
show notes or visit lolstorytime dot com for a link
(00:47):
to the store. Today's story is called Lost, which is
a problem I seem to have quite often. This one
features characters named after Willow and Avery, and get this,
we are almost down to the final one hundred names
on the showdow list. You guys have been so patient
waiting since way back in November. Shout out this week
to the following listeners Benizio, Wyatt and Lenny, Zachary and
(01:13):
Zoe from Pleasant Hill, California, Yan Eve from Israel, Shay
Lynn Wells and Eleanie, Buddy and Mania from Los Angeles, Aggie,
Winnie and Mabel from Bristol, England, Caden, Finn and Ava
from New Hampshire, James Robert and their baby's sister Elise
from Carrie, North Carolina, Schiff from Miriam and Esther Bila
(01:37):
Freya from Vancouver, Canada, Coco, Benjamin and Hunter, Kias and
Shalombert from Israel, Ben and Amelia from Richland, Washington, Neil
Kay from Melbourne, Australia, Leiden from Denver, Colorado, and Harley
listening in London. Happy sixth birthday to Tao and ninth
(01:58):
birthday to Amara, who listened with Cohen and Evan from
the Northern Mariana Islands. Happy tenth birthday to Parker from
your sister Avery and Golden retriever Penny. More shut outs
to come next time, but for now, let's get into
the story. This is the story of the time Avery
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invited her good friend Willow over for a playdate. These
two BFFs arranged playdates together all the time, practically every
chance they got weekends, after school, before school, sometimes even
during school. Girls, you're at school to learn not to
have a pillow fight. Put those pillows away, and how
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did you find pillows in the school anyway? But their
favorite playdates were always the ones at Avery's house. Avery
had hundreds of toys, a treehouse with a couch, and
best of all, no brothers or sisters to attack you
or to sabotage your playdate. Willo, Tomorrow's the weekend. Do
you know what that means? Willow know exactly what that meant?
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Of course I know what that means. It means tomorrow
is not a weekday. Perhaps not the answer Avery was
going for. Uh, well, like yeah, and supper time means
is not breakfast, and summer means it's not winter. But
I'm talking about what this really means. Since it's the weekend,
that means you can come over and play at my house.
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Willow is all for it, especially because pladates at her
own house meant she'd be forced to clean up for
hours beforehand. She never understood that why clean the entire
house for a pladate that was just gonna make a
mess of things? All over again. Yeah, I'll come to
your house tomorrow, said Willow. I'll see if my mom
can give me a drive after breakfast. That's when Avery
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suggested something that made Willow feel a little apprehensive. She
suggested Willow skip the ride and just walk to her house.
You want me to walk, but my parents always drive me.
It's faster. Why would I walk. Avery was aware that
cars were faster than people, but she also knew that
parents could take pretty long getting to the car. Trust me, Willow,
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it will be so much faster if you just walk
to my house by yourself. If you try to involve
your parents, it's gonna take forever. Willow is having a
hard time seeing Avery's logic. Cars go room, room, feet
go left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot. Listen, Willow,
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I'll tell you exactly what's gonna happen. If you ask
your parents for a drive, they're gonna say, oh, sheer,
sweetie pie, we'd love to drive you to Avery's. But
first I just need you to give me a hand
putting away the dishes. And then when that's done, they'll
ask you if you remembered to go pee, And then
even if you tell them that you did, they'll still
make you go try one more time. Then come the questions,
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do you want to bring a water bottle? Should you
pack a change of clothes? Is what you're wearing warm enough?
Do you think you should go grab a sweater? Did
you brush your teeth? How about trying to washroom one
more time? And then just when you think you're ready
to head out the door, your mom will say, actually,
hang on a second, I'm just gonna quickly run upstairs
and brush my teeth. But of course it will be
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anything but quick, because while upstairs, your mom will realize
she forgot to apply her favorite skin cream, and then
she'll decide she's not happy with the pants she's wearing
and will end up changing her entire outfit. Then, just
when you're finally getting into the car and it looks
like you're finally gonna start moving, that's when Dorothy from
next door decides it's a perfect time to ask your
mother if she's heard of the exciting news about Dorothy's
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granddaughter getting married. Next thing you know, you're showing up
at my house just as it's time to go home again.
