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Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the family.

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Speaker 1: We are the podcast that turns your ideas into an

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Speaker 1: amazing adventure every single day. You know, we couldn't even

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Speaker 1: exist without imaginations from kids just like you. So if

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Speaker 1: you have an idea for a story, I'd love to

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Speaker 1: see it. Check down in the show notes below for

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Speaker 1: how you can submit your own story idea and maybe

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Speaker 1: we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, if

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Speaker 1: you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you to

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Speaker 1: listen to podcasting for five days.

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Speaker 2: In a row with your kids.

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Speaker 1: It's going to increase their imagination, decrease screen time, and

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Speaker 1: we're gonna have a lot of fun along the way.

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Speaker 1: Are you guys ready for today's adventure? Me too, Let's go.

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Speaker 2: It was a beautiful day as Weston was playing outside.

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Speaker 2: He had built something absolutely magical. He had pulled together

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Speaker 2: a whole bunch of branches and things and had actually

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Speaker 2: created like a shelter. Have you ever seen a shelter

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Speaker 2: built out of sticks and leaves and branches? Yes, Weston

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Speaker 2: is a master shelter builder, and this one was pretty amazing.

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Speaker 2: But all of a sudden he heard a sound.

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Speaker 1: What was that?

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Speaker 2: He spun around and looked. There was nothing there, and

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Speaker 2: then he heard it again. Oh, I think that's my

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Speaker 2: stomach growling, said Weston. He thought it was like a

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Speaker 2: terrifying monster, but it was only his own tummy. It

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Speaker 2: must be snack time if my stomach is making these sounds.

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Speaker 2: All right, shelter, I will be back, said Weston as

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Speaker 2: he left his shelter in the backyard and walked inside. Mom,

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Speaker 2: I'm kind of hungry. Is there something I could have

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Speaker 2: to eat? Yeah, Weston, you can pick out a snack

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Speaker 2: in the pantry. I'm doing some work over here. So

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Speaker 2: are you okay on figuring it out on your own?

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Speaker 2: She called out. Yes, I can do that. I'm a

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Speaker 2: master snack maker, said Weston. Weston and his mom had

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Speaker 2: spent a lot of time in the kitchen working together,

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Speaker 2: and she had taught him how to make a lot

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Speaker 2: of different snacks along the way. He walked over to

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Speaker 2: the pantry and opened the door. All right, all right,

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Speaker 2: what should I ah not that that?

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Speaker 1: Wait a second, what's way back there?

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Speaker 2: Said Weston, All the way back in the back corner,

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Speaker 2: of the pantry. It's a box of jillo. I love jillo,

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Speaker 2: said Weston. He had to get up on its tippy

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Speaker 2: toes and reach all the way back and grab onto

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Speaker 2: the box with just two fingers.

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Speaker 1: There he got it.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I've never seen jello that looks like that before. Oh, well,

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Speaker 2: I'm sure it'll be delicious, said Weston. He turned around

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Speaker 2: and got all the ingredients and everything ready to start

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Speaker 2: making jello. Who likes to eat jello? Oh, it's pretty

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Speaker 2: delicious the way it jiggles around. Oh, Jello's a pretty

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Speaker 2: fun thing. What's your favorite color? I wonder if that

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Speaker 2: would taste delicious. Well, Weston started working very hard. Him

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Speaker 2: and his mom had made jello a hundred times together,

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Speaker 2: so he was pretty much a jello expert. He got

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Speaker 2: everything ready and now it was time to wait. He

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Speaker 2: figured that instead of staring at the jello waiting for

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Speaker 2: it to set, he could go outside and finish working

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Speaker 2: on his shelter, and then by the time he was done,

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Speaker 2: they would be ready to eat. That's pretty smart, because

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Speaker 2: sometimes when you're just like sitting there waiting for something

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Speaker 2: to happen, those minutes can crawl by very slowly. Right, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: so that's a pretty smart idea. Weston went back outside

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Speaker 2: across the hole top and cover it, also with some

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Speaker 2: leaves to provide shelter from the rain. After about thirty minutes,

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Speaker 2: he stood back and looked at this amazing shelter that

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Speaker 2: track of time. And I hope the jello's ready. Weston

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Speaker 2: dropped the three sticks that were in his hand and

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Speaker 2: was ready to eat. It looks perfect, and it looks wow.

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Speaker 2: I've never seen jello that bright before. It looks almost magical.

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Speaker 2: He carefully scraped his spoon into the jello and watched

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Speaker 2: his spoon and watched as the green jello jiggled back

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Speaker 1: M Oh, that's good.

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Speaker 2: That is delicious, And before you knew it, Weston gobbled

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Speaker 2: up a lot of jello. That was a very special snack.

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Speaker 2: But unfortunately something was about to get a little crazy

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Speaker 2: right now he finished the last spoon full of jello.

