[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":572},["ShallowReactive",2],{"story-saturday-wobble":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"ageRange":6,"audioSrc":7,"body":8,"coverImage":554,"description":14,"extension":555,"historyTopic":556,"hook":557,"listenTime":558,"meta":559,"navigation":560,"next":561,"panchatantraSource":566,"path":567,"seo":568,"stem":569,"storyRootsNote":570,"__hash__":571},"stories\u002Fstories\u002Fsaturday-wobble.md","Saturday Wobble","6–11","\u002Faudio\u002Fstories\u002Fsaturday-wobble\u002Fsaturday-wobble.m4a",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":550},"minimark",[11,15,18,21,24,27,30,33,36,44,47,50,53,56,59,62,65,68,71,74,77,80,83,87,91,94,97,100,103,106,109,112,115,118,126,129,136,139,142,145,148,151,154,157,160,163,166,169,172,175,178,181,184,187,190,193,196,199,202,205,208,211,214,217,222,262,267,302,305,308,311,314,317,320,323,326,329,332,335,338,341,344,347,350,353,356,359,362,365,368,371,374,377,380,383,386,389,392,395,398,401,404,407,410,413,416,419,422,425,428,431,434,437,440,443,446,449,452,455,458,461,464,467,470,473,476,479,482,485,488,491,494,497,500,503,506,509,512,515,517,520,523,526,529,532,535,538,541,544,547],[12,13,14],"p",{},"\"Saturday. Eleven o'clock. Football court.\"",[12,16,17],{},"Leo dropped his backpack onto the bench like the matter was officially settled.",[12,19,20],{},"Jamie looked at him.",[12,22,23],{},"\"Why eleven?\"",[12,25,26],{},"Leo shrugged. \"It's Saturday. Saturdays are lazy.\"",[12,28,29],{},"\"That's your reason?\"",[12,31,32],{},"\"It's a very good reason.\"",[12,34,35],{},"Maya looked up from her sandwich.",[12,37,38,39,43],{},"\"Actually… why ",[40,41,42],"em",{},"is"," Saturday part of the weekend?\"",[12,45,46],{},"Three faces turned towards her.",[12,48,49],{},"Leo closed his eyes.",[12,51,52],{},"\"Oh no, not AGAIN.\"",[12,54,55],{},"\"Yesterday you asked why pencils are yellow, and somehow we spent twenty minutes talking about graphite.\"",[12,57,58],{},"Maya shrugged. \"Well, now you know.\"",[12,60,61],{},"\"We're trying to plan football.\"",[12,63,64],{},"\"Exactly. For the weekend. Which somebody must have invented.\"",[12,66,67],{},"Dexter pulled out his phone.",[12,69,70],{},"\"I bet it was a kid.\"",[12,72,73],{},"Jamie laughed. \"Kids did not invent weekends.\"",[12,75,76],{},"\"They should have.\"",[12,78,79],{},"Leo grabbed Dexter's phone.",[12,81,82],{},"\"Fine. Two minutes. Then back to football. PLEASE.\"",[84,85,86],"narr",{},"They had no idea that by Saturday morning, two of them wouldn't even be speaking to each other.",[88,89,90],"divider",{},"Two-Minute Detour",[12,92,93],{},"Maya leaned across the table while Leo searched.",[12,95,96],{},"\"Henry Ford,\" he announced.",[12,98,99],{},"\"That car guy?\" said Jamie.",[12,101,102],{},"\"Yep. Weekend invented. Done.\"",[12,104,105],{},"Maya took the phone from him.",[12,107,108],{},"\"Wait.\"",[12,110,111],{},"Leo groaned.",[12,113,114],{},"\"What now?\"",[12,116,117],{},"\"He didn't invent it.\"",[12,119,120,121,125],{},"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 ",[122,123,124],"strong",{},"six days a week",".",[12,127,128],{},"Leo looked up.",[12,130,131,132,135],{},"\"Six? You mean Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday ",[40,133,134],{},"and"," Saturday?\"",[12,137,138],{},"Jamie nodded. \"Excellent counting.\"",[12,140,141],{},"Leo rolled his eyes and ignored him.",[12,143,144],{},"\"I would not have survived.\"",[12,146,147],{},"\"You can barely survive five days of school,\" said Jamie.",[12,149,150],{},"Everyone burst into laughter.",[12,152,153],{},"Maya looked back at the phone.",[12,155,156],{},"\"But that's not the end of it.