1 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: Hello friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: Short Stories. 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 2: Guess what it's Soder time. 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: Which means there's another episode of Kids Animal Stories are 5 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: really fun podcast about animals. So right after this story, 6 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 1: I will see you over on Kids Animal Stories the podcast. Well, 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: today's story comes to us from Connor and Michayla. 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 2: This one is going to. 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: Be an amazing adventure. Are you guys ready to hear 10 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,279 Speaker 1: a story about a forest fire and bees and flowers 11 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:34,480 Speaker 1: and me too? 12 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 2: Let's go. 13 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: Connor and MICHAELA were playing upstairs in their playroom. They 14 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: were building some amazing things with legos. What do you 15 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: like to build with legos or magnetiles or any kind 16 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: of building toy? I really like to build mazes or buildings, 17 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: and with garages that I can put cars inside. And oh, 18 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: there's so many amazing things that you can do with 19 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: building blocks. Connor, do you smell that? It wasn't me? 20 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 1: Said Connor. No, no, no, no, no, I mean smells 21 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: almost like smoke, shouted Mikhayla. Oh you're right, I do 22 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: smell that, said Connor. They looked out their window and 23 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: sure enough. 24 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 2: There was a forest fire. 25 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,479 Speaker 1: It was up on a hill way back behind their house, 26 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: but it looked like it was getting closer. They shouted 27 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: for their parents, and their parents came and said, guys, 28 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: we need to get out of here. We need to 29 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: drive to safety. They all loaded up in their car 30 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: and drove to a safe place. Thankfully, all the firefighters 31 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: in the area were able to put out the fire 32 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: before it damaged any of the homes. It was only 33 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: a few hours that they were gone, but it felt 34 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: like forever to Connor and Michayla. They were really nervous 35 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,839 Speaker 1: about their home and their stuff, and their backyard and 36 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: all the trees and creatures, and they needed to get 37 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: back home as soon as possible. When it was safe 38 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 1: to return back home, Connor and Michaela and their parents 39 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 1: drove back home. They were so thankful that nothing had 40 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: been damaged, but unfortunately the entire forest in their backyard 41 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: was now destroyed. It had been burned down to the ground. Mikayla, 42 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: look at this, it's all just destroyed, said Connor. So 43 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,399 Speaker 1: they were walking around in their backyard and crunching their 44 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: feet through the burnt sticks and leaves. It was a 45 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: really big mess. This is terrible, said Michaela. 46 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 2: This used to be like the most beautiful forest. Ever, 47 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 2: how did this happen? 48 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, forest fires can be really dangerous, and that's why 49 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: we have to be super super careful with fire or 50 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 1: sparks or anything like that, because one spark could ignite 51 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: an entire force on fire if it's dry enough. As 52 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: Connor and Michaela were walking back to their house, they 53 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: heard a sound. What was that, said Connor. I don't know, 54 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: but it sounded kind of like a bee in slow motion, 55 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: said Mikayla. As they looked at the ground on their patio, 56 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: that's what they saw. They saw several bees that were 57 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: just walking around on the ground, looking like they were 58 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: in slow motion or very lost. I'm not sure which, Michaela. 59 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: They look like they're heard or something. Wait, I have 60 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: a bee talker. I'll be right back. Michaela ran inside 61 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: to go get her bee talker. This was a device 62 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: that you could It could help you understand and what 63 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: a bee was saying, and then you could talk back 64 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: to a bee. Holy smokes, that is cool. Hi, I've 65 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: never seen one of those before. I wish I had one. 66 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: Mikayla hurried back as soon as she could. She knelt 67 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: to the ground and held up the device and said, hello, 68 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 1: mister bees, I'm I'm sure. I'm not sure if you 69 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 1: can understand what I'm saying, but do you need help? 70 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: The bees stopped and looked very confused. They looked right 71 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: up at Mikayla and said. 72 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 2: Handel looked, I've. 73 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:37,359 Speaker 1: A person talk before. Little mossiples smart, said one of 74 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: the bees. Mikayla was so happy that it was actually working. 