The Boy Who Ate Orange Seeds

Summary

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Story Pirates: "The Boy Who Ate Orange Seeds"

Release Date: September 18, 2025
Host: Story Pirates (Lee Overtree & Peter McNerney)
Featured Kid Author: Elias, 9, Uganda

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Episode Overview

In this imaginative and playful episode, the Story Pirates bring to life the story of “The Boy Who Ate Orange Seeds,” written by a 9-year-old named Elias from Uganda. The episode blends sketch comedy, a fantastical narrative, and improvisational humor as Elias’s absurd tale unfolds: after eating millions of orange seeds, a boy discovers he can grow oranges inside his stomach—leading to surprising health benefits and an accidental business venture.
Following the primary story, Lee and Peter host "Roll Call," spotlighting three more kid-authored stories, analyzing their quirks with signature warmth and comedy.

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Key Segments & Insights

1. Introduction & Story Context

• [00:01] Lee Overtree introduces the episode:
  "Today's brand new story is about a boy who grows an orange tree in his stomach, which provides all sorts of unique business opportunities."

• Brief mention: Elias’s backstory and creative spark

  • [01:13] Elias (child author): "I just get some joy when I hear other people giggling. I believe all the things in my story. Human beings are just able to create the Story Pirates."

2. "The Boy Who Ate Orange Seeds"—Main Story Adaptation

Premise:
A boy named Elias ignores his mom’s warning about orange seeds, eats millions, and starts producing oranges from a tree growing in his stomach. The oranges miraculously cure the common cold, spurring unexpected business success at the farmer’s market.

Key Moments & Quotes:

• Family Humor & Seeds Warning

  • [02:54] Elias’s Mom: “Remember, Elias, don't eat the seeds, because if you do…”
  • [02:58] Elias: “I know, I know. One day an orange tree will grow in my stomach.”
  • [03:07] Elias (narrating): “My mom is hilarious. There is no way an orange tree is going to grow in my stomach…Oh no. Something is happening. Oh my goodness.”

• Discovery of Magic Oranges

  • [03:32] Elias: “A full orange fell out of my mouth. Could there be an orange tree growing in my stomach after all? Breaking news. My mom was right.”
  • [03:50] Elias’s Mom (suspicious): “I could have sworn you said breaking news. My mom was right.”
  • [04:10] Elias's comedic attempts to hide his predicament.

• School & The First "Business Transaction"

  • [05:00] Ms. Edwards, his teacher, catches a cold.
  • [05:09] Elias: “I have this homegrown orange that should keep you healthy.”
  • [05:10] Ms. Edwards (doubtful): “Homegrown? Where?”
  • [05:10] Elias (covering): “In my stom—I mean, my garden. 25 cents and it's yours.”
  • [05:29] Ms. Edwards (noticing): “Did that come from your mouth?”
  • [05:31] Elias: “Potentially.”
  • [05:32] Ms. Edwards (giving in): “Like I said, desperate times.”

• Farmer's Market—The Quirky Pitch

  • [05:49] Elias: "No, I'm not here to buy. I'm here to sell oranges, baby."
  • [06:00] Market Vendor: “Kid, we're literally swimming in oranges at the farmer's market. Why should we sell yours?”
  • [06:07] Elias: “What if I told you my oranges are grown from a tree that managed to take root inside my stomach?”
  • [06:09] Vendor (appalled): “I'd say that's disgusting.”
  • [06:13] Elias: “What if my disgusting stomach oranges cure the common cold?”

• Selling Out—and Outlandish Demand

  • [06:57] Peter (customer): “Cold and flu season is around the corner. I'll take two of your medicinal stomach oranges.”
  • [07:06] Peter (amused/grossed out): "Wow, you really just vomit them out, don't you? Thanks."
  • [07:25] Another customer: “Yes, I'd like 25 stomach oranges, please. I plan on never being sick again.”

• Fame, Fortune, and Hiding from Mom

  • [08:01] Elias (bragging): “Another profit-filled day. Time to go home in my limo…so she still doesn’t know about this whole orange tree growing in my stomach turned into a lucrative business thing.”
  • [08:37] Mom nearly discovers Elias in a limo: “Was that my son…? I must be hallucinating because he has no business being in or around a limo.”

