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In this silly story, siblings Fox and Audrey will stop at nothing to get their hands on the hottest new cereal box toy. Every kid at school is talking about it. There’s just one tiny problem: their mom, who thinks everything fun is “just a fad.” When a rare golden version of the toy mysteriously shows up in their box of Frosted-Sugar-Os, Fox and Audrey are sure they’ll be the talk of the school… until everyone at school bursts out laughing.
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In this silly story, siblings Fox and Audrey will stop at nothing to get their hands on the hottest new cereal box toy. Every kid at school is talking about it. There’s just one tiny problem: their mom, who thinks everything fun is “just a fad.” When a rare golden version of the toy mysteriously shows up in their box of Frosted-Sugar-Os, Fox and Audrey are sure they’ll be the talk of the school… until everyone at school bursts out laughing.
Warning: this goofy story for kids may result in smiles, snorts, and possibly some LOLs. Listen at your own discretion.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello, Well, story time really not of glory time. Rabbis
stand and you'll be fine. Follow the whole storyline. Helloel,
story time Might you love? Released one time?
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Welcome back to the show, New week, new story, and
this one is called the Serial Box Toy. Today's story
features characters named after listeners Fox and Audrey. I'd also
like to show it out Adriana and Andreas from Portugal. No,
I'm in Gilly from Atlanta. Nora and Walker from Oxnard, California,
Davide from New Brunswick, Canada, Link and his Cat's Chaos
(00:37):
and Mischief from Alberta, Canada, John David and Christian from
Pembroke Pines, Florida, Oliver and his sister Emory from Oregon,
Milo from Slough, England, Cornelius from New South Wales, Australia.
And Graham B. From Toronto, Canada. More shoutouts next time,
but for now, let's get him to the story. This
(01:06):
is the story of a toy inside of a cereal box,
a toy that two siblings named Fox and Audrey just
had to get their hands on. It all began at
school one day when the brother and sister noticed that
nearly everyone was talking about some spectacular new toy.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Hey gosh, I.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Just found the blue one in my cereal box this morning,
shouted one kid. The blue one, asked another, sounds like
the most common one. Almost everyone I now has the
blue one. The other day I got the red one
in my cereal box. The red ones are so rare,
not as rare as the golden one.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Another kid pointed out, they only made one of those,
and I don't think anyone has got it yet. On
and on these kids went, comparing the number of toys
they had collected and in which different colors. The conversation
then came to a screeching halt when Fox asked, so,
what is this toy you guys are talking about. Everyone
looked at Fox like he was wearing a diaper on
(02:03):
his head. Fox, did you literally just ask us what
toy we're talking about? Have you just been eating oats
for breakfast or something. We're talking about the.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Best collectible toy to ever come out of a cereal box.
Audrey knew nothing of this toy either, but she wasn't
about to admit that. She didn't need people looking at
her like she had a diaper on her head. Come on, brother,
I'm pretty sure we have the golden one at home.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Remember. Well, that's got everyone really fired up. Whoa, whoa,
Fox and Audrey have the golden cereal box toy. Ahaa.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
People were losing their minds, as if Fox and Audrey
had just won a million dollars.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
You guys are just gonna have to bring it to school,
the more you just have to You just have to
bring it to school tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Fox stared daggers at his sister. Not only did he
still not know what this toy was, now people expected
him to show up the next day with the most
rare one of them all. On the way home from school,
Fox demanded to know why his sister had to everyone. Listen, Fox,
this toy is what everyone is into. I don't want
to be the one person who's not into something that
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everyone else is into. Besides, if everyone is collecting them,
that's probably a really cool toy. It wasn't like Fox
was against owning the coolest toy in school, but his
sister seemed to be overlooking one tiny obstacle. Audrey, it
seems you're forgetting about one little problem mom, And he
wasn't wrong. What do you kids mean you need me
(03:30):
to take you to the store to buy a box
of cereal. That's not gonna happen. We have plenty of
cereal in the pantry. Audrey could now see this was
gonna be an uphill battle. Please, Mom, this is a
different kind of cereal that we don't already have. Fox
and I are tired of those other cereals, aren't we Fox? Now, Maybe,
just maybe, the kids could have convinced their mother if
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the cereal had been the most wholesome, nutritious cereal on
the planet. But unfortunately, this particular cereal was called frosted sugaros.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Frosted sugar rows. Their mother cried out, the ones that
look like those cute little frosted doughnuts and cereal form
Absolutely no way, no way. I've looked at the box
and the number one ingredient is called extreme sugar, the
second ingredient is called super sugar, and the third ingredient
is called regular sugar. Times two. How about I pick
(04:20):
up a nice bag of oats on my way home
from Mark tomorrow. Audrey threw her head back, Mom, we
don't like oats. We're not like you guys.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Us kids thrive on extreme sugar. But look, if it
means so much to you, we don't even have to
eat the cereal Fox, and I only care about the
toy that comes in the bus.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Somehow this made it worse. Oh, I see how it
is now, You kids have been duped into thinking you
need some silly toy that everyone at school is talking about. Right. Well,
lucky for you, it's probably just one of those silly
little fasts that will soon go away. Wait a week,
and I promise you no one will be talking about
this toy anymore. There, I solve your problem for you.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Problem not solved, thought Fox, Problem not solved at all.
