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In this silly story, Yug and Shiv discover a troll in their neighbourhood. At first it sounds fun. Maybe they could become friends with the troll, but the boys quickly find out that this troll isn't the most friendly guy around. Fortunately keeping your neighbourhood troll at bay is easy when he happens to be very gullible.
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In this silly story, Yug and Shiv discover a troll in their neighbourhood. At first it sounds fun. Maybe they could become friends with the troll, but the boys quickly find out that this troll isn't the most friendly guy around. Fortunately keeping your neighbourhood troll at bay is easy when he happens to be very gullible.
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):
Helloell, story Time really not a glory time.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Rabbis, stand and You'll be fine.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Follow the whole storyline. Helloel, story Time?
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Might you love released one time story? Hey there, Welcome
back to Wellowell Storytime, the goofy story podcast for kids.
Today I'll be telling you a story called the Gullible
Troll featuring two characters named after listeners, Yugu and Shiv
from Mumbai, India. Some other shouts this week go out
(00:28):
to the following listeners. Ivan from South Africa, Roshen and
her baby brother Rhean from Cork, Ireland, Isabelle Maddie and
their puppy Tucker from Maryland. May Her from Sydney, Australia,
listening with her two pet budgies, Bluey and Sky, Judah,
Pearl and Leo from Evanston, Illinois, Aviv and Leora from Haydenville, Massachusetts,
(00:52):
Josephine and Annette Roberts from East Hampton, Massachusetts, Joseph Weinberg
from Long Island City, New York, Sophia, Daphne and their
handsome dog Milo from Toronto, Canada, Alani and Remy from
spring Hill, Tennessee, and soon to be seven year old
Noah from Bridgeport, Connecticut, listening with his little sister Penelope.
(01:14):
More shouts to come next time, but for now, let's
get into the story. This is the story of a
not so friendly neighborhood troll, a troll that brothers Hugen
Shiv had been dealing with for far too long. Now.
(01:34):
I don't know about the trolls in your neighborhood, but
this one was not very nice, A real grouchy mcrouch pants.
Why couldn't our neighborhood have gotten one of the C trolls?
The brothers often asked, The Q trolls are always smiling,
smiling about what who knows, But I happen to know
that life around here would be much nicer with a
(01:54):
smiley troll. Q trolls got to be in movies and
music videos. QUE trolls got to have their very own dolls.
What wasn't to like about a troll with bright kneon
hair that looked like it had been zapped during a
thunder and rainbow storm. But that wasn't the kind of
troll their neighborhood got to have. Nope, their neighborhood got
(02:15):
the kind of troll that never smiled. People weren't too
sure if it was a cave troll or a mountain troll,
or a forest troll or a snow troll, but they
were confident and somewhat relieved that he was definitely not
an Internet troll. This guy was taller, thicker, and much
hairer than Yugen Schiv's dad. He looked like he hadn't
(02:35):
had a hair cut since the year nineteen eighty three.
His greasy copper hair looked like I hadn't seen shampoo
since nineteen eighty three. His fiery eyes sometimes got lost
beneath his bushy eyebrows, eyebrows that were long enough to braid.
His nose was the size and shape of a potato,
and his mouth while his mouth, was the kind of
sight that gives dentist bad dreams. In other words, this
(02:57):
troll had never stepped foot in a toothbrush store. When
the troll had first arrived in the neighborhood, Uk and
Shive we're quite young. At the time.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
They didn't know a.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Whole lot about trolls and thought having a neighborhood troll
would be fun. The grown ups were all running around
making a big fuss, but Hug and Shive had a
plan to become friends with the troll. All they needed
to do was the same thing every kid does when
trying to make a new friend. Hey, you want have
a turn with my new toy. You might not think
(03:26):
a grumpy old troll would have any interest in the toy,
but this guy went for it. He played with the
toy and wouldn't give it back When his turn was up.
The troll actually walked off with it. Hey did that
troll just walk off with my toy? Asked Hughugh, excuse me?
Speaker 1 (03:43):
That wasn't for keeps? I said one turn? Hello, are
you coming back?
Speaker 3 (03:50):
The troll returned several days later, but not to return
the toy. This time, he was back for more.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Give me another toy.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Demanded the troll. Being young at the time, the boys
thought they could just tell the troll off. They even
went as far as to say, Jimmy, gimmies never get
don't you know your manners yet?
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Well?
Speaker 3 (04:14):
The troll picked the brothers up in each of his
hands like they were two little green peas. Oh hi there,
big guy, How nice of you to pick us up
so we can smell your stinky.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Breath up close.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Also, why are you wearing a potato on your face?
Is that kind of like a clown nose? But for trolls.