Willa realized her friend had missed the part about her
mother pulling out of the driveway and realizing they also
needed to make a stop at the gas station. All right, Avery,
you make a good point, but are you sure it's
what if I get lost? What if I see a snake?
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What if I get chased by a wolf? Take a
deep breath, suggested Avery. You've been to my house a
million times. You know the way. You could even do
it blindfolded. Plus, there are so many good shortcuts you
can take, so you can get to my house even faster.
And the snakes and wolves, asked Willow again, Avery just
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rolled her eyes. Seriously, the closest thing I've seen to
a wild animal in our neighborhood is missus Groblovski's chihuahua.
And if you ask me, there ain't nothing wild about
a dog that can be carried around in someone's purse.
Maybe Avery was right, considered Willow. She knew her away
to Avery's like the back of her hand. Walking There
might even be fun, a little adventure of sorts. After
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breakfast the next morning, Willow explained to her mother that
she was going to walk to Avery's house for a playdate. Oh,
I don't mind giving you a drive, dear, It'll sure
be a lot faster. But before we go, I'm just
gonna need a hand emptying the dishwasher. Yikes, thought Willow
Avery had shirt called that one. Uh that's all right, mom,
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I think I'll try walking this time. I am getting
older after all, and probably don't always need my mom
driving me everywhere, you know. Willo's mother smiled. Oh my
little baby's growing up so fast. Now. You stay safe
out there, Okay, no talking to strangers and no taking
any shortcuts. That's how people get lost. But just as
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wella was stepping out the door, she began getting pummeled
with questions. Do you have a sweater? Did you brush
your teeth? Did you brush them really well? Did you
wash your face? Did you remember to go pee? Should
you try going pee one more time? What about mits?
Should I go try to find you a pair of mits?
How about an umbrella? Mom? Take a deep breath. It's
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a hot sunny day. I'll be fine. Well, what about
a change of clothes in case you wet your i mean,
spill something on yourself? Goodbye, mom, said Willow, blowing her
mother a kiss and closing the door behind her. Finally
she was out of there and ready to walk to
her friend's house without any further delay. Well, maybe one
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more delay, WILLO, is that you I see passing by?
Oh hello, Miss Dorothy. Yes, it's me, just quickly passing by. Yep, quick, quick, quick.
Dorothy always liked to pretend she didn't hear words like quickly.
Would you like to come over and see some pictures
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I took of my granddaughter's wedding. There are only about
eight or nine hundred of them. Shouldn't take more than
most of the day. Will have thought about how her
mother would have obliged Miss Dorothy at least for a
little while, but Willow was on a mission. Sorry, Miss Dorothy,
maybe another time. I don't want to be late. And
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that was all it took. Willow was on her way again.
That was so easy, she said to herself. Why can't
grownups learn how to do that? So much chat chat
chat and blah blah blah. When Willow got to the
end of her street, she knew exactly which way to turn,
and at the end of that street she knew exactly
which way to turn again. But then at the next
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turn she got a little confused. Huh, I think we
normally turn this way, but I know we've also turned
that way before. H Another person waiting to cross the
road asked if Willow was lost, Why is this person
talking to me? I'm not supposed to talk to strangers,
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the woman repeated herself, asking if Willow needed help, but
Willow remained silent, ignoring. The lady was beginning to feel awkward.
But Willow knew she wasn't supposed to talk to strangers, though,
what if she didn't have to talk? She had seen
people communicate gating through sign language before, and while she
herself didn't know any sign language, it wasn't like the
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stranger knew that she didn't know. Willow turned to the
woman and began wiggling her fingers in the air and
flapping her hands around, hoping she was sending the right
kind of message to the stranger. Of course, you wouldn't
have to know a whole lot about sign language to
know that this wasn't it, and this stranger was no fool.
She scowled and stormed off, wondering why this little girl,
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whom she only wanted to help, was being so rude.
What was it something I said or I mean signed?
