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Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to

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Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas

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Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we

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Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you.

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Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd

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Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes

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Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea

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Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents,

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Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you

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Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row

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Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease

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Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun

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Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure?

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Speaker 2: Me too?

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Speaker 1: Let's go.

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Speaker 3: Hois the sALS?

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Speaker 1: Shout out Alex as Tommy grabbed onto some rope and

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Speaker 1: pulled it with all of his might and the sail

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Speaker 1: went flying up into the air. Alex and Tommy were

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Speaker 1: on a ginormous sailboat sailing through the ocean on not

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Speaker 1: your very average boating cruise. See, they were on the

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Speaker 1: hunt for a treasure island. Yes, a real island with

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Speaker 1: real treasure. They had found an old map in their parents' attic,

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Speaker 1: and they had followed this map for many, many weeks,

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Speaker 1: and it had led them on this boating sailing adventure

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Speaker 1: across the ocean looking for a very old, remote island. Wow,

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Speaker 1: the weather today is totally perfect, said Tommy. Do you

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Speaker 1: think you were actually gonna find this island or is

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Speaker 1: it all just a big trick?

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Speaker 3: Oh?

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Speaker 1: No, I don't think it's a trick, said Alex. Everything

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Speaker 1: has been right along the way ever since we found

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Speaker 1: that map. Every clue has led us to the next place.

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Speaker 1: So this island it's gotta be real. You see. They

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Speaker 1: had worked really hard on following all the clues along

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Speaker 1: the way. If you found a treasure map, do you

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Speaker 1: think you would follow all the clues along the way

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Speaker 1: to see if it was real? Yeah? But what if

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Speaker 1: it was really hard? What if the clues felt impossible?

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Speaker 1: Do you think you'd give up? Oh? No, way, If

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Speaker 1: that is a real treasure map, I don't think there's

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Speaker 1: anything that could stop me from following those clues.

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Speaker 3: What about you?

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Speaker 1: I think I need to lay down for a little bit,

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Speaker 1: said Alex, do you mind keeping a lookout? I sure will,

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Speaker 1: said Tommy. Alex went down to lay down, and Tommy

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Speaker 1: grabbed some binoculars to keep an eye on the horizon.

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Speaker 1: And you see, they were sailing in the middle of

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Speaker 1: the ocean, so it looked like they were completely surrounded

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Speaker 1: while they were actually completely surrounded by water. After a

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Speaker 1: few hours, Tommy finally saw something. Alex, get back up here,

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Speaker 1: look at that. He was pointing towards the east. And

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Speaker 1: they couldn't believe it. They had found the real Treasure

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Speaker 1: Island from the map. We did it, shouted Alex and

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Speaker 1: Tommy as they were jumping around the sailboat like two

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Speaker 1: very excited kids, which that's exactly what they were. It

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Speaker 1: did not take long before their sailboat reached the island.

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Speaker 1: They dropped an anchor into the water and were about

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Speaker 1: Tommy saw something in the distance. Wait a second, Alex,

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Speaker 1: look over there, that is a really big ship. You're

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Speaker 3: You don't think that's a real pirate ship, do you. Oh,

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Speaker 3: it couldn't be.

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Speaker 1: There aren't any real pirates around anymore. They all died

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Speaker 1: a long long time ago, said Tommy. But unfortunately for

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Speaker 1: Alex and Tommy, that was actually a real pirate ship.

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Speaker 1: They dove and splashed and swam all the way to

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Speaker 3: Holl Right, now, what do we do?

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Speaker 1: How do we follow the next clue? Tommy pulled out

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Speaker 1: the map and opened it up. Alex scanned it with

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Speaker 1: his finger, running back and forth across the page. Looks

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Speaker 1: like we're looking for three large stones, all next to

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Speaker 3: Come on.

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Speaker 1: Thankfully, this island was not very large, so Alex and

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Speaker 1: and forth pretty quickly until they found it. Tommy, look

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Speaker 1: over here, said Alex. Look at that one, two three,

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Speaker 1: That one has an X. We found it, shouted Alex. Okay,

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Speaker 1: you wait right here. I'm gonna run back to this

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Speaker 1: ship and grab a shovel. I'll be right back, said Tommy.

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Speaker 1: As he ran back towards the boat, he heard a voice.

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Speaker 4: So the captain wants us to check out this island

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Speaker 4: for any ghosts.

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Speaker 3: Right, that's what he said.

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Speaker 1: He said he doesn't well, you know, he doesn't like ghosts,

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Speaker 1: and so if we're gonna find this treasure, it better

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Speaker 1: not be a ghost treasure.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's got a thing for a ghosts. All right,

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Speaker 4: this island looks pretty small. We shall be able to

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Speaker 4: cover it pretty quickly. Come on, Tommy dove down behind

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Speaker 3: Those were real pirates.

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Speaker 1: He didn't know what to do. Should he run back

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Speaker 1: and get the shovel. We'll run back and tell Alex

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Speaker 1: to hide. I don't think now's a good time to

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Speaker 1: get a shovel. He needs to tell Alex to hide.

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Speaker 1: As he ran back towards.

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Speaker 3: Alex, Alex, Alex, what's going on? Sh said Tommy.

