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Speaker 1: In today's episode, a story about a town where no

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one knows what it's like to win or loose. And

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that's fine, right. We all know that winning isn't everything,

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don't we, even if it feels amazing and like one

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of the best things ever. I mean, let's get into it. Hellol,

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story time is truly not a glory time rabistand and

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you'll be fine. Follow the whole storyline. Hellol, story time?

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Might you love at least one time? Now? Well, story

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Time Time, this is the story of having fun, because

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it's not about whether you win or lose. It's about

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the fun you have along the way. That's the only

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thing that matters, right, isn't that what they say? The

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parents of the kids in Mountain Burger were always saying

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that they knew it truly mattered. In fact, in the

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small town of Mountain Burger, there was no winning or losing.

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The parents had made sure of it. Competition was not allowed. No,

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that's not to say that the kids of Mountain Berger

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didn't play any sports or other such activities, but there

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certainly wasn't anyone keeping score, and no one was going

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around comparing who was better or worse. If there was

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a trophy to be held. Then everyone got to have

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a turn holding it. Even the kids would spend the

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entire game sleeping on the field. Years ago, the parents

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of Mountain Berger had noticed something. Winning made kids smile,

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which was great, but losing made kids cry and sometimes

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they even threw hissy fits. The parents saw it happening

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from a really young age. It was like the children

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turned everything into a competition. Hey, I can eat more

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waffles than you can eat. Uh, you want to bet?

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I can eat twice as many waffles as you. Even

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the babies were in competition with one another. My diaper's

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bigger than your diaper. No, my diaper is bigger, eh, eh, Mom,

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another baby has a bigger daper than me. And then

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the parent would have to try and soothe their child

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by saying things like, no, now they're there. It's not

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the size of your diaper that matters. It's whether or

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not you're both wearing one that doesn't leak. That's what matters.

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The parents of Mountain Berger did not like having to

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say now, now they're there while patting their children on

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the back. It felt uncomfortable for them, so one day

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they got together and decided to outlaw all forms of competition.

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This way, they would only see smiles on their children's faces, unless,

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of course, their childs scraped their knee, in which case

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they would still have to say now, now they're there.

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The parents worked hard to put a stop to their

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children's competitive ways. They basically trained it out of them.

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If they heard a child say, hey, what a race,

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they would suggest a better way of saying that. I

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think what you meant to say was, hey, friend, let's

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run alongside each other with no specific goal in mind.

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Wherever you both end up, it's all good, even if

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you both get there at different times. Gradually, these kids

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all stop thinking about competition. It even reached a point

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where they didn't even remember what it was like to compete.

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There you go, children, you're all winners, except we don't

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actually use that word around here. Pardon me. You were

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all fun havers. Bo and Bessie were two of the

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best fun havers in town, though you could never actually

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say they were the best at something that would sound

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like you were comparing different people's abilities in a way

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that might be construed as competition and therefore a big

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no no Bow and Bessie may not have known anything

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about winning or losing, But that didn't mean they were

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always bored. These two kids found lots of ways to

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have fun, and they were always smiling about it too.

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Everything was fun, everything was lovely, and everything was just

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perfect until they met a kid from the next town over.

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Taco Pond was a small town of a similar size

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to Mountain Burger. Much like how Mountain Berger got its

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name for being a town next to a mountain shaped

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like a Hamburger, Taco Pond was a town beside a

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pond shaped like a taco. Taco Pond was a popular

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vacation destination for the people of Mountain Berger. Bow and

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Bessie's family went vacationing there every year, But this year,

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while visiting Taco Pond, Bo and Bessie came across the

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strangest thing, a boy who, instead of smiling, was crying,

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and not because he had scraped his knee. Bo approached

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the boy to see what was the matter. Uh, kid,

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what happened must be your elbow, right, because your knee

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looks totally fine. And that's the only other reason I

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can think of why a kid would be crying. Fattery

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dropped his cupcake on the ground, suggested Bessie. The boy

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was sitting alone on a bench next to a soccer field.

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We lost. The boy eventually got out. We lost the

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big game. I just want to be left alone, okay.

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Bow and Bessie felt bad for continuing to stand there,

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but they had a feeling they might be able to help. Listen, kid,

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We're sorry about your soccer game, but I just can't

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see how a soccer game would make anyone cry. Are

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you sure you guys aren't just doing it wrong. Maybe

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you should come see how we play soccer. None of

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us have ever cried. The boy tried to wipe away

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his tears. You mean you guys have never lost, Bessie nodded.

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We don't lose because we can't lose. The boy liked

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the sound of that. You don't lose because you can't lose. Now,

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that's a cool quote. You guys have the right attitude here.