• Coming Clean & Resolution

  • [09:05] Elias (to self): “Where does this web of lies end for you?...I gotta come clean.”
  • [09:29] Elias confesses everything to Mom.
  • [09:40] Mom: “You will start eating your chicken again.”
  • [09:49] Elias: “Fine, I will. But first, how about an immunity boost? Whoa.”
  • [10:07] Elias: “The end.”

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Notable Quote:

[06:33] Farmer’s Market Vendor, after trying the orange:

"I'm breathing effortlessly through both nostrils. Your stomach orange healed me. Stall number five is yours."

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3. Roll Call: Spotlight on Kid-Created Stories

([11:47]–[21:27])

1. "The Girl Who Loves Her Book" by Scarlet, age 6 (Texas)

[12:18]

• Storyline: Charlotte’s book comes to life as a unicorn named Marshmallow and whisks her to the beach, only for Charlotte to be sucked into a giant clam.
• [13:32] Peter: “I have so many things to say about this.”
• [13:45] Lee: “Charlotte is excited to read her book. And then her mom makes her do chores, and she actually likes the chores.”
• [13:54] Lee: “After so many fortuitous turns of events, the very end of the story is just, like the worst thing that could happen to you on that day.”
• [14:13] Peter: “Sometimes when everything’s just going so right... you start to go like, it can’t keep going this well, can it?”

2. "Cuckoo Kebab" by Julian, age 10 (Pennsylvania)

[15:00]

• Storyline: Johnny McJellied Belly’s fridge (not at all empty!) gets combined into a wild kebab along with unexpected foods, but the result is stomachache.
• [16:07] Lee: “This fridge is not practically empty. It’s practically busting at the seams.”
• [16:42] Lee: “If you saw it on a package, you’d be like, oh, it’s fancy mustard.”
• [17:50] Fun tangent on spelling/pronunciation:
  • Peter: “I did grow up saying ‘Bob’.”

3. "Sir Weirdo's French Fries" by Olive, age 7 (Oregon)

[18:29]

• Storyline: Sir Weirdo, an unusual knight, teams up with a talking elephant and a barky dog to cheer up an angry millionaire king (named Joe) with french fries.
• [19:14] Peter: “...his best friend is a talking elephant. I don’t know how they met, but it was a very funny story.”
• [19:22] Lee: “Olive really understands character development and knows that you can’t just give someone a sidekick and not tell a funny story about how they met, but doesn’t really have the patience to tell us that story.”
• [20:11] Lee: “I also love that Sir Weirdo led everyone to the king, who is very angry, but was a millionaire. Like, how can you be angry if you’re a millionaire?”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Elias (about improbable bodily oranges):
  [03:32] "A full orange fell out of my mouth. Could there be an orange tree growing in my stomach after all? Breaking news. My mom was right."

• Market vendor after miraculous orange:
  [06:33] "I'm breathing effortlessly through both nostrils. Your stomach orange healed me. Stall number five is yours."

• Peter (roll call, on story endings):
  [14:13] “Sometimes when everything’s just going so right... it can’t keep going this well, can it?”

• Lee (on absurd storytelling):
  [19:22] "Olive really understands character development and knows that you can’t just give someone a sidekick and not tell a funny story about how they met, but doesn’t really have the patience to tell us that story."

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Episode Flow & Tone

• Playful, zany, and slightly absurd, delighting in kid logic and the literal twists and turns that make their stories so unpredictable.
• An inviting, enthusiastic space for creative storytelling, with frequent positive encouragement and thoughtful, gentle analysis from hosts Lee and Peter.

