1 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 1: Short Stories. I'm sure you've heard about our activities for kids, 3 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: but have you actually checked it out Down in the 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: show notes below, there's a link that your parents can 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: click that have all these awesome activities that every animal 6 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: story on our Kids Animal Stories podcast we bring to 7 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: life through a fun activity that you can do at 8 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: home or maybe at school. I can't wait to see 9 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: what you create. Well, friends, are you ready for today's 10 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: amazing adventure? 11 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 2: Me too, Let's go. 12 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: It was a beautifully perfect day as Patton, Lewis and Hollis. 13 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 2: We're all very excited about something. Is it time to 14 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 2: go yet? 15 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: Shouted Patton to his parents. Almost Do you guys have 16 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: all your fishing stuff ready to go? 17 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: Of course we do. We've been like ready for days. 18 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 1: Shouted Lewis. Patton, Lewis and Hollis were going on a 19 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:11,559 Speaker 1: fishing trip to their Nana and Papa's pond. They love 20 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: to go to this pond and had this really old 21 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: row boat that they love to row around on the 22 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 1: pond and look for the best fishing spots to catch 23 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: a big one. As they loaded up the car with 24 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: all their fishing gear and snacks. The car pulled out 25 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: of the driveway and off they were. 26 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 2: I can't wait. 27 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: Do you think we're gonna see that one crazy thing 28 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: we saw last time? Said Louis. That would be insane. 29 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: Do you remember what it looked like? Said Patten. I 30 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: really think it was some kind of scary looking fish 31 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: with legs or something, said Hollis. It can't be there's 32 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: no fish with legs, said Louis. I know, I saw 33 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: it too, said Patten. It could have been a fish 34 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: with legs. Maybe, I don't know. Maybe it's like a 35 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: mutant fish or something. They laughed as they drove along, 36 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: talking about that mythical creature that they've seen a few 37 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: times in that pond. 38 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:13,399 Speaker 2: Have you ever seen. 39 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: Something alive in the wild that you're not sure what 40 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: it is, like some kind of mythical creature like a 41 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: bigfoot or a larknous monster? Well, Patton, Lewis and Hollis 42 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: they were convinced that there was some kind of mythical 43 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: creature that lived in the pond and their nana and 44 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: Papa's backyard. 45 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 2: We're finally here. 46 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:42,359 Speaker 1: As the car turned in and rode down the gravel driveway, 47 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: they bumped along the way and all the dust that 48 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: kicked up from the tires came right into the car 49 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: because they forgot to put the windows up. 50 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 2: Quick, put the windows up. 51 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: I can't breathe, shouted Hollis as they hurriedly closed the windows, 52 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 1: but all that dust from the gravel road was already 53 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: in the car. 54 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,639 Speaker 2: It was too late. Oh this is gross, said Louis. 55 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, I can't wait to brush this off once we nana, 56 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: shouted Patton. They all raced out of the car and 57 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: totally forgot about all the dust that was all over them, 58 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: jumped into their nana and papa's arms, and oh, it's 59 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: so good to see you all, said their nana. 60 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 2: Come over here and give me a hug. 61 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: Said there, Papa, you know that creature that you told 62 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: me about that lives in the pond. I'm pretty sure 63 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: I saw him over there this morning, So you boys. 64 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 2: Good luck. Oh we can't wait. Thank you, Patton. 65 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: Lewis and Hollis grabbed all their gear and off they 66 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: ran through the grass, headed towards the pond. They jumped 67 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: into the boat, put on their life jackets and pushed 68 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: the boat out into the water. It was a really 69 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: cool rowboat. It was made of wood. It had to 70 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: have been like one hundred years old. It was very 71 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: squeaky when they would, you know, row those rows. Have 72 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: you ever been on a row boat before? 73 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 2: Yeah. 74 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: It has these two paddles on both sides of the 75 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 1: boat that are kind of connected to the edge of 76 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: the frame, and then you grab onto both handles and 77 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: you lean forward and. 78 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 2: Pull back, lean forward and pull back. 79 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: And those paddles push the boat through the water. It 80 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: is a super cool way to move around in a pond. 81 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 2: Have you guys seen anything yet, asked Patten. 82 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: Nope, nothing. Have you gotten any bites? Uhh, nope, nothing yet, 83 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: said Hollis. It had now been about two hours that 84 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: they had been rowing around this pond in circles looking 85 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: for a good fishing spot. The sun was very hot. 86 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: The frogs and crickets were making their noise, but no 87 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: fish were biting. That can happen sometimes, you know, when 88 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: you go fishing and you just don't catch anything, and 89 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: it's still nice to be out on the lake or 90 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: on a pond and just enjoying being outside with friends. 91 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: I'm getting kind of hungry, Hollis. Did you bring any 92 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: of the snacks with you when we got in the. 93 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 2: Boat, asked Louis. 