1 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: Hey Friends, it's Mr Jim and welcome back to kids 2 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: short stories. Teachers. Did you know that we make some 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: really great resources for you? Yeah, in the classroom you 4 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: can use our activities that we make just for you 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: for every single kids animal stories episode. The kids animal 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: stories podcast is original content that you won't find anywhere else, 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: only on kids animal stories, and then we make an 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: activity built just for you in your classroom to use 9 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: after you listen to the episode. Well, friends, are you 10 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: ready for today's advent? You're here, me too. Let's go. 11 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 1: Johnny was having one of those days today where he 12 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: was just sitting in his front yard not knowing what 13 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: to do. He was sitting on top of a basketball 14 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: that he had been dribbling for a while, but he 15 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: just he didn't want to play basketball anymore and he 16 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: wasn't really sure what to do. But then someone walked 17 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: past and asked him, Hey, do you know where the 18 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: garage sale is? Um No, I don't, said Johnny. Oh, 19 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 1: it says it's on this street. Johnny looked up and 20 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: down the street and said, Oh, yeah, I think it's 21 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: at the Jones House down there. Oh, thank you, have 22 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: a good day. The man walked away and piqued Johnny's curiosity. 23 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 1: He did kind of like going to garage sales every 24 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: once in a while. You just never know what kind 25 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: of treasures that you could find in the garage sale 26 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: or a yard sale. Have you ever been to one 27 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: of those where you know people might sell things in 28 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: the front yard or in their garage or something? Yeah, 29 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: it's a pretty cool place to find some cool treasures. 30 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: So Johnny he wanted to go check it out. He 31 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: put the basketball away in the basket that it sits 32 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: in and walked down his driveway, turn left on the 33 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: sidewalk and headed towards the Jones House. The joneses were 34 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,959 Speaker 1: old family friends of theirs that his parents had been 35 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: friends with for longer than he had been alive. So 36 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: he was excited to see what kind of treasures that 37 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: they might have at their yard sale. And let me 38 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: tell you this, Johnny had no idea that there was 39 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: truly a treasure waiting for him there. Hey, Mr Jones, 40 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: called out Johnny. Oh hey there johnny, it's good to 41 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 1: see you. How how are your parents doing? Oh Yeah, there, 42 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 1: you're doing good. We went to the beach last week 43 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: and had a pretty good time. Oh Wow, I bet 44 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: that was fun. I used to love going to the beach. 45 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,119 Speaker 1: So what brings you to the yard sale today? Said 46 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: Mr Jones. Oh well, I was just, I don't know, 47 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: looking for an adventure or something cool that you might 48 00:02:56,040 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: be getting rid of anything good? Mr Jones paused and 49 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: squinted his eyes. It's like he was thinking really hard, 50 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 1: but then all of a sudden his eyes shot open. Johnny, 51 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 1: don't move them as I I think I've got something 52 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: for you. Just hanging tight right here. Okay, do you 53 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: mind if I look around? Oh, help yourself, I'll be 54 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: right back. Mr Jones headed back into the back of 55 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: his garage and Johnny started looking around. There were all 56 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: kinds of really cool old things, like some old toy 57 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: cars and some old board games that he'd never seen 58 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: like these before, some fishing poles. There was actually a 59 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: lot of cool stuff around here. Johnny was really enjoying 60 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: looking inside of all the boxes and looking at all 61 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: the cool things when Mr Jones came back out. Johnny, 62 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: this right here is a very special box and I 63 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: want you to have it. Oh Wow, um, I don't 64 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: have any money, though, with me. I just kind of 65 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: came to don't worry, about that. Just consider this a 66 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: gift from me to you. Oh Wow, thank you, Mr Jones. Like, 67 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: what is it? Well, I'm not quite sure. You see this, 68 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: this old wooden box, was given to me forty years 69 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: ago and I've never been able to open it, but 70 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: I feel like there might be something magical inside. So, Huh, 71 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,359 Speaker 1: why don't you give it a try, Johnny, it's all yours. 