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In this silly story, Adam uses his favourite number to create a series of challenges. 100 push-ups; 100 hotdogs in 100 minutes; and his current challenge: one hundred days of perfect school attendance - not one day missed. Adam's challenge gets threatened when his parents announce that their vacation will start one day early. Will Adam be able to finish his challenge?
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In this silly story, Adam uses his favourite number to create a series of challenges. 100 push-ups; 100 hotdogs in 100 minutes; and his current challenge: one hundred days of perfect school attendance - not one day missed. Adam's challenge gets threatened when his parents announce that their vacation will start one day early. Will Adam be able to finish his challenge?
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):
Hellol story time really not a boring time? Rabbis, stand
and you'll be fine. Follow the whole storyline, Hellol story time?
Might you live releast one time? Story time? Story? Well, folks,
here it is episode one hundred, and I can't thank
you awesome listeners enough for coming along for the ride.
(00:22):
Some of you have been here since the very early days,
and perhaps some of you will still be here after
the next one hundred. But if there's one thing I've
learned after one hundred episodes, it's that remembering half of
these stories has become really hard for me. Hence why
I accidentally double dipped into the character list last week.
In other words, don't be surprised if I write a
story next week called Mars Mode. Today's story is called
(00:44):
one hundred and features characters named after Adam, Eleanor, Grady
and Lincoln. I'd also like to give a special shout
out to the following listeners. Sadie and Boyd, Lily and
Alexa Phoenix from Vancouver, Canada, Knocks the Fox for from London, UK,
Stella from Finland listening with her cat MINTUW and labrador Lily, Nolan,
(01:06):
Judah and Ellie Rose from Oklahoma along with their dogs
Peaches in Georgia. Caleb and Kleio from ben Oregon, Juliet
from Melbourne, Australia, Ailea Knox from Hawaii, Keenan aka Kike
or mister Bean from Nova Scotia, Brothers Ezra and Elijah
from Iowa, Ellis from Minnesota, Harry and Nick Cutler along
(01:29):
with their dog Coconut from Melbourne, Australia, Liam Chloe, Sophie
and Grandpa Osbourne. And happy birthday just yesterday to Joel.
More to come next time, but for now, let's get
into the story. This is the story of a number,
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and not just a cute little number like seven. I'm
talking about the number one hundred, which, according to a
kid named Adam, was the absolute best number of all
the numbers. Yeah. Sure, there are bigger numbers like one
billion that sound all cool and fancy, but have you
ever tried to remember how many zeros you have to
put down? Who wants to deal with that? Adam loved
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the number one hundred so much that he had even
asked his mother if he could have the number tattooed
onto his face. Adam, did you seriously just ask me
if you could get a tattoo on your face. Tattoos
are permanent, they don't wash off. My answer is a
big fat no. Well, can I at least get a
tattoo of a cactus on my bottom so it looks
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like I sat on a cactus? Adam bellowed his mother.
I do not need you going around showing everyone your bottom.
No tattoos on your face, no tattoos on your bottom.
Just no tattoos period. But maybe when you're eighteen you
could get a small one that says I love my mom. Yes.
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Sadam loved the number one hundred, but the one thing
he loved most was challenges involving the number one hundred. Guys,
Let's say you can be the first player to score
one hundred points this season. Guys, let's say you can
eat one hundred hot dogs and under one hundred minutes.
What do you mean that's a gross and terrible idea. Guys,
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Let's say you can do one hundred push ups. But
just because Adam suggested these challenges didn't mean he was
very good at them. Take the one hundred push up challenge,
for example, After his twentieth push up, Adam's arms and
legs would begin wobbling and shaking more than jelly in
a blender. Adam, you sound like an animal in distress.
Should we call him medic? But there was one challenge.
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Adam was confident he could pull off one hundred days
of perfect school attendance, not one school day missed. Guys,
tomorrow was the last day of school before spring break.
It's also the one hundredth day of school, and I
have not missed a single day of school this year.
Frank Grady found that hard to believe. Everyone misses at
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least a few days. Adam, are you telling us you
haven't had any sick days or fake sick days or
appointment days where you convinced your parents to let you
stay home after is over, even though there's still five
hours of school left in the day. Adam told Grady
that he had been sick on a few occasions, but
always forced himself to come into school anyway. My legs
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still worked, so I still came in. I take this
challenge very seriously. Besides, people don't mind being coughed on
and sneezed on, do they. Grady was still having a
hard time believing it. So like what happens if you
missed school tomorrow, does that mean you have to start
the whole challenge over again From the beginning, Adam smirked
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because in his mind, there was no such possibility of
that even happening. Dude, I hope be at school tomorrow,
even if one of my legs falls off. This got
Grady thinking, but what if both of your legs fall off? Though?
I guess in that case you could just pull yourself
up onto a skateboard and use your arms as paddles.
