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Athena’s Magical Flute | Greek Mythology Retold | Stories for Kids · Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big Adventures

• 0:00
  Jonathan: Hello, Dork Squad.
• 0:02
  Jonathan: I'm Jonathan Cormur, and you're listening to Dork Tales Storytime, the podcast for kids and their pop culture loving grown-ups.
• 0:14
  Theme Song: It's a beautiful day for a story, an adventure, and glory.
• 0:18
  Theme Song: New friends and old ones, too.
• 0:21
  Theme Song: It's an excellent day to get swept away in a tale, so let us regale you.
• 0:43
  Jonathan: Hey Reg, how's it going?
• 0:45
  Redge: Well, hello, Jonathan.
• 0:47
  Redge: It's going marvelously.
• 0:49
  Redge: Thank you for asking.
• 0:55
  Jonathan: You seem like you're in a good mood.
• 0:58
  Redge: Well I am.
• 0:59
  Redge: Listen.
• 1:06
  Jonathan: Where did that come from?
• 1:08
  Redge: Do you mean my fabulous magical flute?
• 1:12
  Jonathan: Yes.
• 1:13
  Redge: Well I always have my fabulous flute, Jonathan.
• 1:17
  Jonathan: You do?
• 1:18
  Redge: Well no, I just got it a few weeks ago.
• 1:21
  Redge: But I was just given an honorable mention award in Lit ropia's fabulous flautist competition.
• 1:30
  Jonathan: Hey, that's awesome.
• 1:32
  Redge: I know.
• 1:33
  Redge: The competition today was fierce.
• 1:36
  Jonathan: Oh yeah?
• 1:37
  Jonathan: Who was there?
• 1:39
  Redge: Oh do I have a story for you about this competition?
• 1:44
  Jonathan: You have a story for me today?
• 1:46
  Jonathan: That's exciting.
• 1:48
  Redge: Isn't it just so exciting?
• 1:51
  Redge: And it involves one of your favorite things.
• 1:54
  Jonathan: Oh?
• 1:55
  Redge: Mythology!
• 1:57
  Jonathan: That is one of my favorite things.
• 2:00
  Redge: It's important to set the scene with a little dive into the past.
• 2:05
  Jonathan: I'm ready.
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  Redge: Well, a long, long time ago, like thousands and thousands of years ago, there was a great god named Zeus, who lived at the very top of a mountain called Mount Olympus.
• 2:22
  Redge: Have you heard of him?
• 2:24
  Jonathan: The king of the gods?
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  Jonathan: The one that likes to create lightning and thunder?
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  Redge: That's him, precisely.
• 2:32
  Redge: Well, one day
• 2:34
  Zeus: Oh, I've got such a headache.
• 2:38
  Jonathan: The king of the gods got a headache?
• 2:40
  Redge: It wasn't just a headache.
• 2:42
  Redge: Inside his head was his daughter, and she was ready to be born.
• 2:48
  Jonathan: All right, I forgot about this.
• 2:51
  Redge: It's not logical, but we'll just go along with it.
• 2:55
  Jonathan: Aye aye, Captain
• 2:57
  Redge: So Zeus has an idea.
• 3:00
  Zeus: Hephaestus, I'm going to need to hire you to split my head open.
• 3:05
  Hephaestus: You want me to do what to the king of the gods?
• 3:08
  Hephaestus: I could never.
• 3:10
  Zeus: I'm asking you to do it.
• 3:12
  Zeus: Now trust me and split my head open.
• 3:16
  Hephaestus: Okay, whatever you say, boss.
• 3:19
  Jonathan: Oh, I know what happens.
• 3:20
  Jonathan: Hephaestus reluctantly grabbed the sharpest axe he could find and split Zeus's head open.
• 3:27
  Redge: That's right.
• 3:28
  Redge: And out popped the goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts.
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  Athena: Hey Dad, nice to meet you.
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  Athena: I'm Athena.
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  Redge: Now, despite the whole headache thing, Zeus loved Athena.
• 3:44
  Jonathan: What wasn't there to love?
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  Jonathan: She guided heroes on their adventures, planted olive trees in the ground using just a spear.
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  Jonathan: She could weave like no one has ever woven before.
• 3:56
  Redge: And she invented this
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  Jonathan: The Flute?
• 4:00
  Redge: Yes, siree, Bob.
• 4:02
  Jonathan: The flute I didn't know that.