94 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: Oh, well, I got I brought some of these crackers here. 95 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 2: Oh, gimme some. I need them, said. 96 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: Louis, as he anxiously grabbed onto that chip bag and 97 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: started chomping away. Whoa, Lewis slowed down. You're gonna make 98 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: a mess. I'm just so hungry. Crumbs of the crackers 99 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: were flying everywhere as he gobbled himself with. 100 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 2: It was pretty messy. 101 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: Louis seriously slowed down, and then all of a sudden, 102 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: all those crackers that were flying out of Louis's mouth 103 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: and hands splashed into the water and they saw something. 104 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 2: Sh Did you see that? I really think I just 105 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 2: saw it, said Hollis. 106 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: All three of them leaned over to the edge of 107 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: the boat, and the boat tipped towards the water. 108 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 2: Whoa, whoa, we can't all lean. 109 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:17,159 Speaker 1: On one side, said patten Augh. But did you really 110 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 1: see something? They scanned the water back and forth, and 111 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: then they saw it again. 112 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 2: Splash. 113 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: It seems to like the crackers. Wait, just throw a 114 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,239 Speaker 1: whole cracker in there on the water and see what happens. 115 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: Lewis grabbed one of the crackers and tossed it into 116 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: the water just a few feet out from the boat. 117 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: They waited a second and then they saw it. 118 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 2: It's real. Somebody grabbing net fast. 119 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: Patten grabbed a net and without even really looking, he 120 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 1: scooped it into the water and picked it up. It 121 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: thankfully fit inside the net. But what they pulled out 122 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: of the water, they couldn't believe it. 123 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 2: Ah kind of monster. Ah. 124 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 1: It scared Paton a little bit, and he dropped the 125 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: net inside the boat. Ah. All three boys jumped out 126 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: of the boat and into the pond. Splash, splash, splash. 127 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 2: That creature was now inside of the boat. We gotta 128 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 2: push the boat to shore. Hurry. 129 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: Patton, Lewis, and Hollis thankfully had their life jackets on, 130 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: and they swam the boat back to shore. They were 131 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: too afraid to climb back inside with whatever in the 132 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: world that was. 133 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 2: Did you see that thing? 134 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: Said Hollis As they were swimming. It looked like a 135 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: fish with legs and a giant tail. And that was 136 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: so weird. I know, I thought it was like an 137 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: alligator at first, but it definitely had a fish mouth, 138 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: said Lewis. They finally reached the shore of the pond 139 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: and pulled themselves out of the water, and they looked 140 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: inside the boat at the creature that they had caught. 141 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: Holy smokes, what in the world is that thing? Said Patton. 142 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: It's almost even hard to describe to you what it 143 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: is that these three boys were looking at. It looked 144 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: like a piranha, which that's crazy enough itself, because Parana 145 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: should not be in this bond. But it looked like 146 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: a part piranha, and the other half was an alligator. 147 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: It had the legs of an alligator and the tail 148 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: of an alligator. But the face, it's definitely not an alligator. 149 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: Its teeth were ginormous like a piranha's. 150 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 2: We've gotta show Nana and Papa. Come on, shouted Lewis. Patton. 151 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: Lewis and Hollis race back to the house as fast 152 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: as they could, grabbing their Nana and Papa and telling 153 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: them to get back to the pond as fast as 154 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: they could. As they were running and running, they were 155 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 1: telling them all about what this creature was. 156 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 2: And as they. 157 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: Arrived at the boat, it was gone. Wait a second, 158 00:08:54,160 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: it's gone, said Hollis. It must have flopped back into 159 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: the pond, said Lewis. Wow, I can't believe you boys 160 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 1: caught it. That's so amazing, said their papa. Well maybe 161 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 1: they're just pretending, you know how great imaginations they have, 162 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: said their nana. Oh no, no, no, they wouldn't joke 163 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: about the legendary creature like this. I bet they did, 164 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:25,079 Speaker 1: said their papa. 165 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 2: We really did. 166 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: We promise, said Patton. Lewis and Hollis. Together, and the 167 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: rest of the day they spent searching the pond for 168 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: that mythical legendary creature and they didn't see it again. 169 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: But one day later on they actually would. And even 170 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 1: though this is the end of the story, it's just 171 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: the beginning of Patton, Lewis and Hollis's great adventure with 172 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: their grandparents and their search for the legendary creature that 173 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: lives in their backyard pond. 174 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 2: The end. Hey friends, I need your help celebrating a birthday. 175 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: Drummer roll please, Happy birthday Davy, who's turning six years old. 176 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: Davy's an awesome big brother, a future firefighter hero, and 177 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: a kind and loving friend to all. 178 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 2: Wow, Davy, I'm. 179 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: So glad we got to celebrate you and your big 180 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 1: day on the show. Happy sixth birthday, Well, friends. I 181 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: hope you all have a superduper day and I will 182 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 1: see you on our next adventure. 183 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,199 Speaker 2: Bye.