Problem is still really bad. But he had seen this coming.
Every time he asked for something, his mother usually dismissed
it as a fat. Here today, gone tomorrow, she would
always say. But because of that, Fox and Audrey had
missed out on more cool things than they could count,
while everyone else at school was busy having the best
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time ever. Please Mom, please, begged Fox. Just let us
be a part of one fat. That's all we're asking
one fat. You have to understand, this fat is the
best fat of all the fads, like they've even got
in different colors and stuff. And Fox trailed off, realizing
he still didn't quite know what this toy actually was,
but if everyone at school said it was great, he
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was willing to take their word for it.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Lesten, kids, you both are out the age now where
you can make decisions like this for yourselves. If it's
really this important to you, then you're welcome to use
your own money and ride your own bikes to the
store to buy it. I, however, am about to change
into my sweatpants so I can watch a compilation of
funny cat videos when the kids were alone. Audrey scrunched
up her nose.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
But like, we're gonna use your money though, right, brother,
because I don't really think I want to spend my
birthday money on a box of cereal. Fox gave himself
a face palm and groaned typical younger sister move. After
the kids finished their dinner, they rode their bikes to
the supermarket. It felt strange walking into a store without
their mother. Audrey, what happens if people confuse us for
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a married couple that just happens to look really young,
Audrey shot back, Don't worry, no one will ever believe
a nice girl like me would ever marry a stinkaroo
like you. The cerealisle had so many different kinds of
cereals in every imaginable shape and flavor. One of the
store workers observed that the kids were having a hard
time finding what they were looking for.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Can I help you too find something? Yeah? Could you
please show us where to find the frosted sugaros. The
store worker pointed to an empty section on one of
the shelves. We're actually sold out. That cereal has been
really popular this week. If you two were trying to
buy some for your kids, there's only one other store
(07:14):
in town that still has some. The kids at school
must have been buying these boxes up by the dozen,
thought Fox, and Like, what were they even doing with
all of the cereal? Was it just frosted sugaros for breakfast, lunch,
and dinner. Were people feeding the stuff to their neighbors
and their pets? Was there a bird in a cage
somewhere saying ww a little more sugar, a little more sugar.
(07:37):
It was getting quite late by the time they arrived
at the second store. A last call announcement was being
played over the PA system to let shoppers know that
the store would soon be closing. Yike sweet better, hurry,
said Audrey. Fortunately, it was much easier finding the frosted
sugaros at this place. They just had to look for
the almost empty section in the cereal aisle. In fact,
there was only one box left, but one box was
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all they needed. With their frosted sugars in hand, they
ran to the cash register, where they were once again
mistaken for a young looking married couple who was buying
cereal for their kids. The kids had to ride their
bikes home in the dark. When they walked through the door,
the first thing their mother said was to get ready
for bed, not before a quick little bedtime snack. Audrey
(08:20):
whispered to Fox. Fox shrugged, eh, I'm not actually hungry,
and then he clewed in, oh right, because we need
a reason to open the box of cereal. Yeah, my bad,
let's do this. Opening the box of frosted sugars together
in the kitchen felt like opening a treasure chest, only
instead of jewelry and gold coins, they were excited about
(08:40):
a small plastic toy. When we find it, I'm gonna
play with it first, began Audrey as she fished around
in the cereal box. And then you can have it
for one hour, two sundays from now. Fox just hoped
his sister had remembered to wash her hands before sticking
her entire arm into the box. I feel something, I
feel something. I think it's the toy.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
As she removed her hand from the box, pieces of
cereal spilled onto the table and all over the floor.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
It was a mess.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Audrey had no intention of ever cleaning up. Fox half
expected his sister to pollow the blue toy, the most
common color. But what shimmered in her hands wasn't blue
at all. It was gold.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Ah, it's the golden toy. We did it. We got
the most rare toy of them all.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Fox was jumping up and down and yelling so loudly
that his mother came into the room to see what
was the matter. Would you too keep it down in here,
you're supposed to be getting ready for bed. Audrey held
up the toy for their mother to see as if
she was Rafiki from the Lion king presenting Simba to
the animal kingdom.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Oh, so this is the toy you kids just had
to have. Interesting? But what is it? Reminds me of
that little plastic toy Audrey flung under the hot stove.
