Speaker 1: Hello, friends from across the nation and around the world.
My Martin and you are listening to Dad's Bedtime Stories,
the podcast that takes the listener ideas and turns them
into bedtime stories. Tonight, we're headed back into my Spaceship universe,
and if you've never listened before, it's honestly totally fine,
because all you really need to know is that you're
a kid who has a magic spaceship and it takes
you to different planets and stuff, and it can kind
of do pretty much anything I imagine or you imagine
it can do. So let's check out the idea for
today and get going.
Speaker 2: Hello, my name is Silas, and I would like to
suggest a rodeo planet where you aren't actually competing in
a rodeo and all that. You're just trying all the
events and seeing how they are. And there's different jobs
for the event where you can just make the show
for showing all the people at your event. And you
found a guy who can teach all sorts of events.
He teaches you all the events, and then you want
to customize your own event, so you create an event
that's kind of like bull riding, and then you have
to ride the bull, except when you get off the ball,
you have to try to wrestle the bull, and then
you have to get onto your horse, and then you
has to last of the bull. Thank you, I love
your podcast.
Speaker 1: Bye well, Silas great idea. I gotta be honest, I
thought it was a bit familiar, so I checked to
see if I've ever done a rodeo planet before, and
the answer is sort of. I did a Cowboy planet
where there was a rodeo that happened on it. And
I don't know if you guys have listened to that
or not, but if you like rodeos, it's another one
to listen to. I guess we'll make this one different
and make it a full out rodeo planet, like a
rodeo only planet or something like that. And I think
the biggest challenge in this story is going to be
that event at the end where you have to wrestle
a bull, because I don't think that's a thing. I
don't think that's a thing anyways that people really do.
Do people wrestle bulls? Can somebody let me know in
the comment somewhere if people actually wrestle bulls. I know
people like stand in front of them, and you know,
try not to get hit by them and stuff, and
you know, wave little pieces of cloth and that sort
of thing. But I've never seen somebody wrestle a bull.
So this is gonna be a fun one to make,
and I'm gonna have to come up with reasons why
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it's time to close your eyes, get as comfy as
you can wherever you are, and imagine yourself doing what
the kid in the story does. You wake up on
spaceship as you usually do. Good morning, sunshine, spaceship says,
good Bordic spaceship. Where are we headed today? That is
an excellent question. I have recently discovered a planet where
the inhabitants enjoy rodeo. You mean, like the cowboy planet
that we've been to before, you ask somewhat. However, this
planet does not focus on being a cow person. Instead,
it focuses almost entirely on Well, I guess that does
sound pretty cool, and well it would give me out
of the spaceship. Set a course, you say, moving up
towards the control panel. I thought you would say that,
spaceship replies as such, I have taken the liberty to
already set a course for the planet. We will be arriving. Now,
the ship stops and you find yourself floating over top
of a beautiful, blue, green, and somewhat dusty looking planet below.
You sit down in the control seat and take a
hold of the controls, pressing forward on the throttle and
aiming straight into the planet. You watch as flames appear
around the ship as you pass through the atmosphere. Then,
as the ship cools off, you dip below the clouds
and sort of even the thing out over top of
the landscape. Looking out the window below, all you see
are fields and fields of crops and free roaming animals,
and a whole bunch of large stadiums that are sort
of well everywhere. Oh what are those huge buildings, you ask?
I believe those are rodeo arenas. Each town seems to
have their own. As I said, rodeo is very popular here. Well,
which one should we head to? That is an excellent question.
When in doubt, I suggest heading to the largest arena
we can find. I believe the largest one is located here.
A map appears on the screen with a little glowing
dot and another dot indicating where you are in relation
to it. You steer the ship slightly to the right
to make sure you're headed towards the dot on the map,
and soon you see the gigantic rodeo stadium in front
of you. It has a big sign above it that
says Rodeo. You're surprised that the sign is written in English,
but you just shrug that off as you land as
close as you possibly can. Very good, Spaceship, says now,
I suggest wearing an appropriate disguise. I have replicated one
for you. A hand well, a large mechanical hand shoots
out of the wall carrying what looks like a Hella
cowboy outfit check an old time he suret a cowboy
hat and those little things that go on the back
of your boots spurs. You quickly take the clothing, put
it on as fast as you can, and look at
yourself in a mirror at the side of the ship.
