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Mysterious Mr. Yes - Spy Adventure Stories for Kids
Something mysterious is happening over Legend Lake—stars are vanishing from the night sky! When Jack A. Lope and Double-Oh-Quills receive an urgent message from Agent M, they suit up and soar into action. With the help of Kit and a clever prairie dog named Dusty, they track the missing stars to a top-secret lair hidden in plain sight. But who—or what—is behind this cosmic caper? Agents Lope and Quills must use all of their wits (and some nifty spy tech) to stop the star snatcher from stealing all of Once Upon a Time’s wishes and get the stars back where they belong.
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PARENTS, TEACHERS AND HOMESCHOOLERS: "The Mysterious Mr. Yes" teaches kids valuable social-emotional skills, including self-awareness, decision-making, and relationship-building. Through the adventure, young listeners learn the importance of balancing curiosity with caution, empathy over having everything you want, and considering different perspectives. The story encourages problem-solving, teamwork, and communication while reinforcing the idea that setting boundaries is just as important as embracing new opportunities.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS SPY ADVENTURE with Agents Jack A. Lope and Double-Oh-Quills, you might like their first adventure EP96: Operation Golden Tie: https://jonincharacter.com/operation-golden-tie/
CREDITS: This episode is a Jonincharacter production. It was written and produced by Molly Murphy and performed by Jonathan Cormur. Sound recording and production by Jermaine Hamilton at Pacific Grove Soundworks.
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JONATHAN CORMUR: Hello Dork Squad. I'm Jonathan Cormur and you're listening to Dorktales Storytime, the podcast for kids and their pop culture-loving grown-ups, and this is one of our anything-is-possible lore stories.
THEME SONG: It's a beautiful day for a story, adventure and glory, new friends and old ones too. It's an excellent day to get swept away in a tail, so let us regale you.
Action music plays in the background.
REDGE: And you’re sure this is going to work, Jack?
JACK A. LOPE: No gadget comes out of Kit’s laboratory unless she’s certain it works, Redge. Or should I say, Double-Oh-Quills?
REDGE: Alright then, I’m setting the timer now. Just have to turn this dial, and then lift these levers in the correct sequence…it goes right lever, middle lever, left lever? Correct?
JACK: I thought it was middle, right, left!
GRYPH: Boss! I found ‘em over here!
BULL DOZER: Then stop them, Gryph!
GRYPH: Yes sir, Bull Dozer, sir!
JACK: We’ve been made! Just try anything!
REDGE: This one! This one! And…this one! Please work, please work, please work…
REDGE: HUZZAH!
JACK: No time to celebrate, Double Oh Quills, only time to run!
REDGE: Right behind you mate!
JACK: Just a few more turns until we’re out of this warehouse!
REDGE: I have to say, Bull Dozer’s new hideout being a warehouse is not as cool as his super top-secret spy lair in the sky!
JACK: The Meanie Minotaur needed to keep a low profile after our last bust so he went to the old classic: abandoned warehouse lair.
REDGE: Look out behind you, Jack, Gryph is closing in!
GRYPH: Come back here, Jack!
JACK: You’ll never catch me! I’m the best leaper in Legend Lake!
GRYPH: Oh yeah? Well I’m a Gryphon! WHO CAN FLY!
JACK: Climb aboard, Redge!
REDGE: Done! Are you sure about this?
JACK: This will work! Or my name isn’t Lope. Jack A. Lope.
And LEAP!
REDGE: Ahhh!
JACK: Woooo!
GRYPH: WHA? How did you leap so high?
JACK: Aaaand landed!
REDGE: (Out of breath like he’s running again) Jack, how did we go so far? And so fast!
JACK: (Also running) Like I said, I’m the best leaper in Legend Lake! …And Kit might have put a little extra step in my kicks with these Supersonic Soaring Sneakers.
REDGE: Kit does it again! Let’s just hope that her other new gadget works as expected!
