1 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,560 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: the family. We do stories every single day right here, 4 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: and we even have activities that we make for you 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: down in the show notes below. There's a link for 6 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: activities for kids, and that's where we take our kids animals, stories, 7 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 1: podcasts and turn them into an awesome challenge for you 8 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: to do every single day at home or at school. Well, friends, 9 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: are you ready for today's story from Sadie? She sent 10 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: me this awesome idea, Let's go. It was a rainy 11 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 1: and stormy night as Sadie was high up in a 12 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: lighthouse looking out with binoculars checking the ocean. Wait a second, 13 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: what's going on? You see, Sadie? She was stationed on 14 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: imagine cool Dragon Island in the middle of the ocean. 15 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: She had just received an urgent message from HQ saying 16 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: that a purple ninja was on its way to try 17 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: and steal its magical powers. Have you heard of this 18 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 1: magical Dragon Island? Oh, it's a beautiful, beautiful place and 19 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: sometimes it does rain and storm there, but usually it 20 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: is a sunny, perfect day there. But what makes it magical? 21 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: I'm glad you asked. You see in the very center 22 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: of this island. It's a beautiful, beautiful waterfall. But this 23 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: waterfall is very different than the ones that maybe you 24 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: and I have seen before. You see most waterfalls, in fact, 25 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: all waterfalls, their water falls down right. Yes, there might 26 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: be a river or a lake above, and that water 27 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: runs right over the edge and falls all the way 28 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: to the bottom. Well, you see on this magical Dragon Island. 29 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: Something is strange about this waterfall because the waterfall does 30 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: not fall down, it falls up. What how is it possible? Well, 31 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: it's a secret that I don't even know the answer to. Maybe, 32 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: just maybe you can use your imagination to solve that secret, 33 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 1: but I haven't figured it out yet. And you see 34 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: the dragons from all over the world. They fly to 35 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: this very island because not only is it magical to 36 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: watch a waterfall that falls up, but that water is 37 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: actually magic as well. Dragons come from miles and miles 38 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: away just to drink this magic water. I believe it 39 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: gives them their ability to fly, but not exactly sure. 40 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: But all I know is that Sadie's job was to 41 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: guard this island, guarded from people that wanted to steal 42 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: this magic for themselves. You see, this kind of magic 43 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: is reserved only for dragons. And so as Sadie bravely 44 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: stood atop of this lighthouse with her binoculars pressed up 45 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: against her eyes, she was on the lookout for a 46 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: purple ninja looking to steal that magic. All right, Oh, 47 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: this storm is bad, said Sadie. She was right. The 48 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: wind and rain and crashing thunder booms echoed throughout the lighthouse, boom, crash. 49 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: With every minute that passed. She was getting closer to, 50 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: hopefully the end of the storm. You see, Sadie was 51 00:03:55,520 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: a very smart spy who already had a plan of 52 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: how to trick the purple Ninjas. This was not her 53 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: first time having to defend this island from somebody wanting 54 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: to steal something, and so she had built a second island. Yes, 55 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: in the middle of the ocean where she was there 56 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: was this magical island, and not that far away from it, 57 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 1: she had piled a whole bunch of rocks into something 58 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 1: that looked like the real island, but in fact it 59 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: was not. The real magical island was very easy to 60 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: identify because it had a very tall lighthouse. Do you 61 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: know what a lighthouse is. Yes, it's like a very tall, 62 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,280 Speaker 1: skinny building and at the very top is a light 63 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: that spins around and its job is to protect the 64 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: shores from boats that might be passing by at night. 65 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 1: And if you're driving a boat on the water at night, 66 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: it's really hard to see without a light, and so 67 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:15,799 Speaker 1: those lighthouses they help boats stay away from the shores 68 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: without crashing into the rocks. But that lighthouse is what 69 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 1: identifies this very secret island. It's how the dragons know 70 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 1: where to go. 71 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 2: So if the. 72 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 1: Purple Ninjas knew where to look for, wouldn't you think 73 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: that it would be easy for them to find it 74 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: if there's a bright light at the top. And wait 75 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: a second, look at that. Sadie has turned off the 76 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: light in the lighthouse that she's standing in a and 77 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: the island over there that she built to trick the 78 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: Purple Ninjas, she put another light over there. Perfect. The 79 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: Purple Ninjas will think that they found this magical island, 80 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 1: but in fact it's only a pile of rocks. 81 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 3: Hey, look there's the island. 82 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: She could hear the Purple Ninjas in the distance. The 83 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: rain had stopped, and the Purple Ninjas were flying towards 84 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 1: what they thought was the magical island. So what exactly 85 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: are we looking for? 86 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 2: A good what are the bus wan us to take? 87 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 3: Well, I heard about there some kind of magical waterfall here, 88 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 3: So just look for some water or a waterfall or something, 89 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 3: and then we'll just steal the water. 90 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 2: Okay, we'll start looking. 91 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: The Purple Ninjas started to walk around this fake island. 92 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: They were very disappointed to not find anything. 93 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 2: Uh, I don't think any water. Are you sure this 94 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 2: is the place? Of course, I'm sharing it's the place. Look, 95 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 2: it has the light here, and there's no other islands 96 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 2: anywhere around here that have this bright light. Ah, we 97 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 2: must have gotten some bad information. 98 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 3: There's no magic here. 99 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: Let's head back to the lamp, said the purple ninja. Wow. 100 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: Sadie watched quietly from her dark lighthouse as the Purple 101 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: Ninjas left they flew away. Her plan had worked. As 102 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: she waited for those Purple Ninjas to leave and fly away, 103 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: she saw some dragons in the distance, and she knew 104 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: that she had to turn her lighthouse back on to 105 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: direct the dragons to the right island. She turned the 106 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: light on. She hopped in a canoe and rowed the 107 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: boat over to the other island to turn off the 108 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: fake island's light. Whew, just in time, said Sadie, as 109 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: a whole flock of dragons came flying to get some 110 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: more magic. Wow, Sadie, great job saving that very magical 111 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: dragon island. It's important that we keep our dragons safe 112 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: because we never know when we might need their help 113 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: on the spy team. The end. Great job, you listened 114 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: all the way to the end, and you know what 115 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: some it is. It's time fortud shout out. I want 116 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: to say hey to Tessa and Sophia from Venice, Florida, 117 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: Franklin from Nova Scotia, Tenzen from New York, Jack, Lucy 118 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: and Tommy from glen View, Illinois, Lachland from Maryland, Tom 119 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 1: and Paul from Texas, Colton and Carolyn from Canton, Ohio, 120 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: and Vivin from India. I'm so glad that you are 121 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: all on the Kid Short Stories family and on the 122 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 1: spy team. We could not stop Doctor Stinky Breath and 123 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: his crew without you, my friends. Will you have a 124 00:08:54,120 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 1: souper to per day and I will see you next time. Bye.