1 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: Hey, friends, welcome back to kid Short Stories. It's mister 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 1: Jim here. If this is your first time listening, welcome 3 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: to the family. You see, my family love stories so 4 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: much that we make them every single day, and we 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,319 Speaker 1: love to share them with you. Oh, we cannot do 6 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: this without you. Your ideas are what fuel all these 7 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 1: stories that we make every single day. Heading over to 8 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: kidshortstories dot Com with your parents and send me your 9 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: idea and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. 10 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: Are you guys ready for today's amazing story? Me too, 11 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: Let's go. On the last episode, we saw that Anaya 12 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: and her mom had just climbed onto this mysterious looking 13 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: island in the middle of a lake, and they saw 14 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:55,639 Speaker 1: a waterfall, But the waterfall had something very sparkly inside 15 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: and a secret cave. Oh dear, let's see what happens next. 16 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,279 Speaker 1: As a Naya and her mom stood next to this 17 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: crashing waterfall, they saw an opening to the side that 18 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: would lead into a secret cave. Come on, mom, let's 19 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: go check it out. Said Anaya. Uh, if we get 20 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: in there, we're gonna get soaked. Are you okay with that? 21 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: Ask her mom. Of course, it looks like there could 22 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: be a mystery inside it there. At least it'd be 23 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: a really cool picture to stand on the inside of 24 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: a waterfall. Come on, and Naya grabbed her mom's hand 25 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: and they squeezed along the edge of this rocky cliff. 26 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: It was very wet and full of moss. They squeezed 27 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: their way behind the waterfall and finally they were inside 28 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: of the secret cave. Wow, it's so cool in the here, 29 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: said Anaya as she looked all around. It wasn't a 30 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: very big cave, but it was so cool to be 31 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: kind of like on the inside of a waterfall. I 32 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: think there's a flashlight in the back. Let me open 33 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: it up, said her mom. H She unzipped the backpack 34 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: and looked inside, moving all the other snacks and things inside, 35 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: and finally, all the way at the bottom was the flashlight. 36 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,519 Speaker 1: It's funny how it's usually the thing that you want 37 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: the most. It's usually on the bottom of the backpack. Right. 38 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,639 Speaker 1: She pulled out the flashlight and two granola bars that 39 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: they could both eat, and flipped on the light to 40 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: take a look around. Wow, this place is amazing, said Anaya. 41 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 1: I've never seen anything like it. It was a true 42 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: amazing cave with stalag tights and stalag mites. Do you 43 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: know what those are? Yeah? Those are those pointy things 44 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: inside of caves. And if you remember the trick, a 45 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: stalag tight is the pointy one that holds onto the 46 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: ceiling because it's got to hold on tight, and a 47 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: stalag mite is the one on the ground. But hold on, Ananaya. 48 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: Didn't we see something really colorful inside of that waterfall? Oh? Yeah, 49 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: said Anaya. She turned around with the flashlight and pointed 50 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: it over towards the waterfall. Hmm, I don't see anything. Yeah, 51 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: me neither, said her mom. Let me walk around to 52 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: the outside of the waterfall and take a look back 53 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: in and see if it's still there. Her mom squeezed 54 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: her way along the edge that wet, mossy rocky wall 55 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: around the waterfall and came out to the other side. 56 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: The waterfall was so loud her mom had to shout, Anaya, 57 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: I see it. It's it looks like it's right behind 58 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: where the water is crashing down. Come a little closer. 59 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: Anaya was walking closer to the waterfall and her mom 60 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: was almost guiding her, and finally Anaya saw it. Oh, 61 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: I see it. Come back in mom. Her mom came 62 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: back inside, and Anaya reached down into the dirt and 63 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: pulled back a big flat rock that it was hiding 64 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: under and pulled it out. Wow, look at this thing, mom, 65 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: a Naia was holding something almost the size of a 66 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: baseball that was very muddy but seemed very sparkly. Wow, 67 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: let's wash it off in the water and see if 68 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: fiddle clean up. They knelt down into a pool of 69 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: water and started washing off this thing that