1 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kid 2 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Guess what I've been working for a while 3 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 1: on a new invention called story Button. Yes. Story Button 4 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 1: is a new device, a new speaker that makes it 5 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 1: easy to listen to podcasts without having to use a 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: screen device you know, tablets or your parents phone. Yes, 7 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: story Button makes it easy to listen to your favorite 8 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: podcast including Kids Short Stories, Biology Squad, Kids, Animal Stories, 9 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: Bedtime Stories, and more. Have your parents check down in 10 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: the show notes to learn more about how they're coming 11 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 1: very soon, or you go to story button dot com 12 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: to learn more. Well, my friends, are you ready for 13 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: today's adventure? We do you? Let go? Gideon was a 14 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: Lego master. He could build anything with his legos. Rocket 15 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 1: ship castles, ice breathing dragons, villages made of candy and lava. Wow. 16 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: If Gideon could dream it, he could build it. He 17 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: gets all of his legos stored in a special toy 18 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: box in his room. One day, Gideon was sitting inside 19 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: his toy box digging for the perfect block to finish 20 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: building his alien planet. Hmmm, No, that one's not big enough, 21 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: not green enough, alien enough. He tossed blocks to the side, 22 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: in search of the perfect one. He wasn't exactly sure 23 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: what he was looking for, but he would know it 24 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: when he saw it. Gideon swept away a pile of pointy, 25 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: triangular pieces to reveal the perfect piece. This piece was 26 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: the green of swamp creatures, with the delight surprise of 27 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: blue and green shimmers that made it the perfect piece 28 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: to finish his mysterious alien planet. It's perfect, exclaimed Gideon. 29 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: He snatched up the piece and held it up to 30 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: the light. It twinkled and shined and seemed to grow 31 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: larger the longer he looked at it. Then it got heavier, 32 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 1: Getting realized it wasn't just looking larger and larger, it 33 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: it was growing. The piece became very quickly, too large 34 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: and heavy for getting to hold it up any longer, 35 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: and he had to drop it. Oh, it doesn't need 36 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: to be part of the alien planet. Now, it's big 37 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: enough to be the whole alien planet. It wasn't until 38 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: he turned to climb out of the toy box that 39 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: he saw his mistake. The block hadn't actually grown. He 40 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: had shrunk. Toys of every shape and color towered over him, 41 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: and the walls of the toy box reached upward at 42 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: an impossible height. Oh here, escape may have looked impossible, 43 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: but Gideon did not fear. After all, he was a 44 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:34,839 Speaker 1: master builder, so he began to plan. He observed his surroundings. 45 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: The glittering green lego was out of the question. It 46 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: was too tall, and besides, that's the one that got 47 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: him into this mess in the first place. I need 48 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: to find smaller lego pieces that I can still carry. 49 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: Getting climbed tall blue mountains and slid down the middle 50 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: of large red blocks. The bumps running down either side 51 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: of each block made great handholds for climbing, but it 52 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: was best to avoid them while sliding, or it would 53 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: be a pretty rough ride. He made his way toward 54 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: the towering walls of the toy box, collecting all the 55 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: smaller blocks he could carry. When he reached the wall, 56 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: he set the blocks down and headed out for more. 57 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: When he had piled enough, Gideon nodded with determination, Whew, 58 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: all right, it's time to build. He stacked blocks in 59 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: a staggering position, one on top of the next, then 60 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 1: the next, and so on until a staircase began to form. 61 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: He climbed his staircase up, up, and up, towards the 62 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,679 Speaker 1: top of the toy box wall. When the last lego 63 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: was placed, he stepped onto the top of the wall. 64 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,919 Speaker 1: Gideon threw a try jump and fist into the air. Yes, 65 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: I did it. But his excitement soon faded as he 66 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: looked around, realizing how high up he really was. Whoa 67 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: and then now what? But Gideon was not one for quitting. 