1 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kid 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. Aspen woke up and got ready 16 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: for school just like any other day. She hopped off 17 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: the bus, strapped on her biology squad pack, and walked 18 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: into school just like any other day. She entered her 19 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: classroom and walked towards her seat, just like any other day. 20 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: She went to sit down in her chair, but found 21 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:26,559 Speaker 1: an elephant already sitting there. Definitely not just like any 22 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: other day. 23 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 2: Oh, hello, ass. 24 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 1: Ben, the elephant greeted her. 25 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 2: I'm so glad you're here. I've been waiting for you 26 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:41,199 Speaker 2: all morning. I'm Albertina Elephant Day, but you can call 27 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 2: me miss Ellie. 28 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: Aspin looked up at the enormous elephant who was speaking 29 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: to her. Uh, how do you know my name? 30 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 2: I try to learn the names of all my students, 31 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 2: and it's written right. 32 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: Here on your desk. See, miss Ellie pointed to the 33 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: name tag at the top of Aspen's desk. Oh, another 34 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: student just came in. Please excuse me while I go 35 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: greet them. The chair squealed and groaned as the elephant's 36 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: weight shifted off of it. Miss Ellie stomped off to 37 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: greet the next student. Aspen sat down, feeling a little 38 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: bit dazed. Had she really just seen an elephant in 39 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,119 Speaker 1: her seat? This can't be real. The elephant really said 40 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:31,119 Speaker 1: she was the teacher. She leaned over to THEO, who 41 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: was sitting next to her, to get his opinion. Did 42 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: you see that? She said? THEO looked at Miss Ellie, 43 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: then back at Aspen. Yeah, I uh, I guess we 44 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: have a substitute teacher today. He shrugged and went back 45 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: to coloring. Aspen sat there, confused, so much confusion. Why 46 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: didn't theo react to the elephant in the room, you know, 47 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: like an actual elephant the room. This new teacher was 48 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: most definitely not supposed to be here. Where was the 49 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 1: real teacher, mister Jim. After all, the students had arrived 50 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: and been greeted by the elephant, miss Ellie. She made 51 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: her way to the front of the room. She trumpeted 52 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: to get everyone's attention. The students quieted down and faced her. 53 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: Aspen snuck a glance around, but no one else seemed 54 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: to think it was strange that miss Ellie was there. 55 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 2: Okay, class, let's get started today. We are going to 56 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 2: practice writing our sight words. Grab your pencils and hold 57 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 2: them tightly with your trucks. The first word is leaves, 58 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 2: as in I ate my leaves for breakfast. 59 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: Aspen looked around at her classmates. They all picked up 60 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: up their pencils with their hands, but not trunks. No 61 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: one else seemed to notice what miss Ellie had said. 62 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: The elephant trumpeted again before speaking and said. 63 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 2: Great job. The next word is bath as in take 64 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 2: your dust bath every day. The class began writing the 65 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 2: next word what shouted Aspen, unable to hold it in 66 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 2: any longer. 67 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,799 Speaker 1: I don't take dust baths. What are you talking about? 68 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: Miss Ellie looked concerned. 69 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 2: Oh dear, then, how do you cool down or protect 70 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 2: yourself from bugs? 71 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: Asked? Been fumbled for a response, but then miss Ellie continued. 72 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 2: All right, all right, we don't have much tie bath. 73 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 2: Then please get writing. 74 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 1: Aspen to know what else to do. So she's started 75 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 1: writing like the rest of her classmates. When they were finished, 76 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: it was time for art. Miss Ellie passed out paints 77 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: in brushes as she explained what they were doing. We're 78 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: going to be painting pictures of animals that live in 79 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: the africans of Venna. Now wrap your trunks loosely around 80 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 1: your brushes so they move easily. Aspen sighed to herself 81 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: and began painting the most obvious animal. As she was 82 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: finishing her elephant painting, miss Ellie trumpeted for the class's 83 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: attention once more. If your paintings are very wet, you 84 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 1: could place them in the drying rack, or wave your 85 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: ears back and forth over them to help them drive faster. 86 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 1: Then she walked around and looked at the classes paintings. 