The Candy Smuggler
Ooh You're In Trouble
Mortified Media and TRAX from PRX
4.6 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
A 4th grader smuggles candy into the house and then sells it to her younger brother -- with, of course, a giant markup.
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| 0:00.0 | The following story is true. |
| 0:02.0 | Names and places may have been changed to protect the innocent and guilty and the just plain ridiculous. |
| 0:09.3 | This week on... |
| 0:11.1 | Ooh, you're in trouble. |
| 0:14.1 | I'm Miriam, and when I was 10 years old, I was a candy smuggler. |
| 0:19.6 | Ooh, that sounds bad. But is it? |
| 0:21.6 | That's something I'm always wondering, because, you know, I'm that little voice in your head. |
| 0:26.6 | But you can call me Elvie. |
| 0:28.6 | Hi, Elvie. |
| 0:29.6 | What's up? And if there's one thing I know, it's that we don't always do what we're told. |
| 0:33.6 | Sometimes we're stirring up mischief. |
| 0:35.6 | Please report to the principal's office. Sometimes we're stirring up mischief. Please report to the principal's office. |
| 0:38.3 | Sometimes we're trying to spark change. |
| 0:41.3 | Attention students, please stop protesting in the cafeteria. |
| 0:44.3 | This is a show about what happens when we break the rules growing up, and someone shouts, |
| 0:50.3 | Ooh, you're in trouble. |
| 0:52.3 | Stories of rebels, rascals, rule breakers, and even revolutionaries. |
| 0:59.0 | Before the whole candy fiasco started, I was kind of like the angel child. |
| 1:14.9 | Ever since Miriam can remember, she was... |
| 1:18.1 | The responsible older sister. If I broke a small rule, it was only like staying up past my |
| 1:24.4 | bedtime because I was busy reading. But there was just one problem. |
| 1:30.1 | My parents kept a lot of tabs on me. |
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