1 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kid 2 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. Snort was a dragon with quite 16 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: inconvenient scales. They were orange and shiny and glowed in 17 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: the sunshine. They were really quite magnificent all things considered. 18 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: But uh, this was part of the problem. They were 19 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: so magnificent, so spectacularly sparkly, that no one could resist 20 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 1: getting a closer look. You know, they would get closer 21 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: and closer until swamp they became stuck to his incredibly 22 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: sticky scales. Yeah, Snort was a sticky dragon. Anything he 23 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: touched would be stuck to him instantly. It made a 24 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: lot of things really hard to do. It was hard 25 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: to make friends, but he had to keep his distance. 26 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: He couldn't high five them or play freeze tag without 27 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: someone ending stuck along his scales. Once he tried to 28 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: go camping, but he woke up with everyone's sleeping bags 29 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: ah stuck to his back. 30 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 2: Oh hum oi, my glum, Snort said. 31 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: One day, as he wandered through the woods alone. Hey, there, 32 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: dragon cup, play with us, called a voice from up ahead. Huh. 33 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: Snort looked around for another dragon. He didn't think anyone 34 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: would be asking him to play, you, sticky dragon. The 35 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: voice called again. Snort was surprised they really were talking 36 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: to him. He was very excited. He bounded ahead until 37 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: he came to a clearing with three humans dressed head 38 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: to toe in purple. Hi, I'm snored, Do you really 39 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: want to play between you and me? These people in 40 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: purple looked a lot like you know, purple ninjas, even 41 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 1: laugh a laugh that seemed a bit you know, suspicious, 42 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: Of course we do. Come on, follow ass. Snort was 43 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: so psyched to have playmates he overlooked the evil looks 44 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: on their faces as they grinned at one another. They 45 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: invited him to travel to town with them, and he accepted. 46 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: Snort climbed up a ramp into what he thought was 47 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: a big purple balloon, but looked a lot like you know, 48 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: the purple Ninja's purple blimp. Oh dear. He tried his 49 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: best not to touch anything. Snort stayed very still during 50 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: the ride over the woods and into town. His new 51 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: friends shouted questions to him so as not to get 52 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: too close. The question seemed, uh, you know, a bit evil, 53 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: though Snort thought maybe they just wanted to make sure 54 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: he was a good dragon. He Stewart, do you like steally? Oh? 55 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: Oh no, no, no, Snort gasped, of course not. Yeah, 56 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: but what about like borrowing without asking? Isn't that kind 57 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: of the same thing. You're a dragon, though, you must 58 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: like shiny things. Snort nodded, and his new friend snickered, 59 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: rubbing their hands together. They arrived in town, landing in 60 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: the town's square. When they were on the ground, one 61 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: of the purple people yelled to Snort, tag you're it, 62 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: and took off running. Snort ran after them, gleefully, thinking 63 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,359 Speaker 1: they were playing. No one had ever wanted to play 64 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: tag with him before. He chased them all through the 65 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: park into the farmer's market. The aisle was pretty skinny, though, 66 00:04:56,160 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: and the vendor shrieked as Snort bumped into their table. 67 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: Jars of honey, knitted plush toys, vegetables, and fruits. All 68 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 1: of it got stuck to Snort as he bounded after 69 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: the Purple group. He was so focused on playing dag 70 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: that he didn't even notice the collection of things that 71 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: were snatched up by his sticky scales. The people at 72 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: the Farmer's Market noticed the dragon with beautiful scales running 73 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: through and wanted to take a closer look. They admired 74 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: Snort as he ran closer, not realizing their mistake until 75 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: it was too late. Slap their bags were snatched by 76 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: his sticky scales. Snort had no idea, of course, he 77 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: was a good dragon who would never steal. The Purple 78 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: playmates kept weaving in and out of the tables, and 79 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 1: Snort kept following. Stop two kids jumped in front of Snort. 80 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: He skidded as he dug his heels, trying to stop 81 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: before he's crashed into them. 82 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 2: Ooh, oh, it's close. You know you shouldn't jump out 83 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 2: in front of a sticky dragon. You almost got stuck 84 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 2: to me. The boy stepped forward. We had to stop you. 85 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 2: You're stealing everything. 86 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:26,359 Speaker 1: Boo stealing. I would never steal. Snort gasped. Now that 87 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: he was stopped, though, he noticed a tickle on his side. 88 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 1: He turned to scratch it and saw everything stuck to 89 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: sticky scales, flowers, soaps, chases, waltz, pursesn't even a kitten. 90 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: Oh dear, how do we get that kitten off of there? 91 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: Everything that had passed while chasing his new friends was 92 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: caught on his sticky scales. Snort's new purple playmates reappeared 93 00:06:55,760 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: next to the kids. Hey, this is our sticky get 94 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: your own. The kids recognized them right away. It's the 95 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: Purple ninjes. Oh he should have known you were behind this. 96 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:14,119 Speaker 1: Snort realized what was happening. The Purple Ninjas had used 97 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: him to steal things from the farmer's market, never really 98 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: wanted to play with him. Oh that was really mean. 99 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: Snort turned to the kids and apologized. I promise, I 100 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: didn't know. I thought they just wanted to play, he said. 101 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,239 Speaker 1: Then he turned to the ninjas. Smoke and fire began 102 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: sizzling from his dragon's snout. Now he was an angry, 103 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: sticky dragon. There is one thing that needs to be stuck, 104 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: he told them. Then he charged. The Purple Ninjas tried 105 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: to run, but it was too late. They were too 106 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: close to get away. Snort whipped his sticky scaled tail 107 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: at that, and they were stuck, kicking and whining. Oh well, 108 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: ask the kids in. Snort returned all the accident at 109 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: least dolen items, with the help of a little homemade 110 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: olive oil sold by a nice vendor. The kitten didn't 111 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: really seem to like the oil, but it was happy 112 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 1: to get off of the dragon scales. After the mess 113 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: was all cleaned up and the Purple Ninjas were taken 114 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: to HQ, Snort turned to leave. He was sad he 115 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: had been tricked and just wanted to get back to 116 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 1: his forest where he couldn't cause any more trouble. Wait, 117 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: shouted one of the kids. He ran up to him 118 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: holding a giant sweater made by one of the vendors. 119 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: We got this for you. Now you can cover up 120 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: your scales and play without getting anything stuck. One. We 121 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: hope you'll stay and play with us, So Snort the 122 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: sticky Dragon stayed and played with his new anti sticky sweater. 123 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: No longer sad. He finally found real true friends. The end. 124 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: We'll be right back after a brief word from our sponsor. Hey, friends, 125 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: I need your help celebrating three birthdays. Drum roll please 126 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: sh Happy birthday Noah, who's durning six years old. Noah 127 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: loves his dog Pepper, he loves learning to speak French, 128 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: and he can even beat bucks. Wow, Noah, I'm so 129 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: glad that we got to celebrated you and your big 130 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 1: day on the show. 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