LOL story time. Truly not a boring time. Grab a snack and you'll be fine. Follow the whole storyline.

LOL Storytime. Make you laugh at least one time. Hello and welcome back to the podcast. This is LOLL Storytime. Big thanks to everyone who submitted stories for the storywriting contest.

The deadline to enter recently closed, and I cannot wait to read all of your amazing stories.

Stay tuned, because winners will be announced in September.

In today's episode, I've got a story for you called Waffle Heist,

and this one features characters named after siblings Hudson,

Liam, Oliver, and Clara. Some other shoutouts this week go out to Keziah and Nicole from Crown Point, Indiana, Van, Max, and Tripp from Canada. Claire, Lucy, and Owen from Salem, Virginia.

Minna and Tex from Sunshine Coast Australia.

Hunter Dorian from Melbourne, Australia.

Hugo from Melbourne, Australia.

Marcus from New Zealand.

Viann from Singapore.

Noah and Eli from Sunshine Coast Australia.

And Jesse McGovern from Auckland, New Zealand.

More shoutouts that come next time, but for now, let's get into the story.

This is the story of why you shouldn't keep your city clean. I know that sounds a little strange,

but hear me out. Crombopolis was a big city, much like any other big city, tall buildings, lots of

people, and some funky smelling air. The mayor of Crombopolis, Mayor Curlylog, didn't like that his city

had smelly air. And even though he didn't know what caused the smelly air, he decided he needed to get

rid of it. He thought if he could make his city the cleanest city, then perhaps it too would

become the best smelling city. So, the mayor cleaned and cleaned and cleaned some more. Well,

let's be honest, he himself didn't lift a finger. He had a team of city cleaners for that.

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