You look like a real rodeo rider. Very good. Now,
why don't you bring Changer out for a little bit
of fun. Perhaps he would enjoy becoming your horse or bull. Changer,
excited to hear his name, jumps up off of the couch,
walks over to you, and starts to stretch outward. His
body ripples and reforms itself, growing larger and larger into
a large and very fast looking horse, black with white
hair for some reason, and already equipped with a saddle. Somehow.
You've never been sure how Changer makes things like saddles,
but well, if only he could talk. You quickly put
one foot inside the stirrup and lift your body over
top of the horse. You grab a hold of the
reins and give Changer a gentle little nudge. The back
hatch of the spaceship opens up, and you and Changer
trod down and onto the rodeo planet. Just outside the
Gigantic stadium, you see other people riding at top horses
and well even bulls for some reason, and you decide
to follow them. You slowly walk after them as they
enter inside the stadium and move over or awards what
look like registration tables. When you finally get to the
front of the line, the person holding a clipboard and
sitting at the table looks at you. All right, then,
are you here for the Rodeo Experience program? He asks, Uh? Yes,
You answer very good. Well, just to be sure, this
here is a waiver signing. This here waiver here by
declares that you will in no way, hold this rodeo
company responsible for any and all accidents, including and up
to accidents caused by pure negligence on our part. You
also hereby understand that rodeo is dangerous business and can
result in many injuries, up to and including you becoming unlived.
You think for a minute, and then you decide to
sign the After all, you don't even live on this planet,
so it's unlikely that any illegal action would be possible anyways.
All right, then we will hereby present you with your
very own rodeo assistant, who will run you through some
of the different rodeo tasks and events, getting you ready
for the final performance, where you will be able to
construct your very own rodeo event or mix of rodeo
events to attempt to will essentially entertain the audience. The
most entertaining participant will win the trophy. Oh okay, here,
this here is Silas. He will be your rodeo coordinator. Well,
it's nice to meet you. Another guy wearing a cowboy
uniform says he reaches out to shake your hand. You
lean down off of changer your horse and shake his
All right, Well, the first thing we're going to learn
to do is obviously to ride a bucking bronco. Follow me,
You follow Silas over to wards a large arena surrounded
by a fence and lined with dirt. Inside the arena,
you watch as a person attempts to hold on to
a horse that's kind of going crazy, jumping up and down,
kicking its legs backward and doing its best to throw
the rider off. And well it's fully successful. You watch
as one of the other contestants flies up through the
air and lands flat on his back on the ground. Oh,
he says, luckily for you. You've done some rodeo before,
only your memory of it is starting to get a
little bit fuzzy. Spaceship, you say, yes, Spaceship answers through
your watch. Remember how you sometimes download memories into my
head about things like rodeo and stuff. Yes, would you
like me to give you a little refresher on rodeo
techniques and strategies, Spaceship asks, yes, please, initializing Now, a
strange electrical feeling passes through your wrist and directly into
your mind. In an instant, memories start to flood through
your brain. Memories of riding bucking broncos, how to sit,
how to counteract, the movement, and generally how to stay on,
memories of riding bulls, memories of roping different animals with
a last u of sorts, memories of barrel racing, and
all sorts of other race related events. Until the memories stop.
You open your eyes and look at Silas. Ugh, are
you okay there, young one? Silas asks, uh, yeah, I
was just trying to remember how to ride one of
these things. I think I've done it before. Oh so
you're experienced, are you? Well? Then why don't we put
you on one of the craziest horses we have. We
named it Crazy Horse. Oh okay. You climb off of
changer and give them a little pad on the back.
Then you walk over to the horse that Silas called
crazy horse. All right, now, he's safe in this here cage.
