1 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kid 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,440 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: Me too? Let's go Happy Birthday Tucker. All of Tucker's 16 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 1: friends had gathered around to watch him open his birthday presence. 17 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: He unwrapped a big, ginormous blue monster truck from Ali 18 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: while everyonent ooed in ah. Then a great green dinosaur 19 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: from Fallon, a squishy orange octopus from Lottie. Wow. Have 20 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: you ever gotten some birthday presents from friends. Yeah, that 21 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: is a really fun thing to open. Well, he thought 22 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: he had opened everyone's presence when he noticed a box 23 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: sticking out from under the table. Oh cool, one more. 24 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 1: Tucker dove for the box, ripping off the sparkling green 25 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:50,559 Speaker 1: wrapping paper to reveal a shoe box. Huh, maybe there's 26 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: something cooler inside it, Tucker hoped as he opened up 27 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: the lid. Nope, just shoes. He tossed the box down 28 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: and ran off to go play with his new lego 29 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: set from Jack. Tucker and his friends had funfetti cake, 30 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: joggled ice cream, and played with all his new gifts 31 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: until his last friend left. All his new gifts, that is, 32 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 1: except his new shoes. Because it's kind of hard to 33 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: play with those. He grabbed a bunch of toys to 34 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: bring upstairs as he got ready for bed. His monster trucks, 35 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: Dino's Slime, and legos all came with him. Tucker played 36 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: with his new toys in bed until he fell asleep. 37 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: Little did he know there was something truly magical, very 38 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:41,239 Speaker 1: not ordinary about those shoes. In the middle of the night, 39 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: as Tucker was sleeping, crash, something fell over loudly in 40 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 1: Tucker's room startled. He woke up. Who was that? What 41 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: was that? There on his floor was the boring brown 42 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: shoe box. H how'd that get up here? Tucker thought, 43 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: He definitely didn't bring them to his room to play with. 44 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: He began to then close his eyes again as they 45 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: felt very heavy, and something started glowing from his bedroom floor. 46 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: Slowly inching his face towards the edge of the bed, 47 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: he peeped over. The open shoe box was still on 48 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: the floor, but now the shoes were sitting next to 49 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: it and glowing. A bright greenish glow was shining from 50 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: inside the shoes. Very curious now, Tucker hopped out of bed, 51 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: grabbed a shoe. There weren't any lights inside of it. 52 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: There wasn't even a spot for batteries. He stuck his 53 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: hand carefully inside the shoe and felt around. There was 54 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: nothing unusual except the green light still shining from inside them. 55 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: Tucker was stumped. The bean the curious sword. He sat 56 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: down and slipped his feet inside, left foot first, then 57 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: his right shoe. The shoes fit perfectly. It felt really comfy. 58 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: They were still glowing green, making Tucker's legs looked like 59 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: green beans. Tucker sat there and just ordinary boring shoes. 60 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: While still wearing the shoes, he tried to stand up, 61 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: but the floor disappeared, screamed Tucker. As he fell, colors 62 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: of every single kind whooshing past him. His arms waved wildly, 63 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: trying to grab onto something. His hand finally caught hold 64 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: of something solid and oof. Everything immediately stopped wushing past 65 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: as Tucker landed hard on the grass. The sun was 66 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 1: shining and there were trees and tall grass scattered around. 67 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: Tucker gulped when he saw what his hand was holding on. 68 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: To let go of my tail. Tucker jumped at the 69 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: side of the cheetah, immediately letting go of the spotted 70 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: tail in his hand. He put his hands up and 71 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: backed away slowly. Nice kitty, nice kitty, Rah Rah, come 72 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: back here. Tucker took off running. He sprinted through the 73 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 1: long grass, the cheetah chasing closely behind. Rah growled the 74 00:05:54,800 --> 00:06:03,359 Speaker 1: cheetah hol deer. He was mad. I'm sorry, Tucker yelled 75 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: back to the cheetah. I didn't mean it, pull your tail. 76 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: I just I don't even know where I am or 77 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: how I got here. He was too afraid to stop running. 78 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: He hopped on one foot as he ripped off one 79 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: shoe and then the other. The moment both shoes were 80 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 1: off his feet, Tucker fell again, this time spinning head 81 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 1: over heels until he landed back into his bed. He 82 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: landed so hard he bounced three times. He threw the 83 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: shoes across the room. What in the world, how is it? 84 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: Was that a dream? He was so exhausted from his 85 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: running adventure he fell fast asleep. Tucker woke up the 86 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: next morning late for school. He rushed out the door 87 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: and just made it onto the school bus, but he 88 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 1: couldn't stop thinking about last night, about those shoes. He 89 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: tried to tell his friends about it. Everyone laughed, thinking 90 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: it was a funny story, but they didn't believe him. 91 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: That's one crazy dream you had, a friend said. Tucker 92 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: was starting to think maybe they were right, Maybe it 93 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: was just a dream. He rushed off the bus that 94 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: afternoon and ran to his room as fast as he could. 95 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: He found the shoes in the corner where he had 96 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: thrown them. There was now no light coming from them. 97 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: He just looked like regular normal shoes. He tried them 98 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: on just to be sure, though left foot first and 99 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: then the right hold on a second would you do that? 100 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: Would you try on those shoes like Tucker is doing. 101 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: He took a deep breath before standing up, and he 102 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: stood up in his room. No falling, no whooshing of colors. Huh, Yes, 103 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: it was just a dream, Tucker said, and he took 104 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: off the shoes, very disappointed. That night, as Tucker got 105 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: into bed and was about to close his eyes, he 106 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: heard another crash coming from the corner of his room, 107 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: the same sound that he heard the night before. He 108 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: jumped up when he saw the green glow. It was real. 109 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,319 Speaker 1: Tucker was so excited and just a little nervous as 110 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: he pulled the shoes back on left foot, then right. 111 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: He stood up and whoosh, colors flew past him. He 112 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: tried again to reach out to grab something, but everything 113 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: just slipped through his fingers like water and funny, may 114 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: it be that splash? He splashed right into water. The 115 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: colors stopped flying by. As Tucker dropped into the ocean. Underwater, 116 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: his shoes transformed into a wetsuit with an oxygen tank. 117 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: He floated around as whales and dolphins swam by. Hey 118 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: Bro called a voice from behind him. Wanna ride, wanna 119 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 1: ride the waves? A sea Turtle was floating next to Tucker, 120 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: waiting for him to answer. Tucker nodded excitedly and hopped on. 121 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: The two zoomed off all over the ocean until Tucker 122 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: grew tired and slipped off of his shoes, falling back 123 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:48,319 Speaker 1: into bed. He fell asleep, smiling, thinking of what amazing 124 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 1: adventures awaited him tomorrow night. Wow, that may be the 125 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: end of our story. It's only just the beginning of 126 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: Tucker's incredible adventures that lie ahead the end. We'll be 127 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: right back after a brief word from our sponsor. Great job, 128 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 1: you listened all the way to the end, and you 129 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: know what tim it is. It's time for coud shout out. 130 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: So I want to say to Theodore and Valentina from 131 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: North Carolina, Annabelle and Jacob from Oregon City, Jude and 132 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: Luke from Vermont, Johnny from Belize, Fani from Texas, Elliott 133 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: from California, Monvi from Hyperderbad, and Charlie and Henry from 134 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,559 Speaker 1: British Columbia. I'm so glad that you're all in the kitchen. 135 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: Sorry's family. We definitely couldn't have this much fun with 136 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:49,319 Speaker 1: imagination without you, my friends. Well, you have a super 137 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: duper a. I will see you on our next adventure. Bye.