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One must believe that losing is not an option. Bo

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and Bessie did not realize that this boy was thinking

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about what they had said in an entirely different way. Well,

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we're just over in Mountain Burger if you ever want

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to come play with us. The boy thought about this

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for a moment, but seemed a little unsure. I don't know,

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it's really kind of you, but you guys are probably

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too good for us. By the sounds of it, you've

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never lost. Then again, we could probably learn a lot

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from playing a team like yours. I'll mention it to

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my coach. Bo and Bessie found this boy quite peculiar.

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What did he mean by coach? Was that Tacopon's name

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for the funny fun fun time leader. Well after their vacation,

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the kids nearly forgot all about that strange encounter. Then

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three weeks later, the Tacopon soccer team showed up in

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Mountain Berger wanting to play. The Mountain Burger kids were excited.

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They had never played with another team before, and the

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Tacopon kids were excited too, but also a little nervous

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to be playing against a team that had never lost.

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Just go easy on us, okay, guys, the other team

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requested the parents of the Mountain Burger kids had to

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pull their team aside for a little pep talk before

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the game. All right, kids, we need to talk does

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team you're about to play? Now? How do I say this?

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Let's just say they play the game of soccer a

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little differently than you guys do. You might hear and

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see things you aren't familiar with, and that's okay. It's

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nothing to worry about. Just get out there, have some

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fun like you always do, and keep those bright smiles shining.

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The parents all took their seats. Tacopon's parents were looking anxious.

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They suspected their kids were about to lose pretty badly

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to our really strong team. The Mountain Burker parents looked

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nervous too, and for the exact same reason, which in

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their case was actually valid. To cut the tension, some

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of the parents from the two towns tried engaging in

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small talk. So, uh, which kid is yours? Bo? And

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Bessie's father asked a taco upon parent. The parent pointed

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to one of the players on the field, See that

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one that just passed the ball, thoughts are, Jimmy, which

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one is yours? Well? Uh, see the kid climbing up

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the goal post shouting yippie kaye, that's our Bo. And

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the girl doing wheelies on her bike in the parking

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lot over there instead of going after the ball, that's

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our Bessie. The other dad wasn't sure how to respond

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to that fortunately his son had just scored a goal,

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giving him an excuse to stand up and cheer. Bo

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and Bessie's dad tried to share even louder. You're all

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doing great, kids, especially you Franklin. Franklin was a kid

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on the Mountain Burger team who, instead of chasing after

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the ball, appeared to be showing off some sort of

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traditional Scottish dance. But like at which point in the

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game had Franklin changed into a kilt. The Taco Pon

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goals kept coming, and they celebrated after each and every one,

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But as their goals crept into the thirties, those celebrations

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started losing some enthusiasm. Now they were mostly just checking

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the time and being amazed by how much time was

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still left on the clock. There was just no stopping

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this team. Literally. Mountain Berger's goalie had spent most of

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the game on the opposite end of the field trying

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to chat with the other goalie. He did block one shot,

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but it was a shot from his own team. At

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the end of the game, Tacopon came together for one

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final celebration. It's not every day, after all, that your

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team scores one hundred goals. In soccer. They had never

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even done that before in basketball. As the Taco Pon

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parents stood up to leave, a few had to be

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slapped around a little after having fallen asleep back when

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the score was sixty to nothing. Some Tacopon parents were

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trying to hide their laughter, while others were struggling with

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what to say to them. Mountain Berger parents, Well that

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was uh hard to watch, wasn't it, mountain Berger. That

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must have been so embarrassing for you guys, Like so embarrassing.

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It was almost like your kids had never played soccer before. Seriously,

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was this their first time? What was up with that

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one kid chasing butterflies and that other kid who kept

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taking off his shoes and juggling them. Well, you see, uh,

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winning just isn't that important to us here in mountain Berger.

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Good thing, responded the other parent, Because the only thing

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your kids could possibly win is that who wants to

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never win something? Competition? The Tacopon parents were making their

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way to the parking lot, but Bow and Bessie's dad

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just stood there, seething from in front of his seat.

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Well they could win if they wanted, he finally managed

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to say. But by now the taco pon families had

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already left Bow and Bessie's dad looked at the the

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other Mountain Burger parents, who looked back at him without

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exchanging any words. The parents all knew what needed to happen.

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All right, kids, gather around, we need to talk. Getting

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the kids together took a little longer than it should have.

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Sam climbed down from that tree. Jin put away that

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gigantic sandwich. Where did you even get a sandwich? That big?