What you're gonna do is jump up on top, grab
onto this here rope. Then we'll open the gate and
you have to stay on. Normally you would train you
on one of them mechanical deals. But since you say
you've done this before, man, he's on the waiver that
doesn't know does responsible if something goes wrong here? We're
going to start you off with this thing, all right,
you say, reluctantly. Climbing up over top of the fence.
You swing your leg around the horse, grip the rope
as tightly as you can, and hold on to your
hat with your other hand, almost actively ball right there.
Three to one go. Silas pulls the gate open and
you blast forward atop your horse. And well, they weren't
lying when they said this horse was crazy. It begins
jumping up in the air, spinning around on its front legs,
kicking its back legs up as violently as it can.
But somehow your body knows exactly how to react. You
move with the movement of the horse, and you stay
on as it spins around, jumps around, kicks up, and
eventually just sort of gets tired. Well, then that is
pretty amazing. I don't think even some of the best
riders have stayed on crazy horse. Silas says, now you're
gonna want to jump boff and run over to the
side as quickly as you can. He's looking pretty tired,
but well he might want his revenge or something. You
look down at the horse and then quickly swing your
leg over the side, land on the dirt and run
for the edge. You quickly leap over the fence and
look back at the horse, who's still just standing there.
All right, Well, since you can, you know, take on
the crazy horse, I say we move on to a bull.
You walk over to an area off to the right.
It leads into the same general arena, but this one
is full of a whole bunch of different, very mean
looking bulls. The idea hears the same. And since you
were okay on that there, Bronco, I don't think you'll
have any trouble here. Just swing your leg over the
side and hold on for dear laugh. You're feeling a
lot more confident now after surviving crazy Horse, so you
immediately climb up over the fence, jump on top of
the bull, and slide your hand under the rope. You
grab your hat with your other hand and nod that
you're ready again. Silas pulls the gate open, and the
bull rushes forward as if it's angry. For some reason
nobody can explain. It starts running around the arena in circles,
spinning around on its front legs, and just generally jumping
up and down, doing its very best to whip you
off of the top. You react, as you did with
the other one, moving with the bull, holding on as
tight as you can, and pretty soon a buzzer rings.
Good job you made it, Silas says, Uh, the bull
doesn't seem to be getting tired, you yelled back, Oh, no,
bulls can do this forever. You're gonna want to jump
off nice and calmly and run over to the side,
he explains. You try to time your jump the best
you can. The next time the bull bucks up, you
let go of the rope and fly over to the side.
You land on the ground, run for the side of
the arena, and hop back over top of it. All right, well,
I guess we can move on to some of the
other events. We haven't gotten to this part too often lately.
Well what do you mean you haven't gotten to this
part too often lately? You ask? Oh, well, we kind
of start with the broncos in the bulls because most
people end up getting injured and then we don't have
to do anything else. To be honest with you, but
you somehow survived, so well here we go. Next up,
I guess is barrel racing. You can bring your own
horse for this one if you want to. You move
over and grab a hold of changers reins you pull
it over to the next arena, where there's a whole
bunch of barrels set up in a little formation. All right, Well,
generally your idea here is to race around the barrels,
turn as tightly as you can, and kind of move
from one to the other. Here, I'll show you how
it's done. Silas climbs on top of another horse. Then
he gives the horse a little kick, and it races
towards one of the barrels. He turns it tightly in
a sort of figure eight pattern, and rushes back towards
another barrel, where he again turns it incredibly tightly and
continues this pattern back and forth through the arena. Then
he rides back over to you. Well, see that's sort
of how it's done. Well, let's see if you can
beat my time. Changer looks over to you and sort
of winks as if beating this guy's time is going
to be no problem at all. You put your foot
in the stirrup, climb back on top of your trusty horse,
and wait until Silas gives you the go ahead. Three two,
one go, he says. You kick Changer and begin rushing
towards the barrel's changer does most of the work this time.
You just try to hang on for dear life as
he races around the barrel straight towards the other one
at a speed that would impress a cheetah. You finish
the barrel race and walk back up to Silas, who
clicks the stop watch and stares at you in amazement.
