1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: Consul to paper, sketching you art on this page. What 2 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: kind of journey will this draw and bring to life? Today? 3 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 2: Another adventure waits for you, ro Scout and Layla. My 4 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 2: comment wong to It's imagination time. 5 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 3: And Curiosity Cold, Curiosity Cold, It's a magical place. Come troup, 6 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 3: Welcome to Adventures of Curiosity Cold. 7 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 4: Hello, it's me Ella the Curious. Whether you're joining us 8 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 4: for the first time or coming back for more adventures, 9 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 4: I'm thrilled to have you here. Welcome back to season 10 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 4: two of the Adventures of Curiosity Cove, where each episode 11 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 4: we dive into one of my own Ella the Curious 12 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 4: adventures or listen to an original story right here in 13 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 4: my cozy treehouse. 14 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 5: Picture this. 15 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 4: We're nestled among the trees, surrounded by comfy bean bags, 16 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 4: piles of fluffy pillows, and yes, my favorite stuffy Roe 17 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 4: is here too. It's like we've stepped into a peaceful world, 18 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 4: almost as if my mom used her relaxing dream spray 19 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 4: to set the tone. It's just peace and quiet, perfect 20 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 4: for story time. So what are we waiting for? Let's 21 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 4: dive into today's story called Declan's Day at Sea, Part one, 22 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 4: A powerful lesson about the importance of courage and the 23 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 4: spirit of adventure. Are you ready to listen? 24 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 3: Hi? 25 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 4: Sure em? All right, let's do it. 26 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 5: Our story starts with a fearless boy named Declan. Declan 27 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 5: was always fascinated with the ocean. Standing on land was 28 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 5: too easy. What if he could stand in the middle 29 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 5: of the ocean, Now that would be impressive. He just 30 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 5: couldn't get over the fact that people have been building 31 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 5: boats and exploring the sea since the beginning of time. 32 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 5: He wanted to know what was out there in the 33 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 5: great blue ocean. What beckons so many sailors have passed, 34 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 5: What do they see, what do they eat? What are 35 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 5: they here? And what is out there that keeps calling 36 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 5: them back. One weekend morning, while his parents were still asleep, 37 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 5: he was staring at the ceiling pondering all of these questions. 38 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 5: That's it, I can't take it anymore. All of the 39 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 5: unanswered questions were too overwhelming, so he ran to the garage, 40 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 5: grabbed his bike, and started riding down to the pier 41 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 5: where his dad's sailboat was docked. What are you thinking 42 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 5: you need at least two peanut buttered and jelly sandwiches, 43 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 5: four apples, two candy bars and a bag full of 44 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 5: mixed nuts. Oh and water. Of course, Declan rushed back 45 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 5: home to quickly pack up. 46 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 4: Where do you think you're going? 47 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,239 Speaker 5: Uh? Oh, just down to the pier to fish. Be 48 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 5: home in a few Love you from the kitchen. We hear, hey, 49 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 5: where'd all the apples go? Phew? That was close. As 50 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 5: Declan nears the big hill leading down the wharf, he shouts, 51 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 5: here week, the weather seems gloomy down by the ocean. 52 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 5: There's a fog around the wharf. Not a soul was 53 00:03:55,240 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 5: in sight. Ah, peaceful. Then he hears a loud, guttural gurgle, 54 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 5: something in between a bark and a monster. This would 55 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 5: have scared most kids, but not Declan. He's not afraid 56 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 5: of anything. Hey, Mo, Mo was the large sea lion 57 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 5: that hangs around his dock. Mo usually follows them out 58 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 5: the sea when they go sailing. Declan always makes it 59 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 5: a point to toss a fish or two to Moe 60 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 5: on days they're fishing. I'm getting out of here, Mo, 61 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 5: I want to see what you see. I can't stand 62 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 5: the fact that the world is seventy percent water and 63 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 5: we spend ninety nine point nine nine nine percent of 64 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 5: the time on land. That's nuts. Even you split your 65 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 5: time from water to land. Why can't we? Moe barks back. 66 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 5: Declan continues talking to Mo while he's preparing the sailboat. 67 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 5: Mo grunts every once in a while. We can't really 68 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:01,479 Speaker 5: tell if he's sleeping or agreeing. Anyway, Declan keeps on 69 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 5: talking and preparing. When he's finally done, he pushes off 70 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 5: to sea. No looking back, now, Mo, you coming. Mo 71 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 5: flubbers on his belly to the edge of the dock 72 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 5: and hops in the water. Of of course, you are 73 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 5: off on another great adventure. 