Speaker 1: Samantha and the ice Cream Avalanche. Once upon a time,
Speaker 1: in a small sunny town that always smelled like waffles
Speaker 1: and cinnamon, there was a little girl named Samantha. Samantha
Speaker 1: had curly hair that bounced when she ran, and a
Speaker 1: laugh that sounded like bells on a bicycle. Now, Samantha
Speaker 1: loved many things, puppies, puddles, and popcorn, But there was
Speaker 1: one thing she loved more than anything else in the
Speaker 1: whole wide world. Ice cream. And not just any ice cream.
Speaker 1: Her favorite ice cream came from a little shop on
Speaker 1: Main Street with a swirly pink sign that said Gino's Creamos.
Speaker 1: Gino's Creamos was run by a jolly at Hellian man
Speaker 1: named Gino. Gino had the biggest mustache you'd ever seen
Speaker 1: and wore a hat shaped like a waffle cone. He
Speaker 1: made every scoop by hand, and he knew exactly what
Speaker 1: kind of ice cream you needed just by looking at
Speaker 1: your face. One summer afternoon, Samantha walked into the shop
Speaker 1: and saw a big sign hanging above the counter. It
Speaker 1: read help wanted must love ice cream and cleaning spoons.
Speaker 1: Samantha's eyes sparkled like rainbow sprinkles she ran right up
Speaker 1: to Gino. Mister Gino, she shouted, I love ice cream
Speaker 1: and I'm great at cleaning spoons. Gino laughed his jolly laugh.
Speaker 1: Then you start tomorrow, Samantha. You are now officially Junior
Speaker 1: ice Cream Assistant extraordinaire. And just like that, Samantha had
Speaker 1: her dream job. She handed out samples, wiped tables, and
Speaker 1: learned how to scoop without dropping the ice cream on
Speaker 1: her shoes. Mostly, but one day, Gino had a wild idea, Samantha,
Speaker 1: He said, twirling his mustache. We are going to have
Speaker 1: a contest. Anyone who can eat fifty scoops of ice
Speaker 1: cream gets a prize fifty dollars. Samantha gasped, fifty scoops.
Speaker 1: That's so much ice cream exactly, said Gino. Nobody will
Speaker 1: do it, it's impossible. Just for fun. But the next
Speaker 1: morning the door jingled open, and in marched a boy
Speaker 1: with a big belly, a big spoon, and a greedy grin.
Speaker 1: His name was Dennis. Dennis plumped down at the counter
Speaker 1: and slammed his hand down.
Speaker 2: I heard there's a fries for eating fifty ice creams.
Speaker 1: Bring them on. Gino raised an eyebrow, are you was sure,
Speaker 1: Pikolo Regazzo, I was born ready, said Dennis, patting his belly.
Speaker 1: And so it began. Vanilla chocolate, strawberry, bubblegum, mint caramel, mango, pineapple,
Speaker 1: blueberry cookie dough scoop after scoop, Dennis chomped and slurped
Speaker 1: and licked and burnt. By the end of the fifty scoops,
Speaker 1: Dennis looked like a melted snowman. But he stood up,
Speaker 1: held out his hand and said, fifty dollars please. Gino
Speaker 1: sighed and handed it over. But the next day Dennis
Speaker 1: came back another fifty. He said, let's go. And the
Speaker 1: next day, and the next and the next. Gino was
Speaker 1: losing ice cream and money faster than a banana split
Speaker 1: on a roller coaster. Ah, you can't take this anymore,
Speaker 1: cried Gino one morning, his mustache drooping like overcooked spaghetti.
Speaker 1: At this rate, I'll be selling melted puddles by the
Speaker 1: end of the month. Samantha tried to cheer him off.
Speaker 1: Don't worry, mister Gino. We'll think of something. Maybe we
Speaker 1: can tell Dennis the freezer is broken. Just then, the
Speaker 1: bell jingled again, but this time it wasn't Dennis. It
Speaker 1: was a man in a purple coat with a glittery
Speaker 1: top hat and a beard that twinkled like sugar. He
Speaker 1: floated inside, yes, floated like a ballue, greeting sweet people,
Speaker 1: he said, with a voice like hot fudge on a
Speaker 1: cold day. I am the Great Marzapano, magician, extraordinary and
Speaker 1: desert enthusiast. Uh. Welcome to Gino's Creamos, said Samantha, blinking.
Speaker 1: I come for one thing only, said Marzapano, dramatically, ice cream.
Speaker 1: Samantha grinned, well, you've come to the right place. But
Speaker 1: then Dennis stormed in, dragging a giant spoon behind him.
Speaker 1: Fifty more scoops.
Speaker 2: He roared, and hurry it up, I've got cartoons to
Speaker 2: watch After this, Samantha's eyes lit up with an idea,
Speaker 2: a big idea. She tiptoed over to the Great Marzapano
Speaker 2: and whispered, can you use magic to help with our
Speaker 2: little Dennis problem. Marzuppanno's eyes twinkled, Why yes, I believe
Speaker 2: I can. He snapped his fingers and poof, a single
Speaker 2: shiny bowl of chocolate chip ice cream appeared, sparkling with
Speaker 2: magic swirls.
Speaker 1: One scoop. Enchanted, he said with a wing, it shall
Speaker 1: never run out. Samantha grinned and brought it over to Denis.
Speaker 1: Here's your first scoop special today, triple chocolate Chunk Avalanche.
Speaker 1: Dennis dug in yum, next scoop, but when he looked down,
Speaker 1: the scoop hadn't gone anywhere. What the he ate more?
Speaker 1: Still full, he ate faster, still full. No matter how
Speaker 1: much I eat, it's.
Speaker 2: Still here, he wailed.
Speaker 1: Exactly, said Marzapano, floating by. It's the endless scoop magic,
Speaker 1: my boy. Dennis groaned. He ate and ate, but the
Speaker 1: scoop never got smaller. His tummies started to wobble, his
Speaker 1: eyes started to cross. I I can't finish, he mumbled.
Speaker 1: Do you give up, asked Samantha. Yes, he moaned, I
Speaker 1: give up. I never want to see ice cream again.
Speaker 1: I just wanted to carrot. And with that, Dennis waddled
Speaker 1: out of the shop, mumbling about vegetables and salad. Gino
Speaker 1: cheered his mustache, doing a happy dance. Samantha, you did it.
Speaker 1: You saved Gino's cremos. Samantha, high five Marzapanno. Thanks mister, Marzapenno,
Speaker 1: You're the coolest magician ever. As cool as a frozen
Speaker 1: fudge ferret, said Marzapenno with a bow. Gino clapped his
Speaker 1: hands to celebrate. We a make of the world's biggest
Speaker 1: thank you Sunday. They made a mountain of ice cream,
Speaker 1: vanilla volcanoes, caramel rivers, whipped cream clouds, and a cheery
Speaker 1: as big as a basketball. Marzapenno took one bite and
Speaker 1: floated even higher. Delicious, magical. I shall tell the Wizard
Speaker 1: Council about your sprinkles, and with a puff of confetti,
Speaker 1: he vanished. Samantha looked at Gino, do you think he'll
Speaker 1: be back? Gino chuckled with ice cream like this, I
Speaker 1: guarantee it, And from that day on, nobody ever finished
Speaker 1: fifty scoops again, except Samantha once on her birthday, but
Speaker 1: that's another story. The end