That was that was amazing, he says, I've never seen
a horse move that fast. Cool. You say, huh, what's next?
Speaker 2: Ugh?
Speaker 1: Right, well, I guess next we should probably learn to
use a lass. So he hands you a rope tight
in a perfect glass suit. All right, so to use
one of these, what you're gonna need to do is well,
he continues to talk. You swing the rope around over
your head and throw it out towards a poll with
the lands directly on it, and you pull it tight. Oh,
I see you've already done this before, too. Well, then, huh,
let's try it from atop the horse. We got some
sheep we're gonna let loose. What you have to do
is rope the sheep, get off the horse, and tie
the sheep up on the ground. All right, let's give
it a try. You ride into the arena besides, Silas
with your last sue in hand, a buzzer rings, a
door opens, and several little sheep run in, spinning around
you very quickly. You set your sights on one of them,
lift the rope up, begin to twirl it around, and
at what feels like just the right moment, you throw
the rope and release. The little hoop slides over towards
the sheep, lands around its neck, and you pull it tight.
The sheep falls to the ground. As you dismount the horse,
run over beside it and tie up its feet, as
you learn to do inside your memories, Silas does the
same to another sheep, and then moves back over towards you. Well,
it looks like you're pretty good at this. Thanks. Uh,
what's next? You ask? Well, I guess the last event
is bull wrestling? Bull wrestling? You answer? Is that actually
a thing? Well, of course it's a thing. Who wouldn't
want to see a grown person wrestle a bull to
the ground? Is it dangerous? You ask for the bull
or for the human wrestling it? Silas asks for the human.
Oh yeah, very dangerous. For the human, bulls got nothing
to worry about, But you could very well become unaliveed.
And you guys, let random people who come in here
to learn about Rodeo just sort of wrestle bulls to
the ground. We sure do that, Waiver theres iron clad
and well. To be fair, we make our money from
the people watching, not the people learning. He points up
to the stands where you see a whole bunch of
people eating popcorn and watching what's going on here? You
move over to the side. Spaceship, you say to your watch, Yes,
spaceship answers, do you have any memories of people uh
fighting bulls? No, Spaceship answers, I do not recommend fighting
a bull. Bulls are very dangerous creatures. It is better
to run away or evade the bull entirely. Yeah, I
get that, But this guy wants me to wrestle one.
How am I supposed to do that? You ask, excellent question.
Perhaps we could enhance your physical attributes? You can what
we can enhance your physical attributes, giving you a higher
level of strength, endurance, and speed. You can do that,
you say, of course, we can use the transmorphizer, the
same device built into your watch that allows you to
transform into different creatures. I will have it modify your
human DNA to make your muscles denser and far more
power powerful. I will also enhance your brain to move
faster and increase your reaction time. Oh okay, initializing a
strange tingling sensation passes through your body, only unlike normal,
Your shape doesn't change. Your muscles just sort of feel
like they suddenly tighten in place. Your eyes start to
move faster, and your mind starts to work well more
efficiently than ever. How does that feel, spaceship asks, I
feel a powerful You say excellent. Now be careful not
to become unalived. Ugh, who are you talking to over there?
Silas says, it's your turn the ring. The goal here
is to wrestle the bull to the ground. If you
can throw them down on his sad, you win. You
enter through a gate in the ring. Silas closes it
behind you, and another door opens on the other end.
A large and very angry looking bull stares at you.
It pushes its front hoof against the ground, then it
runs directly at you. Something in your mind clicks into place,
and your reaction time suddenly speeds up, making the world
seem as if it's slowing down around you. You watch
every step the bull makes and well pretty much slow motion.
As it approaches you instinctively and quickly step to the side.
You reach up and grab its one horn with your
left hand and its other horn with your right. You
pull one arm in and push the other one straight
up in the air, forcing the bull to turn its
neck to the side and causing it to flop over
onto its side. Oh, you actually did it, Silas says,
Now you're probably gonna want to get out of there.
