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Episodes 7, 8, 9
EPISODE #7 Announcer Don't touch that radio dial... 'cause it's KIDSTIME! We welcome you once again to the continuing story of The Five Brave Adventurers. After discovering a beautiful Sand Castle, they were trapped inside when an ocean wave toppled the front entrance. That's why they are... All Lost In The Sand Castle! Announcer But they are working their way through, and after successfully solving the clues that got them past the Entrance Hall, Banquet Hall, Theater, Rehearsal Space, Kitchen, and Courtyard, they are now confronted with a winding staircase going up. It's time to listen in as Grandpa Wilhelm... Beth, who can hardly wait until her next birthday... Steve, the chauffeur... a dodo bird named Squawk... and Little Wonder, the tiny girl from Sunshine Mountain... are climbing up the stairs. ___________________ Beth Isn't this fun? I love climbing secret stairways, and not knowing where you're going. Little Wonder Yes, it is fun. But it's also kind of dark in here. Grandpa W It is dark. I say, I already miss the courtyard with its view of the sky. Beth STOP!!! Others (What is it?) (What happened?) Beth This stairway suddenly stops. Squawk It just ends? Just like that? Beth That's all there is. It runs right into a wall. Grandpa W Squawk, it's too dark for us to see. Can you see anything with your x-ray vision? Squawk Hmm... Eh... No, nothing. Announcer So the Five Brave Adventurers sat down on the top steps, until they could figure out what to do. Grandpa W What we need is an idea. Little Wonder, what do you think? Little Wonder Well, it wasn't that long a staircase. Maybe we should climb it again. Announcer And so they went back down the stairs to the beautiful courtyard, turned, and climbed the steps again. Steve This time let's all watch carefully. Announcer Up they went, round and around, up into the darkness of the mysterious staircase, till they could go no further. Grandpa W This is it... the top of the steps. Beth Did anyone see anything? Others (Nope) (Not me) (Nothing) Squawk Eh... this is a fine how do you do! Half way through a Sand Castle, and you run smack dab into a staircase that goes nowhere! Grandpa W That's funny. There must be something we're missing. Beth Squawk, look one more time. Are you sure there's nothing here? Squawk I keep looking. All I see is sand. All (Hmm) (This is puzzling) Announcer And so the Five Brave Adventurers sat down in the darkness to talk some more. Squawk Looks like we've hit a dead end. No writing anywhere, and no pieces of paper either. Little Wonder And it's dark and cold, too. It makes me a little scared. Beth Oh, don't be afraid, Little Wonder. Remember that verse, "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:" Oh! Ooo. What was that? Something just hit me? Squawk, what is it? Not a spider, I hope. Squawk No. A chunk of sand fell off the wall. That's all. Grandpa W Go on, Beth. You were saying? Beth Let's see. "... I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and..." Oh! Oh... there it is again. Are you sure it's not a spider, Squawk? Squawk Yes... I'm sure. It's just another chunk of sand falling from the wall. Beth Well, I wish it would stop. Every time I try to say the verse, I get hit in the face with sand. Steve It's all right, Beth. You got far enough for us to get the idea. We don't have to be afraid, but we do have to find our way out. Grandpa W You know, it's funny. Every room in this castle had some kind of a clue in it. And the clue on the castle wall led us right here. How can this be a dead end? Squawk I can see it now in the Ocean Grove Times. Sand Castle finally falls. Five friends lost inside. Little Wonder I do have one more idea. All YOU DO?! Little Wonder Yes, but to test it, we'll have to climb the steps one more time. Announcer And so the Five Brave Adventurers climbed back down, and then back up... to the same spot on the top step, where Little Wonder said... Little Wonder That's what I suspected. You see, there is no clue here. Only stairs. Then it came to me. Maybe the stairs are the clue. So I counted them. Grandpa W Oh, that's good thinking. How many steps were there? Little Wonder Exactly 23. Beth But why does it matter how many steps there are? Little Wonder Listen. Where in the Bible do you find the number 23? Steve I guess we all know Psalm 23. Little Wonder Exactly. And Beth, that verse you were quoting, where is it found? Beth Come to think of it, in Psalm 23. Grandpa W Oh, I'm starting to see it now. 23 steps, and every time Beth starts quoting from Psalm 23, a piece of the wall falls down and hits her. Little Wonder That's right. So maybe if we