In any case, Willow vowed to start learning sign language
properly to avoid seeming rude. The next time, alone again,
she decided to turn left, but then changed her mind
and turned right. But then she changed her mind again
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and again and again. To avoid making herself any more
dizzy than she already was, Willow left the choice up
to eeny meani miny mo. Further along, Willow began and
seeing buildings that she recognized. Just up ahead was the library,
and across from the library was the hardware store. Buildings
she had passed by dozens of times. But were they
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the same buildings she normally passed on her way to
Avery's house. That she still wasn't sure. Not a problem,
I still know where I am. I'm not lost, noop,
just gotta keep on going this way or maybe I
should go that way. A few more this way or
that ways later, and Willow realized she was lost. She
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no longer recognized any of her surroundings. I wonder when
they added this street to the neighborhood. Never seen it before.
Pretty soon Willow had taken so many unfamiliar turns that
she couldn't even remember how to backtrack. Well, this would
be a really great time for a map, she said
to herself, where was my mom on that one offers
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me an umbrella on a sunny day, but doesn't think
of a map? MA for sale, all sorts of maps
for sale? This seemed like perfect timing. Not far up
ahead was a salesperson who just happened to be selling
the very thing Willow needed right then and there. Only
she didn't actually know this guy, which meant he was
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yet another stranger that she wasn't supposed to talk to. Well,
probably for the best, she said to herself, I don't
have any money to buy a map, and most maps
are really hard for me to read, Like why don't
they have to put so much stuff on those things?
Just show me the way to Avery's house and leave
off all the dots and stars and squiggly lines. Maps
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for sale, all sorts of maps for sale, even free
maps of the neighborhood that her kid friendly with easy
to understand pictures and no confusing dots, stars or squiggly lines.
Not fun having to bite your tongue while walking past
a free map guy, and slightly further along it was
even harder to keep mouth clothes while passing the officer
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wearing a big bright sash that said community helper. The
sash reminded Willow of the ones contestants where during beauty pageants.
This seemingly friendly looking community helper had just finished helping
a little boy safely across the street to get to
a park. Hey, how come that little boy who looks
half my age gets to talk to strangers? Willow crossed
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over to the park and approached the boy, who was
now trying to pull himself up onto a swing. Hey,
little dude, you must live around here, right, Do you
have any idea how to get to Avery's house from here?
The little boy was so startled that he fell off
his swing and screeched, Eh, a stranger is trying to
tack to me. A stranger is trying to tack to me.
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Willow is completely caught off guard. Wait what no, no, uh,
I'm not a stranger. But it was too late. The
kid was already long gone. The officer wearing the community
helper sash had overheard what happened and ran over to
the park. Is everything okay? I thought I heard someone screaming?
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Willow considered breaking out her fake sign language again, but
then realized this was now her second time seeing the officer,
which kind of made it feel like she already knew
the lady. Not so strange anymore, Officer. I think I'm
a little bit lost. Okay, I'm a lot lost. I
have like no idea if I'm even in the same country.
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Is this Mexico? I've always wanted to visit Mexico. Oh
and one more thing, how strange would you rate yourself
on a scale of one to ten? Because if you're
a ten, then I really need to stop talking to you.
The officer was no stranger to encounters with lost, nervous
children who seemed unsure if they should even be talking
to officers. With a warm smile, she asked if Willow
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knew the name of the street her friend lived on,
which thankfully Willow did. Oh, you're actually not very far
from your friend's house. If you head to the other
side of the park, there's a nice little short cut
you can take. Just don't take the one that leads
into the woods. Okay. Willo thanked the officer for the help,
wished her good luck in the beauty pageant, which got
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a confused look, and began walking to the other side
of the park. Having already broken one rule by talking
to a stranger, Willow figured why not break the other
and take a short cut? Made sense. If you break
one rule, you might as well break them all. That's
how it works, right. Besides, she had already wasted a
lot of time and didn't want Avery to be worrying
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about her. When Willi found the short cut the officer
had been talking about, it was not clear which way
she was supposed to go. The path started as one
but then split off in two separate directions. Well, how
am I supposed to know which path leads to Avery's
Street and which one veers off into some dark, scary woods.
