1 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, welcome back to kid Short Stories. My name 2 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: is mister Jim, and we love turning your ideas into 3 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: awesome adventures. So there's our website down below where you 4 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 1: can submit your story ideas. And then I picked the craziest, 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: coolest ones and I turned them into an awesome adventure 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: every single day parents. This all started when me and 7 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: my wife wanted our kids to listen to more stories 8 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: and not just screens, and so we ditched the switch 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: and started listening to stories every day. So are you 10 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:42,279 Speaker 1: guys ready for today's adventure? Me too, Let's go. It 11 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: was a beautiful day for River and Ruby to go 12 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:50,880 Speaker 1: on their adventure today. And this was not your average adventure, 13 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: which actually all adventures are different and special in their 14 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: own ways. But this one they were looking for something 15 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: very uh, something I've never seen before. Have you ever 16 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: heard of bigfoot? Oh? The bigfoot is a mythical, legendary 17 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: creature that you don't know if it's real or not. 18 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: And well, do you think the bigfoot is real? Hmmm? 19 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: I think it might be. And what is something when 20 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: if you were to imagine a bigfoot? What are the 21 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: things that comes to mind? Well? I think it's very hairy. 22 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: I think it's pretty big and tall, and it definitely 23 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: has two very big feet. Yes, and that is what 24 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 1: River and Ruby were searching for. They were hiking through 25 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: a giant redwood forest. Do you know what redwood trees are? Oh, 26 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: they're magnificently beautifully ginormous trees. Yes, trees so big that 27 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: if you cut a whole through its trunk you could 28 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: drive your car through it. Holy smokes, that is one 29 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: ginormous tree. And speaking of ginormous things, that is actually 30 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: not the only ginormous thing that is believed to live 31 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: in this redwood forest. And that is what River and 32 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: Ruby were After they had their bags packed with snacks 33 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: and all their gear that they needed to go on 34 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: this bigfoot hunting adventure, they were determined to find a 35 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: Bigfoot footprint. Why do you think you would want to 36 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: find a footprint of Bigfoot? Hmm? Do you think they 37 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: were wondering his shoe size? Maybe? Or do you think 38 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: maybe if we found Bigfoot's footprint, do you think that 39 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 1: would mean that Bigfoot is real? Yes, footprints can be 40 00:02:55,960 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: really good evidence for finding information about something. So they 41 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: brought with them some very special powder that when they 42 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: mixed it with water, it would turn almost into like 43 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 1: a cement or a concrete And so they would put 44 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: it into the print in the mud and add water, 45 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: and then they could pull it out and it would 46 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 1: have like a permanent formation of that footprint, which is 47 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: a pretty cool fun activity to do. Speaking of fun activities, 48 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 1: did you know that we make some really awesome activities 49 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 1: for you that if you look down in the show 50 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: notes below and ask your parents to click on that link, 51 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: we have a ton of really fun activities that you 52 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: can do every single day. Hey, Ruby, take a look 53 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: at this footprint, shouted river. River was standing right next 54 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: to a river, and Ruby came running over. Wow, what 55 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: kind of footprint is that? I don't know, said River. 56 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: It looks kind of like a duck footprint. Look, I 57 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: think they were right in the mud right next to 58 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: the river, or a whole bunch of little footprints that 59 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: look kind of like a duck feet. Do you know 60 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: what a duckfoot looks like? Yeah, it's got web toes 61 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: and I don't know how else to explain it. You'll 62 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: have to use your imagination for that one. Let's make 63 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: a cast of that footprint, and let's actually take a 64 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 1: cast of all the footprints that we find, said Ruby, 65 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 1: that's a pretty good idea, said River. Let's get collecting. 66 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: A cast is another word to describe what I was 67 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 1: talking about, of putting that magical powder with some water 68 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: into the footprint and then you let it dry, and 69 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: then you can take it home with you, and then 70 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: you have that real critters footprint with you forever. That's 71 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: pretty cool, River and Ruby. You spent the rest of 72 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: the afternoon gathering a whole bunch of casts of different footprints. 