1 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim. If this is your first time, 2 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: welcome to Kids Short Stories. Like I said, my name 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: is mister Jim and parents. I'm a parent as well 4 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 1: of three boys. Me and my wife. We live in 5 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: South Carolina and we love stories. We know that today 6 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: it's really hard to battle with screen time, and so 7 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: we're really committed to bringing you stories every day that 8 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: are completely screenless. Families all over the world love listening 9 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: to these during bedtime or quiet time or in the car. 10 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: And today's story comes to us from Ellie, Lucy and Ali. Hey, guys, 11 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: they sent me an awesome idea first story, and you 12 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 1: can too. Just head over to Kids Short Stories dot com. 13 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: Send me your idea and maybe you will turn it 14 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: into an awesome adventure. Are you guys ready for an 15 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: amazing story about meeting the Gruffalo? Me too? Let's go 16 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: all right, everyone, are you all packed up? Ellie, Lucy 17 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: and Ali were going on a really fun trip to 18 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: their grandparents farm and they had to pack for a 19 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: really fun adventure. Their grandparents lived in England and they 20 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: hadn't been there in a very long time. Yeah, I 21 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: have all of my stuff ready, shouted Lucy. She was 22 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: holding two bags that were filled all the way to 23 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,919 Speaker 1: the top. Ellie and Ali were getting all their things ready. 24 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: Almost I just needed like a couple more minutes, shouted Ali. 25 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,279 Speaker 1: Ellie was putting on her shoes and was about ready 26 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 1: to get in the car. You see, their grandparents lived 27 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: on an amazing farm with all kinds of really cool 28 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: animals and just a ton of space to explore. Do 29 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: you like to explore outside? 30 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: Oh? 31 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: I do too. I love to explore all new places 32 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: that I go to. And Ellie and Lucy and Ali, 33 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: boy were they excited. Okay, I'm ready, let's go, shouted Ali. 34 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: The three of them and their parents loaded up in 35 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: the car and started to drive. They had to drive 36 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: to the airport, and in the airport they would get 37 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,519 Speaker 1: on an airplane and fly all the way to England. 38 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 1: This was going to be an amazing adventure. After several hours, 39 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: their plane had finally arrived in England. They collected their 40 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: bags and were walking through the airport. There's grandma and grandpa, 41 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: shouted Ellie. The three kids ran as fast as they 42 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: could and jumped into their grandparents' arms, knocking them over. 43 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:59,399 Speaker 1: Oh we're so happy to see you, said their grandma. Oh, 44 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 1: come here, guys, said their grandpa. All three of them 45 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: jumped into their grandpa's lap and he started to tickle them. Ah, 46 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: all right, guys, let's get to the car and let's 47 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 1: get to the farm, he shouted. The three kids, their 48 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: parents and grandparents all jumped into this big car and 49 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: off they drove, up and over the rolling hills. They 50 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: drove all the way to the farm. As they arrived, Ellie, 51 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: Lucy and Ali jumped out of the car. They couldn't 52 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: wait to start exploring. Ali helped bring all the bags inside, 53 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: and Ellie and Lucy couldn't stop talking to their grandma. 54 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: It was so good to see them. It had been 55 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: a very long time. It was dinner time and their 56 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: grandparents had their favorite meal ready for them. What's your 57 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: favorite dinner. I really like spaghetti or maybe some hamburgers. 58 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: I love all kinds of foods. Well, Ellie, Lucy, and 59 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: Ali gobble down their dinner and quickly ran outside to 60 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: go explore. Their grandparents shouted, Hey, guys, in the far 61 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: back of the property, there's an old shack. You should 62 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: probably stay away from there. There's an old gruffalo that 63 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: lives there, and he's not very nice an old gruffalo. 64 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: Ellie laughed, thinking it was a joke. But it was 65 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: not a joke. Ellie, Lucy and Ali started their adventure together. 66 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: They only had about an hour left before the sun 67 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: was going to set, so they had to take advantage 68 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 1: of the sunlight. All right, Alih, which way should we go? 69 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: Said Lucy. Hmm. Ali looked around back and forth. Well, 70 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 1: let's go check out the cows first, and then we 71 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 1: should probably go check out that scary gruffalo in the back. Right. 