68 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 1: He was still a master builder and his determination was 69 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,799 Speaker 1: only growing. He looked down toward the floor so far 70 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: below him. He spotted the rocket ship he had built, 71 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: and some spare blocks, all things that were too far 72 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: away to reach from all the way up top. Then 73 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 1: right by the edge of the toy box, he saw 74 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: a soft and squishy teddy bear Geronimum. Gideon shouted as 75 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: he cannon balled onto the teddy bear's soft belly. He 76 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: landed and sank safely into the plush toy. Then climbed 77 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: through the soft fur toward the floor and headed for 78 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: his rocket ship. He needed to find a way to 79 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,159 Speaker 1: get big again, but there were more important things to 80 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: do first. He climbed up into the rocket ship and 81 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: took his seat. Gideon put on his most official voice. 82 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: He minus five four three two one lass off, Gideon 83 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 1: was pushed back into his seat as the rocket ship 84 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: shot up into the air of his room. Gideon would 85 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: have been thrilled, but it was heading straight for the 86 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: ceiling fan directly above. He screamed as it sailed closer, 87 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: without even slowing down. Before it hit the fan, the 88 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 1: wing became tangled in the pole cord dangling from the 89 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 1: middle of the fan. Whoosh, It knocked Gideon and his 90 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: rocket off their straight path, and they began orbiting the fan, 91 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: kind of like the Moon orbiting the Earth, but on 92 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: a hyper speed mission. Up board, Gideon yelled, closing his 93 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: eyes at the dizzy ride. The cord untangled from the rocket, 94 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: sending it sailing through the air over his bed and crashed, 95 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: landing in a pile of blankets on the floor. He 96 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: crawled his way out of the ship. Some of the 97 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: lego pieces were scattered about, but otherwise he was unharmed. 98 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: But walking through the sea of blankets was like trying 99 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: to escape quicksand with every step the blankets sunk down, 100 00:07:54,760 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: trapping him in their fuzziness. After a few minutes, he 101 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: tumbled over the edge, sure relieved to be back on 102 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: the solid floor in front of him. Underneath his bed 103 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: loomed like a cave. Down there in the distance, something 104 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: was glowing. What is that, Gideon wondered as he followed 105 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: the light of the object. When he got closer, he 106 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: could make out the tell tale bumps of a lego 107 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: sticking out along its surface. He reached it, and it 108 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: towered over him, just as the first magic lego, just 109 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: as beautiful and even more mysterious. It glowed like a 110 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,439 Speaker 1: night light, allowing Gideon to make out the dust bunnies 111 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 1: around it. Wow, you must have been down here a 112 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 1: long time, Gideon said to the lego. I wonder why 113 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: I've ever noticed you before. It was so bright and 114 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: beautiful he had touch it. Gideon reached out his hand 115 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: and felt the glow enter his body. It made him 116 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 1: feel warm and large. Whoa and as he felt as 117 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: he began to grow as the lego grew small, until 118 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,319 Speaker 1: it was small enough for him to hold in his hand. 119 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: Then Gideon crawled out from under his bed. He stood 120 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: up and began collecting the scattered pieces of his rocket ship. 121 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: He wasn't sure what would happen if he let go 122 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: of that glowing lego, but he had an idea. Walking 123 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 1: over to the toy box. He picked up the first 124 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: glittering green Lego. Gideon snapped the two together and put 125 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: them on a shelf. I have a feeling you two 126 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: will come in handy again soon, Gideon told his two 127 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: very special legos. Then he began reassembling his rocket ship, 128 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: dreaming of future adventures. Wow, even though this is the 129 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 1: end of our story, it is definitely not the end 130 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: of the amazing adventures that lie ahead for Gideon and 131 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: his magic Legos. The end. Great job, you listened all 132 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: the way to the end, and you know what time 133 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: it is. It's time for kid shout out. So I 134 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,959 Speaker 1: want to say hey to Beckham from North Carolina, Abbey 135 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: from South Carolina, Ashley from Pittsburgh, Stockton from Clemson, South Carolina, 136 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: Emmitt from Wisconsin, and Connor from Australia. I'm so glad 137 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 1: that you're all in the Kid Short Stories family. We 138 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: definitely could not have this much fun with imagination without you. 139 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 1: My friends will true you have a super duperday and 140 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: I'll see you on our next adventure. Bye.