Behold the wonder and majesty of the Barrel of Monkeys Story Archive! Here you can read over 10 years worth of stories written by children that Barrel of Monkeys have performed for the public. It's been a magical journey.
Stories that appeared in the 2009-2010 season of "That's Weird, Grandma."
By Destiny C., 4th Grade, Avondale
That's Weird, Grandma
Back in the 1950s there were these two celebrity vampires. These vampires/celebrities were very famous and they would always wear the latest sunglasses and clothing. Everyone loved these celebs there names were Vamparista which was the girl and Vampro which was the boy. They were best friends they had grown up together in the Vampire Palace.
TweetBy Jasmine, Ciera, Antaniesha, Lawrence, Kindall, Pamela, Tameka, Meadowbrook
That's Weird, Grandma
Once there were two men who were born in France and grew up in China. Their names were Francois and Brucois. Their parents Swallo and Dallo died in a car accident so Franncois and his brother moved to China to open a beauty shop called “picture in your head.” They lived in a trailer and take their equipment place to place. One day two women walked into the beauty shop and asked “What you got here going on?” They said “Just a hair shop going on. You check it out yourself.” Silly Lu and Bibi Lu sat down in the chairs and said “Get to working.” “This will not hurt” said Brucois. They fell asleep and saw pictures of hairdos in their head. They had electrics running through their head. But he machine broke. In two pieces. They couldn’t get the wires off. And the pictures were stuck in their head. “I’m gonna tell the whole town that your business should go out of business. I’m gonna report this to city hall.” They got their money back. THE END
TweetBy Ben L., 4th Grade, Hough Street School
Songs That's Weird, Grandma
Eeooo! The sirens rang throughout the city. Speakers popped out of buildings. “Run, the IRS Moles are coming” said the speakers. Everyone ran. They knew that moles would make them pay. “Come on” said Harold to his mother as they ran. “But the cookies” said his mother, “we need them.” “We’ll have to leave them” said Harold. “Dang” said his sister. “I say we fight back against this tax collecting” said Bob who was 2 and very smart. No one noticed. He hopped down from his mother and ran back to the house unnoticed by his family. Suddenly out the window he saw a bunch of Moles in tuxedos. “Those must be the IRS Moles” thought Bob. Abruptly one walked up to his house and knocked on the door. Bob found a ladder and opened the door. “You have taxes to pay” said the Mole. Now Bob may have been a genius but he didn’t know what you were supposed to pay taxes with. He knew that he had to give the Mole something, so he went to the cupboard and got some squishy canned peas. When the Mole saw the peas he screamed and ran for his life. Moles have a horrible allergy to squishy peas. All the people came back and told Bob he should be mayor. The only person who did not like this idea was the current mayor. But nobody cared and Bob led them wonderfully.
TweetBy Jasmine & Kimberly, 4th Grade, Henderson
Dialogues Songs That's Weird, Grandma
Sister Alice: I heard that you were having a ball.
Sister Tilssa: Yeah, we’re having one, want to come?
King JP: Better fresh up before your funk spread.
Sister Alice: What did you say?
King JP: You heard me, Sister Alice.
Sister Alice: Sister Tilssa?
Sister Tilssa: You heard him.
Sister Alice: (starts to protest) Excuse me, but.. blah blah blah
Sister Alice: Okay, I’m insulted. I mean, I don’t see how this is any of your business.
King JP: It’s my business when I smell you.
Everyone offers her soap.
By Chamara W., 5th Grade, Washington School
That's Weird, Grandma Other Venues Storefront 2002
One day there was a bully named Cheetos. Cheetos goes around bullying little kids and big kids. One day Cheetos ran into another bully named John. She said you kind of cute. John said you know you ain’t bad looking either. Cheetos asked for John’s number, so they both exchanged each other’s number. When Cheetos got home she called John, he was not there, so she left a message on his answer machines saying Hey Baby, it’s Cheetos call me later B-ye. So John returned Cheetos call and they talked for hours on the phone. The next day they went to school together, they ate lunch together, they even bullied kids together. One day John was flirting with a girl named Tiffany. Cheetos saw them and she went smacked John and said it’s over. John cried and said please one more chance so, Cheetos gave John another chance and everything was normal. They lived happily ever after.
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