• 4:05
  Jonathan: That's really cool.
• 4:07
  Redge: Now, as you know, Athena didn't grow up on Mount Olympus.
• 4:13
  Jonathan: She didn't?
• 4:15
  Redge: Well of course not.
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  Redge: She lives on an island near Legend Lake, made up of glaciers, ice, and snow.
• 4:22
  Redge: Legends say it's called Winter Wonder Island.
• 4:27
  Jonathan: There's a winter island near Legend Lake?
• 4:31
  Jonathan: How?
• 4:32
  Redge: According to tales.
• 4:34
  Redge: You know that Legend Lake is full of mysterious mysteries.
• 4:38
  Jonathan: Have you been there?
• 4:40
  Redge: Well, I hear it's very cold.
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  Redge: And like most things in Legend Lake, it's impossible to find.
• 4:46
  Redge: But anyway, let me tell you how she got there.
• 4:50
  Jonathan: Oh I would love to know.
• 4:52
  Redge: So on Winter Wonder Island there was an emperor penguin named Triton.
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  Zeus: Hey, Triton, love the tux.
• 5:00
  Triton: Oh thanks, Zeus.
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  Triton: I just had it preened.
• 5:04
  Zeus: It looks really spiffy.
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  Zeus: Listen, I need you to do me a favor.
• 5:08
  Triton: Your wish is my command.
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  Zeus: Can you look after my daughter Athena?
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  Zeus: She's my favorite kid and will one day become one of the most important gods of all time.
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  Zeus: If you screw this up, I'll have you banished to Hades.
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  Zeus: But you know, no pressure.
• 5:25
  Triton: Gee.
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  Triton: Okay, I think I can do that.
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  Triton: My daughter Pallas has always wanted a sister.
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  Zeus: Thanks, Triton.
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  Redge: So Athena moved to Winter Wonder Island to live with Triton and his daughter Pallas.
• 5:39
  Jonathan: That must have been really hard for her.
• 5:42
  Redge: True.
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  Redge: Must have been hard to leave Mount Olympus, the only world she had ever known.
• 5:47
  Redge: But Triton was a really nice penguin, and so was his daughter Pallas.
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  Redge: Pallas taught Athena how to do all sorts of penguin things, like how to catch fish.
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  Pallas: Okay, hold my wing.
• 6:01
  Pallas: We're gonna jump off this ice cliff together, then dive down deep into the ocean to catch a fish for dinner.
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  Pallas: You ready?
• 6:09
  Athena: Do I hold my breath?
• 6:13
  Pallas: Can you breathe underwater?
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  Athena: Guess we'll find out.
• 6:20
  Redge: And how to slide across ice on their bellies.
• 6:23
  Pallas: Whee! Isn't this fun?
• 6:26
  Athena: Is it possible to get brain freeze on your belly?
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  Redge: Pretty soon, Pallas and Athena were more than sisters.
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  Redge: They were besties.
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  Jonathan: Aww.
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  Jonathan: Just like us, Redge.
• 6:37
  Redge: Yes, just like us.
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  Redge: And in exchange for all of the wonderful things Pallas taught her, Athena whittled a flute out of unmeltable ice and taught her how to play it.
• 6:49
  Pallas: That's so kind of you.
• 6:51
  Pallas: Thanks, Athena.
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  Athena: Of course, try it out.
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  Redge: Well, we can't all be as good at the flute in the beginning like I am.
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  Redge: But practice makes perfect.
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  Redge: So Athena and Pallas spent their days doing just that, to the point where Pallas was pretty much just as good at the flute as Athena.
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  Redge: The inventor of the flute.
• 7:24
  Jonathan: Well, that's gotta be pretty good.
• 7:26
  Redge: Absolutely.
• 7:27
  Redge: Apparently, if you're living in Legend Lake and you open your window, you can hear the sounds of their flute duets floating over the water.
• 7:37
  Jonathan: Wow, that's beautiful.
• 7:39
  Redge: Ah yes, beautiful.
• 7:42
  Jonathan: Oh wait, Litropia's Fabulous Flautist competition.
• 7:46
  Redge: What about it?
• 7:48
  Jonathan: Well, isn't that where your story was going?
• 7:51
  Redge: Oh right Wow, storytelling takes a lot of concentration.
• 7:57
  Jonathan: Don't I know it?
• 7:58
  Redge: Now let us speed to the not so distant past.
