1 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: Hello friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Today's stories brought to us by Esteban and Tatiana. Hey, guys, 3 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: they sent me an awesome idea for a story, and 4 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: you can too. Just head over to kidshort Stories dot com. 5 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: Send me your idea and maybe we'll turn it into 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: an awesome adventure. And don't forget that. Right now, I 7 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: need you to smash the follow button so you don't 8 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: miss out on any of our awesome stories. Are you 9 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 1: guys ready for an amazing adventure at the zoo? Me too, 10 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: Let's go. 11 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 2: It was a. 12 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: Very exciting day at school. As all the kids were 13 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: hurrying off the school bus and rushing into their classroom, 14 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: there was a lot of chatter. Everybody was so excited 15 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: because today was the zoo field trip day. 16 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 2: Woo. 17 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: Have you ever been to a zoo before? Oh, it's 18 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: a really cool place to learn all about animals and 19 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: see them in real life in real person. Oh my goodness, 20 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: I love seeing animals in real life. Do you have 21 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: a favorite kind of animal? Well, if you like animals 22 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: half as much as I do, you need to listen 23 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: to the Kids Animals Stories podcast, where every story is 24 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: about a different creature in our world. As Esteban and 25 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: Tatiana sat down in their classroom, they were so excited. Tatiana, 26 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: do you think we might see like a real lion? 27 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 3: Oh? 28 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: Totally, the zoo definitely has lions. I really want to 29 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: see monkeys because they're adorable, said Tatiana. All right, class, 30 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: said the teacher. It is time for us to load 31 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: up into the bus that's going to the zoo. Yeah, 32 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: all right, hold on, hold on, hold on. We have 33 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: a few rules that I need you to listen to. 34 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: Number one, we have to stay together. Number two, we 35 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: do not feed the animals our lunch. George, I guess 36 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: the last time they went to the zoo, George fed 37 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: the monkeys his Cheetos, and the teacher remembered. George's eyes 38 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: shifted back and forth. He looked a little guilty. All right, everyone, 39 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: it's time. It's time to load up in the school bus. 40 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: Let's go. The entire class was so excited as they 41 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: sat down in the school bus. Everyone was talking about 42 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: the different animals that they wanted to see. Thankfully, the 43 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: zoo was just a short drive away, and before they 44 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 1: even realized it, the bus was pulling up to the 45 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: zoo and the door had opened. All right, class, everyone, 46 00:02:55,240 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: single file, line, stay together, said the teacher. Everyone carefully 47 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: exited the bus, staying together, and off on the adventure. 48 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: They went, all right, everyone, we have a change of 49 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: plans a little bit. We're now able to split up 50 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: into smaller subgroups, and we have a leader in each group. 51 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 1: As the class divided into their smaller groups, Esteban and 52 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: Tatiana were in the same group, and they were so 53 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: excited to see their animals. As they entered the zoo, 54 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: there was something strange going on. There were dozens and 55 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: dozens of people, some with cameras and a lot of 56 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: security guards. Wait, what's going on here, said Tatiana. As 57 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: they walked past one of the people with the cameras. 58 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 3: They said, Oh, yes, last night there were very strange 59 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 3: green lights hovering over the zoo and we're doing a 60 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 3: special report on it. 61 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: Green lights. I bet that's an alien, said Este. Tatiana 62 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: rolled her eyes. There is no such thing as aliens. 63 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: Come on, I'm I'm sure it was just someone playing 64 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: around with a drone. Let's go well. The rest of 65 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: the day, Esteban and Tatiana spent exploring the zoo with 66 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: their group, when all of a sudden, Esteban saw something strange. 67 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: Tatiana look over there at that rhino where I didn't see. 68 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: Oh wow, there that is a big rhinoceros, said Tatiana. 69 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,559 Speaker 1: Esteban had been watching this rhino for a very long time, 70 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 1: and he noticed some very peculiar behavior. That means kind 71 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 1: of like some strange behavior. Well, this rhino, he was 72 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: standing in the middle of his play area, and he 73 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: was holding up his horn very tall in the sky 74 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 1: and closing his eyes and not moving. He almost looks 75 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:01,239 Speaker 1: like a statue, said Esteban. But he was not a statue. 76 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: They could see him breathing, but he's holding very still 77 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: with his horn held high. 78 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 3: Wait. 79 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: I wonder if the aliens last night froze the rhino, 80 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: and now he's turning into a statue, said Esteban. Tatiana 81 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: refused to even listen because she did not believe that 82 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: there were aliens flying over the zoo last night. Ah, 83 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: it's the green lights, they're back, shouted someone in the distance. 84 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: Esteban and Tatiana turned around, and sure enough, in the sky, 85 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: there were seven green lights floating in the sky. All 86 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: they could see was the bright green glow. They couldn't 87 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: see anything else around it, just all the very bright 88 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: green lights, and they were flying around, headed right towards them. 89 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: Dun duntung. What would you do if green lights in 90 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: the sky were headed right towards you, would you think 91 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 1: it was aliens? Well, that's exactly what Esteban thinks, Tatiana, 92 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: we gotta get under the picnic tables. 93 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 2: Hurry. 94 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 1: They both rushed underneath some picnic tables as they watched 95 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: the green lights float over right above the rhino. The 96 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 1: green lights started to circle and circle, and you could 97 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: see the rhinoceros's horn start to glow. It had a 98 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: very bright white glow coming from its horn. Remember the 99 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: rhino that was holding still with its horn held high. 100 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: As the green lights got closer, the glow got brighter. Tatiana, 101 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: it looks almost like the rhino is some kind of 102 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 1: repellent against those green lights. Looks like he's trying to 103 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 1: fight them away. Look, all of a sudden, its horn 104 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: got super bright, almost as bright as the sun. And 105 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: everyone had to close their eyes or else they would 106 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 1: have gone blind. And then as they opened their eyes, 107 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: the green lights vanished and had disappeared. What in the 108 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: world just happened, said Tatiana. Just then all the reporters 109 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: and the people with camera and security guards came rushing over. 110 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 3: Hello, did anyone see where those green lights went? We 111 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,679 Speaker 3: heard that they were over in this direction, they said. 112 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: Esteban and Tatiana looked at each other and said, you 113 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: won't believe it. They circled around the rhinoceros. The rhinoceros's 114 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: horn started to glow, and then the green lights vanished. Unfortunately, 115 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: the reporters thought that Esteban and Tatiana were making up 116 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: a pretend story, but it was actually real. The reporters 117 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: kept walking searching for the green lights, but Esteban and 118 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: Tatiana knew that whatever they were, that rhino had a 119 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: magical horn that protected them and scared off the green lights. Wow, 120 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: what an amazing adventure that Esteban and Tatiana have just 121 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: gone to the zoo. I don't know about you. I've 122 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: never seen that happen before, but maybe next time we will. 123 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: And that is the end of our adventure. 124 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 2: The end. 125 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: Great job, friends, you listened all the way to the end, 126 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: and you know what time it is. It's time for 127 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: kid shout out. I want to say hey to Henry 128 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: and Dilly from Canada, Yash from India, Alexis from Washington, 129 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: Jack and Dean from New Jersey, Mac and Shaaff from 130 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: New York, Jake the Great from Georgia, Malcolm from Maine, 131 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 1: and James from Pensacola, Florida. I'm so glad that you're 132 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 1: all on the Kid Short Stories family and on our 133 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: spy team. We could not stop Doctor Stinky Breath and 134 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: his crew without you, my friends. Well, you have a 135 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: super duper day and I will see you on our 136 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 1: next adventure. 137 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 2: Bye.