1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:04,879 Speaker 1: You know, being bored can sometimes be a good thing. 2 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:07,639 But when you're so bored that's staring at a blank 3 00:00:07,679 --> 00:00:10,480 wall starts to sound fun. Well, that's when you might 4 00:00:10,519 --> 00:00:13,439 find yourself searching for things that probably don't even exist. 5 00:00:14,359 --> 00:00:16,039 So if there's one thing I hope you'll learn from 6 00:00:16,039 --> 00:00:19,679 today's story, it's this. It's okay to be bored, it's 7 00:00:19,719 --> 00:00:23,480 just not okay to be that bored. This one's called 8 00:00:23,879 --> 00:00:29,800 the Swamp Chicken head Man. Let's get into it. Helloll, 9 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,759 story time really not a boring time? Ram a standing 10 00:00:32,799 --> 00:00:36,200 You'll be fine. Follow the whole storyline, Hellol, story time? 11 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:43,159 Might you live at least one time? This is the 12 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,079 story of three kids who let themselves get a little 13 00:00:46,119 --> 00:00:49,560 too bored. So bored in fact, they started talking about 14 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,759 the legend of the swamp chicken head Man. Deontia and 15 00:00:53,799 --> 00:00:56,000 Bailey couldn't, for the life of them, think of anything 16 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,320 fun to do. Oh Man, grumbled Bailey. I'm so board 17 00:01:00,359 --> 00:01:03,039 right now, I'd probably have fun staring at a blank wall. 18 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,000 Tia robotically nodded her head. You think you're bored, I'm 19 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,799 so bored right now. I'd probably enjoy talking about the 20 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,840 weather with a statue. Dion wanted to one up them both, 21 00:01:15,079 --> 00:01:18,959 but couldn't think of a better example. Well, I'm so bored. 22 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,680 I could just, you know, stare at a picture of 23 00:01:21,719 --> 00:01:24,560 a statue on a wall and uh. In that picture, 24 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:26,760 the statue would be dipping some crackers in a hot 25 00:01:26,799 --> 00:01:30,079 pul of soup. Both girls looked at Dion as if 26 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,519 to say what the kids had already spent hours trying 27 00:01:34,519 --> 00:01:36,959 to think of something to do. Anytime one of them 28 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,599 had an idea, one of the others would say, we 29 00:01:39,719 --> 00:01:43,400 already did that yesterday. It was as if they had 30 00:01:43,439 --> 00:01:46,879 already done everything there is to do. Well, we could 31 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,200 go down to the swamp and look for tadpoles, suggested Bailey. 32 00:01:50,519 --> 00:01:53,719 We haven't done that in a long time. Tia wasn't 33 00:01:53,719 --> 00:01:56,920 so sure about that. Didn't we just do that yesterday? 34 00:01:58,040 --> 00:01:59,840 Dion knew for a fact that they had not done 35 00:01:59,879 --> 00:02:04,079 that yesterday. No way, guys, no way, I'm not going 36 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,480 down to the swamp. Are you crazy? The girls couldn't 37 00:02:07,519 --> 00:02:11,039 see what was so crazy about that. Guys, do you 38 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,159 not know what's down there? Do you not know what's 39 00:02:13,199 --> 00:02:16,599 down there? He repeated again, that's where the swamp chicken 40 00:02:16,599 --> 00:02:20,199 head man lives. The girls pretended to fall down like 41 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,000 they had just been bopped on the head by the 42 00:02:22,039 --> 00:02:26,280 hammer of made up ridiculousness. They studied Dion's face, searching 43 00:02:26,319 --> 00:02:28,400 for the hint of a smirk. There was no way 44 00:02:28,439 --> 00:02:32,120 he wasn't making this up, Dion, you are so full 45 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,960 of stuffed potatoes, Bud, Like, what did you even just 46 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,159 say a chicken wing swamp thing? Dion shook his head. 47 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:43,240 Swamp chicken head man, he corrected, and I'm not making 48 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,039 this up. It's real. He lives in the swamp and 49 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,599 he has a chicken head. Bailey was giggling at the 50 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,800 thought of someone with a chicken head, So like, what 51 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,159 does this guy have a full chicken where his head 52 00:02:55,199 --> 00:02:57,400 is supposed to be or is it just a chicken head? 53 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:59,680 Cause chicken heads are kind of small, you know, So 54 00:02:59,759 --> 00:03:03,680 then is it a people sized chickenhead? Dion had to 55 00:03:03,719 --> 00:03:07,719 admit he didn't know. Ha, bellow, Tia, that's because you 56 00:03:08,039 --> 00:03:11,599 made it up. Dion insisted the swamp chicken head Man 57 00:03:11,759 --> 00:03:14,280 was real. Just because he himself had never seen the 58 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:18,080 swamp chicken head Man didn't mean it didn't exist. I 59 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,400 know a guy who has seen him. Well, like not 60 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,319 exactly the guy I know. But he knows someone who 61 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,680 has a sister, and that sister has a friend who 62 00:03:25,719 --> 00:03:27,960 has a grandma who once had tea with another guy 63 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,479 who saw the swamp chickenhead man. That's how I know 64 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:35,319 it's real. Tia started walking away. Wait where are you going? Tia? 65 00:03:35,599 --> 00:03:37,879 The other two called after her, I'm. 66 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:38,879 Speaker 2: Going to the swamp. 