74 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: Mo. 75 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 5: Nothing can stop us now. Declan raises the sail and 76 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 5: the wind dies down. He only moves about two feet 77 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 5: and stops. Mo bobs up and down in the water, 78 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,480 Speaker 5: looking at him. Don't look at me, I don't harness 79 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 5: the wind. Moe flaps his flippers at Declan. Uh, I 80 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 5: don't have flippers either. Oh, oh, the oars. There must 81 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 5: be some oars around here, somewhere. Declan looks around the 82 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 5: boat and can't find any oars. Declan sits down on 83 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 5: the bench and shows Mo his empty hands. Nothing Mo, 84 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 5: no wind, no oars, no venture. Declan reaches for his 85 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 5: backpack and pulls out a sandwich. He's glum and bummed 86 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 5: while he eats his sandwich. Sorry, Mo. Moe jumps up 87 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 5: on the boat with his two front pinnipeds. Pinnipeds is 88 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 5: a cool word for fin or flipper footed. He uses 89 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 5: his pinnipeds to push the boat down on one side, 90 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 5: then down on another, rocking the boat back and forth, 91 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 5: back and forth. Whoa mo, what in the great wide 92 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 5: sea are you doing? You're gonna make me sick. Just 93 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 5: when Declan couldn't take it anymore, two oars rolled out 94 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 5: from underneath a storage compartment. Mo, you're a genius. Moe 95 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 5: clapped his two pinnipeds together, then disappeared underwater. He re 96 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 5: emerged with a huge fish in his mouth and was 97 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 5: chewing noisily on the fish. Oh gross, MO, Well, I 98 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 5: guess that's a good idea. We can't venture off on 99 00:06:56,240 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 5: an empty stomach. Declan continues eating his sandwich, like my 100 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 5: dad always says, Tommy's full, heart's open, mind's clear. Okay, 101 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 5: we're ready, let's hit the open ocean. But just as 102 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 5: he said that, Moe dove un the water disappeared. Declan 103 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 5: waited for Mo to pop back up, but nothing. Declan 104 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 5: went to one edge of the boat and looked down 105 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 5: in the water. Nothing. He went to the other side 106 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 5: of the boat and looked down. No sign of Mo. 107 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 5: Then he saw a dark figure swimming through the water slowly. 108 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 5: It was gliding directly towards the boat. It disappeared underneath 109 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 5: the boat. Declan ran to the other side of the 110 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 5: boat and saw it reappear on the other side. Declan shuddered, Mo, Mo, 111 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,679 Speaker 5: where'd you go? Mo popped up on the opposite side 112 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 5: of where the dark figure was. 113 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: Mo. 114 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 5: You gotta get out of here. There's a shark. It'll 115 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 5: eat you. Declan heard a splashing sound behind him. He 116 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 5: quickly looked and just saw the dark figure disappear in 117 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 5: the water. He saw ripples going straight towards his boat 118 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 5: and towards MO. The ripples ran under the boat. It 119 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 5: was so powerful that it made the whole entire boat sway. 120 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 5: Run MO run or O or swim swim Mo swim. 121 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 5: Mo dove underwater and started swimming away. The dark figure 122 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 5: pursued MO. The chase was on. Declan saw Mo switching 123 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 5: directions quickly, one way, then another, then another. Oh, no, 124 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 5: get out of here. You bully. Declan grabbed an oar 125 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 5: and started smacking the water. Leave him alone. Out of nowhere, 126 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 5: Declan heard a splash and a crash, and it felt 127 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,319 Speaker 5: like his entire boat was going to tip over. Declan 128 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 5: screamed and turned towards the sound. Moe had jumped up 129 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 5: on the boat and was smiling at Declan, but half 130 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 5: of his body was still in the water. MO, get 131 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 5: out of here, swim away. He'll bite your butt off. 132 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 5: But Mo didn't move. He seemed unfazed by the fact 133 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 5: that there's a predator about to have Mo for lunch. 134 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,839 Speaker 5: The water was ominously calm. Declan looked around but didn't 135 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 5: see anything. He was about to say phew, that was 136 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 5: a close call when he saw it again, the dark 137 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 5: figure making ripples heading straight for Mo. Mo, go now, 138 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 5: now go. It was too late. The ripples were right 139 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 5: behind him, and right before they got to Mo, the 140 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 5: ripples stopped. It was completely calm again. Then a huge 141 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 5: spout of water broke through the calm surface and out 142 00:09:51,440 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 5: emerged the dark figure. Wow. 143 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,559 Speaker 4: I hope you enjoyed our podcast story as much as 144 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 4: I did. 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