JACK: Keep running, Quills! It looks like Gryph and Bull Dozer are about to take off in our direction.
REDGE: Well it shouldn’t be a problem for long. The device should be activated in four…three…two…one…
REDGE: A bubble explosion!
JACK: Kit never lets us down!
REDGE: We better pick up our speed, Jack, so we’re not washed out!
JACK: And LEAP! And LEAP!
REDGE: I think we’ve dodged the bubble blast.
BULL DOZER: Gryph! Get us in the air right now!
GRYPH: Yes sir, boss, sir! Flapping through the bubbles, sir!
BULL DOZER: You’ll never clean up my act, Jack A. Lope and Double Oh Quills! This is a minor distraction. You’ll be hearing more from Bull Dozer…
JACK: We’ve don’t it, Quills, well done!
REGE: Well done to you as well, Jack!
KIT: And well done to me!
REDGE: Ahh!! Did your watch just talk?
KIT: Duh! It’s me, Kit! I hacked into Jack’s Watch Face mainframe to transmit a message from Agent M.
REDGE: Oh Mothman! How is my good friend—
JACK: Remember, Redge. Agent M while we’re on the job.
REDGE: Oh right! (Clears throat) What does Agent M have for us Kit?
KIT: Let me just enter this line of code so his message can play directly…
AGENT M: Jack A. Lope. Double-Oh-Quills. Excellent work shutting down Bull Dozer’s warehouse with Kit’s Bubble Blast device. The Meanie Minotaur was planning on sending out Perpetual Prank devices to stir up mischief across Legend Lake. Flowers that shoot water, devices that buzz when you shake someone’s hands, whoopie cushions! Sowing chaos everywhere! Can you imagine?
WELL you don’t have to because that score is settled.
REDGE: HUZZ–
AGENT M: But there’s no time to celebrate!
REDGE: Oh…hehe sorry.
AGENT M: We’ve just heard word that the stars above Legend Lake and its surrounding areas are behaving…mysteriously. Not only that, but some Legend Lake residents have noticed a weird pulse of light coming from the west. Kit will send coordinates, star charts, and anything else you need. We’re all counting on you Jack and Quills to find this foe.
KIT: I’m sending you coordinates and star charts now, they should project straight from the watch.
JACK: Notice any new patterns in the star charts, Quills?
REDGE: Hmm…can we zoom here?
JACK: You got it.
REDGE: Scroll to the right.
JACK: Scrolling.
REDGE: Rotate 90 degrees. Now enhance. Enhance. De-blur-ify sequence. Un-Pixelate Protocol. Enhance again. One more time. AH YES! THERE!
JACK: What is it?
REDGE: This constellation is Ursa Major! I’ve learned all about stargazing from my forest friends and would recognize it anywhere! But…It’s missing stars!
JACK: Fascinating…where would those stars have gone?
REDGE: I don’t know, but a constellation missing stars spells trouble, Jack! Many creatures navigate by the stars!
JACK: Well let's take a look at the map and see where the weird pulses of light are coming from…wait! This is near Dog Town!
REDGE: Dog Town?
JACK: There’s a big prairie to the west of Legend Lake called Dog Town. The resident prairie dogs have a reputation for keeping an eye out. Very watchful creatures. There’s sure to be someone there who saw something that could help.
REDGE: Can we get in touch?
JACK: I have a contact named Dusty. I know they can be trusted.
REDGE: To Dog Town we go!
JACK: How will we get there? We’re on the opposite side of the lake!
KIT: Don’t worry! I’ll get you there in two shakes of a rabbit’s tail! You both should have your watches calibrated correctly. Just press the green button!
REDGE: Wh- what? Is this some type of armor spreading over me? Is this…
JACK: A flight suit!
KIT: I installed flight suits in your watches that expand on my command. Equipped with a navigation system, temperature control, gravity meters, automatic steering…Oh! And the pockets turn into cupholders!
JACK: Incredible stuff as always, Kit.