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Segment Timestamps

• [00:01] – Introduction & preview
• [01:13] – Meet Elias (“The Boy Who Ate Orange Seeds”)
• [02:17] – Story begins
• [05:43] – Farmer’s Market scene
• [09:05] – Elias comes clean to his mom
• [10:07] – Story ends
• [11:47] – Roll Call theme
• [12:18] – "The Girl Who Loves Her Book"
• [15:00] – "Cuckoo Kebab"
• [18:29] – "Sir Weirdo’s French Fries"
• [21:27] – Closing remarks

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For Listeners

This episode is a riotous celebration of young imaginations. Whether it's growing an orange tree in your belly or bringing books and unicorns to life, Story Pirates showcases that anything is possible when kids write the rules. Every story is treated with respect and joy—reminding listeners of all ages to keep dreaming and creating.

"Stay creative and stay... The Story Pirates podcast." – Lee Overtree [21:33]

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Transcript

[Lee Overtree]

Hey, Story Pirates podcast listeners. Lee here. Today's brand new story is about a boy who grows an orange tree in his stomach, which provides all sorts of unique business opportunities. Grownups, guess what? Until our new season debuts, you can get twice as many new stories in your feed by subscribing to Story Pirates Creator Club. Plus, subscribers get the ad free version of the show, and premium members even get to participate in a quarterly video meetup with Lee and Peter, or where we create a brand new story together for the podcast. But most of all, Creator club members help us support the cost of the show so we can keep bringing it to you every single week. If you're already a Creator Club member, thank you so much. And if you want to join, you can do so by visiting storypirates.com creatorclub or by subscribing right in Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Today's brand new story plus another edition of Roll Call Live with Lee and Peter. Coming up after a few more words for the grown ups.

[Elias (child author)]

I love storytelling. I'm very different from everybody.

[Elias's Mom]

Confusion is the step before curiosity.

[Elias (child author)]

Okay, that's a really funny idea. We have to send that in. I just get some joy when I hear other people giggling. I believe all the things in my story. Human beings are just eight able to create the Story Pirates.

[Lee Overtree]

Welcome back to the Story Pirates podcast. Okay, let's get this out of the way. You really shouldn't eat orange seeds if you can help it. And not because you'd grow an orange tree in your stomach. That wouldn't actually happen. Just because our bodies aren't designed to digest orange seeds. Or a lot of different seeds, actually. But luckily for us, stories on the Story Pirates podcast aren't real life. So we can still imagine what it would be like if eating orange seeds did make an orange tree grow in your stomach. Here's the author to introduce it.

[Elias (child author)]

Hi, my name is Elias. I'm nine years old and I live in Uganda. This is my story, the Boy who Ate Orange Seeds. Oh, yes, Another beautiful day. And what better way to start it than with a tasty orange?

[Elias's Mom]

Mom? Yes, Elias?

[Elias (child author)]

Can I please have an orange for breakfast?

[Elias's Mom]

Only if you pair it with a slice of chicken breast.

[Elias (child author)]

Orange and chicken breast. Name a better pair. I'll wait.

[Elias's Mom]

Hey, Elias, think fast.

[Elias (child author)]

Perfect catch for a perfect orange.

[Elias's Mom]

Remember, Elias, don't eat the seeds, because if you do.

[Elias (child author)]

I know, I know. One day an orange tree will grow in my stomach.

[Elias's Mom]

All right, enjoy. See you later, hon.

[Elias (child author)]

My mom is hilarious. There is no way an orange tree is Going to grow in my stomach. I could eat 1 million seeds a day and I would still be orange tree free one week later. Well, it's been a week and I've eaten a total of 6,7 million orange seeds and I'm still orange tree free. My mom was absolutely. Oh no. Something is happening. Oh my goodness. A full orange fell out of my mouth. Could there be an orange tree growing in my stomach after all? Breaking news. My mom was right.

[Elias's Mom]

What was that, honey?

[Elias (child author)]

Nothing.

[Elias's Mom]

I could have sworn you said breaking news. My mom was right.

[Elias (child author)]

No, I said breaking my mom's. I. What? As in decent or mid?

[Elias's Mom]

That sounds like an insult, but I won't dwell. Why don't you hurry up and eat this delicious breakfast of cold chicken breast I made for you?

[Elias (child author)]

Actually, I'm pretty full from this orange that fell out of my mouth. I mean, that I ate in my mouth.

