Episodes 25, 26, 27
EPISODE #25
Announcer
Okay, boys and girls,
dads and moms,
friends and acquaintances,
stop what you're doing and gather
round the radio... it's KIDSTIME!
Far, far away from Ocean Grove,
somewhere out on the high seas,
your friends, the Adventurers, have
just spotted a bit of land on the
horizon. Cannonball, the pirate, is
steering the boat closer to have a
better look.
Grandpa Wilhelm, Steve, and Little
Wonder are standing on deck trying to
see the shoreline of this unknown land.
But Squawk, with his x-ray vision, is
seeing far more than the others.
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Cannonball
Land ho, I say. But what kind of land
is it? Ah, me mates, that's the question.
I'm scanning the shoreline. Don't want
to bump into any pirates
in these waters.
Little Wonder
Cannonball? Why don't you want to
bump into any pirates?
Cannonball
Because pirates are mean and nasty,
and they take things that don't belong
to them... like this boat. They might
steal it from me.
Squawk
But didn't you steal this boat
from a poor missionary?
Cannonball
Yes, I did, but that's different.
Grandpa W
Doesn't sound any different to me.
Cannonball
Well, it is different. I had a need.
An honest need. What's a pirate
without a boat? And missionaries are
there to meet needs, right?
Steve
So you took it. You're right,
pirates are mean and nasty,
and they take things that don't belong
to them.
Cannonball
That's why I'm keeping a watchful eye.
Don't want to run into any pirates...
No Sirree.
Announcer
So Cannonball, missing the point
completely, kept on scanning the
water for pirate vessels,
while Squawk, with his x-ray vision,
scanned the shoreline.
Squawk
Eh, interesting.
Grandpa W
What do you see, Squawk?
Squawk
This changes everything.
Little Wonder
What is it, Squawk?
Is it Ocean Grove? I do hope so.
I haven't had a good ice cream
cone in weeks.
Steve
And I haven't been able to ride my
scooter in a while.
Grandpa W
And I keep wondering if Grove Hall
has fallen down in my absence. I used
to work there, you know. Way back...
well, let's not say how far back it was.
Little Wonder
Was that back before the turn of the
century, Grandpa?
Grandpa W
Yes, it was, though I can remember
doing the laundry there like it was
yesterday.
Steve
So, Squawk, tell us.
Is it Ocean Grove?
Squawk
Not by my reckoning, it isn't.
No buildings, no boardwalks... just
sandy beaches and low-lying hills
behind it.
Grandpa W
Then what did you say was so
interesting about it?
Squawk
Because there's a person
walking on the beach.
And that person... is a pirate?
Cannonball
A pirate? Oh, no. Ropes and silver
spoons. Not a pirate. That's the last
thing I wanted to find here. Pirates are
mean and nasty... and... and...
Others
And they take things that don't belong
to them.
Cannonball
Right. How did you know?
Grandpa W
We've heard it before.
Cannonball
Well, turn the boat around, me mates.
We've got to get away from here as
fast as we can.
Announcer
But just then, as always happens in
these episodes, the motor on the
stolen missionary boat suddenly
stopped. Grandpa grabbed the slip of
paper that came out the side of the
motor, but before he could read the
question, a voice came across
the water from the shore.
JumpClear
Halloo, is that ye... Cannonball?
Cannonball Red, do ye hear me?
Cannonball
Who's calling?
Who's calling my name?
JumpClear
Do not ye recognize the voice of your
uncle? Why, it's me...
JumpClear the Buccaneer.
Cannonball
Uncle JumpClear,
is it really you?
JumpClear
It is, and I'm here to tell you you're in
the wrong business.
Cannonball
What? You taught me everything
I know about being a pirate.
JumpClear
That I did, for you were my favorite
niece, but I've changed my ways, and
so should you.
Cannonball
Changed your ways? Uncle
JumpClear, what are you now?
JumpClear
Haven't you heard? I'm a missionary.
By the way, where did you get that
fine boat?
Cannonball
I'd rather not say. Quick, Grandpa,
read the question. We've got to get
out of here.
Grandpa W
Well, uh, I don't know if I want to
read it. This sounds like a pretty
important conversation.
