1 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: Hello friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Guess what it's Soder time, which means there's 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: another episode of Kids Animal Stories are really fun podcast 4 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: about animals. So right after this story, I will see 5 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: you over on Kids Animal Stories the podcast. Well, today's 6 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: story comes to us from Connor and Michayla. This one 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: is going to be an amazing adventure. Are you guys 8 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 1: ready to hear a story about a forest fire and 9 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: bees and flowers and me too? Let's go. Connor and 10 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:47,959 Speaker 1: MICHAELA were playing upstairs in their playroom. They were building 11 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: some amazing things with legos. What do you like to 12 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: build with legos or magnetiles or any kind of building toy? 13 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: I really like to build mazes or buildings, and with 14 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: garages that I can put cars inside. And oh, there's 15 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:12,639 Speaker 1: so many amazing things that you can do with building blocks. Connor, 16 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: do you smell that? It wasn't me? Said Connor. No, no, no, no, no, 17 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: I mean it smells almost like smoke, shouted Mikhayla. Oh 18 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: you're right, I do smell that, said Connor. They looked 19 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,839 Speaker 1: out their window and sure enough, there was a forest fire. 20 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: It was up on a hill way back behind their house, 21 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: but it looked like it was getting closer. They shouted 22 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: for their parents, and their parents came and said, guys, 23 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: we need to get out of here. We need to 24 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: drive to safety. They all loaded up in their car 25 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: and drove to a safe place. Thankfully, all the firefighters 26 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: in the area were able to put out the fire 27 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: before it damaged any of the homes. It was only 28 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: a few that they were gone, but it felt like 29 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: forever to Connor and Michayla. They were really nervous about 30 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: their home and their stuff, and their backyard and all 31 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 1: the trees and creatures, and they needed to get back 32 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: home as soon as possible. When it was safe to 33 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: return back home, Connor and Michaela and their parents drove 34 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: back home. They were so thankful that nothing had been damaged, 35 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: but unfortunately the entire forest in their backyard was now destroyed. 36 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: It had been burned down to the ground. Mikayla, look 37 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: at this, it's all just destroyed, said Connor. So they 38 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: were walking around in their backyard and crunching their feet 39 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: through the burnt sticks and leaves. It was a really 40 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: big mess. This is terrible, said Michayla. This used to 41 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: be like the most beautiful forest. Ever, how did this happen? Yeah, 42 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: forest fires can be really dangerous, and that's why we 43 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: have to be super super careful with fire or sparks 44 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: or anything like that, because one spark could ignite an 45 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: entire force on fire if it's dry enough. As Connor 46 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 1: and Michaela were walking back to their house, they heard 47 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: a sound. What was that, said Connor. I don't know, 48 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: but it sounded kind of like a bee in slow motion, 49 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: said Mikayla. As they looked at the ground on their patio, 50 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: that's what they saw. They saw several bees that were 51 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: just walking around on the ground, looking like they were 52 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: in slow motion or very lost. I'm not sure which, Michaela. 53 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: They look like they're heard or something. Wait, I have 54 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: a bee talker. I'll be right back. Michaela ran inside 55 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: to go get her bee talker. This was a device 56 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: that you could It could help you understand what a 57 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: bee was saying, and then you could talk back to 58 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: a bee. Holy smokes, that is cool. Hi, I've never 59 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: seen one of those before. I wish I had one. 60 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: Mikayla hurried back as soon as she could. She knelt 61 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 1: to the ground and held up the device and said, hello, 62 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: mister bees. I'm I'm sure, I'm not sure if you 63 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: can understand what I'm saying, but do you need help? 64 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: The bees stopped and looked very confused. They looked right 65 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 1: up at Mikayla and said handel looked, I've a person 66 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: talk before. Little prosiples smart, said one of the bees. 67 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: Mikayla was so happy that it was actually working. She said, ha, 68 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 1: that's so great. It works. Yeah, I have this special 69 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: device that helps me be able to understand you and 70 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: you be able to understand me. But it looks like 71 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: you guys are walking in slow motion? Are you guys okay, No, 72 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: we're not. All of our flowers got destrayed them. I'm 73 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 1: not but forest fire and now we're v harndrel Well, 74 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: don't have at fordom We're not sure up to lure. Wait, Michayla, 75 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: what about the other side of the neighborhood? I heard 76 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: over there didn't get burned, said Connor. That's right. I 77 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 1: wonder if there's flowers over there, said MICHAELA. Oh, nowt 78 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: Concher over there, there's aunts there that they're very protective 79 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: over their flowers. Will not lotsor the bees began to 80 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: tell Connor and Michaela about the flowers on the other 81 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: side of the neighborhood were guarded by some very mean ants. 82 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: These ants, I guess, were very protective over their flowers 83 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 1: and did not like to share with any other creatures, 84 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: and they would bite as soon as anyone got close enough. 85 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: Oh that's terrible, said MICHAELA. But I wonder if maybe 86 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: maybe Connor and I we can go talk to the ants. 87 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 1: Considering the circumstance this is of a forest fire destroying 88 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: all these flowers, maybe we can help change their mind. 89 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: Connor and Michaela hopped on their scooters and zoomed off 90 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: to the other side of the neighborhood. There was a 91 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: beautiful field over there that was full of wild flowers, 92 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: white ones and yellow ones, and purple ones and blue ones. 93 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: This was a beautiful place to be. Mikayla brought her 94 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: bee talker over because there was a little dial on 95 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: it that if you switched it it could change what 96 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: insect you wanted to talk to. She switched it over 97 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: to ant and knelt down and said, hello, ants, my 98 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,479 Speaker 1: name is Michaela, and I really need your help. There's 99 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: a whole family of bees that are really hungry could 100 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: really use some flowers. Would you mind sharing with them? 101 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: One of the ants ran over and said, those na 102 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: that we're gonna sire our flowers with those moon bulls. 103 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: Bulls are our flowers? Well, narosire with omron gral, said 104 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 1: the ant. But it's actually an emergency, said Connor. You see, 105 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: there was a huge forest fire that destroyed almost every 106 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: plant over there, even all the flowers, and these bees, 107 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: I think they're going to die unless they get some flowers. 108 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: Very soon as Connor was talking, the expression on the 109 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: ant's face started very angry, and all of a sudden, 110 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: his eyebrows lifted up and his face lightened. Oh lormand 111 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: all that terrible stuff happened to Ardo's bulls. Oh no, 112 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: that was a rare bad plus. I flung some emergency 113 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: I slung. Don't help them, let them come over. And 114 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: just like that, Connor and Mikayla were able to change 115 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: the ant's mind. Because the ants understood that this was 116 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: serious and they did not want the bees to die. 117 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: Connor and Mikayla brought the bees over and the ants 118 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: welcomed them in. They actually learned that they could work 119 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: together and be friends. Wow, what happened? Is such a 120 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: terrible day with the forest fire ended with a new 121 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: friendship between the ants and the bees, all thanks to 122 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: Connor and Michayla and they're awesome Bee talker the end. 123 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: Hey friends, I need your help celebrating your birthday. Drum 124 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: roll please, Happy birthday, Owen, who's turning eight years old? 125 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: Owen loves Minecraft, math, and astronomy. Wow, Owen, those are 126 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: all awesome things and I'm so glad we got to 127 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: celebrate you and your big day on the show. Happy 128 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: eighth birthday. Well, friends, I hope you all have a 129 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 1: super berday and I will see you on our next adventure. Bye.