[Elias's Mom]

Too full for chicken. But we are chicken farmers. Eating and loving chicken is our entire identity. Are you sick? Should I take you to the doctor?

[Elias (child author)]

Not the doctor.

[Peter McNerney]

I'm fine.

[Elias (child author)]

In fact, I think I heard the school bus outside. Gotta go to school. Here I am at school and. Wait a minute. The entire classroom is empty.

[Elias's Mom]

Oh, hello, elias. You're here.

[Elias (child author)]

Ms. Edwards. Where is everyone?

[Elias's Mom]

I am sorry to say the entire class came down with a nasty cold that you seem to have somehow avoided. Someone must be getting their vitamin C. Am I ever? Looks like you and I are the only ones who didn't catch this nasty bug.

[Elias (child author)]

Oh, no, Ms. Edwards, it sounds like you might be actually coming down with something. I have this homegrown orange that should keep you healthy.

[Elias's Mom]

Homegrown? Where?

[Elias (child author)]

In my stom. I mean, my garden. 25 cents and it's yours.

[Elias's Mom]

I feel like I shouldn't be buying things from my students, but. Desperate times. Here you are.

[Elias (child author)]

Wow. My very own quarter. And here's your very own orange.

[Elias's Mom]

Did that come from your mouth?

[Elias (child author)]

Potentially.

[Elias's Mom]

Like I said, desperate times.

[Elias (child author)]

Say, I could make an easy buck off these stomach oranges to the farmer's market.

[Elias's Mom]

Welcome to the farmer's market. We've got a special on seaweed and nut milks. Can I get a basket started for you?

[Elias (child author)]

No, I'm not here to buy. I'm here to sell oranges, baby.

[Elias's Mom]

Kid, we're literally swimming in oranges at the farmer's market. Why should we sell yours?

[Elias (child author)]

What if I told you my oranges are grown from a tree that somehow managed to take root inside my stomach?

[Elias's Mom]

I'd say that's disgusting.

[Elias (child author)]

What if my disgusting stomach oranges Cure the common cold.

[Elias's Mom]

Well, I'm currently nursing a weapons grade sinus infection, so try me.

[Elias (child author)]

Have a slice of this.

[Lee Overtree]

Oh.

[Elias's Mom]

Actually I think I'm good on the orange.

[Elias (child author)]

Don't knock it till you try it. Fine. Whoa.

[Elias's Mom]

I'm breathing effortlessly through both nostrils. Your stomach orange healed me. Stall number five is yours.

[Elias (child author)]

Amazing. One month from now, there's gonna be a line around the park.

[Peter McNerney]

One month later I would like to.

[Elias (child author)]

Alright people, make a line. No push. There should be enough stomach oranges for everyone.

[Peter McNerney]

Cold and flu season is around the corner. I'll take two of your medicinal stomach oranges.

[Elias (child author)]

Here you go.

[Peter McNerney]

Wow, you really just vomit them out, don't you? Thanks.

[Elias's Mom]

My toddlers are in daycare and are walking germ vectors. I'll take four. This is incredibly hard to watch.

[Elias (child author)]

Four stomach oranges, thanks.

[Elias's Mom]

Yes, I'd like 25 stomach oranges, please. I plan on never being sick again.

[Elias (child author)]

Oh man. This is gonna be rough.

[Peter McNerney]

Huh? I think I speak for the crowd when I say gross.

[Elias (child author)]

I'm sorry folks, but we have officially run out of oranges. I physically cannot produce anymore at the moment. I'll see you back here tomorrow.

[Elias's Mom]

I've been waiting in this line.

[Elias (child author)]

Another profit filled day. Time to go home in my limo. Which I bought with my hard earned stomach orange money. Where to, Elias, sir, Limo driver. My only friend. Take me home and step on it, please. I gotta get there before mom is home from work. So she still doesn't know about this whole orange tree growing and my stomach turned into a lucrative business thing. Of course, sir. We're home, sir. Thanks, pal. By the way, isn't that your mom? Oh, dang quick. I better hide behind the limo.