\"",[12,158,159],{},"Workers fought for years and finally won an extra day off. Saturday joined Sunday — and the weekend was born.",[12,161,162],{},"Dexter leaned over.",[12,164,165],{},"\"What about Henry Ford?\"",[12,167,168],{},"Maya scrolled a little further.",[12,170,171],{},"\"His factories switched to a five-day week in 1926. He hadn't invented the weekend—he'd just joined the story.\"",[12,173,174],{},"Maya put the phone away.",[12,176,177],{},"\"Mystery solved.\"",[12,179,180],{},"Leo grinned. \"Football?\"",[12,182,183],{},"They settled on Saturday at eleven.",[12,185,186],{},"\"You decided eleven again,\" Jamie said as they left.",[12,188,189],{},"\"We discussed it.\"",[12,191,192],{},"\"You announced it.\"",[12,194,195],{},"Dexter walked behind them, listening.",[12,197,198],{},"A little later, Leo was still thinking about it.",[12,200,201],{},"\"Jamie argues about everything,\" he said.",[12,203,204],{},"Dexter laughed. \"He kind of does.\"",[12,206,207],{},"\"I pick a time and somehow there's always a problem with it.\"",[12,209,210],{},"Leo kicked a pebble along the pavement.",[12,212,213],{},"Dexter said nothing.",[88,215,216],{},"Things Get Weird",[12,218,219],{},[122,220,221],{},"That evening, Leo's phone buzzed.",[223,224,226,232,237,240,243,246,249,252,256,259],"message-thread",{"label":225},"Dexter & Leo",[227,228,231],"message",{"from":229,"side":230},"dexter","left","Jamie's annoyed with you.",[227,233,236],{"from":234,"side":235},"leo","right","Why?",[227,238,239],{"from":229,"side":230},"He said you just decide everything.",[227,241,242],{"from":234,"side":235},"He said that?",[227,244,245],{"from":229,"side":230},"He said you announce things instead of asking.",[227,247,248],{"from":234,"side":235},"Oh.",[227,250,251],{"from":229,"side":230},"Sounded pretty annoyed.",[253,254,255],"beat",{},"Leo kept staring at the screen.",[253,257,258],{},"He read the messages again and wondered if Jamie really thought that about him.",[253,260,261],{},"He didn't know whether to be annoyed or just... hurt.",[12,263,264],{},[122,265,266],{},"A few minutes later, Jamie's phone buzzed.",[223,268,270,273,276,279,281,284,287,290,293,296,299],{"label":269},"Dexter & Jamie",[227,271,272],{"from":229,"side":230},"Leo's annoyed with you.",[227,274,236],{"from":275,"side":235},"jamie",[227,277,278],{"from":229,"side":230},"He said you argue about everything.",[227,280,242],{"from":275,"side":235},[227,282,283],{"from":229,"side":230},"Said he can't even pick a time without you making a big thing about it.",[227,285,286],{"from":275,"side":235},"Seriously?",[227,288,289],{"from":229,"side":230},"Just telling you.",[253,291,292],{},"Jamie put down his phone.",[253,294,295],{},"He'd only been joking with Leo earlier.",[253,297,298],{},"Apparently Leo hadn't found it funny.",[253,300,301],{},"Jamie pulled his blanket up and stared at the ceiling.",[88,303,304],{},"Saturday, 10:56",[12,306,307],{},"At 10:56 the next morning, Maya arrived at the football court.",[12,309,310],{},"Dexter was already there.",[12,312,313],{},"Leo stood beside one goal.",[12,315,316],{},"Jamie stood beside the other.",[12,318,319],{},"Neither was speaking.",[12,321,322],{},"Maya looked between them.",[12,324,325],{},"\"Did somebody die?\"",[12,327,328],{},"\"No,\" said Jamie.",[12,330,331],{},"\"Nehh,\" said Leo.",[12,333,334],{},"Maya nodded. \"Wowww. Very thrilled and cheerful for a non-funeral weekend.\"",[12,336,337],{},"\"Can we play?\" Leo said.",[12,339,340],{},"\"Yes, please. Before Saturday gets any gloomier.\"",[12,342,343],{},"So they played.",[12,345,346],{},"Leo had an open shot and passed sideways to Dexter instead, who lost it straight into a hedge.",[12,348,349],{},"Jamie called a foul two minutes later. Leo played straight through it like he hadn't heard.",[12,351,352],{},"\"That was a foul.