Ryers Readers - The Epic Adventures of Huggie and Stick

Episode Date: May 8, 2024

Huggie and Stick find themselves on an epic adventure around the world! Even though they are together, they experience things a little differently….

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. Before we get into the story, do you want to know a fun fact? Did you know that more than half of all the world's plant and animal species live in the rainforest? Even though rainforests cover only a small portion of the Earth's surface, they are home to a bunch of different living things, from animals to reptiles to amphibians to insects to plants and trees. The rainforest is like a treasure trove of biodiversity. Pretty cool, huh? Okay, story time. Today we are going to read The Epic Adventures of Huggy and Stick by Drew DeWalt. and stick belong to a little boy named Reese.

And like many things that belong to little boys, they spent a good part of their time being lugged around in a backpack. That is, until the day an open zipper, a large bump on the sidewalk, and Reese's bicycle combined to create an accident. This is their story. It isn't pretty. Sunday.

Lost. Dear Diary, I love Huggy. He is so cool. Today, I fell out of Reese's backpack and Huggy tried to save me, but we both fell out and then the rain washed us out to sea. And now we're in the circle-shaped super bouncy boat. Dear Diary, I hate stick. I really do. I tried to push him out of the backpack today, but his pointy head snags. a loose thread on my paw and we both fell out now I'm writing this from a dirty tire floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean Sunday Pacific Ocean Dear Diary best trip ever today we were rescued by these nice guys in super awesome hats I told Huggy they must be some kind of super awesome hat club they showed us their cool swords and Huggy gave them

button. Then Huggy kind of barfed on the one with the biggest hat and they had us try out their new diving board. Strange though, they sailed away after we dove into the ocean. Oh well, so much fun. Dear Diary, worst trip ever. Today we were captured by pirates. I was robbed of my lucky gold button. I got seasick on their captain. Then they made us walk the plank. Now stuffings coming out of my butt. Wonderful. Monday, Australia. Dear Diary, today we swam ashore and met a giant mouse with a pocket on her tummy. She gave us a ride, but it was so bumpy that Huggy fell out. I didn't want him to get injured, so I broke his fall. Thank goodness I was there because he could have gotten hurt. Dear Diary,

There's a stick up my butt. I hate my life. Tuesday, Asia. Dear Diary, today, we rode on a plane. Instead of going home, though, we ended up in the magical forest where a giant teddy bear tried to kiss me. I think Huggy likes me more than he admits because he got jealous and pulled me away before the teddy bear could kiss me.

Dear diary, today a giant panda tried to eat stick. That's what pandas eat. Sticks. Somehow, Mr. Wood for Brains thought he was going to get a kiss. I'm not sure why I saved him, but I did. Unfortunately, the bear didn't appreciate me taking away his lunch. Wednesday. Europe.

Ear diary. Another great day! This morning, we hopped on a train and I made Huggy a new arm. It's even better than his old one, if you ask me. When we got off the train, Huggy said he wanted to find his own way home, but he tripped on the train tracks, and I grabbed him and saved his life.

There was a TV reporter there, and now everyone's calling me a hero. Because we are now famous, we got to meet the queen. Did you know she has a sword too? I definitely need to get a sword. Dear Diary. I don't believe this.

I don't believe this. I almost get run over by a train and stick gets knighted by the Queen of England? In what universe is that fair? I'd chop him up into little pieces with my new arm, but it only seems to be good for eating hearty soups. Thursday. Africa. Dear diary. After a boat ride, then a trip across the desert on a camel,

we ended up in the jungle. How cool is that! After running a fun race, we found a ducal. giant lake and jumped in to cool off. Huggy began to swim home, but it turned out we didn't have to swim because this huge fish offered us a free ride in his mouth. I love today. Dear Diary, this is getting crazy. Today, we ended up in a jungle where a furious, charging rhinoceros would have destroyed both of us had I not grabbed stick and jumped into the ocean to get away. The rhinole should have been to be a feel too badly that we escaped, though, because after jumping into the water, we were promptly eaten by a shark. My only hope is that sharks are allergic to stuffed animals. Friday, Antarctica. Dear diary, holy, did you know sharks are allergic to stuffed animals? And he spit us up. So cool! Still enjoying our trip around the world, we swam to an iceberg. There were

elves in tuxedos living there. I wanted to eat them up. Unfortunately, they wanted to eat us, too. Dear diary, where do I start? The barfing shark, the vicious stuffed animal-eating penguins, I taste like a sock. How could they not know that? Or, the long swim to South America from the freezing Antarctic. I need a nap. Saturday. South America. Dear Diary, can you say amazing? Because that's what this rainforest is. All those cool animals and those nice people who turned me into a sippy straw. I even saved Huggy from those mean fish that tried to eat him.

Golly, gumdrops, Huggy and I make a great team. Dear diary, can you say horrible? Because that's what the rainforest is. Poisonous frogs, bugs as big as my head, and fish that eat anything, including stuffed bunny legs. Stop trying to eat me, world. Not only that, I had to save stick from some people who hollowed him out and used him as a blowgun to shoot at monkeys and sloths all morning. Weirdest trip ever. Sunday.

North America. Dear Diary, we landed back at home today. This has been the best trip. I never would have made it if it weren't for Huggy, my best friend. Dear Diary. Stick slept through the llama ride, the train ride, two bus rides, the small plane trip, then 200 miles on the back of a very determined chihuahua. If I never go anywhere with that smiling piece of wood again, it will be too soon.

next day. Stick, no! Don't pull that thread! Relax! It's just a loose string. Cool! You have got to be kidding me. 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? Type of fish is all. allergic to stuffed animals. If your answer was, a shark, 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.