72 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: Mr Jones. Set the box in Johnny's hands. It was 73 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: kind of a small box, a wooden it looked very 74 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: old and it had a really cool pattern on it. Wow, 75 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 1: thank you so much, Mr Jones. Um, do you have, like, 76 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: any hints or any checks on how you think you 77 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: might open? Oh well, I've tried many and none of 78 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: them have worked, so I'm not sure I can be 79 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: very helpful. But Oh, it looks like I have some 80 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: more customers. Well, good luck with that, Johnny, and let 81 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 1: me know if you're able to get it open. Thanks, 82 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: Mr Jones. There were some other people walking up to 83 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: the yard sale and so Mr Jones was going to 84 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: see if they needed help and Johnny. Johnny got to 85 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: go home with a new, unknown treasure. Is it a treasure? Uh, 86 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: it's it's a wooden box that's locked and it's not 87 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: quite sure how to open it. So I don't know. 88 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: Maybe it's a treasure or maybe it's just an empty box. 89 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: As Johnny walked home, he investigated every single edge and 90 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: corner of this wooden box. It was about the size 91 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: of a shoe box and it had so many different 92 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: details and patterns on it. It looked like it had 93 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: been hand carved. It was beautiful looking and on the 94 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: front there was an old metal lock on it. It 95 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 1: looked like it needed a key or something, but there 96 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: was no key. The said. The day Johnny spent inspecting 97 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: the box looking for some kind of clue how to 98 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 1: open it, but he couldn't find any. Hey, Johnny, it's 99 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: time for dinner. Called his parents. Okay, I'm coming, he said. 100 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: He brought the box over to the dinner table with 101 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,119 Speaker 1: him and sat down. Wow, what do you got there? 102 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: That's a cool wooden box. Yeah, it's it's from Mr Jones. 103 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 1: I went over to his yard sale and and he 104 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: gave this to me, but there isn't any way to 105 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: open it. HMM, do you mind if I take a look? 106 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: They asked. Oh yeah, I could use all the help 107 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: because I've been staring at this thing for hours and 108 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 1: there's there's no way we it needs a key and 109 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:48,119 Speaker 1: there's no key that exists. As Johnny handed the box 110 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 1: over to his parents, they passed it back and forth, 111 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: inspecting every corner just like Johnny did. Johnny started putting 112 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,679 Speaker 1: all the food, it was the delicious lasagna, onto his plate, 113 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: US and Broccoli. Drank a nice cold glass of water, 114 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: when all of a sudden, everything changed. Well, the plans 115 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: of that day definitely took a turn right there, Johnny, 116 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: look at this. Here, said his mom. On the bottom 117 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: of the box, she had found a little piece of 118 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: wood that was moving back and forth. Wait, let me 119 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: take a look, said Johnny. He put his thumb on 120 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: that little piece of wood and pushed and pushed. It 121 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: slid and slid and out popped. It's the key, said Johnny. 122 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: They all stared and looked at each other. They couldn't 123 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: believe it. How did you find that? I've been looking 124 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: at this box for hours, said Johnny. Well, are you 125 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: going to try it? Are you gonna put the key 126 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: in the lock? Yeah, I guess. Uh, I hope it works. 127 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: Here we go. As he pushed the key inside of 128 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: the lock of the box. It clicked in place, he 129 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: turned it to the right and the box popped open. 130 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: Holy Smokes, the box that Mr Jones has had for 131 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: years and years, decades. It had the key inside of 132 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: the bottom the whole time. What do you think is 133 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: inside of the box? Is it a real treasure? Where 134 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: is it empty? I'm not exactly sure, but we're gonna 135 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: have to wait and see what happens on the next 136 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: episode to see what Johnny finds inside of the box, 137 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: and I think you'll be in for a big surprise. 138 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: Great job. You listen to all the way to the 139 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: end and you know what time it is. It's time 140 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: for kid shout. Oh, so I want to say hey 141 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: to Owen, Meredith and Claire from Florida, Noah Joseph from Illinois, 142 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: a span of nills from Oregon, summit from Colorado, Kate 143 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: from Arkansas Ada, Lucy and June from Massachusetts. I'm so 144 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: glad that you're all in the kitch or stories family 145 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: and Don the spy team. We could not stop doctor 146 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 1: stinky breath and his crew without you, my friends. Will 147 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: you have a super duper day and I will see 148 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,719 Speaker 1: you on our next adventure. Bye.