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72 When a Flute Meets the Rock Family · The Story Time With Lucky Podcast

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  Welcome back to Storytime with Lucky Podcast. Today we're going to read the Rock Family Band.
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  These are the Rocks. Here we are in their hall.
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  That's them in those pictures hung up on the wall.
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  They all share love that Sam can't understand. He doesn't quite fit in the Rock Family Band.
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  Dad plays guitar with a fabulous flair He ties a black band,
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  around his spiky hair Red spiky hair, sorry,
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  Pops rocks the mic in his big platform boots He clearly isn't a dad who wears suits,
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  Liv plays the drums and she won't miss a beat She never stops tapping her fingers or her feet.
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  Bo plays the keyboard and writes all the hits They always wear her outfits with feathery bits,
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  Nala Rock dances and plays the tambourine Her hair's sometimes purple but right
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  now it's green Ziggy's the poodle and she just howls along,
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  And barks to the beat of the Rock family song That leaves the youngest and the odd one out Sam,
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  His taste is more subtle, less noisy, less glam.
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  He's not into rock, much preferring the toot and gentlest of whistles he makes with his flute.
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  It's Saturday morning on Samson's bed. A classical suite fills the dreams in his head.
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  Then out of the blue comes a rather loud bang, his revue rocked by a clash and a clang.
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  Well, I call him a stunt, sweet.
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  Afternoon comes and for Sam, things get worse. He can't find a piece that he needs to rehearse.
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  Then he picks up his flute and suddenly crash. The whole house vibrates with a thunderous thrash.
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  On Sunday, the rocks leave their house for the day. Sam brings his flute and finds him where to play.
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  But nowhere is quiet and Sam gets no rest, as all around the park is the Rock Family Fest.
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  It's Monday, and the day of Sam's retuckle He knows the hush in the hall would
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  be vittle Oh, why, wonder Sam?
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  Why is my family so wild?
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  He summons them all to learn how to be mild,
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  They sit on the sofa and just about fit It's a tight squeeze,
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  though, Sam has sermon it he points at the clock saying just give me three minutes
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  sat still can you do that for me,
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  the minute hand ticks and first things are cool the dad gets a riffical twitch
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  in his arm now the hand shakes and pops shakes and pops utters a roll,
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  and glam rock,
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  Rings out through the rock house once. I've had it, shouts Sam.
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  It's not fair, can you see?
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  You've all got your rock band, but what about me? You're loud and brash and,
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  flamboyant and strange.
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  I wish you were different. I wish you'd all change.
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  Slamming the door as he storms off the school, Sam feels a bit guilty for losing his call.
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  When everyone's there at the concert tonight, he'll tell them he's sorry and
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  he'll make things alright.
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  Later, Sam stands on the stage in the hall. The audience waits as Sam looks at them all.
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  He feels himself squished by the force of their stairs and worst of all,
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  Sam can see six empty chairs.
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  His stomach feels heavy. It sinks to the floor when suddenly figures appear at the door.
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  But never before has Sam seen him so neat. Super love, respect,
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  restraint, and disreeped.
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  Awkwardly quiet, the rocks shuffle in. Liz smells a rather uncomfortable grin.
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  Siggy walks with her tail hanging low and all of a sudden,
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  And all of them sit nice and still in a row.
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  It's freaky to see them so tame and uptight. It's time to begin,
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  but things don't feel quite right.
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  Sam puckers his lips in a trembling pout and lifts his flute to them, but nothing comes out.
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  Sam is breathing his bottle, his fingers all freeze.
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  He looks at his family and sees their unease.
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  He can't play a note, knowing deep in his soul, this isn't the way that the rock family roll.
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  The nana gets up, shouting, Don't worry, Sam.
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  Perhaps what you need is some help from your fam. Why are you saying fam, not family?
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  And so, in a flash, awkwardness drops. The rocks rocket out.
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  They look at the top of the pops Sam's dad and his Nana The whole glam rock
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  gang Leap onto the stage with an almighty bang You got this,
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  Dad We'll support you, let's go,
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  Let's hear it from Sam Rock The star of the show,
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  Dad jams with him pops But Nana busts out her moves Um,
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  Liv keeps the rhythm and Bo plays the grooves.
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  And though Ziggy's howling is ever so cute, the headline performer is Sam on his flute.
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  The audience loves it. And they mosh and they roar.
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  They help Sam to see what he couldn't before. with his wonderful family who
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  all at once paused for Sam to play solo to rounds of applause.
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  And Pops says to Sam, in his sequins and pleasure, We're family,
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  Sam, so we all stick together.
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  Be who you are and we'll all hold your hand.
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  For that's why it means to be part of a band. Sam tells his family he'll do
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  the same thing He'll love them whatever.
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  Tune they sang They might love their feathers and platforms and glitz But they
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  all love Sam and Sam loves them to bits,
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  These are the rocks, here we are in their home That's them in the picture hung up on the wall,
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  Together they make one hom-homnius jam.
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  Dad, Ziggy, Boat, Nana, Liv Pops, and Sam. The end, and thank you for listening.