1 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kid 2 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Guess what I've been working for a while 3 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: on a new invention called story Button. Yes. Story Button 4 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: is a new device, a new speaker that makes it 5 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: easy to listen to podcasts without having to use a 6 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: screen device you know, tablets or your parents' phone. Yes, 7 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 1: story Button makes it easy to listen to your favorite 8 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,480 Speaker 1: podcast including Kids Short Stories, Biology Squad, Kids, Animal Stories, 9 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: Bedtime Stories, and more. Have your parents check down in 10 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,480 Speaker 1: the show notes to learn more about how they're coming 11 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: very soon, or you go to story button dot com 12 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: to learn more. Well, my friends, are you ready for 13 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: today's adventure? Me? 14 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 2: Do you let go? 15 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: Gideon was a Lego master. He could build anything with 16 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: his legos. Rocket ship castles, ice breathing dragons, villages made 17 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: of candy and lava. 18 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 2: Wow. 19 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: If Gideon could dream it, he could build it. He 20 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: gets all of his legos stored in a special toy 21 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: box in his room. One day, Gideon was sitting inside 22 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 1: his toy box digging for the perfect block to finish 23 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: building his alien planet. Hmmm, No, that one's not big enough, 24 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: not green enough, alien enough. He tossed blocks to the 25 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: side in search of the perfect one. He wasn't exactly 26 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: sure what he was looking for, but he would know 27 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: it when he saw it. Gideon swept away a pile 28 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: of pointy, triangular pieces to reveal the perfect piece. 29 00:01:58,320 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 2: This piece was. 30 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: The green of swamp creatures, with. 31 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 2: The delight surprise of blue and green shimmers that. 32 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: Made it the perfect piece to finish his mysterious alien planet. 33 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: It's perfect, exclaimed Gideon. He snatched up the piece and 34 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 1: held it up to the light. It twinkled and shined 35 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 1: and seemed to grow larger the longer he looked at it. 36 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 1: Then it got heavier. Getting realize it wasn't just looking 37 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: larger and larger. 38 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 2: It it was growing. The piece became very quickly, too 39 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 2: large and heavy for getting to hold it up any longer. 40 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: Enough, he had to drop it. 41 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 2: Oh, it doesn't need to be part of the alien planet. 42 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: Now it's big enough to be the whole alien planet. 43 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: It wasn't until he turned to climb out of the 44 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: toy box that he saw his mistake. The block hadn't 45 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: actually grown. He had shrunk. Toys of every shape and 46 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: color towered over him and the walls of the toy 47 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: box reached upward at an impossible height. 48 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 2: Oh dear. 49 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: Escape may have looked impossible, but Gideon did not fear. 50 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: After all, he was a master builder, so he began 51 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: to plan. He observed his surroundings. The glittering green lego 52 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: was out of the question. It was too tall, and besides, 53 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: that's the one that got him into this mess in 54 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: the first place. I need to find smaller lego pieces 55 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: that I can still carry. Getting climbed tall blue mountains 56 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: and slid down the middle of large red blocks. The 57 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: bumps running down either side of each block made great 58 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: handholds for climbing, but it was best to avoid them 59 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: while sliding, or it would be a pretty rough ride. 60 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 2: He made his way. 61 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: Towards the towering walls of the toy box, collecting all 62 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: the smaller blocks he could carry. When he reached the wall, 63 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 1: he set the blocks down and headed out for more. 64 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: When he had piled enough, Gideon nodded with determination. 65 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 2: Whew, all right, it's time to build. 66 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: He stacked blocks in a staggering position, one on top 67 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 1: of the next, then the next, and so on until 68 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 1: a staircase began to form. He climbed his staircase up, up, 69 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: and up towards the top of the toy box wall. 70 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 1: When the last lego was placed, he stepped onto the 71 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: top of the wall. Gideon threw a try I jump 72 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: and fist into the air. 73 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 2: Yes, I did it. 74 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: But his excitement soon faded as he looked around, realizing how. 75 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 2: High up he really was. Whoa and then now what? 76 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 1: But Gideon was not one for quitting. He was still 77 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: a master builder and his determination was only growing. He 78 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 1: looked down toward the floor so. 79 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 2: Far below him. 80 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: He spotted the rocket ship he had built, and some 81 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: spare blocks, all things that were too far away to 82 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: reach from all the way up top. Then right by 83 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 1: the edge of the toy box, he saw a soft 84 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: and squishy teddy bear Geronimum. Gideon shouted as he cannon 85 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: balled onto the teddy bear's soft belly. He landed and 86 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: sank safely into the plush toy. Then climbed through the 87 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 1: soft fur toward the floor and headed for his rocket ship. 88 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: He needed to find a way to get big again, 89 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: but there were more important things to do first. He 90 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 1: climbed up into the rocket ship and took his seat. 91 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: Gideon put on his most official voice. 