1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:09,800 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Did you know that every day we make 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:13,319 Speaker 1: some awesome activities for you to do at home. Yep, 4 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 1: Summer is coming up and that means we're gonna all 5 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 1: be looking for fun things to do. So our Kids 6 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: Animal Stories podcast we create an activity just for you, 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: So down in the show notes below, your parents can 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: click in that link and check out some awesome things 9 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: to learn about animals and also do a fun activity 10 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 1: about them. Well, friends, are you ready for today's adventure? 11 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. Hey, Silas, do you want to 12 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: take a turn? As the engineer asked Felix, Yeah, I'm ready. 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: Why don't you grab the binoculars and head up top 14 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: and keep a lookout. Felix grabbed the binoculars and ran 15 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: up top to the top of the train. Yeah, Felix 16 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: in Silas were engineers on train. That meant they were 17 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: responsible for driving and operating the train and making sure 18 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: that everything went according to plan. They had just finished 19 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: dropping off a whole bunch of packages that were in 20 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: that train. They were now on their way home after 21 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 1: a long day of work. They were taking turns. One 22 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: would drive the train, and the other would go up 23 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: to the roof of the train with binoculars, you know, 24 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: looking out for any animals that might be running over 25 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: the tracks or something else. And then he would blow 26 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: the horn on the train to scare off that animal 27 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: so that they wouldn't get hurt. It was a very 28 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: important job to make sure that everyone was safe while 29 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: operating that train. As Silas was operating the train and 30 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: driving it forward, they gave the train horn a big 31 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: pull to alert the whole down that they were coming through. 32 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: They didn't want any cars on the road in their way. Hey, Felix, 33 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: are we all clear up there, yelled Silas from down below. 34 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 1: Felix was on the roof of the train with his 35 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: binoculars keeping an eye out far up ahead on the tracks. Yep, 36 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: everything looked good so far. Wait wait, hold on a second, 37 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: said Felix. Uh, there's something up there. It's way up there. 38 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: But I think you should hit the brakes now. Silas 39 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: pulled on the brake lever, not knowing exactly what Felix 40 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: was talking about. But it does take a long way 41 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 1: in a long time to stop a big train from moving. 42 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: When a train is super big and super heavy, you 43 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 1: gotta start those brakes early because as the train breaks 44 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: poll it's it keeps moving. It takes a long way 45 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: for that train to come to a stop. Felix came 46 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: down from up above and told Silas there's a ginormous 47 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: tree that has fallen on the tracks. We gotta be 48 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: able to stop this in time, said Felix. As the 49 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: trains breaks, we're screeching. It was too little, too late. 50 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 1: Boom crash. The train crashed right into that ginormous tree 51 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: that was laying over the tracks. Whoa, Silas? Be okay, 52 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:39,119 Speaker 1: said Felix. Oh ouch, yeah, I'm okay. I just got 53 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: bumped around a little bit, said Silas as he rubbed 54 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: his head with his left hand. Let's go outside and 55 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: take a look and see what the damage is. Felix 56 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: and Silas climbed down the edge of the train, and 57 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: unfortunately we're met with bad news. Oh no, that tree 58 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: knocked the train off the tracks. What are we gonna do? 59 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: Cried Felix. We're still nowhere near home and I don't 60 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: even know where we are. Silas, what do we do? 61 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: Silas looked around for a second. He knew that they 62 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: were running out of daylight, it was almost getting nighttime, 63 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: so they were running out of time. First, we've got 64 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,840 Speaker 1: to get our bearing straight. We gotta figure out which 65 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 1: way's north and which way's home. Come on, what do 66 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: you mean, said Felix as he chased behind Silex. Come on, 67 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: we gotta take a look at these trees and find 68 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,799 Speaker 1: the moss. That's gonna be the easiest way to figure 69 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: out what's north. What are you talking about, asked Felix. 70 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: Come on, I'll show you. Just come here. Silas was 71 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: looking from tree to tree looking for moss growing on 72 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,919 Speaker 1: the tree. Do you know why he would be doing that. 73 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: It's an old trick that on a tree green moss 74 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: only grows on the north side, and so if you 75 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: know the north side of something, then you also know 76 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: where east, south, and west is. Silas finally found a 77 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 1: tree that had a whole bunch of moss in this 78 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: one side of the tree. All right here, come take 79 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: a look at this, Felix. Look. Silas was pointing to 80 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: where the moss was and said, see, now though we 81 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:23,359 Speaker 1: know that's north, I know that on our route that 82 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: home was west of here. That we just had to 83 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: go west a couple more miles and that would get 84 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: us back to our city. So if that's north, that 85 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:37,679 Speaker 1: way is west. He pointed west with his left hand. Well, 86 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: I trust you, Silas, Let's go, said Felix. Felix and 87 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 1: Silas then started marching through the forest. It was a 88 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: very challenging hike, as they had to pull themself up 89 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: over boulders and squeeze in between thorny bushes and so 90 00:05:55,520 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 1: much more. But finally, after several hours, they popped out 91 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: the other side of the forest. Oh thank you, there's 92 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: our neighborhood, said Felix with great relief. All right, once 93 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: we get home, we got to call the train station 94 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: to let them know about the accident that happened back there. 95 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: And then tomorrow we can get a tow truck out 96 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: there and flip the train back over. But for now, 97 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: it is time for bed, said Silas. Good work today, Felix. 98 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: I'm glad we made it home. I couldn't have done 99 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: it without you, Silas. I'll see you tomorrow. As Felix 100 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: and Silas went back to their houses to get ready 101 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: for bed and go to sleep, they knew they had 102 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: a big day tomorrow. Tomorrow was gonna be a day 103 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: of a train rescue. Well, more like flipping the train 104 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: back up onto the tracks and moving that big tree 105 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 1: out of the way so they wouldn't bump into it again. Well, 106 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: I'm glad we have Felix and Silas as train engineers 107 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: because without them, all of our packages wouldn't make it 108 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 1: on their way to where they need to be. And 109 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: I bet Felix is grateful that Silas knew how to 110 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: find their way home after they got lost in the 111 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 1: middle of the forest. Hmm. Maybe I'll remember that trick 112 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: one day if I get lost in the forest, just 113 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: look for moss on the tree and that way is north. 114 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: The end. Great job, you listened all the way to 115 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: the end, and you know what time it is. It's 116 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: time for kid shout out. I want to say hey 117 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: to James, Grace and Ethan from Salt Lake City, Fixby, 118 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: Griffin and Piper from Tennessee, Carter and Dean from Toronto, 119 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: Hudson from Washington, d c Ori from Ontario, Penelobe from Washington, 120 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: Hillary from California, and Noah from British Columbia. I'm so 121 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: glad that you're all in the Kit short Story's family 122 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: and on the spy team. We could not stop. Doctors, 123 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: thinky Breath and his crew. Without you, my friends, well 124 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: you have a super duper day and I will see 125 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: you on our next aventure. Bye.