67 00:03:39,159 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: Obviously I was only half interested when it was just 68 00:03:42,039 --> 00:03:44,919 some tadpoles, but now I've got to see the swamp 69 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,680 chicken head man for myself. Dian was waving his hands 70 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,759 in the air. Oh maybe I didn't make myself clear. 71 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,680 This is a swamp chickenhead man we're talking about. Didn't 72 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,120 anyone teach you about stranger danger. You don't want to 73 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:58,919 have a run in with a swamp chicken head man, 74 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,879 do you. Apparently Tia did, because she kept on walking 75 00:04:02,879 --> 00:04:06,280 toward the swamp. Bailey decided she really needed to know 76 00:04:06,319 --> 00:04:08,800 the size of the chicken head so she followed after, 77 00:04:09,719 --> 00:04:13,080 are you coming, Dion or what? Dion kind of felt 78 00:04:13,159 --> 00:04:15,599 like he had to This was his fault, after all, 79 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,000 So together the three friends made their way down to 80 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,920 the swamp to look for something that sounded completely made up, 81 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,839 because that's what friends do when they're so bored. They'd 82 00:04:24,879 --> 00:04:26,439 be willing to star at a picture on a wall 83 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:28,800 of a statue dipping crackers in a bowl of hot soup. 84 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,720 There was a reason the swamp wasn't a popular place 85 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,480 to visit. No disrespect to swamps, but this place stunk, 86 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,800 and being stinky made it a great place for flies 87 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,639 to hang out. You also weren't escaping the noise of 88 00:04:42,639 --> 00:04:45,480 the city by coming down to the swamp. The bullfrogs 89 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,759 didn't know the first thing about being quiet. Hey, I 90 00:04:48,759 --> 00:04:51,800 think I see some tadpoles, announced Dion, peering into the 91 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:56,160 stagnant water. Forget tadpoles, said, Tia, show us where the 92 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,120 swamp guy is. Yeah, agreed Bailey. 93 00:04:59,360 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 2: Tadpoles. 94 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,959 Speaker 1: Wi. It sounded like a good idea when we were bored. 95 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,959 Now we have something exciting to search for. Dion tried 96 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,319 reminding of the girls that one should not actually try 97 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:12,519 to encounter a swamp chicken headman. Come on, Dion, just 98 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:13,000 admit it. 99 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 2: You made it up. 100 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,199 Speaker 1: There's no such thing as a swamp chicken head man. 101 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,319 The only things down here are tadpools. Fly isn't a 102 00:05:19,399 --> 00:05:22,639 really swampy smell, or was that one of you guys. 103 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:26,439 As terrified as Dion was to come face to face 104 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:28,720 with a swamp chicken head man, he almost wished the 105 00:05:28,759 --> 00:05:30,519 girls could get a quick glimpse of one so they 106 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,959 would stop telling him he was making this up. He 107 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:34,959 swore he knew a guy who knew another guy who 108 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,959 had a sister, who had a friend, who had a grandma, 109 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,519 who once had tea with a guy who saw one. Well, guys, 110 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:42,600 I don't think it's just as easy as coming down 111 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,360 here and then boom, he just pops out of the 112 00:05:44,399 --> 00:05:48,160 swamp and says, Hey, it's probably like seeing a shooting star, 113 00:05:48,399 --> 00:05:50,720 or finding a four leaf clover, or I don't know, 114 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:54,199 having a pink elephant asked to borrow your toilet. Tia 115 00:05:54,319 --> 00:05:57,040 jokingly reminisced about the time she had a pink elephant 116 00:05:57,079 --> 00:05:59,319 knock on her door and asked to use the toilet 117 00:06:00,079 --> 00:06:02,519 and didn't laugh. He was thinking about how he needed 118 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,199 to start taking this search a little more seriously. He 119 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,160 didn't want these girls thinking he was just full of 120 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:08,079 stuffed potatoes. 