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Was it seriously that hard for the shortcut makers to
have added a sign? Willow soon discovered that she didn't
have much time to choose because now she could hear
someone coming up behind her. Not another stranger. Ugh, this
town really needs to do something about the number of
strangers roaming around. It's unacceptable, especially ones that snarl at you. Wait,
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snarling strangers. Willow turned around and screamed, wolf, somebody help me. Anybody.
I don't care what number you are on the strangeness scale.
Willi began running as fast as she could down one
of the paths, which, after A few minutes and a
whole bunch of trees later, she realized was the wrong path.
She could hear the wolf following close behind. Oh my gosh,
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Oh my gosh, there's a wolf on my heels. Where's
a tree to climb when you need one? Oh? Wait,
they're everywhere. Willa found an old pine tree and started
to climb. Before long, she was out of the wolf's
reach as she made her way higher and higher up
the tree. Then she nearly fell out of the tree
when she heard a voice coming from another branch. Seriously,
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strangers and trees, now, Willow, is that you called a
familiar voice? Avery? Avery? What are you doing up here?
Asked Willow. Avery explained that after Willow hadn't showed up,
she had started to worry. She had gone searching for
a Willow who had clearly gotten lost. And then I
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saw this tree and it looked perfect for our playdates,
so I climbed up here to wait for you. You got lost, too,
didn't you, asked Willow. Avery smirked. Yeah, I tried taking
a shortcut, and let's just say it didn't work out
so well. When I tried to turn back, I saw
a snake on the path, and I freaked out and
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climbed up this tree. I've been sitting up here ever
since Willow told Avery about all the strangers and the
whole reason why she had climbed up the tree. Quiet.
I think I hear the wolf down below. Oh no,
and now I can hear footsteps. Someone needs to warn
that person that there's a wolf down there, and maybe
it shouldn't come from me. I really need to stop
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talking to strangers. Avery wasn't afraid to talk to strangers,
at least not from way up in a tree. She
called down to warn the person, but was surprised to
learn that this person was no stranger. The footsteps were
coming from Miss Groblovsky, who was actually talking to the wolf.
Oh there you are, Princess Glitterbug. I've been looking all
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over for you. That was a bad dogy running away
from me like that. But I see you found your
rubber snake chew toy. Is that what you've been looking
for this whole time, my little princess Wincess Miss Groblovsky
called up to the girls in the tree. Oh, my
little Chihuahua didn't scare either of you. Turns out she
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was just looking for her rubber snake. Avery blushed and
turned to her friend. Eh, well, you know, they sure
do a good job of making those rubber snakes, totally
agreed Willow. And you know people have been mistaking chihuahua's
for wolves for years, haven't they. Avery suggested that perhaps
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next time Willow should just accept her mother's offer and
be driven to the playdate. Willow added that next time
she should also take her mother's advice about packing a
spare pair of pants. Oh no, did you spill something
on your pants? Asked Avery. Well, not sure i'd call
it a spill. Willow got quiet before asking if they
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could get on with their playdate and perhaps never mention
anything about any of this to anyone ever for the
rest of their lives. Luckily this stays between you and me,
promised Avery. Oh and that little boy hiding in the
tree right next to this one, she added, little boy,
echoed Willow. She glanced over to see the same little
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boy who would run off scared when she had tried
to talk to him at the park. He didn't look
so scared now. He pointed his finger at them and said, ha, ha,
scaredy cats. The end, that's the story. And if you're
craving more. There will be a new bonus episode coming
(20:16):
out on Thursday. Check out Lols Troy Time Premium for
more details. Question of the Week have you ever been
lost before? And if so, what did you do. That's
all for now, We'll catch you on the next one.
YLLOL Storytime really not a bloring time rabbit standing You'll
be fine follow the whole storyline LLL Storytime, might you
live at least one time? Sime, Welcome back to the show.