But what if while doing that, your skateboard takes a
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weird turn into a dark cave where there was a
bear hanging out. And what if the bear decides to
take a nap, using you as a pillow. And what
if when you finally escape, one of your arms has
gone completely numb because you had a big, heavy bear
sleeping on it. And then because you can only paddle
your skateboard with one arm, now your skateboard just spins
around in circles until you get dizzy and fall off.
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And then you'll be all like, oh man, I'm so dizzy.
Forget school, I'm going back home to play video games,
because that's totally what I do. If that happened to me.
Adam would stopped listening at bear Cave, but assured as
friend that nothing would stop him from getting to school
the next day. Not a missing pair of legs, not
a grizzly bear, not even a bad case of dizziness.
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If only someone had warned poor Adam about the news
he was about to receive upon returning home from school.
Do you mean we're boarding an airplane in the morning
for a family vacation. I have school tomorrow. I can't
miss school. Yes, Adam had just gotten word that they
were leaving a day early to fly to a hotel
with a pool. I mean it was supposed to be
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a really nice pool, Adam. I'm not really sure why
you see him upset about this. Kids love missing school
and kids love hotels with pools. Those are two things
kids love. And you were a kid, So stop being
all mixed up about how kids are supposed to be
and let's start showing some excitement for this vacation. Adam
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told his parents about the challenge to complete one hundred
days of perfect school attendance. Adam, for once, one of
your silly challenges actually makes sense to me. So can
we stay Adam? Asked, with a glint of hope in
his eye. Oh no, our flights are non refundable, and
I got a really good discount by leaving a day early. Besides,
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let's be real, ninety nine days is pro're practically one hundred.
They're almost the same number. Ninety nine also just sounds
really cool. Any number pass that makes you have to
pause and think about how many zeros to put down.
Adam's parents started suggesting different challenges he could try while
on their vacation. You can try jumping into the pool
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one hundred times. You could try doing one hundred pages
of the educational activity worry book I'm bringing for both
you and your sister, said his mother. Better yet, began
his sister Eleanor why not try locking yourself in a
hotel closet for one hundred hours so I don't have
to put up with you for the entire trip. But
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no matter how much Adam protested, or how many faked
tears he squeezed out, or how much he tried to
make it look like his legs had fallen off, Adam
found himself on an airplane the very next morning instead
of going to school. May I have your attention? Please,
this is your captain. I'm sorry to inform you that
our movie entertainment system is down and will be out
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of so ser for the duration of today's flight. Let's
all hope your mother's let you watch something on their phones,
especially if you're the type of kid to whine and
complain really loudly. We'll be arriving at our destination in
a long, long, long, boring amount of time. Mom, can
I please watch something on your phone? Adam asked, Sorry,
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kiddow eleanor beat you to it. Maybe you can watch
something on your father's phone when he's done looking at
his weather app well. Adam's father finished looking at his
weather at five minutes before landing, and after Adam had
spent five hours counting the number of times people got
up from their seats to use the wash them. Disappointingly,
the final total was not one hundred. As the airport
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taxi dropped Adam's family off at their hotel, they were
all pleasantly surprised to see that it looked even nicer
than it did in the photos. The hotel looked like
a long, peach colored tropical palace with countless fountains, flamingo
pink turrets and gold trimmed balconies. If you didn't know better,
you might think you had stumbled upon the home of
the Pineapple Queen and the Mango King. Instead of staying
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here for a week, maybe we should make it one
hundred days, suggested Eleanor. You know, for Adam's sake. While
they were scoping out the pool, Adam's mother's phone rang,
Oh boy, Adam, didn't you tell your friends we were
going on vacation. Grandy's calling you on my phone again.
Adam's mother always complained about Adam and Eleanor's friends calling
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her phone, but she also refused to entertain the idea
of buying them phones of their own. No tattoos and
now phones. You kids know how I roll? Adam answered
the phone, dreading having to talk about his failed challenge. Adam,
where are you? What happened? Man? You weren't at school today?
Did the whole no leg skateboard bear thing come true?
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Are you okay? Man? Adam retold the whole story of
the surprise trip the way it of Rather it had
been a story about a cave troll running off with
his legs. Well, good news, buddy. Right before miss Flufaduf
let us go for spring break. She gave us a
challenge to try while we're away, and dude, get this,
it's a one hundred challenge. Adam couldn't believe it. He'd
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been begging his teacher to get the class a one
hundred challenge all year, and for some reason, she never
went with any of his suggestions. Not the one hundred
minutes of no teachers in the classroom challenge, not the
one hundred days of all day gym class challenge, nor
the one hundred eight pluses for Adam just for being
awesome challenge. Miss Flufadu said, there will be a special
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prize for the winners. All you have to do is
read one hundred books during your vacation. That's it so
simple and easy. I mean, I won't be participating because
I'd rather not even have to read one book, but
you should totally do it. You're the one hundred guy.