[Elias's Mom]

Was that my son Elias jumping behind that limo? Oh, it can't b. I must be hallucinating because he has no business being in or around a limo. I should go inside and lie down.

[Elias (child author)]

That was a close one. Are you just going to let your mom believe she's seeing things? Where does this web of lies end for you? I never thought of it like that. You're right. My best friend in the world. I gotta come clean. Mom, wait. Elias, you're not hallucinating. I was in fact coming out of a limo. And it's because you were right. I did eat too many orange seeds. And an orange tree did take root in my gut. And the oranges from that tree cure the common cold. And I've been selling my miracle oranges at the farmer's market every morning.

[Elias's Mom]

Wait, you haven't been going to school.

[Elias (child author)]

That'S not the point. The point is, please don't take me to the doctor.

[Elias's Mom]

Look, I won't take you to the doctor if you promise me one thing.

[Elias (child author)]

Anything.

[Elias's Mom]

You will start eating your chicken again.

[Peter McNerney]

Oh, Mom.

[Lee Overtree]

You got a deal.

[Elias's Mom]

You know you have to start going to school again, right?

[Elias (child author)]

Fine, I will. But first, how about an immunity boost? Whoa.

[Elias's Mom]

There's more coming right out from. Well, that is a lot of oranges.

[Elias (child author)]

The end. We'll be right back after a few words for the grown ups.

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[Lee Overtree]

And now it's time for Story Pirates Roll Call.

[Elias (child author)]

Send us your story. Send us your story. We read them all.

[Peter McNerney]

We read.

[Elias (child author)]

You know we love a mouthful. Story Pirate Roll Call.

[Lee Overtree]

Welcome back to Story Pirates Roll Call where we take stories written by kids and we read them and we talk about them. Peter, how's it going?

[Peter McNerney]

Lee, it's going great. I'm excited to do this.

[Lee Overtree]

Are you ready for some stories?

[Peter McNerney]

Born ready.

[Lee Overtree]

Okay, so this first one comes to us From Scarlet, a 6 year old in Texas. And it's called the Girl who Loves Her Book. And it came to life. Charlotte, what a relaxing day to read my favorite book I get to stay in bed all day, and I don't have to go anywhere else. Mom. Charlotte, it's time to wash the dishes. Charlotte. Coming, Mom. I love washing the dishes. Shoo. What was that? I think my book came to life. It's a unicorn. Unicorn noises. Marshmallow. My name is Marshmallow. I will take you anywhere you want, Charlotte. Okay, I'd like to go to the beach. I'll pack up real quick. I've got to go for just a little bit. Marshmallow. We are at the beach, Charlotte. Yay. I'm going to build thousands of sand castles. Ah. I've built a thousand sandcastles. It's time to go home. Or maybe that might be.

[Peter McNerney]

Ah.

[Lee Overtree]

I've built a thousand sand. I built a thousand sandcastles. It's time to go home. Marshmallow. I'm sorry. I'm getting sucked into a giant clam.

[Peter McNerney]

What?

[Lee Overtree]

The end.

[Elias (child author)]

Oh, no.

[Lee Overtree]

Whoa.

[Peter McNerney]

I have so many things to say about this.

[Lee Overtree]

Lee, please.

[Peter McNerney]

This story seems. Well, first of all, it's so pleasant. Charlotte is excited to read her book. And then her mom makes her do chores, and she actually likes the chores.

[Lee Overtree]

She's so pleasant.

[Peter McNerney]

And then magically, her book becomes a unicorn, and she goes to the beach, and it's all perfect, and there's no problems till the very end. I'm getting sucked into a giant clam.

[Lee Overtree]

I know. It's just like, after so many fortuitous turns of events, the very end of the story is just, like the worst thing that could happen to you on that day.

[Peter McNerney]

You know that feeling? You ever. I try not to have it, but sometimes when everything's just going so right.

[Lee Overtree]

Yeah.

[Peter McNerney]

You start to go like, it can't keep going this well, can it?

[Lee Overtree]

Yeah.

