[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":573},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stories":3},[4],{"id":5,"title":6,"ageRange":7,"audioSrc":8,"body":9,"coverImage":555,"description":15,"extension":556,"historyTopic":557,"hook":558,"listenTime":559,"meta":560,"navigation":561,"next":562,"panchatantraSource":567,"path":568,"seo":569,"stem":570,"storyRootsNote":571,"__hash__":572},"stories\u002Fstories\u002Fsaturday-wobble.md","Saturday Wobble","6–11","\u002Faudio\u002Fstories\u002Fsaturday-wobble\u002Fsaturday-wobble.m4a",{"type":10,"value":11,"toc":551},"minimark",[12,16,19,22,25,28,31,34,37,45,48,51,54,57,60,63,66,69,72,75,78,81,84,88,92,95,98,101,104,107,110,113,116,119,127,130,137,140,143,146,149,152,155,158,161,164,167,170,173,176,179,182,185,188,191,194,197,200,203,206,209,212,215,218,223,263,268,303,306,309,312,315,318,321,324,327,330,333,336,339,342,345,348,351,354,357,360,363,366,369,372,375,378,381,384,387,390,393,396,399,402,405,408,411,414,417,420,423,426,429,432,435,438,441,444,447,450,453,456,459,462,465,468,471,474,477,480,483,486,489,492,495,498,501,504,507,510,513,516,518,521,524,527,530,533,536,539,542,545,548],[13,14,15],"p",{},"\"Saturday. Eleven o'clock. Football court.\"",[13,17,18],{},"Leo dropped his backpack onto the bench like the matter was officially settled.",[13,20,21],{},"Jamie looked at him.",[13,23,24],{},"\"Why eleven?\"",[13,26,27],{},"Leo shrugged. \"It's Saturday. Saturdays are lazy.\"",[13,29,30],{},"\"That's your reason?\"",[13,32,33],{},"\"It's a very good reason.\"",[13,35,36],{},"Maya looked up from her sandwich.",[13,38,39,40,44],{},"\"Actually… why ",[41,42,43],"em",{},"is"," Saturday part of the weekend?\"",[13,46,47],{},"Three faces turned towards her.",[13,49,50],{},"Leo closed his eyes.",[13,52,53],{},"\"Oh no, not AGAIN.\"",[13,55,56],{},"\"Yesterday you asked why pencils are yellow, and somehow we spent twenty minutes talking about graphite.\"",[13,58,59],{},"Maya shrugged. \"Well, now you know.\"",[13,61,62],{},"\"We're trying to plan football.\"",[13,64,65],{},"\"Exactly. For the weekend. Which somebody must have invented.\"",[13,67,68],{},"Dexter pulled out his phone.",[13,70,71],{},"\"I bet it was a kid.\"",[13,73,74],{},"Jamie laughed. \"Kids did not invent weekends.\"",[13,76,77],{},"\"They should have.\"",[13,79,80],{},"Leo grabbed Dexter's phone.",[13,82,83],{},"\"Fine. Two minutes. Then back to football. PLEASE.\"",[85,86,87],"narr",{},"They had no idea that by Saturday morning, two of them wouldn't even be speaking to each other.",[89,90,91],"divider",{},"Two-Minute Detour",[13,93,94],{},"Maya leaned across the table while Leo searched.",[13,96,97],{},"\"Henry Ford,\" he announced.",[13,99,100],{},"\"That car guy?\" said Jamie.",[13,102,103],{},"\"Yep. Weekend invented. Done.\"",[13,105,106],{},"Maya took the phone from him.",[13,108,109],{},"\"Wait.\"",[13,111,112],{},"Leo groaned.",[13,114,115],{},"\"What now?\"",[13,117,118],{},"\"He didn't invent it.\"",[13,120,121,122,126],{},"People had been setting aside days for rest and worship for centuries. But when factories grew during the Industrial Revolution, lots of workers still worked ",[123,124,125],"strong",{},"six days a week",".",[13,128,129],{},"Leo looked up.",[13,131,132,133,136],{},"\"Six? You mean Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday ",[41,134,135],{},"and"," Saturday?\"",[13,138,139],{},"Jamie nodded. \"Excellent counting.\"",[13,141,142],{},"Leo rolled his eyes and ignored him.",[13,144,145],{},"\"I would not have survived.\"",[13,147,148],{},"\"You can barely survive five days of school,\" said Jamie.",[13,150,151],{},"Everyone burst into laughter.",[13,153,154],{},"Maya looked back at the phone.",[13,156,157],{},"\"But that's not the end of it.\"",[13,159,160],{},"Workers fought for years and finally won an extra day off. Saturday joined Sunday — and the weekend was born.",[13,162,163],{},"Dexter leaned over.",[13,165,166],{},"\"What about Henry Ford?