KIT: I named it Mavis! Hello Mavis!
MAVIS: (Sounds similar to Iron Man’s Jarvis) Good afternoon, Kit.
KIT: Punching in the Dog Town coordinates now.
MAVIS: Course set. Face shields initiated. Thrusters lit. Cupholders extended.
REDGE: Ooo! I can put a thermos of tea in here!
JACK: You ready to fly, Quills?
REDGE: Ready!
MAVIS: Launch sequence engaged. Enjoy your flights!
REDGE: This place is amazing! A whole town built underground!
JACK: It’s an entire network of prairie dog burrows.
REDGE: What incredibly intricate tunnels! They’re all lit up by glowing mushrooms!
JACK: The different colors represent different highways.
REDGE: But….if they’re underground, how will they help us see weird things happening in the sky?
JACK: The prairie dogs of Dog Town are always poking their heads up out of the ground to collect food, venture along the plains, and expand their burrows. I know someone here has seen something.
Just need to take two turns down this tunnel expressway.
(The sound of 50s diner tunes)
JACK: Aha! Here we are! The Dog Town Diner!
REDGE: Ooooo so cozy! Tables made from the dirt! More glowing plants are lighting each corner! And…what is that glorious smell! Oh my, the menu looks delightful. Grassland Specials, Root Ravioli, and oooo! Prairie Pockets, a treat filled with delicious seeds!
JACK: Focus Quills! We have to find Dusty!
REDGE: Oh right!
JACK: There they are, behind the counter! Hello, Dusty!
DUSTY: (voice like Miss Minutes from Loki) Well howdy-doo-dee and hello Jack, it’s great to see you! Can I get you two anything?
JACK: No time!
REDGE: One Prairie Pocket, please!
DUSTY: Comin’ right up!
JACK: (Under his breath) Did you receive the transmission I sent as we were flying over here?
DUSTY: Sure did…why don’t y’all step into the kitchen?
REDGE: It would be my pleasure!
DUSTY: Let me just hit these buttons here on the stove, you know…to cook up those Prairie Pockets…
REDGE: Did your oven just turn into a…m..massive control center?
JACK: Now you didn’t think I’d bring you to any ‘ol diner, did you Redge?
REDGE: There are so many screens. A high-tech projection. So many buttons!!
DUSTY: Gotta keep my eye on the prize, Quills.
So. I sent inquiries to my fellow dogs, the ones who are on patrol above ground. Seems like those weird disturbances you were talking about are laser blasts.
REDGE: Laser blasts?!
DUSTY: Straight into the sky.
REDGE: Any directed near the Ursa Major constellation?
DUSTY: Yes! How did ya’ll know?
JACK: Quills noticed that some of the stars are missing!
DUSTY: I spent a little time analyzing the direction of the most recent laser blasts and triangulated the coordinates. I know where ya gotta go next.
JACK: Excellent. You can send those coordinates straight to our watches.
DUSTY: We think whoever created the laser built their lair in the prairie because it stays dark and you get great views of the nighttime sky.
JACK: That certainly makes sense.
DUSTY: Coordinates sent. Now– Hang on a second, (Almost like she’s talking to herself) I gotta open my Spy Glass Roof over here, and stick my head out. See what this alarm is about. (Gasps) Intruders coming in from the surface!
You boys better run! We’ve got prairie dogs infiltrating the burrows. Must have gone rogue and are working for your mysterious bad guy!
REDGE: How will we get out of here? They’re blocking the tunnel entrances.
JACK: And they know the ins and outs of this place better than we do! They’re expert burrowers!
DUSTY: Don’t worry, y’all are going out the back way.
JACK: There’s a back way?
DUSTY: Pullin’ the lever!
REDGE: Wait…lever? What? WOAH!
DUSTY: YEEHAW!
DUSTY: (Their voice sounds far away) Good luck!!
JACK: AHHH!
REDGE: I can’t say I like this!
