Latest / St. Paul Podcast / Stories with the Book Corner: Are you a cheeseburger?

Transcript

Stories with the Book Corner: Are you a cheeseburger? · St. Paul Podcast

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_01: Hello and welcome to Stories with the Book Corner.
• 0:10
  SPEAKER_01: I'm Jessica Taylor, St.
• 0:11
  SPEAKER_01: Paul Director of Communication.
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_01: I'm so excited to share today's story with you.
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_01: Today, we meet a very hungry raccoon who makes the most unexpected friend.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_01: A tiny seed.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_01: Our raccoon friend is convinced this seed will grow into delicious cheeseburgers.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_01: And their adventure together teaches us something wonderful about friendship and discovering who we really are.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_01: Turn on your listening ears and enjoy today's story.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_01: Are you a cheeseburger?
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_01: Written and illustrated by Monica Arnaldo.
• 0:51
  SPEAKER_01: This is Grubb.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_01: Grubb is a raccoon, and he is all by himself.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_01: See?
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_01: And here is Seed.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_01: Seed is a seed, of course, and he is stuck in the trash.
• 1:08
  SPEAKER_01: This particular seed and this particular raccoon had very little in common.
• 1:14
  SPEAKER_01: Except that at the moment they were both in the same garbage can.
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_01: Hello, said Seed.
• 1:22
  SPEAKER_01: Grub continued rooting around.
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, you are busy.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_01: That is all right.
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_01: I am busy too.
• 1:31
  SPEAKER_01: Grub stopped.
• 1:33
  SPEAKER_01: You are?
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_01: I am looking for someone to plant me in the ground so I can start growing.
• 1:40
  SPEAKER_01: Grub eyed the seed hungrily.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_01: Will you grow food?
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_01: I am not sure, seed admitted.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_01: Could you grow cheeseburgers?
• 1:56
  SPEAKER_01: What is a cheeseburger?
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_01: Grub considered this something very good and very special.
• 2:07
  SPEAKER_01: Hm.
• 2:09
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe we will have to wait and see.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_01: Grubb had never seen a cheeseburger plant before.
• 2:19
  SPEAKER_01: But he liked the sound of it.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_01: So he planted seed right away.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_01: Now what?
• 2:27
  SPEAKER_01: Grub asked.
• 2:29
  SPEAKER_01: Seed's voice called up faintly from underground.
• 2:33
  SPEAKER_01: No we wait.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_01: Grub's stomach growled.
• 2:40
  SPEAKER_01: How long?
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_01: I am not sure.
• 2:45
  SPEAKER_01: We will have to see.
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_01: The two spent every evening together, from moonrise to moonset.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_01: Grub tried to be patient, but Seed began to wonder what if he wasn't a cheeseburger plant?
• 3:03
  SPEAKER_01: What if he was something else entirely?
• 3:08
