1 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to KITS 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Today's story comes to us from Mia. Hey Mia, 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: she sent me an awesome idea for a story, and 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: you can't too. Just head of a kitdshort stories dot com. 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: Send me your idea and maybe we'll turn it into 6 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: an awesome adventure. And guess what, there's a new episode 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: of Spiology Squad, which is our one of our other 8 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: podcasts about a spy adventure where we learned some science 9 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: along the way. So when this story ends, head on 10 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: over to our Biology Squad podcast. Are you guys ready 11 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: for today's adventure? Me too? Let's go. It was a 12 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:47,520 Speaker 1: rainy day outside and Mia was inside of her house, 13 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 1: thankfully not soaking wet outside of the rain, but she 14 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: was working on a volcano model. Do you know what 15 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: that means? She was like building a volcano out of 16 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: paper and water and flour and kind of this mix 17 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: that turns it kind of into a concrete. But it 18 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:09,119 Speaker 1: something that she's really good at because she's a volcano expert. 19 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: That means, you know, on the Spy team, if they 20 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: have some volcano problems, they usually call Mia to solve them. 21 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 1: And so she was working on a volcano model to 22 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: better understand how the lava flows out the top end 23 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: slides down the side of the mountain. All right, I 24 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: think it's timed for the blast off, said Mia, adding 25 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: the lava powder and the ignition. Here it comes. Mia 26 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: closed her eyes and plugged her ears. It was sometimes 27 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: a loud explosion, but this time it was only just 28 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: a Instantly, she was covered in all oohiy gouey lava. 29 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: What was that? Said Mia. She turned around and realized 30 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: it was her wakie talkie. Oh I'm disgusting. I'm covered 31 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: in all this. Okay, what do I do? I guess 32 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: I'll just press the button with my pinky that seems 33 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: to be my only clean finger. He stretched out her 34 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: hand and carefully touched the button on the walkie talkie 35 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: to play the message from HQ without dripping all of 36 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: that ooey, gooey, sticky lava juice on her wakie talkie. 37 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: Oh no worry, it wasn't real lava juice. It was 38 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: just you know, the pretend stuff for the experiment that 39 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: she was making with her lava model. As she pressed 40 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: the button, the message said, be a, this is HQ. 41 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: We have a volcano emergency that we need you to fix. 42 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: A sap deep in a jungle far away. We have 43 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: just discovered that there is a volcano that is shooting 44 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: seeds out of its mouth and growing more and more volcanoes. 45 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: We've never seen this happen before, but we're gonna need 46 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: you to figure out a way how to stop that 47 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: volcano from spreading and building more and more volcanoes through 48 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: its volcano seeds. We'll send you the coordinates over and out. 49 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: Sh What how is that even possible? Said Mia. Volcanoes 50 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: don't have seeds. That's not how it works. Maybe it's 51 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: just a misunderstanding. I don't know, but all right, mudel volcano. 52 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,959 Speaker 1: I will see you later. I gotta get my jetpack 53 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: and go save the world. Mia ran to her room, 54 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: grabbed her spy gear, threw in her jet pack, and 55 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: blasted out the front door SHM. She punched in the coordinates, 56 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: which would give her perfect directions to go all the 57 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: way to the right jungle. There's a lot of jungles 58 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: in the world, and you don't want to go to 59 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: the wrong one, because, uh, you'll get lost very easily. 60 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: After several hours of flying, Mia saw up ahead. The 61 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: problem was actually real. Holy smoke, sweet, what is that? 62 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: She reached for a back pocket and pulled out some binoculars, 63 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: held them up to her eyes and zoomed in. What 64 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: it really is shooting some kind of seed? In holy smokes, 65 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: that seed just instantly turned into another volcano. Oh dear, 66 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: there's one, two, three, four. Oh wow, that's a lot 67 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: of volcanoes already. She was right. There was this ginormous 68 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: of volcano that must have been like the mother of 69 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: all volcanoes. And it was like spitting out what looked 70 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: like a seed, but these seeds were very large, much 71 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,359 Speaker 1: bigger than an apple seed, more like the size of 72 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: a watermelon. And they flew across the sky and landed 73 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: on the hillside an instantly flashed. A volcano just popped 74 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 1: out the side of that hill, and it started leaking 75 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: out real love, Dondon tong. I gotta fly closer to 76 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: get a better look. Me assumed closer to that big, 77 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: big volcano, And as she got closer and closer, it 78 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: started to talk to her. Do not calm any closer 79 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: unless you want to be burned by love. It surprised 80 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: Mia to hear that volcano. Wait a second, did it 81 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: just sing? She said, Volcanoes can't sing. Oh, yes we can, 82 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 1: and we do. Okay, But what you can't just keep 83 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: spreading your seeds everywhere like this and making more volcanoes. 84 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: I can't have my entire world covered by volcanos. That 85 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: would not be safe for all the people. Well, you see, 86 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: I live in a jungle. 87 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 2: Where there's nobody here but me. 88 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,720 Speaker 1: It was at that moment that Mia realized that this 89 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: volcano was not a monster. It was not trying to 90 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 1: take over the world. It was just very lonely. And 91 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: since volcanoes can't move around to go find new friends, 92 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: I guess this one decided to start making its own 93 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 1: new friends right here. Oh, you just want some other 94 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: volcano friends in this jungle here with you, said Mia. Yes, 95 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: you are right. I just want a friend. 96 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 2: And the trees are nice, but they're covered in mice, 97 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 2: and so I decided to. 98 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: Make more friends. But do you promise that you know 99 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: you're not gonna take over the old world with volcanoes. 100 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: Are your volcanoes friends just gonna stay here in this jungle? 101 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: Right here? The volcano paused. He could see that it 102 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 1: was taking a deep breath. Have no fear. I will 103 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: not burn down the earth. I will make sure my 104 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: friends stay with me. And that was the moment that 105 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: everything changed. Everything changed for me and in her understanding 106 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: for volcanos. She one never knew that they could sing, 107 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: but two they that they sometimes felt alone. He had 108 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: always observed volcanoes all by themselves. You don't really see 109 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: two volcanos next to each other. And so she wondered 110 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: that maybe volcanoes are sometimes just lonely, and that's why 111 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: they explode all that lava. And so huh, I wonder 112 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: if a volcano had friends, it would help that volcano 113 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: stay more calm. This may be the end of the 114 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: story about a singing volcano, but it's just the beginning 115 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: of me as volcano's adventures. She would go on to 116 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: become great friends with this singing volcano, and the two 117 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 1: of them would go on many adventures ahead the end. 118 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: I need your help. Celebrating a birthday. Drum roll please, 119 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: Happy birthday Gavin and Xander, who are both earning five 120 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: years old. They love creating their own adventures. Ooh, me too. 121 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: They also love animals like lions and elephants, Me too, 122 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: and they love spending time with their family, including their 123 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: big brother Connor. Whoa, those are all awesome things. Happy birthday, 124 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 1: Gavin and Xander. I'm so glad that you're a part 125 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: of the family, and I'm so glad that we got 126 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: to celebrate you on the show. Have the best birthday ever. 127 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: Happy Birthday. 128 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 2: Whoo. 129 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: Well, that was an amazing adventure my friends, and I 130 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: can't wait for the next one to spend with you. 131 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: I will see you on our next adventure. Bye.