[Peter McNerney]

And no, it can't, because you should enjoy it while it's happening.

[Lee Overtree]

Next thing you know, your. Your new marshmallow unicorn has been sucked into a giant clam.

[Peter McNerney]

That's right.

[Lee Overtree]

Which doesn't happen that often.

[Peter McNerney]

Do you think that giant clam like this is just a passive clam that's just whatever comes by? Or it's like an evil giant clam?

[Lee Overtree]

I think it's just whatever. I think it's like a normal clam in the ocean. I don't think it's evil. You know, I think the author clearly would have let us know if we should characterize this clam as anything other than just a normal clam you'd find in the ocean.

[Peter McNerney]

Well, it's giant. We know that.

[Lee Overtree]

That's true. All right. Well, Scarlet, we love your story. Thank you so much for sending it in. Peter?

[Peter McNerney]

Yeah.

[Lee Overtree]

Would you read us the next story?

[Peter McNerney]

I would love to. This story comes to us from a 10 year old from Pennsylvania named Julian. And Julian's story is called Cuckoo Kebab. My name is Johnny McJellied Belly and I love to eat today. I'm very hungry and I want to.

[Lee Overtree]

Make some good food.

[Peter McNerney]

Here's what I have to start with. My fridge is practically empty. Except I do have ketchup, mustard, sprinkles, cheese, cookies, relish, sour cream burger patties, pickles, super sized hot dogs, a birthday cake, chicken logs, ice cream, lemons, yummy custard, a super salad, and some stone ground mustard. But what could I possibly make with this? Let's make a kebab. Not just any kebab, this is a cuckoo kebab. Now it's time to eat it. Eating noises here. Oh, boy. I don't feel so good. The end.

[Lee Overtree]

Okay, so Julian, awesome story, but this fridge is not practically empty.

[Peter McNerney]

It's practically busting at the seams.

[Lee Overtree]

Bursting at the seams even. By the way, do you know what a chicken log is?

[Peter McNerney]

I have never heard that before, but I assume a chicken log is like a chicken leg. Like a. No. I don't know.

[Lee Overtree]

I think that Julian is choosing things that are in their fridge at home that they assume need no further explanation. Such as stone ground mustard.

[Peter McNerney]

Stone ground mustard. I don't know that I know what that is, but if I heard it, I'd be like, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Lee Overtree]

If you saw it on a package, you'd be like, oh, it's fancy mustard.

[Peter McNerney]

It's probably got little seeds in it.

[Lee Overtree]

Yeah, exactly. It's ground with stones.

[Peter McNerney]

You put it on a knockwurst.

[Lee Overtree]

Well, mustard is a seed, right?

[Peter McNerney]

Yes.

[Lee Overtree]

Right. So you want to make it into a squishy squelch. You gotta ground it, you need to.

[Peter McNerney]

Bust it, you need to burst it. You burst that seed level.

[Lee Overtree]

So here's my other.

[Peter McNerney]

It's bursting at the seeds.

[Lee Overtree]

Here's my other. And that's all we got for today. All right, so this is. My other question is like the technical definition of kebab. And I looked this up because I was like, can it be a kebab if it has all these things on it? And a kebab is defined as meat and vegetables only as far as I can tell. But here is something that is very interesting, is that kebab K, E B A B and kebab K A B O B are the Same dish. And the. But the difference in spelling is purely one of regional preference. But they're pronounced exactly the same. It's true. Kebab. Kebab.

[Peter McNerney]

Although in. In down under, like New Zealand shrimp on the barbie. No, well, they don't say that, but they say a kebab.

[Lee Overtree]

Kebab.

[Peter McNerney]

I'll have a kebab.

[Lee Overtree]

I think you're thinking of, like, of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

[Peter McNerney]

Oh, that we have.

[Lee Overtree]

Oh, kebab.

[Peter McNerney]

You want a kebabs? Yeah. Put a kebab on the grill.

[Lee Overtree]

Put a shrimp on the.

[Peter McNerney]

Bob, Bob, Bob, you're right. I did grow up saying Bob.