JACK: Dropping straight down through a tunnel isn’t my idea of fun either!
REDGE: We need something to slow our fall!
JACK: Deploy Mavis!
MAVIS: Hello, Jack. Hello, Double-Oh-Quills. It seems you are falling rapidly through a tunnel. Is there something I can help you with?
JACK: Can you please slow us down?
MAVIS: Certainly, Jack. Thrusters engaged.
JACK: We’re slowing down.
REDGE: PHEW! Thank you, Mavis!
JACK: If our mysterious foe is onto us, we better climb our way out of here and follow these coordinates to the lair.
REDGE: I agree.
MAVIS: Would you like me to activate stealth mode?
REDGE: Wow. Kit thinks of everything, doesn’t she?
JACK: Indeed!
MAVIS: Stealth mode initiated.
JACK: Who knew there would be a big observatory hiding in plain sight? A beautiful round glass dome should have been hard to miss.
REDGE: From Mavis’ scans, it seems like there are multiple cloaking devices on the building. Dusty’s coordinates and Kit’s tech are the only reasons we can see it and make it inside.
JACK: Ah, Quills, look at you! You’ve really become a pro double-oh agent!
REDGE: Why thank you!
JACK: I’m thinking this massive machine pointing to the sky might not be a telescope…
REDGE: That looks like our star-stealing laser.
MR. YES: (Echoing evil laughter)
REDGE: Did you hear that?
JACK: Duck behind this control panel! It sounds like someone is coming.
MR. YES: Everything comes down to this moment!
JACK: (Whispering) A coyote!
REDGE: (Whispering) In a lab coat!
JACK: (Whispering) A scientist coyote!
MR. YES: (Evil laugh) Just one more night is all I need to move all my stars into position.
REDGE: (Whispering) Jack, he’s coming closer to this panel.
JACK: (Whispering) Hold your position, Quills!
MR. YES: Tonight, I will collect the rest of the stars from this constellation–
JACK: (Whispering) Almost here…
MR. YES: And then I will launch them all at the same time. Meteor shower mayhem!! (Another evil laugh)
JACK: And why would you want to do that?
MR. YES: INTRUDERS!
JACK: Quills, run up the panel to my hands! I’ll launch you towards the off switch!
REDGE: And HUP! Jump! Skitter! BOUNCE! HIIII-YAH!
MR. YES: Not so fast hedgehog!
JACK: Oh no! Redge! He blocked you!
REDGE: (Sounding dizzy) I’m…well aware…
MR. YES: I am rather fast, and you cannot stop me!
REDGE: (Like they’re slowly freezing) Hey what is happening? I can’t move my paws!
MR. YES: You’re both fine! I just activated my Freeze Fog before coming in here. I’m immune to it, you see. I knew someone was after me and I didn’t want to take any chances. It should wear off…as soon as my plan unfolds. (Laughs)
So you’re the agents who have been on my tail, trying to foil my plans. The famous Jack A. Lope and Double-Oh-Quills. WELL. Since you’re a little….stuck, I’ll share my diabolical plan. I’ve been stealing stars for weeks, preparing to launch a massive meteor shower. And when there are thousands and thousands of shooting stars in the sky at once…I will turn on….The Wish Washer!
JACK: What is…The Wish Washer?
MR. YES: Just a delightful device that will steal all of Once Upon a Time’s wishes straight from the sky whenever any creature wishes on a shooting star…all of their wishes will be MINE!
REDGE: (Also sounding like his mouth is stuck) NO!
MR. YES: YES! For me, with the power of all of the land’s wishes, the answer will always be YES! You can call me Mr. YES!
Will I get to be a famous scientist? YES!
Will I get to go on glamorous vacations? YES!
Will I publish my comic books? YES!
Will I get to have a field full of ponies in rainbow colors? YES!
All of the wishes of Once Upon a Time’s residents will be MINE!! (Begins muttering to himself as he fires up the lasers)
REDGE: (Whispering) Mavis…can you contact Kit….stealthily?
