Welcome to Goop Tales. I'm Maria Kalinchini, the founder, writer, and narrator behind these original audio stories. And I have a very, very special announcement today. The new website for gooptails.com is finally finished.

We're working through a couple glitches, but it is up and running, and I have a gift for you.

On the front page, the homepage at gooptails.com, you can download a free goop creation kit. And I created this kit

because I thought it was so much more thorough than just coloring pages. And so many of you

want to use your imagination and create these goops. So in the kit, you get to get really

into it. And it starts all at the beginning of how I create a goops. So in the kit, you get to get really into it. And it starts all at the beginning

of how I create a goop. You're going to start with what you want to name your goop. Then you're

going to write a poem. Then you're going to look at our beautiful illustrations and decide what

your gop's going to wear, what it's going to carry, where it's going to go in the world, and then you're going to

select what your story's going to be about. It is a beautiful kit, so go and get it at goptails.com.

And I have another special announcement that I'm going to say for the end of this podcast.

So let's get into the podcast now and I'll tell you the new thing at the end.

So today's story was inspired by Leila.

Leila, you have the sweetest voice and such a great imagination.

And I want to thank you for creating Bubble Roo.

Bubble Roo is so sweet and funny.

And I just love the idea of someone walking around and blowing bubbles all the time.

So let's listen to Layla's voicemail that she left me that inspired this week's story.

Hi, Maria.

My name is Layla.

I'm 10 years old.

And I really like listening to Goop Tales.

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