121 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:10,319 Speaker 2: So you know how. 122 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,639 Speaker 1: People can usually get a dog's attention by whistling, Dion said, 123 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,680 changing the subject, Well, to get a swamp chicken head 124 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:20,680 man's attention. Don't do that, all right, Dion. So then 125 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,720 what do we do? Dion shrugged. I don't know. Just 126 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,079 don't bother whistling. Swamp chicken head man is not a dog. 127 00:06:29,399 --> 00:06:32,079 A moment later, the kids were taking turns guessing what 128 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:33,959 sort of call you should make to get the attention 129 00:06:34,079 --> 00:06:37,120 of a swamp chicken headman. Here's what I think it 130 00:06:37,199 --> 00:06:41,839 sounds like, Dion began. Here's swampy, swampy, swampy chicken head man. 131 00:06:42,439 --> 00:06:47,040 Here's swampy swampy chicken headman. Bailey was confident that was 132 00:06:47,079 --> 00:06:49,680 not it. I don't think you're supposed to call him 133 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,800 by name. It's probably some kind of sound like this. 134 00:06:58,399 --> 00:07:00,959 Dia just shook her head. It's like, neither of you 135 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,920 have ever called a swamp chickenhead man before. Here's how 136 00:07:03,959 --> 00:07:07,279 you do it, Hey, swamp dude, get your chicken head 137 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,720 out here right now so we can see exactly what 138 00:07:09,759 --> 00:07:13,360 type of head you're working with. Nothing called back to them, 139 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,720 nor did anything come crawling out of the swamp water 140 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,879 an other than a big dragonfly landing on Bailey's nose. 141 00:07:19,279 --> 00:07:22,759 Nothing even moved ha get it off. Get it off, 142 00:07:22,959 --> 00:07:26,560 Bailey howled. She tried swatting the dragonfly, but missed and 143 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,720 instead gave herself a bloody nose. Well, guys, I think 144 00:07:30,759 --> 00:07:34,959 I've had enough of this swamp for one day. Walking home, 145 00:07:35,199 --> 00:07:37,279 Dion kept trying to convince his friends that he was 146 00:07:37,319 --> 00:07:41,079 not making this up. It's real, guys, I'm telling you, 147 00:07:42,079 --> 00:07:44,240 But every time the girls would just tell him that 148 00:07:44,279 --> 00:07:47,680 they thought he was full of stuffed potatoes. That night, 149 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,639 at dinner, Dion told his parents about the swamp chicken 150 00:07:50,639 --> 00:07:53,360 head Man, thinking surely his own parents would believe him. 151 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 2: We don't believe it, Dion, not even a little bit, Like, 152 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,279 where do you even come up with this stuff? 153 00:08:00,079 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, Dion, did your teacher give you another creative writing 154 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,120 assignment or something? If so, why didn't you choose to 155 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,800 write about a polar bear named mister Freeze who lives 156 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,879 in the desert and goes up to everyone and says, 157 00:08:11,199 --> 00:08:15,680 is it just me? Or is it a hot one today? Brutal? 158 00:08:16,079 --> 00:08:20,319 Even his own parents didn't believe him. After finishing his dinner, 159 00:08:20,519 --> 00:08:22,560 Dion decided to go back to the swamp for one 160 00:08:22,639 --> 00:08:25,279 last quick look. He knew there had to be something 161 00:08:25,319 --> 00:08:28,279 down there since his parents thought he was full of 162 00:08:28,279 --> 00:08:31,720 stuffed potatoes too. They didn't even think twice about stranger danger. 163 00:08:32,879 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 2: While you're down there, please say hello to my old 164 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,960 friend Wendy the swamp Mermaid. Okay, honey buns, And if 165 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,720 you bump into Jimmy the flying swamp Coat, please remind 166 00:08:41,799 --> 00:08:45,639 him he still owes me fifty dollars. Dion stood straight 167 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:47,000 up and raised his chin. 168 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,519 Speaker 1: Well, I think everyone is gonna owe me a really 169 00:08:50,519 --> 00:08:53,120 big apology after I come back from meeting the real 170 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:57,559 swamp chickenhead man. Dion marched down toward the swamp, but 171 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,360 stopped as soon as he was close enough to hear 172 00:08:59,399 --> 00:09:02,840 the bullfrog. He wasn't feeling as brave without Tea and 173 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,840 Bailey by his side. The swamp almost had an eerie 174 00:09:05,879 --> 00:09:08,720 glow at this time of day. He was about to 175 00:09:08,759 --> 00:09:11,000 turn around when he saw something off in the distance. 