Ryers Readers - How to Catch a Mermaid

Episode Date: July 12, 2023

I saw a mermaid yesterday! I want to be her friend, but….how do you catch a mermaid?!

Let's do this! Thank you so much for tuning into today's story. Don't forget to rate and follow so you never miss out on all the Ryer's Reader's fun. And if you're looking for even more fun, come join me on the Ryer's Reader's Patreon page, where you can find ad-free episodes, bonus content, and even become a Ryer's Reader's celebrity. Before we get into the story, do you want to know a fun fact? Did you know that a tide pool is a small amount of water left on low places on the beach? Tide pools can have whole communities of plants and even animals living there. Pretty cool, huh?

Okay, story time. Today, we have a super special Ryer's Reader's Reader's request from Savannah. Savannah would like to hear how to catch a merman. by Adam Wallace and Andy Elkerton. I hope you enjoy this story, Savannah. Let's do this. Last week, I saw a mermaid. It's not something I'd pretend.

I'd really like to catch her so she could be my friend. We'd have the best adventures. I'd learn her mermaid ways. We'd tour her mermaid city. We'd swim for days and days. Hey, you two. Come follow me. I need you on my team. The water's where we need to plan our mermaid catching scheme. But how to catch a mermaid? You don't learn this in school. We'll need to build a gentle trap and start near a tide pool.

First, I have this jewelry box. She'll love this bait I bought her. She can't resist a treasure chest. Oh no, it's in the water! Well, mermaids love bright shiny things. A crown will catch her eye. We'll lure her in with this new trap, and then our net will fly. Her seaweed lasso snatched the crown. We'll need a different plan. Let's put a sparkly necklace down inside a giant clam. She switched the necklace with a rock to stop the clam from snapping.

Now she has another prize. We need some better trapping. We made a lasso out of our own and hit it in the seaweed. She swam too fast for us to catch. Oh, when will we succeed? Let's try to switch it up and play some funky beats. Maybe that will draw her in. Oh no, there's sharks. Retreat! We escaped from all the sharks, but that was a little.

a scary scene. But now we get to up our game with this cool submarine. This submarine has robot arms to catch our fishy lass. But this mermaid can't be caught. She really is too fast. It's time to pull out all the stops. We have to be quite sneaky. But she heard our trap from far away. That treasure chest was creaky. Look out! The sharks are We're doomed! What can we do? We used up all our traps and bait. Without some help, we're through! Our mermaid comes to save the day! She made a trap to save us! She scares the sharks and scoops us up. She really is courageous! Hooray! We're safe and back on land! Three cheers to our mermaid! We'll miss her smart and clever tricks. We will wish her smart and clever tricks. We will wait.

She could have stayed. The end. Don't forget to stick around to see if you can answer today's paying attention question. Before you go, do you think you can answer today's paying attention question? What type of arms did the submarine have? If your answer was robot arms, you did it! Great job! You sure were paying attention!

I hope you enjoyed that story. I wonder what we're going to read next. Bye, Savannah. My name is Savannah. I'm four years old. I want to hear how to catch a mermaid.