And accidentally melted, or maybe even that toy Fox accidentally
dropped into the garbage disposal machine, or maybe even that
toy I backed over with the car after one of
you left it sitting on the driveway. Until now, Fox
(10:02):
and Audrey had only noticed the toy's color. But after
finally getting a good look, it pained them to admit
that their mother had been kind of right. It wasn't
at all clear.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
What this toy was supposed to be. Fox tried holding
it up to the light.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Well, you know, I think it's one of those, you know,
like one of those things. I mean, it's pretty cool, right.
The look on Audrey's face did not match the words
that came out of her mouth. Next, Yeah, I totally
can't wait to show everyone at school tomorrow. Normally, their
mother would have cautioned them against bringing toys to school
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for fear of the toy getting lost or broken, but
she didn't seem at all concerned about this toy. At school,
everyone still remembered Audrey bragging that she and her brother
had the one and only gold version of the famous
Cereal box toy. All right, let's see it then.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Show it here. Hardly anyone believed they were about to
see a real golden one. Most kids figured Audrey was bluffing,
and that at best she'd pull it a yellow one
from her bag. It was Fox who held it up
for all to see.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Behold the golden cereal box toy. Instead of being met.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
With oo and ah, most of the kids were either
laughing or groaning. Oh, give me a break, Fox, The
Honka junk is colored gold, all right, But whatever that
thing is did not come out of a frosted sugar
os box. Maybe that's what you pulled out of your
bag of votes this morning, Is that right? Fox and
Audre were having a hard time understanding. Of course this
(11:29):
was from a frosted sugar rose box. They had bought
it last night. Otherwise, that's the worst fake I've ever seen,
said another kid. Haven't you seen what the actually looked like.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
The kid then grabbed one from a school bag. It's
just one of the blue ones, which I know pretty
well everyone already has. But here, this is what the
actual toy looks like. The kid handed it to Fox.
Audrey moved in closer as well. Now this thing, this
was a toy. Fox and Audrey now understood all the hype.
(12:00):
The kid took the toy from Fox's hands and started
explaining it to them. So you see how you can
spin this part, and then on the other side, there's
this little piece that clicks, and then this thing over here,
This thing folds like this, and then you can do
this with it.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Fox took another look at the gold version he was holding.
You definitely couldn't do any of that stuff with this thing.
Another kid held up her collection of nearly twenty different
copies of the toy in various colors. I would have
offered to trade you all of these for just one
copy of the Golden toy, but for that thing, I
wouldn't even trade you an old pair of underwear. Are
you guys sure your mom didn't back over that thing
(12:36):
with her car. On their way home Later that day,
Audrey could not stop talking about the toy.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Oh Fox, I really really really want one of those
toys now.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
I don't even care what color. I'll even take brown.
Did you see how that thing just kept spinning. Fox
had seen how that thing kept spinning. He even really
enjoyed the clicking part, but none of it mattered because
he and his sister had missed their chance. Every store
in town was now sold out of frosted sugars. Audrey
was still holding out hope.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
I've heard there's a store six or seven towns over
that still has some. Maybe you could spend the next
few days riding your bike there. Well, I stay home
and make sure I don't miss anything good on TV.
As tempted as Fox was to accept his sister's wacky idea,
he had a different plan in mind. The moment their
mother arrived home from work, Fox and Audrey were waiting.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
In the driveway. Mom, we need you to drive us
to the cereal box factory. Their mother slowly rolled her
car window down the rest of the way.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Kids, that sounds more like a want and not actually
a need.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Fox and Audrey had carefully planned this whole thing out.