176 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:13,840 At first, he thought maybe his eyes were playing tricks 177 00:09:13,879 --> 00:09:18,159 on him, but then he saw it again. WHOA does 178 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:21,519 that dude have a chicken head? And that's when he 179 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,799 realized who he was looking at. He turned and started 180 00:09:24,879 --> 00:09:27,840 running in the opposite direction, not because he was scared, 181 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,639 but because he couldn't wait another second to tell the girls. 182 00:09:31,919 --> 00:09:34,799 Bailey's house was the first one along the way. Her 183 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,600 parents answered, quickly, thinking there must be in an emergency 184 00:09:37,639 --> 00:09:41,559 the way Dion had been aggressively pounding on their door. Hey, guys, 185 00:09:41,639 --> 00:09:43,600 I need you to tell Bailey that he's real. I 186 00:09:43,639 --> 00:09:47,679 saw him. The swamp chicken head man. He exists. Dion 187 00:09:47,759 --> 00:09:50,039 didn't wait for a response. He had to get over 188 00:09:50,039 --> 00:09:52,080 to Tea's house, and he had to get there fast. 189 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,679 Bailey's parents stood there a moment longer, watching this boy 190 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,120 take off running down their street. Oh that that kid 191 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:03,120 just say something about a swamp chicken Bailey. It might 192 00:10:03,159 --> 00:10:05,600 be time to start thinking about making some new friends. 193 00:10:07,039 --> 00:10:11,000 When Tia answered her door, she said the same thing. Ah, Dion, 194 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:13,279 I think it might be time for me to start 195 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:17,679 making some new friends. No, Tia exclaimed, Dion, he really 196 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,679 does exist. I just saw him, and he wasn't even scary, 197 00:10:20,879 --> 00:10:23,000 like I would totally go back and see him again. 198 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 2: He reminded me of the. 199 00:10:24,279 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: Kind of swamp chicken head man you could see yourself 200 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,799 cracking jokes with. He also seemed like the kind of 201 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,840 guy who would happily give you a slice of his pizza. 202 00:10:32,039 --> 00:10:34,759 Tia still wasn't buying it. She just held out her hand. 203 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,600 Cough it up, then show me the picture. Surely you 204 00:10:38,639 --> 00:10:43,000 remember to take a picture, right? Never had Dion had 205 00:10:43,039 --> 00:10:44,960 more of a why didn't I think of that moment 206 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,679 as he did? Right then? Okay, Tia, So taking a 207 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,279 picture probably would have been a really smart thing to do, 208 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,440 especially since now I'm having a hard time remembering if 209 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,960 his head was like an actual full sized chicken or 210 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:58,759 if he just had a little chicken head sitting up 211 00:10:58,799 --> 00:11:02,200 there on his neck. Dion may not have been able 212 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,519 to convince either of his friends that day, but he 213 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:06,759 did convince them to give him one last chance the 214 00:11:06,919 --> 00:11:10,360 very next day. While walking back to the swamp, the 215 00:11:10,399 --> 00:11:12,919 girls kept teasing Dion for not having too many answers 216 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,240 to their questions. How interesting that he couldn't remember how 217 00:11:16,279 --> 00:11:18,399 tall the guy was or what he had been wearing. 218 00:11:18,799 --> 00:11:21,039 Dion couldn't even tell them if the swamp chicken had 219 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,639 man had chicken wings or people arms. When they arrived 220 00:11:24,639 --> 00:11:27,519 at the swamp, Dion became incredibly nervous that this might 221 00:11:27,519 --> 00:11:30,759 turn out to be another bust. After twenty minutes of 222 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,559 looking around, the girl seemed ready to go home. No Wait, 223 00:11:34,799 --> 00:11:37,000 we can't leave yet. He'll be here soon, I. 224 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 2: Just know it. 225 00:11:38,399 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 1: But even Dion was beginning to lose hope. Maybe the 226 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:47,120 calls we tried yesterday weren't the right ones. Oh did 227 00:11:47,159 --> 00:11:50,240 that one work? Did anyone see him? The girls had 228 00:11:50,279 --> 00:11:54,039 already left. Wait, maybe we were supposed to whistle for 229 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:59,320 him to come girls. Dion returned to the swamp three 230 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,159 