1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kit 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: Me too. 16 00:00:51,080 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: Let's go Connor and Mikhaela. We're playing upstairs in their playroom. 17 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: They were building some amazing things with legos. What do 18 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: you like to build with legos or magnetiles or any 19 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: kind of building toy. I really like to build mazes 20 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: or buildings and with garages that I can put cars inside. 21 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 1: And oh, there's so many amazing things that you can 22 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: do with building blocks. Connor, do you smell that? It 23 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: wasn't me, said Connor. Oh no, no, no, no, I 24 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: mean smells almost like smoke, shouted Mikayla. Oh you're right, 25 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: I do smell that, said Connor. They looked out their 26 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: window and sure enough, there was a forest fire. It 27 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: was up on a hill way back behind their house, 28 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: but it looked like it was getting closer. They shouted 29 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: for their parents, and their parents came and said, guys, 30 00:01:58,200 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: we need to get out of here. We need to 31 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: drive safety. They all loaded up in their car and 32 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: drove to a safe place. Thankfully, all the firefighters in 33 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: the area were able to put out the fire before 34 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: it damaged any of the homes. It was only a 35 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: few hours that they were gone, but it felt like 36 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:21,239 Speaker 1: forever to Connor and Mikayla. They were really nervous about 37 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: their home and their stuff, and their backyard and all 38 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 1: the trees and creatures, and they needed to get back 39 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: home as soon as possible. When it was safe to 40 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: return back home, Connor and Michaela and their parents drove 41 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:38,119 Speaker 1: back home. They were so thankful that nothing had been damaged, 42 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: but unfortunately the entire forest in their backyard was now destroyed. 43 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: It had been burned down to the ground. Mikayla, look 44 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:55,519 Speaker 1: at this, it's all just destroyed, said Connor. They were 45 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,839 Speaker 1: walking around in their backyard and crunching their feet through 46 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: the burnt dicks and leaves. It was a really big mess. 47 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: This is terrible, said Michaela. This used to be like 48 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: the most beautiful forest. Ever, how did this happen? Yeah, 49 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: forest fires can be really dangerous, and that's why we 50 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: have to be super super careful with fire or sparks 51 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 1: or anything like that, because one spark could ignite an 52 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: entire force on fire if it's dry enough. As Connor 53 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,959 Speaker 1: and Michaela were walking back to their house, they heard 54 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: a sound. What was that, said Connor. I don't know, 55 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: but it sounded kind of like a beat in slow motion, 56 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: said Michaela. As they looked at the ground on their patio, 57 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: that's what they saw. They saw several bees that were 58 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: just walking around on the ground, looking like they were 59 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: in slow motion or very lost. I'm not sure which, Michayla. 60 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: They look like they're heard or something. Wait, I have 61 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: a bee talker. I'll be right back. Mikayla ran inside 62 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: to go get her bee talker. This was a device 63 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: that you could It could help you understand what a 64 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: bee was saying, and then you could talk back to 65 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: a bee. Holy smokes, that is cool. Hi, I've never 66 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: seen one of those before. I wish I had won. 67 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: Mikayla hurried back as soon as she could. She knelt 68 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 1: to the ground and held up the device and said, hello, 69 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: mister bees, I'm I'm sure. I'm not sure if you 70 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,559 Speaker 1: can understand what I'm saying, but do you need help? 71 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: The bees stopped and looked very confused. They looked right 72 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: up at Mikayla and said. 73 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 2: Handeland, I have. 74 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: A person talk before lusiplsar smart, said one of the bees. 75 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: Michayla was so happy that it was actually working. She said, ha, 76 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: that's so great. It works. Yeah, I have this special 77 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 1: device that helps me be able to understand you and 78 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: you be able to understand me. But it looks like 79 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 1: you guys are walking in slow motion? Are you guys? Okay, No, 80 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: we're not. 81 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 2: All of our flowers got destrayed them. 82 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: I'm not but forest fire and now we're. 83 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 2: Full handrel Well, don't have on our forwardom We're not 84 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 2: sure up to lure. 85 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: Wait, Michayla, what about the other side of the neighborhood. 86 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 1: I heard over there didn't get burned, said Connor. That's right. 87 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: I wonder if there's flowers over there, said Mikayla. 88 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 2: Oh, no, little concher over there, there's aunts there that 89 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 2: they're very protective over their flowers. Not a lot to sorrow. 90 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 1: The bees began to tell Connor and Michaela about the 91 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: flowers on the other side of the neighborhood were guarded 92 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 1: by some very mean ants. These ants, I guess we're 93 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: very protective over their flowers, did not like to share 94 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 1: with any other creatures, and they would bite as soon 95 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: as anyone got close enough. Oh that's terrible, said Michaela. 96 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: But I wonder if maybe Connor and I we can 97 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: go talk to the ants. Considering the circumstances of a 98 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: forest fire destroying all these flowers, maybe we can help 99 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: change their mind. Connor and Michaela hopped on their scooters 100 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: and zoomed off to the other side of the neighborhood. 101 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: There was a beautiful field over there that was full 102 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: of wild flowers, white ones and yellow ones, and purple 103 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: ones and blue ones. This was a beautiful place to be. 104 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: Michayla brought her bee talker over because there was a 105 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: little dial on it that if you switched it it 106 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: could change what insect you wanted to talk to. She 107 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: switched it over to ant and knelt down and said, hello, ants, 108 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: my name is Mikayla, and I really need your help. 109 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: There's a whole family of bees that are really hungry, 110 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: could really use some flowers. Would you mind sharing with them? 111 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: One of the ants ran over and said. 112 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 2: There's Norah that we're gonna sire our flowers. But those 113 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 2: moon bulls bulls are our flowers. Well, not a sire 114 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 2: with oron girral, said the ant. But it's actually an emergency, 115 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 2: said Connor. You see, there was a huge forest fire 116 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 2: that destroyed almost every plant over there, even all the flowers. 117 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 2: And these bees I think they're going to die unless 118 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 2: they get some flowers. Very soon as Connor was talking, 119 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 2: the expression on the ant's face started very angry, and 120 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 2: all of a sudden, his eyebrows lifted up and his 121 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 2: face lightened. Oh lor Moon, that all that terrible stuff 122 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 2: happened to all those bulls. Oh no, that is ver bad. 123 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: Plus I slunk some some emergency I slung, don't help them, 124 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: let them And just like that, Connor and Michayla were 125 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: able to change the ant's mind. Because the ants understood 126 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: that this was serious and they did not want the 127 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: bees to die. Connor and Michayla brought the bees over 128 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: and the ants welcomed them in. They actually learned that 129 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: they could work together and be friends. Wow what happened? 130 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: Is such a terrible day with the forest fire ended 131 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: with a new friendship between the ants and the bees, 132 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: all thanks to Connor and Michayla and their awesome bee talker. 133 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: The end. Hey friends, I need your help celebrating your birthday. 134 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: Drum roll please, Happy birthday Maggie, who's turning eight years old. 135 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: Maggie loves drawing, doing cartwheels in the backyard with her 136 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: brother Stuart, and reading Harry Potter with her dad. Wow, Maggie, 137 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: I'm so glad we got to celebrated you and your 138 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: big day on the show. 139 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 2: Happy eighth birthday. 140 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: Well, friends, I hope you all have a superd berday 141 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: and I will see you on our next adventure. 142 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 2: Bye.