1 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: Hello friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,399 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Today's story comes to us from one of 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: my friends, Grace. Hey Grace, she sent me an awesome 4 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: idea for a story, and you can't too. Just head 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: over to kids short stories dot com, click the link 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: to fill out the form for story submissions, and then 7 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: send me your idea. It can just be a couple 8 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: of sentences or something that you think is really cool. Well, friends, 9 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: are you ready for a world where there's alien trees? 10 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It was a beautiful day as 11 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:48,919 Speaker 1: Grace and all of her friends were building treehouses in 12 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: their neighborhood. Holy smokes, that sounds like an amazing neighborhood 13 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,279 Speaker 1: to live in. Whoa that they have a force right 14 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: there and they're all building tree houses. Have you ever 15 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: been inside of a treehouse before? And you have to 16 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: climb up a ladder to get all the way in 17 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: and you pull yourself up and then wow, it's like 18 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: you're in a different world up there. I love going 19 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 1: in treehouses and treehouses that have walls and windows and 20 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: even a roof. Those are the craziest coolest ones. Hey, guys, 21 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: have you seen all these vines that are like connected 22 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: to all the trees, asked Grace. Uh, I didn't notice 23 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: those before, but those are pretty strange looking, said one 24 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: of her friends. She was right. All the trees had 25 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: this strange vine connected to it that seemed to be 26 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: all running in the same direction through the forest. I'll 27 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: definitely need to check that out later. Grace thought to herself, Hey, guys, 28 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go grab some more nails and some more tools. Okay, 29 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: I'll be right back. Okay, see you. Grace great started 30 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: jogging back to her house. At her house, there were 31 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: all the kind of tools that she needed, like some 32 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: rope and a hammer and a screwdriver and everything that 33 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: you need to build an amazing treehouse. All right, I 34 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: need some of those and some of these. She had 35 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: grabbed a bag and was filling it up with all 36 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: the things she needed and wanted to share with her 37 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 1: friends as they were building this amazing community of treehouses. 38 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, she heard some screaming, ah, help, help, 39 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: somebody help us. It was coming from the forest. Grace 40 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: dropped her bag and started running as fast as she 41 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 1: could to the forest. She thought that somebody might have 42 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:54,679 Speaker 1: gotten hurt. Guys, what's going on? Are you okay? Somebody hurt? 43 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: Grolve help. We're stuck inside of the treehouse. Something weird 44 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: happened in the tree just like closed this in. Oh. 45 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: Grace couldn't believe her eyes. The branches on the trees 46 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,679 Speaker 1: had almost It looked like they were hugging the treehouses 47 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: and it made it impossible for the people inside to escape. 48 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 1: What in the world happened to those trees, she thought 49 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: to herself, and then she saw it. The tree branches 50 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: started to move like arms. The trees had come alive. 51 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: Grace knew exactly what she had to do. She had 52 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: to call into HQ, so she ran back to her 53 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: house to grab a walkie talkie. HQ, this is Grace. 54 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: I have a huge emergency over sh Grace. What is 55 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: the emergency? 56 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 2: Sh? 57 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: Something? I don't even understand what happened, but me and 58 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: my friends we were building treehouses in the forest and 59 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, it looks like the trees trees 60 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: came alive and they've trapped my friends inside of the treehouse. 61 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: Do you have any ideas what could be going on? Sh? 62 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, but we do not. You're gonna need to 63 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: search around and look for clues. Look for something that 64 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 1: looks unusual, and let us know what you find. Over 65 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: sh Grace put her walkie talking in her pocket and 66 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: started running towards the forest. She had to start looking 67 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: for clues. But what does that even mean? To look 68 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: for something strange? But all the trees. That's pretty strange 69 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: that they're like coming alive. 70 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 2: Oh whoose whose? 71 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: All of our friends were still stuck inside of their 72 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 1: treehouses with no way out. All the branches of the 73 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: trees had blocked the windows and the doors and they 74 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: were stuck inside of their treehouse. Don't worry, guys, Grace shouted, 75 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get you out, And it's like the trees 76 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: heard her. As soon as she shouted her her voice, 77 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: the branches started creeping closer to her. Ah, whoa, that's creepy, 78 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: said Grace. She ran back to her backyard to find 79 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: a safe place out of reach of all those tree branches. 80 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: But as she was running back, she tripped on one 81 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: of those vines that she had seen earlier. Whoa, ow 82 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: uh wait a second, these vines. I've never seen them before. 83 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: I've never seen a bright purple vine before. Wow, very strange. 84 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: And then Grace remembered what h Q had said on 85 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: the walkie talkie for her to look for something that 86 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: was strange. And that's pretty strange. All right, I'm gonna 87 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: need to follow these vines and see where they lead to, 88 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: because maybe the vines are part of this thing that's 89 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: going on, Grace said to herself. But she has to 90 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: think about how she's gonna be able to sneak past 91 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: these trees because earlier it looks like they were able 92 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: to hear her, and so she's gonna have to be 93 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 1: really quiet, and just in case, she should probably wear 94 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: some camouflage, right, Yeah, if you needed to blend into 95 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:14,679 Speaker 1: that forest, what would you use as camouflage? I think 96 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: I might get some sticks and leaves and, like, I 97 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: don't know, tie him onto my back to make Oh yeah, 98 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: then I could look like a giant bush. What's your 99 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: idea for a good camouflage trick in the forest. Well, 100 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: I think Grace took my idea and started to build 101 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: herself into a bush. A bush that was gonna walk 102 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: through the forest. A walking bush, you know, that doesn't 103 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: look strange at all. That would be pretty silly to 104 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: see if you saw a bush moving through the forest. 105 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: I think that would be pretty suspicious. But maybe maybe 106 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 1: we can trick these strange trees. What do you think? 107 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: As Grace started to crawl through the forest to act 108 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: like a very non suspicious bush, she actually made it. 109 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: She was able to sneak past all those trees and 110 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: started to follow those very strange vines that were on 111 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: the ground. Do you remember what color those vines were? Yes, purple, 112 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: very suspicious vines. She got deeper and deeper into the forest, 113 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden there was a clearing up ahead. 114 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: A clearing means there's no trees in the area, just grass, 115 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: and she couldn't believe what she was seeing. 116 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 2: Oh boy, I can't believe how many little kids wait 117 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 2: cut in those tree traps. 118 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was pretty surprising that it actually worked. So, uh, 119 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: what do you think we should do about it? 120 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 2: Well, the bars wanted us to, you know, test it 121 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 2: out with just a couple of trees, and then if 122 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 2: it was successful, then we can roll it out to 123 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 2: all the forests in the entire world. 124 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: Oh no, that sounds like a purple Ninja plan. Are 125 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: they really trying to catch all of us inside of 126 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: tree traps. That sounds absolutely terrible. How in the world 127 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: is Craze going to stop them before it's too late. 128 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: I don't know. We'll have to wait and see what 129 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: happens on the next episode of Kids Short Stories. Great job, 130 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: you listened all the way to the end, and you 131 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: know what time it is. It's time for Kurd shout out. 132 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: I would say, Hey, Takoa and Luca from Vancouver, Meyra 133 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: from New Zealand, Kai from New Zealand, Claude from the Philippines, 134 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 1: Charlotte and Jack from Washington, DC Oli from Kansas City, 135 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: and Wyatt from San Francisco. I'm so glad that you're 136 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: all in the Kid Short Stories family and on the 137 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 1: spy team. We could not stop doctor stink Key Breath 138 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: and his crew without you, my friends. Well you have 139 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:08,719 Speaker 1: a super super day and I will see you on 140 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: our next adventure. Bye.