This is episode ninety eight, and if you're new to
the show, what a perfect place to start. Last week,
the highly anticipated story writing contest kicked off. Rules, conditions,
(00:25):
and how to submit your story can be found at
lolstorytime dot com. One hundred dollars, a free year of
LOL Storytime Premium, and an OL straight Time t shirt
are up for grabs. But whether you plan on entering
or not, you can get yourself some LOL Storytime merch
anytime you like. There are lots of designs and items
that choose from, and every kid's size imaginable. Check the
show notes or visit lolstorytime dot com for a link
(00:47):
to the store. Today's story is called Lost, which is
a problem I seem to have quite often. This one
features characters named after Willow and Avery, and get this,
we are almost down to the final one hundred names
on the showdow list. You guys have been so patient
waiting since way back in November. Shout out this week
to the following listeners Benizio, Wyatt and Lenny, Zachary and
(01:13):
Zoe from Pleasant Hill, California, Yan Eve from Israel, Shay
Lynn Wells and Eleanie, Buddy and Mania from Los Angeles, Aggie,
Winnie and Mabel from Bristol, England, Caden, Finn and Ava
from New Hampshire, James Robert and their baby's sister Elise
from Carrie, North Carolina, Schiff from Miriam and Esther Bila
(01:37):
Freya from Vancouver, Canada, Coco, Benjamin and Hunter, Kias and
Shalombert from Israel, Ben and Amelia from Richland, Washington, Neil
Kay from Melbourne, Australia, Leiden from Denver, Colorado, and Harley
listening in London. Happy sixth birthday to Tao and ninth
(01:58):
birthday to Amara, who listened with Cohen and Evan from
the Northern Mariana Islands. Happy tenth birthday to Parker from
your sister Avery and Golden retriever Penny. More shut outs
to come next time, but for now, let's get into
the story. This is the story of the time Avery
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invited her good friend Willow over for a playdate. These
two BFFs arranged playdates together all the time, practically every
chance they got weekends, after school, before school, sometimes even
during school. Girls, you're at school to learn not to
have a pillow fight. Put those pillows away, and how
(02:43):
did you find pillows in the school anyway? But their
favorite playdates were always the ones at Avery's house. Avery
had hundreds of toys, a treehouse with a couch, and
best of all, no brothers or sisters to attack you
or to sabotage your playdate. Willo, Tomorrow's the weekend. Do
you know what that means? Willow know exactly what that meant?
(03:07):
Of course I know what that means. It means tomorrow
is not a weekday. Perhaps not the answer Avery was
going for. Uh, well, like yeah, and supper time means
is not breakfast, and summer means it's not winter. But
I'm talking about what this really means. Since it's the weekend,
that means you can come over and play at my house.
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Willow is all for it, especially because pladates at her
own house meant she'd be forced to clean up for
hours beforehand. She never understood that why clean the entire
house for a pladate that was just gonna make a
mess of things? All over again. Yeah, I'll come to
your house tomorrow, said Willow. I'll see if my mom
can give me a drive after breakfast. That's when Avery
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suggested something that made Willow feel a little apprehensive. She
suggested Willow skip the ride and just walk to her house.
You want me to walk, but my parents always drive me.
It's faster. Why would I walk. Avery was aware that
cars were faster than people, but she also knew that
parents could take pretty long getting to the car. Trust me, Willow,
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it will be so much faster if you just walk
to my house by yourself. If you try to involve
your parents, it's gonna take forever. Willow is having a
hard time seeing Avery's logic. Cars go room, room, feet
go left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot. Listen, Willow,
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I'll tell you exactly what's gonna happen. If you ask
your parents for a drive, they're gonna say, oh, sheer,
sweetie pie, we'd love to drive you to Avery's. But
first I just need you to give me a hand
putting away the dishes. And then when that's done, they'll
ask you if you remembered to go pee, And then
even if you tell them that you did, they'll still
make you go try one more time. Then come the questions,
(04:58):
do you want to bring a water bottle? Should you
pack a change of clothes? Is what you're wearing warm enough?