more times than his camera held tightly in his hand 231 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,360 each time, but the swamp chicken head man was nowhere 232 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:10,600 to be seen. What's with this guy, Dion muttered. Just 233 00:12:10,639 --> 00:12:13,120 as he was about to give up, something rustled in 234 00:12:13,159 --> 00:12:16,879 the bushes. Dion slowly crouched down for a better look. 235 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:20,120 But it wasn't the swamp chicken head man. What he 236 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,600 saw was just a marsh rabbit. The rabbit spot a 237 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,639 Dion froze for a second and then looked ready to bolt. 238 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:31,399 Before I could, another bush rustled nearby. A second rabbit 239 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,919 hopped out, and then the first rabbit immediately relaxed. The 240 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,080 two sniff noses for a moment before happily hopping off together. 241 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:43,639 Dion watched them disappear. Huh, he murmured, I guess they 242 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:45,840 thought I was scary because I don't look like a rabbit, 243 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:51,919 and this gave Dion an idea. Instead of heading straight home, 244 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,519 he stopped at the supermarket top of the day. To you, 245 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:57,919 he said, to a lady who worked there, Do you 246 00:12:57,919 --> 00:13:02,360 guys sell chickens here? Told him they did, Any chickens 247 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,360 that would fit over the top of my head. Dion 248 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:09,720 was told to leave the store. Fortunately, a nearby costume 249 00:13:09,759 --> 00:13:13,080 store had a much better solution, a proper chicken head mask. 250 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:15,919 But the person who worked there had no idea what 251 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:17,919 he meant when he asked for a pair of swamp pants. 252 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:21,799 With his chicken mask pulled over his head and his 253 00:13:21,879 --> 00:13:24,679 body covered in mud, Dion made one last strip back 254 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:28,000 to the swamp. He was quiet there when he arrived, 255 00:13:28,519 --> 00:13:32,799 except for the bullfrogs and the birds and the bugs. Okay, 256 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:35,200 you know what, maybe it wasn't so quiet, but it 257 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,039 felt quiet to Dion because the one person or thing 258 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,879 he was looking for still didn't happen to be anywhere around. 259 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,039 Just some dude with a chicken on his head. Huh, 260 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,559 swamp chicken head man. Dion pulled out his camera and 261 00:13:47,639 --> 00:13:51,039 quickly snapped a photo. He wasn't about to make that mistake. Again. 262 00:13:51,639 --> 00:13:53,240 He then looked down at the screen to make sure 263 00:13:53,279 --> 00:13:56,480 the photo wasn't blurry. It looked okay, but it was 264 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,039 kind of far away. Maybe he could get a better 265 00:13:59,039 --> 00:14:01,480 one if he just moved a little closer. But when 266 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,960 he looked up from his camera, the swamp chicken Headman 267 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:07,519 was gone. Oh no, where did he go? I just 268 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:11,759 saw him. Dion started searching everywhere, but to no avail. 269 00:14:12,159 --> 00:14:13,559 Come on, where are you? 270 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,639 Speaker 2: Chit chu chu chu chuchu chicken chit chichichichitch chicken. 271 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: Come on. Dion was surprised when someone told him to 272 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:26,519 keep the noise down. You there, what are you doing? 273 00:14:26,799 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 2: Get down? 274 00:14:27,679 --> 00:14:29,679 Speaker 1: He's gonna catch you if you're just standing out in 275 00:14:29,679 --> 00:14:33,360 the open like that. Dion couldn't see where the voice 276 00:14:33,399 --> 00:14:36,440 was coming from, but he appreciated the warning. Was the 277 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,639 swamp chicken head Man trying to catch him? All this time, 278 00:14:39,759 --> 00:14:42,000 he'd been so caught up trying to prove the guy existed, 279 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,639 he'd forgotten all about stranger danger. Now that he thought 280 00:14:45,679 --> 00:14:47,879 about it, he didn't even know anything about the swamp 281 00:14:47,919 --> 00:14:50,840 chicken Headman. It was very possible this guy wasn't the 282 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,960 joke cracking pizza sharing dude. Dion had imagined him to be. 283 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,480 Where are you, Dion said to the helpful voice in 284 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,559 the swamp, Just be really quiet and make sure no 285 00:15:01,639 --> 00:15:05,879 one sees you. Dion waded into the murky water, but 286 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,720 he still didn't see anyone. Suddenly he noticed bubbles rising 287 00:15:09,759 --> 00:15:12,480 to the surface. Then a head popped up a moment later. 