[Lee Overtree]

Bob, Bob, bab. Did you put the kebabs?

[Peter McNerney]

Mom, mom, you got the kebabs?

[Lee Overtree]

Mom, you got the kebabs?

[Peter McNerney]

Where's my bag?

[Lee Overtree]

Bob's got em.

[Peter McNerney]

I have to have em. All right, let's read the last story, shall we, Lee?

[Lee Overtree]

All right. This is from Olive in Oregon. A seven year old. And this story is called Sir Weirdo's French Fries. This is the story of a knight that didn't know how to be a knight. His name was Sir Weirdo. He had a best friend, talking elephant. I don't know how they met, but it was a very funny story. The elephant wears a funny dress. Sir Weirdo also has a dog that barks a lot. Sir Weirdo led everyone to the king, who was very angry but was a millionaire. The king's name was Joe. Sir Weirdo brought french fries for King Joe. That made him happy. The end.

[Peter McNerney]

Wow. There's like several stories in here.

[Lee Overtree]

I know.

[Peter McNerney]

And the first one that really popped out to me is best friend is a talking elephant. I don't know how they met, but it was a very funny story.

[Lee Overtree]

So this is. Olive really understands character development and knows that you can't just give someone a sidekick and not tell a funny story about how they met, but doesn't really have the patience to tell us that story.

[Elias (child author)]

Or.

[Peter McNerney]

Or it's like. Well, she's saying she doesn't know how they met, but it was a funny story. How does she know? Because people have been talking about it and she knows that, like, everyone knows they have some funny story of how they met, but I never actually heard it, but it's good.

[Lee Overtree]

So the narrator here, you're saying is like someone in the village who's, like, heard the talk.

[Peter McNerney]

Well, they're confident that it's a very funny story, but they don't know the story.

[Lee Overtree]

You're right. Maybe it's a villager.

[Peter McNerney]

Sir Weirdo has a dog. That barks a lot. Do you think his name is Sir Barks a lot?

[Lee Overtree]

Sounds like it could be, yeah. And I also love that Sir Weirdo led everyone to the king, who is very angry, but was a millionaire. Like, how can you be angry if you're a millionaire?

[Peter McNerney]

Money can't buy me love.

[Lee Overtree]

Well, it should be able to if you have. If you're a millionaire, you should at least have enough consideration of the rest of us to not be angry.

[Peter McNerney]

Yes. At least pretend like your life is perfect.

[Lee Overtree]

Yeah. Just enjoy yourself, you know.

[Peter McNerney]

Sir Weirdo led everyone to the king, who was very angry. But a millionaire sounds like a revolution, right? Or a revolt. But the king's name was Joe. Sir Weirdo doesn't lead a mob to the castle. He brings french fries to cheer up King Joe.

[Lee Overtree]

And it works. Yeah. Olive, your story is amazing. Thank you so much for sending it in. And to read all of today's Roll Call stories, just head to storypirates.com and remember, you can watch an even longer version of Roll Call on the Story Pirates YouTube page with help from your grown up. Now it's time for you to write us a story. Grown ups can submit [e-mail] and remember, we respond. Respond to every single story we receive.

[Elias (child author)]

That was Roll Call.

[Lee Overtree]

That's it for today's episode. Thanks for listening. And a big thanks to today's author, Elias. We'll be back next week with more brand new stories. Until then, stay creative and stay. The Story Pirates podcast is a production of Story Pirates Studios, executive produced by Lee Overtree and Benjamin Salka. This episode was produced by Sam Baer, Peter McNerney, Andrew Miller, Lee Overtree and Austin Sanders. Recording sound design and mixing by Sam Baer at the Relic Room in New York City. Theme song by Bobby Lord. Roll Call theme by Andrew Barbado. Musical scoring by Jack Mitchell. Episode artwork by Camilla Franklin. The Boy who Ate Orange Seeds was written by Rachel Jurofski and features performances by Greg Barnett, Ben Blackman, Katie Hammond, Blake Merriman, Peter McNerney, Megan O', Neill, Samantha Turret and Brandon Zelman.