75 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: She said, ha, that's so great. 76 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 2: It works. 77 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I have this special device that helps me be 78 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: able to understand you and you be able to understand me. 79 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: But it looks like you guys are walking in slow motion? 80 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: Are you guys? 81 00:04:53,720 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 3: Okay, No, we're not at all of our flowers destray 82 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 3: all them. I'm not but forest fire and now we're 83 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 3: full Harndrel Well, don't have a little ford them. We're 84 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 3: not sure what to do. 85 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: Wait, Michayla, what about the other side of the neighborhood? 86 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: I heard over there didn't get burned, said Connor. 87 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 2: That's right. 88 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: I wonder if there's flowers over there, said MICHAELA. Oh no, 89 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: we'll conquer over there. There's aunts there that they're very 90 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: protective over their flowers. Will not a lotosor the bees 91 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: began to tell Connor and Michaela about the flowers on 92 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 1: the other side of the neighborhood were guarded by some 93 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: very mean ants. These ants, I guess, were very protective 94 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: over their flowers and did not like to share with 95 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: any other creatures, and they would bite as soon as 96 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 1: anyone got close enough. Oh that's terrible, said Michaela. But 97 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: I wonder if maybe maybe Connor and I we can 98 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: go talk to the ants. Considering the circumstances of a 99 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: forest fire destroying all these flowers, maybe we can help 100 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: change their mind. Connor and Michaela hopped on their scooters 101 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: and zoomed off to the other side of the neighborhood. 102 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: There was a beautiful field over there that was full 103 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: of wild flowers, white ones and yellow ones, and purple 104 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: ones and blue ones. This was a beautiful place to be. 105 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: Mikayla brought her bee talker over because there was a 106 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: little dial on it that if you switched it it 107 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 1: could change what insect you wanted to talk to. She 108 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,839 Speaker 1: switched it over to ant and knelt down and said, hello, ants, 109 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: my name is Michaela, and I really need your help. 110 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 1: There's a whole family of bees that are really hungry, 111 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: could really use some flowers. Would you mind sharing with them? 112 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: One of the ants ran over and said, those Nora 113 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: that we're gonna sire our flowers with those moon bulls. 114 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: Bulls are our flowers. Well, larosire with run goral, said 115 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:04,479 Speaker 1: the ant. But it's actually an emergency, said Connor. You see, 116 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: there was a huge forest fire that destroyed almost every 117 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: plant over there, even all the flowers, and these bees, 118 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: I think they're going to die unless they get some flowers. 119 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: Very soon as Connor was talking, the expression on the 120 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: ant's face started very angry, and all of a sudden, 121 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: his eyebrows lifted up and his face lightened. 122 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 2: Oh Lor, moan that. 123 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: All that terrible stuff happened to Odo's bulls. Oh no, 124 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: that was a rare bad plus. I flung some emergencies. 125 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: I slung words, don't help them, let them come over. 126 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: And just like that, Connor and Mikayla were able to 127 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: change the ant's mind. Because the ants understood that this 128 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: was serious and they did not want the bees to die. 129 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: Connor and Michayla brought the bees over and the ants 130 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: welcomed them in. They actually learned that they could work 131 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: together and be friends. Wow, what happened is such a 132 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: terrible day with the forest fire ended with a new 133 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: friendship between the ants and the bees, all thanks to 134 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: Connor and Michayla and they're awesome bee talker the end. 135 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 4: Great job, you listened all the way to the end, 136 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 4: and you know what Tom todays, It's time for a 137 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 4: good shout outs ownA sa Hey to Zoe from Washington, 138 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 4: the Teal Room. 139 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: From Ellenel Academy, Lakeview, East, Alex from Vancouver, Lena and 140 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: Live from Roseville, California, Brooks from Montana Osha, and Cedar 141 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 1: from Tennessee. I'm so glad that you're all in the 142 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: Kid short Story's family and on our spy team. We 143 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: could not stop Doctor Stinky Rereth and his crew without you, 144 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: my friends. Will you have a super duper day and 145 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: I will see you on our next adventure. 146 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 3: Bye.