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Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kid

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to

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Speaker 1: the family. We have a ton of fun here. And

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Speaker 1: for all of my other awesome listeners, thank you for

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Speaker 1: listening every day. I know you have so many different

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Speaker 1: options to listen from, but parents, thank you for inviting

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Speaker 1: our stories into your home, into your cars, and into

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Speaker 1: sleepy time. Well, friends, are you ready for today's adventure?

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Speaker 1: Me too?

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Speaker 2: Let's go.

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Speaker 1: Hey Ben, don't forget the flippers, shouted Valentine. Yep, I

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Speaker 1: got them over here. Valentine and Ben, we're getting all

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Speaker 1: their scuba gear ready for an adventure. You see, they

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Speaker 1: lived on a very large ship in the middle of

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Speaker 1: the ocean, far far away from many land nearby, and

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Speaker 1: their job was to explore the deepest of deepest places

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Speaker 1: in the ocean. Wow, they are much braver than me.

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Speaker 1: I don't think I would want to go into the

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Speaker 1: very deep deep parts of the ocean with scuba gear.

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Speaker 1: What about you?

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Speaker 2: Do you do that? Well?

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Speaker 1: As Valentine and Ben head hold their scuba gear ready,

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Speaker 1: they are pulled up their rye down to the bottom.

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Speaker 1: The deepest part of the ocean is called the Mariana Trench.

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Speaker 1: It is so very very deep that let's say you

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Speaker 1: and I had the world's biggest shovel, that we could

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Speaker 1: scoop up the tallest mountain in the world. Do you

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Speaker 1: know what that mountain is called? Yes, Mount Everest. If

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Speaker 1: we were able to scoop up that big, tull g

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Speaker 1: enormous mountain and put it in the deepest part of

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Speaker 1: the ocean, do you think it would be sticking out

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Speaker 1: of the water.

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Speaker 2: Uh?

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Speaker 1: Actually no, The water there is so deep. It's six

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Speaker 1: miles deep, and so if we put Mount Everest all

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Speaker 1: the way to the bottom of that part of the ocean,

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Speaker 1: it would still be over a mile under water. It

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Speaker 1: is so incredibly deep it almost feels like a different

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Speaker 1: planet when you're all the way down there. And that's

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Speaker 1: what Valentine and Ben are going to as they enter

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Speaker 1: into their submarine on a first class ticket to the

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Speaker 1: bottom of the ocean. To go that deep, they needed

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Speaker 1: to wear some very special equipment because of the pressure

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Speaker 1: down at the bottom of the ocean. It's very dangerous,

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Speaker 1: and so their very special equipment would keep them safe.

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Speaker 1: After a very long trip down to the bottom, they

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Speaker 1: finally arrived Ben Holy smokes. Look at that, Ben, Ben,

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Speaker 1: wake up. Valentine was shaking Ben, who had fallen asleep

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Speaker 1: during this long ride.

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Speaker 3: Oh are we here? Are we?

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Speaker 1: Oh?

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Speaker 2: Okay?

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Speaker 1: Ben yawned and stretched as Valentine's face was plastered to

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Speaker 1: the edge of the submarine window he was looking out.

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Speaker 1: It was a very small window, because I don't think

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Speaker 1: in submarines, I don't think you can have very large windows,

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Speaker 1: only small ones. The two friends put on the rest

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Speaker 1: of their gear, their scuba tank, flippers and goggles and

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Speaker 1: everything else, and out they swam into the very deep

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Speaker 1: part of the ocean. If you are swimming around in

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Speaker 1: the deepest part of the ocean, do you think it's

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Speaker 1: very light down there? Do you think there's the sunlight?

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Speaker 1: Or is it dark?

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Speaker 2: Yes?

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Speaker 1: It is very very dark. It's so deep that the

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Speaker 1: sunlight can't make it all the way down to the

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Speaker 1: bottom through all the water, so it's pretty much like

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Speaker 1: you closed your eyes. That's how dark it is down there.

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Speaker 1: These two explorers were going down there for a very

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Speaker 1: specific reason. They were looking for a giant squid. Have

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Speaker 1: giant squid? They're giant, ormous, Yes, they're humongous squid, and

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Speaker 1: they were going down there to learn more about them

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Speaker 1: and see if they could even maybe take a picture

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Speaker 1: of one. After swimming around for a little while, it

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Speaker 1: actually did not take them long before they met a

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Speaker 1: very surprising creature. Sh Hey, Valentine, can.

