1 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kid 2 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:38,639 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: Me too? Let's go. It was a very cold, in 16 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: classy day as the Purple Ninjas were what are they 17 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: holding onto? They're holding onto a stinky crystal? How did 18 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: they get one of those? Oh no, if you don't 19 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: know what a stinky crystal is it, if they have it, 20 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: that that means em and doctor Stinky Breath can actually 21 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 1: make the whole world stinky. Oh dear, what are they 22 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: gonna do with that? Whoa? 23 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 2: This thing is so stinky. It's the most beautiful crystal 24 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 2: life ever. 25 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: Say Steve, what are you doing? Put that back? 26 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 2: You're not supposed to take that out and hold it 27 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 2: around like that. 28 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: That's one of the rarest crystals in the whole wide world. 29 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 2: No, but it's so cool. We've worked so hard to 30 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 2: get this and I just wanted to take a selfie 31 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 2: with it. 32 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: Take a selfie, Steve, Come on, give it back here, 33 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: Hold on one second, Dave, give it here, And just 34 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: like that, Steve accidentally dropped it out the window. There 35 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: it goes. You see, they're inside of their stinky blimplab 36 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: way up high above the clouds, and while they were 37 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: wrestling for that stinky crystal, it actually accidentally fell out 38 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: the window. Steve, How did you? How couldn't you? It's gone, 39 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: It's done. It's probably raked out there. How are we 40 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 1: supposed to find it? Look, it's cloudy. We don't even 41 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: know where it dropped. Oh, don't worry. I'm sure we'll 42 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: find it. You'd better be righter. The boss is gonna 43 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 1: be mad. Meanwhile, down below, on the ground, it was 44 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: a school day. Derek and Becca were just getting ready 45 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: for lunch. Lunch was a very important, amazing part of 46 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: the day. Oh, you got to fill your tummies, can 47 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 1: hang with friends. But all of a sudden, the day 48 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: took a very unexpected turns. Hey, Derek, did you get 49 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 1: that alert too? I did, said Derek. Becca. Why don't 50 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: you play the message and we can listen. You see, 51 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: that sound is the alert that our spy team sends 52 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: to the kids on our spy team, and so they 53 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,839 Speaker 1: had walkie talkies and that buzz sound means that there's 54 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: a message from HQ. 55 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 3: Sh Derek, Becca, this is HQ. 56 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 4: We were just informed by a local informant that a 57 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 4: stinky crystal has been found near your school during recess. 58 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 4: Our spy informant will work with you on getting that 59 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 4: stinky crystal removed safely before purple. 60 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 3: Ninjas find it over and outsh Holy smokes, Becca, did 61 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 3: you hear that we got a spy mission during recess? 62 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: I know, Derek, that's so exciting, said Becca. We gotta 63 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: finish our lunch and get ready to solve this mystery. 64 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: Derek and Beccha were both very excited as solving this 65 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: mystery because stinky crystals are very rare and we never 66 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,799 Speaker 1: want them to fall in the hands of doctor Stinky 67 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: Breath and his Purple Ninjas. Hikes, this is gonna be 68 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: really important that they're able to find and locate and 69 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: remove the stinky crystal in time. It was finally time 70 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: for recess as Becca and Derek walked outside. Oh, it's 71 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: a cold day, said Derek as he was shivering tight. 72 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: It's a good thing they both wore jackets, but it 73 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: was still a pretty chilly day. What did HQ say, 74 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: who are we supposed to look for? Shivered Becca. I 75 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: think they said there's gonna be some kind of spy informant. Uh. 76 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: I don't know who though. They both looked around on 77 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: the playground and didn't see anyone until they heard a sound. 78 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: Oh Arrouler, Did you hear that, Derek said Becca. I did. 79 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: Where'd it come from? 80 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 3: Erler? 81 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: Just then they turned around towards the big oak tree, 82 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: and on the side of the oak tree was some 83 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: kind of talking squirrel. They both ran over to it 84 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: and said, uh, hello, my name's Derek and this is Becca. 85 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: Who are you roll an, I'm on the spots on 86 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: ham on our little unfoe month. This is the informant. 87 00:05:55,640 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: They couldn't believe it. He's so cute, said Becca. Hell, 88 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: we don't have time to talk about my fluffle squirrel, 89 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: for we'll have as stung to the crystal on our hands. 90 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: Oh yes, that's right, Uh mister squirrel or uh do 91 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: you have a name? Asked Derek glus little tun caramel 92 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: n scruttled pants, agent squeaky pants. You got it, said Becca. 93 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: So do you know where the stinky crystal is? Of course, 94 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: I how find a little tone falling out of a 95 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: style just a little while a girl, my my soft clothes. Great, 96 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 1: where is it? Asked Derek. Um, well, allud borrel, Look, 97 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 1: that's how long there come here? The squirrel ran over 98 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: to a spot that in the wood chips looked like 99 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: it had been dug down and buried up. And he 100 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 1: dug down and uncovered an acorn. Uh h um, hurdler lit. 101 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 1: I'll borrow a lot of on must plot round and 102 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: I'm mud have forgotten rare al crystal. Becca and Derek's 103 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: eyes both got very large as they realized the problem. 104 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: Oh dear, this stinky crystal could be anywhere on the playground. 105 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: We gotta start digging, shouted Becca, and the three spies 106 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: started digging. Acorn after acorn after acorn was uncovered. As 107 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: Derek and Becca had now accumulated a giant pile of acorns, 108 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: Agent Squeaky Pants was a little sad, knowing that all 109 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: of his hard work of bearing these acorns was He's 110 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: gonna have to do it all over again. But finally 111 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: they uncovered what they were looking for. Derek, I found it. 112 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: Come over here, shouted Becca. Derek and Agent Squeaky Pants 113 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: came running over and there it was the stinky crystal. 114 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: Whoa uh, that smells terrible, said Derek. 115 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 4: Yeah. 116 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: What do we do with this? Said Becca. Here, I'm 117 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: gonna call HQ and see what's next. Sh Hey, HQ, 118 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: this is Derek and Becca. We found, you know, the 119 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: secret thing that we were supposed to find. And what 120 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: do we do with it? 121 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 2: Now? 122 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: Sh Great job, Derek and Becca. We will send a 123 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: drone there. 124 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 3: Now. 125 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 4: We need you to put the stinky crystal in the 126 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 4: drone and we'll bring it back to HQ for safe keeping. 127 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: Great job. Just a few minutes later, the drone arrived 128 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:46,079 Speaker 1: and Becca and Derek were able to securely load in 129 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: the stinky crystal, and off it zoomed back to HQ. Wow, 130 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: great job Becca and Derek. You two saved us all 131 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: from a very stinky mess. Though this is the end 132 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 1: of our story, I think it's only just the beginning 133 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: of the amazing adventures that lie ahead for Derek, Becca, 134 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: and Agent Squeaky Pants. The end, we'll be right back 135 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: after a brief word from our sponsor. Great job, you 136 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: listened all the way to the end, and you know 137 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 1: what time it is. It's time for kid shout out. 138 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: So I want to say to Levi from New Jersey, 139 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: Bray from Australia, Prashawn from London, UK, Rosa from British Columbia, 140 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 1: Henry and Charlie from Florida, Janelle from Toronto, McKay from 141 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:42,599 Speaker 1: South Carolina, and Grayson and Easton from California. I'm so 142 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 1: glad that you're all in the Kit Short Stories family. 143 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: We could not have this much fun with imagination without you, 144 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: my friends. Well you have a super duper day. I'll 145 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 1: see you on our next adventure. Bye.