EP 114Ages 4-10
Oneupya and the Formula Rossa
A screen-free audio story about Oneupya, a Goop who always has to outdo everyone. Set in Dubai.
Play the story · 36:41
Read by Maria Calanchini
Also on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
The story
Oneupya always has to do one better, from longer flower necklaces to faster races. When he draws a chalk race track to beat Drawum's and runs it, the sidewalk opens up and swallows him.
He wakes in a hot desert park in the United Arab Emirates with legs as heavy as bricks, and a sand cat and a speedy gazelle lead him to a record-breaking roller coaster.
The real place: Formula Rossa
Three things to tell your kid after the story.
- 1Formula Rossa is a roller coaster at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, a neighbor of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
- 2It shoots riders up to about 240 km/h (149 mph) in under 5 seconds, so riders wear safety goggles.
- 3Sand cats live in Arabian deserts and have thick fur on the bottoms of their paws to walk on burning-hot sand.
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