1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kid 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: Short Stories. I love lead reading through the reviews that 3 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: you leave for me on Apple Podcast. This one I'm 4 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: looking at right now is from Kate Olive. It says 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: it's great for bedtime five stars. For over a year, 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: my four year old has listened to these stories as 7 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,760 Speaker 1: he goes to sleep. He requests them every night. That's 8 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: so awesome. Yeah, we at our house we loved listening 9 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: to these stories as we're getting ready for bed as well. Well, 10 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: are you ready for today's adventure? Me too, Let's go. 11 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 1: As THEO ran through his house to grab his boots, 12 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: rain jacket, and umbrella, he was so excited to see 13 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: if this was a real treasure map. Remember in the 14 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: last episode, THEO found this old legendary map hidden in 15 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: the back of his closet and had some markings on 16 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: it that looked familiar, look kind of like the three 17 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: big stones that were at a playground near his house, 18 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: and THEO was gonna check it out to see if 19 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: this was indeed a real treasure map. He put the 20 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: map inside of a plastic bag to keep it dry 21 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: from the rain. It had been raining now for a 22 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: long time, and so all the mud and puddles had 23 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: appeared by now. He had to keep that map dry 24 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: or else he might lose some really important information. All right, 25 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: you be careful out there and try not to get 26 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: too wet, said his parents as he walked outside. Okay, 27 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: I'll be back in a little bit. He waved goodbye 28 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: and started on his adventure towards the playground. Squish, squash, squish, squash. 29 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: His boots squashed through the mud with every step. Oh 30 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: that was a deep puddle. Wow, I'm glad I'm wearing 31 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: some tall boots, said THEO. Just a little bit further 32 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: up ahead, he could see the park where he was 33 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: playing with his friends earlier. Now the wood chips had 34 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: formed a whole bunch of different puddles from all the rain, 35 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: so it was not going to be a good time 36 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,959 Speaker 1: to play. And of course he was on a mission, 37 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 1: so we had to stay focused. All right, where's that 38 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: big pile of those big rocks? Oh it's over there, Yeah, 39 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: let me go check it out. Over there, THEO was 40 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: looking to find the landmarks that he had seen on 41 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: the treasure map. You see, every treasure map, it leaves 42 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: behind drawings of different places that can help you remember, 43 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: like how to get to where the treasure is. So 44 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: on the map they had seen three squiggly circles that 45 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: kind of looked like three boulders. THEO had remembered seeing 46 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: some boulders in the park. As he got closer and closer, 47 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 1: he counted one, two, three boulders. This has gotta be it. 48 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: As he pulled out the map that was inside of 49 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: that plastic bag from inside of his ring jacket, he 50 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: held it up and it matched perfectly with those three 51 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: boulders that were on the edge of the playground. You see, 52 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: these boulders were pretty big. They were a little bit 53 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: bigger than THEO, but you could like get on top 54 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: and climb on them. Right now, they were pretty slippery 55 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: from all that rain. Okay, I think I just got 56 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: to climb up there and take a better look and 57 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 1: see if I can find the next clue on the map. 58 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: By looking at the map, it looked like the next 59 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: thing he needed to find was some kind of tree 60 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: that looked like the letter. Why. He'd never seen a 61 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: y tree before, but maybe if he climbed up on 62 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: the rocks he could get a better look there. Oh 63 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: who that was really slippery. As he looked around, he 64 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: turned in circles looking for that Why tree. Hmm, there's 65 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: a lot of trees, but I don't see one that 66 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: looks Wait a second. Over there, there's a ginormous old 67 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: oak tree. It does kind of look like the letter Why. 68 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: I wonder if that's it. He turned to jump off 69 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: the rocks to get back on the ground and head 70 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: towards the tree, and all of a sudden, what splash 71 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: all THEO slipped off of the big boulders and right 72 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: into a huge mud puddle. Oh no the map. The 73 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: map had flown out of Theo's hands and landed right 74 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 1: in the mud. Oh no, is it ruined? Said THEO 75 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: as he nervously picked it up out of the mud. 76 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: Oh good, that plastic bag kept it dry and clean. 77 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: I just gotta wipe off all this mud from that 78 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: plastic bag. He wiped off the mud on his right 79 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: pant leg. There good is new well, almost, said THEO 80 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: as he began his next adventure to the tree that 81 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: looks like a Why wouldn't it be so fun to 82 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: follow a real treasure map? Said? Venture that leads you 83 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: from clue to clue to clue and then maybe there's 84 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 1: a real treasure waiting for you. Just stup ahead. As 85 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: THEO arrived at the tree, he heard in the distance, THEO, THEO, 86 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: where are you? That was the voice of his parents 87 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 1: shouting from a distance. Looks like they didn't want to 88 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: miss out on all the fun that THEO is having. 