72 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: You don't think they're serious, do you, said Lucy. Ah, 73 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: No way, Olli. Lucy and Ellie ran over to the cows. Wow, Alli, 74 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: you sound like a real cow, said Ellie. Ali was 75 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: impressing the cows with his very good mooing. What do 76 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:26,239 Speaker 1: you sound like if you were to sound like a cow? 77 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:32,239 Speaker 1: Is it pretty good? Let me hear? Oh yeah, moo. 78 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 1: I love mooing like a cow. All right, well this 79 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: was pretty cool, but I really want to see if 80 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 1: there's actually a gruffalo back there, said Lucy. Okay, let's go. 81 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 1: The three kids started on their adventure. To the back 82 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: of the property. They could see in the distance this 83 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,719 Speaker 1: old shed like it. I think it used to have 84 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: some like farm tools in it, but it was so 85 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: old it was starting to fall apart. Ellie, Lucy and 86 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 1: Ali ran as fast as they could toward it, but 87 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: slowed down when they got close. Wait, it does look 88 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: kind of creepy, said Ali. Uh yeah, let me go. 89 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: Let me go take a peek. Ellie started walking closer 90 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: to the that shed, and all of a sudden they 91 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: heard a sound. There's a real gruffalo in there. Run. 92 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: Ellie and Lucy took off, running as fast as they could, 93 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: and Ali watched them run by, but he was too 94 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 1: curious to run away. He walked closer to the shed 95 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: and said, hello, in there, My name's Ali. Who's inside. 96 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 2: Loo? 97 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: I don't remember. I don't want any friends. Go away? 98 00:06:55,480 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: Oh hi, are you the gruffalo that my grandparents talked about? 99 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 1: And just then the door to the shed opened and 100 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: outstepped a real gruffalo. Holy smokes. Ali couldn't believe it. 101 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: He had never seen one in real life, only in storybooks. 102 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: Oh my, hello, Uh, Ellie, Lucy, guys come here. Ellie 103 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: and Lucy timidly came back. Oh my goodness, it's a 104 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: real gruffalo. What do you want just leave me alone? Well, 105 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: I uh, Alli didn't know exactly what to say. Well, 106 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: have you ever had dinner over my grandparents' house? No? 107 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: I haven't. What are you talking about. No one's ever 108 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: invited me over for dinner, mmm, said the Gruffalo. Oh 109 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: well why don't Yeah, why don't you come on over 110 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: for dinner. I think it'd be fun. Tomorrow We're gonna 111 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: have some lasagna and it'll be delicious lasagna. I had 112 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: never had that before. I've never been over anywhere. Ellie, 113 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: Lucy and Ali started to realize that this old Gruffalo 114 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: might actually be a lot nicer than people thought. It's 115 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: just that people were very afraid of him, so maybe 116 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: inviting him over for dinner with their family would be 117 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: a fun way to make a new friend. And the 118 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: next day, that's exactly what happened. The Gruffalo came over 119 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: for dinner at their grandparents' house, and it was the 120 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:39,839 Speaker 1: beginning of an amazing new friendship. The grandparents were so 121 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,439 Speaker 1: happy to finally meet the Gruffalo because he wasn't as 122 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: scary as they once thought. This is just the beginning 123 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 1: of that special new friendship. 124 00:08:51,000 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 2: The end, Hey, friends, I need your help celebrating a birthday. 125 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: Drum roll, please. 126 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:13,319 Speaker 3: Sh Happy birthday, Ave, who's turning six years old? Azvey 127 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 3: loves Legos and Minecraft science and even wants to be 128 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:21,319 Speaker 3: a chemist one day, and I hear tells amazing jokes. 129 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: Well, Abby, I hope you not only have a super 130 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:29,079 Speaker 1: due berday, I hope you have the best birthday ever. 131 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: Happy sixth birthday, Ave. Great job, you listened all the 132 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 1: way to the end, and you know what time it is. 133 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: It's time for good shout out. I want to say 134 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: hey to Christine from Charlotte, North Carolina, Lennox and Collette 135 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: from Oregon, Pranav from the USA, Emmett and Ben from Irvington, 136 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: New York, oscar Tobias Ignacious Annie from Australia, and Maggie 137 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: and Stuart from Ontario. I'm so glad that you're all 138 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: on the Kid short Story's Family and Honor Spy team. 139 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 1: We could not stop Doctor Stinkybreath and his team without you, 140 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: my friends. Well you have a super duper day and 141 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: I will see you on our next adventure. Bye.