1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kid 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,560 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: Me too? Let's go Fixby. It's snowing, Griffin yelled as 16 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: he scrambled to put on his snow pants, boots, and jacket. 17 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: He yanked open the front door with all of his 18 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: might and headed out into the snowflakes. Bixby came out 19 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: a moment later, pulling his hat over his head. Together, 20 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: the two kids twirled out into the snow with their 21 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 1: faces up to the sky. Snowflakes tickled their cheeks, and 22 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: Griffin opened his mouth to catch them on his tongue. 23 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: The first snow fall of the year was always the 24 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: most magical. Everything seemed more beautiful when it was covered 25 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: in that fresh, powdery snow. Griffin and Bixby gathered the 26 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: little amount of snow that had fallen and rolled the 27 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: perfect snowball. It was small enough to hold, but big 28 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: enough that they needed to use both hands. They played 29 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: with it, unable to bring themselves to throw it. You know, 30 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: it was too perfect to get destroyed. Griffin Bixby dinnertime 31 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 1: called their mother. The boys sadly said goodbye to their 32 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: perfect snowball, placing it carefully on the chair on the 33 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 1: porch in the backyard. They went inside for dinner. After eating, 34 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: Griffin and Bixby got ready for bed and dreamt of 35 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:29,679 Speaker 1: snowflakes and winter wonderlands. The next morning, they hurried through 36 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: breakfast and rushed out to greet their snowball on the porch. 37 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: This time, Bixby got outside first. He looked at the 38 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 1: empty porch chair. Griffin, the snowball's gone. That night, while 39 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: the world was sleeping. This snowball, that very perfect snowball, 40 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: came to life. It looked around but did not see anyone. 41 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: So the snowball tried to sit and wait patiently for 42 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: Bixby and Griffin had come back. But it grew bored. 43 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: I'm out of here, announced the snowball, so it rolled 44 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:14,119 Speaker 1: itself off the chair and down the porch steps. Oh whoa, whoa, 45 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: it yelled as it flutted down each step. The snowball 46 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: gave a sigh of or leave at the bottom and 47 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: rolled onward down the yard and out into the night. 48 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: The snowball rolled its way along the dark street. The 49 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: snowbanks were piled high from the snowplows that cleared the roads. 50 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: It was rolling on way too high for the snowball 51 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: to even see over. Suddenly, a great furry beast leaped 52 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: out in the snowball's path. Roof roof roof. The big 53 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: dog barked at the snowball with each rough its front 54 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: paws bounced off the frozen ground. Nice doggie, nice, whoa 55 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: woa there, the snowball said, as it slowly rolled backward 56 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: away from the dog. But this was the wrong choice. 57 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: The snowball was round, just like Oh no, the dog's 58 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: favorite toy, and now the round snowball was rolling away. 59 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: It was just too similar to the dog's favorite game, 60 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: a fetch. The dog followed after the snowball, still barking 61 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 1: at it. It tried to pick the snowball up in 62 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,679 Speaker 1: its mouth, but the snowball picked up its pace. Yack, 63 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: dog drool. The snowball yelled as the dog tried to 64 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: slopper all over it. It rolled away as fast as 65 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 1: it could, but the dog was too fast in this 66 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: now cleared road. The snowball turned and propelled itself up 67 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 1: the snowbank, landing into the soft snow on the other side. 68 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 1: The dog climbed over easily and was sniffing the snow, searching, 69 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: stay here much longer, It's gotta find me. Is trying 70 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: to eat me? The snowball was very scared. He mustered 71 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 1: up all of his courage and popped up, rolling away 72 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: at top speed. Rough. The dog saw the snowball speeding 73 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: away and thought it was playing a game and chased 74 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: after it. Around and around. The two went, with the 75 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: dog thinking the snowball was a toy ball, and the 76 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: snowball trying its hard as not to get eaten. But 77 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: as they raced in circles around the snowy ground, the 78 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: snowball realized something was changing. It was growing larger with 79 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: each circle they made over the snowy ground. Snow packed 80 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 1: onto the snowball as it rolled, until it was now 81 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: the same size as the dog. The dog still chased 82 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: the snowball around and around, not growing tired, so the 83 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: snowball continued rolling and growing, trying to escape. Soon the 84 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: snow was taller than the dog, then twice the dog size, 85 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: then three times. The snowball finally stopped rolling. The dog 86 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: caught up and stopped too, Staring up at the giant 87 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: snowball towering over him. The dog was unsure what to do. 88 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,799 Speaker 1: Now snowball was much too big to fit in its mouth. 89 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 1: The dog said, now a bit freyed himself. The snowball responded, 90 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: now it's my turn to chase you. It took off 91 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: towards the dog, who yelped and began running away, back 92 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: toward where it had first appeared over the snowbank. The 93 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: snowball followed after it, chasing the dog all the way 94 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 1: back to its home, and the dog finally leaped back 95 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: over into its yard. The snowball chuckled, then it yawned. 96 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: The sky grew lighter during their chase. I gotta get back. 97 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: Before Griffin had Bexby wake up realized the snowball, It 98 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: rolled back to the house, stopping next to the porch 99 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: where it had been left by the boys the night before. 100 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: It was now much too big to fit on their 101 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: chair now. The next morning, after running outside and seeing 102 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: the snowball was missing from the chair where they left it, 103 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: the boys looked around. They searched the windowsill and under 104 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: the chair before Griffin saw something next to the porch 105 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: and froze in surprise. Um, I think I found it. 106 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: Griffin pointed to the side of the porch the enormous 107 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: snowball that was now much much taller than the both 108 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: of them. It sat there perfectly round, waiting to play 109 00:07:50,520 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: with the boys who made it the end. Great job. 110 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: You listened all the way to the end, and you 111 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: know what time it is. It's time for some shout outs. 112 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: I want to say a very special hello to missus 113 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: mccloyd's kindergarten class in Royal Oak, Michigan. Hello friends, Steven 114 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: Matthew and Connor from Michigan, Addie from Calgary, Shua from Melbourne, 115 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: Athar from Dubai, Connor from Massachusetts, and Cameron from Seattle. 116 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all on the kiddu story 117 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: his family. We could not have this much fun with 118 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,679 Speaker 1: imagination without you, my friends. Well, you have a super 119 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: duper day and I'll see you on our next adventure. Bye.