quote Psalm 23 from the beginning... Grandpa W Let's try it! Squawk, you watch the wall, and we'll say it. 1, 2, 3. All PSALM 23! "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." Squawk Woooow! Look at all that sand come tumbling down. Beth Uhh. All over us. I'm half buried. Grandpa W Me too. Isn't this a fine how do you do? Announcer And so the Five Brave Adventurers dug themselves out from all the sand that had landed on them, and when they did they found they were at one end of a beautiful Guest Room, with a gigantic billowy bed, which Beth immediately jumped on, not knowing it was one of those beds that folds up into the wall. You guessed it, on her third jump it folded up, and before you could say, " Help! Where's Beth?" she had disappeared. So the Five Brave Adventurers became Four Brave Adventurers, and that's where we leave them until next time. Till then, all you kids have a good week, and don't forget your friends who are... All "Lost In The Sand Castle."	EPISODE #8 Announcer Don't touch that radio dial... or you might miss KIDSTIME! Yes, for several weeks we've been following the adventures of our cast of five. Unfortunately, one of our cast of five just got swallowed by a bed that folds up into the wall, leaving only Four Brave Adventurers for today's episode of... All Lost In The Sand Castle! Announcer You may remember how, last week, Beth jumped up and down on the billowy bed in the Royal Guest Chamber. It was a beautiful bed, and it was a beautiful moment, until the third jump, and then... SWOOP! Beth was gone! It's time to listen in as Grandpa Wilhelm... Steve, the chauffeur... his pet bird, Squawk... and Little Wonder, the tiny girl from Sunshine Mountain... are thinking things over. ____________________ Little Wonder Oh, no! Did you see what just happened? Grandpa W I saw it all right, and if you ask me, I say "Hot Diggety Pickens!" Steve What was that, Grandpa? Grandpa W Hot Diggety Pickens! It's something my Grandma used to say when the flap jacks were coming off the griddle. Oh, they were tasty, especially with a little of Grandma's homemade syrup. Squawk Eh... but what does that have to do with Beth disappearing? Grandpa W Didn't you see the way that bed swallowed her up? Just like we wolfed down those flap jacks in Grandma's country kitchen. I tell you, that's Hot Diggety Pickens! Little Wonder Well, what are we going to do? We have to find Beth somehow. Steve I'd say, unless that bed comes back down, we're going to have to leave Beth where she is, and hope to find her again when we get past this Guest Chamber. Announcer At this point, let me interrupt and tell you that Beth was launched by the bed into a room where a soft rug covered the floor and books lined the walls all the way to the ceiling. She wasn't hurt though, for she landed soft as you please on the beautiful, thick rug. Squawk Steve, I think you're right. To find Beth we must first find the next clue. Do you mind if I turn on my x-ray vision and have a look around? Grandpa W That's sounds like a good idea, Squawk. Go for it. Squawk Eh... hmmm... Well, stoke the fire, boys, and call me a jackhammer! Grandpa W What was that, Squawk? Squawk Oh, just something one of my cousins used to say. He was a woodpecker... that's why the part about the jackhammer. Steve I don't know about woodpeckers and jackhammers, Squawk, but I would like to know if there are any spank-fancy clues in here. Little Wonder Uh, Steve... spank-fancy? Steve Oh, it's something my Aunt Petunia used to say. Grandpa W Aunt Petunia? Steve Yeah, she and my Uncle Hickory were always buying "spank-fancy" automobiles and telling jokes that would "set your liver giggling." They were something - Aunt Petunia and Uncle Hickory. Little Wonder Excuse me, but could we talk less about relatives, and more about clues? Grandpa W That's right, Little Wonder, good for you, keeping us on track and all. So... Squawk, did you find any clues in here? Squawk Actually, I did. And it was Beth who made it easier. You see, one of the best places you could hide a clue is under the bed! And now that the bed is up against the wall, the writing is in plain view. All Oh, yeah. So it is. Announcer And so the Four Brave Adventurers walked over to the writing on the wall, which was really the writing under the bed. (And where, may I ask, would you hide a clue in a Royal Guest Chamber? Chances are you'd hide it under the bed too.) Steve You're right, Squawk. Here it is. But it's written in smaller and smaller print as it goes down. Grandpa W That's okay, I brought my monocle. Let's see, it says... "If on the bed you name three kings, you'll leave this room as though with wings." Steve If on the bed you