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Well, friends, are 13 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: you ready for today's adventure? Me too, Let's go. Chroma 14 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: lived in a cold grain land. Everything was shaded, nothing 15 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:09,839 Speaker 1: was vibrant. Trees were light gray with darker gray trunks. 16 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: The sky was off white during the day and black 17 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: at night. Even Chroma's fur and antennas were washed out colorless. 18 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: Chroma woke up one morning to the same gray sky 19 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 1: with gray clouds and gray birds, and decided he had had. 20 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 2: Enough great great gray. Oh, this dreariness is so tiry. 21 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 2: I need something bright, colorful even. 22 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: So, Chroma set off in order to find it. He 23 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: set over the pale ocean, battling colorless waves as they 24 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: attempted to topple his ship. When he caught sight of 25 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: the foggy shore, Chroma dropped his anchor into the shallow 26 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: water and swam to the dull, sandy beach. There he 27 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: continued through a dusty desert until he saw something bright 28 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: and beautiful growing out of the ground head. The little 29 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,839 Speaker 1: flower was stuck out its red petals, the only bit 30 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: of color in the entire desert and as far as 31 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: Chroma knew the entire world. Can you imagine living in 32 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: a colorless world? 33 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 3: Wow? 34 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: And then just imagine if you saw the very first 35 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: red flower. So Chroma did what any monster would do 36 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: in this situation, and he plucked it from its stem 37 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 1: and gobbled it up. 38 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 3: Oh wait, what he ate it? 39 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:51,679 Speaker 1: Why would he do that? 40 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 3: M delicious? 41 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 1: Chroma licked his lips and patted his belly. As he did, 42 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: he noticed his fur was beginning to change from its 43 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:15,679 Speaker 1: boring shade of gray to a dusty red. Chroma was amazed. 44 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 3: I need to find more colors. 45 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: He followed the bright pops of color in the distance 46 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: until he was out of the desert. A bubbling stream 47 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: cut through the gray grass around him, gray grass. What 48 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: the stream looked just like the ones he was used 49 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: to butt down? Below the clear water were brilliant blue fish. 50 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: Oh dear, do you think you know what's gonna happen? 51 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 3: Oh dere, Oh what a pretty color? And he gulped 52 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 3: down the water fish and all, oh dear, Chroma looked 53 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 3: at his fur expectantly. 54 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: He watched as the red tint mixed with blue until 55 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: Chroma became purple. 56 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 3: All over. I need more colors. 57 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: Chroma shouted. He wanted to see all the color combinations 58 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: he could make. As he ran through the field, more 59 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 1: new colors appeared all around him. Chroma ate, oh deer, 60 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: every single one he saw, turning orange, yellow, pink, green, 61 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: and then back to purple. Sometimes the colors mixed to 62 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 1: form new ones, and other times only part of him 63 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: would change a color while the rest became another. 64 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 4: Wow. 65 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 1: Can you imagine that? As Chroma gobbled each color, he 66 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: didn't notice how everything he ate appeared, but this time, 67 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 1: oh dear, in a washed out gray like that red 68 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: flower he ate. The flower grew back, but it was 69 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 1: no longer red. It was a gray flower. All behind him. 70 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: The wonderful colors he was finding had disappeared, replaced by 71 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: the dullness he was trying to escape. Chroma also didn't 72 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: notice how noticeable he was becoming. A boy named Finn 73 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: was walking through the town square when he noticed puffs 74 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: of color flickering in the far feel away. What is that, 75 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: wondered Finn. He stood and watched as the colorful, furry 76 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: creature came closer, leaping from flowers to tree and gobbling 77 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 1: them all up. Gruma had just eaten a patch of 78 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: yellow and blue flowers, and as fur was turning bright green. 79 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: He looked up and saw a hairless creature standing in 80 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 1: front of him. 81 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 3: Ah. 82 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 1: He jumped in surprise at the creature's colorful attire, the 83 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: green shoes, yellow shorts, and a tie dye shirt. Oh dear, 84 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: Chroma wanted all of those colors for himself. What are you, 85 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: Chroma shouted at the creature. I'm a boy. My name's Finn. 86 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: Oh what are you? Finn responded my Chromad. 87 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 4: Oh, I'm going to eat your colors, and Chroma opened 88 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 4: his mouth, swallowing fin hole, Wait, what that can't be real? 89 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: Is that really what the story? Oh dear let me 90 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: read you this part. Chroma's legs turn the color of 91 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: Finn's shorts, while his fur turned the cool ti hid 92 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: eye color of Finn's shirt. The green of Finn's shoes 93 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: appeared on his antennas, and then as Chroma continued down 94 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: the street, Finn reappeared completely gray. Finn felt his head 95 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: and arms to make sure he was really back. Shoe huh, 96 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: I thought that really happened, but must have been just 97 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: a dream. Fin side and relief. Then he shouted A 98 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: color monster A. Then Finn began running back down the 99 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: town square, trying to see where the monster was going next. 100 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: As Finn ran, he saw all of the color drained 101 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: out of the town and bright rainbow flashes coming from 102 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: up ahead. He saw the monster devour a red truck 103 00:07:54,960 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: and turn cherry red, then a cherry blossomry and turn pink. 104 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: Oh dear. The monster ate his way through town. While 105 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: Finn ran behind Chroma, the color monster gulped up people 106 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: on the sidewalk, his fur turning into pretty flower patterns 107 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: or camouflage designs with each person whose color he stold. 108 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: The people reappeared each time, started but gray. They were safe, 109 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: but they had no color. Finn realized he was too 110 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: slow to stop the color monster, so he began to 111 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: yell to anyone who still had any color, run hide, 112 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: He's after your colors. The alarmed people looked around at 113 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: the gray town and quickly ran inside, locking their doors. 114 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: Chroma ran all the way around the town square and 115 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: now was back to where he had started. He looked around. 116 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: He saw the trees, the cars, the cats and dogs, 117 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: and then he looked at Finn. Chroma shuddered, everything is 118 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: so gray. 119 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 3: Blah. 120 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,719 Speaker 1: The color monster looked toward the field where he had 121 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: come from and spotted one lone flower he had missed. 122 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: He leaped toward it, admiring its color among all the droptness. 123 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: Then he ate it. 124 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 3: Time to find somewhere poor colorful. 125 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: And now Chroma, the now very colorful color Monster, leaped 126 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: back through the field toward the desert and out of 127 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: sight the end. Wait a second, I can't be the end. Wait, 128 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: he just stole all the color from the town. I 129 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: need your help coming up with this next part of 130 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 1: the story. Down in the show nuts below, you can 131 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: have your parents submit your idea of how to save 132 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 1: and rescue this very gray town. How do you think 133 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: we can rescue the Color and Finn and all those people. 134 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: I'm not sure, but I can't wait to see your 135 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: story submissions. Great job, you listened all the way to 136 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: the end, and you know what thumb it is. It's 137 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 1: time for Kurd shout out. So I want to say, Hey, 138 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 1: cam Move from Georgia, Rowan from New York, David and 139 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: Thomas from Sydney, Australia, Sloan and Cole from Saint George, 140 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: Isabelle and Joshua from Ireland, and Canon and Bowen from Oregon. 141 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all in the Kitschenen story's family. 142 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: We could not have this much fun with imagination without you, 143 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 1: my friends. Well, you have a super duper day and 144 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 1: I can't wait to see your story ideas for part 145 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: two of this adventure. I'll see you on the next story. Bye.