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Speaker 2: Oh that was delicious. I gotta clean up. He put

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Speaker 2: from the mess that had happened from the creation of

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Speaker 2: the jello. And then all of a sudden, something strange

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Speaker 2: started happening. In a second, what's wrong with my fingers?

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Speaker 2: It's like it feels weird and it's kind of hard

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Speaker 2: to pick it up with a second, all of a sudden,

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Speaker 2: as he was reaching to grab things, his fingers turned

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Speaker 2: into jello. Like he couldn't. His fingers weren't strong enough

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Speaker 2: anymore to hold on anything. They would just slip right off,

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Speaker 2: and his fingers would bouncetle just like jello. And then

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Speaker 2: his arm, and then his elbow and his shoulder, and

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Speaker 2: shouted Weston. His mom came running Western, what's going on?

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Speaker 2: She couldn't believe it that she was staring at her

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Speaker 2: son who had started wibbling and wabbling and squibbling and squabbling.

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Speaker 2: He was made of jello, now, dune dundum bob. I

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Speaker 2: don't know what happened. I found this package of jello

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Speaker 2: and it was delicious. And now look at me. His

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Speaker 2: mom's eyes were ginormous, and she put her hand over

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Speaker 2: her mouth. You didn't eat that jello packet all the

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Speaker 2: way back in the pantry, did you. That's exactly the

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Speaker 2: one I hate, said Weston. Oh dear, said his mom.

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Speaker 2: Why did you say, oh dear? Was there something wrong

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Speaker 2: with that jello? Was it poisoned? Am I gonna what's happening? Well,

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Speaker 2: the other day I went to the grocery store and

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Speaker 2: there was a leprechaun running around the parking lot putting

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Speaker 2: jello and hot cocoa in everybody's carts. I thought it

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Speaker 2: was kind of strange, and so I put it in

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Speaker 2: the back of the pantry because I'd didn't want anyone

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Speaker 2: to find it and eat it, because I don't know

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Speaker 2: if you can trust the leprechauns jello. A leprechaun's jello,

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Speaker 2: said Weston. I didn't know leprechauns liked jello exactly, and

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Speaker 2: that's why I was a little weary about that jello.

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Speaker 2: And now I understand why it was probably all just

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Speaker 2: a leprechaun trick. How do I turn myself back? Said Weston?

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Speaker 2: I can't handle all of this jiggling. By now, Weston's

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Speaker 2: entire body had turned to jello and was now jiggling

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Speaker 2: with every time he tried to move. But would what

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Speaker 2: would you do if you turned into jello? That would

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Speaker 2: be pretty hilarious. I wonder, I wonder if you would

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Speaker 2: taste good. I wonder if hmm, that's interesting. Well, I

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Speaker 2: don't think Weston wants to taste himself, but they need

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Speaker 2: to find a way to turn him back to a

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Speaker 2: normal person, not jello. Wait a second, have an idea,

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Speaker 2: said his mom. It might sound crazy, but that leprecaun

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Speaker 2: he gave me the jello and hot coco. I wonder

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Speaker 2: if we make hot coco, if that will turn you

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Speaker 2: back to normal. His mom reached back to the very

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Speaker 2: strange package of hot chocolate, one that they'd never seen before.

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Speaker 2: It was probably one that the leprechaun made Okay, I'll

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Speaker 2: try anything, just make it quickly, said Weston. His mom

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Speaker 2: made a delicious cup of hot cocoa using that powder

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Speaker 2: from the Leprechaun, and Weston sipped on the hot chocolate

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Speaker 2: and it was delicious. This is the best hot chocolate

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Speaker 2: I've ever tasted, said Weston, and all of a sudden,

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Speaker 2: look at that my fingers, they look normal again, and

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Speaker 2: then his arm, his elbow, his shoulder, and his toes.

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Speaker 2: I'm back to normal, shouted Wesson, who gave his mom

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Speaker 2: a very big hug, happy to be a normal kid again.

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Speaker 2: This may be the end of the story, but I

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Speaker 2: think Weston and his mom learned a very valuable lesson

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Speaker 2: to never eat magic jello made by leprechauns the end. Hey,

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Speaker 2: friend ZIONI your help celebrating a birthday. Drum roll, please

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Speaker 2: sh Happy birthday Madison, who's turning six years old. Madison

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Speaker 2: loves dancing, gymnastics, and wow, she learned how to dive

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Speaker 2: and do a flip off the diving board this summer.

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Speaker 2: Holy smokes, and she wants to be a pop star

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Speaker 2: to write her own songs when she gets older. Wow, Madison,

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Speaker 2: I love it and I'm so glad we got celebrated

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Speaker 2: you and your big day on the show. Happy sixth birthday,

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Speaker 2: Well friends, I hope you all have a super do

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Speaker 2: bday and I'll see you next time.

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Speaker 1: Bye,