1 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Kids Short Stories. If this is your 2 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: first time listening, welcome to the family. This is a 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: big deal that you have started listening to our podcast. 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: My name is mister Jim and I love making stories 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: every single day for you and parents, me and my 6 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,959 Speaker 1: wife and kids. This has changed our family's life of 7 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: reducing screen time and just making imagination come alive. Well, 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: are you guys ready for today's adventure? Me too, Let's go. 9 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,599 Speaker 1: It was a beautiful day as Monty and Kai. We're 10 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: driving on the school bus on the way home after 11 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: a great day at school. As the school bus came 12 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: to a squeaky stop, the doors opened and Monty and 13 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: Kai grabbed their backs and walk down the steps out 14 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: the door of the school bus. They waved by to 15 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: their friends as the bus zoomed off. What do you 16 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: want to do today? Said Kai? I think we should 17 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 1: definitely keep working on our fort. What do you think? Yes, 18 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: let's do that. Monty and Kai raced back to their 19 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: house to get to their backyard. This was where they 20 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: were building their fort. It was made of a whole 21 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: bunch of sticks and branches and trees that they had 22 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: found in the forest nearby. They had been building the 23 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: structure for many, many weeks. It was big enough for 24 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: them to both go inside and even stand up. Have 25 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: you ever built a fort before? They can be a 26 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: really fun thing to do outside with friends, and Kai 27 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: and Monty were both very good fort builders. But all 28 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: of a sudden they heard that sound. Hey, it looks 29 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: like we got a message. 30 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 2: Let's check it out, Monty and Kai, this is HQ. 31 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 2: We have stumbled onto a new location of a stinky crystal. 32 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 2: It appears to have been accidentally swallowed by a giant hippopotamus. 33 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 2: We will send you the coordinates and it's your job 34 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 2: to recover that very stinky crystal before doctor stinky Breath 35 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 2: and Professor sticky fingers get their hands on it. Good luck. 36 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: Manty and Kai froze and looked at each other. Did 37 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: they say a hippopotamus swallowed it? Said Manty, like, one, 38 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: how did that happen? And two? How are we gonna 39 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: get it out of the belly of a hip hop? 40 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: I don't even want to think about it. Kai closed 41 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: his eyes and shivered. They both knew what it might 42 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: mean of how they were going to get back that 43 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: stinky crystal. Do you guys remember what the stinky crystal is. Yes, 44 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: it's a crystal that doctor Stinky Breath has wanted to 45 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: a very long time, and I guess there's more than one. 46 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: And if he gets his hands on that stinky crystal, 47 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: it will give him stinky powers. Oh, we cannot let 48 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 1: that happen. Meanwhile, up in the purple blimp, high up 49 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: in the sky, Professor Sticky Fingers was on to a 50 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: new plan. Oh boy, doctor, come over here, look at 51 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: our stinky radar. It's going peep pepepeep. I think I 52 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:30,959 Speaker 1: found one. What are you talking about, Professor? You'd better 53 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: be talking about the stinky crystal because the last one 54 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:40,119 Speaker 1: says we stole those spy teams. They don't get back. 55 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: All right, it's better be good news about Do you 56 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: know where the location of another stinky crystal it is? Oh, boy, 57 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: of course I do. Look at this, Professor Sticky Fingers 58 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: was looking at a big screen and had a flashing 59 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: red dot in the middle of a map. You mean 60 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: our stinky redar actually works? Wow? Oh, those purple ninjas 61 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: actually did something goodsyes time. Okay, professor, Well, let's put 62 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: in some coordinates for that red flashing light and turn 63 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 1: our purple blimp towards findings that's crystal, then we will 64 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: be able to make the world very very stinky. Back 65 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: at Monty and Kai's house, they were grabbing all their 66 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 1: spy gear and they were gonna need all of it 67 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 1: for this very unknown mission of protecting the stinky crystal 68 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: from doctor stinky breath. But that crystal was inside the 69 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: belly of a giant hippopotamus. All right, you got your 70 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: jet pack, said Monty. It's all ready to go. Let's roll, 71 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: said Kai. Kai and Manty blasted off with their jetpacks, 72 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: zooming towards the clouds. They had the coordinates of this hippopotamus. 