\"",[12,354,355],{},"\"It wasn't.\"",[12,357,358],{},"\"It really was.\"",[12,360,361],{},"\"Sure. Whatever you say.\"",[12,363,364],{},"By the third missed pass, Maya had seen enough. She caught the ball and held onto it.",[12,366,367],{},"\"What's going on?\"",[12,369,370],{},"\"Ask him,\" Jamie said.",[12,372,373],{},"\"Me?\" Leo said. \"You're the one who thinks I decide everything.\"",[12,375,376],{},"Jamie stared at him.",[12,378,379],{},"\"You said I argue about everything.\"",[12,381,382],{},"\"I was joking!\"",[12,384,385],{},"\"Well, Dexter didn't make it sound like a joke.\"",[12,387,388],{},"Leo frowned.",[12,390,391],{},"\"Wait. What did he tell you?\"",[12,393,394],{},"\"He said you can't even pick a time without me making a big thing about it.\"",[12,396,397],{},"Leo looked at Dexter.",[12,399,400],{},"\"He told me you were annoyed because I just decide everything.\"",[12,402,403],{},"Jamie looked confused.",[12,405,406],{},"\"I said you picked eleven without asking.\"",[12,408,409],{},"\"That's not the same thing.\"",[12,411,412],{},"\"Exactly.\"",[12,414,415],{},"They both turned towards Dexter.",[12,417,418],{},"Dexter took one small step backwards.",[12,420,421],{},"\"Okay.\"",[12,423,424],{},"\"Okay what?\" Maya said.",[12,426,427],{},"\"Maybe I changed a few words.\"",[12,429,430],{},"\"A few?\" Jamie said.",[12,432,433],{},"\"Some.\"",[12,435,436],{},"Leo folded his arms.",[12,438,439],{},"\"Why?\"",[12,441,442],{},"Dexter looked at the ground.",[12,444,445],{},"\"You two always team up.\"",[12,447,448],{},"Leo blinked.",[12,450,451],{},"\"So?\"",[12,453,454],{},"\"So I wanted to play with you for once.\"",[12,456,457],{},"There was a pause.",[12,459,460],{},"\"You could've just asked,\" Jamie said.",[12,462,463],{},"Dexter made a face.",[12,465,466],{},"\"Yeah, well. That would've been embarrassing.\"",[12,468,469],{},"Maya looked around at all four of them.",[12,471,472],{},"\"And this isn't?\"",[12,474,475],{},"Dexter sighed.",[12,477,478],{},"\"It's becoming quite embarrassing.\"",[12,480,481],{},"Maya dropped the ball.",[12,483,484],{},"\"And next time?\"",[12,486,487],{},"Leo looked at Jamie.",[12,489,490],{},"\"We just ask?\"",[12,492,493],{},"Jamie shrugged. \"Would've saved us a lot of time.\"",[12,495,496],{},"Leo grinned. \"You do like arguing, though.\"",[12,498,499],{},"\"And you're still annoying,\" said Jamie.",[12,501,502],{},"Maya smiled. \"Good. Back to normal.\"",[12,504,505],{},"She passed the ball straight through Dexter's legs.",[12,507,508],{},"\"HEY!\"",[12,510,511],{},"Maya grinned. \"Too slow.\"",[12,513,514],{},"And the game was back on.",[88,516],{},[12,518,519],{},"Afterwards, they stopped for ice cream.",[12,521,522],{},"Halfway home, Maya said, \"By the way, my birthday's next Saturday.\"",[12,524,525],{},"Leo stopped. \"Party?\"",[12,527,528],{},"\"I didn't say that.\"",[12,530,531],{},"Dexter grinned. \"Too late. I'm bringing a cake.\"",[12,533,534],{},"Jamie sighed. \"You don't even know if she likes cake.\"",[12,536,537],{},"Dexter looked at Maya.",[12,539,540],{},"\"You do, though. Right?\"",[12,542,543],{},"Maya gave him a mischievous grin, took an enormous bite of her ice cream, and kept walking.",[12,545,546],{},"Dexter hurried after her.",[12,548,549],{},"\"Maya?\"",{"title":551,"searchDepth":552,"depth":552,"links":553},"",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":562,"episode":563,"title":564,"teaser":565,"coverImage":551,"comingSoon":560},"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":5,"description":14},"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",1791545294628]