1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,640 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 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:23,880 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 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:50,880 Speaker 2: Me too? 16 00:00:51,000 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: Let's go. Hois the sALS? Shout out Alex as Tommy 17 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: grabbed onto some rope and pulled it with all of 18 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: his might and the sail went flying up into the air. 19 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 1: Alex and Tommy were on a ginormous sailboat sailing through 20 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: the ocean on not your very average boating cruise. See, 21 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: they were on the hunt for a treasure island. Yes, 22 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: a real island with real treasure. They had found an 23 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: old map in their parents' attic, and they had followed 24 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: this map for many, many weeks, and it had led 25 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 1: them on this boating sailing adventure across the ocean looking 26 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: for a very old, remote island. Wow, the weather today 27 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: is totally perfect, said Tommy. Do you think you were 28 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: actually gonna find this island or is it all just 29 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: a big trick? 30 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 2: Oh? 31 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: No, I don't think it's a trick, said Alex. Everything 32 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,559 Speaker 1: has been right along the way ever since we found 33 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 1: that map. Every clue has led us to the next place. 34 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: So this island it's gotta be real. You see. They 35 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: had worked really hard on following all the clues along 36 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: the way. If you found a treasure map, do you 37 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,119 Speaker 1: think you would follow all the clues along the way 38 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: to see if it was real? Yeah? But what if 39 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: it was really hard? What if the clues felt impossible? 40 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: Do you think you'd give up? Oh? No, way, If 41 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: that is a real treasure map, I don't think there's 42 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,679 Speaker 1: anything that could stop me from following those clues. What 43 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 1: about you? I think I need to lay down for 44 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 1: a little bit, said Alex, do you mind keeping a lookout? 45 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: I sure will, said Tommy. Alex went down to lay down, 46 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: and Tommy grabbed some binoculars to keep an eye on 47 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: the horizon. And you see, they were sailing in the 48 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: middle of the ocean, so it looked like they were 49 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: completely surrounded while they were actually completely surrounded by water. 50 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: After a few hours, Tommy finally saw something. Alex, get 51 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: back up here, look at that. He was pointing towards 52 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: the east. And they couldn't believe it. They had found 53 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: the real Treasure Island from the map. We did it, 54 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 1: shouted Alex and Tommy as they were jumping around the 55 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: sailboat like two very excited kids, which that's exactly what 56 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: they were. It did not take long before their sailboat 57 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: reached the island. They dropped an anchor into the water 58 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: and were about to jump out to start swimming to 59 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: the island when Tommy saw something in the distance. Wait 60 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: a second, Alex, look over there, that is a really 61 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: big ship. You're right in it waving a big black flag. 62 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: You don't think that's a real pirate ship, do you. Oh, 63 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: it couldn't be. There aren't any real pirates around anymore. 64 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: They all died a long long time ago, said Tommy. 65 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: But unfortunately for Alex and Tommy, that was actually a 66 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: real pirate ship. They dove and splashed and swam all 67 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: the way to the island from their boat that had 68 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: been anchored offshore. All right, now, what do we do? 69 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 1: How do we follow the next clue? Tommy pulled out 70 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,359 Speaker 1: the map and opened it up. Alex scanned it with 71 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: his finger, running back and forth across the page. Looks 72 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 1: like we're looking for three large stones, all next to 73 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: each other, and then I think the middle one is 74 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: is it should have an X on it? 75 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 3: Come on. 76 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 1: Thankfully, this island was not very large, so Alex and 77 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: Tommy were able to run across the whole island back 78 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: and forth pretty quickly until they found it. Tommy, look 79 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 1: over here, said Alex. Look at that one, two three, 80 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: That one has an X. We found it, shouted Alex. Okay, 81 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: you wait right here. I'm gonna run back to this 82 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: ship and grab a shovel. I'll be right back, said Tommy. 83 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: As he ran back towards the boat, he heard a voice. 84 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 3: So the captain wants us to check out this island 85 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 3: for any ghosts. 86 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 2: Right, that's what he said. 87 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: He said, he doesn't well, you know, he doesn't like ghosts, 88 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: and so if we're gonna find this treasure, it better 89 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 1: not be a ghost treasure. 90 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, he's got a thing for a ghosts. All right, 91 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 3: this island looks pretty small. We shall be able to 92 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 3: cover it pretty quickly. Come on, Tommy dove down behind 93 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 3: some bushes. 