1 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Have you followed our Instagram page? Because I 3 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,239 Speaker 1: love hanging out there with you. I love to go 4 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: live on Instagram on our Kids Short Stories accounts to 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: make sure you head on over there and hang out 6 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: with me. Well, friends, today's story comes to us from 7 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: Mila and Lucia. Do you like hot chocolate? Well, me too, 8 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: And there's gonna be a thief that steals all the 9 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: hot chocolate, which sounds terrible. Are you ready for this one? 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: Me too? Let's go. It was a cold and snowy 11 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: night as Mila and Lucia were waiting at home. One 12 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: of their grown ups had gone to the grocery store 13 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: to see if the hot cocoa was back in stock. 14 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: You see, the hot chocolate had been missing from all 15 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: the stores for many, many weeks. No one had ever 16 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: seen a time like this where there was no hot 17 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: chocolate available. And if you like hot chocolate as much 18 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: as me, that would be a very very sad time, 19 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 1: a time of no hot chocolate. As the door opened 20 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: and they saw no hot chocolate, was the grocery store 21 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: out of it? Again, asked Lucia. Yes, they said, they 22 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: still haven't gotten any for weeks, and they still don't 23 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: know when any more will come next. I'm so sorry. 24 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: Mila and Lucia were very sad, but Mila had been 25 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: working on a plan, an idea. Maybe, just maybe there's 26 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: a way they could solve this mystery. Hey, Lucia, let's 27 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: run back to our room. I think I have a plan. 28 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: Mila and Lucia ran back to their room, closed the door. 29 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: Got to work. See, I have this old package of 30 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: the last hot chocolate box that we had, and look 31 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: on the back of it has the address of where 32 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 1: this hot chocolate happens to be made. And do you 33 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: see what I see? Lucia looked closely. That says it's 34 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:22,119 Speaker 1: made in our town. It's not even that far away exactly. 35 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: So I was thinking, grab our jet packs and head 36 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: on over to that hot chocolate factory to see what 37 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: in the world is going on. Why are stores not 38 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: able to keep it in stock? There must be something 39 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: going on. The two girls grabbed their jet packs, threw 40 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:43,839 Speaker 1: them on over their back, and off they zoomed. If 41 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 1: you had a real jetpack, just imagine all the kinds 42 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: of amazing adventures and mysteries that you could do now. Oh, 43 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: I wish, I wish I had a jet pack. Sometimes. 44 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 1: It's so cool that Lucia and Mile actually have one. 45 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: They barely even made up to the clouds because the 46 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: hot chocolate manufacturing factory was very close by. All right, 47 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: let's zoom around a little bit up here and see 48 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 1: what we can see, said Mala. They were looking for 49 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 1: something suspicious, some kind of clue that would lead them 50 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: towards solving this mystery. It didn't take long before Lucia 51 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: saw something very suspicious. Mala, look at that over there, 52 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: she was pointing at the back of the factory. There 53 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: was it looked like a whole trail of powder that 54 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: was going out the back door. Holy smokes, is that 55 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: hot chocolate powder? Said Mala. I'm pretty sure it is, 56 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: said Lucia. But let's get a little closer and test it. 57 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: The two girls zoomed down and landed on the ground. 58 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: They turned off their jet packs to keep silent. Remember 59 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: when you're trying to solve a mystery or on a 60 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: spy adventure, you have to be really good at stay quiet. 61 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: Mila and Lucia both knelt down to the ground, and 62 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: it was definitely hot. Chocolate powder. Ooh, I think that's 63 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: even the mint kind, said Lucia. All right, well, I 64 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: guess we gotta follow this trail, said Mala. They reached 65 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: into their bags and grabbed some headlamps and put those 66 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: lights on top of their heads. It was getting pretty dark. Remember, 67 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: it was the evening and it was very cold. It's 68 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: a good thing that they both dressed warm for this, 69 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 1: because they were gonna need it. Crunch, crunch, crunch. As 70 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: they walked their way, following this trail of hot chocolate 71 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: into the forest, it was really hard for them to 72 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: avoid all the sticks and leaves along the way that 73 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: were pretty noisy. Oh this forest is so noisy, all 74 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: this stuff on the ground, whispered Lucia. There's no way 75 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: that we're gonna sneak up on