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Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. I'm sure you've heard about our activities for kids,

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Speaker 1: but have you actually checked it out Down in the

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Speaker 1: show notes below, there's a link that your parents can

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Speaker 1: click that have all these awesome activities that every animal

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Speaker 1: story on our Kids Animal Stories podcast we bring to

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Speaker 1: life through a fun activity that you can do at

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Speaker 1: home or maybe at school. I can't wait to see

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Speaker 1: what you create. Well, friends, are you ready for today's

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Speaker 1: amazing adventure? Me too, Let's go. It was a beautifully

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Speaker 1: perfect day as Patton, Lewis and Hollis. We're all very

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Speaker 1: excited about something. Is it time to go yet? Shouted

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Speaker 1: Patton to his parents. Almost do you guys have all

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Speaker 1: your fishing stuff ready to go? Of course we do,

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Speaker 1: been like ready for days, shouted Lewis. Patton, Lewis and

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Speaker 1: Hollis were going on a fishing trip to their Nana

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Speaker 1: and Papa's pond. They love to go to this pond

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Speaker 1: and had this really old row boat that they love

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Speaker 1: to row around on the pond and look for the

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Speaker 1: best fishing spots to catch a big one. As they

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Speaker 1: loaded up the car with all their fishing gear and snacks.

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Speaker 1: The car pulled out of the driveway and off they were.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait. Do you think we're gonna see that

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Speaker 1: one crazy thing we saw last time? Said Louis. That

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Speaker 1: would be insane. Do you remember what it looked like?

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Speaker 1: Said Patten. I really think it was some kind of

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Speaker 1: scary looking fish with legs or something, said Hollis. It

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Speaker 1: can't be there's no fish with legs, said Louis. I

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Speaker 1: know I saw it too, said Patten. It could have

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Speaker 1: been a fish with legs. Maybe, I don't know. Maybe

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Speaker 1: it's like a mutant fish or something. They laughed as

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Speaker 1: they drove along, talking about that mythical creature that they've

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Speaker 1: seen something alive in the wild that you're not sure

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Speaker 1: what it is? Like some kind of mythical creature like

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Speaker 1: a bigfoot or a larknous monster? Well, Patton, Lewis and

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Speaker 1: Hollis they were convinced that there was some kind of

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Speaker 1: mythical creature that lived in the pond and their nana

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Speaker 1: and Papa's backyard. We're finally here. As the car turned

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Speaker 1: the tires came right into the car because they forgot

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Speaker 1: I can't breathe, shouted Hollis as they hurriedly closed the windows,

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Speaker 1: but all that dust from the gravel road was already

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Speaker 1: said Louis. Yeah, I can't wait to brush this off

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Speaker 1: once we Nana, shouted Patton. They all raced out of

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Speaker 1: arms and oh, it's so good to see you all,

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Speaker 1: said their nana. Come over here and give me a hug.

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Speaker 1: Said there, Papa, you know that creature that you told

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Speaker 1: me about that lives in the pond. I'm pretty sure

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Speaker 1: I saw him over there this morning, So you boys,

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Speaker 1: and Hollis grabbed all their gear and off they ran

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Speaker 1: through the grass, headed towards the pond. They jumped into

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Speaker 1: the boat, put on their life jackets and pushed the

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Speaker 1: boat out into the water. It was a really cool rowboat.

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Speaker 1: It was made of wood. It had to have been

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Speaker 1: like one hundred years old. It was very squeaky when

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Speaker 1: they would, you know, row those rows. Have you ever

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Speaker 1: been on a row boat before? Yeah. It has these

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Speaker 1: then you grab onto both handles and you lean forward

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Speaker 1: and pull back, lean forward and pull back, and those

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Speaker 1: super cool way to move around in a pond. Have

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Speaker 1: you guys seen anything yet, asked Patten. Nope, nothing. Have

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Speaker 1: It had now been about two hours that they had

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Speaker 1: been rowing around this pond in circles looking for a

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Speaker 1: and you just don't catch anything, and it's still nice

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Speaker 1: With you when we got in the boat, asked Louis. Oh, well,

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Speaker 1: Lewis slowed down. You're gonna make a mess. I'm just

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Speaker 1: he gobbled himself with It was pretty messy. Louis seriously

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Speaker 1: splashed into the water and they saw something. Sh Did

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Speaker 1: you see that? I really think I just saw it,

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Speaker 1: said Hollis. All three of them leaned over to the

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Speaker 1: edge of the boat, and the boat tipped towards the water. Whoa, whoa,

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Speaker 1: we can't all lean on one side, said patten Augh.

