1 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: the family. We do stories every single day right here, 4 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: and we even have activities that we make for you 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: down in the show notes below. There's a link for 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: activities for kids, and that's where we take our kids animals, stories, 7 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: podcasts and turn them into an awesome challenge for you 8 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: to do every single day at home or at school. Well, friends, 9 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: are you ready for today's story from Sadie? She sent 10 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 1: me this awesome idea, Let's go. 11 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 2: It was a. 12 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: Rainy and stormy night as Sadie was high up in 13 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: a lighthouse looking out with binoculars checking the ocean. Wait 14 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: a second, what's going on? You see, Sadie? She was 15 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: stationed on a mage cool dragon island in the middle 16 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 1: of the ocean. She had just received an urgent message 17 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: from HQ saying that a purple ninja was on its 18 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: way to try and steal its magical powers. Have you 19 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: heard of this magical dragon Island? Oh, it's a beautiful, 20 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: beautiful place and sometimes it does rain and storm there, 21 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: but usually it is a sunny, perfect day there. But 22 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: what makes it magical? I'm glad you asked. You see 23 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:38,199 Speaker 1: in the very center of this island. It's a beautiful, 24 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: beautiful waterfall. But this waterfall is very different than the 25 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: ones that maybe you and I have seen before. You 26 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: see most waterfalls, in fact, all waterfalls their water falls 27 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: down right. Yes, there might be a river or a 28 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: lake up above, and that water runs right over the 29 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: edge and falls all the way to the bottom. Well, 30 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 1: you see on this magical Dragon Island. Something is strange 31 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: about this waterfall because the waterfall does not fall down, 32 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: it falls up. What how is that possible? Well, it's 33 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 1: a secret that I don't even know the answer to. Maybe, 34 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 1: just maybe you can use your imagination to solve that secret, 35 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: but I haven't figured it out yet. And you see 36 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: the dragons from all over the world. They fly to 37 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: this very island because not only is it magical to 38 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: watch a waterfall that falls up, but that water is 39 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: actually magic as well. Dragons come from miles and miles 40 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: away just to drink this magic water. I believe it 41 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: gives them their ability to fly, but not exactly sure. 42 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: But all I know is that Sadie's job was to 43 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: guard this island, guarded from people that wanted to steal 44 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: this magic for themselves. You see, this kind of magic 45 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: is reserved only for dragons. And so as Sadie bravely 46 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: stood atop of this lighthouse with her binoculars pressed up 47 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: against her eyes, she was on the lookout for a 48 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 1: purple ninja looking to steal that magic. All right, Oh, 49 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: this storm is bad, said Sadie. She was right. The 50 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: wind and rain and crashing thunderbooms echoed throughout the lighthouse, boom, crash. 51 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: With every minute that passed. She was getting closer to, 52 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: hopefully the end of the storm. You see, Sadie was 53 00:03:55,560 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: a very smart spy who already had a plan of 54 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: how to trick the purple Ninjas. This was not her 55 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: first time having to defend this island from somebody wanting 56 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: to steal something, and so she had built a second island. Yes, 57 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: in the middle of the ocean where she was there 58 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: was this magical island, and not that far away from it, 59 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 1: she had piled a whole bunch of rocks into something 60 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: that looked like the real island, but in fact it 61 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: was not. The real magical island was very easy to 62 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: identify because it had a very tall lighthouse do you 63 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: know what a lighthouse is. Yes, it's like a very tall, 64 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: skinny building and at the very top is a light 65 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: that spins around and its job is to protect the 66 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: shores from boats that might be passing by at night. 67 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: And if you're driving a boat on the water at night, 68 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 1: it's really hard to see without a light, and so 69 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: those lighthouses they help boats stay away from the shores 70 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 1: without crashing into the rocks. But that lighthouse is what 71 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: identifies this very secret island. It's how the dragons know 72 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:30,119 Speaker 1: where to go. So if the Purple Ninjas knew where 73 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: to look for, wouldn't you think that it would be 74 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,799 Speaker 1: easy for them to find it if there's a bright 75 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: light at the top. And wait a second, look at that. 76 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: Sadie has turned off the light in the lighthouse that 77 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: she is standing in a and the island over there 78 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 1: that she built to trick the Purple Ninjas, she put 79 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 1: another light over there. Perfect. The Purple Ninjas will think 80 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,159 Speaker 1: that they found this magical island, but in fact it's 81 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 1: only a pile of rocks. 82 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 2: Hey, look there's the island. 83 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: She could hear the Purple Ninjas in the distance. The 84 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: rain had stopped and the Purple Ninjas were flying towards 85 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: what they thought was the magical island. So what exactly 86 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: are we looking for? A kid, what did the bus 87 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: want us to take? 88 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 2: Well, I heard about there some kind of magical waterfall here, 89 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 2: So just look for some water or a waterfall or something, 90 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 2: and then we'll just steal the water. 91 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: Okay, we'll start looking. The Purple Ninjas started to walk 92 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: around this fake island. They were very disappointed to not 93 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: find anything. 94 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 2: Uh, I don't think any water. Are you sure this 95 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 2: is the place? Of course, I'm sharing it's the place. Look, 96 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 2: it has the light here, and there's no other islands 97 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 2: anywhere around here that have this bright light. Ah. We 98 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 2: must they've gotten some bad information. There's no magic here. 99 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 2: Let's head back. 100 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: To the blamp, said the purple ninja. Wow. Sadie watched 101 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: quietly from her dark lighthouse as the Purple Ninjas left 102 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: they flew away. Her plan had worked. As she waited 103 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: for those Purple Ninjas to leave and fly away, she 104 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: saw some dragons in the distance, and she knew that 105 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: she had to turn her lighthouse back on to direct 106 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: the dragons to the right island. She turned the light on, 107 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: she hopped in a canoe and rowed the boat over 108 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: to the other island to turn off the fake island's light. Whew, 109 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: just in time, said Sadie, as a whole flock of 110 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 1: dragons came flying to get some more magic. Wow, Sadie, 111 00:07:56,200 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: great job saving that very magical dragon island. It's important 112 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: that we keep our dragons safe because we never know 113 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: when we might need their help on the spy. 114 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 2: Team the end. 115 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: Great job, you listened all the way to the end, 116 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: and you know what somem it is. It's time for 117 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: Kurd shout out. I want to say hey to Tessa 118 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: and Sophia from Venice, Florida, Franklin from Nova Scotia, Tenzen 119 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 1: from New York, Jack, Lucy and Tommy from glen View, Illinois, 120 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: Lachlann from Maryland, Tom and Paul from Texas, Colton and 121 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: Carolyn from Canton, Ohio, and Vivin from India. I'm so 122 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: glad that you are all in the Kids Short Stories, 123 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: family and on the spy team. We could not stop 124 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: Doctor Stinky Breath and his crew without you, my friends. Well, 125 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: you have a soup or to per day and I 126 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: will see you next time. Bye.