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Speaker 2: You hear me?

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Speaker 1: Sh I read you loud and clear. Ben sh Their

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Speaker 1: scuba suits had like some walkie talkies built into them

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Speaker 1: so that they could talk to each other. That was

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Speaker 1: a very important part. I don't think I would want

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Speaker 1: It's a lot better with friends. Hey, Ben, do you

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Speaker 1: see that thing over there? That cave looks like something

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Speaker 1: we should check out. I'm right behind you, said Ben.

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Speaker 1: As the two of them swam towards this cave, they

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Speaker 1: were immediately greeted by a ginormous eyeball.

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Speaker 2: H wow. Hello.

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Speaker 1: Valentine and Ben were both very surprised. This eyeball was

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Speaker 1: half as big as they were. It was very very large.

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Speaker 3: Why hello there, Oh he could talk?

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Speaker 1: Huh Hi. My name's Valentine. That's my friend Ben, and

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Speaker 1: we were just swimming down here to actually kind of

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Speaker 1: learn more about creatures like you.

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Speaker 2: You don't say, well, I could use some help. I

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Speaker 2: got stuck down ere a long time ago.

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Speaker 1: This giant squid went on to tell Valentine and Ben

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Speaker 1: about how his tentacles had gotten stuck in this cave

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Speaker 1: and he had been stuck in this cave for a

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Speaker 1: very long time. Using their headlamps, Valentine and Ben swam

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Speaker 1: past the giant squid deeper into the cave. We're a

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Speaker 1: little nervous about it, but they were there to help

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Speaker 1: a new friend. Hey, Ben, help me move that rock

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Speaker 1: over there, said Valentine. The two of them swam over

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Speaker 1: to this big boulder that looked like had fallen right

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Speaker 1: on that giant squid's tentacle. All right, on the count

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Speaker 1: of three, let's give it a big push. One, two, three.

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Speaker 1: With all their might, Ben and Valentine were able to

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Speaker 1: and with one final push, the rock came tumbling down.

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Speaker 2: Boom Ah. You did it right, Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Ben and Valentine swam back around to where the squid's

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Speaker 1: head was and his eyeballs they were very large. Remember,

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Speaker 1: I'm glad we were able to help you out, said Ben. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we do have one question to ask you, said Valentine.

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Speaker 1: It's for our research. You see, we're trying to learn

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Speaker 1: more about your species so that we can maybe do

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Speaker 1: more to help protect it. So we have one question

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Speaker 1: for you. Is that okay?

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Speaker 2: Yesh?

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Speaker 3: How old are you?

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Speaker 1: Asked Valentine. The giant squid looked like he was thinking

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Speaker 1: really hard. Maybe he didn't know how old he was,

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Speaker 1: because he did look very large and very old, and

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Speaker 1: so maybe if you're that old, you lose track of

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Speaker 1: how old you really are.

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Speaker 3: I am five hundred and forty two years.

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Speaker 1: Old, Valentine and Ben couldn't believe it.

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Speaker 3: Did he just say five hundred and forty two?

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Speaker 1: Said Ben. That's what I heard too, said Valentine.

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Speaker 3: Well, I've gotta get going. Thank you again for your help.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your answer, mister giant squid.

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Speaker 1: Wave Valentine. We'll see you later, said Ben. As Valentine

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Speaker 1: and Ben watched the giant squid swim away, they couldn't

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Speaker 1: believe it. Their mission was a ginormous success, not only

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Speaker 1: did they learn all a very important question about giants quids,

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Speaker 1: but they were able to also help one along the way.

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Speaker 1: This may be the end of the story, it's just

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Speaker 1: the beginning of their amazing ocean adventures that lie ahead

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Speaker 1: the end. Great job, you listened all the way to

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Speaker 1: the end, and now I need your help. Celebrating a birthday,

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Speaker 1: drum World, please, Happy birthday Robbie from Chicago who's turning

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Speaker 1: six years old. Robbie loves science, reading informational books, and

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Speaker 1: he's bilingual. Robbie speaks both English and Spanish. Holly smokes, Robbie,

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Speaker 1: that's so cool and I'm so glad we got to

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Speaker 1: celebrate you and your big day on the show Habby

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Speaker 1: sixth Birthday, Robbie. Well, my friends, I hope you all

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Speaker 1: have a super already do per day and I'll see

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Speaker 1: you on our next adventure. Bye.