A Cthunkle Carol (Part 1)

What If World - Stories for Kids

Eric O'Keeffe / What If World LLC

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Comedy Fiction, Fiction

4.5 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Cthunkle’s getting a surprise birthday present, a story where he’s actually taken over What If World! Of course, ruling the world may not be so fun when Cthunkle finds himself haunted by moralizing spirits...

Lessons include: Great wealth and power doesn’t bring great happiness; we don’t need to wait for the holidays to be kind to each other.

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What If World is made by Eric O’Keeffe with help from Karen O'Keeffe. Our theme song is by Craig Martinson and our podcast art is by Jason O’Keefe. Additional songs and sound effects from audioblocks.com. This week's Cthunkle artwork is by Ana Stretcu, with some Ifmas flair by Karen O'Keeffe.

Transcript

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0:00.0	What if world is supported by our sponsors and by listeners like you on Patreon?
0:30.0	Hey there folks and welcome back to What If World, the show where your questions and ideas inspire off the cuff stories.
0:44.7	I'm Mr. Eric your host and today we're starting off with a question from Otto.
0:49.5	Hi my name's Otto and I am six, I live in Belize and my what if question is,
0:56.8	what if Mr. Eric had a surprise birthday party for the fun call? Bye!
1:04.4	Oh Otto what a thoughtful question. Let's get some ideas what we might give
1:09.3	Caffuncle from a listener named Lars. Hi my name is Lars, but I like dragons, my question is,
1:18.9	what if the fun call managed to take over what if well, by I like your show?
1:24.0	Wow Lars, Caffuncle is going to be very excited. Folks many many kids have asked pretty much the same question
1:34.1	about Caffuncle taking over what if world, so if you're listening out there and you ask me any
1:39.6	version of that question I want to thank you. Now finally we're going to add on one patron question
1:46.3	from May, May 7 and she writes, what if Caffuncle had to help robot llama pick the right saxophone
1:54.0	and it took them 12 years? Okay I do not know how I'm going to fit that one in, but we're going to have fun trying.
2:02.0	Now let's get Caffuncle in. I am already here. Oh wow it's weird how I didn't see a giant
2:08.6	squidipus in my office before. I exist in all dimensions at all times. Oh then did you already hear
2:16.7	the surprise? No just because I was here doesn't mean I was paying attention. Welcome, Caffuncle. All the
2:24.4	kids wanted to give you a birthday present. Interesting. As a timeless being it is always my birthday
2:33.2	and never my birthday. I'm getting a weird energy from you, Caffuncle, so I'm just going to
2:39.1	push past this. I'm sorry ever since I failed to take over what if world for the 14th time I've been
2:47.1	feeling a little down. Well then sit back Caffuncle and listen to this story. It's about a time where
2:54.2	you really did take over the world. I can't really sit. I'm arriving mass of tentacles. Yeah but if
3:01.3	you go crisscross applesauce I'm afraid that could end the universe. Okay then just stand back
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