Cannonball
Read me that question or you'll all
walk the plank.
Little Wonder
That's not so bad actually.
We'd land in ten feet of water and
swim to the beach.
Cannonball
Oh, puddlejumps and crabhooks.
Give me the question.
I hope it's easy, or we'll be stuck here
listening to my Uncle preach at us from
the shore.
JumpClear
Cannonball, do ye hear me? I'm telling
you, you've got to change your ways.
There is judgment waiting for ye
otherwise.
Cannonball
The question. "What's the most
famous verse in the Bible?"
Oh, how should I know?
JumpClear
God loves you, Cannonball.
Have ye never heard of John 3:16?
Why, I believe it's the most famous
verse in the Bible.
Cannonball
What did you say?
JumpClear
I said it's the most famous verse
in the Bible?
Cannonball
No, the reference.
Give me the reference!
JumpClear
Look it up. It's John 3:16.
Cannonball
Thank you. As soon as I say it, I'll be
gone. Bye. JOHN 3:16.
All
Woooooooooow!
Announcer
And just like you knew would happen,
the motor burst into life, and the boat
sailed away.
Where are they now?
Tune in next time to find out.
Until then, all you kids have a great
week, and don't forget your friends
who are...
All
Lost On The High Seas.
EPISODE #26
Announcer
Ladies and Gents, boys and girls, pull
your chairs close to the radio, and
don't touch that dial... it's KIDSTIME!
Captured by a pirate named
Cannonball Red, your friends the
Adventurers are far, far away, sailing
on a missionary boat that doesn't go
anywhere unless you answer the Bible
questions that come out the side of the
motor. Yes, you could say they are...
All
Lost On The High Seas.
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Cannonball
Arr, me mates, what a fine day this is.
The compass needle is pointing to E,
and you know what that means - Even
Nicer! I tell you, finer weather for
being a pirate has never been seen this
side of Saskatchewalunky Point!
Grandpa W
Did you say
Saskatchewalunky Point?
Cannonball
I sure did. Always liked that name. It
kind of rolls off the tongue. Say it with
me, all. Saskatchewalunky Point!
Arr, makes you feel kind of good.
Squawk
Saskatchewachunkahunka-lunkatunk,
eh?
Little Wonder
No, Squawk, it's
Saskatchewahunkaloolylooee...
Oh, what was that name again?
Grandpa W
It's Saskatchewalunky Point. And I
should know. It was one of my
favorite places as a young lad.
My grandmother lived there.
Cannonball
Well, bring down the mast and fish
with a jackknife for a hook!
Your grandma lived there?
Grandpa W
She sure did. And what a beautiful
place it was... stone walls, a fine apple
tree, and a huge swing in the side yard
that went up so high you could see the
whole neighborhood!
Little Wonder
Oh, Grandpa, that sounds like fun!
Grandpa W
Hot Diggety Pickens! Fun doesn't go
far enough. It was way past fun. It was
Hot Diggety Diggety all the way to
Rupert Station.
Cannonball
You know about Rupert Station?
Grandpa W
Know about it? I remember like it was
last week. We rode the train into
Rupert Station, then walked the three
and a half blocks to 18 Silver Tree
Lane. That's where my grandma lived.
Cannonball
Arrrr. Well, toast me a griddle- fried
fluke and hop on the express to
Pecansville.
All
WHAT?
Cannonball
Never mind. Listen. My grand-
ma lived at 16 Silver Tree Lane.
Grandpa W
Then... if your grandma lived at 16
Silver Tree Lane, and my grandma
lived at 18 Silver Tree Lane...
your grandma and mine were
next door neighbors!!!
Steve
I can't believe it. Here we are out in
the middle of the ocean somewhere,
floating around on this strange
missionary boat, with a pirate - no
less. And then we find out your
grandmothers lived next door
to each other?
Little Wonder
Hey, maybe you two met years ago?
What do you think, Grandpa?
Grandpa W
Well... no, I don't think so.
I do remember (when I was in high
school) throwing apples over the wall,
and trying to land them in the
neighbor's well.
Cannonball
That was you? I always wondered
why the water in my favorite little red
cup always tasted like apple juice.
