1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: Welcome back to kids short stories. If this is your 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: first time listening, welcome to the family. This is a 3 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: big deal that you have started listening to our podcast. 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: My name is Mr Jim and I love making stories 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: every single day for you and parents, uh, me and 6 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: my wife and kids. This has changed our family's life 7 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: of reducing screen time and just making imagination come alive. Well, 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: are you guys ready for today's adventure? Me Too. Let's go. 9 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: It was a beautiful day. As monty and Kai we're 10 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: driving on the school bus on the way home after 11 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: a great day at school. As the school bus came 12 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: to a squeaky stop, the doors opened and Monty and 13 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: Kai grabbed their backpacks and walked down the steps out 14 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: the door of the school bus. They waved by to 15 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: their friends as the bus zoomed off. What do you 16 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: want to do today, said Kai. I think we should 17 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 1: definitely keep working on our fort. What do you think? Yes, 18 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 1: let's do that. MONTY and Kai raced back to their 19 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: house to get to their backyard. This was where they 20 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,400 Speaker 1: were building their fort. It was made of a whole 21 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,119 Speaker 1: bunch of sticks and branches and trees that they had 22 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: found in the forest nearby. They had been building the 23 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: structure for many, many weeks. It was big enough for 24 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: them to both go inside and even stand up. Have 25 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: you ever built a fort before? They can be a 26 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: really fun thing to do outside with friends, and Kai 27 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: and Monty were both very good fort builders. But all 28 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: of a sudden they heard that sound. Hey, looks like 29 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: we got a message. Let's check it out, Monty and Kai, 30 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: this is HQ. We have stumbled onto a new location 31 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: of a stinky crystal. It appears to have been accidentally 32 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: swallowed by a giant hippopotamus. We will send you the 33 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: coordinates and it's your job to recover that very stinky 34 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:24,959 Speaker 1: crystal before Doctor Stinky Breath and professor sticky fingers get 35 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: their hands on it. Good luck. Monty and Kai froze 36 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: and looked at each other. Did they say? A hippopotamus 37 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: swallowed it, said Monty like one. How did that happen? 38 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: And too, how are we going to get it out 39 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: of the belly of a hip hop? I don't even 40 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,919 Speaker 1: want to think about it. Kai closed his eyes and shivered. 41 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: They both knew what it might mean of how they 42 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 1: were going to get back that stinky crystal. Do you, 43 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,679 Speaker 1: guys remember what the Stinky Crystal is? Yes, it's a 44 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: crystal that doctor stinky breath has wanted to over a 45 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: very long time, and I guess there's more than one. 46 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: And if he gets his hands on that stinky crystal 47 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: it will give him stinky powers. Oh, we cannot let 48 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: that happen. Meanwhile, up in the Purple Blimp, high up 49 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: in the sky, professor sticky fingers was on to a 50 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: new plan. Oh boy, doctor, come over here, look at 51 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: our stinky radar. It's going peep, peep. I think I 52 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 1: found one. What are you talking about, professor? You'd better 53 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: be talking about the stinky crystal, because the last one 54 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: says we stole spy teams. They took it back. All right, 55 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: it'd better be good news about do you know well, 56 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: the location of another stinky crystal? It is? Oh boy, 57 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: of course I do. Look at this, professor sticky fingers 58 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: was looking at a big screen and it had a 59 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: flashing red dot in the middle of a map. You 60 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: mean our Stinky Redar actually works? Wow, oh, those purple 61 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: Ninjus actually did something good seas time. Okay, professor. Well, 62 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: let's put in the coordinates for that red flashing light 63 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: and turn our Purple Blimp towards findings that's crystal. Then 64 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: we will be able to make the world very, very stinky. 