1 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: Hello, Fredsit's mister Jim, and welcome back to Kid Short Stories. 2 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: Did you know that we make some awesome activities and 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: challenges for you to do. Yeah. One of our other podcasts, 4 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: Kids Animal Stories, has activities and challenges that we make 5 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: just for you. So if you love gritters of all 6 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: shapes and sizes, you have got to become a gritter 7 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: protector and complete these challenges down in the show notes. 8 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: Blow your parents can check that out. But are you 9 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: guys ready for today's adventure? I am, let's go. It 10 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: was a cold, in windy day up in the snow 11 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: mountains as Connor the Dragon poked his head out from 12 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: his cave. Today is going to be a good day. 13 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: I can tell because I'm I always have good day. 14 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: I'm a ginormous dragon. Connor was a dragon, a good 15 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: dragon who was very proud of how big he was. 16 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: He was a ginormous dragon with a long tail and 17 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: big wings and a very long tongue. He always loved 18 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: being the biggest of all of the critters that lived 19 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: on that snow mountain. But today, little did Connor know 20 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: that everything was about to change. What am I going 21 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: to do today? Maybe I will go pick up some 22 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: trees to show how strong I am and make my 23 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: muscles even bigger. Yes, that is a good idea. I'm 24 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: gonna go work on getting even bigger and stronger. Yeah, 25 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: Connor the dragon, he was pretty proud of how big 26 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: he was. If you can't tell by now, well his 27 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: day today he decided he was gonna go lift some trees. Wow, 28 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: I cannot lift a tree, can can you? Wow? He 29 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: must be a ginormous dragon. As Connor started walking down 30 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: the mountain towards the forest, he was very excited to 31 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: start working his muscle magic. Oh, come here, tree cush. 32 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 1: He ripped the tree right out from the ground and 33 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: held it over his head and did a few cool 34 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: moves of the tree. He threw it around like it 35 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 1: was just a tiny little stick, but it was an 36 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: entire tree. Holy smokes, Connor is in a ginormous dragon. 37 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: What is that over there? Something caught Connor's eye. Off 38 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: in the distance was a tree that had a certain 39 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: glow to it and sparkle. It looked kind of like 40 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: it was covered in snow, but it wasn't. As he 41 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: walked closer and closer, he couldn't believe his eyes. Holy smokes. 42 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: That is a Is that a crystal tree? Oh? I 43 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: must have that in my cave. As he put his 44 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: two ginormous hands and claws around the trunk of the tree, 45 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: it felt and sounded very different. Oh, this tree almost 46 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: feels magical. Wow, this is gonna look good in my house, 47 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: said Connor. He started to pull with all of his might, 48 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: but the tree did not budge. What in the world 49 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: is going on here, said Connor. 50 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 2: Okay, I just need to change my footing a little 51 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 2: bit and get a better grip, because there's no tree 52 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: that I cannot pull out. 53 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: No matter how hard he pulled and twisted and pushed 54 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: with all of his might, the tree did not move 55 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 1: an inch. Wow, this tree thinks it's stronger than me. 56 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: But I'm about to show him a thing or two, 57 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: said Connor as he pulled up his scales a little 58 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: higher and one more big pull ahead. He was gonna 59 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 1: use all of his might, every single ounce of muscle 60 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: in his body to get this magical tree back to 61 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 1: his cave. One, two, three. He was pulling with all 62 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:59,119 Speaker 1: of his might, and finally a tiny little branch fell 63 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 1: off into his claw. As he opened up his claw 64 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: hands and saw this tiny little twig inside. He couldn't 65 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: believe it. Wait a second, that's the only thing I 66 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: got from this whole tree. But then all of a 67 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: sudden something magical started to happen. That little twig that 68 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 1: he had broken off from the tree started to sparkle 69 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: and smoke, and all of a sudden, this cloud started 70 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 1: to rise around Connor, and he got a little nervous. 