87 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 2: What a lovely lion, Wow, marvelous mirror cat, Maizie good chop. 88 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: Miss Ellie stopped when she got to Aspens. Is that 89 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: a painting of me? Aspen? She asked, Well, yes, I guess, so, 90 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: responded Aspen. It's excellent, dear. 91 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 2: But I actually live over by Main Street, not the 92 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 2: African savannah. Patting Aspen's arm, miss Ellie chuckled and stomped away. 93 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 2: At lunchtime, miss Ellie took the class to the field 94 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 2: out back. All right, students again, miss Ellie called out. 95 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 2: She began grazing, eating the grass. Leticious lunch options at 96 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 2: this school. The elephant munched her way around the field 97 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 2: as the students opened their lunchboxes and began to eat 98 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 2: who Thankfully the other students didn't follow along and eat grass. 99 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 1: That would have been hilarious. Aspen tried to talk to 100 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 1: her classmates again about their new teacher. She tapped her 101 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: friend Fallen on the shoulder. Hey, Fallin, did you notice 102 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: anything strange about miss Ellie? Fallin nodded, Yeah, she lets 103 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: us eat outside instead of the cafeteria. Okay, anything else? 104 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: Aspen prided like when she told us to keep all 105 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: four feet to ourselves when lining up. Fallen shrugged her shoulders. 106 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: Aspen threw her hands up and cried, or that she 107 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: told us to use our trunks to hold things or 108 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: dry stuff with our ears. Do you have trunks? Do 109 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: you have a trunk? Fallen laughed. She's funny, though, isn't she? 110 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: And then Fallen went back to eating her lunch. Aspen 111 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: was exasperated, which is a big word for feeling like, 112 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: what in the world is going on? She didn't understand 113 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: why no one seemed to notice miss Ellie was no 114 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: ordinary substitute teacher all day long. It continued that way, 115 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: with miss Ellie doing elephant things and her classmates not 116 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: even noticing. In math they counted peanuts. She watched as 117 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: miss Ellie snuck a few. As they went on the playground. 118 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: Miss Ellie taught the students how to grab the monkey 119 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: bars with their trunks. It didn't even matter that Aspen 120 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: pointed out that she had no trunk therefore could not 121 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: swing with it. No one seemed to care about it. 122 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: I'm very confused, are you? They were all having a 123 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: great day, but even Aspen had to admit it this 124 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: is a lot more interesting having an elephant at school. Finally, 125 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: it was the end of the school day. Miss Ellie 126 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: asked everyone to pack up get ready to leave. She 127 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,479 Speaker 1: called them up one by one, asking everyone. 128 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 2: Please line up at the door in a straight line. 129 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 2: Grab the tail in front of you with your drugs, 130 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 2: so we say together. 131 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: When Aspen got home, she tried to tell her parents 132 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: about Miss Ellie the elephant teacher, but they thought she 133 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: was just being silly. She went to bed early, exhausted 134 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: from the day's events. The next day, Aspen walked down 135 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: the hall to her classroom. Who let's hope everything gets 136 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: back to normal today, she told herself. Aspen walked towards 137 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: her seat, which was empty. No elephant there today, she 138 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,199 Speaker 1: was relieved. Aspen looked toward her teacher's desk, ready to 139 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:46,439 Speaker 1: see mister Jim there. 140 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 3: High class. Ah, my name's mister Terence Tiger. We're gonna 141 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 3: start the day with a roaring contest. 142 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: Aspin watched the tiger write his name. I'm on the board. 143 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: Oh no, not again, Holy smokes, I'm the This is hilarious. 144 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: Has that ever happened to your school before? Have you 145 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: ever had an elephant or a tiger as your substitute teacher. 146 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,839 Speaker 1: That would be hilarious. Even though this is the end 147 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: of our story, it is definitely only just the beginning 148 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: of Aspen's insane adventures at school. The end. We'll be 149 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: right back after a brief word from our sponsor. Great job, 150 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 1: you listened all the way to the end, and you 151 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: know what, tomm it is, It's time for kid shout out, 152 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,319 Speaker 1: So I want to say hey to you. Shine from Taiwan, 153 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: Sam Wise from Ontario, Judah from Tennessee, Joney from pass Sedina, 154 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 1: Francis from New York City, Willow and Juniper from New 155 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:04,839 Speaker 1: New Hampshire, James from Washington, Caitlin from Oregon, and Mia 156 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 1: from Atlanta, Georgia. I'm so glad that you're all on 157 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 1: the Kit Short Story's family. We definitely could not have 158 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: this much fun with imagination without you, my friends. Well, 159 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: you have a super duper day and I will see 160 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: you on our next adventure. Bye.