Do you think you should go grab a sweater? Did
you brush your teeth? How about trying to washroom one
more time? And then just when you think you're ready
to head out the door, your mom will say, actually,
hang on a second, I'm just gonna quickly run upstairs
and brush my teeth. But of course it will be
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anything but quick, because while upstairs, your mom will realize
she forgot to apply her favorite skin cream, and then
she'll decide she's not happy with the pants she's wearing
and will end up changing her entire outfit. Then, just
when you're finally getting into the car and it looks
like you're finally gonna start moving, that's when Dorothy from
next door decides it's a perfect time to ask your
mother if she's heard of the exciting news about Dorothy's
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granddaughter getting married. Next thing you know, you're showing up
at my house just as it's time to go home again.
Willa realized her friend had missed the part about her
mother pulling out of the driveway and realizing they also
needed to make a stop at the gas station. All right, Avery,
you make a good point, but are you sure it's
what if I get lost? What if I see a snake?
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What if I get chased by a wolf? Take a
deep breath, suggested Avery. You've been to my house a
million times. You know the way. You could even do
it blindfolded. Plus, there are so many good shortcuts you
can take, so you can get to my house even faster.
And the snakes and wolves, asked Willow again, Avery just
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rolled her eyes. Seriously, the closest thing I've seen to
a wild animal in our neighborhood is missus Groblovski's chihuahua.
And if you ask me, there ain't nothing wild about
a dog that can be carried around in someone's purse.
Maybe Avery was right, considered Willow. She knew her away
to Avery's like the back of her hand. Walking There
might even be fun, a little adventure of sorts. After
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breakfast the next morning, Willow explained to her mother that
she was going to walk to Avery's house for a playdate. Oh,
I don't mind giving you a drive, dear, It'll sure
be a lot faster. But before we go, I'm just
gonna need a hand emptying the dishwasher. Yikes, thought Willow
Avery had shirt called that one. Uh that's all right, mom,
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I think I'll try walking this time. I am getting
older after all, and probably don't always need my mom
driving me everywhere, you know. Willo's mother smiled. Oh my
little baby's growing up so fast. Now. You stay safe
out there, Okay, no talking to strangers and no taking
any shortcuts. That's how people get lost. But just as
(07:33):
wella was stepping out the door, she began getting pummeled
with questions. Do you have a sweater? Did you brush
your teeth? Did you brush them really well? Did you
wash your face? Did you remember to go pee? Should
you try going pee one more time? What about mits?
Should I go try to find you a pair of mits?
How about an umbrella? Mom? Take a deep breath. It's
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a hot sunny day. I'll be fine. Well, what about
a change of clothes in case you wet your i mean,
spill something on yourself? Goodbye, mom, said Willow, blowing her
mother a kiss and closing the door behind her. Finally
she was out of there and ready to walk to
her friend's house without any further delay. Well, maybe one
(08:15):
more delay, WILLO, is that you I see passing by?
Oh hello, Miss Dorothy. Yes, it's me, just quickly passing by. Yep, quick, quick, quick.
Dorothy always liked to pretend she didn't hear words like quickly.
Would you like to come over and see some pictures
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I took of my granddaughter's wedding. There are only about
eight or nine hundred of them. Shouldn't take more than
most of the day. Will have thought about how her
mother would have obliged Miss Dorothy at least for a
little while, but Willow was on a mission. Sorry, Miss Dorothy,
maybe another time. I don't want to be late. And
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that was all it took. Willow was on her way again.
That was so easy, she said to herself. Why can't
grownups learn how to do that? So much chat chat
chat and blah blah blah. When Willow got to the
end of her street, she knew exactly which way to turn,
and at the end of that street she knew exactly
which way to turn again. But then at the next
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turn she got a little confused. Huh, I think we
normally turn this way, but I know we've also turned
that way before. H Another person waiting to cross the
road asked if Willow was lost, Why is this person
talking to me? I'm not supposed to talk to strangers,
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the woman repeated herself, asking if Willow needed help, but
Willow remained silent, ignoring. The lady was beginning to feel awkward.
But Willow knew she wasn't supposed to talk to strangers, though,
what if she didn't have to talk? She had seen
people communicate gating through sign language before, and while she
herself didn't know any sign language, it wasn't like the
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stranger knew that she didn't know. Willow turned to the
woman and began wiggling her fingers in the air and
flapping her hands around, hoping she was sending the right
kind of message to the stranger. Of course, you wouldn't
have to know a whole lot about sign language to
know that this wasn't it, and this stranger was no fool.