The troll was not amused.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
I said, give me another toy. No.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
At this point the brothers knew he meant business, but
they really did not want to give up another toy.
It seems so odd that this guy wanted a toy
in the first place. Diamonds and gold would have made sense,
but toys. This guy looked like he hadn't been a
kid in over two hundred years. Troll sir, are you
sure you wouldn't rather some diamonds or gold or Shiv
(05:05):
pause to make sure his brother could hear the joke
he was about to make.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Or a potato peeler.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Fortunately, the joke went over the troll's head.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Do you have any diamonds, gold, or potato peelers?
Speaker 3 (05:20):
The boys had to admit that no, of course they didn't.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Well, then give me another toy before I turned the
two of you into some bouncy toys.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Chiv had already broken their mother's first golden rule about
never teasing anyone with a potato nose, so you figured
why not break the second rule, which is that you
should never tell a lie, especially to a troll. You know,
I just remembered that our toys are at another kid's
house right now, because well, sometimes toys need a babysitter.
(05:56):
HIV was disappointed and his brother's lie, not because his
brother had told the lie, but because his brother had
told a lie that no one in their right mind
would ever believe except the grumpy old troll believed it.
He put the brothers back down on the ground and
stomped off. It seemed like they had gotten themselves out
of a sticky situation, but they hadn't exactly fixed the problem,
(06:17):
because this neighborhood troll was here to stay. Oh no,
cried one of the neighborhood kids. A troll just took
urgins yo yo. And some days after that.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Oh no, the troll just took pre as slinky, not
the slinky.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
The troll just kept helping himself to any toy he
could get his hands on. Sometimes he'd return them, most
often he would not. This guy played so rough that
most of the toys he played with got broken. So yeah,
he was that guy. But now whenever he came around
to you and Shive, they knew exactly how to deal
with him. It often sounded something like.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
This, sorry, trolley, but I left my toys in a
faraway place. Which faraway place?
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Oh you know that place that is really far from here.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
What is the place called?
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Hugh wished he had paid more attention when his teacher
had been talking about the names of faraway places. Uh,
it's called far away land, dh, don't tell me you
don't know about far away land. Not wanting to seem foolish,
the troll would act as if he totally knew about
far away Land.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Oh, yeah, of course I know, been there like a
bunch of times. In fact, I'm going there right now.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Sending the troll to non existent places like far away
Land was always a great way to get em off
their backs for two or sometimes three weeks. During that time,
the neighborhood would be calm and quiet. Of course, he'd
eventually make his way back, but then the brothers would
just start it all over again. Oh, would you look
at that. I was just playing with my toys fourteen
(08:04):
towns over, and now that I think about it, I'm
pretty sure I accidentally left them there.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Silly me.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
It was very silly, these lies, and yet they worked.
Every time the troll would return and they'd just send
them off on another goose chase somewhere else. This guy
is so gullible you'll believe anything you tell him. If
he actually had a way to get there, I'd bet
he'd go searching for our toys on Neptune. The boys
(08:33):
kept us going for years, and it was great until
one day they made a really big mistake. The mistake
was that the boys paid attention in school. Sorry neighborhood troll,
but I brought all my toys with me to a
restaurant in Honolulu while my family was on vacation. Guess
you'll have to make your way to Hawaii. Ugh had
(08:54):
to bite his lip to keep himself from giggling at
the next part. The name of the restaurant called Itchi.
But they tried to fight it. But you can shive
both burst out laughing. It's a real place, I promise,
just look it up. Look it up, Itchi. But it
was true that Yuke had learned about Honolulu in school,
(09:16):
but the only reason he remembered it was because Shiv
had told him about a restaurant with the silliest name.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Itchi butt Restaurant in Honolulu. Thanks for being so specific.
This time. Now I can finally take all of your toys.
I've been waiting for this day.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
The troll was happy now, but he wasn't happy after
he got back from Honolulu. Normally, the boys could just
say something like weird, guess you weren't looking in the
right far away place. Oh well, but that wasn't gonna
work this time.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Well, boys, I just got back from Honolulu, a place
that is not anywhere close to hear. I had to
take an airplane. Do you have any idea how difficult
it is to get through airport security when you look
like this. Not one person wanted to sit next to
(10:12):
me on the airplane. It would have all been worth
it for some toys. But do you know what the
good people at Itchy Butt Restaurant told me. They told
me that no toys had been left behind. They also
told me what it means to tell a lie. Told
me some kids don't always tell the truth. You kids
haven't been lying to me all this time, have you?