That's where you are wrong, momsies. Fox and I need
this like we need oxygen, water and sunlight. Fox nudged
his sister, Yo, it's plants that need sunlight, not us.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
We stay alive by eating sugary cereals. Remember, Audrey continued, sunlight, food, whatever,
we just need this to have. You haven't put on
your sweatpants yet, and you're already in the car. And Fox,
and I will let you choose all.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Of the music. Their mother still wasn't sold. We'll even
use some of our birthday money to have dinner delivered
to our house when we get back.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
And by we, I mean Fox. Now their mother was
on board, I don't have to think about dinner. Well,
what are you kids waiting for? We have a factory
to drive two. Now, in Fox and Audrey's minds, this
should have been a pretty straightforward operation that would go
a little something like this. One. Show up at the factory. Two,
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go inside the factory. Three, show the factory workers the
wonky toy. Four, swap the toy for a not so
wonky toy. Five, go home and play with the toy.
But this mission turned out to be not so straightforward
after all, more like crooked and backwards. First, they had
to get past some really tight security. Apparently you need
really good fences and guards if you don't want kids
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banging on your factory windows trying to get more of
that sweet, sweet sugar. But even once Fox and Audrey
finally figured out had to get into the factory, the
workers gave them the same reaction that all the school
kids had given them. You definitely didn't get one of
that from our boxes of Cereal. We only made one
golden copy of the toy, and it certainly wasn't that thing.
The one we made had this thing that spins, and
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this other thing that makes a clicking sound, and another
part that folds in half. It was a pretty cool toy.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
The factory workers thought Fox and Audrey were trying to
trick them. One't even checked to see if they had
found theirs in a bag of oats. Then came their
really bad news. Even if we believe you, we're finished
with that toy now, we don't even have any left.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
The only way you're getting one is if you trade
with one of your friends. But don't worry. There will
be another Cereal box toy coming along sometime before the holidays.
I mean, it probably won't be nearly as cool as
this one, but that's just how it goes with Cereal
box toys. It was also a pretty miserable ride home,
knowing they were out more birthday money because of dinner
and still had nothing to show for it other than
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their golden hunk of junk. At home, they at least
tried to make the best of their hunk of junk.
First they tried playing hot potato with it, and then
they played hockey with it, but in the end they
just sat around sadly pretending it could spin, click, and fold.
It was some days later that there was a knock
at the door from someone who worked at the factory.
Fox was worried the man was here to get them
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in trouble. I'm telling you, sir, we weren't trying to
swindle you. This piece of whatever it is really did
come from one of your cereal boxes. We don't even
like oats.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
The man at the door told the kids he believed
them kids.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
Our factory only ever made one golden toy. I know
this because I was the one who made it. I
was also the one who drove over it later that
day with my car. I still went ahead and put
it in one of the cereal boxes because, to be honest,
I didn't think all you kids were going to carry
this much. I had expected this to be a fat
everyone would quickly forget. That's usually how it goes with
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cereal box toys. The man removed something from his pocket,
something shiny in pristine, something that spun and clicked, and
had a little thing that folded something painted in a
beautiful shade of gold. We don't make them anymore, but
I was feeling bad for you kids, so I took
the time to make one more. I don't quite get
the appeal myself, but if you kids enjoy it, then
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that's all the matters.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
The kids thanked the man profusely after closing the door.
They couldn't stop jumping up and down. They couldn't stop
spinning the spinny thing. They couldn't stop clicking the clicki thing.
They couldn't stop folding the foldy thing. They couldn't stop
wishing it was already time for school, even though school
had only just ended an hour ago. The next day,
they were the first ones to show up, and since
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neither sibling could agree who would get to hold the
golden Cereal box toy for everyone to see, they both
held it together, which, given how small it was, looked
kind of awkward. Behold the one and only copy of
the Cereal box toy that has a spinty clickie and
foldy thing and is the color gold. This they truly
deserved all the oohs and ahs that they heard. Many
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kids were shouting, I want one, I want one. But
then Fox and Audrey realized that people weren't saying that
about their toy. They were saying that about this other toy.
Shila Pumpkins was showing off. Check out all the other
things it can do, she said, holding it up. Hie,
I got it with my kid's meal from the Hamburger restaurant.
You guys can all get one too. Fox and Audrey
(18:25):
literally stood by as some of these other kids began
tossing their cereal box toys in the garbage. Guys, did
you not see our toy? It's the one and only
golden version. A few heads turned, but most people were
still checking out Shila Pumpkins new kids meal toy. So
what if it's gold We are so done with that
silly fad, Like literally all that thing does is spin,
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click and fold. Boring this thing, however, Wow.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
Audrey elbowed Fox in theribcage. Bro, we need to get
mom to buy us the kid's meal tonight. I just
need to have one of those things. The end. That's
the story. And here is your question of the week.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Have you ever started liking something just because you heard
lots of people talking about it? If so, what was it? Well,
that's a wrap on this week's episode, but i'll have
another one for you in a week's time. Thanks for listening,
and i'll catch you on the next one.
