1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. 16 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 2: Vivi was a venomous snake was always causing trouble. She 17 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 2: was always grumpy and loved to cause chaos. Her favorite 18 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 2: activity was scaring anyone who crossed her path. One day, 19 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 2: Vivy slithered her way into a storm drain on her 20 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 2: way to the city. She planned to scare some restaurant 21 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 2: goers and get a free meal. She traveled through the 22 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: sewers until she heard loud noises coming from above. She 23 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,639 Speaker 2: climbed her way out of a different drain and into 24 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 2: the middle of the big city. She began to slither 25 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 2: down the sidewalk when someone stepped on the tip of 26 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 2: her tail. Hey, viv hissed. Then she popped out her fangs, 27 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 2: reared back her head, and launched herself at the person's ankles. 28 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 2: Fortunately for the human, they heard Vivi hiss and jumped 29 00:01:55,960 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 2: away just in time. Snakes, here's a snake, the man 30 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 2: yelled as he ran far away. Vvy harrumphed. Do you 31 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 2: know how to make that sound? It's a funny word 32 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 2: to say, harrumphed, But it's just what kind of sound 33 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 2: would you make if you were angry and wanting to 34 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 2: turn your head away? She was disappointed that she didn't 35 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 2: get to bite him. Wow, she is a really angry, 36 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 2: mean snake. She slithered off into the bushes to avoid 37 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 2: more accidental stopping. While in the bushes, she spotted a 38 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 2: cat sleeping ahead. She hissed at the cat, hoping it 39 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 2: would move, but the cat only lazily opened an eye 40 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 2: to look at her. 41 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 3: Go away snakel. 42 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 2: The cat yawned. Vivy hissed again and revealed her shiny, 43 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 2: venomous fangs. She sprang forward, but the cat leaped out 44 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 2: of the way just in time. Vivvy bit a branch 45 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 2: at the bush instead. As she hissed in anger and 46 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 2: wiggled away. Vivy smelled food outside of the bushes and 47 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 2: entered the patio of the restaurant. Do you know how 48 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 2: snakes smell? They don't smell like us, You know, we 49 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 2: go to smell something. Yeah, snakes stick out their tongue. 50 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 2: They have a special organ called the Jacobsen organ inside 51 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 2: their mouth that helps them smell and taste the air. 52 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 2: A woman pushed the door open, and Vivy saw her chance. 53 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 2: She wiggled into the open gap, her head making it 54 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 2: into the building, then her middle. Oh, but she wasn't 55 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 2: quick enough to get her tail through. The door closed 56 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 2: on Vivvy's tail, and she hissed in surprise. She has 57 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 2: so loudly that everyone in the restaurant heard it and 58 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 2: fell silent. They looked at Vivvy's long, scaly self and 59 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 2: they all screamed, Ah, a snag, there's a snake. 60 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 3: In the restaurant h somebody, get it out of here. 61 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 2: Vivvy tried to ignore them and pulled her tail out 62 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: of the door. She slithered her way toward the kitchen, 63 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 2: people jumping up on their chairs as she passed. She 64 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,719 Speaker 2: had almost made it when the chef stepped into the doorway, 65 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 2: blocking her path. Sorry, snake, you're you're not getting into 66 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 2: the kitchen today, he told her. We'll see about that. 67 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 2: Vivvy hissed in response. Her fang sprang forward towards the 68 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 2: chef's leg, but the chef was ready for her. He 69 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 2: pulled out a broom from beside him and locked her 70 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 2: venomous fangs. They bounced off the broomstick, and the chef 71 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 2: began sweeping her away from the kitchen. People all around 72 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 2: her watched, and now viv was furiously mad. She hissed 73 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 2: and swung her fangs at anyone near her all the 74 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 2: way out the door. The door slam shut behind her. 75 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 2: Viv saw the cat from earlier watching her from the bushes, 76 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 2: and she'd just decided to try to bite him again. 77 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 2: Maybe that would make her feel better. She slithered quickly 78 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 2: toward him, but this time the cat didn't jump away. Instead, 79 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 2: he held out a flower a flowers? Are you trying 80 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 2: to stop me with a flower? I don't like flowers. 81 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 2: She reared back to bite him again, but as she did, 82 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 2: the cat blue on the flower. Pollen flew off of 83 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 2: it into Vivvy's mouth, and she hacked and gagged stem 84 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 2: flack grouse. She sputtered. Then she felt herself go pin straight. 85 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 2: She couldn't wiggle or slither. Vivy began to float. She 86 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 2: floated a way what she floated higher above the ground 87 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 2: without being able to control it. She felt like her 88 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 2: whole body had been inflated like a balloon. Just when 89 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 2: she thought she was going to float away on the wind, 90 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 2: the cat grabbed hold of her tail and tied a 91 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 2: string to it. Gotcha. He tied the string to the 92 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 2: leg of a chair and left the flower next to her. 93 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 2: Bye snake, Maybe you'll think twice about biting next time. 94 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 2: Then the cat slinked up off back into the bushes. 95 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 2: Viviy watched as people walked by her chair unsuspectingly. No 96 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 2: one seemed to realize she was there. She watched for 97 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 2: a moment before she heard a meow and the cat 98 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 2: was back and behind him were two members of animal control. 99 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 2: The chef met them on the patio. We received a 100 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 2: call for a venomous snake, they asked the chef. He nodded. 101 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,119 Speaker 2: I chased it outside with the broom. I'm not sure 102 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 2: where it went now. They thanked him, and the chef 103 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 2: went back and sighed. As they began looking, the cat 104 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 2: jumped up on the chair, meowing loudly. He was pawing 105 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 2: at the string tied to Vivy, making her bounce around 106 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 2: in the air, just like a balloon. Ah, what do 107 00:07:55,040 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 2: you have here, kitty? The balloon strange? The colors looked 108 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 2: just like that venomous snake they called in, said one 109 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 2: of the animal control officers. Then the cat picked up 110 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 2: the flower and blew on it again. The pollen tickled 111 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 2: Vivy and she felt herself falling. The snake, cried the 112 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 2: other officer. He dove and placed a cage under her, 113 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 2: and Vivy clunked right in. She hissed and writhed in 114 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 2: anger until she smelled something delicious inside. Vivy happily ate 115 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 2: the food in the cage. As the animal control officers 116 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 2: took her back to the wilderness. They opened the cage 117 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 2: and she slided it out, hissing at them to keep 118 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 2: up appearances. Full and exhausted from her long day, Vivy 119 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 2: curled up on a warm rock to rest. Plenty of 120 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 2: people to scare, free food and a ride back home. 121 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 2: I got everything I wanted, but somehow I'm still not happy. Wow. 122 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 2: What do you think viv should do if she's wanting 123 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 2: to be happy? Do you think she should be nicer 124 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 2: and kinder to people? Yeah? I don't think she's ever 125 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 2: gonna feel happiness being that angry and mean to everyone around. 126 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 2: Even though this is the end of the story, I 127 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 2: really hope Vivi the Venomous Snake learns her lesson and 128 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:41,680 Speaker 2: is kinder to everyone. 129 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 3: Great job, you listened all the way to the end, 130 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 3: and you know what, Tom it has It's time for 131 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 3: cold shout outs. I want to say that Thomas from California, 132 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 3: Naomi from North Carolina, Wyat from Ohio, Breydon from Ontario, Canada. 133 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 2: David from virgin and George from Oklahoma. I'm so glad 134 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 2: that you're all on the kidshirt Storry's family. We could 135 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 2: not have this much fun with imagination without you, my friends. 136 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 2: Will you have a super Duberdee and I'll see you 137 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 2: on our next adventure. Bye.