Speaker 3 (10:36):
This seemed like a really bad time for the troll
to have learned about lies. It also seemed like a
risky time to try lying about having lied, so instead,
the brothers came clean. Yet trolly, we made the whole
thing up, and all of the other times were made
up too. The troll cried out in agony, like someone
had dropped an anvil on his foot.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Oh why why would you do that to me?
Speaker 3 (11:03):
What was happening? Were those tears coming out of.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
The troll's eyes?
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Oh come on, big fella, began shiv. We weren't trying
to make you cry. You're gonna get your potato all wet.
It's not okay, whimpered the troll.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
My friends lied to me. I feel so betrayed.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
This was a strange moment for the two brothers. The
troll actually thought of them as friends.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Am I just too hairy for you? Guys? Is that
what it is? I can trim my shoulder hair If
that's what you need.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
You can shift kept trying to justify what they had done,
but every time they said something, they just made it worse. Eventually,
the troll went home to cry some more. The brothers
just stood there, staring at each other blankly. I actually
feel bad for the guy. All this time we've been
lying to a troll who didn't even know what a
lie was. Feels like that makes it twice as bad
(12:03):
Yughugh nodded his head, yeah, and you made another comment
about his potato nose.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
We're like the worst friends ever.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
The next day, the boys tried to come up with
a nice way to apologize. They made worse so sorry
for being lousy friends, carts and baked muffins. You caen
Shive had never made muffins before, and these ones looked
like stinky hot piles of garbage, but they were hopeful
that perhaps trolls were into stinky, hot piles of garbage.
Neither brother knew where in the neighborhood the troll lived,
(12:33):
but they didn't have to look too far because the
troll had actually come looking for them. Turns out the
troll had also wanted to apologize.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
I just want to say sorry. I get it now,
I understand why you lied to me. I probably would
have done the same thing. All I ever wanted was
to be the perfect neighborhood troll, a troll that perhaps
people would enjoy having around.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
The boys gave their apology too, and told the troll
they wished they hadn't told all of those lies. I
know this might sound hard.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
To believe, but I actually really.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Like your nose, said shiv, I'd give anything to have
a potato nose on my face. The brothers may not
have been able to take back the things they said
and did, but they did have a chance now to
make things a little bit better moving forward.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Do you think you boys could maybe help me be
a nicer, more friendly neighborhood troll?
Speaker 3 (13:33):
The brothers looked at each other as if reading each
other's minds. Shive, do you know where we can get
some rainbow lightning? The boys got started on a top
to bottom makeover of their friend. It was so much
more than just a new look. It was an entire
lifestyle change. So instead of growling at someone, try smiling
(13:54):
like this, nip, that's still a frown. You've got to
make your mouth go the other way. That's better. They
imported some colorful shirts from Honolulu. They even spent a
fortune on hairjel and colored hair dye, but it was
all worth while once they saw the troll's new blue
hair sticking straight up toward the sky.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Thanks guys, I look amazing, I feel amazing, and I
can't wait to share all my new warm and fuzzy
vibes with the fine people of the neighborhood. But more importantly,
I can't wait to ask politely to borrow a toy.
And if someone says no, that's okay, I'll take turns
(14:35):
and I'll share. I'll be so gentle.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
The boys had completely turned this troll around. He was
the fun and happy neighborhood troll they'd always wanted, Trolly.
We are so excited to show everyone the new and
improved you.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
They're going to be so surprised.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Tomorrow we'll throw a big reveal party and we can
pull back a curtain to show every one Trolly two
point zero or shall we call you t plus?
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Also?
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Is it bad that we've never bothered to ask you
your name? The troll seemed to like the idea of
a party.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Will there be snacks and refreshments?
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Yeah, answered Yug, so many leftover garbage muffins that no
one else will eat the next day. Practically the entire
neighborhood showed up. Most people were doubtful than anything had
actually changed, So what did you just convince him to
shave his shoulder hair?
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Like? Is that all this is about? You?
Speaker 3 (15:34):
And Shiv kept everyone waiting as long as possible to
build the anticipation and then when the time felt right,
they got ready to pull back the curtain. All right, Trolly,
are you ready back there? Trolly didn't answer. Hopefully he
wasn't feeling too nervous. Shiv turned to face the crowd
that had gathered. He had memorized a little speech that
(15:54):
he'd written, friends and neighbors, My brother and I are
excited to introduce you to the new and improved Trolley blank.
Shiv paused, realizing his error. Oh wait, I was gonna
get the troll's real name so I could fill in
the blank, but I forgot again. For now, we'll just
call him the new and improved Trolley plus two point zero.
(16:18):
Don't just stare at his beautiful nose. Now, this guy
has the best smile around. And don't worry he didn't
actually get struck by rainbow lightning, though how amazing would
have been if he had anyway, See for yourselves here
he is Chiv's signal for his brother to pull the rope.