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  Redge: Just a few weeks ago, in fact, when Mayor Martindale Nightingale made an announcement.
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  Mayor Martindale Nightingale: Hear ye, hear ye.
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  Mayor Martindale Nightingale: In just a few short weeks, we shall host the Litropia's very first fabulous flautist competition.
• 8:19
  Redge: Mayor Martindale is a huge fan of music, you know, given that he's a nightingale.
• 8:24
  Jonathan: Yeah, makes sense.
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  Mayor Martindale Nightingale: Whoever wins shall be given the key to the city.
• 8:32
  Redge: Now I didn't know what it would mean to have the key to the city, but it sounded so important.
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  Redge: And you know I love a little competition, so of course I had to sign up.
• 8:45
  Jonathan: Even though you had never played.
• 8:48
  Redge: That's never stopped me before.
• 8:49
  Redge: I bought a flute at Windy the Whale's Wind Instrument shop, and I got to fluting.
• 9:04
  Jonathan: Ah, okay, all right.
• 9:06
  Jonathan: Thanks for the example, Redge.
• 9:08
  Redge: You're welcome.
• 9:09
  Redge: Word made its way to Winter Wonder Island, and who else do you think decided to sign up for the competition?
• 9:17
  Jonathan: Athena and Pallas.
• 9:19
  Redge: Correct.
• 9:20
  Redge: But the trouble was everything they did they did together.
• 9:24
  Redge: They always supported one another.
• 9:27
  Redge: Their friendship was never about winning or competition.
• 9:31
  Athena: Let's make a promise.
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  Athena: No matter who wins, we'll be happy for the other.
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  Pallas: I promise.
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  Athena: I promise too.
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  Redge: They both practiced and practiced, sometimes giving one another notes and always cheering each other on.
• 9:47
  Jonathan: Aw, that's so sweet.
• 9:50
  Redge: Then came yesterday, the day of the Litropia's fabulous flautist competition.
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  Redge: Athena, Pallas, and Triton made their way to the God of Dance Theatre, where the competition was being held.
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  Redge: And when they opened the doors, who do you think they saw?
• 10:10
  Jonathan: Uh you?
• 10:11
  Redge: Well, yes, I was there, but that's not who I'm talking about.
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  Redge: They saw Zeus.
• 10:18
  Jonathan: He was at the competition?
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  Jonathan: The king of the gods was here yesterday?
• 10:24
  Redge: Yes.
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  Redge: Somehow wood made its way to Mount Olympus, and Zeus was not going to pass up the chance to see Athena compete.
• 10:33
  Athena: Dad, why are you here?
• 10:35
  Zeus: Can't a father take his time out of his busy schedule to see his most favoritist daughter beat the pants off of these other noobs.
• 10:46
  Athena: Uh, Dad.
• 10:47
  Athena: Thank you for coming, but please don't embarrass me.
• 10:53
  Zeus: No one will even notice I'm here.
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  Athena: You're like a thousand feet tall.
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  Athena: And whenever you move your hands, lightning strikes out of them.
• 11:03
  Zeus: All right, they'll know.
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  Zeus: But I'll be quiet.
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  Zeus: I promise.
• 11:07
  Zeus: I love you, my favorite little headache.
• 11:12
  Athena: I love you too.
• 11:14
  Zeus: Zeus fully expected Athena to win, given that she was, you know, the inventor of the flute.
• 11:20
  Zeus: And let's be honest, everyone else thought that too.
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  Zeus: Though I did think I could give her a run for her money.
• 11:28
  Jonathan: Yeah, naturally.
• 11:30
  Redge: First I went, and I did fabulously.
• 11:34
  Redge: I played my own rendition of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and the crowd loved it.
• 11:41
  Jonathan: Oh, that's awesome, Redge.
• 11:43
  Redge: Then, contestant after contestant took their turn on stage.
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  Redge: There were some very talented flautists.
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  Redge: Who knew there were so many in the Litropia?
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  Jonathan: Well, certainly not me.
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  Redge: But Zeus knew none of them were as good as his daughter.
• 11:59
  Redge: So he sat quietly as he promised her, and even fell asleep through a few of them.
• 12:05
  Redge: Then Athena took the stage, and she was fantastic.
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  Redge: I had never heard the flute played like that before.
• 12:23
  Redge: She had the whole crowd clapping along with her, and Zeus enjoyed it most of all, sending sparks of lightning every time he clapped.
