Speaker 1: Mees.
Speaker 2: Keep hiking. We're getting clothes.
Speaker 3: Yay.
Speaker 4: I'm so excited to show everyone the best nature spot.
Speaker 2: We're gonna get wet.
Speaker 1: Do you all have your floaties? Yeah, here's my raft,
Speaker 1: I have water reads.
Speaker 5: Billy brought a pool, nod on.
Speaker 1: I can't wait. I'm going to jump rive in prety close.
Speaker 2: It's just around this turn. It's right here.
Speaker 5: Oh no.
Speaker 3: Welcome to story Time by Lingo Kids, where we discover
Speaker 3: fascinating facts about the world around us and the fun
Speaker 3: of play learning. Let's talk about water in nature. Why
Speaker 3: don't creeks always have the same amount of water? Where
Speaker 3: does the water come from? And where does it go?
Speaker 3: Let's find out?
Speaker 2: This is terrible. Where's the Greek It's.
Speaker 4: Right here.
Speaker 2: Where it used to be, right here. I don't know
Speaker 2: what happened. It's just rocks now, well, we can't use
Speaker 2: our floaties. Glod bye, rats, Slow down.
Speaker 3: Everybody, it's not just rocks. Look, I see plenty of
Speaker 3: puddles and actually a little water flowing too.
Speaker 2: We can't even go swimming. We could if we were Bob,
Speaker 2: that's true. Sorry, I took everyone here.
Speaker 1: It's okay, Elliott, but I don't did it where did
Speaker 1: the world go?
Speaker 2: I don't know. It used to be right here.
Speaker 3: Who did all the water? Nobody took the water, Lisa,
Speaker 3: But you're all asking great questions. Where did the water go?
Speaker 3: Kids at home?
Speaker 2: And he guesses, maybe and most drink it all.
Speaker 4: Maybe it's sunk into the dirt.
Speaker 2: Maybe someone stole.
Speaker 4: It for their sprinkler.
Speaker 2: Good guesses. But those are quite right.
Speaker 3: Yes, Billy, the creek is low because there hasn't been
Speaker 3: a lot of rain lately.
Speaker 2: Wait a minute, what does rain have to do with
Speaker 2: the creek, Billy, Rain is not the kind of water
Speaker 2: we're talking about.
Speaker 3: Actually, Billy says, rain is the kind of water you're
Speaker 3: talking about. When it rains, the water flows down to
Speaker 3: creeks and fills them up. When there's a lot of rain,
Speaker 3: the creek gets higher. But when there is no rain,
Speaker 3: or only a little rain, the creek gets lower.
Speaker 4: So that's why the water is low, because there hasn't
Speaker 4: been a lot of freely.
Speaker 2: Yes, maybe we should come back when it's raining.
Speaker 3: Well, it doesn't have to be raining exactly, it doesn't.
Speaker 3: It's more about which time of year there's plenty of
Speaker 3: water flowing down to the creek from the hills. Creeks
Speaker 3: fill up after rainy weeks, not just a day. They
Speaker 3: can also fill up from melted snow. Well an he
Speaker 3: guesses about which time of year creeks are fullest.
Speaker 5: Kids at home, what do you think, Well.
Speaker 2: It usually rends a lot in the spring, and snow
Speaker 2: melts in the spring too, since it's not cold anymore.
Speaker 3: That's right, So maybe the creek is full stream spring.
Speaker 3: That's right. Creeks and rivers are usually highest during springtime.
Speaker 2: Wait a minute, so creek water comes from rain and
Speaker 2: snowing the springtime, but anyone happens. What do you mean, Cowie?
Speaker 2: Where does the water go after it's sunflowing around here?
Speaker 2: Where does it go after that?
Speaker 3: Yes, Billy, the water from little creeks keeps on flowing
Speaker 3: downhill until it joins up with a bigger river.
Speaker 2: Whoa, then where does the river go?
Speaker 3: That's right, Billy. The water keeps on flowing downhill until
Speaker 3: it reaches the sea.
Speaker 5: No way.
Speaker 4: Well, I wanted to swim, but our water already left.
Speaker 2: It's probably in the river.
Speaker 4: Were a scene now, Sorry, I brought everyone here at
Speaker 4: the wrong time. I thought it was going to be special,
Speaker 4: but it's the wrong time of year.
Speaker 3: Do you think it might still be special?
Speaker 4: No?
Speaker 2: No, not really.
Speaker 3: Now slow down everyone, let's close our eyes and listen.
Speaker 3: Kids at home you can close your eyes too.
Speaker 2: I like these sounds.
Speaker 3: There are also exciting creatures in these low waters.
Speaker 4: Really, yes, I see an insect running.
Speaker 2: On top of the water. That's a water skipper.
Speaker 3: They can stay afloat even when holding fifteen times their weight.
Speaker 3: That would be like an adult person floating while holding
Speaker 3: a direct.
Speaker 2: No way, eh, bottles empty. It just has some rocks.
Speaker 3: Take a closer look.
Speaker 5: Wait, they're not rocks. Snails Yep.
Speaker 3: Snails don't have hands to eat, so they use their long,
Speaker 3: rough tongues to screp food into their mouths.
Speaker 4: There's nothing in my puddle.
Speaker 5: Are you sure?
Speaker 2: A craw dad?
Speaker 3: That's right.
Speaker 2: Wow, it looks like a lobster. Cool crawdad.
Speaker 3: Crawdads come in red, yellow, green, and brown. Cool elliot,
Speaker 3: what do you think about the low creek?
Speaker 5: Now?
Speaker 2: I'm glad we came. The water is low, but it's
Speaker 2: still special.
Speaker 3: Look, Cowie is taking off her shoes. Why are you
Speaker 3: doing that, Cowie?
Speaker 2: I'm going to dip my toes in the mud. This
Speaker 2: bes funny. Let's take off her shoes too. Ell Squishy.
Speaker 3: Billy says we can rest our heads on his pool noodle.
Speaker 2: Ah, this is kind of like the beach, a bud beach.
Speaker 2: I'm doing a mugmast on my legs. Me too, me.
Speaker 3: Three Lingo Kids listeners, thanks for exploring the creek with us.
Speaker 3: We learned that water from one place can be connected
Speaker 3: to water somewhere else. That's why creeks are higher during
Speaker 3: the rainy season. We also learned that water flows downhill,
Speaker 3: with creeks eventually joining rivers and rivers flowing into seas.
Speaker 3: Even though swimming is fun, we discovered that creek environments
Speaker 3: are full of life and interesting things even when the
Speaker 3: water's low. Lingo Kids listeners, do you have a hobby
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