name three kings? Do you think they mean... Grandpa and Steve "We three kings of Orient are..." Squawk STOP! No, I don't think they mean those three kings. For one thing, we don't really know if there were three of them, and we don't know their names. Grandpa W Oh, well. Hot Diggety Pickens. Anyone else got an idea? Squawk I do. Stoke the fire, boys, and call me a jackhammer. I rather suspect they are referring to Saul, David, and Solomon. Steve Hey, Squawk, that's a spank-fancy answer if I ever heard one. And the way you say stoke the fire almost sets my liver giggling. Little Wonder Ha, ha, ha. It is pretty funny. But there is one problem. We're supposed to say the three kings when we're on the bed. Grandpa W You're absolutely right, but since we can't get to the bed, let's just say the answer from here. Announcer And so the Four Brave Adventurers said... All Saul, David, Solomon... Announcer ...and when they did, the bed came back down to its original position, and since they were standing close enough to read the writing, all four of them were now pinned to the floor underneath the billowy bed. Squawk Eh, now isn't this a fine how do you do? Beth, leaves the room by jumping on the bed, and now the same bed, which is supposed to flip us out too, comes down on us, pinning us underneath. Steve Like Uncle Hickory said when he got a new car, "Spank-fancy and four on the floor." Grandpa W Four on the floor is right, only the four is us. Hot Diggety Pickens! I feel like one of those flap jacks on Grandma's griddle. Steve Do you think we could slither out? Grandpa W Not a chance. We're wedged in here too tight. Squawk, can you use your beak like a jackhammer? Squawk What do I look like? A woodpecker? Steve Well, isn't this a spank-fancy how do you do? We know the clue, but we have to be on the bed to say it, and here we are, pinned under the bed. Ugh! Little Wonder Wait, I have an idea. If we say the answer now, the bed will go back up. Then we can step aside, say the answer again, and the bed will come back down. Then we get on the bed, and say it one more time. Get it? Grandpa W Oh, Little Wonder. That's wonderful. Let's do it. Announcer And so the Four Pinned Adventurers said the magic words, and sure enough the bed went back up into the wall. They stood up, stepped aside, said the three kings again, and when the bed came back down, they climbed on top. At last, they were ready, and when they said their final... All Saul, David, Solomon... Announcer ...the bed closed up and they flew through the air as though they had wings, just like the clue said. After landing in a heap (on the same rug Beth landed on earlier), they all started laughing because of how many spank-fancy times they had to say the clue before they got the bed to swallow them up like Hot Diggety Pickens! And if you had been there and watched them, I'm sure it would have set your liver giggling, too. That's all until next time. Till then, all you kids have a good week, and don't forget your friends who are... All "Laughing In The Sand Castle."	EPISODE #9 Announcer To all our friends in radio land... we welcome you once again to KIDSTIME! High up in a beautiful Sand Castle, our friends, whom we call the Five Brave Adventurers, have found a room filled with books. They are in great danger, but they don't know it yet. In fact, they've almost forgotten they are... All Lost In The Sand Castle! Announcer Beth, who you remember was the first to be shot into this room by the billowy bed, was already looking at the wonderful titles that lined the shelves, when... Grandpa Wilhelm... Steve, the chauffeur... a Dodo bird named Squawk... and Little Wonder, the tiny girl from Sunshine Mountain... all came flying through the air, shot by the same billowy bed. They landed in a heap on the soft, thick rug which covered the floor. ______________________ All Ahhhh... (landing sounds)! Grandpa W Hmmm. Well, no broken bones. I say, that was quite a ride. Squawk Hey, where are we? Grandpa W Looking at all these books, I'd say we are in the Castle Library. Beth Hi, you guys! I'm glad you found me. Isn't this a great room? Look at all these wonderful books! Little Wonder Oh, I like books! Can you read me a story, Beth? Beth I found the perfect book just for you, Little Wonder. Ready? Announcer And so, Beth began reading the story to Little Wonder. But Grandpa, Squawk, and Steve were far more interested in the wide, picture window high up on the Library wall. Grandpa W Do you think we can get up there? Steve I bet we can. These bookshelves look quite sturdy. Let's just climb the shelves as though they were rungs on a ladder. Announcer And that's exactly what they did, past novels and