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Speaker 1: There's pirates there.

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Speaker 3: We gotta hide fast.

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Speaker 1: Are you kidding me?

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Speaker 3: Said Alex.

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Speaker 1: Thankfully, they were able to find somewhere to hide very

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Speaker 4: All right, well, I'm pretty sure there's no ghosts here.

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Speaker 4: Let's get back to the ship and tell the captain

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Speaker 4: that it's safe to come.

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Speaker 3: Okikile, lets go.

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Speaker 1: The pirates turned around and were headed back towards the beach.

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Speaker 1: They had brought this little boat that they had rowed

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Speaker 1: all the way from their big ship. They got into

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Speaker 1: that boat and started rowing away towards their giantorm pirate ship.

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Speaker 3: What do you mean they're looking for ghosts or something,

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Speaker 3: said Alex.

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Speaker 1: Well, all I heard was at the captain, whoever that is.

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Speaker 1: He's afraid of ghosts, and so they're looking for treasure.

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Speaker 3: But they don't want ghost treasure, and so.

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Speaker 5: They're gonna steal our treasure before we can get it.

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Speaker 1: What do we gonna do, shouted Tommy. Well, first we

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Speaker 1: gotta call him down, and second, said Alex, I think

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Speaker 1: we need to become ghosts.

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Speaker 3: What do you mean, well, huh, make a spooky sound

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Speaker 3: or something. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: We gotta think fast, said Alex. Tommy and Alex were

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Speaker 3: Maybe, just maybe they could scare these pirates away if they.

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Speaker 1: Acted like real ghosts. Do you know how to make

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Speaker 1: a ghost sound? Well, I'm not sure if Alex and

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Speaker 1: Tommy have practiced that very much. They found some places

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Speaker 1: to hide. They climbed up these tall trees that would

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Speaker 1: basically make them invisible. There were so many leaves that

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Speaker 1: the pirates were standing from the ground looking up. They

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Speaker 1: wouldn't see anything, but maybe they could make some really

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Speaker 2: All right, man, it looks like this is the place.

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Speaker 2: So you can guarantee me that there are no ghosts

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Speaker 4: Well, buss, we we walked all the way over there there. Yep,

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Speaker 4: we did see anything, and so we're pretty sure it's safe.

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Speaker 2: All right, Well, let's get treasure finding are.

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Speaker 1: The pirates had brought lots of shovels, and I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure if they knew exactly what they were looking for,

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Speaker 1: but they just started digging all over the island. The

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Speaker 1: two boys were waiting, waiting for that captain to come

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Speaker 1: close enough to where they could scare him. All right,

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Speaker 1: I think he's close enough, Tommy, Let's give it her

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Speaker 3: What was that?

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Speaker 1: Said the captain as he froze and swiveled his head

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Speaker 1: back and forth.

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Speaker 3: I think I heard something of a crew. Are you

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Speaker 3: tricking me?

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Speaker 1: I just heard a ghost.

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Speaker 4: There's no way there's a ghost. This is an abandoned island.

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Speaker 4: Don't worry about it.

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Speaker 3: Said one of the pirates. Alex and Tommy thought it was.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely hilarious, then to hold in their laughs before they

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Speaker 5: did it one more time.

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Speaker 2: There's definitely a ghost guarding his treasure.

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Speaker 3: Back to the shipman, this is not worth it.

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Speaker 5: Run for your life. As the pirates all ran back

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Speaker 5: to their little boats, they rowed as fast as they

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Speaker 5: could to escape from this very scary island full of

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Speaker 5: nothing but Alex and Tommy giggling their way as they

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Speaker 5: slid back down from the tree. It was not long

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Speaker 5: before that pirate ship vanished over the horizon. Those pirates

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Speaker 5: were very afraid of treasure ghosts. Alex and Tommy made

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Speaker 5: their way back to the ship and grabbed a shovel.

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Speaker 5: They didn't know which part would be the most amazing

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Speaker 5: story to tell all their friends, the part of finding

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Speaker 5: buried treasure or scaring away real pirates with ghost sounds.

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Speaker 3: Well.

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Speaker 1: Even though this is the end of their treasure hunting story,

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Speaker 1: this is only just the beginning of their many amazing

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Speaker 1: adventures that lie ahead the end. Great job, you listened

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Speaker 1: all the way to the end, and you know what

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Speaker 1: time it is. It's time for kid shout out. I

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Speaker 1: want to say hey to Ben and Anna from Raleigh,

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Speaker 1: North Carolina, Nicking from Vancouver, Teddy and Delly from Vermont,

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Speaker 1: Silas and Ezra from New York, Sully from Ottawa, Ontario,

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Speaker 1: Malcolm and Desmond from Potsdam, and Rein from Minnesota. I'm

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Speaker 1: so glad that you are all in the Kids, Short Stories, family,

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Speaker 1: and on the spit We could not stop Doctor Stinkybreath

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Speaker 1: and his crew without you, my friends. Well, I will

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Speaker 1: see you tomorrow on this Spiology Squad podcast.

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Speaker 3: Have a super duper day.

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Speaker 5: Bye,