Are you ready to meditate with Kari?
Make sure that you're comfy.
You're wearing comfy clothes so that you can relax your body and you can just chill out as you listen.
Maybe take a nice big deep breath as you settle in to get cozy and comfy.
Maybe reset your body and your mind.
Maybe you can hear noises that's going on outside or in your home.
Just kind of let them go into the background while we listen and have fun making up a story,
Okay?
Heidi,
Cherry and Vea wanted to go to the movies.
They'd been wanting to see a particular movie for a while but mom and dad said that they couldn't go unless they tidied their rooms.
Cherry was like,
OMG,
I hate cleaning.
Cleaning is like the worst thing in the world.
It really,
Really,
Really is the worst thing in the world.
Why do I have to clean?
I don't get it.
I mean,
I know exactly where everything is in my room.
I know where my bikini is.
I know where my socks are.
I've got one sock over there and I've got one sock over there and I know how old they are.
They're like,
Maybe three or four days old.
I can normally.
.
.
It's nice and clean,
Cherry said.
Well,
I like to keep them all around so I can save the pages and I know where I am in the books.
Yeah,
But you're gonna have to clean them up because mom said our rooms have to be absolutely spotless.
She doesn't want like one of those pretend cleans where you shove everything under your bed or you just shove it in your drawers and then you.
.
.
And it's not even the right drawer.
You know my underwear right now?
My underwear drawer right now has got like lots and lots of Lego in it.
It's not supposed to have Lego in it and if mom knows that there's Lego in that drawer and my Lego's not in the other place where my Lego is supposed to be,
Then mom's gonna be like,
Oh gee,
Cherry,
And I'm gonna be like,
Oh gee.
Cleans the sinuses with a neti pot and a neti pot is like this little pot with water in it.
It's like salty water and then you pour it up your nostrils and then all the snotty bits and all the yucky stuff in your sinuses comes out the other side and then you do the other one and it's so gross and and Cherry had to do it one time when she got cold and it did make her feel better but the whole procedure was traumatic and Cherry said,
Oh gee,
Cleaning's worse than that.
Cleaning is worse than having the snot poured out of your nose.
Nice and tidy and you're like,
No way,
No way.
And then their mom shouted from downstairs,
Kids!
And then they heard the pounding coming upstairs as Tucker and Leo came into the room,
Cherry's room,
The mess of Cherry's room.
Cherry said,
Oh gee,
What are you guys doing here?
Tucker,
You've just come at perfect time to help me clean my room because we want to go to the movies and mom says we can't go unless I clean my room because Heidi's room,
Well,
Heidi's room is not great but it's not going to take like 15 million hours like mine is and Faye's room's always clean.
Leo smiled at Faye and said,
I'd much rather hang out in your room if you don't mind.
There was something about a messy room that stressed Leo out.
It gave him hives.
He started itching.
It was like there was too much chaos going on.
Oh my gosh,
Are they socks?
Are they stocks standing up on their own?
Oh my gosh,
Said Leo.
Cherry said,
Oh gee,
Leo,
Stop being so judgmental about me.
No,
I'm joking.
She wasn't joking,
Pigs.
So Leo went to Faye's room that of course was spotless and tidy.
Tucker said,
Oh my goodness gracious me,
It is a little bit messy.
Cherry said,
Are you judging me?
Tucker said,
No,
I'm just saying.
It smells kind of nice.
Cherry smiled.
See,
See,
I knew it.
I knew that I was onto something.
When I said messy rooms were like awesome and they were special and they were going to be in fashion,
Leo said,
Tucker said,
It smells like,
Definitely feet.
I can smell feet,
But you know I like feet.
I love me some sweaty feet.
Cherry looked at Tucker as if to say,
He looks a little bit too happy about my smelly socks.
I think I might put them in the hamper.
I could chew on a smelly sock.
That would be nice.
Oh,
Can you imagine a smelly sock sandwich?
That would be the bestest thing in the entire world.
Smelly sock sandwich,
Please.
Hello,
Um,
I'd like a smelly sock sandwich from the Cherry Cafe.
Tucker said,
No,
I'm not.
I just like smelly socks.
Cherry immediately picked up all the smelly socks off the floor and threw them in the hamper.
Oh,
Wait a minute.
I can smell me.
Oh,
I can smell me some sweaty pit t-shirts.
Oh yes,
There's definitely some sweaty pit t-shirts in here.
I do like those too.
I like to sleep with sweaty pit t-shirts.
Cherry said,
Uh,
You like to sleep with sweaty pit t-shirts?
Are you,
Are you real?
Yes,
I do.
I like them.
I like them because they remind me of my mummy and my daddy and they smell just like them.
And then I grab them and I take them out of the,
I take them out of the laundry room when no one notices.
And I put one on my bed and I sniff it.
I sniff it so much and it helps me to fall to sleep.
Cherry said,
Oh,
That's so gross.
Immediately she picked up all the smelly t-shirts and threw them in the hamper.
It was kind of freaking her out.
And then he said,
Oh,
Yes,
I like,
Oh,
I can smell snotty tissues.
I've always had tissues and they're just throwing them all over the bedroom and not putting them in the bin.
Is this one?
