Hey everyone, welcome back to the podcast. This is LOL Storytime. We are finally catching up to our August shoutouts.

If you made a character name request before August and feel I may have missed you, please email the show so we can get that resolved.

Big shout out this week to Mod, Aaron, Aaron, and Aaron.

We've had name requests from two different Aaron's, which actually worked out perfectly for

today's story.

Love when that happens.

Thanks to our three special listeners and, of course, to everyone else for tuning into the show.

Today's story is called The Invisible Friend.

Let's get into it.

This is the story of when Aaron met Aaron.

And no, we're not talking about some journey of

self-discovery where one hikes through a forest and climbs up a mountain in the middle of nowhere

trying to figure out who they really are. No, he simply just met another kid with the same name.

Aaron thought meeting another Aaron was the greatest thing ever. Sure he had heard of other

errands, but to have a chance

at actually becoming friends with one, that was really cool. Guess what, Mom? I met another kid

with the same name as me. Good one, sweetie. And what is their name? It's Aaron. Oh, wait,

I see what you did there. Well, anyway, get this. The other

Aaron is the same age as me. And, well, what else? He likes red and I really like blue, but hey,

that means we both like color. And get this, neither of us have beards. Isn't that something? It's like we're truly meant to be friends.

Aaron's mom, who may or may not have been listening, answered with,

Oh, that's nice. Your father used to have a beard. She looked like she might have more to say,

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