Hello, Well, story time really not of glory time. Rabbis
stand and you'll be fine. Follow the whole storyline. Helloel,
story time Might you love? Released one time?
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Welcome back to the show, New week, new story, and
this one is called the Serial Box Toy. Today's story
features characters named after listeners Fox and Audrey. I'd also
like to show it out Adriana and Andreas from Portugal. No,
I'm in Gilly from Atlanta. Nora and Walker from Oxnard, California,
Davide from New Brunswick, Canada, Link and his Cat's Chaos
(00:37):
and Mischief from Alberta, Canada, John David and Christian from
Pembroke Pines, Florida, Oliver and his sister Emory from Oregon,
Milo from Slough, England, Cornelius from New South Wales, Australia.
And Graham B. From Toronto, Canada. More shoutouts next time,
but for now, let's get him to the story. This
(01:06):
is the story of a toy inside of a cereal box,
a toy that two siblings named Fox and Audrey just
had to get their hands on. It all began at
school one day when the brother and sister noticed that
nearly everyone was talking about some spectacular new toy.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Hey gosh, I.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Just found the blue one in my cereal box this morning,
shouted one kid. The blue one, asked another, sounds like
the most common one. Almost everyone I now has the
blue one. The other day I got the red one
in my cereal box. The red ones are so rare,
not as rare as the golden one.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Another kid pointed out, they only made one of those,
and I don't think anyone has got it yet. On
and on these kids went, comparing the number of toys
they had collected and in which different colors. The conversation
then came to a screeching halt when Fox asked, so,
what is this toy you guys are talking about. Everyone
looked at Fox like he was wearing a diaper on
(02:03):
his head. Fox, did you literally just ask us what
toy we're talking about? Have you just been eating oats
for breakfast or something. We're talking about the.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Best collectible toy to ever come out of a cereal box.
Audrey knew nothing of this toy either, but she wasn't
about to admit that. She didn't need people looking at
her like she had a diaper on her head. Come on, brother,
I'm pretty sure we have the golden one at home.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Remember. Well, that's got everyone really fired up. Whoa, whoa,
Fox and Audrey have the golden cereal box toy. Ahaa.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
People were losing their minds, as if Fox and Audrey
had just won a million dollars.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
You guys are just gonna have to bring it to school,
the more you just have to You just have to
bring it to school tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Fox stared daggers at his sister. Not only did he
still not know what this toy was, now people expected
him to show up the next day with the most
rare one of them all. On the way home from school,
Fox demanded to know why his sister had to everyone. Listen, Fox,
this toy is what everyone is into. I don't want
to be the one person who's not into something that
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everyone else is into. Besides, if everyone is collecting them,
that's probably a really cool toy. It wasn't like Fox
was against owning the coolest toy in school, but his
sister seemed to be overlooking one tiny obstacle. Audrey, it
seems you're forgetting about one little problem mom, And he
wasn't wrong. What do you kids mean you need me
(03:30):
to take you to the store to buy a box
of cereal. That's not gonna happen. We have plenty of
cereal in the pantry. Audrey could now see this was
gonna be an uphill battle. Please, Mom, this is a
different kind of cereal that we don't already have. Fox
and I are tired of those other cereals, aren't we Fox? Now, Maybe,
just maybe, the kids could have convinced their mother if
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the cereal had been the most wholesome, nutritious cereal on
the planet. But unfortunately, this particular cereal was called frosted sugaros.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Frosted sugar rows. Their mother cried out, the ones that
look like those cute little frosted doughnuts and cereal form
Absolutely no way, no way. I've looked at the box
and the number one ingredient is called extreme sugar, the
second ingredient is called super sugar, and the third ingredient
is called regular sugar. Times two. How about I pick
(04:20):
up a nice bag of oats on my way home
from Mark tomorrow. Audrey threw her head back, Mom, we
don't like oats. We're not like you guys.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Us kids thrive on extreme sugar. But look, if it
means so much to you, we don't even have to
eat the cereal Fox, and I only care about the
toy that comes in the bus.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Somehow this made it worse. Oh, I see how it
is now, You kids have been duped into thinking you
need some silly toy that everyone at school is talking about. Right. Well,
lucky for you, it's probably just one of those silly
little fasts that will soon go away. Wait a week,
and I promise you no one will be talking about
this toy anymore. There, I solve your problem for you.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Problem not solved, thought Fox, Problem not solved at all.