Adam was the one hundred guy. But one hundred books
in one week, the very same week that Adam had
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full access to a pool with tube slides, a watery maze,
and little bridges to swim under. Why did it have
to be a reading challenge. Why couldn't miss Fluffaduff have
told everyone to jump into a pool one hundred times?
At least that would be a challenge she could handle.
After getting off the phone with Grady, Adam asked his
mom if she had packed any books. Well, dear, everyone
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was responsible for packing their own reading material. I packed
some romance books for myself. Your father packed some books
about Bob. What books did you bring? Again? Well, I
have one here that teaches you how underground sewers work,
and this other is all about how mailboxes have changed
over the past one hundred years. How will I ever
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decide which one to start with first? Well, this was
a problem. Adam hadn't packed any books. Who thinks about
bringing books when you plan on spending your entire vacation
in the hotel pool. Not like they make waterproof books,
do they. He also couldn't rely on his sister Eleanor,
who had made it perfectly clear that he was to
keep his grubby little fingers off of her teen magazine.
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But you're not even a teenager yet, he had pointed out.
And you're not even a real boy yet, fired back Eleanor.
You're more of a diaper wearing Hamburger muffin, Adam let
out a big sigh. He wasn't sure what to think.
On one hand, it was a one hundred challenge. On
the other hand, it was a reading challenge. Adam enjoyed
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reading about as much as Grady, but he couldn't say
no to a one hundred challenge. He'd still give it
a try, even if the goal was one hundred days
of only eating Brussels sprouts, and the fact that this
challenge had a prize at the end talk about cherry
on top, especially if that meant an invitation to a
party with one hundred slices of pizza. Mom, pass me
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that romance novel. I cannot wait one more minute to
find out who's gonna fall in love with who? But
Adam never made it past the first sentence of his
mother's romance novel because the first lion sounded like this.
As soon as Lucy says her eyes on Karl's magnificent
mustache thick enough to hide a family of squirrels, she
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knew she had found not just the men of her dreams,
but also the perfect place to store some snacks for later.
Adam set the book down. What on Earth? Did I
just read? Dad? Can I try one of your books?
But the first few pages of chapter one, titled Sewer
Flow Dynamics was more than he could take. I normally
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like gross stuff, but this was just flat out boring.
I don't care where the toilet water goes, as long
as it leaves the toilet. And is it just me?
Or have mailboxes really not changed a whole lot over
the years. Adam handed his mother a piece of paper
and asked her to sign off that he had read
his first three books. Wait a second, you didn't finish
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those books. I can't sign off that you read them
if you only read a few pages. Adam tried to
argue that he had finished all three. I used a
technique called speed reading. It's where your eyes go back
and forth like this. Well, you fan through the pages
really quickly, and before you know it, you've read the
whole book. Adam's demonstration of rapid page turning created enough
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wind to blow his hair back, which didn't help convince
his mother. If you actually read the whole book, then
what happens to Lucy and Carl uh? Well, you know
they fall in love and decide to raise a family
of squirrels inside of Carl's giant mustache. They named the
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littlest one Pepe just really the most perfect happy ending
if you ask me, nice try Buster, but you know
you might have better luck finding some books for kids
at the hotel library. Never in a hundred years would
Adam have guessed a hotel like this had its own library.
And as surprised as Adam was to find himself in
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a library during his vacation, the librarian seemed to equally
surprised to see him there too. Oh wow, did you
get lost while looking for the really large, incredibly fun
pool with all the slides, tunnels and water toys. The
librarian then told Adam all about her wonderful collection of
children's books, including a new series that had just come in.
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It included popular titles like Bobo Makes a Friend, Bobo
Learns to Share, and Bobo Cleans Up. Ugh. There has
to be a better way, thought Adam. But there might
not be a faster way. Adam grabbed every Bobo book
the librarian had and got straight down to business. He
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plowed through the first thirty Bobo books in no time. Though,
when he returned to meet his family by the pool,
there was only five minutes left before closing time. No
big deal. Adam would just plow through another thirty Bobo
books first thing in the morning and then spend the
rest of the day at the pool. This challenge was
about to get crushed. Well, that's how it seemed, until
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the next morning he discovered that the remaining Bobo books
had been borrowed by a small child no older than three. Hey,
little guy, are you almost done with those books? Mister?
Aren't you a little old to be reading Bobo books.
I'm trying to learn how not to hit my brother
when he has a toy I want. Adam's face turned red. Well, uh,
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you're never too old to learn about taking turns. He
quickly slipped away and walked over to the other side
of the children's section, where he found a book about wizards.
