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Season 3 Episode 13

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👉The story begins at 02:40 and the tiny lessons begin at 15:10

👉You can find the transcript after the Credits!

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A Little English is written, produced, recorded, edited, mixed, mastered and scored by Edward Cooper Howland.

All stories are either in the public domain, or written by me.

Copyright 2023 Edward Cooper Howland

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TRANSCRIPT:

Hi. My name is Cooper, and this is…A Little English. Every episode, I read a short story. After the story, there are three tiny lessons.

So, let’s start with some notes! I got some feedback on the last episode. First of all, I made a mistake with someone’s name, which made the whole story very hard to understand. Sorry! I fixed it now. Second, I’ve heard that sometimes it’s hard to know when we have changed scenes. So I have made up a new sound. It sounds like this: (ping) That’s how you know that some time has passed between the last scene and the new one.

Now! This is a story about Dungeons and Dragons, or DnD. Do you know what that is? Do you play? I do. But if you don’t, don’t worry. The story’s not really about playing the game. Just go watch the first episode of Stranger Things and you’ll understand everything you need to. It’s more about what it means to be a nerd. Because, well, that has changed a lot over the years. These days, being a nerd is cool. But when I was a kid, it really, really wasn’t. And there are still a lot of people who are pretty upset about those old days and…well, I’m giving away the ending. So, let’s just listen!

This story is named after my favorite episode of the TV show Community: It’s called….Advanced Dungeons and Dragons!

“If Alexander doesn’t get here in the next ten seconds, we’re starting without him,” said Frankie. The kids around the table all nodded.

“Three, two, one. OK, screw him. Let’s go around the table and introduce our characters. Babe?”

Mandy looked up from her phone and said, “I’m, uh, Kai Highfeather, a wood elf wizard.”

“Cool! Corey?”

Lonnegan said “My name is Bimble Bogwater. I’m a halfling sorcerer.“ He stopped and stared at the floor as everyone started laughing.

“A halfling?” gasped Finn. “You’re a halfling?”

“What’s funny about that?”

“Dude, you’re like, eight feet tall. Why don’t you play an orc?”

Lonnegan’s face turned red. “I dunno, I thought that like, the whole point of the game is we can be anything.”

Frankie put out his hands. “You guys. You guys! Come on! Let him be a halfling. If he-“ and now he was interrupted by the sound of the door banging open.

Everyone looked up the stairs to see Alexander standing in the doorway. His face was bright red and he was completely out of breath. He was holding a large book to his chest.

“YOOOOO!” He shouted. “You guys gotta see this. You GOTTA see this.” He jumped down the stairs two at a time, and slammed the book onto the table. Dice and pencils fell on the floor.

“Dude, calm down!” said Frankie.

“Don’t worry about that,