The Spy Pillow
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The Spy Pillow

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 1, 202623 min

Today’s brand new story is a high stakes thriller about the world’s greatest spy…pillow. Written by a 11 year old in Tennessee named Franklin.

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Lemonado. words for the grown-ups. I definitely think I can be more creative now. I'm the champion!

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The Story Pirates. Welcome back to the Story Pirates podcast. Peter here. Here at Story Pirates, we love a good spy story. And we love a good spy character, especially an unorthodox spy character like a character you wouldn't normally think would be good at being a spy.

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For example, a pillow. Here's today's author to introduce their story. ["A Pillow by The Sustained Boys"]

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