Sitting down in the middle of the aisle, he started
reading the book. It may not have been the kind
of book you could plow through in a few minutes,
but it was definitely more enjoyable than Bobo. Adam checked
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the time after finishing the last page. Oh man, that
took way too much time. I could have been on
my sixtieth Bobo book by now, But instead I've only
finished thirty one. There has to be a better way.
Another kid named Lincoln, who looked to be around the
same age as him, walked over and asked Adam if
he was finished with the Wizard Book. Here have it,
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answered Adam, but don't be alarmed if it takes you
half a day to get through it. It's no Bobo book,
let me tell you. The boys introduced themselves and started chatting.
Sure is a shame that we're stuck at the library
instead of the pool, complained Adam. Did your teacher put
you up to this as well? He asked. Lincoln explained
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that he preferred the library over the pool. I spent
the first couple of days at the pool the humor
my parents, But I really don't like pools. All of
that oily sunscreen in the water, and I'm pretty sure
my little brother peas in there every time he gets
in it. Lincoln pointed to the little boy reading the
Bobo books that Adam had met earlier. So you enjoy
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reading these books, asked Adam, before explaining his one hundred
book challenge. Well, I would love to know if you
have any tips on how to speed read without just
blowing air in your face. Lincoln asked Adam why he
had chosen the Wizard book in the first place, but
Adam didn't really have a good reason, other than thinking
it was funny that the wizard on the cover looked
like he was trying to hold back a sneeze during
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a moment of silence. The trick to reading faster is
to find a book that you love, explained Lincoln. Like
a book that you can get lost in, a book
where you lose track of time but don't even mind.
Maybe dragons and wizards aren't really your thing. Maybe you
couldn't get past the fact that the wizard could have
solved that problem using a magic in the very first chapter,
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but instead the story kept on going for another fifteen chapters.
Here give this one a try. Lincoln grabbed a book
off a shelf labeled funny Books. Adam then began reading
and didn't put the book down until he had finished.
Then he read another from that same shelf, and then
another one. He kept reading all the way until the
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library closed, but he didn't stop there. He asked if
he could borrow some more to bring back to his
hotel room. Then he stayed up reading all night, only
pausing to cover his mouth with a pillow so as
not to wake the rest of his family up with laughter.
Adam found these books relatable, entertaining, and best of all, hilarious.
One of them had a kid that got a tattoo
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of a cactus on his bottom without permission and then
got in major trouble from the parent police. I heard
you laughing last night, complained Eleanor in the morning, what
were you reading, Bobo tells a joke. Adam didn't answer,
nor was he bothered. He instead just picked up a
book about a younger brother that pulls a hilarious prank
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on his older sister. Some days later, Adam bumped into
Lincoln while grabbing more books from the library, but Lincoln
was in the middle of returning all of the books
he had borrowed. Yeah, we're just getting organized to go home,
Lincoln explained. We leave tomorrow. Oh too bad, said Adam.
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We don't fly home until Sunday. And that's when Lincoln
revealed that tomorrow was Sunday. What. There's no way, it's
already the end of the week. I haven't even been
in the pool yet. And worst of all, I still
haven't read my one hundred books yet. Actually, Adam had
no idea how many books he had read, just that
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he'd been flying through them day after day. Together with
the help of Lincoln, the boys began counting all of
the books he had read, and lo and behold, the
grand total was one hundred and thirty books. One hundred
and thirty that's not an exciting number. If I had
known that, I would have stopped thirty books ago. How
about we just pretend I never read any of those
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Bobo books. Once again, Adam's face turned red. Hey did
I say Bobo books? I didn't read any Bobo books.
Adam thanked his friend for helping introduce him to books
that were actually enjoyable to read. Then, in a mocking tone,
Lincoln said, Bobo made a friend. Good job Bobo. Upon
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returning to school on Monday, Adam, along with everyone else
who had attempted the challenge, handed their teacher the list
of books they had read, complete with signed verification from
all of their parents. Turns out, the only one who
didn't participate was Grady, who claimed he was too busy
logging one hundred hours of video game time. Great job,
everyone began miss flufiduf. Now let's see how everyone did.
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Toby read twelve books, Addie read eighteen, pre I read
thirteen books, Josiah read seventeen, Matteas read fifteen books. Looks
like eleven for Vicram and fourteen for Huie. Well we
can just stop right their, folks. That's one hundred books.
We did it together. We reached our goal of reading
one hundred books as a class. That's when Grady shouted out, oh,
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it was one hundred books altogether. Oh, I wasn't paying
any attention that day? Was I? Maybe I should participated
after all? But you know video games? Well, handing each
of the participants, they're very exciting. Prize of an iHeart
reading bookmark and a ten percent off coupon at the bookstore.
Miss Flufeedouf paused at Adam's desk. Is everything okay? Dear?
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You look like you're going to explode? Oh I'm okay.
