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Speaker 1: Hey, friends, welcome back to kid Short Stories. It's mister

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Speaker 1: Jim here. If this is your first time listening, welcome

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Speaker 1: to the family. See my family love stories so much

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Speaker 1: an awesome adventure. Are you guys ready for today's amazing story?

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Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It was a beautiful day as

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Speaker 1: Anaya and her mom, we're planning to go on a

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Speaker 1: very exciting hike outside.

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Speaker 2: They had been planning this for many.

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Speaker 1: Many weeks and had gathered all the important things that

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Speaker 1: they needed to go on this hike. If you were

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Speaker 1: to go on a hike in the forest around a mountain,

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Speaker 1: what would you want to bring with? Maybe some water,

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Speaker 1: maybe a hiking stick, maybe some snacks.

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Speaker 2: Along the way.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Anaya and her mom had all those things and more,

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Speaker 1: even a compass and a map of the area. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they had never gone hiking this direction before. He was

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Speaker 1: gonna lead them to a ginormous lake with a legendary

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Speaker 1: island in the middle of it. Yeah, a very big island.

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Speaker 1: Have you ever gone to an island before. Oh, there's

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Speaker 1: so many cool things that you can find an island.

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Speaker 1: But nothing would prepare them for what they were about

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Speaker 1: to find there. Anaya, are you ready? Do you have

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Speaker 1: your hiking boots on? Shouted her mom. Yep, They're all

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Speaker 1: laced up and I'm ready to go. I even got

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Speaker 1: the backpack. Yep, I got everything. How about the water bottles,

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Speaker 1: asked her mom.

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Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, I forgot the water bottles.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I have the water bottles, but it doesn't have

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Speaker 2: I'll be right back, and.

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Speaker 1: Naya raced back inside, carrying the two water bottles and

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Speaker 1: filled them all the way to the top with some

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Speaker 2: There. All right, now, I got everything we need.

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Speaker 1: Let's go, and Nayah raised her right hand like she

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Speaker 1: was charging forward into the unknown a. Naya and her

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Speaker 1: mom loved going on hikes together, and so this was

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Speaker 1: something that they had done many times before. But like

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Speaker 1: I said, they had never gone this way before. The

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Speaker 1: path they hiked on had not been used many times

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Speaker 1: They had to leap over logs and push thorny branches

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Speaker 2: Step across rocks. It was actually a.

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Speaker 1: Pretty exciting trail to climb on. Trails like this to me,

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Speaker 1: are a lot more exciting than a trail made of concrete,

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Speaker 1: more exciting if you have to climb over a fallen

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Speaker 1: tree or jump over a stream. Who Nia, Let's take

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Speaker 1: a break, said her mom as she sat down on

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Speaker 1: a very big rock. Let's pull out the map and

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Speaker 1: make sure that we're heading in the right direction. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I got the compass, said Anaya. They opened up the

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Speaker 1: map and then Anaya set the compass on top of

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Speaker 1: the paper. Hmmm, looks like we're getting pretty close to

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Speaker 1: that big lake up ahead. Yes, I can't wait to

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Speaker 1: see that island, said Anaya. Oh I know, that's gonna

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Speaker 1: be really exciting, said her mam as she folded up

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Speaker 1: the map and put it back into the backpack. All right,

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Speaker 1: well I'm rested up. Are you ready to make it

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Speaker 1: wasn't much further until they saw this lake. It was

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Speaker 1: a beautiful, magnificent lake. The water was crystal clear and

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Speaker 2: Wow, this is beautiful.

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Speaker 1: Said Anaya. And look how shallow the water is all

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Speaker 1: They sat down on the rocky shore, pulled off their

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Speaker 1: watersh As they walked into the water, they splashed their

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Speaker 1: and I stay close, said her mom. It was almost

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Speaker 2: It was. It looked like it was.

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Speaker 1: Guarded by a wall of trees, that surrounded the whole

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Speaker 1: let's pull ourselves up here, said Anaya. She got onto

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Speaker 1: the water. All right, let's put our hiking shoes on,

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Speaker 1: said her mom. They sat down, dried off their feet,

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Speaker 1: And that is when the true adventure really began. Hey,

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Speaker 1: and Naya, look through those trees up there, what is

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Speaker 1: and through the bushes. It looked like there was something

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Speaker 1: bright on the other side. All right, let's push our

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Speaker 1: way in and see what it is, said Anaya. A

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Speaker 1: Nayah led the way as she squeezed her way through

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Speaker 1: the very thick forest. It had all these different pokeys

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Speaker 1: the other side and landed in a beautiful grassy valley.

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Speaker 1: Holy smokes, said her mom. I had no idea this

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Speaker 1: island was so huge. You know, look over there, there's

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Speaker 1: a waterfall. Sure enough, Just ahead, as that valley turned

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Speaker 1: into a hill, at the very top was a waterfall

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Speaker 1: that crashed down below into a small river. I love

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Speaker 1: the sound of water crashing.

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Speaker 2: How about you.

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Speaker 1: I can close my eyes and just imagine that there's

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Speaker 1: a rushing river running through the forest. Ah, hey, mom,

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Speaker 1: let's go get closer and check out that waterfall. Come on,

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Speaker 1: I thought I saw something really sparkly. Naya started running

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Speaker 2: Slow down, Hey, slow down, up.

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Speaker 1: There, she shouted, and all of a sudden, Anaya came

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Speaker 1: to a screeching halt. Mom, what is that sparkling glow

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Speaker 1: behind the rainbow? Said Anaya. Her mom knelt down and

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Speaker 1: looked at where Anaya was pointing with her finger. I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure, dear, said her mom. It looks almost like

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Speaker 1: a rainbow is behind the waterfall. Come on, let's get closer.

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Speaker 1: As a Naya and her mom got closer to that waterfall,

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Speaker 1: they saw that there was an opening behind the waterfall. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: like a cave. This waterfall was falling over the edge

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Speaker 1: of a very rocky hillside on this island, and behind

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Speaker 1: the waterfall was a real cave. Anaya and her mom

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Speaker 1: froze and looked at each other. Do you think they

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Speaker 1: should go in and explore that cave behind the waterfall? Well,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna have to wait and see if they do

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Speaker 1: that on the next episode of Kids Short Stories. Great job,

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Speaker 1: you listened all the way to the end, and you

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Speaker 1: know what time it is.

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Speaker 2: It's time for kude shout out.

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Speaker 1: So I wanna say hey too, Hillo in Ariana and

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Speaker 1: Ronchive from California, Justice from New York, Fran from Chili,

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Speaker 1: I've Young from New Jersey, and Asher from Pennsylvania. I'm

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Speaker 1: so glad that you're all in the Kid Short Story's

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Speaker 1: family and dom This by Dame could not stop doctors

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Speaker 1: stake Brethona's crew without you my friends, Well you have

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Speaker 1: a super duper day and I will see you on

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Speaker 1: our next adventure.

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Speaker 2: Bye h