1 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: Hello friends, It's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Did you know that there's also an ad 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: free version of all the Mister Jim shows. Yeah, so 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: head on over to Heymisterjim dot com slash Premium to 5 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 1: try out our ad free podcast for a fourteen day 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: free trial. Today's story comes to us from Henry and Caroline. 7 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: Hey guys, they sent me an awesome idea for a story, 8 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: and you can too. Just head of a kid short 9 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: stories dot com send me your idea and maybe you 10 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: will turn it into an awesome adventure. Are you ready 11 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: for today's story? Me too, Let's go. It was a 12 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: beautiful day and Henry and Caroline were playing in the backyard. 13 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: They love to play outside, but their favorite thing to 14 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: do was draw chalkmazes. Have you ever drawn chalkmaces on 15 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: the ground? Yeah, that's really fun to do. When you 16 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: can draw a mazon, then someone else has to figure 17 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: it out. I'm actually I'm not very good at mazes. 18 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 1: How about you? Are you good at solving mazes? Wow? 19 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: That's pretty awesome. Well, Henry and Caroline were doing just 20 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:24,119 Speaker 1: that on their back patio. They were drawing with chalk. 21 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:29,479 Speaker 1: Not only mazes, but also cities and creatures, and even 22 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: drawing an outline of their own bodies. Wow, that is 23 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 1: a lot of chalk. Hey, can you hand me that 24 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: blue chalk over there, said Caroline. Henry was drawing with 25 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: the green and the red handed Caroline two of the 26 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: blue pieces of chalk. Oh, thank you. This is gonna 27 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: be great. I can't wait to finish this giant maze. 28 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: You're never gonna solve it, she said. What are you 29 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: talking about, said Henry. I can solve any maze. I 30 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: am a maze mess Henry. Did you hear that, said Caroline. 31 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: Of course I did. Let's go. That was the spy beeper, 32 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: which meant there was a message from HQ. Henry and 33 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: Caroline ran up to their rooms to listen to the 34 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: walkie talkie. Henry and Caroline, we have an urgent message 35 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: and mission for you. The Purple Ninjas have been seen 36 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: stealing gummy vitamins all over the world. This would be 37 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: an absolute tragedy if the world was removed of all 38 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: of its gummy vitamins. We need you to set a 39 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: trap and capture, or at least stop the Purple Ninjas 40 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: from completing their mission. Over and out. Henry and Caroline 41 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: were left there staring at each other. They couldn't believe it. 42 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: Why would the Purple ninjas want to steal all the 43 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: gummy vitamins? Like a really good for us? And that 44 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: just crosses the line, said Henry. You see, like the 45 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: Purple ninches, it's one thing for them to try and 46 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: make the world stinky, but to come after our vitamins. 47 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: I'm taking that personal, Caroline. Let's get to work. Caroline 48 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: was way ahead of him and already working in their closet, 49 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: pulling out all their spy gear. It's important to keep 50 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: your spy gear in a place where you always remember 51 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: where it is. But it's kind of hidden because you 52 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: just never know who might be lurking around. Caroline, do 53 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: you have any ideas, like how are we going to 54 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: catch him? Like we could try the net blaster the 55 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: glue blaster, but I don't know if that'll work. We 56 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: need a way to draw him in. Oh, I got 57 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: a great plan that I've already been thinking about while 58 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: the message was playing, said Caroline. We could make some 59 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: fake gummy vitamins and use him as bait in some 60 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: kind of trap outside. That'll probably definitely lure the Purple 61 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: Ninjas in, said Caroline. Do you think we could make 62 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: the fake gummy vitamins into some kind of like super 63 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: sticky thing that gets them stuck in the trap? Said Henry. 64 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: I love it. Let's get to work, said Caroline. Henry 65 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: and Caroline raced downstairs to start working on their secret 66 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: concoction of a fake gummy vitamin. They needed to find 67 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: a way to make their own gummy vitamins that would 68 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: trick the Purple Ninjas and make them stuck. And so 69 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: they found a packet of gelatine that would be the 70 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: base of the gummy part. And then they added some 71 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: of their super secret sticky glue that was the same 72 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: glue that they used in their glue blasters to make, 73 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: you know, the Purple Ninjas get stuck in a trap. 74 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 1: But adding it into this secret trap gummy that would 75 00:04:56,279 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: be a new way that they would never suspect. All right, Caroline, 76 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: you keep working on those gummies and I'm gonna set 77 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 1: up some kind of trap outside. Henry loved setting up traps. 