94 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: Those were real pirates. He didn't know what to do. 95 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: Should he run back and get the shovel. We'll run 96 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 1: back and tell Alex to hide. I don't think now's 97 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: a good time to get a shovel. He needs to 98 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 1: tell Alex to hide. As he ran back towards Alex, Alex, Alex, 99 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: what's going on? Sh said Tommy. There's pirates there. We 100 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: gotta hide fast. Are you kidding me? Said Alex. Thankfully, 101 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: they were able to find somewhere to hide very close by, 102 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: and as Alex and Tommy both dove underneath all these bushes, 103 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 1: they heard the pirates walking around. 104 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 3: All right, well, I'm pretty sure there's no ghosts here. 105 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 3: Let's get back to the ship and tell the captain 106 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 3: that it's safe to come. 107 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 2: Okikile, let's go. 108 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: The pirates turned around and were headed back towards the beach. 109 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: They had brought this little boat that they had rowed 110 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: all the way from their big ship. They got into 111 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: that boat and started rowing away towards their giant pirate ship. 112 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 1: What do you mean they're looking for ghosts or something, 113 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: said Alex. Well, all I heard was at the captain, 114 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: whoever that is, he's afraid of ghosts, and so they're 115 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: looking for treasure. But they don't want ghost treasure, and 116 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: so they're gonna steal our treasure before we can get it. 117 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: What do we gonna go, shouted Tommy. Well, first we 118 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 1: gotta call him down, and second, said Alex, I think 119 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: we need to become ghosts. What do you mean, well, huh, 120 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: make a spooky sound or something. 121 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 2: I don't know. 122 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: We gotta think fast, said Alex. Tommy and Alex were 123 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: onto something. Maybe, just maybe they could scare these pirates 124 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: away if they acted like real ghosts. Do you know 125 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: how to make a ghost sound? Well, I'm not sure 126 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: if Alex and Tommy have practiced that very much. They 127 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: found some places to hide. They climbed up these tall 128 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: trees that would basically make them invisible. There were so 129 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: many leaves that the pirates were standing from the ground 130 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: looking up, they wouldn't see anything, but maybe they could 131 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: make some really creepy noises off in the distance. They 132 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: could hear the pirates back on shore. 133 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 2: All right, man, it looks like this is the place, 134 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 2: so you can guarantee me that there are no ghosts 135 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 2: on this island. 136 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 3: Well, buss, we we walked all the way over there 137 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 3: and there, Yep, we did see anything, and so we're 138 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 3: pretty sure it's safe. 139 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 2: All right, Well, let's get treasure finding are. 140 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: The pirates had brought lots of shovels, and I'm not 141 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:50,719 Speaker 1: sure if they knew exactly what they were looking for, 142 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: but they just started digging all over the island. The 143 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: two boys were waiting, waiting for that captain to come 144 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: close enough to where they could scare him. All right, 145 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: I think he's close enough, Tommy, Let's give it our 146 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: best shot. 147 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 2: What was that? 148 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:19,079 Speaker 1: Said the captain as he froze and swiveled his head 149 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: back and forth. I think I heard something of a crew. 150 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: Are you tricking me? I just heard a ghost. 151 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:34,559 Speaker 3: There's no way there's a ghost. This is an abandoned island. 152 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:36,679 Speaker 3: Don't worry about it. 153 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: Said one of the pirates, Alex and Tommy thought it 154 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: was absolutely hilarious, then to hold in their laughs before 155 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: they did it one more time. There's definitely a ghost 156 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: guarding his treasure. Back to the shipman, this is not 157 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: worth it. Run for your life. As the pirates all 158 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: ran back to their little boats, they rowed as fast 159 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,439 Speaker 1: as they could to escape from this very scary island 160 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: full of nothing but Alex and Tommy giggling their way 161 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 1: as they slid back down from the tree. It was 162 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: not long before that pirate ship vanished over the horizon. 163 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 1: Those pirates were very afraid of treasure ghosts. Alex and 164 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: Tommy made their way back to the ship and grabbed 165 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: a shovel. They didn't know which part would be the 166 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,559 Speaker 1: most amazing story to tell all their friends, the part 167 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: of finding buried treasure or scaring away real pirates with 168 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: ghost sounds well. Even though this is the end of 169 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: their treasure hunting story, this is only just the beginning 170 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: of their many amazing adventures that lie ahead the end. 171 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: Great job, you listened all the way to the end, 172 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:06,439 Speaker 1: and you know what time it is. It's time for 173 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: kid shout out. I want to say hey to Ben 174 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: and Anna from Raleigh, North Carolina, Nicking from Vancouver, Teddy 175 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: and Delly from Vermont, Silas and Ezra from New York, 176 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: Sully from Ottawa, Ontario, Malcolm and Desmond from Potsdam, and 177 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,439 Speaker 1: Rein from Minnesota. I'm so glad that you are all 178 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: in the Kid Short Stories family, and on the spite 179 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: we could not stop Doctor Stinky Breath and his crew 180 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: without you, my friends. Well, I will see you tomorrow 181 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:43,439 Speaker 1: on the Spiology Squad podcast. Have a super duper day. Bye.