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Speaker 1: Hey, friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kid

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time or you're

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Speaker 1: still newer to our family, I want to encourage you

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Speaker 1: to try five. That's our challenge, where for five days

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Speaker 1: in a row, your kids listen to some awesome stories

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Speaker 1: to use their imagination and watch their creativity come to life.

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Speaker 1: You see, we make stories every single day for you,

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Speaker 1: and you just never know what kind of story you're

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Speaker 1: gonna find on any given day. So hang with me

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Speaker 1: for five days, whether maybe driving in the car or

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Speaker 1: maybe during lunchtime, and I think you're gonna find something

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Speaker 1: pretty amazing happens. Well, friends, are you ready for today's adventure?

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Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It was a beautiful evening in

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Speaker 1: the middle of the forest as Jude and his dad

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Speaker 1: were out camping.

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Speaker 2: A monster.

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Speaker 1: Jude yelled, pointing excitedly at the ground. It's some kind

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Speaker 1: of I don't know. Jude's dad hurried over with a

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Speaker 1: smile on his face as his hiking boots shuffled across

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Speaker 1: the dirt. Jude had been looking for kindeling or you know,

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Speaker 1: some small sticks when he found a small mound of

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Speaker 1: away as his dad approached. He kept his eyes glued

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Speaker 1: body peeked out. Do you know what this is? Jude

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Speaker 1: had never seen anything like this strange life form before,

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Speaker 1: but this is exactly why he loved camping. You never

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Speaker 1: know what kind of crazy, interesting things you might find. Oh, Jude,

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Speaker 1: that's a crayfish. They have an exoskeleton. I mean, their

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Speaker 2: The outside of their body. No, wonder they look like monsters.

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Speaker 2: Why does their body look like that? Asked Jude, with wonder.

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Speaker 2: Their exoskeleton protects and support their bodies. All right, come

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Speaker 2: on back to the fire now, it's almost time to

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Speaker 2: get ready for bed, said Jude's dad. Jude followed his

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Speaker 2: father back to the fire. Here in the forest with

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Speaker 2: his dad, Jude was pretty sure anything could happen. Jude

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Speaker 2: looked around curiously. It was so dark, nothing like the

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Speaker 2: street lights are glowing homes near their house. What other

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Speaker 2: wonderers waited for him out here? The campfire cracked and

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Speaker 2: snapped as it's warm and cozy glow shined in the darkness.

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Speaker 2: As Jude and his dad approached. They looked up at

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Speaker 2: the twinkling stars above. Jude rested his chin on his hand.

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Speaker 2: I bet they feel tingly, Jude said, what are you

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Speaker 2: talking about, Jude?

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Speaker 1: The stars? No, I bet they feel tingly, like when

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Speaker 1: one that makes her hair stand up. Yeah, I bet

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Speaker 1: stars feel like that. Sounds like you're getting a little

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Speaker 1: sleepy there, Jude, said Jude's dad. Just then, a white

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Speaker 1: see that it's coming this way? Suddenly Jude and his

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Speaker 1: dad were swept up, as if there was some invisible

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Speaker 2: What's happening?

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Speaker 1: I feel like I'm at the carnival, yelled Jude. Jude's

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Speaker 1: stomach somersaulted as they zoomed with the bright white light

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Speaker 1: his dad. They couldn't believe what they were seeing.

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Speaker 2: Hey there, you look like the kind of adventurer who

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Speaker 2: needed a night flight. Who are you?

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Speaker 1: Asked Jude, as his stomach was still doing cartwheels. They

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Speaker 2: My name is Pullox. You can find me up here

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Speaker 2: any time. And hey, there's my twin brother Castore. Together

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Speaker 1: Gemini, Jude's dad interrupted, Together you form Gemini.

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Speaker 2: Ha ha ha, that's right. Together we form Gemini. I say

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Speaker 2: you want to say hello to my brother? Sure, Jude said,

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Speaker 2: Everything felt magical. Ju didn't want to miss a single second.

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Speaker 2: Scary soaring up into the sky. Yeah, that definitely would

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Speaker 2: have been scary for me, what about you? But Jude

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Speaker 2: it's nice to meet you, said Castor. Castor had a soft,

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Speaker 2: you've met my brother pollax h and he took you

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Speaker 2: on a night flight. Wow, you must be fantastic. If

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Speaker 2: He's doing that for you. Only those with hearts full

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Speaker 1: Jude smiled shyly. He liked to learn about everything he could.

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Speaker 1: Maybe that was why Pollux had chosen him for this adventure.

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Speaker 1: I'd just been asking my dad about the stars about

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Speaker 1: I touched you it would feel tingly, But being with you,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't tingly at all. It feels safe. We're very

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Speaker 1: glad that you and your father were able to come

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Speaker 1: humans that have gone on such a journey before. Just then,

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Speaker 1: a glowing stone about the size of a marble floated

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Speaker 2: This is for you. Keep it with you.

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Speaker 1: It will fill you with warmth and light. It will

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Speaker 1: As soon as his hand closed around the rock, he

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Speaker 1: Although it did remind him of being wrapped in his

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Speaker 1: grandmother's quilt, it was nothing like the tingly electric feeling

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Speaker 1: million times better. It's time to go, Pollock said, fill

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Speaker 1: Jude closed his eyes, and when he opened them again,

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Speaker 1: he was in his tent. Crickets chirped and his father

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Speaker 1: snored beside him. Had the night flight with those two

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Speaker 1: stars been real? Must have been a dream. Rolling over

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Speaker 1: Grabbing it, he pulled it out from under his pillow

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Speaker 1: blue stone. He squeezed it tightly, feeling that warm, safe

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Speaker 1: his eyes as he drifted off to sleep, knowing that

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Speaker 1: that adventure was in fact not a dream. It was real.

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Speaker 1: It's time for kid shout out. So I want to

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Speaker 1: say hey to Clay and Nola from California, Lucy from Texas,

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Speaker 1: and Quinn from Connecticut. I'm so glad that you're all

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Speaker 1: a part of the Kit Short Stories family. We definitely

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Speaker 1: could not have this much fun with imagination without you,

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Speaker 1: my friends. Well, you have a super duper day and

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Speaker 1: I will see you on our next adventure. Bye.