cookbooks and mysteries, till at last they reached the window high above the floor. Squawk Now this is a fine view! Look at the ocean, sparkling in the sun. Grandpa W I say! We can see parts of the castle we haven't been in yet. Look over there? Do you see those seats around that stage? It's like an outdoor theater. Squawk Yes, and look at that courtyard right on the water's edge. There are ocean waves rolling right up to it. Steve Look at that. It looks like an outdoor kitchen. Grandpa W Oh, Noooo! Squawk Eh... what is it, Grandpa? Grandpa W It's all coming clear, and I don't like the look of it. Steve What's coming clear? Grandpa W See that outdoor theater? That's the theater we were in! And that kitchen... and that courtyard? That's where we watched the sky. Steve But the theater we were in wasn't an outdoor theater, and it had a lot more seats than that. Squawk Yeah... and wasn't the courtyard in the middle of the castle? This one is at the water's edge. Grandpa W It was in the middle once. But the tide is coming in, and parts of the castle are washing away. Announcer And then they realized the truth. The Entrance Hall, the Banquet Hall, and half of the Theater had already been swept away by the incoming tide. The Kitchen was half gone too, and the Courtyard, with its beautiful fountains, was partly sand and partly waves. Grandpa W Perhaps we should go down and tell the others. Beth (close book) What do you mean we're lost in half a sand castle? Grandpa W That's all that's left. Those beautiful rooms we were in... the Entrance Hall, the Banquet Hall, they're gone. Beth That fast? Then we better start looking for clues right away! Squawk, use your x-ray vision. Do you see any writing in here? Squawk Writing? There are ten thousand books in here, and you want to know if I see any writing. Beth Oh dear. That's not going to do us much good, is it? Up till now we've always been in rooms filled with sand. Steve Yeah, now we're in a room filled with books. Where do we start looking? It could be anywhere. Grandpa W Little Wonder, you've been kind of quiet. What do you think? Little Wonder Well. All the clues up till now have been fairly easy to find. Don't you think the one who made this castle would have made this clue easy also? Beth Keep going... Little Wonder So... what else is in this room besides ten thousand books? Grandpa W Well, there's a window. But we've already been up there, and we didn't see anything unusual. Little Wonder Okay, if it isn't the window, what else is there? Beth Well, the books... the window...the only other thing is this rug! All (look at each other) It's under the rug!!! Grandpa W Little Wonder, you never cease to amaze me! Let's flip this rug. Announcer And sure enough, when they flipped the rug, they saw some words woven into the fabric. It said... Beth "Climb to the window and see what you see, then say the disciple whose name starts with B." Grandpa W We better start climbing. We don't have any time to lose. Announcer Up the bookcase went the Five Brave Adventurers, and when they got to the top, and looked down, they saw that the theater was gone, and the courtyard was almost entirely under water. Steve Okay, we're here at the top. Now what did the clue say? Beth Say the disciple whose name starts with B. Squawk We don't have time to talk. Does anyone know the answer? Grandpa W I do. It's Bartholomew. Beth Oh, good for you, Grandpa! Quick... let's say it. Grandpa W Oh, I hope when the sand comes tumbling down we'll be okay. We're awfully high up in the air. Beth Quick, Grandpa. Grandpa W All right. 1, 2, 3... All Bartholomew! Announcer So there they were, high above the Library floor, with waves pounding away at the Castle every minute. But when they said, "Bartholomew," no sand came tumbling down. Instead the window opened, and the rug, which was really a magic carpet, lifted off the floor, and came up to meet them. They stepped onto the carpet, and out the window they flew, dancing like a paper airplane on the wind, until they landed on a high observation tower in a part of the castle that was much further from the water. All Whew. That was a close one! Announcer ...they said, for just as they landed on the observation tower, they looked back and saw the Library go crashing into the sea. And so the Five Brave Adventurers breathed a sigh of relief, for they were safe for the moment, and the observation tower gave them a fine view of Ocean Grove, and also of ships far out at sea. But what happened on the observation tower is next week's episode. Till then, all you kids have a great week, and if you happen to visit the public library, remember your friends who are... All "Lost In The Sand Castle."