288 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,919 This was the moment Dion realized he'd made a big mistake. 289 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,039 He wasn't looking at the head of some kind helpful stranger. 290 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,799 He was looking at a chicken head. Only it wasn't 291 00:15:21,879 --> 00:15:24,639 just a chicken head. It was like an entired chicken 292 00:15:24,679 --> 00:15:31,519 resting on somebody's shoulders. Whoa swamp chicken Headman? When the 293 00:15:31,519 --> 00:15:34,440 swamp chicken head man spoke, Dion was surprised that guy 294 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,840 had the same voice as the one he'd heard moments earlier. 295 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:42,279 Whoa swamp chicken head kid? Said the swamp chicken head man. 296 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:47,039 Dian had almost forgotten about his own costume. Listen, swamp 297 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,840 chicken head kid. I wasn't trying to scarey you back there, 298 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,879 but there have been a lot of people coming around 299 00:15:51,919 --> 00:15:54,279 the swamp lately. I didn't want one of them to 300 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,679 catch you. Those chickenhead folk need to be careful. I 301 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:01,879 take stranger danger very seriously, especially when those strangers don't 302 00:16:01,879 --> 00:16:06,840 have chicken heads. Dion realized his costume was working. Swamp 303 00:16:06,919 --> 00:16:09,000 chicken head Man thought he was just like him and 304 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,960 had been warning him about people like Dion, Tia and Bailey. 305 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,639 The swamp chicken head Man kindly offered Dion a slice 306 00:16:15,679 --> 00:16:19,639 of swamp pizza. Swamp pizza looked absolutely disgusting, so of 307 00:16:19,679 --> 00:16:22,799 course Dion politely said no thanks, but he did appreciate 308 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:26,200 the offer none the less. The swamp chicken head Man 309 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:28,279 also cracked a lot of funny jokes about the people 310 00:16:28,279 --> 00:16:30,720 who didn't have chicken heads. He said the other kind 311 00:16:30,759 --> 00:16:34,120 of had reminded him of a bowling ball. Just try 312 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,320 to stay safe out there, kid, bowling ball had people 313 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,039 never come down here to be our friends. They just 314 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,279 come to point and laugh and take pictures of our 315 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:46,879 awesome heads, and they can be downright mean sometimes. It 316 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,080 pained Dion to hear this part, had he himself not 317 00:16:50,159 --> 00:16:52,240 been one of those people who had wanted to point 318 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:56,200 and stare, well, mister swamp chicken head Man, I'd best 319 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,080 be going now, said Dion. I wouldn't want to worry 320 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,039 Mama chicken head and top a chicken head if I'm 321 00:17:01,039 --> 00:17:04,599 gone too long. The swamp chicken head man said farewell 322 00:17:04,759 --> 00:17:06,519 and let him know he was welcome to come back 323 00:17:06,519 --> 00:17:10,519 and visit with his family anytime. This time, on his 324 00:17:10,559 --> 00:17:13,640 way home, Dion didn't stop to visit Tia or Bailey. 325 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:16,119 All this time he'd been trying to prove that he 326 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,640 wasn't making this whole thing up, that he wasn't full 327 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,599 of stuffed potatoes. But now all he wanted to do 328 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,400 was protect the swamp chicken head man. The poor guy 329 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,279 deserved a little privacy from all the bowling ball head people. 330 00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:31,559 There was just one problem. Dion was a terrible liar. 331 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,519 The next time he was hanging out with Tia and Bailey, 332 00:17:34,799 --> 00:17:37,400 all he had to do was ask, Dion, aren't you 333 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:39,119 gonna try and convince us to go back to the 334 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,279 swamp with you. Dion tried to act like he had 335 00:17:42,279 --> 00:17:46,920 no idea what Tia was talking about. Swamp? What swamp? 