Miss Everything's fine, totally fine, fine, fine, fine bookmarks and
coupon's beat pizza parties any day. And you know what
they say about those outdoor pools, they're mostly made up
of sunscreen, a little kid pee. Besides, how can I
be upset? I made it to one hundred the end.
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That's the story. And here is your question of the week.
What is your favorite number and what makes that number
your favorite? Well, that's all for now. We'll catch you
on the next one. Some fish
Hellol story time really not a boring time? Rabbis, stand
and you'll be fine. Follow the whole storyline, Hellol story time?
Might you live releast one time? Story time? Story? Well, folks,
here it is episode one hundred, and I can't thank
you awesome listeners enough for coming along for the ride.
(00:22):
Some of you have been here since the very early days,
and perhaps some of you will still be here after
the next one hundred. But if there's one thing I've
learned after one hundred episodes, it's that remembering half of
these stories has become really hard for me. Hence why
I accidentally double dipped into the character list last week.
In other words, don't be surprised if I write a
story next week called Mars Mode. Today's story is called
(00:44):
one hundred and features characters named after Adam, Eleanor, Grady
and Lincoln. I'd also like to give a special shout
out to the following listeners. Sadie and Boyd, Lily and
Alexa Phoenix from Vancouver, Canada, Knocks the Fox for from London, UK,
Stella from Finland listening with her cat MINTUW and labrador Lily, Nolan,
(01:06):
Judah and Ellie Rose from Oklahoma along with their dogs
Peaches in Georgia. Caleb and Kleio from ben Oregon, Juliet
from Melbourne, Australia, Ailea Knox from Hawaii, Keenan aka Kike
or mister Bean from Nova Scotia, Brothers Ezra and Elijah
from Iowa, Ellis from Minnesota, Harry and Nick Cutler along
(01:29):
with their dog Coconut from Melbourne, Australia, Liam Chloe, Sophie
and Grandpa Osbourne. And happy birthday just yesterday to Joel.
More to come next time, but for now, let's get
into the story. This is the story of a number,
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and not just a cute little number like seven. I'm
talking about the number one hundred, which, according to a
kid named Adam, was the absolute best number of all
the numbers. Yeah. Sure, there are bigger numbers like one
billion that sound all cool and fancy, but have you
ever tried to remember how many zeros you have to
put down? Who wants to deal with that? Adam loved
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the number one hundred so much that he had even
asked his mother if he could have the number tattooed
onto his face. Adam, did you seriously just ask me
if you could get a tattoo on your face. Tattoos
are permanent, they don't wash off. My answer is a
big fat no. Well, can I at least get a
tattoo of a cactus on my bottom so it looks
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like I sat on a cactus? Adam bellowed his mother.
I do not need you going around showing everyone your bottom.
No tattoos on your face, no tattoos on your bottom.
Just no tattoos period. But maybe when you're eighteen you
could get a small one that says I love my mom. Yes.
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Sadam loved the number one hundred, but the one thing
he loved most was challenges involving the number one hundred. Guys,
Let's say you can be the first player to score
one hundred points this season. Guys, let's say you can
eat one hundred hot dogs and under one hundred minutes.
What do you mean that's a gross and terrible idea. Guys,
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Let's say you can do one hundred push ups. But
just because Adam suggested these challenges didn't mean he was
very good at them. Take the one hundred push up challenge,
for example, After his twentieth push up, Adam's arms and
legs would begin wobbling and shaking more than jelly in
a blender. Adam, you sound like an animal in distress.
Should we call him medic? But there was one challenge.
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Adam was confident he could pull off one hundred days
of perfect school attendance, not one school day missed. Guys,
tomorrow was the last day of school before spring break.
It's also the one hundredth day of school, and I
have not missed a single day of school this year.
Frank Grady found that hard to believe. Everyone misses at
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least a few days. Adam, are you telling us you
haven't had any sick days or fake sick days or
appointment days where you convinced your parents to let you
stay home after is over, even though there's still five
hours of school left in the day. Adam told Grady
that he had been sick on a few occasions, but
always forced himself to come into school anyway. My legs
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still worked, so I still came in. I take this
challenge very seriously. Besides, people don't mind being coughed on
and sneezed on, do they. Grady was still having a
hard time believing it. So like what happens if you
missed school tomorrow, does that mean you have to start
the whole challenge over again From the beginning, Adam smirked
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because in his mind, there was no such possibility of
that even happening. Dude, I hope be at school tomorrow,
even if one of my legs falls off. This got
Grady thinking, but what if both of your legs fall off? Though?
I guess in that case you could just pull yourself
up onto a skateboard and use your arms as paddles.
But what if while doing that, your skateboard takes a
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weird turn into a dark cave where there was a
bear hanging out. And what if the bear decides to
take a nap, using you as a pillow. And what
if when you finally escape, one of your arms has
gone completely numb because you had a big, heavy bear
sleeping on it. And then because you can only paddle
your skateboard with one arm, now your skateboard just spins
around in circles until you get dizzy and fall off.
