Herman & Petunia | 34
Little Stories Everywhere
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4.3 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2021
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Carl and Ruby are twins. They do everything together, for better or for worse. When the duo misbehaves, their mother says that it’s like they turn into different children. She calls these alter-egos “Herman and Petunia.” One summer day, when the siblings are home alone, they find two children, who look exactly like them, making an enormous mess in the kitchen. The strange, uninvited guests have no manners and exhibit bad behavior. Surely, mom would disapprove. What ensues is a mad chase throughout the day for Carl and Ruby to try and contain these two bizarro versions of themselves.
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| 0:00.0 | From Wundry, I'm Robbie Damon, and this is little stories everywhere. |
| 0:13.0 | Each episode will bring new stories for kids that spark the |
| 0:17.0 | imagination, take you to other worlds and bring joy. |
| 0:21.0 | This is Herman and Petunia. Ruby and Carl were used to being scolded by their mother, but today, the first day of summer, it was particularly bad. |
| 0:42.0 | They sat on the couch, their eyebrows scrunched, and watched as their mother paced the room. |
| 0:48.0 | I'm not mad. |
| 0:51.0 | I'm just disappointed. You see, I don't even mind if you're messy, I get it. But if you could just please help me out by cleaning up after yourselves. |
| 1:00.0 | This morning, Ruby and Carl decided to play a quiet game of checkers, but pretty quickly they made up a new game they called Extreme Checkers. |
| 1:10.0 | And after an hour, all the little red and black game pieces and about a dozen |
| 1:15.8 | pillows and lots of laundry were scattered all over the house. They both agreed |
| 1:21.6 | it was way more fun than regular checkers. |
| 1:25.0 | Even though Ruby and Carl were twins, they were nothing alike. |
| 1:30.0 | Ruby was Lanky with freckles and dark hair, whereas Carl had a round open face and springy cherub curls. |
| 1:38.0 | Ruby wore dark baggy clothes, and Carl was perpetually dressed in bright sports gear ready to kick a ball. |
| 1:45.6 | The only thing they had in common was their scowl. |
| 1:49.0 | So they just sat silently brooding as their mother lectured them. |
| 1:53.1 | She was always giving them a chore to do, always telling them that they needed to clean up. |
| 1:58.2 | They didn't even know what to say anymore. |
| 2:00.6 | Couldn't they have any fun? |
| 2:03.0 | Then their mother let out a great sigh. |
| 2:06.0 | Looking at them through her big glasses with the scratched lenses, |
| 2:12.0 | she looked tired but Ruby and Carl wouldn't respond they |
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