Tucker shoved his nose under a bedding on a big soft comfy bed and he snuffed it under and he pulled out a tissue,
A tissue that was smeared in snot.
And Tucker said,
Oh,
These are one of my particular favourites.
And Cherry grabbed a hold of it really quick and she pulled it off him and she put it in the bin and said,
Tucker,
That's not helping.
You're not helping me.
And she ran around the room really quickly and picked up everything that she'd blown her nose on,
Including some t-shirts.
Because,
You know,
When you're having a good cry and there's nothing around,
You have to blow your nose on something,
Right?
A t-shirt will do that job very nicely.
Even if you're wearing it.
I've been prone to do that sometimes.
Anyway,
So she picked up all the things that had got snotty snots on and put those in the bin or in the hamper.
What else can I smell?
Oh,
I can smell old tissues.
Tucker went underneath the bed and found a plate with an old crust from a sandwich on it,
Still there,
Stuck and moulding to the plate.
Oh,
That's not all I can smell.
He found a bowl with old popcorn in it that had gone so old it was chewy and stale.
Oh,
Jackpot,
Said Tucker.
My favourite.
I really,
Really,
Really like old,
Chewy popcorn.
You know me so well,
Cherry.
I think we need to get married,
Cherry blushed and smiled.
But then she hid it really fast and said,
Tucker.
Oh,
That's Tucker's voice.
Cherry hid it really fast and then she said,
Tucker,
You just.
And then Tucker said,
Oh,
If I eat this crust,
Do you think I'll get sick?
Because it is a bit green.
At that point,
Cherry went like that as if she was going to like,
You know,
Chuck up some chunks all over the bedroom,
Which would also need cleaning.
And she didn't want to do that.
So she quickly grabbed all the old cups and the dishes and the plates,
And she took them downstairs and put them in the dishwasher.
And then she ran back upstairs and she looked around her room and it was clean.
And Tucker was sat there on her rug,
Smiling,
A very crafty looking smile.
And Cherry said,
Why are you smiling like that?
And Tucker said,
Well,
Look at your room.
And Cherry looked around the room and it was very clean.
No snotty tissues or T-shirts,
No smelly socks,
No smelly T-shirts,
No dishes.
It was spotless.
Did you just trick me into cleaning my room?
Oh,
Gee,
Tucker,
You are the worst.
Tucker smiled and said,
No,
Cherry,
Because now you get to go to the movies and we can have the popcorn that I really like.
Who likes old cherries?
Who likes old,
Stale,
Horrible,
Chewy poppycorn?
Not me.
Who likes.
.
.
And then he said,
Oh,
Actually,
That's a bit of a lie.
It's a bit of a lie.
I do like me some smelly feet.
You know that,
Don't you?
Tucker laughed at Cherry and Cherry laughed at Tucker.
And then Heidi came back from her room after picking up all her books and putting bookmarks in the pages so she would remember,
But now the book was nice and neat and enclosed and on the bookshelf.
And Veya and Leo came back.
Oh,
My,
Your room looks amazing,
Cherry.
Doesn't it feel nice when it's clean?
Cherry said,
No.
No.
Oh.
And Tucker said,
You big fat liar,
It does.
It feels so nice and spacious.
Look at it.
We've got all this room.
Cherry said,
I like it messy.
I like it so much more all the time.
And I bet you any money I go viral.
And then when I go viral,
I'm going to be famous.
And then when I'm famous,
I'm going to have so much money,
So much money.
And then when I've got so much money,
I'm going to.
.
.
What am I going to do?
I'm going to buy a house in Paris next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
And I'm going to buy a house in Egypt next to the Pyramonas.
Heidi said,
Pyramonas?
You mean the pyramids?
And Cherry said,
Yeah,
Yeah,
Yeah,
Yeah,
Yeah,
Yeah,
Whatever.
Yeah.
And I'm going to buy a house in Italy and eat spaghetti all the time.
Did you know that you can suck spaghetti up your nose?
Tucker,
I've sucked spaghetti up my nose so many times.
I can't tell you.
Did you know that you can suck spaghetti up your nose and then pull it out of your mouth?
Cherry said,
No.
Tucker said,
Well,
Then I'll show you sometime.
Cherry was actually quite excited about that.
What a cool trick.
Anyway,
Eventually,
Tucker and Leo gave everybody hugs and went home.
Heidi,
Cherry and Vea got to go to the movies.
It was awesome.
They had real nice,
Fresh,
Buttery popcorn and slushies.
They were so good.
And then when they got home,
They brushed their teeth because popcorn is the worst and it gets stuck in between your teeth.
And then if you leave it in there,
Then that's not good because it kind of gets like Cherry's bedroom.
Gross.
So they brushed their teeth and they flossed because those little kernels get stuck between your teeth,
Don't they?
And that's the worst.
So they brushed their teeth and they flossed.
And then they put on the comfortable pyjamas.
They showered that morning,
So they didn't need to shower.
And then they hopped into the big,
Soft,
Comfortable cat bed.
They snuggled down.
They talked about the day.
Heidi said that Vea was right about taking the time,
Just a little bit of time every day to clean your bedroom because that way it doesn't get horrendous.
It's very smart.
Maybe you should do that,
Guys.
And then all three cats fell fast asleep.