She scowled and stormed off, wondering why this little girl,
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whom she only wanted to help, was being so rude.
What was it something I said or I mean signed?
In any case, Willow vowed to start learning sign language
properly to avoid seeming rude. The next time, alone again,
she decided to turn left, but then changed her mind
and turned right. But then she changed her mind again
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and again and again. To avoid making herself any more
dizzy than she already was, Willow left the choice up
to eeny meani miny mo. Further along, Willow began and
seeing buildings that she recognized. Just up ahead was the library,
and across from the library was the hardware store. Buildings
she had passed by dozens of times. But were they
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the same buildings she normally passed on her way to
Avery's house. That she still wasn't sure. Not a problem,
I still know where I am. I'm not lost, noop,
just gotta keep on going this way or maybe I
should go that way. A few more this way or
that ways later, and Willow realized she was lost. She
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no longer recognized any of her surroundings. I wonder when
they added this street to the neighborhood. Never seen it before.
Pretty soon Willow had taken so many unfamiliar turns that
she couldn't even remember how to backtrack. Well, this would
be a really great time for a map, she said
to herself, where was my mom on that one offers
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me an umbrella on a sunny day, but doesn't think
of a map? MA for sale, all sorts of maps
for sale? This seemed like perfect timing. Not far up
ahead was a salesperson who just happened to be selling
the very thing Willow needed right then and there. Only
she didn't actually know this guy, which meant he was
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yet another stranger that she wasn't supposed to talk to. Well,
probably for the best, she said to herself, I don't
have any money to buy a map, and most maps
are really hard for me to read, Like why don't
they have to put so much stuff on those things?
Just show me the way to Avery's house and leave
off all the dots and stars and squiggly lines. Maps
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for sale, all sorts of maps for sale, even free
maps of the neighborhood that her kid friendly with easy
to understand pictures and no confusing dots, stars or squiggly lines.
Not fun having to bite your tongue while walking past
a free map guy, and slightly further along it was
even harder to keep mouth clothes while passing the officer
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wearing a big bright sash that said community helper. The
sash reminded Willow of the ones contestants where during beauty pageants.
This seemingly friendly looking community helper had just finished helping
a little boy safely across the street to get to
a park. Hey, how come that little boy who looks
half my age gets to talk to strangers? Willow crossed
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over to the park and approached the boy, who was
now trying to pull himself up onto a swing. Hey,
little dude, you must live around here, right, Do you
have any idea how to get to Avery's house from here?
The little boy was so startled that he fell off
his swing and screeched, Eh, a stranger is trying to
tack to me. A stranger is trying to tack to me.
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Willow is completely caught off guard. Wait what no, no, uh,
I'm not a stranger. But it was too late. The
kid was already long gone. The officer wearing the community
helper sash had overheard what happened and ran over to
the park. Is everything okay? I thought I heard someone screaming?
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Willow considered breaking out her fake sign language again, but
then realized this was now her second time seeing the officer,
which kind of made it feel like she already knew
the lady. Not so strange anymore, Officer. I think I'm
a little bit lost. Okay, I'm a lot lost. I
have like no idea if I'm even in the same country.
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Is this Mexico? I've always wanted to visit Mexico. Oh
and one more thing, how strange would you rate yourself
on a scale of one to ten? Because if you're
a ten, then I really need to stop talking to you.
The officer was no stranger to encounters with lost, nervous
children who seemed unsure if they should even be talking
to officers. With a warm smile, she asked if Willow
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knew the name of the street her friend lived on,
which thankfully Willow did. Oh, you're actually not very far
from your friend's house. If you head to the other
side of the park, there's a nice little short cut
you can take. Just don't take the one that leads
into the woods. Okay. Willo thanked the officer for the help,
wished her good luck in the beauty pageant, which got
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a confused look, and began walking to the other side
of the park. Having already broken one rule by talking
to a stranger, Willow figured why not break the other
and take a short cut? Made sense. If you break
one rule, you might as well break them all. That's
how it works, right. Besides, she had already wasted a
lot of time and didn't want Avery to be worrying
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about her. When Willi found the short cut the officer
had been talking about, it was not clear which way
she was supposed to go. The path started as one
but then split off in two separate directions. Well, how
am I supposed to know which path leads to Avery's
Street and which one veers off into some dark, scary woods.
