Brad is reluctant for Xavier and Yadina to read the comic he wrote because it's personal. Zora Neale Hurston helps him with her experience as a storyteller.
This episode includes examples of:
- An Aesop:Zora Neale Hurston: Stories are best when you share them with others.
- The Catfish: One of the men at the general store whose story Zora listens to says that he once caught a shark as big as the entire store.
- Group Hug: Xavier and Yadina both give Brad a big hug when he finishes his story.
- Iconic Item: Brad’s story is about how he got his cape.
- Pepper Sneeze: One of Zora's stories is about a pepper shaker who keeps on sneezing and interrupting weddings.
- Performance Anxiety: Brad gets nervous when he writes a story about himself and Xavier and Yadina want to read it.
- Separate Scene Storytelling: The story of when Zora first met Miss Cornshuck, which is illustrated in crayon drawings.
- Sweet Home Alabama: The kids travel back in time to Florida, where Zora Neale Hurston lived, and everyone there is super polite.
- Very Loosely Based on a True Story: Zora’s stories have a lot of fantastic elements added to them in addition to the true events that actually happened.