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And Madeline put away that toy. We're trying to have

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a team meeting. It's a Rubik's Cube, sir? Did you

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see that I solved it during the game. Yes, I did,

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very impressive. It has never made sense to me how

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anyone knows how to do that, but good for you anyway. Kids,

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really good game today. I could tell you we're all

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having a lot of fun out there, and please don't cry.

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Bo had a question, Dad, can we play that team

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again sometime? But maybe after we have a shower first.

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They kept telling us we stink. Yeah. I really liked

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playing with them, agreed Bessie. They seemed really happy after

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every time they kicked the ball into the net, though,

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who knows why they cared so much about that, and

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what was up with all the counting they were doing

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a few of the other parents gave Bow and Bessie's

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dad the go ahead nod. Well, uh, that's kind of

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what we wanted to talk to you kids about. How

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would you guys feel about also kicking the ball into

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the other team's net? That could be fun, right, None

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of the kids seemed to have any strong feelings one

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way or the other. I guess we could try that,

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said Bo. Can we also do wheelies on our bikes

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and eat jumbo sandwich is while we play, asked Bessie

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together in unison. All of the parents answered with a

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resounding no. So things were set in motion, and one

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week later the Tacopon team returned for a rematch. The

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Tacopon parents were snickering as they took their seats, So

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are we here to watch some soccer today or some

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competitive butterfly catching? The Mountain Burger parents had to bite

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their tongues. Instead, they called out words of encouragement to

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the kids on their team. You've got this, kid's just

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remember ball into the net and as many times as

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you can, and of course have fun. Yeah, normally these

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parents sat quietly during games, but today they were a

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little more vocal. Okay, I see what you did there,

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but remember you don't have to help them by putting

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the ball into your own net. Though that was very

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kind of you, Avery Rajan. I hope that's not a

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jumbo sandwich. I see you holding out there. Did you

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didn't give you that? And can someone please take that

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kid's butterfly net away? I thought we had dealt with

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that already. More snickering from the Taco Pond parents when

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it was halftime. The score wasn't nearly as bad as

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it had been the previous time, but matten Berger had

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only scored one goal and Taco Pond already had fifteen. Hey,

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dad called bo running off the field. Have you seen

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how great we're doing out there? Bessie and I just

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scored two goals each. Yeah, so I saw that, but

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only one of those goals went in the correct net.

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Their dad was waiting for the rest of the team

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to be seated on the bench. Okay, kids, so overall

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things are looking better. I thought there was anything wrong

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with how you played last week, but what if you know,

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maybe you scored a lot more goals than just one

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and maybe, I don't know, what if we ran a

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little faster out there, and perhaps we could try stopping

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the other team from scoring so much. Almost none of

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the kids were listening. They were busy admiring a butterfly

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one of their teammates had caught. Come on, now, kids,

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stay with me. You've got to want this. You have

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to go out there and show them you mean business.

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These kids, who knew very little about competing, had no

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idea what it meant to mean business. What if I

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were to tell you that if you don't score enough goals,

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your shoes will catch on fire. That got everyone's attention.

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The kids all jumped off the bench screaming. The other

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parents shot Bo and Bessie's dad A look, dad, is

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that really gonna happen? Asked I see her eyes wide now. Sorry,

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I don't know why I said that nothing is gonna

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happen to your shoes. Okay, kids, I was only trying

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to light a little fire under your butts to get

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you taken this a little more seriously. Saying that did

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not help do anything to call these kids down. Now

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there's a fire under our butts, asked Bo. Their dad

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was wishing he knew some better expressions. Nope again, no fire,

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My bad, Just trying to get you kids fired up,

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I mean motivated. Please do not call the fire department

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today has already been embarrassing enough. The second half of

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the game was not a whole lot different than the first,

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other than the Mountain Burger kids occasionally slowing down to

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make sure their butts weren't on fire. Well, mountain Berger

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began one of the other team's parents, I don't know

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how your kids play so badly. Our kids couldn't play

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that badly if they tried. At least that's something you

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could be proud of. Oh it's like that, huh, said

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Bo and Bessie's dad. Well, how about same time next week,

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the other parents agreed with laugh. The next day the

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drills began. The parents of matten Berger woke their kids

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up early, so early, in fact, the sun hadn't even

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come up yet. These parents had their kids practicing soccer

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in the dark. Hustle up, everyone, keep it moving, keep

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it moving. They did drills where they practiced passing the ball,

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drills where they practiced shooting the ball, and a lot

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of strange drills where they were told to do things

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with their eyes closed. School was their only refuge that

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day because when school ended, their parents were all standing

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around waiting for them so they could do it all

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over again. Jin, please don't tell me you snuck a

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jumbo sandwich pass security. Where are you getting these sandwiches? Anyways? Yes,

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there were even a few parents working a security detail

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to make sure toys and butterfly nets did not make

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it under the field. Apparently Jin just had his ways.

