# REWIND WEDNESDAY: Claire and the Chocolate Milk Midas Touch 🍫πŸ₯›βœ¨ An episode of [Short Stories for Kids: Bedtime ~ Car Time ~ Downtime](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1557898989), 26 Aug 2026, 8:04. Audio: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/s.gum.fm/s-624f621807754001d038e4b6/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74693941/claire_and_the_chocolate_milk_midas_touch_1.mp3 Written by Alex Come and follow more adventures on our animated TV show on Youtube! πŸ“ΊπŸ€© SUBSCRIBE HERE: youtube.com/@shortstoriesforkidspodcast If you would like a special birthday shout out, order one here! πŸŽ‚ https://www.shortstoriesforkidspodcast.com/ Looking for Ad Free Episodes? Just join our 🌟PREMIUM CHANNEL 🌟 Join up to our Premium channel through your Apple player or here at Supercast: https://shortstoriesforkids.supercast.com/ And become a Super Fan of Short Stories for Kids! Here you will receive a Friday Bonus Episode every week! Plus our entire back catalogue of stories ad free! 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I wish, she whispered, [0:41] Speaker 1: I had all the chocolate milk in the entire world, [0:45] Speaker 1: forever and ever, so much that I could swim in [0:49] Speaker 1: it and do synchronized cannonballs with marshmallows. And then she [0:54] Speaker 1: went to sleep with a big smile and a slight [0:58] Speaker 1: chocolate milk mustache. The next morning, Claire stumbled into the kitchen, [1:03] Speaker 1: sleepy-eyed and slipper-footed. She reached for a glass, turned on [1:08] Speaker 1: the tap, expected water, but what poured out was chocolate milk! Thick, creamy, swirly, [1:18] Speaker 1: perfectly chilled chocolate milk. Ah! Claire screamed in delight. My [1:25] Speaker 1: wish came true! I have a chocolate milk tap! She [1:29] Speaker 1: danced in her pajamas. Her cat Muffin stared at the tap, [1:33] Speaker 1: stuck his tongue out to try it, then ran away [1:37] Speaker 1: hiccuping chocolate bubbles. Claire grabbed her mom's teacup. Sploosh! Chocolate milk! [1:44] Speaker 1: Then ran to tell her mom. Check it out! Chocolate milk! [1:49] Speaker 1: Claire squealed with joy. That's great, hon, her mom replied, [1:55] Speaker 1: rolling back over to sleep. She patted the family fish tank. Glug, glug. Slap. Suddenly, [2:02] Speaker 1: the goldfish were swimming in a mocha paradise. Everything she [2:07] Speaker 1: touched that had liquid inside turned to chocolate milk. Whoa! [2:14] Speaker 1: Claire skipped outside to catch the bus, still giddy. She [2:18] Speaker 1: tapped the side of the yellow school bus when it stopped. Uh-oh. [2:23] Speaker 1: The engine coughed, spluttered, and then, bloop, the exhaust pipe [2:29] Speaker 1: burst out a giant chocolate milk bubble. Then another, and another. What? [2:37] Speaker 1: shouted the driver, slipping on a cocoa puddle as he [2:40] Speaker 1: climbed from the bus. What's going on? The kids all [2:44] Speaker 1: laughed and cheered. Sweet ride! Claire giggled nervously. She sat down, carefully, [2:53] Speaker 1: and avoided touching anything else. She was starting to realize [2:57] Speaker 1: this might be a bit of a problem. At school, [3:02] Speaker 1: Claire was still buzzing with joy. Just one little drink [3:06] Speaker 1: before class, she said, approaching the hallway water fountain. Bad idea, Claire. [3:13] Speaker 1: She touched the button. Blast! the fountain shot a jet [3:17] Speaker 1: of chocolate milk into the air like a cocoa geyser. [3:23] Speaker 1: Screamed Madison from Claire's English class, getting milk splashed right [3:28] Speaker 1: in the face. Then every other fountain on every floor [3:33] Speaker 1: exploded with chocolate milk like fizzy fire hydrants. One kid [3:39] Speaker 1: grabbed a cookie and started dunking it midair. Another kid shouted, [3:44] Speaker 1: it's the sweetpocalypse. Claire slunk off to class, dripping