Problem is still really bad. But he had seen this coming.
Every time he asked for something, his mother usually dismissed
it as a fat. Here today, gone tomorrow, she would
always say. But because of that, Fox and Audrey had
missed out on more cool things than they could count,
while everyone else at school was busy having the best
(05:24):
time ever. Please Mom, please, begged Fox. Just let us
be a part of one fat. That's all we're asking
one fat. You have to understand, this fat is the
best fat of all the fads, like they've even got
in different colors and stuff. And Fox trailed off, realizing
he still didn't quite know what this toy actually was,
but if everyone at school said it was great, he
(05:46):
was willing to take their word for it.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Lesten, kids, you both are out the age now where
you can make decisions like this for yourselves. If it's
really this important to you, then you're welcome to use
your own money and ride your own bikes to the
store to buy it. I, however, am about to change
into my sweatpants so I can watch a compilation of
funny cat videos when the kids were alone. Audrey scrunched
up her nose.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
But like, we're gonna use your money though, right, brother,
because I don't really think I want to spend my
birthday money on a box of cereal. Fox gave himself
a face palm and groaned typical younger sister move. After
the kids finished their dinner, they rode their bikes to
the supermarket. It felt strange walking into a store without
their mother. Audrey, what happens if people confuse us for
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a married couple that just happens to look really young,
Audrey shot back, Don't worry, no one will ever believe
a nice girl like me would ever marry a stinkaroo
like you. The cerealisle had so many different kinds of
cereals in every imaginable shape and flavor. One of the
store workers observed that the kids were having a hard
time finding what they were looking for.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Can I help you too find something? Yeah? Could you
please show us where to find the frosted sugaros. The
store worker pointed to an empty section on one of
the shelves. We're actually sold out. That cereal has been
really popular this week. If you two were trying to
buy some for your kids, there's only one other store
(07:14):
in town that still has some. The kids at school
must have been buying these boxes up by the dozen,
thought Fox, and Like, what were they even doing with
all of the cereal? Was it just frosted sugaros for breakfast, lunch,
and dinner. Were people feeding the stuff to their neighbors
and their pets? Was there a bird in a cage
somewhere saying ww a little more sugar, a little more sugar.
(07:37):
It was getting quite late by the time they arrived
at the second store. A last call announcement was being
played over the PA system to let shoppers know that
the store would soon be closing. Yike sweet better, hurry,
said Audrey. Fortunately, it was much easier finding the frosted
sugaros at this place. They just had to look for
the almost empty section in the cereal aisle. In fact,
there was only one box left, but one box was
(07:59):
all they needed. With their frosted sugars in hand, they
ran to the cash register, where they were once again
mistaken for a young looking married couple who was buying
cereal for their kids. The kids had to ride their
bikes home in the dark. When they walked through the door,
the first thing their mother said was to get ready
for bed, not before a quick little bedtime snack. Audrey
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whispered to Fox. Fox shrugged, eh, I'm not actually hungry,
and then he clewed in, oh right, because we need
a reason to open the box of cereal. Yeah, my bad,
let's do this. Opening the box of frosted sugars together
in the kitchen felt like opening a treasure chest, only
instead of jewelry and gold coins, they were excited about
(08:40):
a small plastic toy. When we find it, I'm gonna
play with it first, began Audrey as she fished around
in the cereal box. And then you can have it
for one hour, two sundays from now. Fox just hoped
his sister had remembered to wash her hands before sticking
her entire arm into the box. I feel something, I
feel something. I think it's the toy.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
As she removed her hand from the box, pieces of
cereal spilled onto the table and all over the floor.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
It was a mess.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Audrey had no intention of ever cleaning up. Fox half
expected his sister to pollow the blue toy, the most
common color. But what shimmered in her hands wasn't blue
at all. It was gold.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Ah, it's the golden toy. We did it. We got
the most rare toy of them all.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Fox was jumping up and down and yelling so loudly
that his mother came into the room to see what
was the matter. Would you too keep it down in here,
you're supposed to be getting ready for bed. Audrey held
up the toy for their mother to see as if
she was Rafiki from the Lion king presenting Simba to
the animal kingdom.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Oh, so this is the toy you kids just had
to have. Interesting? But what is it? Reminds me of
that little plastic toy Audrey flung under the hot stove.