Squawk
Eh, maybe we're on to something.
Remember anything else, Grandpa?
Grandpa W
Ho, ho, ho... I remember one time. I
was in college, and I was visiting
grandma for a week one summer.
There was this cute little red-haired girl
next door.
Little Wonder
Oh, maybe that was Cannonball.
Come on, Grandpa. Tell us more.
Cannonball
Aargggh!
Grandpa W
Oh... let's see. I remember she used to
shoot arrows at us over the wall.
Squawk
Arrows? You mean the kind with
those soft rubber suction cups?
Grandpa W
No. I mean the kind with those hard
metal points!
Steve
She did? Did she ever hit you?
Grandpa W
I got skewered a few times.
My friends called me "shishka-bob"
when I got back home.
Cannonball
Aargggh!
Little Wonder
Cannonball, I'm surprised at you!
Were you a terror when you were just
a little kid?
Cannonball
Yes, I was. That's cause my grandma
taught me... Do unto others before
they do unto you.
Grandpa W
Oh, I remember something else.
That cute, little redhead took a sword,
climbed up the big tree, and chopped
the ropes that held the swing!
Cannonball
Har, har... I remember that too.
Squawk
So what happened when everyone
found the swing lying on the ground.
Grandpa W
Actually, they found me lying on the
ground. I was riding the swing when
she cut the ropes.
Cannonball
Hardy, har, har... it's one of my best
childhood memories.
Grandpa W
I couldn't sit down for a week.
In fact, I rode home on the train -
standing up!
Steve
Oh, there goes the motor again.
Why does it stop every week
right in the middle of a good
conversation?
Cannonball
I don't know. Grandpa, why don't you
grab that slip of paper and read us the
question.
Grandpa W
It says, "Fill in the blank...
Do unto others..."
Cannonball
Does it really? I know this one!
Do unto others before they do unto
you! ... Hey, how come the boat isn't
moving?
Little Wonder
Cannonball, did you really think it was,
"Do unto others before they do
unto you?"
Cannonball
That's what my grandma always taught
me. Isn't that right?
Steve
No, Cannonball. The Bible verse uses
different words, but the idea is "Do
unto others as you would have them
do unto you."
All
Wooooow!
Announcer
And if you've been traveling with us
these past few weeks, you know that
when they said the answer, the boat
sailed away. But this time Cannonball
had an unusual, questioning look.
Cannonball
Isn't that strange? My grandma taught
me the wrong thing. And here I've
been following it all my life. It kinda
makes you wonder.
Announcer
And now it's time to bid you goodbye
for this episode. Until next time, all you
kids have a great week, remember
always to use rubber suction cups on
any arrows you shoot... and don't
forget your friends who are...
All
Lost On The High Seas!
EPISODE #27
Announcer
That's right, boys and girls, welcome
to... KIDSTIME!
Your friends, theAdventurers,
are far, far away, sailing on a stolen
missionary boat piloted by the daring
and dangerous Cannonball Red!
Cannonball is looking for buried
treasure, which is somewhere on Ocean
Grove's beach, but getting there is the
problem, since the boat goes wherever
it wants to.
Let's join Grandpa Wilhelm...
Squawk, the bird with x-ray vision,
Steve, the Chauffeur,
Little Wonder, the tiny girl from
Sunshine Mountain...
And the daring and dangerous pirate -
Cannonball Red...
as they discuss the situation.
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Cannonball
Aaargh! Miles and miles of ocean blue,
and not a bit of sand to dig in for
treasure. Somehow we gotta get this
sailing vessel back to the dock at
Ocean Grove.
Little Wonder
Actually, it's not a dock.
It's called the fishing pier.
Cannonball
Dock, pier... what do I care?
All I want is a shovel and a map, and a
place to dig
and a pirate's cap
and a scowl to match my mood.
Grandpa W
Scowl? Why would you want a scowl
on a beautiful day like this? Look... not
a cloud in the sky.
Cannonball
Ah, not yet, me lads... not yet.
But just wait. There's a storm coming or
my name isn't Rebekah Daisy Milton.
Others
Rebekah Daisy Milton?
