1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,200 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 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,600 --> 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 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 2: Me too? Let's go stop crash Stomp. 16 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: Carter and well were on the playground and they heard 17 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: something enormous crashing through the trees around them. Was that, 18 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: Carter whispered to Wells. Both boys had stopped running midstep 19 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: to listen. The sounds were getting closer. The boys began 20 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 1: to run again and hide under the twisty slide stomping 21 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: and crashing was happening all around them. They could see 22 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: tree branches snapping and being tossed overhead. Then gigantic, gianormous 23 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: giant feet stepped over the playground equipment. The boys huddled 24 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: together as at least three pairs of giant feet stepped 25 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: over the slides and swings across the field and then 26 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: back into the woods, snapping trees like sticks. As they entered, 27 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: Wells breathed and relief. Oh, I was worried we were 28 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: gonna get smashed like those trees. Carter nodded me too. 29 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 1: Then he got up and began to walk towards the woods. Wait, 30 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:20,559 Speaker 1: h Carter, where are you going? Yelled Wells, chasing after him. 31 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: Carter kept walking and answered, we obviously have to follow them. 32 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: How often do you get to see giants? Don't you 33 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: want to know where they're heading? Wells couldn't deny that 34 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 1: he was curious too. Okay, I guess let's follow those giants. 35 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 1: It wasn't hard for the boys to follow their trail. 36 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: Everywhere the giants went, they snapped trees and left massive 37 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: footprints in the ground. Carter and Wells had to be 38 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: careful to not fall into those footprints or any of 39 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: the toe prints, since none of the giants were even 40 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: wearing shoes retreat. Someone was shouting from up ahead where 41 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: the giants were. Carter and Wells could still hear the 42 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: giants crashing through the trees, but now there was another 43 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: sound mixed into it. Sounded like rocks smashing and tumbling 44 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: to the ground. What do you think that was, Wells 45 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: asked Carter. 46 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 2: I don't know. 47 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: Who do you think that is? Carter asked in response. 48 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: The boys followed the voices shouting at the giants, and 49 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: soon the source of all the commotion came into view. 50 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: The giants they were following were surrounding a castle. As 51 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: the giants smashed walls and wave tree limbs, Carter pointed 52 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: to one of the castle walls, Wells look knights the 53 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: voices the boys had heard earlier, along with the knights 54 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: on top of the castle wall. They were still yelling 55 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: orders and trying to fight back, but it was pretty 56 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: clear to the boys they were losing the battle. The 57 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: giants are going to destroy their castle. We had to 58 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: do something to help. Then Wells ran after the giants 59 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: and Carter followed, hoping he had a plan would you 60 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: run after giants? Oh wow, yeah, I hope you'd have 61 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: a really good plan if you're running after ginormous giants. 62 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 2: Hey, giants. 63 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: Wells stood out in the open and yelled. The giants 64 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:42,679 Speaker 1: stopped smashing the castle and turned to face him. Uh, okay, 65 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: you got their attention, Wells, now, what, squeaked Carter. But 66 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: instead of Wells answering one of the knights did, he 67 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: yelled down to them, here, take these. Then he threw 68 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 1: two long objects at them. The giants were twoocus on 69 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 1: the boys who had stopped their destruction of the castle 70 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 1: to notice the stick like objects as they landed in 71 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: the grass between them. 72 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 2: Carter turned to. 73 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: Wells came up with a quick plan. I don't know 74 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: what those sticks are, but if the Knight thinks they 75 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: can help, we need to get them. Wells not in 76 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: an agreement, and Carter continued, The giants are ginormous, but 77 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: thankfully they aren't very fast. I'll run in circles around 78 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: their feet and confused them, and you go for those 79 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: stick things. Then Carter took off. Hey we're down here, 80 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 1: Hello giants, he yelled to them as he ran away 81 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: from the stick circling the feet of the furthest giant 82 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: boom boom. It stopped and spun slowly, trying to catch him. 83 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 1: Wells ran toward the objects in the grass and picked 84 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: them up. They just looked like long metal sticks. They 85 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: weren't swords or sharp at all. They were exactly the same, 86 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: except one of them had a button. He stared at them, confused. 87 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 2: Stick them in the ground between the castle and the giants. 88 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 2: Then press the button, shouted one of the knights. But 89 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 2: don't press the button until you put them in the ground. 90 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 2: It's very important. 91 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 1: Well still had no idea what they were talking about 92 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: or what these things were, but he listened to the night. 93 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: He saw that all the giants were now on his right, 94 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: trying to catch Carter. He decided this would be a 95 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: good spot for the first stick. He shoved the metal 96 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: object into the ground and looked back at the night. 97 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: The knight nodded back. 98 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 2: That's perfect. We didn't have time to place them before 99 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 2: the giants begins smashing the castle. But the next one 100 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,039 Speaker 2: on the other side and get out of the way. 101 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: Wells ran to Carter, holding the second stick with the 102 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: button in his hand. Carter, I have to stick this 103 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: in the ground. Over there. Keep the giants over here. 104 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: Carter kept running. You got it, but but hurry. The 105 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: giants were reaching down now trying to pick him up 106 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: as he ran around them. Wells ran as fast as 107 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: he could to the other side and shove the stick 108 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,119 Speaker 1: in the ground. Wells yelled back to Carter. 109 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 2: Okay, now run toward the trees. 110 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: Carter did at sea, said, and Wells pressed the button. 111 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: The metal stick began to buzz, and then a wall 112 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: of electricity. They shot out of the stick toward the 113 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: first one on the other side. All of the giants 114 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: were now stuck inside of the glowing, buzzing wall of electricity. Y'all, 115 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: boomed the first giant as it leapt in the air 116 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: from the zap of electricity. The other giants followed in 117 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: choruses of y'all, ally a jumping out of the way 118 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: of the electric wall that was now blocking them from 119 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: destroying the castle. Wells and Carter began to cheer in 120 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 1: high five until they realized that, oh dear, they were 121 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: now on the same side of the electric wall as 122 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: the giants. Oh Ron, Wells and Carter took off back 123 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: into the woods and away from the giants. They made 124 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: it back to the playground quickly. Thankful that the giants 125 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: were too slow, they picked up their things and kept 126 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: running all the way home to safety. Wow, even though 127 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: this is the end of our story, what do you 128 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: think is gonna happen now that there's giants living in 129 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 1: their town? What would you do if if giants lived 130 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: in your town? I'm not sure. We're gonna have to 131 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: keep thinking about that the end. Great job, you listened 132 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: all the way to the end, and you know what 133 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: time it is. It's time for Cord Shout out sa 134 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 1: Cadence and Rioni from Canada, Una from somewhere in the world, 135 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: the Sandy and Irvine from Sydney, Australia, Adeline from Illinois, 136 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: Truman from Florida and Illinois, Vaughn from Australia, and Elijah 137 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: from California. I'm so glad that you're all in the 138 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: Kitchen Stories family. We could not have this much fun 139 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: with the imagination without you, my friends. Will you have 140 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: a super duperte and I'll see you on our next adventure. Bye.