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Speaker 1: But did you really see something? They scanned the water

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Speaker 1: back and forth, and then they saw it again. Splash.

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Speaker 1: It seems to like the crackers. Wait, just throw a

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Speaker 1: whole cracker in there on the water and see what happens.

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Speaker 1: Lewis grabbed one of the crackers and tossed it into

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Speaker 1: They waited a second and then they saw it. It's real.

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Speaker 1: Somebody grabbing net fast. Patten grabbed a net and without

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Speaker 1: picked it up. It thankfully fit inside the net. But

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Speaker 1: Ah kind of monster. Ah. It scared Paton a little bit,

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Speaker 1: and he dropped the net inside the boat. Ah. All

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Speaker 1: three boys jumped out of the boat and into the pond. Splash, splash, splash.

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Speaker 1: That creature was now inside of the boat. We gotta

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Speaker 1: you see that thing? Said Hollis As they were swimming.

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Speaker 1: It looked like a fish with legs and a giant tail.

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Speaker 1: And that was so weird. I know, I thought it

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Speaker 1: was like an alligator at first, but it definitely had

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Speaker 1: and they looked inside the boat at the creature that

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Speaker 1: they had caught. Holy smokes, what in the world is

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Speaker 1: that thing? Said Patton. It's almost even hard to describe

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Speaker 1: to you what it is that these three boys were

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Speaker 1: looking at. It looked like a piranha, which that's crazy

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Speaker 1: enough itself, because Parana should not be in this bond.

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Speaker 1: But it looked like a part piranha, and the other

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Speaker 1: half was an alligator. It had the legs of an

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Speaker 1: alligator and the tail of an alligator. But the face,

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Speaker 1: it's definitely not an alligator. Its teeth or ginormous like

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Speaker 1: a piranha's. We've gotta show Nana and Papa. Come on,

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Speaker 1: shouted Lewis. Patton. Lewis and Hollis race back to the

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Speaker 1: as fast as they could. As they were running and running,

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Speaker 1: And as they arrived at the boat, it was gone.

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Speaker 1: Wait a second, it's gone, said Hollis. It must have

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Speaker 1: flopped back in the pond, said Lewis. Wow I can't

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Speaker 1: believe you boys caught it. That's so amazing, said their papa.

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Speaker 1: Well maybe they're just pretending, you know how great imaginations

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Speaker 1: they have, said their nana. Oh no, no, no, they

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Speaker 1: wouldn't joke about the legendary creature like this. I bet

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Speaker 1: they did, said their papa. We really did. We promise,

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Speaker 1: said Patton, Lewis and Hollis Together, and the rest of

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Speaker 1: the day they spent searching the pond for that mythical

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Speaker 1: legendary creature and they didn't see it again. But one

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Speaker 1: day later on they actually would. And even though this

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Speaker 1: is the end of the story, it's just the beginning

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Speaker 1: of Patton Lewis and Hollis's great adventure with their grandparents,

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Speaker 1: their search for the legendary creature that lives in their

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Speaker 1: backyard pond. The end. Great job, you listened all the

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Speaker 1: way to the end. And you know what, tim it

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Speaker 1: is It's time for kid shows. I want to say

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Speaker 1: to Lucy and Mac from Fruitland, Missouri, Ellie from Washington,

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Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all in the Kid short

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Speaker 1: Stories family and on the spy team. We could not

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Speaker 1: stop Doctor Stinky Breath and his crew without you, my friends.

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Speaker 1: I will see you next time. Bye,