65 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: Back at Monty and Kai's house, they were grabbing all 66 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 1: their spy year and they were going to need all 67 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: of it for this very unknown mission of protecting the 68 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: stinky crystal from Doctor Stinky Breath. But that crystal was 69 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: inside the belly of a giant hippopotamus. All right, you 70 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: got your jet pack, said Monty. It's all ready to go. 71 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 1: Let's roll, said Kai. Kai and Monty blasted off with 72 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: their jet packs, zooming towards the clouds. They had the 73 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: coordinates of this hippopotamus. It was pretty far away, but 74 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: their jet packs would get them there very quickly. So, Kai, 75 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 1: do you have any ideas of how we're gonna get 76 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: the stinky crystal out of the hippopotamus? Asked monty. Ah Ka, 77 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: I took a deep breath and said yeah, I've been 78 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: thinking about that for a while. Um, I'm pretty sure 79 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: that we're gonna have to get a little extra stinky 80 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: to get the stinky crystal, if you know what I mean. 81 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 1: Monty shook his head. They both understood the mission they 82 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: were gonna need to go digging through some hippo poop. Oh, 83 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: Oh goodness gracious, do you think you could do that? Oh, 84 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 1: I am glad monty and Kai are on the spy 85 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: team because that takes some super special skills. That is 86 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: not a part of spy training. I don't think we're 87 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 1: certified in Hippopotamus poop. But you know, sometimes the job 88 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: call Les Force some extra bravery and maybe even something 89 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: to plug your nose with. As monty and Kai were 90 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 1: zooming through the clouds, they could see off in the 91 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: distance the place where it was believed where the hippopotamus lived. 92 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: You see, hippopotamus is due. You think they live in 93 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 1: the desert or in the water? Yes, very much in 94 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,239 Speaker 1: the water they are. They live pretty much their entire 95 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: life in there in the water. They're very good swimmers 96 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: and very fast and powerful. You never want to step 97 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: foot in the same water as a hippopotamus because they 98 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: can be actually very dangerous. Did you know that hippopotamus 99 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 1: is killed more people than lions? Yeah, that's pretty dangerous. 100 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: I don't know how close these two spies are gonna 101 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 1: want to get to a hippopotamus, but it's a good 102 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: thing they brought their spy gear with them, because I 103 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: think that is going to help them out quite a bit. 104 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: As they started approaching the lake where it was believed 105 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: it the hippopotamus was, he thought they saw something in 106 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: the clouds. Hey, Monty, did you see that over there? 107 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: Said Kai. He was pointing to a big cloud that 108 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: looked like there was something behind it. No, I didn't 109 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: see anything. What what was it? Said Monty. I don't know. 110 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: It looked like, I don't know, something really big behind 111 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: the cloud. I gotta go check it out. Monty flew 112 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: down towards the ground and laying it on the lake. 113 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: As Kai flew around to get a better look at 114 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: what was behind that cloud over there, monty started unpacking 115 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: some of his spy gear on the beach there because 116 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,239 Speaker 1: he wasn't exactly sure what he was going to need 117 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: in order to find this hippopotamus that swallowed the stinky crystal. 118 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: But then Kai started shouting for him, Monty, butty, get down, 119 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: hide under that tree over there, shouted Kai. Monty grabbed 120 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: all of his gear and listened to Kai. Wait, what 121 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: did you see over there? What is it? Said Monty. 122 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: I just saw the purple PLIMP for real. I don't 123 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: know how in the world they always seem to know 124 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:15,119 Speaker 1: everything what's going on, but I think doctor stinky breath 125 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: is here to steal the stinky crystal. What are we 126 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: gonna do? Shouted Kai. What in the World Armanti and 127 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: Kai going to do? They need to ask act fast 128 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: if they're going to save the Stinky Crystal and not 129 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: let the professor and the doctor get it and take 130 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: over the world through their ultrapower stinky nous. Oh dear, 131 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 1: I don't know what's gonna Happen, but we're gonna have 132 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: to wait and see what happens on the next episode 133 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: of kids short stories. Great Job, you listened all the 134 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: way to the end and you know what time it is. 135 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: It's time for a kid shout. Oh so I want 136 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: to say hey to Osaka from Saskatchewan, Carter and Taylor 137 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: from Costa Rica, jewel from Iowa, Isaac from British Columbia, 138 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,199 Speaker 1: Charlotte in Evan from North Carolina, Eddie from Michigan and 139 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: Monty and Chai from Nashville, Tennessee. I'm so glad that 140 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: you are all in the kits stores family and on 141 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: the spiked team. We could not stop doctor stinky breath 142 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: and his crew without you, my friends. Well, you have 143 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: a super duper day and I will see you on 144 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: our next adventure. Bye.