Cannonball
You think my parents named me
Cannonball Red? No, they wanted
something nice and sweet. So they
called me "Daisy."
Squawk
Daisy? Somehow it doesn't fit.
Grandpa W
You can say that again.
Cannonball
It didn't fit when I was a little girl either.
When I started pretending my treehouse
was a pirate ship, they changed "Daisy"
to "Dizzy."
Steve
Rebekah Dizzy Milton?
Cannonball
That's right. Then when I got completely
out of control, they said, "That girl is a
Doozy."
That's how I became...
All
Rebekah Doozy Milton!
Cannonball
Now you know why I changed my
name to Cannonball. Aaargh!
Little Wonder
Actually, the name Rebekah is kind of
nice. Did you know it's a Bible name?
Cannonball
A Bible name?
Little Wonder
Yes, it's very early in the Bible...
in the first book, called Genesis.
Squawk
Oh, yeah. I remember now.
Little Wonder
Tell her, Grandpa.
Grandpa W
Let's see. Abraham sent his servant to
find a wife for his son.
Do you know the son's name?
Squawk
No.
Grandpa W
It was Isaac.
Squawk
Eh, I knew that.
Grandpa W
So the servant went,
and found Rebekah.
Little Wonder
And she was very beautiful!
Cannonball
Well, that doesn't exactly describe a
pirate, now does it?
I say, give me a scowl to match my
mood. There's a storm coming on and
it's a Doozy.
Announcer
Now, I know what you're thinking.
How can a pirate who tells directions
by looking at the clouds, and who tries
to predict the weather with a compass...
how would she know a BIG storm was
coming? But ladies and gentlemen, she
was right. About 30 minutes later it
looked like this.
Squawk
Eh, dark clouds and high winds.
Grandpa W
Hot Diggety Pickens. I didn't know the
ocean could get this rough.
Cannonball
Rough? You ain't seen nothin' yet.
We're in for a lot more than this. Batten
the hatches, me mates!
Announcer
And 30 minutes after that it looked like
this!
Grandpa W
I feel like a cork being tossed about on
the ocean.
Cannonball
Hang on, me mates. She's leaning to
starboard. Oh, Noooo...
Announcer
And just as Cannonball said, "Oh
Noooo," a huge wave crashed on the
deck and flipped the life boat off the
deck. A second later another great
wave knocked all five passengers into
the sea.
All
Ahhhhhhh...
Cannonball
Hang on to the lifeboat, me mates. It's
our only chance.
Announcer
And so five soggy travelers helped each
other into the life boat and watched as
the missionary boat drifted away.
Cannonball
Aaargh! Another ship lost.
How many is that now? Nine?
Announcer
I suppose volumes could be written
about what happened in the storm, but
it would mostly be wave after wave
after wave. Instead we'll take you to a
very quiet sea 12 hours later. There
were stars in the deep blue sky, and five
very tired adventurers were drifting in a
tiny life boat. Grandpa and Squawk and
Steve had already fallen asleep.
Little Wonder
Cannonball, you still awake?
Cannonball
Yes. Adrift in the middle of the sea... a
pirate without a boat now.
Little Wonder
Have you noticed
how peaceful it is?
Cannonball
Strange, isn't it?
A storm that big followed by a great
calm like this.
Little Wonder
It is. I guess life is like that sometimes.
Cannonball
If it is, my life has mostly
been a storm.
Little Wonder
Cannonball, when you were
a child, was your name
really Rebekah?
Cannonball
Yes. It doesn't fit now, does it?
Little Wonder
Maybe someday your life will grow
calm like this sea, and your name will be
Rebekah again.
Cannonball
Maybe, Little Wonder... Maybe. (don't
tell the boys I said that)
Little Wonder
They're all asleep anyway.
Cannonball
Goodnight, Little Wonder.
Cannonball
Goodnight, Rebekah.
Announcer
And so the moon came out from behind
a cloud, and shone down on five
sleeping passengers, drifting on a tiny
life boat in the middle of nowhere. And
while they slept, the gentle currents
drifted them closer and closer to a
strange island. Tune in next time to find
out what happens there. Till then, may
all your days be calm, and don't forget
your friends who are...
Lost On The High Seas.