You tug the rope, causing the red curtain to collapse
to the ground. The crowd of people had a big reaction,
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but it wasn't the reaction the brothers had expected. The
curtain was down, but there was no one on the
other side.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Trolly, where did you go?
Speaker 3 (16:51):
All that remained on the stage was a note. You
picked it up and started to read. Niner, niner, niner,
Look who fooled you this time? Thanks for teaching me
how to lie. Turns out, smiling and sharing just isn't
for me. I much preferred taking toys, not asking for them.
Thanks for the party. It has given me plenty of
(17:13):
time to sneak everyone's toys and make a run for it.
I'm off to find a neighborhood that will love me
for me. Goodbye and thank you. Hugh put down the
note and looked at the crowd of people who quietly
stood there looking back at him.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Ah Man, but his hair, though, you guys really would
have loved his hair.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
It was a weird ending, for sure. On one hand,
they'd finally gotten rid of the troll who had been
plaguing their neighborhood for years. But on the other hand,
now they didn't have any toys. Surprisingly, the children of
the neighborhood got over that very quickly because they had
something else, screens. The troll may have taken our toys,
but at least he didn't take our tech, said Shiv.
(17:56):
Who needs a slinky when you can watch a virtual slinky?
And who needs a yo yo? And practically every video
game ever made is better than a yo yo. In fact,
the kids of the neighborhood quickly forgot all about their toys.
They also forgot about the troll. But things felt nicer, lighter.
It was like their neighborhood could breathe again. There was
a reason to smile. Several weeks later, there was a
(18:20):
knock at Yug and Shiv's door. You can you get
the door, I'm busy, Shiv was in the middle of
playing video games. I can't get the door either. I'm
watching a video of a penguin on roller skates. It
was a whole ten minutes before anyone answered the door,
and what a surprise to see that the visitor was
still waiting there.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
Oh you're home. Great, that's just great. Glad I waited around.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
Listen. I won't take very much of your time. Just
wanted to quickly introduce myself. I am your new neighborhood troll,
assuming your neighborhood will have me. I heard you guys
are without a neighborhood troll.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Right now? Is that right?
Speaker 3 (19:01):
There was no mistaking that Yugen Shiv were standing in
front of yet another neighborhood troll. Their first instinct was
to slam the door shut. Then they considered telling the
troll that the old troll was coming back.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
He was just on vacation.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
But lying hadn't exactly worked out for them very well.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
So far.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
Wonderful. Of course, we'd love to have a new neighborhood troll.
But you know, I've heard there's a neighborhood really far
over that way that need a new troll even more
than we do.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
Oops. That was a lie to Oh well, thank you
so much for sharing that with me. I will pay
them a visit right now. Maybe I'll show up with
enough pizza for the entire neighborhood. That might be fun.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
Something felt a little off. This troll hadn't stopped smiling
since she showed up on their doorstep. She also had
a really cool, bright kneon hair that stood straight up,
almost as if she'd been struck by rainbow lightning. You
pulled his brother asid.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
I think this is the kind of troll we've been
wanting all along. She's like one of those troll doll trolls.
Forget the key trolls. This one's giving away free pizza.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
The boys told the troll to hold up. Apparently that
other neighborhood they'd just suggested had found a new troll
two seconds ago named Jerry. Really, not only did you
can Shive neighborhood get to enjoy the pizza party themselves,
they got to experience the joy of having a happy
troll with really fun hair. She joked around with people,
she played with the kids. She even helped rescue a
(20:32):
cat stuck in a tree. This troll was perfect. A
couple weeks later, You can Shive told the troll exactly,
that troll with the amazing hair, you are perfect. You
haven't asked to borrow any of our toys, which is
good because we no longer have any, and you haven't
tried sneaking any gold or diamonds from the grown ups.
You're just a real upstanding troll who new trolls like
(20:54):
you existed. The troll thanked the brothers for their kindness
and asked if they could help her out.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Boys, I've been having a hard time finding any good
food around here. Do either of you have any screens?
I could eat.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
Shiv thought there was no way he had heard that correctly.
Excuse me, did you just say screens? The troll was
still smiling.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
Yeah, I've been really into technology lately. You know, computers, TVs, tablets, phones.
I'm not even fussy about the brand or operating system.
They all taste good to me. I ended up leaving
my last neighborhood because they stopped buying new phones after
I ate their old ones.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
The brothers looked at each other. At least they didn't
have to break both of their mother's golden rules this time.
This troll's nose did not resemble a potato. Yeah, so
about that. We don't have any technology here now, but
that's only because we left it in a far away land.