  SPEAKER_01: To help pass the time they told stories, Grub told Seed about the top three cheeseburgers he had ever eaten.
• 3:18
  SPEAKER_01: Number one, half a cheeseburger barely moldy.
• 3:22
  SPEAKER_01: Number two, a piece of cheeseburger bun with some mustard on it wrestled away from seagulls.
• 3:32
  SPEAKER_01: Number three, a greasy paper wrapper Grub could tell had once contained a cheeseburger.
• 3:40
  SPEAKER_01: Seed told Grub about all the interesting things he saw down in the earth.
• 3:46
  SPEAKER_01: Number one, a long worm tunneling.
• 3:50
  SPEAKER_01: Two, a slightly shorter worm tunneling.
• 3:55
  SPEAKER_01: Three, two average sized worms tunneling one right after the other so that at first they seemed like one extremely long worm.
• 4:10
  SPEAKER_01: What is happening down there?
• 4:12
  SPEAKER_01: Grub asked.
• 4:14
  SPEAKER_01: Seed looked around.
• 4:16
  SPEAKER_01: It is dark.
• 4:18
  SPEAKER_01: What is happening up there?
• 4:21
  SPEAKER_01: It is dark too.
• 4:24
  SPEAKER_01: Later though, the sun will rise.
• 4:28
  SPEAKER_01: What is that like?
• 4:30
  SPEAKER_01: Seed asked.
• 4:32
  SPEAKER_01: I am not sure, Grub confessed.
• 4:36
  SPEAKER_01: I am always asleep then.
• 4:38
  SPEAKER_01: But I have heard that it is like a cheeseburger.
• 4:43
  SPEAKER_01: Very good and very special.
• 4:48
  SPEAKER_01: Both alone in the dark, Grub and Seed tried to picture the sunrise.
• 4:56
  SPEAKER_01: Slowly, slowly things began to change.
• 5:05
  SPEAKER_01: Hello again, said Seed.
• 5:09
  SPEAKER_01: Seed, you are out of the ground.
• 5:13
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, said Seed proudly.
• 5:16
  SPEAKER_01: I am growing.
• 5:20
  SPEAKER_01: That evening Grub and Seed celebrated.
• 5:24
  SPEAKER_01: That evening Grub and Seed celebrated.
• 5:28
  SPEAKER_01: Grub had a greasy piece of cardboard he was almost certain had once been the bottom of a pizza box.
• 5:38
  SPEAKER_01: Seed had water.
• 5:40
  SPEAKER_01: To the future.
• 5:44
  SPEAKER_01: Sure and steady seed kept growing.
• 5:48
  SPEAKER_01: And growing.
• 5:50
  SPEAKER_01: The cheeseburgers were nearly at hand.
• 5:55
  SPEAKER_01: Finally, one morning just before sunrise, seed bloomed.
• 6:04
  SPEAKER_01: Oh said seed.
• 6:07
  SPEAKER_01: Are the cheeseburgers ready?
• 6:09
  SPEAKER_01: asked Grubb.
• 6:11
  SPEAKER_01: Grub Seed started.
• 6:14
  SPEAKER_01: I do not think I am a cheeseburger plant.
• 6:18
  SPEAKER_01: I think I am just a flower.
• 6:23
  SPEAKER_01: A flower?
• 6:25
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 6:27
  SPEAKER_01: Not a cheeseburger plant No.
• 6:31
  SPEAKER_01: So no cheeseburgers then?
• 6:36
  SPEAKER_01: No cheeseburgers.
• 6:39
  SPEAKER_01: Grubb was quiet for a long time.
• 6:44
  SPEAKER_01: What is it?
• 6:45
  SPEAKER_01: asked Seed.
• 6:48
  SPEAKER_01: I am thinking, Grub said.
• 6:52
  SPEAKER_01: About cheeseburgers?
• 6:55
  SPEAKER_01: No.
• 6:57
  SPEAKER_01: About flowers.
• 7:00
  SPEAKER_01: Oh what are you thinking about flowers?
• 7:05
  SPEAKER_01: I am thinking that flowers are good and special too.
• 7:11
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe even more special than cheeseburgers.
• 7:17
  SPEAKER_01: More special than cheeseburgers?
• 7:21
  SPEAKER_01: Seed gasped.
• 7:23
  SPEAKER_01: Well the same.
• 7:28
  SPEAKER_01: This is seed.
• 7:30
  SPEAKER_01: Seed is a flower.
• 7:32
  SPEAKER_01: See?
• 7:33
  SPEAKER_01: And this is grub.
• 7:36
  SPEAKER_01: Grub is a gardener.
• 7:40
  SPEAKER_01: They don't have any cheeseburgers, but they do have each other.
• 7:44
  SPEAKER_01: And that is something very good and very special.
• 7:55
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for tuning in to Stories with the Book Corner.
• 7:58
  SPEAKER_00: Join in the fun every Tuesday at 11 a.m.
• 8:01
  SPEAKER_00: at St.
• 8:02
  SPEAKER_00: Paul, where a staff member or volunteer shares a story, followed by time for kids to play and parents to connect.
• 8:10
  SPEAKER_00: We'll see you back here next week.