MAVIS: (Whispering) Yes, Double-Oh-Quills.
REDGE: (Whispering) I can’t let this happen! Whatever it takes! Once Upon a Time runs on wishes and magic!
JACK: (Whispering) I agree. Whatever it is you want to try, I’m with you.
KIT: (Whispering) Hey, we coming up with cool schemes?
REDGE: (Whispering) Kit, do you think you can re-work Mavis so that the suit is extremely reflective?
KIT: (Whispering) Psshh, can I make that reflective? You betcha I can do that, or my name isn’t George!
JACK: (Whispering) But….your name ISN’T George!
KIT: (Whispering) HAHA! I know. I’m just joking. You’ll have reflective suits in ten seconds!
JACK: (Whispering) Mavis’ thrusters might be powerful enough to blow away this Freeze Fog!
KIT: I’ll give those a boost too.
REDGE: (Whispering) And then we can fly in front of the beams!
MR. YES: YES! The laser has been finished and my Wish Washer is complete. Initiating wish stealing evil plan. (Evil laugh)
REDGE: Any minute now Kit!!
KIT: Just…one…more…line of code…and…DONE!
MR. YES: Let the great meteor shower begin!
REDGE: Mavis! Initiate launch!
MAVIS: Launch sequence initiated!
JACK: Are you sure you want to go ahead with that plan, Mr. Yes?
REDGE: Because you might want to take a moment to….REFLECT!
JACK: Dive in front of the laser, Redge!
(The sound of a laser firing and then a silly bong sound as it pings off the suit)
MR. YES: Wait! You stop right there! You are redirecting the laser! It’s bouncing off your suits and sending the stars in the opposite direction! I…I can’t…I can’t get it back into the position!
KIT: Yeah, I might have hacked into that control panel after coding the reflective suits and momentarily locked you out…no big deal.
JACK: Redge look! The new direction of the beam is putting all the stars back!
REDGE: Ursa Major is reforming!
JACK: Every single misplaced star is finding its way home!
MR. YES: BUT ALL OF MY WISHES!
REDGE: They’re staying right where they belong!! SNEAK ATTACK MOVE!
(The sound of a laser)
MR. YES: YOU! You fool! You redirected the laser towards the panel and my Wish Washer is fried!!
….NOOOOOOO!!!
JACK: And here I thought you were named Mr. Yes.
MR. YES: You haven’t seen the last of me, agents. All my wishes will come true! Just you wait!
REDGE: He’s running away!
JACK: We have to stay in position, Quills! Not all of the stars are back in place!
REDGE: You’re right… we’ll catch him another day! At least now we can rest assured that everyone’s wishes are safe!
KIT: Hey, you both did alright!
REDGE: Thank you, Kit, for all of your help.
KIT: No worries! Now I gotta get back to the lab. I’m tinkering with a perpetual ice cream maker and I feel like I’ve almost cracked the code. Later gators!
REDGE: Can you believe an evil scientist was about to steal all of our wishes?
JACK: That is an unbelievable amount of power to gather here in Once Upon a Time.
REDGE: Unimaginable amounts of power. I mean I wish nearly every night!
JACK: Do you know what I’m wishing for now that our case is closed?
REDGE: What’s that, Jack?
JACK: Mavis, do you have any tunes fit for a couple of secret agents? I think it’s time for a little joyride in the sky!
REDGE: Ooo that sounds marvelous!
MAVIS: Of course, Jack. Launch sequence and cool tunes sequence initiated. Rock on!
JONATHAN: This has been a Jonincharacter production. This story was written and produced by Molly Murphy, and performed by Jonathan Cormur. Sound recording and production by Jermaine Hamilton at Pacific Grove Soundworks. We love hearing from you! Contact us at dorktalesstorytime@gmail.com or try our one-way text feature as a safe way to reach out. You can find even more ways to reach us in the show notes.
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