“Once upon a time there was a boy who really loved getting ice cream from this one particular store. Several times a week he went to this store and every time, he left the store with his ice cream.
Life was good.
Until one day he went to this store, to where the ice cream was, except there was no ice cream.”

— from ‘When The Ice Cream Ran Out’

When The Ice Cream Ran Out is an allegory about being attached to something that’s no longer available the way it once was—maybe a friendship that’s faded, or a favorite place that’s gone out of business—and how difficult it is to let go of what used to be, until we remember that we can shift our focus elsewhere and discover a new world of other wonderful things.

(Suitable for all ages.)

When The Ice Cream Ran Out was written by Jessica Laurel Kane; music by Jerome Rossen at Freshmade Music.

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