Hello kids, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they

dared to share.

I'm Kevin Allyson and every Thursday we release these special episodes that were calling

classic risk singles.

Each of these episodes features just one story from our earlier years.

If you're new to risk, you should know that the podcast can be very uncensored.

This week, a story by someone who is very near and dear to our hearts in the risk family.

It's Don Fraser.

Don has done some teaching with us over at the Story Studio.

Now she first shared this one on the podcast in September of 2010.

So here is Don now with a story we call the Nutcracker.

A few years ago, my best friend Doreen is traveling through China, Japan and Taiwan with

her boyfriend Mark for three weeks.

And while they were gone, they asked me to babysit their beloved hamster.

The hamster's name was Wallmet.

It was really cute.

So when Doreen came over to my house with his care package, I was like, what is all this

stuff?

She said, well, this is premium quality hamster food.

This is bark bites, which he uses for nying.

And this is blue organic bedding for hamsters with sensitive fur.

And I said hamsters with sensitive fur.

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