\"",[13,168,169],{},"Maya scrolled a little further.",[13,171,172],{},"\"His factories switched to a five-day week in 1926. He hadn't invented the weekend—he'd just joined the story.\"",[13,174,175],{},"Maya put the phone away.",[13,177,178],{},"\"Mystery solved.\"",[13,180,181],{},"Leo grinned. \"Football?\"",[13,183,184],{},"They settled on Saturday at eleven.",[13,186,187],{},"\"You decided eleven again,\" Jamie said as they left.",[13,189,190],{},"\"We discussed it.\"",[13,192,193],{},"\"You announced it.\"",[13,195,196],{},"Dexter walked behind them, listening.",[13,198,199],{},"A little later, Leo was still thinking about it.",[13,201,202],{},"\"Jamie argues about everything,\" he said.",[13,204,205],{},"Dexter laughed. \"He kind of does.\"",[13,207,208],{},"\"I pick a time and somehow there's always a problem with it.\"",[13,210,211],{},"Leo kicked a pebble along the pavement.",[13,213,214],{},"Dexter said nothing.",[89,216,217],{},"Things Get Weird",[13,219,220],{},[123,221,222],{},"That evening, Leo's phone buzzed.",[224,225,227,233,238,241,244,247,250,253,257,260],"message-thread",{"label":226},"Dexter & Leo",[228,229,232],"message",{"from":230,"side":231},"dexter","left","Jamie's annoyed with you.",[228,234,237],{"from":235,"side":236},"leo","right","Why?",[228,239,240],{"from":230,"side":231},"He said you just decide everything.",[228,242,243],{"from":235,"side":236},"He said that?",[228,245,246],{"from":230,"side":231},"He said you announce things instead of asking.",[228,248,249],{"from":235,"side":236},"Oh.",[228,251,252],{"from":230,"side":231},"Sounded pretty annoyed.",[254,255,256],"beat",{},"Leo kept staring at the screen.",[254,258,259],{},"He read the messages again and wondered if Jamie really thought that about him.",[254,261,262],{},"He didn't know whether to be annoyed or just... hurt.",[13,264,265],{},[123,266,267],{},"A few minutes later, Jamie's phone buzzed.",[224,269,271,274,277,280,282,285,288,291,294,297,300],{"label":270},"Dexter & Jamie",[228,272,273],{"from":230,"side":231},"Leo's annoyed with you.",[228,275,237],{"from":276,"side":236},"jamie",[228,278,279],{"from":230,"side":231},"He said you argue about everything.",[228,281,243],{"from":276,"side":236},[228,283,284],{"from":230,"side":231},"Said he can't even pick a time without you making a big thing about it.",[228,286,287],{"from":276,"side":236},"Seriously?",[228,289,290],{"from":230,"side":231},"Just telling you.",[254,292,293],{},"Jamie put down his phone.",[254,295,296],{},"He'd only been joking with Leo earlier.",[254,298,299],{},"Apparently Leo hadn't found it funny.",[254,301,302],{},"Jamie pulled his blanket up and stared at the ceiling.",[89,304,305],{},"Saturday, 10:56",[13,307,308],{},"At 10:56 the next morning, Maya arrived at the football court.",[13,310,311],{},"Dexter was already there.",[13,313,314],{},"Leo stood beside one goal.",[13,316,317],{},"Jamie stood beside the other.",[13,319,320],{},"Neither was speaking.",[13,322,323],{},"Maya looked between them.",[13,325,326],{},"\"Did somebody die?\"",[13,328,329],{},"\"No,\" said Jamie.",[13,331,332],{},"\"Nehh,\" said Leo.",[13,334,335],{},"Maya nodded. \"Wowww. Very thrilled and cheerful for a non-funeral weekend.\"",[13,337,338],{},"\"Can we play?\" Leo said.",[13,340,341],{},"\"Yes, please. Before Saturday gets any gloomier.\"",[13,343,344],{},"So they played.",[13,346,347],{},"Leo had an open shot and passed sideways to Dexter instead, who lost it straight into a hedge.",[13,349,350],{},"Jamie called a foul two minutes later. Leo played straight through it like he hadn't heard.",[13,352,353],{},"\"That was a foul.\"",[13,355,356],{},"\"It wasn't.\"",[13,358,359],{},"\"It really was.\"",[13,361,362],{},"\"Sure. Whatever you say.\"",[13,364,365],{},"By the third missed pass, Maya had seen enough. She caught the ball and held onto it.",[13,367,368],{},"\"What's going on?