73 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: They found one set that looked like deer footprints, and 74 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: they had the duck footprints from earlier. They just found 75 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: something that looked like either fox footprints or raccoons. They 76 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: weren't sure, but all of a sudden they found something 77 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: absolutely magnificently ginormous. River and Ruby had been walking next 78 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: to this river for a very long time gathering all 79 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: the different footprints. You see bodies of water, like a lake, 80 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: a pond, or a river, that can be a great 81 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: spot to find footprints because every critter of all shapes 82 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: and sizes, they need to drink their water, right. Yeah, 83 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: So if you find a source of water, that's probably 84 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 1: a spot where a lot of critters, both big and small, 85 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: come to drink. All of a sudden, Ruby froze River, 86 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 1: what is that? She was pointing with her finger down 87 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 1: at the ground in the mud Up ahead. It looked 88 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: like a hole in the ground, but as they got closer, 89 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: it was a ginormous footprint. Holy smoked, did we find it? 90 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: Shouted River. Sh It looks like a fresh footprint. The 91 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: mud is still wet. It must be nearby, said Ruby. 92 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 1: They were looking at a giant footprint. Ugh, one that 93 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: is even hard to explain, but it was almost big 94 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 1: enough for them to sit inside. I know that is 95 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: one big footprint, bigger than I think even a bigfoot's 96 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: footprint would leave in the footprint. Well, they were right. 97 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 1: The footprint was very fresh. The mud was still wet 98 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: and squishy, so it must be nearby. You have to 99 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: stay quiet, whispered Ruby, as she carefully removed all the 100 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 1: powder and water that they needed out of their backpack. Oh, 101 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: it smokes. This thing is like bigger than all the 102 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: powder I have. Do you have any more in your bag? River? 103 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: River pulled out her bag and there was a little 104 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: bit more powder in her bag. They emptied everything they 105 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: had and carefully added the water. You don't want to 106 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: mess up the footprint when you're adding all this stuff 107 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: to make the cast, because you have to keep all 108 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: the details just the way they are so that when 109 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: you remove the cast, it still looks perfectly like the 110 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: footprint you found in the mud. All right, let's take 111 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: a look around. River and Ruby had to wait for 112 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: it to dry first, because it can take a couple 113 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: minutes or longer for it to dry fully. So they 114 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: started to look around to see if the bigfoot was 115 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: still there. All right, let's up that hill. I feel 116 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: like the footprint was headed in this direction, so let's 117 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: go that way. River was pointing up away from the river, 118 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: and there was a hill that went up, and it 119 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: was pretty steep. They had to almost crawl with their 120 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: knees and hands in the mud as they pulled their 121 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: way up, using trees and bushes and branches. Places still 122 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: grab onto and pull and drag their way up. But 123 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: finally they made it up to the top of this hill. WHOA, 124 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: that was a crazy climb, said Ruby. I know, but 125 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: look over there. River and Ruby saw more footprints in 126 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,839 Speaker 1: the mud over there. They couldn't collect those because they 127 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 1: were all out of that powder for their footprints. They 128 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 1: were kind of regretting, you know, collecting all those deer 129 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: ducked in fox footprints along the way, But they were 130 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: still pretty cool footprints, all right, Like, what do we 131 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 1: do now, asked Ruby. I'm not sure? Well do we 132 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: keep following the footprints? All of a sudden, in the distance, 133 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: they heard a sound. It was very close by, and 134 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: you should have seen them. Both River and Ruby started 135 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 1: sliding back down the hill as fast as they could. Woo. 136 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 1: As they slid down to the bottom, the bigfoot footprint 137 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: had dried, and they carefully removed it and put it 138 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: in their bag, and they started running out of the 139 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: forest as fast as they could, as much as they 140 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,319 Speaker 1: wanted to find Bigfoot. It was a little scary actually 141 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 1: hearing it for real. Well, now they have evidence, and 142 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: so maybe next time they'll see him in the distance, 143 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: and hopefully not too close, because I think that's would 144 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: scare me too. Well, great job, River and Ruby, you 145 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: discovered a pretty amazing legendary creature in the Redwood forest. Eend. 146 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: Great job you listened all the way to the end. 147 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: And you know what, tum it is, It's time for 148 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 1: kid shout out. So I want to say hey to 149 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: Chance from Markansas, Vivian from Texas, a Kill from Pennsylvania, 150 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: Travison Reid from South Carolina, Rosalind from Boulder, Vera from 151 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 1: New York, Luis from Nashville, and mavcal Silas and Thaddyas 152 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: from Minnesota. I'm so glad that you're all. I'm the kids, 153 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: short stories, family and honor Spiked. We could not stop 154 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: Doctor Stinkybreath and his crew without you, my friends. Will 155 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: you have a super duper day and I will see 156 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 1: you on our next adventure. Bye.