Ilana asks: What if anyone on the sidewalk turned to pie? (Part 1)
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Ilana asks: What if anyone on the sidewalk turned to pie? (Part 1)

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 3, 202621 min

Meet Zorilla Gorilla, Zebra Fitzgerald, and the Great Catsby in a New What City adventure that lets us see What If World’s biggest city in a new light. Themes include: Making new friends, looking out for tricky behavior, moving to a new home, grown-ups handling their big feelings, weird is wonderful. Support the show, get our Yoto Card, or Subscribe at whatifworld.fun We referenced the great article Teacher Your Child About Safe Strangers & Tricky People while working on this story and when talking with our kids about safe grown-ups and tricky be...

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What if kittens played the glockenspiel? And what if unicorns were real? What if you could fly or travel back in time? We welcome you to What If World.

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What If World. This is What If World. Hey there, folks, and welcome back to What If World, the show where you wear questions and ideas inspire off-the-cuff stories.

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I'm Mr. Eric, your host, and today we're starting off with a question from a listener named Nora. Hello, my name's Nora, and I'm eight years old, and I'm like cats. And my What If World question is, what if gorillas could fly with fairy wings? Oh, I love it.

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