• 12:33
  Redge: Her song ended, and she took a big bow, then got a standing ovation, and of course, supporting her in the front row were Triton and Pallas.
• 12:46
  Jonathan: Just like they promised.
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  Redge: Then, last but not least, Pallas walked on to the stage.
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  Redge: You can tell she was nervous, having to follow an act like Athena, but she knew she could do anything with the support of her best friend.
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  Redge: She took a deep breath, put the flute to her beak, and started to play.
• 13:07
  Redge: Some even started to cry.
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  Redge: It was so beautiful.
• 13:27
  Jonathan: Are you crying now, Redge?
• 13:31
  Redge: Only a little.
• 13:32
  Redge: It was just so touching.
• 13:36
  Jonathan: It's wonderful what music can do.
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  Redge: Truly.
• 13:40
  Redge: But there was someone who wasn't as touched.
• 13:43
  Jonathan: Who?
• 13:45
  Redge: Zeus.
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  Redge: Everyone in the Litropia knew that Pallas was an extraordinary talent, but Zeus did not.
• 13:52
  Redge: It was shocking to him that someone could beat his favorite child.
• 13:57
  Redge: He was not going to have any of it.
• 13:59
  Jonathan: Uh oh.
• 14:01
  Redge: He angled his shield so that it bounced off the light coming from the spotlight, momentarily blinding Pallas.
• 14:08
  Redge: The light was so bright that she threw the flute up in the air and it landed in the audience right on Mayor Martindale Nightingale's head.
• 14:17
  Mayor Martindale Nightingale: Oh oi, I have got such a headache.
• 14:20
  Redge: Pallas was so embarrassed that she ran off the stage and out of the theatre, leaving her flute and the whole competition behind.
• 14:29
  Athena: Pallas, wait.
• 14:31
  Redge: Athena tried to stop her, but it was too late.
• 14:33
  Redge: Pallas was already out the door, making her way back to Legend Lake.
• 14:38
  Redge: Before Athena could follow her, Zeus flew over to stop her.
• 14:42
  Zeus: Daughter, where are you going?
• 14:44
  Zeus: They haven't announced the winner yet.
• 14:46
  Athena: Did you have something to do with this?
• 14:49
  Zeus: Do with what?
• 14:50
  Zeus: The weather creating all of mankind creating you
• 14:55
  Athena: You know what I'm talking about.
• 14:57
  Athena: Did you mess up Pallas' performance?
• 15:00
  Zeus: Me?
• 15:01
  Zeus: Never.
• 15:02
  Zeus: I'm the king of the gods.
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  Zeus: I'm perfect.
• 15:06
  Redge: As you may remember, Jonathan, all the gods were imperfect, even Zeus.
• 15:13
  Athena: Dad?
• 15:15
  Zeus: Fine.
• 15:16
  Zeus: Yes it was me.
• 15:17
  Zeus: But she was about to win.
• 15:19
  Zeus: I couldn't have someone else beat my most favoritist daughter.
• 15:24
  Zeus: That would be embarrassing.
• 15:27
  Athena: Dad, Triton and Pallas took me in.
• 15:29
  Athena: They raised me and loved me.
• 15:32
  Athena: Pallas has taught me so much.
• 15:34
  Athena: She's my best friend, and you've embarrassed her in front of all of Litropia.
• 15:40
  Zeus: Well, when you put it like that.
• 15:43
  Athena: You owe her an apology.
• 15:46
  Zeus: Fine.
• 15:46
  Zeus: But where did she run off to?
• 15:49
  Triton: Well, she may have already taken a Litropia taxicab to the road, taken a magical carriage to the third turn on the left, and reached the border of Legend Lake.
• 15:59
  Triton: Uh your Highness.
• 16:01
  Zeus: Triton, she wait, how did she go so fast?
• 16:06
  Triton: Once Upon A Time is very magical.
• 16:08
  Zeus: I'll say.
• 16:10
  Athena: Dad
• 16:11
  Zeus: Oh right.
• 16:12
  Zeus: Uh we should go to her.
• 16:13
  Zeus: Zeus lifted Athena and Triton, and in a flash they caught up with Pallas, who was swimming her way back to Winter Wonder Island.
• 16:22
  Athena: Pallas, come back.
• 16:25
  Pallas: No thanks.
• 16:25
  Pallas: I'm too ashamed to show myself again.
