Ice Cream Moon

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The ice cream moon. One warm summer evening, Emily sat
on her porch with her little brother Daniel. The sky
was clear, the stars twinkled, and the moon glowed brighter
than usual. Emily squinted Daniel. She whispered, does the moon

(00:20):
look different to you? Daniel tilted his head. It looks
rounder and is it just me? Or does it look
like vanilla ice cream? They both stared. The longer they looked,
the clearer it became. The moon had turned into a

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giant scoop of ice cream, not just plain vanilla either.
Swirls of chocolate, fudge and sprinkles shimmered across its surface,
sparkling like tiny candies in the night sky. Emily gasped,
it is ice cream. As if to prove it, a
gooey drip of melted chocolate syrup slid off the moon

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and splashed into the sky. The sticky drop floated down,
landing right in the middle of Maple Street, splat. Daniel's
eyes grew wide. Did the moon just drip on our town?
Emily laughed, I think it did. Come on, They ran

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toward Maple Street, where other kids from the neighborhood had
already gathered The pavement was covered in sprinkles the size
of marbles, and puddles of chocolate syrup glistened in the
street lights. Someone dipped a finger in and licked it.
It's real, a boy shouted, The moon is made of

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ice cream. Cheers rang out, and soon kids were running around,
scooping syrup into cups, collecting sprinkles in their pockets, and
licking the sweet moon drips right off the ground. But
then Emily noticed some troubling. The ice cream moon was
melting fast. Huge rivers of chocolate sauce streamed across the sky.

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Sprinkles rained down like colorful hail, Whipped cream clouds floated by,
and the whole sky smelled like a giant Sunday. Daniel
tugged on Emily's arm. If it keeps melting, the whole
town is going to be buried in ice cream. She nodded,

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we have to do something before everything floods. The kids
huddled together to make a plan. We need a giant freezer,
one suggested, No, no, we need a huge spoon to
eat at all. Another cried, that'll just make us sick.
Emily said she looked at the sky, thinking hard. If

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the moon is melting. Maybe we can keep it cool.
Ice cream needs to stay cold, right, But how do
we keep the moon cold? Daniel asked. Everyone fell silent
until one girl raised her hand. My dad has a
snow cone machine at the carnival, another kid shouted, And

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my mom has a giant fan for her bakery. Emily's
eyes lit up. Yes, if we work together, we can
use all the cold things in town to cool the
moon down. The children raced through the streets gathering supplies.
They dragged out freezers from the ice cream shop, hauled

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coolers filled with ice from the baseball field, and borrowed
every fan in town. Someone even brought out a snowblower
from their garage. They set everything up in the middle
of Maple Street, pointing all the cold air and ice
chunks toward the sky. Ready, Emily shouted, Ready, everyone echoed,

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The fans roared, ice cubes flew into the air like
glittering comets. The snow blower blasted white puffs that swirled
into the night sky. The kids cheered as the air
grew chilly and frosty. Slowly, the streams of chocolate slowed,
the sprinkles stopped falling, so Quickly, the moon's scoop shape

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became solid again. It swirls, shining brightly. It's working, Daniel shouted.
We're freezing the moon back into ice cream. But just
as the kids celebrated, a giant blob of strawberry syrup
plummeted from the sky. Splash. Everyone ducked, but the sticky

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pink mess covered the street. The kids slipped and slid,
laughing as they tried to stay on their feet. This
is fun chaos, Emily giggled, wiping syrup out of her hair.
Keep going, We're almost there, the aim. The fans higher
tossed more ice into the air and worked together like

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a team of dessert superheroes. The moon began to glow
a steady, frosty white once more, its drips slowed to
a gentle drizzle, like the last drops from an ice
cream cone. Finally, the night sky calmed. The giant scoop
of ice cream moon sat proudly above them, perfectly frozen

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sprinkles twinkling like stars. The kids flopped down on the
sticky sprinkle covered street, laughing and licking their fingers. We
did it, Daniel said, proudly. We saved the town. From
an ice cream flood. Emily smiled, and we got the
best snack ever. Just then, a gentle, creamy breeze blew

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across the town, carrying the sweet scent of chocolate and sugar.
The moon gave one last happy drip PLoP right into
Emily's empty cup. She raised it high. To team work,
To team work, all the kids shouted, clinking their cups
together before taking a big, delicious sip. That night, as

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they went home, sticky, giggly, and tired, they knew one
thing for sure. Whenever the moon looked extra bright and sweet,
they'd be ready, Because sometimes even the moon just wants
to share dessert. The end. As always, visit us at
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