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And then you'll be all like, oh man, I'm so dizzy.
Forget school, I'm going back home to play video games,
because that's totally what I do. If that happened to me.
Adam would stopped listening at bear Cave, but assured as
friend that nothing would stop him from getting to school
the next day. Not a missing pair of legs, not
a grizzly bear, not even a bad case of dizziness.
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If only someone had warned poor Adam about the news
he was about to receive upon returning home from school.
Do you mean we're boarding an airplane in the morning
for a family vacation. I have school tomorrow. I can't
miss school. Yes, Adam had just gotten word that they
were leaving a day early to fly to a hotel
with a pool. I mean it was supposed to be
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a really nice pool, Adam. I'm not really sure why
you see him upset about this. Kids love missing school
and kids love hotels with pools. Those are two things
kids love. And you were a kid, So stop being
all mixed up about how kids are supposed to be
and let's start showing some excitement for this vacation. Adam
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told his parents about the challenge to complete one hundred
days of perfect school attendance. Adam, for once, one of
your silly challenges actually makes sense to me. So can
we stay Adam? Asked, with a glint of hope in
his eye. Oh no, our flights are non refundable, and
I got a really good discount by leaving a day early. Besides,
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let's be real, ninety nine days is pro're practically one hundred.
They're almost the same number. Ninety nine also just sounds
really cool. Any number pass that makes you have to
pause and think about how many zeros to put down.
Adam's parents started suggesting different challenges he could try while
on their vacation. You can try jumping into the pool
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one hundred times. You could try doing one hundred pages
of the educational activity worry book I'm bringing for both
you and your sister, said his mother. Better yet, began
his sister Eleanor why not try locking yourself in a
hotel closet for one hundred hours so I don't have
to put up with you for the entire trip. But
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no matter how much Adam protested, or how many faked
tears he squeezed out, or how much he tried to
make it look like his legs had fallen off, Adam
found himself on an airplane the very next morning instead
of going to school. May I have your attention? Please,
this is your captain. I'm sorry to inform you that
our movie entertainment system is down and will be out
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of so ser for the duration of today's flight. Let's
all hope your mother's let you watch something on their phones,
especially if you're the type of kid to whine and
complain really loudly. We'll be arriving at our destination in
a long, long, long, boring amount of time. Mom, can
I please watch something on your phone? Adam asked, Sorry,
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kiddow eleanor beat you to it. Maybe you can watch
something on your father's phone when he's done looking at
his weather app well. Adam's father finished looking at his
weather at five minutes before landing, and after Adam had
spent five hours counting the number of times people got
up from their seats to use the wash them. Disappointingly,
the final total was not one hundred. As the airport
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taxi dropped Adam's family off at their hotel, they were
all pleasantly surprised to see that it looked even nicer
than it did in the photos. The hotel looked like
a long, peach colored tropical palace with countless fountains, flamingo
pink turrets and gold trimmed balconies. If you didn't know better,
you might think you had stumbled upon the home of
the Pineapple Queen and the Mango King. Instead of staying
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here for a week, maybe we should make it one
hundred days, suggested Eleanor. You know, for Adam's sake. While
they were scoping out the pool, Adam's mother's phone rang,
Oh boy, Adam, didn't you tell your friends we were
going on vacation. Grandy's calling you on my phone again.
Adam's mother always complained about Adam and Eleanor's friends calling
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her phone, but she also refused to entertain the idea
of buying them phones of their own. No tattoos and
now phones. You kids know how I roll? Adam answered
the phone, dreading having to talk about his failed challenge. Adam,
where are you? What happened? Man? You weren't at school today?
Did the whole no leg skateboard bear thing come true?
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Are you okay? Man? Adam retold the whole story of
the surprise trip the way it of Rather it had
been a story about a cave troll running off with
his legs. Well, good news, buddy. Right before miss Flufaduf
let us go for spring break. She gave us a
challenge to try while we're away, and dude, get this,
it's a one hundred challenge. Adam couldn't believe it. He'd
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been begging his teacher to get the class a one
hundred challenge all year, and for some reason, she never
went with any of his suggestions. Not the one hundred
minutes of no teachers in the classroom challenge, not the
one hundred days of all day gym class challenge, nor
the one hundred eight pluses for Adam just for being
awesome challenge. Miss Flufadu said, there will be a special
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prize for the winners. All you have to do is
read one hundred books during your vacation. That's it so
simple and easy. I mean, I won't be participating because
I'd rather not even have to read one book, but
you should totally do it. You're the one hundred guy.
Adam was the one hundred guy. But one hundred books
in one week, the very same week that Adam had
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full access to a pool with tube slides, a watery maze,
and little bridges to swim under. Why did it have
to be a reading challenge. Why couldn't miss Fluffaduff have
told everyone to jump into a pool one hundred times?