92 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 2: He minus five four three two one lassed off. 93 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,919 Speaker 1: Gideon was pushed back into a seat as the rocket 94 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: ship shot up into the air of his room. Gideon 95 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: would have been thrilled, but it was heading straight for 96 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: the ceiling fan directly above. He screamed as it sailed closer, 97 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: without even slowing down. Before it hit the fan, became 98 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 1: tangled in the pole cord dangling from the middle of 99 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: the fan. Whoosh, It knocked Gideon and his rocket off 100 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: their straight path, and they began orbiting the fan, kind 101 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: of like the Moon orbiting the. 102 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 2: Earth, but on a hyper speed mission. 103 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: Up board, Gideon yelled, closing his eyes at the dizzy ride. 104 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: The cord untangled from the rocket, sending it sailing through 105 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: the air over his bed and crashed, landing in a 106 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: pile of blankets on the floor. He crawled his way 107 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: out of the ship. Some of the lego pieces were 108 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: scattered about, but otherwise he was unharmed. But walking through 109 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: the sea of blankets was like trying to escape quicksand 110 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: with every step the blankets sunk down, trapping him in 111 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: their fuzziness. 112 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 2: After a few minutes, he tumbled over the edge. 113 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: Sure relieved to be back on the solid floor. In 114 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: front of him, underneath his bed loomed like a cave. 115 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: Down there in the distance, something was glowing. What is that, 116 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: Gideon wondered as he followed the light. 117 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 2: Of the object. 118 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: When he got closer, he could make out the tell 119 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: tale bumps of a lego sticking out along its surface. 120 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,199 Speaker 1: He reached it, and it towered over him, just as 121 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: the first magic lego, just as beautiful and even more mysterious. 122 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: It glowed like a night light, allowing Gideon to make 123 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: out the dust bunnies around it. Wow, you must have 124 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 1: been down here a long time, Gideon said to the lego. 125 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 2: I wonder why. 126 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,679 Speaker 1: I've ever noticed you before. It was so bright and 127 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: beautiful he had to touch it. Gideon reached out his 128 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: hand and felt the glow enter his body. It made 129 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: him feel warm and large. Whoa and as he felt 130 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: as he began to grow as the lego grew small, 131 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: until it was small enough for him to hold in 132 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,319 Speaker 1: his hand. Then Gideon crawled out from under his bed. 133 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: He stood up and began collecting the scattered pieces of 134 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: his rocket ship. He wasn't sure what would happen if 135 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: he let go of that glowing lego, but he had 136 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:38,839 Speaker 1: an idea. Walking over to the toy box, he picked 137 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: up the first glittering green Lego. Gideon snapped the two 138 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: together and put them on a shelf. I have a 139 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:52,319 Speaker 1: feeling you two will come in handy again soon, Gideon 140 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: told his two very special legos. Then he began reassembling 141 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: his rocket ship, dreaming of future adventures. 142 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 2: Wow. Even though this is the end of. 143 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: Our story, it is definitely not the end of the 144 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: amazing adventures that lie ahead for Gideon and his magic Legos. 145 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 2: The end. Hey, friend ZIONI your help. 146 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: Celebrating a birthday. 147 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 3: Drum roll please, Happy birthday, Wiley Daniels Zoo's turning seven 148 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 3: years old. Wiley loves all animals, have all shapes and sizes. 149 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 3: He's a creative and skilled artist and is exploring the 150 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:41,839 Speaker 3: Redwoods this week. 151 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 2: Wow. 152 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: I'm so glad we got celebrated you and your big 153 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: day on the show. Wiley Daniels Habby seventh birthday. Fun fact, 154 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: me and you share the same birthday. Today is my 155 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: birthday as well. 156 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 2: Wow. 157 00:10:57,920 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: August ninth is the best. 158 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 2: Well. 159 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: I hope you all have a super duper day and 160 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: I will see you on our next adventure. 161 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 2: Bye.