And accidentally melted, or maybe even that toy Fox accidentally
dropped into the garbage disposal machine, or maybe even that
toy I backed over with the car after one of
you left it sitting on the driveway. Until now, Fox
(10:02):
and Audrey had only noticed the toy's color. But after
finally getting a good look, it pained them to admit
that their mother had been kind of right. It wasn't
at all clear.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
What this toy was supposed to be. Fox tried holding
it up to the light.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Well, you know, I think it's one of those, you know,
like one of those things. I mean, it's pretty cool, right.
The look on Audrey's face did not match the words
that came out of her mouth. Next, Yeah, I totally
can't wait to show everyone at school tomorrow. Normally, their
mother would have cautioned them against bringing toys to school
(10:35):
for fear of the toy getting lost or broken, but
she didn't seem at all concerned about this toy. At school,
everyone still remembered Audrey bragging that she and her brother
had the one and only gold version of the famous
Cereal box toy. All right, let's see it then.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Show it here. Hardly anyone believed they were about to
see a real golden one. Most kids figured Audrey was bluffing,
and that at best she'd pull it a yellow one
from her bag. It was Fox who held it up
for all to see.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Behold the golden cereal box toy. Instead of being met.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
With oo and ah, most of the kids were either
laughing or groaning. Oh, give me a break, Fox, The
Honka junk is colored gold, all right, But whatever that
thing is did not come out of a frosted sugar
os box. Maybe that's what you pulled out of your
bag of votes this morning, Is that right? Fox and
Audre were having a hard time understanding. Of course this
(11:29):
was from a frosted sugar rose box. They had bought
it last night. Otherwise, that's the worst fake I've ever seen,
said another kid. Haven't you seen what the actually looked like.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
The kid then grabbed one from a school bag. It's
just one of the blue ones, which I know pretty
well everyone already has. But here, this is what the
actual toy looks like. The kid handed it to Fox.
Audrey moved in closer as well. Now this thing, this
was a toy. Fox and Audrey now understood all the hype.
(12:00):
The kid took the toy from Fox's hands and started
explaining it to them. So you see how you can
spin this part, and then on the other side, there's
this little piece that clicks, and then this thing over here,
This thing folds like this, and then you can do
this with it.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Fox took another look at the gold version he was holding.
You definitely couldn't do any of that stuff with this thing.
Another kid held up her collection of nearly twenty different
copies of the toy in various colors. I would have
offered to trade you all of these for just one
copy of the Golden toy, but for that thing, I
wouldn't even trade you an old pair of underwear. Are
you guys sure your mom didn't back over that thing
(12:36):
with her car. On their way home Later that day,
Audrey could not stop talking about the toy.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Oh Fox, I really really really want one of those
toys now.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
I don't even care what color. I'll even take brown.
Did you see how that thing just kept spinning. Fox
had seen how that thing kept spinning. He even really
enjoyed the clicking part, but none of it mattered because
he and his sister had missed their chance. Every store
in town was now sold out of frosted sugars. Audrey
was still holding out hope.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
I've heard there's a store six or seven towns over
that still has some. Maybe you could spend the next
few days riding your bike there. Well, I stay home
and make sure I don't miss anything good on TV.
As tempted as Fox was to accept his sister's wacky idea,
he had a different plan in mind. The moment their
mother arrived home from work, Fox and Audrey were waiting.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
In the driveway. Mom, we need you to drive us
to the cereal box factory. Their mother slowly rolled her
car window down the rest of the way.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Kids, that sounds more like a want and not actually
a need.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Fox and Audrey had carefully planned this whole thing out.
That's where you are wrong, momsies. Fox and I need
this like we need oxygen, water and sunlight. Fox nudged
his sister, Yo, it's plants that need sunlight, not us.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
We stay alive by eating sugary cereals. Remember, Audrey continued, sunlight, food, whatever,
we just need this to have. You haven't put on
your sweatpants yet, and you're already in the car. And Fox,
and I will let you choose all.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Of the music. Their mother still wasn't sold. We'll even
use some of our birthday money to have dinner delivered
to our house when we get back.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
And by we, I mean Fox. Now their mother was
on board, I don't have to think about dinner. Well,
what are you kids waiting for? We have a factory
to drive two. Now, in Fox and Audrey's minds, this
should have been a pretty straightforward operation that would go
a little something like this. One. Show up at the factory. Two,
(14:33):
go inside the factory. Three, show the factory workers the
wonky toy. Four, swap the toy for a not so
wonky toy. Five, go home and play with the toy.