anybody in here. You 76 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: gotta find a different way. You see, A scanned the 77 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: forest for a quieter trail. Look at that. That one's 78 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: kind of like a rocky trail. Maybe walking on rocks 79 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: would be quieter than these noisy sticks, said Mala. They 80 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 1: carefully crept on over to that rocky trail and it 81 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: was a lot quieter. But up ahead they saw something 82 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 1: very strange Lucia, shine your light over there. What are 83 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: those things in the trees, said Mala. They both couldn't 84 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 1: believe their eyes. Up ahead, there was a tree that 85 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: had all these white things hanging from the branches like 86 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: they were growing on there. But are those marshmallows? Said Mala. 87 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: It was a real marshmallow tree. I've never seen one before, 88 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 1: and neither had Mila and Lucia. Wait a second, do 89 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:56,359 Speaker 1: marshmallows grow on trees? I really don't think so. But 90 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: they were standing right underneath a giant marshmallow tree. They 91 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: could reach up and pick a marshmallow right off the branches. 92 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 1: Lucia was the first one to try it, and boy 93 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: was it delicious. M oh Dowd's the best marshmallow I've 94 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: ever tasted. You should try one, too, Mila. Mila reached up, 95 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: grabbed one, ate it up, and she confirmed that is 96 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: one delicious marshmallow. Hell Rudd alerts are during over there. 97 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: Shout a word from my marshmallow troll, shouted a voice 98 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: from deep in the forest. Hey who's back there? Shouted Lucia. 99 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: Are you stealing all the hot chocolate? Ah? Hosasting we are. 100 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: My name's Lucia, and this is Mila. We're both on 101 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: the spy team and we are investigating all the hot 102 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,919 Speaker 1: chocolate that seems to have been missing. We followed a 103 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: trail all the way. Here are you the guilty one 104 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: that's stealing all this stuff? It was then that they 105 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: finally saw what creature was talking to them as he 106 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: walked out from the shadows. It was a small, green 107 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: and pink little troll. Well, I run on so still, 108 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: I's I'm clotlond. What's rout for a little mon? Said 109 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: the little troll. Wait, what are you talking about? What's yours? 110 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: Said Mala. 111 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 2: So I'll on the marshmallow troll, and that's my job 112 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 2: to grow all the marshmallows for Laura. But myla marshmallows turtle, 113 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 2: the fule wanted hot chocolate, and I'll have to look 114 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 2: after them. 115 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: They're they're like my bubbles. The marshmallows are your babies, 116 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: asked Lucia, who was very confused. The little troll, whose 117 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: name is Latte, went on to explain to Mila and 118 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: Lucia what in the world is going on. But it 119 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: turns out yes, his job is actually to take care 120 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: of them marshmallows like the marshmallows that we eat, and 121 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: I guess the marshmallows really like to take their baths 122 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: in hot chocolate. Well, mister Latte, we have an idea. 123 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,679 Speaker 1: How about instead of taking all of the hot chocolate, 124 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: we will make sure that you get what you need 125 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: for your marshmallow bath time and the rest of the 126 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: hot chocolate will let all the people drink. How does 127 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: that sound? 128 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 2: Oh, ra flirt to nut not hop on rurl. 129 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: Hold little wow. I didn't know it was going to 130 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: be that easy, but Mila and Lucia ended up saving 131 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: the hot chocolate not only for everybody else, but they 132 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: also found out that marshmallows like to take baths in 133 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: hot chocolate. Who to neew It actually kind of does 134 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: make a lot of sense. Well, the next time I 135 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: have a nice cup of hot chocolate, I'm gonna make 136 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: sure that those marshmallows are well taken care for in 137 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: their nice warm bath. The end. Great job, you listened 138 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 1: all the way to the end. And you know what, 139 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: Tubbedy is. It's time for kid shout out. I want 140 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 1: to say hey to Ellowie's from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 141 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 1: Knox and Griffin from Washington Carolyn and Jackson from Ithaca, 142 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,679 Speaker 1: New York. You and from New York, Goldie from ben 143 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 1: to Oregon, Caroline from New York and Vada from Pennsylvania. 144 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all in the Kit short 145 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: Story's family and on our spy team. We could not 146 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: stop Doctor Stinkybreath and his crew without you, my friends. 147 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: Will you have a superduper day and I will see 148 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: you on our next adventure. Bye.