89 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: I'm over here, shouted THEO as he waved his arms 90 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: up really high so that they could see him. How's 91 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: it going, THEO? Any uh? Any more clues? And wow, 92 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: you got pretty muddy? Are you okay? They? Yeah, I'm okay. 93 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: I kind of slipped off those big boulders and the 94 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 1: map fell in the mud, But thankfully it's in this 95 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: plastic bag, so I just had to wipe it off 96 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 1: on my leg, said THEO. But I'm at the next clue. 97 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: It pointed me over to this tree that looked like 98 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: a y See. He held up the map, and his 99 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: parents agreed that that tree looked exactly like the one 100 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 1: that was drawn on this old treasure map. All right, 101 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: so what do we do next? They asked? Umm, I 102 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 1: don't know. This map doesn't have a big X on it. Ummm, 103 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: I don't exactly know what we're looking for, but this 104 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: big tree does seem to be in the center of 105 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 1: the map, so it must be important. Let's look around, 106 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: said THEO. The three of them started to walk around 107 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: the tree and look in all the nooks and crannies. 108 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: Because it was a very big old tree, it had 109 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 1: some hollow parts and some old broken branches that had 110 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: a hole inside, and so they were looking for something 111 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: that might be hidden inside of that old old tree. 112 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 1: Wait a second, THEO, come over here. Look down here. 113 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: One of his parents was pointing down to an old 114 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: hollow part of the tree. Do you know what a 115 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: hollow part of the tree is. Yeah, it's kind of 116 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: like the center of the tree is empty and there's 117 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: a little opening to it, and sometimes critters like to 118 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: build a nest inside there. But this one had something 119 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: else inside here. Let me reach inside and pull it out. 120 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: THEO laid down on the wet grass and reached inside. 121 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: Be careful, said his parents. I got it and out 122 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: popped a very old wooden box. Is this a treasure chest? 123 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: Shout at THEO. That's what it looks like. Get it 124 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: open fast, shouted his parents. I think they were just 125 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: as excited as THEO was. Thankful there wasn't a lock 126 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: on it. As THEO opened it up, it was empty. 127 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: What it's completely empty? Shout at THEO. As he closed 128 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: the box. Aw man, said one of his parents. I 129 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: kind of wish that there was like a gold coin 130 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: in there or something. Let me take another look. One 131 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: of his parents knelt down and picked up the box 132 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: and open it up. Wait a second, there is a 133 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: gold coin. Look. He reached inside and pulled out a 134 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: gold coin. How did that happen? I just looked in there, 135 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: said THEO, and it was empty. They all looked at 136 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: each other and couldn't believe it. But it was a 137 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: real gold coin. You don't think it's because you said 138 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: that you wish that there was a gold coin in there, 139 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: do you? Asked THEO. I don't know, but let's try 140 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: it again. I wish there was cotton candy inside, said 141 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,719 Speaker 1: one of his parents. As they opened the box. They 142 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: couldn't believe it. A beautiful, bright, pink spool of cotton candy. 143 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 1: All three of their mouths dropped open. No way, said THEO. 144 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: It's a wishing box. The three of them couldn't wait 145 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: to get home and try some more wishes. But holy smokes, 146 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,719 Speaker 1: they found a real wishing box. I've never seen one 147 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: of those in real life. But if you had a 148 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: wishing box, what would you wish for inside that you 149 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: could open up and find sitting there waiting for you. Oh, 150 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 1: that would be so cool. Even though this is the 151 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 1: end of this story, it's only just the beginning of 152 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: THEO and his parents great adventure with this new treasure 153 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:59,839 Speaker 1: that they just found. Great job, you listened all the 154 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: way to the end, and you know what time it is. 155 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:06,839 Speaker 1: It's time for Kurd shout out. So I want to 156 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,839 Speaker 1: say hey to Janelle and Jayden from Toronto, Viihan from India, 157 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: Aiden from Oregon, James and Ethan from California, Leo and 158 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: Brooks from Maryland, Carter and Vanessa from New Hampshire, Max 159 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: from Ottawa, and Nicholas from Illinois. I'm so glad that 160 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: you're all in the Kits short series family and on 161 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: the spy team. We could not stop Doctor Stinky Breath 162 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: and his crew without you, my friends. Well, you have 163 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: a super duper day and I will see you on 164 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 1: our next adventure. Bye.