Speaker 1: Welcome to Stories for Kids by Lingo Kids, where we
Speaker 1: discover fascinating facts about the world around us and the
Speaker 1: fun of play learning. Today is part one of a
Speaker 1: very special series all about the Olympic Games. The Lingo Kids'
Speaker 1: friends have traveled to France. They are visiting Cowie's grand
Speaker 1: mere that's French for grandmother, in a small town near
Speaker 1: Paris called Osser. Everyone is very excited because one of
Speaker 1: the biggest sporting events in the world is about to
Speaker 1: take place in Paris, the twenty twenty four Olympic Games.
Speaker 1: Let's join Lisa, Billy, Elliott, and Cowie at a special
Speaker 1: festival in oss Are. Come on, or, as they say
Speaker 1: in France, Alonzi Gridmire, Grid there on your monda Elly
Speaker 1: come come as if you have but to be here
Speaker 1: any minute? Is everyone here?
Speaker 2: I think?
Speaker 1: So let me check.
Speaker 2: Lisa present Elliott, here, Billy, Jean Pierre. Wait, where is
Speaker 2: John Pierre?
Speaker 1: Jean Pierre? Who's Jumpierre?
Speaker 2: My big cousin. Jean Pierre lives here and he loves
Speaker 2: the Olympics just like me.
Speaker 1: He's probably hanging off a rock. That boy is always
Speaker 1: climbing something.
Speaker 2: Jean Pierre is a rock armer.
Speaker 1: Billy says, rock climbing is in the Olympics this year.
Speaker 3: Well, he medigated sooner he'll miss it. Yeah, wait miss what?
Speaker 4: You look the torch and going through us there on
Speaker 4: the way to Paris.
Speaker 1: Oh, Billy says. The torch will visit four hundred spots
Speaker 1: all over France on the way to the Olympic Games.
Speaker 1: Four of the spots.
Speaker 4: But why, what actually is the Olympic torch, Elliott?
Speaker 1: The Olympic torch is what starts the whole Olympic Games.
Speaker 1: It's a fire.
Speaker 3: Ooh yep, and it's on a fancy metal stick.
Speaker 1: That's right, Lisa. The Olympic torch is used to light
Speaker 1: the cauldron at the opening ceremony.
Speaker 4: Oo.
Speaker 1: But I don't get it.
Speaker 4: What does a fancy fire stick have to do with
Speaker 4: the Olympics. I thought the Olympics was about gymnastics. Ooh yeah,
Speaker 4: and basketball and volleyball and swimming and so so many sports.
Speaker 1: You are right, The Olympic Games are definitely about sports,
Speaker 1: so about teamwork and about different people coming together from
Speaker 1: all around the world to share their love of sports.
Speaker 1: The Olympic Torch relay is about working together as a team,
Speaker 1: Billy says, that more than ten thousand people take turns
Speaker 1: to carry the Olympic torch all over France on its
Speaker 1: way to Paris. That's why it is called a relay.
Speaker 1: They pass the torch to each other.
Speaker 3: You mean me share it.
Speaker 1: That's a good way to think about it, Cali. They
Speaker 1: share the honor of carrying the torch through France on
Speaker 1: its way to the Olympics.
Speaker 3: Wow, I wish I could carry the Olympic torch.
Speaker 1: I would awd it high over my.
Speaker 5: Head like this.
Speaker 1: Maybe you will someday, Lisa. The torch bearers are chosen
Speaker 1: for being great athletes, or for being people that help
Speaker 1: their communities, or both.
Speaker 4: Well, I hope this Olympic torch comes soon.
Speaker 1: My Tommy is rumbling here, motilie. I have a baghetti
Speaker 1: you can share with your friends while we wait. Thank you.
Speaker 4: But I don't need a bag I just need a snack, Elliott.
Speaker 4: A bag get is a kind of frinch bread.
Speaker 2: I think you like it.
Speaker 1: Oh, thank you, Grand Mayor. That bagat is so long
Speaker 1: and thin, I got dodge.
Speaker 5: It's giving me an Olympic idea. What maybe we should
Speaker 5: do our own relay to share the bag out?
Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, everybody spread out, Get ready for the newest
Speaker 3: Olympic sport, the bag. Get relay.
Speaker 1: On your mark, get set first, A big bite for me.
Speaker 1: That is delicious. Eddie, come on over here, right over
Speaker 1: with that.
Speaker 4: Bagget coming, Lisa, here you go.
Speaker 1: Got it? It is good.
Speaker 5: I got you.
Speaker 4: Billy there you golling newly?
Speaker 1: Why are we here?
Speaker 4: Drop the bags? Got it?
Speaker 3: We did it?
Speaker 1: Go team grid. There is the torch, sh aldos here.
Speaker 1: It's taking so long, I'm not sure sh Billy says,
Speaker 1: the torch takes sixty eight days to get to the Olympics.
Speaker 4: Oh no, I think I'm gonna need more than.
Speaker 1: A back at No. No, it should be here already.
Speaker 3: Look, I see someone running down the road fast.
Speaker 1: Oh, I see him too. It must be the torch bearer.
Speaker 1: Let me see. Oh he's almost here.
Speaker 4: What for the haird of Look for the fancy firestick?
Speaker 5: They don't see it?
Speaker 3: They neither.
Speaker 1: Yeah, the torch, it's missing. But where is it? The
Speaker 1: torch bearer says, it disappeared? Why he sipt? What is
Speaker 1: this terrible? Oh no, why an do it?
Speaker 2: Maybe he lost it.
Speaker 4: Sometimes I forget where I put my stuffy, but.
Speaker 1: Then I find it. Billy says, maybe someone took it
Speaker 1: by accident, maybe they thought it was a big flashlight.
Speaker 5: Or maybe maybe someone stole it. That has to be it.
Speaker 5: The dorch was stolen.
Speaker 1: Billy says. We need the torch to start the Olympic Games.
Speaker 1: Then we have to find it. We have to see
Speaker 1: the Olympics. What's how? Billy says, we should use teamwork,
Speaker 1: just like the Olympic athletes do.
Speaker 3: It's right.
Speaker 4: If we work together, we can figure it out.
Speaker 3: I just know it. Okay, team, we better get started
Speaker 3: if we want to solve this mystery.
Speaker 4: Mystery, what mystery?
Speaker 3: The mystery of the miss.
Speaker 5: Oh what love mysteries, They're so.
Speaker 2: Mysterious.
Speaker 1: Billy says, we should start by looking for clues. Great idea,
Speaker 1: let's go look for clues. See today, the Lingo Kids'
Speaker 1: friends learned that the Olympic Torch has been traveling all
Speaker 1: around France on its way to Paris to start the
Speaker 1: Olympic Games. But just when they were about to see
Speaker 1: it for themselves, they found out that torch had been stolen.
Speaker 1: Join us next time as the Lingo Kids' Friends search
Speaker 1: for clues to find the missing torch and save the
Speaker 1: Paris twenty twenty four Olympic Games. Lingo Kids Listeners, Some
Speaker 1: of you liked our miniseries so much that you asked
Speaker 1: for another mini series, and guess what we listened. Join
Speaker 1: us this summer for a very special mini series, The
Speaker 1: Mystery of the Missing Torch. We are going to search
Speaker 1: for clues, travel to a beautiful country ooh la la,
Speaker 1: meet real athletes and more. Now it's your turn to
Speaker 1: guess what the new miniseries will be about. Here is
Speaker 1: one clue for you. Prepare to sweat it out.