Hey kids, we're still on our summer break, but we have something new for you.

We are joined after this story once again by Dr. Dad.

He's a child psychologist and the brains behind Raising a Skeptical Kid.com, a website I highly recommend.

After the story, listen to our conversation in which Dr. Dad gives us some great tips about patients.

Mushroom noodles. Every day, Snickafang and Jinks walked past the cave of the terrible trio.

Troller the Troll always waved at the goblin siblings, and they waved back with big smiles.

But recently, Troller noticed something worrying.

Snickafang and Jinks seemed to be getting thinner and thinner.

They looked like two little twigs instead of cheerful twigs. Fing and Jinks seemed to be getting thinner and thinner.

They looked like two little twigs instead of cheerful goblins.

One sunny morning, Troller called out to them as they passed by.

Why do you both look so skinny?

What's going on with your goblin tummies? Snickafang scratched his wild green hair and sighed.

We're running out of mushroom noodles.

He explained his large eyes sparkling with worry.

Every day, you had to wander deeper and deeper into the whimsical, whispering woods.

They find more to eat.

Trawler's brow furrowed.

That sounds terrible. But here's an idea. Why not you grow some mushrooms at home?

Jinks's eyes lit up like sparkly fireflies.

That's a splendidiferous idea.

Let's do it!

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