73 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: It was pretty far away, but their jetpacks would get 74 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:05,840 Speaker 1: them there very quickly. So Kai, uh, do you have 75 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 1: any ideas of how we're gonna get the stinky crystal 76 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: out of the hippopotamus, asked Monty. Kai took a deep 77 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: breath and said, yeah, I've been thinking about that for 78 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: a while. I'm pretty sure that we're gonna have to 79 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: get a little extra stinky to get the stinky crystal, 80 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: if you know what I mean. Monty shook his head. 81 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: They both understood the mission they were gonna need to 82 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: go digging through some hippo poop. Oo. Oh goodness, gracious, 83 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 1: Uh do you think you could do that? Oh? I'm 84 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:46,919 Speaker 1: glad Manty and Kai are on the spy team because 85 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: that takes some super special skills. That is not a 86 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: part of spy training. I don't think we're certified in 87 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: hippopotamus poop, but uh, you know, sometimes the job call 88 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: for some extra bravery and maybe even something to plug 89 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: your nose with. As Monty and Kai were zooming through 90 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: the clouds, they could see off in the distance the 91 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: place where it was believed where the hippopotamus lived. You 92 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: see hippopotamuses. Do you think they live in the desert 93 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: or in the water? Yes, very much. In the water. 94 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 1: They are. They live pretty much their entire life in 95 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: the water. They're very good swimmers and very fast and powerful. 96 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: You never want to step foot in the same water 97 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: as a hippopotamus because they can be actually very dangerous. 98 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: Did you know that hippopotamus has killed more people than lions. Yeah, 99 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: that's pretty dangerous. I don't know how close these two 100 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: spies are gonna want to get to a hippopotamus, but 101 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:53,720 Speaker 1: it's a good thing. They brought their spy gear with 102 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: them because I think that is going to help them 103 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: out quite a bit. As they started approaching the lake 104 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: where it was believed the hippopotamus was, they thought they 105 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: saw something in the clouds. Hey, Monty, did you see 106 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: that over there? Said Kai. He was pointing to a 107 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: big cloud that looked like there was something behind it. No, 108 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: I didn't see anything. 109 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 2: What was it? 110 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: Said Monty. I don't know. It looked like, I don't know, 111 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: something really big behind the cloud. I gotta go check 112 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: it out. Monty flew down towards the ground and laying 113 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: it on the lake as Kai flew around to get 114 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: a better look at what was behind that cloud over there. 115 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: Monty started unpacking some of his spy gear on the 116 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: beach there because he wasn't exactly sure what he was 117 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: going to need in order to find this hippopotamus that 118 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: swallowed the stinky crystal. But then Kai started shouting for him. Manti, Manti, 119 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: get down, hide under that tree over there, shouted Kai. 120 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: Manty grabbed all of his gear and listened to Kai. Wait, 121 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: what did you say see over there? 122 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 2: What is it? 123 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: Said Monty? I just saw the purple blimp for real. 124 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: I don't know how in the world they always seem 125 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: to know everything what's going on, but I think doctor 126 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: Stinky Breath is here to steal the stinky crystal. What 127 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: are we gonna do? Shouted Kai? What in the world 128 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: are Manty and Kai going to do? They need to 129 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: ask act fast if they're going to save this stinky 130 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 1: crystal and not let the Professor and the doctor get 131 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: it and take over the world through their ultrapower stinkiness. 132 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 1: Oh dear, I don't know what's gonna happen, but we're 133 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:43,839 Speaker 1: gonna have to wait and see what happens on the 134 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 1: next episode of Kids Short Stories. Great job, you listened 135 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: all the way to the end, and you know what 136 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:00,959 Speaker 1: time it is. It's time for kid shout. Oh. I 137 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: want to say hey to Osaka from Saskatchewan, Carter and 138 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: Taylor from Costa Rica, Jewel from Iowa, Isaac from British Columbia, 139 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: Charlotte and Evan from North Carolina, Eddie from Michigan, and 140 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: Monty and Kai from Nashville, Tennessee. I'm so glad that 141 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: you are all in the kitch Or Stores family and 142 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: on the spy team. We could not stop doctor stinkybreath 143 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: at his crew. Without you, my friends, will you have 144 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: a souper duper day and I will see you on 145 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: our next adventure. 146 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 2: Bye.