71 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: What in the world is happening? What have I done? 72 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: As he shouted, he was instantly covered in a cloud 73 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 1: of smoke and started to roll down the mountain. Leaves, dirt, 74 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: and dust spat out from all around him as he 75 00:05:55,839 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: was sliding down this whole mountain. Several minutes later, he 76 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: finally came to a stop at the bottom of the mountain. 77 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:15,599 Speaker 1: Uh right, aprons, So what happened now, varls said Connor 78 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: run a. 79 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 3: Where does everything looked? Sir John norm Us, the Trusa. 80 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: Ro raw tru a viral bottom. 81 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 3: My little hands wire the class. 82 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: Somehow, Connor the Dragon had been transformed into Connor the Scorpion. 83 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: And scorpions are quite a bit smaller than the giant 84 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: dragon that Connor used to be, And so the whole 85 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: wide world looked a whole lot bigger than just a 86 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: few minutes ago. 87 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 3: Mall loafs over. Now I'm so small, hourram al, how lostable, 88 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 3: and I'm all thung dragged, And that was enormous and strong, 89 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 3: but now I'm just a small little scorpilum. 90 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: Connor was really sad. Remember, being really big and strong 91 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: was like Connor's whole identity. That is who he believed 92 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: he was and was like the most important things. So 93 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: I can totally understand why he would be so upset 94 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: and sad for those to be taken away. And now 95 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: everything has changed. His whole life is now very different, 96 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: ever since he touched that magical tree on top of 97 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: the mountain. Hello there, Oh, what seems to be the problem? 98 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 3: Herl's there. 99 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: The name's check. I'm the beaver around these parts. I've 100 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: never seen a scorpion cry before. What seems to be 101 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: the problem. 102 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 3: They're never at moul brut My loaf was over. 103 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: Oh well, I'm sorry, that's something terrible happened. But uh, 104 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: you see, it's normally around here that everyone's very afraid 105 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: of scorpions because of that big stinger that you have 106 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: on the backside of you. Rule I have a slinger 107 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: on my brutle Well, yes, the back of your tail. 108 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: Have you never noticed it before? It's the coolest part 109 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: of scorpions. But uh, that's why we're all a little 110 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: cautious around you, because nobody wants to get stung. Oh 111 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: don't I'm not gonna stung a little. But wow, that 112 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: hung little brutal cool Connor the scorpion started to wave 113 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: his tail back and forth, checking out that cool stinger 114 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: at the end. And it was at that moment that 115 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: Connor realized that even though he wasn't ginormous, he did 116 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:58,839 Speaker 1: have a super secret cool skill as a scorpion. Well, Chuck, 117 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:03,199 Speaker 1: it looks like Laurea got friends friends, you say, I've 118 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: never been friends with a scorpion before. Well, I'll have 119 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: a lot to learn about those new cloths loud than 120 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: ire London, and I start gonna run a little figure 121 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: it out alarmed drawl. And that may be the end 122 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: of the story, but just the beginning of Connor's new adventure. 123 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: Although he's no longer the big and strong and scary dragon, 124 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: I think he's gonna find some pretty cool things about 125 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 1: being a scorpion now the end. Great job, you listened 126 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: all the way to the end, and you know what 127 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:44,319 Speaker 1: time today is. It's time for Kurd shout out. I 128 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: want to say hey to Whyde and Charlie from Oregon, 129 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:51,719 Speaker 1: Reese from New Hampshire, Keaya from Washington, Simon from Vancouver, 130 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:57,839 Speaker 1: Atharve from Washington, Ashton from Illinois, Conley from Charlotte, West White, 131 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: and Jake from Connecticut. I'm so glad that you're all 132 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: on the Kid short Story's family and on the spy team. 133 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: We could not stop Doctor Stinky Breath and his crew 134 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: without you, my friends. Will you have a super duper 135 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: day and I will see you on our next adventure. 136 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 3: Bye.