looked almost 70 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: like a giant gemstone. There's no way it was as 71 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: big as a baseball. There's no way that would be 72 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: a real gemstone. Right. The more they rubbed it, it 73 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 1: got brighter and brighter. It was glowing almost like a 74 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: blue light inside of it. And finally they rubbed off 75 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: the last of the dirt on it, and it emitted 76 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: the brightest light they'd ever seen. WHOA, how how is 77 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,679 Speaker 1: it possible? They had to squint and close their eyes 78 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: because it was that bright. Instantly the cave was filled 79 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: with this beautiful blue light that was pouring out from 80 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 1: this strange gemstone. It took about ten seconds for their 81 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: eyes to adjust to this very bright light, but finally, oh, 82 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: open your eyes. Look over here, Ania is pointing to 83 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: the wall. One of the walls of the cave where 84 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: that blue light was shining on, had somehow just been 85 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: turned into an opening of sorts, like something that they 86 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: could keep walking in hold on, said her mom. That 87 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: wasn't there a second ago. Where did that opening come from? 88 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: I don't know, said Anaya. It must be from that 89 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: blue light of that blue stone. Come on, let's go 90 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: check it out. Ania was very brave, always the first 91 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: one to try something new, so she was very excited 92 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: to burst into this new, unexplored area. Her mom grabbed 93 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: onto that blue stone, which was now feeling pretty warm. 94 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: As they walked into this new opening of the cave. 95 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 1: It led them into another magical room full of so 96 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: many crystals, shouted Anaya. The floor, the walls, the ceiling 97 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: were full of all of these very pointy crystals. You 98 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: should have seen it. As they waved the flashlight around, 99 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: it reflected off of all of these different crystals and 100 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: made the room filled with all kinds of rainbows. It 101 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: was amazing. But all those pointy crystals were way too 102 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: pointy to walk on, so they couldn't enter in very far. 103 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 1: They just had to look with their eyes. Wow, this 104 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: is amazing, said her mom. Hey, an Ayah, I think 105 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: I saw something over here. Come on, Her mom led 106 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,679 Speaker 1: her back into that original cave that they had walked 107 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: in behind the waterfall, and as that blue crystal was 108 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: still shining very bright, it shined in a new way 109 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: and opened up a new door. But this door did 110 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: not lead into a new case or a new section 111 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: of underneath this mountain. But this door opened up to 112 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 1: a new world. As Anaya and her mom stood at 113 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: the entrance to this new world, they couldn't believe their eyes. 114 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: An adventure that had begun this morning as they hiked 115 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: into a forest and walked to a normal lake with 116 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: a normal island, had now just turned into a very 117 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: unnormal door to a new world. Both of their eyes 118 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: got very big with excitement as they wondered what might 119 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: lie ahead. And even though this is the end of 120 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: our story, it's pretty clear that this is only just 121 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: the beginning the amazing adventures of Anaya and her mom. 122 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: Now that they've found that magical blue crystal, I just 123 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: I wonder what kind of doors it might open for 124 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 1: them in the future. Well that's a story for another time. 125 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: But maybe, just maybe, you and your parents will find 126 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: something magic together on your next adventure. The end. Great job, 127 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: you listened all the way to the end, and you 128 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: know what dumm it is. It start for kid shout outs, 129 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: I was saying, Everett from Alberta, Ellis from Pasadena, Theo 130 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: from Oklahoma, Carlin and Mabel from Victoria, BC, Julius from 131 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: South Carolina, and Zachary from Rockford, Illinois. I'm so glad 132 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: that you're all in the Kit Short Stories family and 133 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: don the spy team. We could not stop Doctor Sticky 134 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: Breath and his crew without you, my friends. Well you 135 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: have a super duper day, and don't forget to smash 136 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: the follow button so you don't miss out on any 137 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: of our awesome stories. Well, I will see you on 138 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: our next adventure. Bye.