1 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jimmen. Welcome back to kid Short Stories. 2 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: If this is your first time listening, welcome to the family. 3 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: My name is mister Jim, like I said earlier, and 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: I live in South Carolina with my family, and we 5 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: love stories so much that we turn your ideas into 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: an awesome adventure every single day. So head on over 7 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,159 Speaker 1: to kidshortstories dot com. Send me your awesome idea and 8 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: maybe it will actually turn it into a real adventure. Well, 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: today's story comes to us from Edwin. Are you ready 10 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: for Edwin's adventure? Me too, Let's go. It was a 11 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: beautiful day, and a perfect one at that for a 12 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: hike in the forest. Edwin was putting on his hiking 13 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: boots after having already packed his backpack with granola bars, 14 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: water bottles, and some bug spray. He was gonna go 15 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: on a hike through the four and do some exploring, 16 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: which he loved to do. Even though he had been 17 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: on like a hundred hikes before. This one would be 18 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 1: unlike any ever before. All right, Edwin, just be home 19 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:18,559 Speaker 1: before dinner. Have fun out there, shouted his mom. Okay, bye. 20 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: Edwin waved goodbye and strapped on his backpack. And off 21 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: he began. All right, first things first, I need to 22 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: find a walking stick. Yeah, he can't go hiking without 23 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: a walking stick, said Edwin. He started scanning the edge 24 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: of the forest for, you know, a nice straight branch 25 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: that he could break into a perfect walking stick. Oh, 26 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: there's one right there, said Edwin. He moved the leaves 27 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: out of the way and picked it up. It was perfect. 28 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: A little too long, so he broke off some of 29 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: the end. There. That is a perfect walking stick. Now 30 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: we can start the hike. Edwin loved going on hikes. 31 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: He loved exploring this forest and learning all the secrets 32 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: that were inside of it, like what critters lived there, 33 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: what plants grow, and what kind of secret hidden places 34 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: might be discovered along the way. This was a magical forest, 35 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: one that he'd never actually seen the magic. You'd only 36 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 1: imagine that it was a magical forest. But today he 37 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: would find something that might have a little bit of 38 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: magic inside of it. Ah. What a beautiful day. Wow, 39 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 1: birds are chirping wind. Ah, it's a nice cool breeze. 40 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: Kind of want to sit up on that rock there 41 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: and take a drink and maybe you have a little snack. 42 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 1: He had been walking. Now for about an hour, so 43 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: that it was a good time to take a little 44 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: bit of a break. Climbed up on this big boulder, 45 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 1: sat down, opened up his pack, pulled out a nice 46 00:02:54,280 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: crunchy granola bar, and took a drink of water. Wo Ah, 47 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,959 Speaker 1: that's good. Wait, what is that down there? You see? 48 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: The rock that he was sitting on was overlooking a 49 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: very grassy field, a field that had a nice creak 50 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: of water flowing through it, and it just ran all 51 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 1: the way down the valley. But there was something that 52 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: caught his eye. It was glowing, kind of sparkling even 53 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: he wanted to get closer. He put the top back 54 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: on his water bottle, put everything back in his backpack, 55 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: and hopped down the boulder and ran down to it. 56 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: What do we have here, said Edwin. He knelt down 57 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: to the ground on the edge of this creek. It 58 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: was kind of like a sandy rocky edge to the creek, 59 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: and he got on his hands and knees and looked down. 60 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: It was like a sparkly golden egg. Is that an egg? 61 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: He thought to himself. No, it's not an egg. He 62 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: carefully picked it up and turned it over. Whoa, that 63 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: is a very large seed, I think, said Edwin. He 64 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: was right. It was kind of like an acorn, but 65 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:15,119 Speaker 1: not an acorn. It was a golden seed. I don't 66 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: know how else to describe it, and Edwin didn't know either, 67 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 1: so he put it in his pocket. Huh, maybe when 68 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: I get home, I can plant it and see if 69 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: it actually grows into something. If it really is a seed, 70 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 1: it just needs some dirt and water. Edwin continued on 71 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: his hiking journey, but his mind couldn't stop thinking about 72 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 1: that golden seed that he had found. As it was 73 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: bouncing around in his pocket, he just kept imagining what 74 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: it could be. Huh, I wonder if it. If it's 75 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 1: gold like, he'll grow into a gold coin tree. WHOA, 76 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: that'd be awesome. Or maybe it'll grow into some kind 77 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 1: of creature. Wow. I have got to get home and 78 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: figure this out. Edwin turned around, putting a shorter end 79 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: to his hiking adventure. Since he'd already found something mysterious, 80 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 