At least that would be a challenge she could handle.
After getting off the phone with Grady, Adam asked his
mom if she had packed any books. Well, dear, everyone
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was responsible for packing their own reading material. I packed
some romance books for myself. Your father packed some books
about Bob. What books did you bring? Again? Well, I
have one here that teaches you how underground sewers work,
and this other is all about how mailboxes have changed
over the past one hundred years. How will I ever
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decide which one to start with first? Well, this was
a problem. Adam hadn't packed any books. Who thinks about
bringing books when you plan on spending your entire vacation
in the hotel pool. Not like they make waterproof books,
do they. He also couldn't rely on his sister Eleanor,
who had made it perfectly clear that he was to
keep his grubby little fingers off of her teen magazine.
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But you're not even a teenager yet, he had pointed out.
And you're not even a real boy yet, fired back Eleanor.
You're more of a diaper wearing Hamburger muffin, Adam let
out a big sigh. He wasn't sure what to think.
On one hand, it was a one hundred challenge. On
the other hand, it was a reading challenge. Adam enjoyed
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reading about as much as Grady, but he couldn't say
no to a one hundred challenge. He'd still give it
a try, even if the goal was one hundred days
of only eating Brussels sprouts, and the fact that this
challenge had a prize at the end talk about cherry
on top, especially if that meant an invitation to a
party with one hundred slices of pizza. Mom, pass me
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that romance novel. I cannot wait one more minute to
find out who's gonna fall in love with who? But
Adam never made it past the first sentence of his
mother's romance novel because the first lion sounded like this.
As soon as Lucy says her eyes on Karl's magnificent
mustache thick enough to hide a family of squirrels, she
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knew she had found not just the men of her dreams,
but also the perfect place to store some snacks for later.
Adam set the book down. What on Earth? Did I
just read? Dad? Can I try one of your books?
But the first few pages of chapter one, titled Sewer
Flow Dynamics was more than he could take. I normally
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like gross stuff, but this was just flat out boring.
I don't care where the toilet water goes, as long
as it leaves the toilet. And is it just me?
Or have mailboxes really not changed a whole lot over
the years. Adam handed his mother a piece of paper
and asked her to sign off that he had read
his first three books. Wait a second, you didn't finish
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those books. I can't sign off that you read them
if you only read a few pages. Adam tried to
argue that he had finished all three. I used a
technique called speed reading. It's where your eyes go back
and forth like this. Well, you fan through the pages
really quickly, and before you know it, you've read the
whole book. Adam's demonstration of rapid page turning created enough
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wind to blow his hair back, which didn't help convince
his mother. If you actually read the whole book, then
what happens to Lucy and Carl uh? Well, you know
they fall in love and decide to raise a family
of squirrels inside of Carl's giant mustache. They named the
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littlest one Pepe just really the most perfect happy ending
if you ask me, nice try Buster, but you know
you might have better luck finding some books for kids
at the hotel library. Never in a hundred years would
Adam have guessed a hotel like this had its own library.
And as surprised as Adam was to find himself in
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a library during his vacation, the librarian seemed to equally
surprised to see him there too. Oh wow, did you
get lost while looking for the really large, incredibly fun
pool with all the slides, tunnels and water toys. The
librarian then told Adam all about her wonderful collection of
children's books, including a new series that had just come in.
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It included popular titles like Bobo Makes a Friend, Bobo
Learns to Share, and Bobo Cleans Up. Ugh. There has
to be a better way, thought Adam. But there might
not be a faster way. Adam grabbed every Bobo book
the librarian had and got straight down to business. He
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plowed through the first thirty Bobo books in no time. Though,
when he returned to meet his family by the pool,
there was only five minutes left before closing time. No
big deal. Adam would just plow through another thirty Bobo
books first thing in the morning and then spend the
rest of the day at the pool. This challenge was
about to get crushed. Well, that's how it seemed, until
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the next morning he discovered that the remaining Bobo books
had been borrowed by a small child no older than three. Hey,
little guy, are you almost done with those books? Mister?
Aren't you a little old to be reading Bobo books.
I'm trying to learn how not to hit my brother
when he has a toy I want. Adam's face turned red. Well, uh,
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you're never too old to learn about taking turns. He
quickly slipped away and walked over to the other side
of the children's section, where he found a book about wizards.
Sitting down in the middle of the aisle, he started
reading the book. It may not have been the kind
of book you could plow through in a few minutes,
but it was definitely more enjoyable than Bobo. Adam checked
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the time after finishing the last page. Oh man, that
took way too much time. I could have been on
my sixtieth Bobo book by now, But instead I've only
finished thirty one. There has to be a better way.
