1 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: Hello friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kid 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Did you know that we make some awesome 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:13,159 Speaker 1: activities and challenges for you to do. Yeah. One of 4 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: our other podcasts, Kids Animal Stories, has activities and challenges 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: that we make just for you. So if you love 6 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: gritters of all shapes and sizes, you have got to 7 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: become a gritter protector and complete these challenges down in 8 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: the show notes. Blow your parents can check that out. 9 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: But are you guys ready for today's adventure? I am, 10 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 1: let's go. It was a cold and windy day up 11 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: in the Snow mountains as Connor the Dragon poked his 12 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: head out from his cave. 13 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 2: Today is going to be a good day. I can 14 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 2: tell because I'm I always have good day. I'm a 15 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 2: ginormous dragon. 16 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: Connor was a dragon, a good dragon who was very 17 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: proud of how big he was. He was a ginormous 18 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 1: dragon with a long tail and big wings and a 19 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: very long tongue. He always loved being the biggest of 20 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: all of the critters that lived on that snow mountain. 21 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: But today, little did Connor know that everything was about 22 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: to change. What am I going to do today? Maybe 23 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: I will go pick up some trees to show how 24 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: strong I am and make my muscles even bigger. 25 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 2: Yes, that is a good idea. 26 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:02,559 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go work on getting even bigger and stronger. Yeah, 27 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: Connor the dragon, he was pretty proud. 28 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 2: Of how big he was. 29 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: If you can't tell by now, well his day today 30 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: he decided he was gonna go lift some trees. Wow, 31 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: I cannot lift a tree, can can you? Wow? He 32 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: must be a ginormous dragon. As Connor started walking down 33 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 1: the mountain towards the forest, he was very excited to 34 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: start working his muscle magic. 35 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,839 Speaker 2: Oh, come here, tree cush. 36 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: He ripped the tree right out from the ground and 37 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: held it over his head and did a few cool 38 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 1: moves of the tree. He threw it around like it 39 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 1: was just a tiny little stick, but it. 40 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 2: Was an entire tree. 41 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 1: Holy smokes, Connor is in a ginormous dragon. 42 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 2: What is that over there? 43 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: Something caught Connor's eye. Off in the distance was a 44 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: tree that had a certain glow to it and sparkle. 45 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: It looked kind of like it was covered in snow, 46 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: but it wasn't. As he walked closer and closer, he 47 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: couldn't believe his eyes. 48 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 2: Holy smokes. That is a Is that a crystal tree? 49 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 1: Oh? 50 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,959 Speaker 2: I must have that in my cave. 51 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: As he put his two ginormous hands and claws around 52 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: the trunk of the tree, it felt and sounded very different. 53 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 2: Oh, this tree almost feels magical. Wow, this is gonna 54 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 2: look good in my house. 55 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,119 Speaker 1: Said Connor. He started to pull with all of his might, 56 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: but the tree did not budge. What in the world 57 00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: is going on here, said Connor. Okay, I just need 58 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: to change my footing a little bit and get a 59 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: better grip, because there's no tree that I cannot pull out. 60 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: No matter how hard he pulled and twisted and pushed 61 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: with all of his might, the tree did not move 62 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: an inch. Wow, this tree thinks it's stronger than me. 63 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 1: But I'm about to show him a thing or two, 64 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: said Connor as he pulled up his scales a little 65 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: higher and one more big pull ahead. He was gonna 66 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 1: use all of his might, every single ounce of muscle 67 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: in his body to get this magical tree back to 68 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 1: his cave. 69 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 2: One, two, three. 70 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: He was pulling with all of his might, and finally 71 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: a tiny little branch fell off into his claw. As 72 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 1: he opened up his claw hands and saw this tiny 73 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 1: little twig inside. He couldn't believe it. 74 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 2: Wait a second, that's the only thing I got from 75 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 2: this whole tree. But then all of. 76 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: A sudden something magical started to happen. That little twig 77 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: that he had broken off from the tree started to 78 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: sparkle and smoke, and all of a sudden, this cloud 79 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: started to rise around Connor, and he got a little nervous. 