336 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,680 Ugh Dion stopping weird, don't you want us to come 337 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,000 see your made up little swamp chicken head man. Dion 338 00:17:54,039 --> 00:18:00,799 looked mystified swamp chicken head man, and he definitely wasn't 339 00:18:00,839 --> 00:18:02,759 a good liar. When the girls found the photo on 340 00:18:02,839 --> 00:18:06,400 his camera that he had forgotten to delete, Dude, you 341 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,160 got a picture of the guy. He really does have 342 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:14,960 a chicken head. Dion began stammering, uh uh uh, that's 343 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,440 that's actually my uncle, uh, the one who recently had 344 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:22,039 head surgery. The girls weren't even listening at this point. 345 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:26,640 They were already running toward the swamp. Wait, stop, cried Dion. 346 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:28,880 You can't go down there. He might think you're just 347 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,079 there to point and steer. Bailey gave Dean a thumbs 348 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,440 up without stopping. That's exactly what we'll be there to do. 349 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:38,720 Dean didn't yet know how he was going to fix this, 350 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,039 but he knew he needed to act fast. Hopping on 351 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:45,640 his bike, he began peddling with all his might. The 352 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,119 girl stopped at TIA's house to grab her camera, but 353 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:49,799 then they had to go back to Bailey's and get 354 00:18:49,799 --> 00:18:52,720 her camera too, because apparently Bailly didn't think Tia was 355 00:18:52,759 --> 00:18:56,319 a very good photographer. When the girls finally arrived with 356 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,319 the swamp, they had no problem finding the swamp chicken 357 00:18:59,319 --> 00:19:01,599 head man. He was just out there in the open. 358 00:19:02,559 --> 00:19:04,759 Getting both their cameras out at the same time the 359 00:19:04,799 --> 00:19:08,559 girls began snapping away. The swamp chicken head man held 360 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,680 up his hands like a bear might do, and started 361 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,559 making some uga booga sounds, But the girls weren't so 362 00:19:13,599 --> 00:19:16,960 easy to scare. Is he trying to scare us right now? 363 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:21,359 Asked Ta. I think he's trying to be cute, answered Bailey. 364 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:23,039 He is awfully small. 365 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,319 Speaker 2: Isn't he more of a swamp chicken head kid? 366 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: If you ask me, Tia was nodding yeah, and his 367 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,000 chicken head is not at all what I was expecting. 368 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,240 Looks more like a cheap chicken head you'd find at 369 00:19:34,279 --> 00:19:38,519 a costume store. Just then, the swamp chicken head Man 370 00:19:38,559 --> 00:19:42,359 started performing an educational rap song for the girls, though 371 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,920 how strange that his voice sounded an awful lot like 372 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:48,960 their friend Dion's. It's not okay to point and stare. 373 00:19:49,319 --> 00:19:52,839 You gotta show people that you care. Some heads around 374 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,440 like a bowling ball. Some grown men are not very tall, 375 00:19:56,599 --> 00:20:00,240 so let's speak kind to everyone. Say it altogether. They're 376 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:04,279 learning is fun. The girls didn't run away right then 377 00:20:04,319 --> 00:20:07,000 because they were scared. They ran because never in their 378 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:09,119 lives had they ever felt more bored than they had 379 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:13,319 while listening to that song. After that day, the swamp 380 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:17,119 chicken head Man was never mentioned ever again, well until 381 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,880 many years later when a new generation of kids discovered 382 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:24,640 some weird photos their parents had forgotten to delete. The end. 383 00:20:31,079 --> 00:20:34,279 That's the story, and here is your question of the week. 384 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,160 What is the most bored you have ever been? And 385 00:20:37,279 --> 00:20:40,680 was it worse than staring at a blank wall? Thanks 386 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:45,599 to Diontia and Bailey and showed it to Rakeeb from Washington, 387 00:20:46,279 --> 00:20:50,319 Will from Park City, Utah, Carter J from Dallas, Texas, 388 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,440 Mazie from York in the UK, Leo Freddie, Max and 389 00:20:54,519 --> 00:20:59,200 Jewels from Montana, Jack from England, Evelyn Dunnica and their 390 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,920 dog Moves from Cork, Ireland, Lav and Ella from Israel, 391 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,799 and Rowan and Nasher from Philly. I'll have more for 392 00:21:06,839 --> 00:21:10,119 you next time, but as for this episode, that's a rap, 393 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,240 So thanks for listening and I'll catch you on the 394 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:15,319 next one.