1 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kid 2 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Guess what I've been working for a while 3 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: on a new invention called story Button. Yes. Story Button 4 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 1: is a new device, a new speaker that makes it 5 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: easy to listen to podcasts without having to use a 6 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: screen device you know, tablets or your parents' phone. Yes, 7 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: story Button makes it easy to listen to your favorite 8 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: podcast including Kids Short Stories, Biology Squad, Kids, Animal Stories, 9 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: Bedtime Stories, and more. Have your parents check down in 10 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: the show notes to learn more about how they're coming 11 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 1: very soon, or you go to story button dot com 12 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: to learn more. Well, my friends, are you ready for 13 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: today's adventure? Did you let go? Gideon was a Lego master. 14 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:05,400 Speaker 1: He could build anything with his legos. Rocket ship castles, 15 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:11,400 Speaker 1: ice breathing dragons, villages made of candy and lava. Wow. 16 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: If Gideon could dream it, he could build it. He 17 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: gets all of his legos stored in a special toy 18 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: box in his room. One day, Gideon was sitting inside 19 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: his toy box digging for the perfect block to finish 20 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: building his alien planet. Hmmm, No, that one's not big enough, 21 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: not green enough, alien enough. He tossed blocks to the side, 22 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: in search of the perfect one. He wasn't exactly sure 23 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: what he was looking for, but he would know it 24 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: when he saw it. Gideon swept away a pile of pointy, 25 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: triangular pieces to reveal the perfect piece. This piece was 26 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: the green of swamp creatures, with the delight surprise of 27 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: blue and green shimmers that made it the perfect piece 28 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: to finish his mysterious alien planet. It's perfect, exclaimed Gideon. 29 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: He snatched up the piece and held it up to 30 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: the light. It twinkled and shined and seemed to grow 31 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: larger the longer he looked at it. Then it got heavier. 32 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: Getting realize it wasn't just looking larger and larger, it 33 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: it was growing. The piece became very quickly, too large 34 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: and heavy for getting to hold it up any longer, 35 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,679 Speaker 1: and he had to drop it. Oh, it doesn't need 36 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: to be part of the alien planet. Now, it's big 37 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 1: enough to be the whole alien planet. It wasn't until 38 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: he turned to climb out of the toy box he 39 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: saw his mistake. The block hadn't actually grown. He had shrunk. 40 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: Toys of every shape and color towered over him, and 41 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: the walls of the toy box reached upward at an 42 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: impossible height. Oh dear. Escape may have looked impossible, but 43 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: Gideon did not fear. After all, he was a master builder, 44 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: so he began to plan. He observed his surroundings. The 45 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: glittering green lego was out of the question. It was 46 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: too tall, and besides, that's the one that got him 47 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: into this mess in the first place. I need to 48 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: find smaller lego pieces that I can still carry. Getting 49 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: climbed tall blue mountains and slid down the middle of 50 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: large red blocks. The bumps running down either side of 51 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: each block made great handholds for climbing, but it was 52 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: best to avoid them while sliding, or it would be 53 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: a pretty rough ride. He made his way towards the 54 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: towering walls of the toy box, collecting all the smaller 55 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: blocks he could carry. When he reached the wall, he 56 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: set the blocks down and headed out for more. When 57 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: he had piled enough, Gideon nodded with determination, Whew, all right, 58 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: it's time to build. He stacked blocks in a staggering position, 59 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: one on top of the next, then the next, and 60 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: so on until a staircase began to form. He climbed 61 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: his staircase up, up, and up, towards the top of 62 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: the toy box wall. When the last lego was placed, 63 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: he stepped onto the top of the wall. Gideon threw 64 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: a try he jump and fist into the air. Yes, 65 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 1: I did it. But his excitement soon faded as he 66 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: looked around, realizing how high up he really was. Whoa 67 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 1: and then now what? But Gideon was not one for quitting. 