1: he headed on back home. Can't wait to get home 81 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: and inspect this some more, Edwin said, as he was 82 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: hiking and climbing back up the hill that he had 83 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: come down before. He made it back to his house 84 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 1: and His parents were surprised to see him back so soon. Edwin, 85 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: are you okay? Did something happen out there? Oh? I'm fine. 86 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: Check out the seed I found. He pulled it out 87 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: of his pocket and opened up his hand. His mom 88 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: looked down and said, wow, I've never seen a seed 89 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: like that before. Where did you find that? It was 90 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 1: down by the creek, down the hill from us. He 91 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 1: was in the middle of the grassy field and I 92 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: could see it sparkle from really far away. I kind 93 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: of want to plant it. See what happens. I agree, 94 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 1: he said his mom. I think you should plant it now. 95 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: I'm almost done with dinner, and then maybe we can 96 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:10,159 Speaker 1: work on it together. Edwin started to grab some things 97 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: that he might need for it. What do you think 98 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: you would need if you wanted to plant a seed 99 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: in the ground. Maybe a shovel, maybe a watering can. Yeah, 100 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: So he ran into his garage to look for those 101 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: two things. By the time he was done, his mom 102 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 1: was already waiting for him in the backyard. Edwin, did 103 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: you find it? She shouted. I think she was just 104 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: as excited as Edwin was. Yep, here it is. Edwin 105 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: came running back to the backyard, holding a watering can 106 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: and a shovel. Oh, I forgot to put water in it. Oh, 107 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: I'll do that job, said his mom. I'll put some 108 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: water in here, and why don't you dig a little 109 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: hole to put the seed in. I'll be right back. 110 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: Edwin took the shovel and started digging a tiny little 111 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,919 Speaker 1: hole in the ground. Needed to be deep enough to 112 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: cover it, but you know, not too deep, half a 113 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,479 Speaker 1: finger deep. He plopped the seed inside of the hole 114 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: and carefully covered it back up with the dirt. His 115 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: mom came with the watering can, and together they watered 116 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: that area to make it a perfect home for whatever 117 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: thing this seed might grow into. All right, mama, how 118 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: long do we have to wait? Edwen? It's gonna take 119 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: a little while. It's not gonna be ready today or tomorrow. 120 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: It's gonna take many weeks, maybe even a couple months, 121 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: before it grows into something that we can understand what 122 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: it is. But let's go have some dinner. Edwin followed 123 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: his mom inside, and his family sat down for a 124 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: delicious dinner, followed by I've got it tired. Edwin was 125 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: pretty tired from his long hiking day, got ready for bed, 126 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: and fell asleep. Well you might think the story ends there, 127 00:07:55,480 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: but it does not. Overnight, something magical happened in their backyard. 128 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: As Edwin woke up the next morning, beyond ooh and 129 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: stretched his arms. Wait a second, what is that? He 130 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: looked out his window and couldn't believe his eyes. Where 131 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: did that tree come from? He raced downstairs. Mom, Mom, 132 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: come here. As he ran out the back door, she 133 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: was close behind Edwin. What's wrong, she said, Look at that. 134 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: Edwin pointed his finger up towards this brand new tree 135 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: that had grown in their backyard. But it was not 136 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: your ordinary tree. What had grown was a tree with 137 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: a treehouse inside of it. What I didn't know they 138 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: made trees with treehouses grow out of seeds. I've never 139 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: heard of that before. Edwin raced over to the tree, 140 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: where a ladder was waiting for him. He climbed all 141 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 1: the way up to the treehouse and looked out the window. Mom, 142 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,199 Speaker 1: can you believe this? It really was a magical seed. 143 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: His mom couldn't believe it. What they had discovered was 144 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: truly a magical seed that grew so fast overnight. But 145 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: even though this is where our story now ends, it 146 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: is only just the beginning of their amazing, magical adventures 147 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: in this new magic treehouse the end. 148 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 2: Hey friends, I need your help celebrating a birthday. Drum 149 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 2: roll please, Happy birthday Finley, who was earning five years old. 150 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 2: Finn is the best big brother to his two little sisters, 151 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 2: Autumn and Paisley, and he loves listening to kid your 152 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 2: stories every day. Oh yeah, and sp oh he loves 153 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 2: Spider Man. It is awesome at drawing, dancing, and telling 154 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 2: his own stories. 155 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: Whoa, Finn, I'm so glad that we got to celebrate 156 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: you and your big day on the show. Happy fifth birthday, Finley. Well, 157 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 1: my friends, I hope you all have a super duperday 158 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: and I will see you on our next adventure. Bye.