But this mission turned out to be not so straightforward
after all, more like crooked and backwards. First, they had
to get past some really tight security. Apparently you need
really good fences and guards if you don't want kids
(14:54):
banging on your factory windows trying to get more of
that sweet, sweet sugar. But even once Fox and Audrey
finally figured out had to get into the factory, the
workers gave them the same reaction that all the school
kids had given them. You definitely didn't get one of
that from our boxes of Cereal. We only made one
golden copy of the toy, and it certainly wasn't that thing.
The one we made had this thing that spins, and
(15:16):
this other thing that makes a clicking sound, and another
part that folds in half. It was a pretty cool toy.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
The factory workers thought Fox and Audrey were trying to
trick them. One't even checked to see if they had
found theirs in a bag of oats. Then came their
really bad news. Even if we believe you, we're finished
with that toy now, we don't even have any left.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
The only way you're getting one is if you trade
with one of your friends. But don't worry. There will
be another Cereal box toy coming along sometime before the holidays.
I mean, it probably won't be nearly as cool as
this one, but that's just how it goes with Cereal
box toys. It was also a pretty miserable ride home,
knowing they were out more birthday money because of dinner
and still had nothing to show for it other than
(15:58):
their golden hunk of junk. At home, they at least
tried to make the best of their hunk of junk.
First they tried playing hot potato with it, and then
they played hockey with it, but in the end they
just sat around sadly pretending it could spin, click, and fold.
It was some days later that there was a knock
at the door from someone who worked at the factory.
Fox was worried the man was here to get them
(16:19):
in trouble. I'm telling you, sir, we weren't trying to
swindle you. This piece of whatever it is really did
come from one of your cereal boxes. We don't even
like oats.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
The man at the door told the kids he believed
them kids.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
Our factory only ever made one golden toy. I know
this because I was the one who made it. I
was also the one who drove over it later that
day with my car. I still went ahead and put
it in one of the cereal boxes because, to be honest,
I didn't think all you kids were going to carry
this much. I had expected this to be a fat
everyone would quickly forget. That's usually how it goes with
(16:55):
cereal box toys. The man removed something from his pocket,
something shiny in pristine, something that spun and clicked, and
had a little thing that folded something painted in a
beautiful shade of gold. We don't make them anymore, but
I was feeling bad for you kids, so I took
the time to make one more. I don't quite get
the appeal myself, but if you kids enjoy it, then
(17:17):
that's all the matters.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
The kids thanked the man profusely after closing the door.
They couldn't stop jumping up and down. They couldn't stop
spinning the spinny thing. They couldn't stop clicking the clicki thing.
They couldn't stop folding the foldy thing. They couldn't stop
wishing it was already time for school, even though school
had only just ended an hour ago. The next day,
they were the first ones to show up, and since
(17:41):
neither sibling could agree who would get to hold the
golden Cereal box toy for everyone to see, they both
held it together, which, given how small it was, looked
kind of awkward. Behold the one and only copy of
the Cereal box toy that has a spinty clickie and
foldy thing and is the color gold. This they truly
deserved all the oohs and ahs that they heard. Many
(18:03):
kids were shouting, I want one, I want one. But
then Fox and Audrey realized that people weren't saying that
about their toy. They were saying that about this other toy.
Shila Pumpkins was showing off. Check out all the other
things it can do, she said, holding it up. Hie,
I got it with my kid's meal from the Hamburger restaurant.
You guys can all get one too. Fox and Audrey
(18:25):
literally stood by as some of these other kids began
tossing their cereal box toys in the garbage. Guys, did
you not see our toy? It's the one and only
golden version. A few heads turned, but most people were
still checking out Shila Pumpkins new kids meal toy. So
what if it's gold We are so done with that
silly fad, Like literally all that thing does is spin,
(18:47):
click and fold. Boring this thing, however, Wow.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
Audrey elbowed Fox in theribcage. Bro, we need to get
mom to buy us the kid's meal tonight. I just
need to have one of those things. The end. That's
the story. And here is your question of the week.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Have you ever started liking something just because you heard
lots of people talking about it? If so, what was it? Well,
that's a wrap on this week's episode, but i'll have
another one for you in a week's time. Thanks for listening,
and i'll catch you on the next one.
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