• 16:28
  Zeus: Dad.
• 16:29
  Zeus: On it, sweetie.
• 16:32
  Redge: Naturally, Zeus can control everything on the planet.
• 16:35
  Redge: So we alter the currents of the lake to bring Pallas back to shore.
• 16:40
  Pallas: That's really not nice of you, Mr.
• 16:41
  Pallas: Zeus.
• 16:42
  Zeus: I know.
• 16:43
  Zeus: I haven't been very nice lately.
• 16:45
  Zeus: But to be fair, that's not my forte.
• 16:49
  Zeus: Um Pallas, I must apologize.
• 16:54
  Zeus: I was the one that blinded you while you were on stage.
• 16:58
  Pallas: Why would you do that?
• 17:01
  Zeus: It's difficult for a father to see his daughter lose in front of all of the Litropia, especially considering my status.
• 17:08
  Zeus: Still, I should have never done that to you.
• 17:11
  Zeus: You and your father have done so much for me in raising Athena, and I can tell she's turned out to be a very decent hearted goddess because of you.
• 17:21
  Triton: Oh, thank you, your Majesty.
• 17:24
  Pallas: Yeah, thanks.
• 17:25
  Pallas: And I understand.
• 17:28
  Athena: Now, will you come back with us to the theater?
• 17:30
  Athena: They're going to announce the winner soon.
• 17:32
  Pallas: Well, okay, I can do that.
• 17:35
  Redge: Zeus scooped them all up and made it back just in time to watch me be given my honorable mention certificate.
• 17:43
  Jonathan: Thank goodness.
• 17:45
  Redge: Right?
• 17:45
  Redge: Good thing Zeus is so magical and could travel fast.
• 17:49
  Redge: It was a wonderful night.
• 17:54
  Jonathan: So is that the end of the story?
• 17:58
  Redge: Oh yes, well, then it was time for the top three finalists.
• 18:02
  Redge: In third place was
• 18:04
  Mayor Martindale Nightingale: Wendy the Whale.
• 18:17
  Redge: Then second place was
• 18:19
  Mayor Martindale Nightingale: the Goddess Athena.
• 18:32
  Redge: Pallas gave Athena a huge hug.
• 18:35
  Redge: Triton gave her a fatherly pat on the back, and Zeus roared a loud, thunderous roar as Athena went on stage to accept her trophy.
• 18:46
  Mayor Martindale Nightingale: And the winner of this year's fabulous flautist competition is Pallas!
• 19:01
  Redge: The whole crowd went wild! Tears filled Pallas' eyes.
• 19:07
  Redge: She could hardly believe it, but Athena knew she could do it all along.
• 19:12
  Redge: Hey.
• 19:13
  Redge: Are you crying, Jonathan?
• 19:18
  Jonathan: Well, it's just so touching.
• 19:20
  Jonathan: It's a beautiful story about friends supporting one another.
• 19:26
  Redge: Yes, you you are just so right.
• 19:29
  Redge: So, uh did I do a good job telling the story?
• 19:34
  Jonathan: An excellent job.
• 19:36
  Redge: Woohoo! Celebration flute
• 19:40
  Jonathan: Ah yes.
• 19:41
  Jonathan: That's so That's so Beautiful.
• 19:59
  Redge: Yes, quite.
• 20:00
  Redge: Now we should find Legend Lake again.
• 20:02
  Redge: I would love to hear Athena and Pallas playing while sitting by the water.
• 20:06
  Redge: And maybe I can get a few pointers on my fluting.
• 20:10
  Jonathan: Sounds like a perfect adventure to me.
• 20:12
  Redge: Huzzah! To Winter Wonder Island we go!
• 20:18
  Jonathan: This has been a Jon in Character production.
• 20:20
  Jonathan: This story was written by Rebecca Cunningham, directed and produced by Molly Murphy, and performed by Jonathan Cormur.
• 20:27
  Jonathan: Sound recording and production by Jermaine Hamilton at Pacific Grove Soundworks.
• 20:31
  Jonathan: We love hearing from you.
• 20:33
  Jonathan: Contact us at DorkTalestorytime at gmail.com or try our one-way text feature as a safe way to reach out.
• 20:41
  Jonathan: You can find even more ways to reach us in the show notes.
• 20:44
  Jonathan: Now, go be the hero of your own story, and we'll see you next once upon a time.