80 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 2: What in the world is happening? What have I done? 81 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: As he shouted, he was instantly covered in a cloud 82 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: of smoke and. 83 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 2: Started to roll down the mountain. 84 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: Leaves, dirt, and dust spat out from all around him 85 00:05:55,279 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: as he was sliding down this whole mountain. Several minutes later, 86 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: he finally came to a stop at the bottom of 87 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: the mountain. 88 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 3: Uh right, aprons, So what happened? Worls, said Connor? Right 89 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 3: a where does everything look s? 90 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 4: John? Normous? 91 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 3: The truth rod raw truths a viral bottom, my little 92 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 3: hands hire the class. 93 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: Somehow, Connor the Dragon had been transformed into Connor the Scorpion. 94 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: And scorpions are quite a bit smaller than the giant 95 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 1: dragon that Connor used to be, And so the whole 96 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: wide world looked a whole lot bigger than just a 97 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: few minutes ago. 98 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 4: My life was over now that I'm so small raml 99 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 4: how lostable and mules dragged, and that was normous and strong, 100 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 4: but now I'm just a small little. 101 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: Scorpilu Connor was really sad. Remember, being really big and 102 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: strong was like Connor's whole identity. That is who he 103 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: believed he was and was like the most important things. 104 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: So I can totally understand why he would be so 105 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: upset and sad for those to be taken away. And 106 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: now everything has changed. His whole life is now very different, 107 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: ever since he touched that magical tree on top of 108 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: the mountain. Hello there, Oh, what seems to be the problem? 109 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 4: HER's there? 110 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: The name's check. I'm the beaver around these parts. I've 111 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: never seen a scorpion cry before. What seems to be 112 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: the problem. 113 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 4: They're never alve molbrut my loaf was over. 114 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: Oh well, I'm sorry, that's something terrible happened. But uh, 115 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: you see, it's normally around here that everyone's very afraid 116 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: of scorpions because of that big stinger that you have 117 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: on the backside of you. O rubble of a stinger 118 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: on my brutle well, yes, the back of your tail. 119 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: Have you never noticed it before? It's the coolest part 120 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: of scorpions. But uh, that's why we're all a little 121 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: cautious around you, because nobody wants to get stung. Oh 122 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,199 Speaker 1: don't I'm not gonna stung a little. But wow, that 123 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: hung little brutal cool Connor the scorpion started to wave 124 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: his tail back and forth, checking out that cool stinger 125 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 1: at the end. And it was at that moment that 126 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: Connor realized that even though he wasn't ginormous, he did 127 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: have a super secret cool skill as a scorpion. Wow, 128 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 1: Chuck looks like a little Laura got Ale. Friends. Friends, 129 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: you say, I've never been friends with a scorpion before, Well, 130 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: I'll have a lot to learn about those lit cloths 131 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,559 Speaker 1: loud than ire London, and I still sort of the 132 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: run to help a little figure it. 133 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 2: Out Alarm Darrel. 134 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: And that may be the end of the story, but 135 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: just the beginning of Connor's new adventure. Although he's no 136 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: longer the big and strong and scary dragon, I think 137 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:28,599 Speaker 1: he's gonna find some pretty cool things about being a 138 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: scorpion now the end. Great job, you listened all the 139 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: way to the end. And you know what time today is. 140 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: It's time for Kurd shout out. I want to say 141 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 1: hey to Whyde and Charlie from Oregon, Reese from New Hampshire, 142 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: Keaya from Washington, Simon from Vancouver, Atharve from Washington, Ashton 143 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:59,239 Speaker 1: from Illinois, Conley from Charlotte, West, Whyite, and Jake from Connecticut. 144 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all on the Kitschhort Story's 145 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 1: family and on the spy team. We could not stop 146 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: Doctor Stinky Breath and his crew without you, my friends. 147 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,959 Speaker 1: Will you have a super duper day and I will 148 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: see you on our next adventure. 149 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 4: Bye.