78 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: Have you ever set up a trap before? Well, one 79 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: easy way is you find a box and then you 80 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: put it on the ground and you raise it up 81 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 1: a little bit with the open part down, and you 82 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: put a stick on the edge that holds it up, 83 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,840 Speaker 1: and then you tie a string to the stick, and 84 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: then whenever whoever it is that you're trying to capture 85 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: in this box walks inside and maybe finds a snack 86 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: or a very sticky gummy, then you pull the string, 87 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: which pulls the stick out, and the box drops on 88 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,799 Speaker 1: the purple Ninja. As a spy kid, we learn all 89 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: kinds of ways to set traps to catch those sneaky 90 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: Purple Ninjas because you never know what the mission is 91 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: going to be. Henry knew that the Purple Ninjas were 92 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 1: pretty clever, and so the trap it couldn't be as 93 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: obvious as just putting a box in the middle of 94 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: the yard. He needed to be a lot sneakier. One 95 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: of his favorite traps was the circle rope. Yeah, you 96 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: put a little piece of rope in a circle on 97 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 1: the ground and then you drape it over a branch 98 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: in a tree, and when a purple Ninja steps on 99 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: the trap, the circle part of the rope gets really 100 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 1: tight over the purple Ninja's foot and then it trips 101 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: him down, which gives you enough time to launch a 102 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: net blaster. How's it going out there, Henry shouted Caroline 103 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 1: from inside. I'm almost done. I'm just trying to hide 104 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: this rope on the ground with some leaves so that 105 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 1: the purple ninjas don't see it at all. That is 106 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: most important in setting a trap. You can't let the 107 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: purple ninjas see it before they step in it. Caroline 108 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 1: had finished her batch of blue gummies and walked out 109 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: to the trap. Wow, Henry, great job, this is really good, 110 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: she said, yeah, thank you. Oh your gummies looked so sticky, 111 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,559 Speaker 1: and they actually look pretty real good job. The time 112 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: had come to set the trap. They carefully set the 113 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: plate of sticky gummies out in the middle of the yard. 114 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: This was right next to that rope that would catch 115 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: onto a purple ninja. As the two of them ran 116 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: off towards the bushes to hide in there. They didn't 117 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: know how long it would take, but it was only 118 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: a few minutes. Henry, do you see that over there? 119 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: There's no way there. Then Henry saw it. Two purple 120 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: ninjas had arrived. They must have some kind of like 121 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: gummy detector that they know exactly where they appear, and they 122 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: come and steal them. 123 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 2: Hey, guys, look at this over here. It's like someone 124 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 2: does forgot their gummy vitamins in the middle of the yard. 125 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 2: What a silly kid, you see, They're not very smart 126 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 2: after all. 127 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: Said one of the purple Ninjas. 128 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 2: I'm just gonna reach down and grab this and put 129 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 2: it in her bag, and the way we go towards 130 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 2: world domination. 131 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: As the Purple Ninja reached down towards what he thought 132 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: were regular gummy vitamins, the trap was set. 133 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 2: Hey ow wow, I'm so sticky in the world is 134 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 2: I can't even move my fingers. 135 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:37,439 Speaker 1: Somebody help me, shouted the Purple Ninja. His partner took off, 136 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: running faster than I'd ever seen a purple ninja run. 137 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: Henry and Caroline came out with their net blasters and 138 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: blasted that first purple Ninja. 139 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 2: Am man, they caught me. Oh dear, I think this 140 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 2: was a trap. I think those kids are a lot 141 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 2: smarter than I thought. 142 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: Great job, Henry and Caroline. You caught a purple Ninja, 143 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: which those are hard to catch. But I think the 144 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: mission of them stealing all the gummy vitamins has just begun. 145 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: So even though this is the end of this story. 146 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: It's just the beginning of a world where we need 147 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: to stop the Purple Ninjas from stealing our gummy vitamins. 148 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 2: The end. 149 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 3: Great job, you listened all the way to the end, 150 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 3: and you know what tib it is. 151 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,719 Speaker 1: It's time for curd shout out. I want to say 152 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: hey to Millie from Ontario, Armand and Keen from Toronto, 153 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: Kayla from Australia, aj and Emmy from Massachusetts, Claire from Vancouver, BC, 154 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: Elliott from Georgia, Mia from Virginia, and Louian Adel from Michigan. 155 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all in the kit Chrotzory's 156 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: family and on our spy team. 157 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:02,559 Speaker 3: We could not stop doctor Stinky Breath and his crew 158 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 3: without you, my friends, And it would mean so much 159 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 3: to me if you left a review on her Apple 160 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 3: Podcasts sharing how much you love kids short stories. 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