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What If World - Stories for Kids

The Pirate, the Penguin, and the Pickle

What If World - Stories for Kids

Eric O'Keeffe / What If World LLC

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Comedy Fiction, Fiction

4.56.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Bob the Pickle Penguin has one every pickle-eating contest What If World has ever had. Can Potty the Pirate defeat the bobbing inflatable pickle-absorbing balloon penguin in a pickle-eating contest?

Lessons include: Enjoying what you do is more important than being the best at it; try to pay attention when other people seem frustrated, maybe they need help or are having trouble communicating.

This episode is brought to you by KiwiCo! Enjoy fun, affordable, and educational activities for kids of all ages shipped straight to you every month. Get 50% off your first month plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with code WHATIF at kiwico.com.

Our producer, Miss Lynn, has a pair of live concerts coming up: Saturday, May 21st, in Knoxville, TN, and Tuesday, June 7th, in Myrtle Beach, SC. If you can get there, you’re in for a real treat! Here’s Miss Lynn’s show calendar to find out more: https://misslynn.com/calendar

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What If World is made by Eric and Karen O'Keeffe. A big thanks to our associate producer Miss Lynn. Our podcast art is by Jason O’Keefe and our theme song is by Craig Martinson. This episode’s artwork was put together using images by OCAL.

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1:09.2

Hey there folks and welcome back to What if World. The show where you are questions and ideas

1:22.8

inspire off the cuff stories. I'm Mr. Erick your host and today we've got a question

1:27.7

from a patron named Claire. Hi, my name is Claire and I have an idea for a new What if character.

1:35.1

It is a bright green penguin that likes eating pickles and his name is Bob. Thank you, I love your show. Bye.

1:43.8

Oh, a new character suggestion? Well, I'll take it. And I'll also take another question emailed

1:51.3

in from a listener named Victoria Lion. Victoria writes, What if Zach was potty training? Oh, that's

1:58.9

so good of Zach. Potty the pirate needs lots of training. So Zach will be doing so much potty

2:05.3

training in this episode I'm sure. As we find out, what if there was a new character named Bob,

2:10.4

the great green penguin who ate pickles. And what if Zach was potty training?

2:16.7

Our last story ended on the shores of Y-Y-E. One of What if World's most beautiful and relaxing

2:23.4

islands. And that's just where today's story begins. You see, potty the pirate has packed his

2:29.3

pickle neck basket and is bringing it down to the beach. Potty's pickle neck basket is filled with

2:35.0

pickled cucumbers, radishes, string beans, eggs and all kinds of other vinegary treats. But this

2:42.4

isn't just a pickle neck for potty the pirate. Oh no. For today, our pirate is getting some much

2:49.1

needed potty training. I'm gonna win this pickle eating contest if it's the last thing I do.

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