Have you ever heard of a place called Honolulu? You
(21:56):
have just got to check it out. It's absolutely beautiful
there this time of year. The end, that's the story,
And here's your question of the week. How would you
describe your perfect neighborhood troll? A troll that you would
not send away to a far away land with a
(22:18):
restaurant called Itchy, but which, by the way, really does
exist anyway. That's all for this week's episode. I'll catch
you on the next one.
Helloell, story Time really not a glory time.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Rabbis, stand and You'll be fine.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Follow the whole storyline. Helloel, story Time?
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Might you love released one time story? Hey there, Welcome
back to Wellowell Storytime, the goofy story podcast for kids.
Today I'll be telling you a story called the Gullible
Troll featuring two characters named after listeners, Yugu and Shiv
from Mumbai, India. Some other shouts this week go out
(00:28):
to the following listeners. Ivan from South Africa, Roshen and
her baby brother Rhean from Cork, Ireland, Isabelle Maddie and
their puppy Tucker from Maryland. May Her from Sydney, Australia,
listening with her two pet budgies, Bluey and Sky, Judah,
Pearl and Leo from Evanston, Illinois, Aviv and Leora from Haydenville, Massachusetts,
(00:52):
Josephine and Annette Roberts from East Hampton, Massachusetts, Joseph Weinberg
from Long Island City, New York, Sophia, Daphne and their
handsome dog Milo from Toronto, Canada, Alani and Remy from
spring Hill, Tennessee, and soon to be seven year old
Noah from Bridgeport, Connecticut, listening with his little sister Penelope.
(01:14):
More shouts to come next time, but for now, let's
get into the story. This is the story of a
not so friendly neighborhood troll, a troll that brothers Hugen
Shiv had been dealing with for far too long. Now.
(01:34):
I don't know about the trolls in your neighborhood, but
this one was not very nice, A real grouchy mcrouch pants.
Why couldn't our neighborhood have gotten one of the C trolls?
The brothers often asked, The Q trolls are always smiling,
smiling about what who knows, But I happen to know
that life around here would be much nicer with a
(01:54):
smiley troll. Q trolls got to be in movies and
music videos. QUE trolls got to have their very own dolls.
What wasn't to like about a troll with bright kneon
hair that looked like it had been zapped during a
thunder and rainbow storm. But that wasn't the kind of
troll their neighborhood got to have. Nope, their neighborhood got
(02:15):
the kind of troll that never smiled. People weren't too
sure if it was a cave troll or a mountain troll,
or a forest troll or a snow troll, but they
were confident and somewhat relieved that he was definitely not
an Internet troll. This guy was taller, thicker, and much
hairer than Yugen Schiv's dad. He looked like he hadn't
(02:35):
had a hair cut since the year nineteen eighty three.
His greasy copper hair looked like I hadn't seen shampoo
since nineteen eighty three. His fiery eyes sometimes got lost
beneath his bushy eyebrows, eyebrows that were long enough to braid.
His nose was the size and shape of a potato,
and his mouth while his mouth, was the kind of
sight that gives dentist bad dreams. In other words, this
(02:57):
troll had never stepped foot in a toothbrush store. When
the troll had first arrived in the neighborhood, Uk and
Shive we're quite young. At the time.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
They didn't know a.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Whole lot about trolls and thought having a neighborhood troll
would be fun. The grown ups were all running around
making a big fuss, but Hug and Shive had a
plan to become friends with the troll. All they needed
to do was the same thing every kid does when
trying to make a new friend. Hey, you want have
a turn with my new toy. You might not think
(03:26):
a grumpy old troll would have any interest in the toy,
but this guy went for it. He played with the
toy and wouldn't give it back When his turn was up.
The troll actually walked off with it. Hey did that
troll just walk off with my toy? Asked Hughugh, excuse me?
Speaker 1 (03:43):
That wasn't for keeps? I said one turn? Hello, are
you coming back?
Speaker 3 (03:50):
The troll returned several days later, but not to return
the toy. This time, he was back for more.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Give me another toy.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Demanded the troll. Being young at the time, the boys
thought they could just tell the troll off. They even
went as far as to say, Jimmy, gimmies never get
don't you know your manners yet?
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Well?
Speaker 3 (04:14):
The troll picked the brothers up in each of his
hands like they were two little green peas. Oh hi there,
big guy, How nice of you to pick us up
so we can smell your stinky.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Breath up close.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Also, why are you wearing a potato on your face?
Is that kind of like a clown nose? But for trolls.
The troll was not amused.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
I said, give me another toy. No.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
At this point the brothers knew he meant business, but
they really did not want to give up another toy.