You look around and then begin to run. Before the
bull can make its way to its feet again, you
hop over the side and watch as it climbs to
its feet and starts to run around rather angrily. Well,
I guess you pass the class as we promised. You
now have the chance to make up your own event,
maybe combine and some of the skills you've learned into
something that will be rather entertaining for the guests. Huh,
I wonder what that would be. Well, I don't know,
you could like ride the bull and then hop off
and wrestle it to the ground and then I don't know,
like jump on a horse and last suet or something
like that. Huh, Okay, you say, I was just joking,
Silas says, but all right, I guess we can do that.
Silas moves over and starts to confer with others, setting
up the entire arrangement. Then they move you over towards
a bull. All right, well, I guess you'll start on
this here bull and ride it till you get thrown
off or jump off or whatever. Then you'll have to
wrestle it to the ground, after which time you can
run over to your horse, re enter the arena and
try to take it down with a lastsu kid, You've
done pretty well today, and I just want to say that,
as much as I am not liable, if you do
end up, you know, not making it here, I hope
you don't, or I hope you do make it, is
what I'm saying. Thanks, you say as you climb onto
the bull and slide your hand underneath the rope. But
with your increased strength and all the memories about rodeo,
it really shouldn't be an issue. A buzzer rings and
the door opens up. The bull speeds out with you
a top. It runs around in circles, it jumps up
and down and does its to throw you off. Unfortunately
for it, you're not going anywhere the buzzer rings to
indicate that you've made it through the time limit. So
you hop up on your feet on top of the
bull's back as it continues to buck around, and on
the next buck you launch yourself up into the air.
You perform a perfect front flip with a little twist
at the end, and land on the ground, staring the
bull down. The bull, upset about you riding it or whatever,
begins to run straight towards you again. Your new sense
of perception kicks in its movements slow. You step to
the side, grab its horns, twist them, and well guide
it over onto its side. With the bull down, you
run to the side of the arena. You jump over
the fence and climb on your trusted horse, Changer. The
doors open once again, allowing you and Changer to run
forward and circle around the bull. The bull gets up
off of the ground, looking rather well annoyed about all
of this. You grab the rope attached to his saddle,
begin spinning it around in a circle and wait for
the bull to charge towards You change your steps to
the side. As you release the rope, it hooks around
the bull and you pull it tight. You jump off
of the horse and move closer and closer to the bull,
who has now been roped by your last sue. Though
nothing about that really makes the situation safe. It's jumping
up and down and doing its best to get free.
It charges towards you, and again you step to the
side and redirect its horns, causing it to fall down
on the ground. You roll over top of the bull
and quickly wrap the last so around both of its
legs before standing up and looking at the crowd. The
crowd cheers, stands up and begins to clap and shout. Well,
I can't believe you actually did that. That was one
of the most ridiculous things I've ever suggested. Oh good job, kid,
Silas says, slapping you on the back. Thanks, you respond,
Silas hands you a giant trophy. As you climb back
a top changer. You hold the trophy in the air
and the crowd cheers once again. Then you give changer
a little nudge in the side and you try out
of the arena, back outside and straight into the spaceship. Well,
how was it, spaceship asks as you climb off of
the horse, and the horse transforms back into a tiny
little earth puppy that quickly jumps up onto the couch.
It was kind of weird, you say. Interesting. I suggest
we now undo the physical changes I have made, Otherwise
they could cause complications. Ah fine, you say. Another strange
tingling sensation passes through your body, and your muscles sort
of release. When the tingling stops, you feel weaker than before,
and well rather tired. I think I'm gonna go to bed,
you say. When you head out towards the door to
your bedroom, it opens automatically and you climb into your bed.
You pull the covers up to your chin, and the
lights dim automatically. You listen to the hum of the
ship as it lifts up off the planet and blasts
out into space once again. With each breath, your muscles
relax more and more and more. You release the tension
in your arms, your legs, your shoulders, your neck, and
slowly you drift off to thoughts of new dreams, new adventures,
and new rodeos to come. Good night, everyone in New York, more.
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