1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. 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 --> 00:00:24,040 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 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. Louis was so excited to go 16 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: to the zoo. He had been waiting all week to 17 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: see the reptile exhibit. Komodo dragons, crocodiles, and boa constrictors 18 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: were all there, and he was going to get to 19 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: see them all up close. Finally, it was a warm 20 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 1: day as the sun shone on him while he waited 21 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 1: in line to enter. It would be a perfect day 22 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: to see the tigers and lions too, while the big 23 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: cats lazed in the sun. He held onto his ticket 24 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: tightly and passed through the gates. One corn dog blease 25 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: he ordered at the food stand. He ate it happily 26 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: as he took off towards the flamingos. He watched the 27 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: pink bird's balance on one leg and tried to do 28 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: the same. When he finished his corn dog, he threw 29 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: away the stick and headed over towards the giraffes. Suddenly, 30 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:05,639 Speaker 1: a loud boom thundered through the air. The sky grew dark, 31 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: and the wind began to whip. Other zoogoers ran for 32 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: shelter as the rain pelted large droplets to the ground. 33 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: Louie was looking around for a space to shield himself 34 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: from the rain when he saw something glimmering and falling 35 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 1: alongside the rain drops. Through the loud, bitter patter of 36 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: the falling rain, Louis heard the ting of the mystery 37 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: object hitting the ground. Shielding his face from the rain, 38 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: Louis ran towards the object that was now on the 39 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: ground ahead of him. Even with the now dark and 40 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:53,839 Speaker 1: cloudy sky. It still glowed as if sunlight was reflecting 41 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 1: off of it. Louis picked it up and realized it 42 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: it was a flute. How did this come out of 43 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: the sky and during a storm, he wondered. As if 44 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 1: in response, a cloud puff appeared and disappeared quickly on 45 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,239 Speaker 1: the side of the flute, leaving a small tag tied 46 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: around it with string. Huh. Louis carefully turned over the 47 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: tag and saw there was something written on it. Play 48 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: me was all that it said. Louie put the flute 49 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: up to his lips and blew. A loud shriek of 50 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: sound erupted from the instrument, and all at once the 51 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: rain stopped the drops that were already on their way 52 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: to the ground. Wait a second, what they had frozen? Like? 53 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: Frozen in midair? Just floating there, floating rain drops. Very strange. 54 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: Louie gave it another blow and the rain drops reversed, 55 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: flying back up towards the clouds. WHOA, that's awesome, he shouted. 56 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: He decided to play another note and watched as the dark, 57 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: heavy clouds raced out of sight. Louis was happy that 58 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 1: the flute had sent the storm away. Now he wanted 59 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: to see what else it could do? What do you 60 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: think this magical flute could do? If it can reverse rain, 61 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: do you think it can do something else? He had 62 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: seen musicians play the flute before and knew they use 63 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 1: their fingers somehow to play different notes. Positioning his fingers 64 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: over the keys, he decided to give it a try. 65 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: A light tune came out of the flute and drifted 66 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: towards the closest animal enclosure. The giraffes heard the sound 67 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: and begin tapping their hoofs. They faced one another, int 68 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: on their back legs. Wait what their front legs waving 69 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: in the air to the sound of the flute. Louis 70 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: ran back over to the tiger habitat to try and 71 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: make them dance too. He played a new tune on 72 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 1: the flute, but this time the animals did not dance. Instead, 73 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: the tigers growls turned to words, and they said, hey, kid, 74 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: let us out. I'm starving. Give me a corn dog. 75 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 1: We promise we won't eat you. Louie thought about it 76 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: for a moment. Sitting tigers loose in the zoo didn't 77 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: seem like the best idea, but they did promise not 78 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: to eat him. Okay, I'll let the flute decide, he 79 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: told them, and played a new tune. The music flowered 80 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: over to them once more, like it was riding on 81 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: a wave toward the tiger. When the music reached them, 82 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: the gate made it and the gate swung open. The 83 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: tigers all roared triumphantly as they ran out towards freedom 84 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 1: and towards the corn dog stand. They jumped behind the 85 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 1: counter and scarfed down all the corn dogs they could find. 86 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: When they finished, one of them complained, I'm still hungry. 87 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: Then he sniffed the air. I smell flamingos. I wonder 88 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: if they taste as delicious as these cone dogs. Louis 89 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: frantically blew the flute in response. The music reached the tigers, 90 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: and immediately they forgot about the flamingos and started dancing. 91 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: Louis kept playing as they danced their way back into 92 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 1: their enclosure, and the music shut the gate behind them. 93 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: As soon as they were safely back inside, Louis side 94 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: and relief shoo, how is close? He decided to take 95 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: a break with the flute as he headed over to 96 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: the exhibit. He came to the zoo for the first place, 97 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: the reptiles. He entered the dark building, the only lights 98 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: illuminating the space coming from behind the glass enclosures that 99 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: lined the walls. The venomous snakes and giant lizards slithered 100 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: around inside their habitats, watching him as he walked through. 101 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: Then Louie brought the flute to his lips and blew, well, 102 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: what in the world is gonna happen? Do you think 103 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: something crazy is gonna happen with the reptiles and the 104 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: flute music? Hmm, I'm not sure. I don't. I hope 105 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,679 Speaker 1: he doesn't let out the venomous snakes for corn dogs, 106 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: because uh, I think that sounds like a problem. But 107 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: I'm not sure what's gonna happen next. We are gonna 108 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: have to wait and see what happens on the next 109 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: episode of Kids Short Stories. Great job, you listened all 110 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: the way to the end, and you know what time 111 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: it is. It's time for kid shout out. So I 112 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: want to say hey to Jasper from California, Shanaian and 113 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: Anika from Mumba and Jasmine from Washington, Olivia from British Columbia, 114 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 1: Vera from Long Beach, Isaac from Indiana, and Hazel from Montana. 115 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all in the kit Churtory's family. 116 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: We could not have this much fun with imagination without you, 117 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: my friends. Well, you have a super duper day and 118 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: I'll see you on the next adventure. Bye.