It seems so odd that this guy wanted a toy
in the first place. Diamonds and gold would have made sense,
but toys. This guy looked like he hadn't been a
kid in over two hundred years. Troll sir, are you
sure you wouldn't rather some diamonds or gold or Shiv
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pause to make sure his brother could hear the joke
he was about to make.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Or a potato peeler.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Fortunately, the joke went over the troll's head.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Do you have any diamonds, gold, or potato peelers?
Speaker 3 (05:20):
The boys had to admit that no, of course they didn't.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Well, then give me another toy before I turned the
two of you into some bouncy toys.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Chiv had already broken their mother's first golden rule about
never teasing anyone with a potato nose, so you figured
why not break the second rule, which is that you
should never tell a lie, especially to a troll. You know,
I just remembered that our toys are at another kid's
house right now, because well, sometimes toys need a babysitter.
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HIV was disappointed and his brother's lie, not because his
brother had told the lie, but because his brother had
told a lie that no one in their right mind
would ever believe except the grumpy old troll believed it.
He put the brothers back down on the ground and
stomped off. It seemed like they had gotten themselves out
of a sticky situation, but they hadn't exactly fixed the problem,
(06:17):
because this neighborhood troll was here to stay. Oh no,
cried one of the neighborhood kids. A troll just took
urgins yo yo. And some days after that.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Oh no, the troll just took pre as slinky, not
the slinky.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
The troll just kept helping himself to any toy he
could get his hands on. Sometimes he'd return them, most
often he would not. This guy played so rough that
most of the toys he played with got broken. So yeah,
he was that guy. But now whenever he came around
to you and Shive, they knew exactly how to deal
with him. It often sounded something like.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
This, sorry, trolley, but I left my toys in a
faraway place. Which faraway place?
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Oh you know that place that is really far from here.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
What is the place called?
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Hugh wished he had paid more attention when his teacher
had been talking about the names of faraway places. Uh,
it's called far away land, dh, don't tell me you
don't know about far away land. Not wanting to seem foolish,
the troll would act as if he totally knew about
far away Land.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Oh, yeah, of course I know, been there like a
bunch of times. In fact, I'm going there right now.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Sending the troll to non existent places like far away
Land was always a great way to get em off
their backs for two or sometimes three weeks. During that time,
the neighborhood would be calm and quiet. Of course, he'd
eventually make his way back, but then the brothers would
just start it all over again. Oh, would you look
at that. I was just playing with my toys fourteen
(08:04):
towns over, and now that I think about it, I'm
pretty sure I accidentally left them there.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Silly me.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
It was very silly, these lies, and yet they worked.
Every time the troll would return and they'd just send
them off on another goose chase somewhere else. This guy
is so gullible you'll believe anything you tell him. If
he actually had a way to get there, I'd bet
he'd go searching for our toys on Neptune. The boys
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kept us going for years, and it was great until
one day they made a really big mistake. The mistake
was that the boys paid attention in school. Sorry neighborhood troll,
but I brought all my toys with me to a
restaurant in Honolulu while my family was on vacation. Guess
you'll have to make your way to Hawaii. Ugh had
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to bite his lip to keep himself from giggling at
the next part. The name of the restaurant called Itchi.
But they tried to fight it. But you can shive
both burst out laughing. It's a real place, I promise,
just look it up. Look it up, Itchi. But it
was true that Yuke had learned about Honolulu in school,
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but the only reason he remembered it was because Shiv
had told him about a restaurant with the silliest name.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Itchi butt Restaurant in Honolulu. Thanks for being so specific.
This time. Now I can finally take all of your toys.
I've been waiting for this day.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
The troll was happy now, but he wasn't happy after
he got back from Honolulu. Normally, the boys could just
say something like weird, guess you weren't looking in the
right far away place. Oh well, but that wasn't gonna
work this time.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Well, boys, I just got back from Honolulu, a place
that is not anywhere close to hear. I had to
take an airplane. Do you have any idea how difficult
it is to get through airport security when you look
like this. Not one person wanted to sit next to
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me on the airplane. It would have all been worth
it for some toys. But do you know what the
good people at Itchy Butt Restaurant told me. They told
me that no toys had been left behind. They also
told me what it means to tell a lie. Told
me some kids don't always tell the truth. You kids
haven't been lying to me all this time, have you?
Speaker 3 (10:36):
This seemed like a really bad time for the troll
to have learned about lies. It also seemed like a
risky time to try lying about having lied, so instead,
the brothers came clean. Yet trolly, we made the whole
thing up, and all of the other times were made
up too. The troll cried out in agony, like someone
had dropped an anvil on his foot.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Oh why why would you do that to me?
Speaker 3 (11:03):
What was happening? Were those tears coming out of.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
The troll's eyes?
