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Speaker 1: Hey, friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kid

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time or you're

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Speaker 1: still newer to our family, I want to encourage you

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Speaker 1: to try five. That's our challenge, where for five days

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Speaker 1: in a row, your kids listen to some awesome stories

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Speaker 1: to use their imagination and watch their creativity come to life.

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Speaker 1: You see, we make stories every single day for you,

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Speaker 1: and you just never know what kind of story you're

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Speaker 1: gonna find on any given day. So hang with me

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Speaker 1: for five days, whether maybe driving in the car or

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Speaker 1: maybe during lunchtime, and I think you're gonna find something

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Speaker 1: pretty amazing happens.

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Speaker 2: Well, friends, are you ready.

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Speaker 1: For today's adventure? Me too, Let's go. It was a

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Speaker 1: beautiful evening in the middle of the forest as Jude

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Speaker 1: and his dad were out camping.

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Speaker 2: A monster.

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Speaker 1: Jude yelled, pointing excitedly at the ground.

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Speaker 2: It's some kind of I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Jude's dad hurried over with a smile on his face

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Speaker 1: as his hiking boots shuffled across the dirt. Jude had

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Speaker 1: been looking for kindling or you know, some small sticks

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Speaker 1: when he found a small mound of mud with a

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Speaker 1: hole in the center. Jude didn't look away as his

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Speaker 1: Two intenna and an alien looking body peeked out.

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Speaker 2: Do you know what this is?

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Speaker 1: Jude had never seen anything like this strange life form before,

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Speaker 1: but this is exactly why he loved camping.

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Speaker 2: You never know what.

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Speaker 1: Kind of crazy, interesting things you might find. Oh, Jude,

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Speaker 1: that's a crayfish. They have an exoskeleton. I mean, their

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Speaker 3: The outside of their body. No, wonder they look like monsters.

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Speaker 3: Why does their body look like that? Asked Jude, with wonder.

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Speaker 3: Their exoskeleton protects and support their bodies. All right, come

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Speaker 3: get ready for bed, said Jude's dad. Jude followed his

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Speaker 3: father back to the fire. Here in the forest with

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Speaker 3: his dad, Jude was pretty sure anything could happen. Jude

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Speaker 3: looked around curiously. It was so dark, nothing like the

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Speaker 3: street lights are glowing homes near their house. What other

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Speaker 3: wonderers waited for him out here? The campfire cracked and

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Speaker 3: snapped as it's warm and cozy glow shined in the darkness.

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Speaker 3: As Jude and his dad approached. They looked up at

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Speaker 3: the twinkling stars above. Jude rested his chin on his hand.

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Speaker 3: I bet they feel tingly, Jude said, what are you

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Speaker 3: talking about, Jude?

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Speaker 2: The stars?

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Speaker 1: No, I bet they feel tingly, like when you touch

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Speaker 1: like that. Sounds like you're getting a little sleepy there, Jude,

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Speaker 1: said Jude's dad. Just then, a white light streaked across

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Speaker 1: coming this way? Suddenly Jude and his dad were swept up,

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Speaker 2: And up and up. What's happening?

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Speaker 1: I feel like I'm at the carnival, yelled Jude. Jude's

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Speaker 1: stomach somersaulted as they zoomed with the bright white light

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Speaker 1: higher into the night sky. Star after star flew by.

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Speaker 1: Jude his dad. They couldn't believe what they were seeing.

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Speaker 2: Hey, there, you look like the kind of adventurer who

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Speaker 2: needed a night flight. Who are you?

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Speaker 1: Asked Jude, as his stomach was still doing cartwheels. They

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Speaker 2: My name is Pullox. You can find me up here

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Speaker 2: any time. And hey, there's my twin brother Castore. Together

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Speaker 1: Jude's dad interrupted, Together you form Gemini.

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Speaker 2: Ha ha ha, that's right. Together we form Gemini. Hi. Say

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Speaker 1: Sure, Jude said, wide eyed. They coasted through the night

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Speaker 1: it's nice to meet you, said Castor. Castor had a soft,

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Speaker 1: you've met my brother pollax h and he took you

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Speaker 1: he's doing that for you, only those with hearts full

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Speaker 1: of wonder and joy join us on night flights. Jude

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Speaker 1: Maybe that was why Pollux had chosen him for this adventure.

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Speaker 1: I'd just been asking my dad about the stars about

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Speaker 1: I guess about you. I mean, I thought maybe if

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Speaker 1: I touched you it would feel tingly, But being with you,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't tingly at all. It feels safe. We're very

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Speaker 1: glad that you and your father were able to come

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Speaker 1: a glowing stone about the size of a marble floated

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Speaker 1: was just inches away from his nose.

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Speaker 2: This is for you. Keep it with you.

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Speaker 1: It will fill you with warmth and light.

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Speaker 2: It will keep you safe.

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Speaker 1: Jude wrapped his hand around the rock, clutching it closely

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Speaker 1: one that he had never felt before. Although it did

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Speaker 1: remind him of being wrapped in his grandmother's quilt, it

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Speaker 1: was nothing like the tingly electric feeling he had imagined

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Speaker 1: down at the campfire. This was a million times better.

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Speaker 1: It's time to go, Pollock said, fill and the sun

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Speaker 1: will rise. Although Jude was sad to leave, he understood.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, he said, his heart almost bursting. Jude closed

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Speaker 1: Had the night flight with those two stars been real?

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Speaker 1: Must have been a dream. Rolling over in his sleeping

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Speaker 1: he felt something small and round. Grabbing it, he pulled

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Speaker 1: There in his palm was a blue stone. He squeezed

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Speaker 1: it tightly, feeling that warm, safe feeling flood him all

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Speaker 1: over again. Jude smiled and closed his eyes as he

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Speaker 1: drifted off to sleep, knowing that that adventure was in

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Speaker 1: fact not a dream. It was real. The end, Hey

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Speaker 1: friend Ziony, your help celebrating a birthday?

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Speaker 2: Drum roll, please sh happy birthday. May who's turning five

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Speaker 2: years old.

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Speaker 1: Mae loves to sing, dance, and wants to be a

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Speaker 1: palaeontologist singer Wow when she grows up.

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Speaker 2: Wow, Mabe.

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Speaker 1: I'm so glad we got to celebrate you and your

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Speaker 1: big day on the show. Happy fifth birthday friends. If

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Speaker 1: you want to celebrate your big day on the show,

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Speaker 1: have your parents check down in the show notes below

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Speaker 1: to see how we can make that happen. Right now,

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Speaker 1: we are scheduling September and October birthdays. Colleague, all September

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Speaker 1: and October birthdays. I'll see you there, see you next time.

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Speaker 2: Bye,