✨Short Story✨ Blue's Great Lunch Hack 👽

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4.2 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In this side story from The Transfer Student universe, Blue takes it upon himself to “optimize” the school’s cafeteria cookie distribution—with chaotic results. What begins as a well-intentioned hack quickly spirals into dessert inequality, lunchtime drama, and a hard lesson about fairness, responsibility, and the true meaning of helping. Will Blue fix his cookie conundrum before someone reports a full-blown dessert disaster? ✔️ Perfect for ages 4+ ✔️ Themes: Problem-solving and responsibility, Learning from mistakes, Ethical use of technology, Bedtime Story Sleep Tight!, Sheryl & Clark ❤️👂📖 --- ✨ Want more stories and fewer interruptions? Join Sleep Tight Premium for ad-free listening, bonus bedtime stories every week, and personalized shout-outs for your little ones! Start your 7-day free trial now on Apple Podcasts or at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sleeptightpremium.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- 💖 Support Sleep Tight Stories: If you’re enjoying the podcast, share it with your friends or leave us a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review! It helps more families discover the magic of our bedtime stories. 👉 Join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sleep Tight Premium⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for AD FREE listening and extra bedtime stories! Perfect for Spotify and Yoto. 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sleep Tight Premium⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now available in Apple Podcasts! 🎉 👉 If you are enjoying the podcast and would like to show your support, visit our support page at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sleeptightstories.org/support/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Connect with us: ❤️ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SleepTightStories⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📷 Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@sleeptightstories⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📱Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@sleeptightstoriespodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ABOUT Sleep Tight Stories When your kids Sleep Tight, you will too. Sleep Tight Stories brings joy and comfort to millions of families worldwide with new calming bedtime stories every single week. Each episode is relevant to children’s lived experiences, and sparks wonder (without overstimulation) so listeners can easily drift off to sleep. Make bedtime the sweetest part of everyone’s day with Sleep Tight Stories ---

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to Sleep Tight Stories.
0:12.0	Lou loves cookies and thinks everyone else must too.
0:26.6	When he sees that his classmate Ruby only got one cookie, he decides to try and fix the problem.
0:39.4	Blue's great lunch hack.
0:44.5	Ooh, fancy!
0:48.3	Blue mumbled through a mouthful of cookies.
0:52.5	Three of them, stuffed in at once like a chipmunk.
0:57.5	He was staring at the school's cafeteria's brand new digital ordering kiosks, his eyes already doing that thing where they got all squinty and focused.
1:06.0	Red knew that look. That was Blues. I'm about to break something expensive look. Blue, stop poking the
1:15.2	screen like that, she said, trying to actually order her lunch like a normal person. I'm in a rush to
1:22.3	join the gang and you're going to... This system is completely inefficient, Blue announced, in what he probably thought was a whisper,
1:32.2	but was actually loud enough for half of the cafeteria to hear.
1:37.0	A few cookie crumbs flew out with his words.
1:41.1	Look at this distribution algorithm.
1:43.7	It's all wrong.
1:46.0	His classmate Ruby, who was the best at math in school before Blue arrived,
1:52.0	appeared beside them clutching her lunch money.
1:56.0	I only got one cookie yesterday.
2:00.0	My calculations say I need at least three to maintain optimal energy levels.
2:05.7	And there it was, that grin.
2:10.0	Blue's big, mischievous grin that meant he'd just spotted a problem that needed his
2:16.2	special attention.
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