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Oh come on, big fella, began shiv. We weren't trying
to make you cry. You're gonna get your potato all wet.
It's not okay, whimpered the troll.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
My friends lied to me. I feel so betrayed.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
This was a strange moment for the two brothers. The
troll actually thought of them as friends.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Am I just too hairy for you? Guys? Is that
what it is? I can trim my shoulder hair If
that's what you need.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
You can shift kept trying to justify what they had done,
but every time they said something, they just made it worse. Eventually,
the troll went home to cry some more. The brothers
just stood there, staring at each other blankly. I actually
feel bad for the guy. All this time we've been
lying to a troll who didn't even know what a
lie was. Feels like that makes it twice as bad
(12:03):
Yughugh nodded his head, yeah, and you made another comment
about his potato nose.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
We're like the worst friends ever.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
The next day, the boys tried to come up with
a nice way to apologize. They made worse so sorry
for being lousy friends, carts and baked muffins. You caen
Shive had never made muffins before, and these ones looked
like stinky hot piles of garbage, but they were hopeful
that perhaps trolls were into stinky, hot piles of garbage.
Neither brother knew where in the neighborhood the troll lived,
(12:33):
but they didn't have to look too far because the
troll had actually come looking for them. Turns out the
troll had also wanted to apologize.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
I just want to say sorry. I get it now,
I understand why you lied to me. I probably would
have done the same thing. All I ever wanted was
to be the perfect neighborhood troll, a troll that perhaps
people would enjoy having around.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
The boys gave their apology too, and told the troll
they wished they hadn't told all of those lies. I
know this might sound hard.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
To believe, but I actually really.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Like your nose, said shiv, I'd give anything to have
a potato nose on my face. The brothers may not
have been able to take back the things they said
and did, but they did have a chance now to
make things a little bit better moving forward.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Do you think you boys could maybe help me be
a nicer, more friendly neighborhood troll?
Speaker 3 (13:33):
The brothers looked at each other as if reading each
other's minds. Shive, do you know where we can get
some rainbow lightning? The boys got started on a top
to bottom makeover of their friend. It was so much
more than just a new look. It was an entire
lifestyle change. So instead of growling at someone, try smiling
(13:54):
like this, nip, that's still a frown. You've got to
make your mouth go the other way. That's better. They
imported some colorful shirts from Honolulu. They even spent a
fortune on hairjel and colored hair dye, but it was
all worth while once they saw the troll's new blue
hair sticking straight up toward the sky.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Thanks guys, I look amazing, I feel amazing, and I
can't wait to share all my new warm and fuzzy
vibes with the fine people of the neighborhood. But more importantly,
I can't wait to ask politely to borrow a toy.
And if someone says no, that's okay, I'll take turns
(14:35):
and I'll share. I'll be so gentle.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
The boys had completely turned this troll around. He was
the fun and happy neighborhood troll they'd always wanted, Trolly.
We are so excited to show everyone the new and
improved you.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
They're going to be so surprised.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Tomorrow we'll throw a big reveal party and we can
pull back a curtain to show every one Trolly two
point zero or shall we call you t plus?
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Also?
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Is it bad that we've never bothered to ask you
your name? The troll seemed to like the idea of
a party.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Will there be snacks and refreshments?
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Yeah, answered Yug, so many leftover garbage muffins that no
one else will eat the next day. Practically the entire
neighborhood showed up. Most people were doubtful than anything had
actually changed, So what did you just convince him to
shave his shoulder hair?
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Like? Is that all this is about? You?
Speaker 3 (15:34):
And Shiv kept everyone waiting as long as possible to
build the anticipation and then when the time felt right,
they got ready to pull back the curtain. All right, Trolly,
are you ready back there? Trolly didn't answer. Hopefully he
wasn't feeling too nervous. Shiv turned to face the crowd
that had gathered. He had memorized a little speech that
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he'd written, friends and neighbors, My brother and I are
excited to introduce you to the new and improved Trolley blank.
Shiv paused, realizing his error. Oh wait, I was gonna
get the troll's real name so I could fill in
the blank, but I forgot again. For now, we'll just
call him the new and improved Trolley plus two point zero.
(16:18):
Don't just stare at his beautiful nose. Now, this guy
has the best smile around. And don't worry he didn't
actually get struck by rainbow lightning, though how amazing would
have been if he had anyway, See for yourselves here
he is Chiv's signal for his brother to pull the rope.
You tug the rope, causing the red curtain to collapse
to the ground. The crowd of people had a big reaction,
(16:41):
but it wasn't the reaction the brothers had expected. The
curtain was down, but there was no one on the
other side.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Trolly, where did you go?