Another kid named Lincoln, who looked to be around the
same age as him, walked over and asked Adam if
he was finished with the Wizard Book. Here have it,
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answered Adam, but don't be alarmed if it takes you
half a day to get through it. It's no Bobo book,
let me tell you. The boys introduced themselves and started chatting.
Sure is a shame that we're stuck at the library
instead of the pool, complained Adam. Did your teacher put
you up to this as well? He asked. Lincoln explained
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that he preferred the library over the pool. I spent
the first couple of days at the pool the humor
my parents, But I really don't like pools. All of
that oily sunscreen in the water, and I'm pretty sure
my little brother peas in there every time he gets
in it. Lincoln pointed to the little boy reading the
Bobo books that Adam had met earlier. So you enjoy
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reading these books, asked Adam, before explaining his one hundred
book challenge. Well, I would love to know if you
have any tips on how to speed read without just
blowing air in your face. Lincoln asked Adam why he
had chosen the Wizard book in the first place, but
Adam didn't really have a good reason, other than thinking
it was funny that the wizard on the cover looked
like he was trying to hold back a sneeze during
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a moment of silence. The trick to reading faster is
to find a book that you love, explained Lincoln. Like
a book that you can get lost in, a book
where you lose track of time but don't even mind.
Maybe dragons and wizards aren't really your thing. Maybe you
couldn't get past the fact that the wizard could have
solved that problem using a magic in the very first chapter,
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but instead the story kept on going for another fifteen chapters.
Here give this one a try. Lincoln grabbed a book
off a shelf labeled funny Books. Adam then began reading
and didn't put the book down until he had finished.
Then he read another from that same shelf, and then
another one. He kept reading all the way until the
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library closed, but he didn't stop there. He asked if
he could borrow some more to bring back to his
hotel room. Then he stayed up reading all night, only
pausing to cover his mouth with a pillow so as
not to wake the rest of his family up with laughter.
Adam found these books relatable, entertaining, and best of all, hilarious.
One of them had a kid that got a tattoo
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of a cactus on his bottom without permission and then
got in major trouble from the parent police. I heard
you laughing last night, complained Eleanor in the morning, what
were you reading, Bobo tells a joke. Adam didn't answer,
nor was he bothered. He instead just picked up a
book about a younger brother that pulls a hilarious prank
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on his older sister. Some days later, Adam bumped into
Lincoln while grabbing more books from the library, but Lincoln
was in the middle of returning all of the books
he had borrowed. Yeah, we're just getting organized to go home,
Lincoln explained. We leave tomorrow. Oh too bad, said Adam.
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We don't fly home until Sunday. And that's when Lincoln
revealed that tomorrow was Sunday. What. There's no way, it's
already the end of the week. I haven't even been
in the pool yet. And worst of all, I still
haven't read my one hundred books yet. Actually, Adam had
no idea how many books he had read, just that
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he'd been flying through them day after day. Together with
the help of Lincoln, the boys began counting all of
the books he had read, and lo and behold, the
grand total was one hundred and thirty books. One hundred
and thirty that's not an exciting number. If I had
known that, I would have stopped thirty books ago. How
about we just pretend I never read any of those
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Bobo books. Once again, Adam's face turned red. Hey did
I say Bobo books? I didn't read any Bobo books.
Adam thanked his friend for helping introduce him to books
that were actually enjoyable to read. Then, in a mocking tone,
Lincoln said, Bobo made a friend. Good job Bobo. Upon
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returning to school on Monday, Adam, along with everyone else
who had attempted the challenge, handed their teacher the list
of books they had read, complete with signed verification from
all of their parents. Turns out, the only one who
didn't participate was Grady, who claimed he was too busy
logging one hundred hours of video game time. Great job,
everyone began miss flufiduf. Now let's see how everyone did.
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Toby read twelve books, Addie read eighteen, pre I read
thirteen books, Josiah read seventeen, Matteas read fifteen books. Looks
like eleven for Vicram and fourteen for Huie. Well we
can just stop right their, folks. That's one hundred books.
We did it together. We reached our goal of reading
one hundred books as a class. That's when Grady shouted out, oh,
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it was one hundred books altogether. Oh, I wasn't paying
any attention that day? Was I? Maybe I should participated
after all? But you know video games? Well, handing each
of the participants, they're very exciting. Prize of an iHeart
reading bookmark and a ten percent off coupon at the bookstore.
Miss Flufeedouf paused at Adam's desk. Is everything okay? Dear?
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You look like you're going to explode? Oh I'm okay.
Miss Everything's fine, totally fine, fine, fine, fine bookmarks and
coupon's beat pizza parties any day. And you know what
they say about those outdoor pools, they're mostly made up
of sunscreen, a little kid pee. Besides, how can I
be upset? I made it to one hundred the end.
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That's the story. And here is your question of the week.
What is your favorite number and what makes that number
your favorite? Well, that's all for now. We'll catch you
on the next one. Some fish
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