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The Great Wallaby Adventure

from Backstroke Raptor by The Story Pirates

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NARRATOR:
IN HER BIOLOGY CLASSROOM
GRACE WAS BORED OUT OF HER MIND
SHE STARTED TO YAWN
AS THE TEACHER BLABBED ON
‘BOUT THE HOMEWORK SHE WAS ABOUT TO ASSIGN

TEACHER:
Grace!

GRACE:
Huh? What?

TEACHER:
ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?

GRACE:
Yes ma’am, well--sort of.

NARRATOR:
SHE LIED

GRACE:
I’M NOT SURE THAT I HEARD
YOUR LAST COUPLE OF WORDS

DEEP VOICE:
AND THAT’S WHEN THE TEACHER REPLIED:

TEACHER:
Grace, your homework tonight is to answer the following question:

CHORUS:
WHAT’S-A-WHAT’S-A-WHA?
NARRATOR:
WHAT’S A WALLABY?
(3X)

ALL:
WHAT IS A WALLABY?

NARRATOR:
SHE NODDED AND SMILED AT HER TEACHER
BUT WORRY STARTED TO GROW
AND THAT WAS BECAUSE
WHAT A WALLABY WAS
WAS SOMETHING THAT GRACE DID NOT KNOW

FINALLY GRACE HEARD THE BELL RING
AND EVERYONE STARTED TO LEAVE
SHE KNEW THAT SHE MUST
ASK HER FRIENDS ON THE BUS
WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT WALLABIES

GRACE:
Bus friends! Help me! I have a report due tomorrow and I’ve got to know:

CHORUS:
WHAT’S-A-WHAT’S-A-WHA?
NARRATOR:
WHAT’S A WALLABY?
(3X)

ALL:
WHAT IS A WALLABY?

GRACE’S MOM:
Welcome home Grace! Would you like a sandwich? I made BLTs!

GRACE:
I can’t eat now, Mom. I’ve got too much on my mind. Ugggggh!

GRACE’S MOM:
Okay, slow down.

GRACE COME ON, THIS IS SILLY
THERE’S NO REASON FOR YOU TO FRET
FOR A VIRTUAL TUTOR
JUST USE THE COMPUTER
TO ASK THE INTERNET

GRACE:
Mom, what a great idea! I’ll just use the computer!

CHORUS:
WHAT’S-A-WHAT’S-A-WHA?

NARRATOR:
WHAT’S A WALLABY?

COMPUTER:
Wallabies live in Australia and New Zealand.

CHORUS:
WHAT’S-A-WHAT’S-A-WHA?

NARRATOR:
WHAT’S A WALLABY?

COMPUTER:
A group of wallabies is called a mob.

CHORUS:
WHAT’S-A-WHAT’S-A-WHA?

NARRATOR:
WHAT’S A WALLABY?

COMPUTER:
The scientific name for wallabies is Macropods which means “big feet.”

GRACE:
Cooool!

ALL:
WHAT IS A WALLABY?

NARRATOR:
SHE TURNED IN HER WORK THE NEXT MORNING
AS IF NOTHING HAD EVER BEEN WRONG
AT THE END OF THE DAY
SHE FOUND OUT THAT SHE GOT AN “A”
AND SHE SANG THIS WALLABY SONG:

GRACE:
Wow! These creatures are amazing!

CHORUS:
WHAT’S-A-WHAT’S-A-WHA?
WHAT’S A WALLABY?
(3X)

ALL:
WHAT IS A WALLABY?

OH WALLABIES ARE
THE COOLEST BY FAR
AND IF YOU AGREE
COME AND SING IT WITH ME!
(2X)

credits

from Backstroke Raptor, released June 14, 2019
Written by Brendan O’Grady
Based on a story by Olivia, age 10, and Marissa,
8th grade, Illinois
Produced by Brendan O’Grady
Associate Produced by Jack Mitchell and Sam Bair

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Story Pirates is a media company founded in 2004 to celebrate the words and ideas of kids. Since then, we’ve launched the #1 podcast for kids and families, a live national tour, and a critically acclaimed book series from Random House.
Our partner non-profit Story Pirates Changemakers provides life-changing literacy and creative writing programs to kids in Title I schools and homeless shelters. ... more

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