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Was it seriously that hard for the shortcut makers to
have added a sign? Willow soon discovered that she didn't
have much time to choose because now she could hear
someone coming up behind her. Not another stranger. Ugh, this
town really needs to do something about the number of
strangers roaming around. It's unacceptable, especially ones that snarl at you. Wait,
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snarling strangers. Willow turned around and screamed, wolf, somebody help me. Anybody.
I don't care what number you are on the strangeness scale.
Willi began running as fast as she could down one
of the paths, which, after A few minutes and a
whole bunch of trees later, she realized was the wrong path.
She could hear the wolf following close behind. Oh my gosh,
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Oh my gosh, there's a wolf on my heels. Where's
a tree to climb when you need one? Oh? Wait,
they're everywhere. Willa found an old pine tree and started
to climb. Before long, she was out of the wolf's
reach as she made her way higher and higher up
the tree. Then she nearly fell out of the tree
when she heard a voice coming from another branch. Seriously,
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strangers and trees, now, Willow, is that you called a
familiar voice? Avery? Avery? What are you doing up here?
Asked Willow. Avery explained that after Willow hadn't showed up,
she had started to worry. She had gone searching for
a Willow who had clearly gotten lost. And then I
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saw this tree and it looked perfect for our playdates,
so I climbed up here to wait for you. You got lost, too,
didn't you, asked Willow. Avery smirked. Yeah, I tried taking
a shortcut, and let's just say it didn't work out
so well. When I tried to turn back, I saw
a snake on the path, and I freaked out and
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climbed up this tree. I've been sitting up here ever
since Willow told Avery about all the strangers and the
whole reason why she had climbed up the tree. Quiet.
I think I hear the wolf down below. Oh no,
and now I can hear footsteps. Someone needs to warn
that person that there's a wolf down there, and maybe
it shouldn't come from me. I really need to stop
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talking to strangers. Avery wasn't afraid to talk to strangers,
at least not from way up in a tree. She
called down to warn the person, but was surprised to
learn that this person was no stranger. The footsteps were
coming from Miss Groblovsky, who was actually talking to the wolf.
Oh there you are, Princess Glitterbug. I've been looking all
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over for you. That was a bad dogy running away
from me like that. But I see you found your
rubber snake chew toy. Is that what you've been looking
for this whole time, my little princess Wincess Miss Groblovsky
called up to the girls in the tree. Oh, my
little Chihuahua didn't scare either of you. Turns out she
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was just looking for her rubber snake. Avery blushed and
turned to her friend. Eh, well, you know, they sure
do a good job of making those rubber snakes, totally
agreed Willow. And you know people have been mistaking chihuahua's
for wolves for years, haven't they. Avery suggested that perhaps
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next time Willow should just accept her mother's offer and
be driven to the playdate. Willow added that next time
she should also take her mother's advice about packing a
spare pair of pants. Oh no, did you spill something
on your pants? Asked Avery. Well, not sure i'd call
it a spill. Willow got quiet before asking if they
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could get on with their playdate and perhaps never mention
anything about any of this to anyone ever for the
rest of their lives. Luckily this stays between you and me,
promised Avery. Oh and that little boy hiding in the
tree right next to this one, she added, little boy,
echoed Willow. She glanced over to see the same little
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boy who would run off scared when she had tried
to talk to him at the park. He didn't look
so scared now. He pointed his finger at them and said, ha, ha,
scaredy cats. The end, that's the story. And if you're
craving more. There will be a new bonus episode coming
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out on Thursday. Check out Lols Troy Time Premium for
more details. Question of the Week have you ever been
lost before? And if so, what did you do. That's
all for now, We'll catch you on the next one.
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