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By the following week, this team was not the same

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team they were before. They had ball control, they knew

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strategic place, and most importantly, they were hungry for victory.

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What are we here for to win? And why do

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we want it? Because our parents told us we have to?

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All right, now, get out there and make us proud.

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Oh yeah, and of course have some fun too. Bo

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and Bessie normally smiled while playing soccer, even when they

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had lost one hundred to zero. But to day, for

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the first time, neither they nor anyone else on their

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team was smiling. Maybe it was because none of them

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had had a full night's sleep in over a week,

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or maybe it was all a shouting coming from the

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parents who were watching. No, not like that. What were

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you thinking pass it? Pass it? Not to that kid?

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The other kid? Watch out, he's behind you. He's behind you.

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Do you see that he's behind you? Up now he's

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in front of you and he's got the ball. Well okay,

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but it wasn't just the Mattenberger parents. The Tacoupond parents

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were laying into their players too. Are you kidding me?

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The game is still tied. How are you're not in

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the lead by now? This is the easiest team to beat,

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and they're making you look bad. Even the referee was

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taking heat from some of these overbearing parents. Come on,

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reff what kind of call was that? Did you forget

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to wear your glasses today? By halftime, suffice to say,

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none of these kids were having fun. The boy Bo

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and Bessie had met weeks earlier while visiting Taco Pond

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came over to tell them how good they were doing. Wow,

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you kids have really improved. It's like you actually know

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what you're doing out there now. A few other players

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apologize for telling them they stunk before. Well, something still stinks,

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said Bo, gesturing toward the crowd of parents. Yeah. I

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even feel bad for the referee, said Bessie. Those parents

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are being so rude. The referee overheard the kids talking, Ah,

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don't worry about me, kids, I'm used to it from parents.

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I just wish they could feel what it's like. This

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gave the kids an idea. Ref, are we to make

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some player substitutions before we start the second half of

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the game. Ten minutes later, the ref called the names

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of the players who would be starting the second half. Uh, ref,

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how come you're calling out the parents' names. The ref

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blew his whistle to let everyone know the game was

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about to continue. Bo helped out by shouting hustle, hassle, hussle,

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move at parents, let's go now. The parents looked befuddled

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as they wandered onto the field. Losing is not an option,

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Bessie called out, but don't forget to have fun. The

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game resumed, but at a much slower pace. There was

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a lot of grunting and groaning and huffing and puffing.

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Come on, guys, you call out a pass. One of

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the kids called out. Jin tried to holler something as

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well from where he was sitting, but his mouth was

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full of sandwich. Even butterfly net Kid had something to say,

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I've seen butterflies play better soccer than this, But the

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kids had nothing but praise for the referee. You're doing

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a great job out there. Ref only one on the

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field who doesn't look like they're about to drop to

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their knees. The referee blew his whistle with ten minutes

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left in the game and told all of the parents

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to get off of the field so the kids could

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come back on. The kids finished the game without having

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to hear one peep out of the parents, and it

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wasn't just because they were completely out of breath. These

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parents were ashamed of how they had behaved. They had

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gone too far the other way and had lost sight

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of what truly mattered. As the kids were now free

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to play how they wanted to play, their smiles came back,

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and even though only one team could win, the entire

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world did not come to a screeching halt. Feelings were

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felt and everyone eventually moved on. After the game, Bo

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turned to his sister, you know, I kind of like

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this version of soccer too. It feels good trying to

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win something, even if there's a chance you might lose.

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I sure didn't care for those early morning soccer practices though,

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but it's cool to see how much better we got.

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Bessie was chuckling to herself, Well, brother, I don't know

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if he really got that much better in just one week.

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I think the only reason we won today's game is

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because some of their players were trying our version of

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the game. Boa looked out onto the field. A player

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from the other team was still running full speed, but

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with a butterfly net. Another kid was climbing the goalpost,

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and Jin was talking to some girl who was scarfing

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down one of his sandwiches. This jumbo sandwich is fantastic.

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Is this pastrami? And what kind of sauce do you

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put on this thing? The end? That's the story, And

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here is your question of the week. What is something

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that brings out your competitive spirit? Thanks to Bow and

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Bessie and showed out too, Louis from Philadelphia, Lera from

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Hood River, Oregon, Well from the USA, keen I from Boulder, Colorado, Jasper,

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Judah Jackson and Riyla from Southern Illinois, Boe from Scoresby, Australia,

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Atlas and Para from Seattle, Washington, Lucy from Dublin, Ireland,

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and Kai from Chateaugay, Quebec. Thanks so much for listening,

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and I'll catch you on the next one.