68 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: He was still a master builder and his determination was 69 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: only growing. He looked down toward the floor so far 70 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 1: below him, he spotted the rocket ship he had built, 71 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: and some spare blocks, all things that were too far 72 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: away to reach from all the way up top. Then 73 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: right by the edge of the toy box he saw 74 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: a soft and squishy teddy bear Geronimum. Gideon shouted as 75 00:05:56,080 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 1: he cannon ball onto the teddy bear's soft belly. He 76 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: landed and sank safely into the plush toy. Then climbed 77 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 1: through the soft fur toward the floor and headed for 78 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: his rocket ship. He needed to find a way to 79 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: get big again, but there were more important things to 80 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: do first. He climbed up into the rocket ship and 81 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: took his seat. Gideon put on his most official voice. 82 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: He minus five four three two one lassed off, Gideon 83 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 1: was pushed back into his seat as the rocket ship 84 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 1: shot up into the air of his room. Gideon would 85 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: have been thrilled, but it was heading straight for the 86 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 1: ceiling fan directly above. He screamed as it sailed closer, 87 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 1: without even slowing down. Before it hit the fan, became 88 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: tangled in the pole cord dangling from the middle of 89 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: the fan. Whoosh, It knocked Gideon and his rocket off 90 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: their straight path, and he began orbiting the fan, kind 91 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: of like the Moon orbiting the Earth, but on a 92 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: hyper speed vision up board, Gideon yelled, closing his eyes 93 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: at the dizzy ride. The cord untangled from the rocket, 94 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: sending it sailing through the air over his bed and crashed, 95 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: landing in a pile of blankets on the floor. He 96 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: crawled his way out of the ship. Some of the 97 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: lego pieces were scattered about, but otherwise he was unharmed. 98 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: But walking through the sea of blankets was like trying 99 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: to escape quicksand with every step the blankets sunk down, 100 00:07:54,840 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: trapping him in their fuzziness. After a few minutes, he 101 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: tumbled over the edge, sure relieved to be back on 102 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: the solid floor in front of him. Underneath his bed 103 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: loomed like a cave. Down there in the distance, something 104 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: was glowing. What is that, Gideon wondered as he followed 105 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: the light of the object. When he got closer, he 106 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: could make out the telltale bumps of a lego sticking 107 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: out along its surface. He reached it, and it towered 108 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:37,679 Speaker 1: over him, just as the first magic lego, just as 109 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: beautiful and even more mysterious. It glowed like a night light, 110 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: allowing Gideon to make out the dust bunnies around it. Wow, 111 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: you must have been down here a long time, Gideon 112 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: said to the lego. I wonder why I've ever noticed 113 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: you before. It was so bright and beautiful he had 114 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: to touch it. Gideon reached out his hand and felt 115 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: the glow enter his body. It made him feel warm 116 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,959 Speaker 1: and large. Whoa and as he felt as he began 117 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: to grow as the lego grew small, until it was 118 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,559 Speaker 1: small enough for him to hold in his hand. Then 119 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: Gideon crawled out from under his bed. He stood up 120 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 1: and began collecting the scattered pieces of his rocket ship. 121 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: He wasn't sure what would happen if he let go 122 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: of that glowing lego, but he had an idea. Walking 123 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: over to the toy box. He picked up the first 124 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 1: glittering green Lego. Gideon snapped the two together and put 125 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: them on a shelf. I have a feeling you two 126 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: will come in handy again soon, Gideon told his two 127 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 1: very special Legos. Then he began reassembling his rocket ship, 128 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: dreaming of future adventures. Wow, even though this is the 129 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: end of our story, it is definitely not the end 130 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: of the amazing adventures that lie ahead for Gideon and 131 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: his magic Legos. The end. Great job, you listened all 132 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: the way to the end, and you know what time 133 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: it is. It's time for kid shout out. So I 134 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: want to say to Beckham from North Carolina, Abbey from 135 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: South Carolina, Ashley from Pittsburgh, Stockton from Clemson, South Carolina, 136 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:42,439 Speaker 1: Emmitt from Wisconsin, and Connor from Australia, I'm so glad 137 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: that you're all in the Kid Short Stories family. We 138 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 1: definitely could not have this much fun with imagination without you. 139 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: My friends will true you have a super duperday, and 140 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 1: I'll see you on our next adventure. Bye.