Sometimes, in noodle bowl land, not everything is perfect. Some noodle bowls fly away, some noodle bowls get their heart broken, and some noodle bowls worry too much, such as the case of worrisome noodle bowl.
Worrisome noodle bowl worried too much, about little things and big things. His worries varied from accidentally waddling over an ant to what his siblings, monkey noodle bowl 1 and monkey noodle bowl 2, were going to do with their life. Worrisome noodle bowl would stay up late at night, talking to his best friend, supportive noodle bowl, about his brothers.
You see, monkey noodle bowl 1 and monkey noodle bowl 2 were special. Instead of being smooth, their noodles were rough. Instead of having chicken broth, they had tomato paste. Instead of having a perfectly round noodle bowl, they were oblong. In plain English, they were different. Worrisome noodle bowl worried because, no matter how different they were, monkey noodle bowl 1 and 2 were his siblings, and he cared about them.
But getting help for delinquent noodle bowls were hard to come about. Worrisome noodle bowl certainly can't find help with noodle-bowl-who-liked-to-yell-until-her-noodles-turned-purple noodle bowl and certainly not with I-don't-tolerate-different-noodle-bowls noodle bowl.
So worrisome noodle bowl worries and worries, hoping help will come. Which it will, supportive noodle bowl tells him. You just have to look in the right places.
Like where? Worrisome noodle bowl asks.
Like under the sink. Supportive noodle bowl answers.
What does that mean?
Or like under the cushions on the couch.
You mean, like how you find change there?
Exactly.
I think I understand what you mean. Worrisome noodle bowl says, glancing at the couch.
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Moral of the story: The help you need is always under your nose, you just have to look in the right places.
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