Hello and welcome. You're listening to LOLL Storytime, the Goofy Story Podcast for Kids.

Today I'll be telling you a story called Cuddles University. This one features characters named after Penny, Henry, Emma, and Gray.

I'd also like to show out the following listeners. Tia, Bailey. Damien. Carter C. Victoria Marcus and Jackson.

Gemma and Zane. Abby and Layla. Landon and Leanna. Emma and Kayla. Morgan and Kit from Dublin, Ireland.

Harper, Maddie, and Everett from Dallas, Texas, as well as Lucas from Florida.

Happy belated sixth birthday to Wesley A. from North Carolina. Happy belated birthday to Mahi. Happy

birthday today to Kaya celebrating with her sister Danny along with her cockatoo named Lucky. Happy

10th birthday to Lev and happy second birthday to his little sister Noah.

Also, happy up-and-coming 10th birthday to Liam from Rawleston, New Zealand. Lastly, a quick note

on the shout-out list that just closed. With hundreds and hundreds of requests that have come in,

it's looking like it might take until September to get through the list. So if you got a message on our website estimating a three or four plus month wait,

well, just be sure to put a lot of emphasis on the plus.

Anyway, that's all for now.

Let's get into the story.

This is the story of a girl named Penny, who preferred not to be touched.

No cuddles, no hugs, no handshakes, no high-fives, and don't even get me started on fist bumps.

For some people like Penny's Antietna, this was a little hard to understand.

Oh, Penny, come give me a little hug.

Penny would always respond politely and say something along the lines of,

Oh, sorry, no thanks, Auntie Edna, I'm not much of a hugger.

But would you believe there are certain aunties out there who have a hard time taking no for an answer?

Not a hugger. What do you mean you're not a hugger? Who's not a hugger? Surely you've got a hug for your old Antietna. Just a little squeezy-weezy bo-beasy. Penny knew quite well that an Antietna hug was no little squeezy. It was the kind of squeasy that lasted so long you begin to question whether you were still breathing. The kind of squeasy where your body would become numb. the kind of squeezy that lasted so long you began to question whether you were still breathing.

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