Speaker 3 (16:51):
All that remained on the stage was a note. You
picked it up and started to read. Niner, niner, niner,
Look who fooled you this time? Thanks for teaching me
how to lie. Turns out, smiling and sharing just isn't
for me. I much preferred taking toys, not asking for them.
Thanks for the party. It has given me plenty of
(17:13):
time to sneak everyone's toys and make a run for it.
I'm off to find a neighborhood that will love me
for me. Goodbye and thank you. Hugh put down the
note and looked at the crowd of people who quietly
stood there looking back at him.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Ah Man, but his hair, though, you guys really would
have loved his hair.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
It was a weird ending, for sure. On one hand,
they'd finally gotten rid of the troll who had been
plaguing their neighborhood for years. But on the other hand,
now they didn't have any toys. Surprisingly, the children of
the neighborhood got over that very quickly because they had
something else, screens. The troll may have taken our toys,
but at least he didn't take our tech, said Shiv.
(17:56):
Who needs a slinky when you can watch a virtual slinky?
And who needs a yo yo? And practically every video
game ever made is better than a yo yo. In fact,
the kids of the neighborhood quickly forgot all about their toys.
They also forgot about the troll. But things felt nicer, lighter.
It was like their neighborhood could breathe again. There was
a reason to smile. Several weeks later, there was a
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knock at Yug and Shiv's door. You can you get
the door, I'm busy, Shiv was in the middle of
playing video games. I can't get the door either. I'm
watching a video of a penguin on roller skates. It
was a whole ten minutes before anyone answered the door,
and what a surprise to see that the visitor was
still waiting there.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
Oh you're home. Great, that's just great. Glad I waited around.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
Listen. I won't take very much of your time. Just
wanted to quickly introduce myself. I am your new neighborhood troll,
assuming your neighborhood will have me. I heard you guys
are without a neighborhood troll.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Right now? Is that right?
Speaker 3 (19:01):
There was no mistaking that Yugen Shiv were standing in
front of yet another neighborhood troll. Their first instinct was
to slam the door shut. Then they considered telling the
troll that the old troll was coming back.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
He was just on vacation.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
But lying hadn't exactly worked out for them very well.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
So far.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
Wonderful. Of course, we'd love to have a new neighborhood troll.
But you know, I've heard there's a neighborhood really far
over that way that need a new troll even more
than we do.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
Oops. That was a lie to Oh well, thank you
so much for sharing that with me. I will pay
them a visit right now. Maybe I'll show up with
enough pizza for the entire neighborhood. That might be fun.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
Something felt a little off. This troll hadn't stopped smiling
since she showed up on their doorstep. She also had
a really cool, bright kneon hair that stood straight up,
almost as if she'd been struck by rainbow lightning. You
pulled his brother asid.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
I think this is the kind of troll we've been
wanting all along. She's like one of those troll doll trolls.
Forget the key trolls. This one's giving away free pizza.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
The boys told the troll to hold up. Apparently that
other neighborhood they'd just suggested had found a new troll
two seconds ago named Jerry. Really, not only did you
can Shive neighborhood get to enjoy the pizza party themselves,
they got to experience the joy of having a happy
troll with really fun hair. She joked around with people,
she played with the kids. She even helped rescue a
(20:32):
cat stuck in a tree. This troll was perfect. A
couple weeks later, You can Shive told the troll exactly,
that troll with the amazing hair, you are perfect. You
haven't asked to borrow any of our toys, which is
good because we no longer have any, and you haven't
tried sneaking any gold or diamonds from the grown ups.
You're just a real upstanding troll who new trolls like
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you existed. The troll thanked the brothers for their kindness
and asked if they could help her out.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Boys, I've been having a hard time finding any good
food around here. Do either of you have any screens?
I could eat.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
Shiv thought there was no way he had heard that correctly.
Excuse me, did you just say screens? The troll was
still smiling.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
Yeah, I've been really into technology lately. You know, computers, TVs, tablets, phones.
I'm not even fussy about the brand or operating system.
They all taste good to me. I ended up leaving
my last neighborhood because they stopped buying new phones after
I ate their old ones.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
The brothers looked at each other. At least they didn't
have to break both of their mother's golden rules this time.
This troll's nose did not resemble a potato. Yeah, so
about that. We don't have any technology here now, but
that's only because we left it in a far away land.
Have you ever heard of a place called Honolulu? You
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have just got to check it out. It's absolutely beautiful
there this time of year. The end, that's the story,
And here's your question of the week. How would you
describe your perfect neighborhood troll? A troll that you would
not send away to a far away land with a
(22:18):
restaurant called Itchy, but which, by the way, really does
exist anyway. That's all for this week's episode. I'll catch
you on the next one.
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