\"",[13,370,371],{},"\"Ask him,\" Jamie said.",[13,373,374],{},"\"Me?\" Leo said. \"You're the one who thinks I decide everything.\"",[13,376,377],{},"Jamie stared at him.",[13,379,380],{},"\"You said I argue about everything.\"",[13,382,383],{},"\"I was joking!\"",[13,385,386],{},"\"Well, Dexter didn't make it sound like a joke.\"",[13,388,389],{},"Leo frowned.",[13,391,392],{},"\"Wait. What did he tell you?\"",[13,394,395],{},"\"He said you can't even pick a time without me making a big thing about it.\"",[13,397,398],{},"Leo looked at Dexter.",[13,400,401],{},"\"He told me you were annoyed because I just decide everything.\"",[13,403,404],{},"Jamie looked confused.",[13,406,407],{},"\"I said you picked eleven without asking.\"",[13,409,410],{},"\"That's not the same thing.\"",[13,412,413],{},"\"Exactly.\"",[13,415,416],{},"They both turned towards Dexter.",[13,418,419],{},"Dexter took one small step backwards.",[13,421,422],{},"\"Okay.\"",[13,424,425],{},"\"Okay what?\" Maya said.",[13,427,428],{},"\"Maybe I changed a few words.\"",[13,430,431],{},"\"A few?\" Jamie said.",[13,433,434],{},"\"Some.\"",[13,436,437],{},"Leo folded his arms.",[13,439,440],{},"\"Why?\"",[13,442,443],{},"Dexter looked at the ground.",[13,445,446],{},"\"You two always team up.\"",[13,448,449],{},"Leo blinked.",[13,451,452],{},"\"So?\"",[13,454,455],{},"\"So I wanted to play with you for once.\"",[13,457,458],{},"There was a pause.",[13,460,461],{},"\"You could've just asked,\" Jamie said.",[13,463,464],{},"Dexter made a face.",[13,466,467],{},"\"Yeah, well. That would've been embarrassing.\"",[13,469,470],{},"Maya looked around at all four of them.",[13,472,473],{},"\"And this isn't?\"",[13,475,476],{},"Dexter sighed.",[13,478,479],{},"\"It's becoming quite embarrassing.\"",[13,481,482],{},"Maya dropped the ball.",[13,484,485],{},"\"And next time?\"",[13,487,488],{},"Leo looked at Jamie.",[13,490,491],{},"\"We just ask?\"",[13,493,494],{},"Jamie shrugged. \"Would've saved us a lot of time.\"",[13,496,497],{},"Leo grinned. \"You do like arguing, though.\"",[13,499,500],{},"\"And you're still annoying,\" said Jamie.",[13,502,503],{},"Maya smiled. \"Good. Back to normal.\"",[13,505,506],{},"She passed the ball straight through Dexter's legs.",[13,508,509],{},"\"HEY!\"",[13,511,512],{},"Maya grinned. \"Too slow.\"",[13,514,515],{},"And the game was back on.",[89,517],{},[13,519,520],{},"Afterwards, they stopped for ice cream.",[13,522,523],{},"Halfway home, Maya said, \"By the way, my birthday's next Saturday.\"",[13,525,526],{},"Leo stopped. \"Party?\"",[13,528,529],{},"\"I didn't say that.\"",[13,531,532],{},"Dexter grinned. \"Too late. I'm bringing a cake.\"",[13,534,535],{},"Jamie sighed. \"You don't even know if she likes cake.\"",[13,537,538],{},"Dexter looked at Maya.",[13,540,541],{},"\"You do, though. Right?\"",[13,543,544],{},"Maya gave him a mischievous grin, took an enormous bite of her ice cream, and kept walking.",[13,546,547],{},"Dexter hurried after her.",[13,549,550],{},"\"Maya?\"",{"title":552,"searchDepth":553,"depth":553,"links":554},"",2,[],"\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Fthe-weekend-mix-up\u002Fcover.png","md","Why we have a two-day weekend","A football plan — and the weirdest Saturday ever.","~9 min",{},true,{"id":563,"episode":564,"title":565,"teaser":566,"coverImage":552,"comingSoon":561},"ep02-maya-birthday","02","Maya's Birthday","It's Maya's birthday. Dexter's bringing the cake. And nobody has checked the candles…","The Lion and the Bull","\u002Fstories\u002Fsaturday-wobble",{"title":6,"description":15},"stories\u002Fsaturday-wobble","Inspired by \u003Cem>The Lion and the Bull\u003C\u002Fem>, a tale from the \u003Cem>Panchatantra\u003C\u002Fem>, an ancient Indian collection of stories about friendship, choices and human nature.","CD9o0M-9uUD5BdsA8dvXw9jc5eTRtpgOVSlvwKr8f38",1791545294509]