with [3:50] Speaker 1: guilt and another little chocolate mustache. Things really went downhill [3:56] Speaker 1: in gym class. Coach Gruffle lined everyone up by the [3:59] Speaker 1: school pool. Time for laps. No cannonballs, no splashing, and [4:05] Speaker 1: absolutely no belly flops that cause tidal waves. Claire tiptoed [4:10] Speaker 1: toward the pool. I'll just sit and dangle my toes, [4:14] Speaker 1: she told herself. No biggie. I won't even get in. [4:18] Speaker 1: But the moment her pinky toe touched the water, whoosh, [4:23] Speaker 1: the entire pool transformed into chocolate milk. Not just any [4:29] Speaker 1: chocolate milk, whipped, frothy, pool-sized chocolate milk with a cherry [4:35] Speaker 1: on top. Literally, a rubber ring turned into a giant cherry. [4:41] Speaker 1: Then the waves started. and huge gushes of chocolate milk [4:46] Speaker 1: lapped out of the pool and rushed through the school. [4:49] Speaker 1: Kids were body-surfing cocoa waves into the lockers. Coach Gruffle [4:55] Speaker 1: slipped and rode a floatie all the way down the hall, shouting, [4:59] Speaker 1: This is not in the syllabus! The chocolate milk crashed [5:05] Speaker 1: through the double doors, down the stairs, and flooded every classroom. [5:11] Speaker 1: In the art room, brushes started painting chocolate milk. In [5:15] Speaker 1: the science lab, baking soda volcanoes erupted chocolate foam. In [5:21] Speaker 1: the music room, tubas filled with chocolate milk and went, boomp, [5:27] Speaker 1: every time someone played a note. Claire just stood in [5:30] Speaker 1: the hallway with her arms crossed. Oops. By the time [5:35] Speaker 1: school let out, kids were sticky, soaked, and smiling. Parents [5:42] Speaker 1: were slipping in the parking lot. The principal was trying [5:45] Speaker 1: to paddle across the gym in a kayak made from [5:48] Speaker 1: lunch trays. Claire didn't feel happy anymore. She walked home slowly, [5:55] Speaker 1: her feet going squish, squish with every step. At home, [6:02] Speaker 1: she looked at the chocolate milk pouring out of every faucet, [6:07] Speaker 1: the fridge, the sprinkler. Muffin the cat now had a [6:12] Speaker 1: chocolate milk mustache of his own. Claire flopped into bed [6:17] Speaker 1: and sighed. I just wanted a little chocolate milk, she whispered. [6:23] Speaker 1: Not the entire milky way. She looked out at the stars. [6:29] Speaker 1: I take it back. I don't want the chocolate milk [6:32] Speaker 1: Midas touch anymore. I just want things to be normal. [6:36] Speaker 1: Maybe with one glass of chocolate milk. Just one, maybe two, [6:42] Speaker 1: with a cookie. Then she fell asleep, a little stickier [6:46] Speaker 1: than before. The next morning, Claire raced to the kitchen [6:50] Speaker 1: and turned on the tap. Water. She touched her mom's teacup. [6:56] Speaker 1: It stayed as tea. She poked the fish tank. Just fish. [7:01] Speaker 1: No fudge. Yes, she cheered. I'm back to boring. She [7:08] Speaker 1: jumped up and down until Muffin gave her a dirty look. [7:12] Speaker 1: At school, everything was still being cleaned up. The hallway [7:16] Speaker 1: still smelled like brownies. The janitor was trying to unstick [7:20] Speaker 1: a trombone from the ceiling. Claire, said Coach Gruffle, floating [7:26] Speaker 1: past on a cafeteria tray. Maybe stick to juice next time. [7:31] Speaker 1: Claire laughed. Lesson learned. That night, Claire had one glass, [7:37] Speaker 1: just one, of chocolate milk with dinner. No magic, no fountains, [7:44] Speaker 1: no tidal waves. She smiled and said, Sometimes too much [7:49] Speaker 1: of the thing you love turns your school into a [7:52] Speaker 1: fudge flood. And then she took a sip. And you [7:57] Speaker 1: know what? It was delicious. The End Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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