1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: Hello friends, it's Mr Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Today's story is brought to us by Kara. 3 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: Hey Kara, she sent me an awesome idea for a story, 4 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: and you can too. Just head over to kids short 5 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: stories dot com. Send me your idea and maybe we'll 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: turn it into an awesome adventure. Are you guys ready 7 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: for a story about a secret underground tunnel that transports 8 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: you back in time? Me too, Let's go. One day, 9 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,959 Speaker 1: Kara was trying to build a box car. She had 10 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: always dreamed of being able to drive around her neighborhood 11 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: in a fancy new car. She had spent weeks collecting 12 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: boxes and tape and all kinds of things to build 13 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: this very cool car. She really wanted it to be 14 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: purple with gold stripes because definitely gold stripes would make 15 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: the car faster. That's a great idea, Carrot, Well, today 16 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,839 Speaker 1: was the day to add the wheels. She had already 17 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: built the seat and and like the main car part. 18 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: But cars have wheels, right, yes? How many do they need? 19 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 1: Is it two? Or three? Or five? Or? Oh four? Yes? Four? 20 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: She needed four wheels, and so she didn't know exactly 21 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: the best way to make a wheel. So she found 22 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: some really strong cardboard from a thick, thick box and 23 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 1: had drawn four circles on this very thick cardboard. This 24 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: was going to be her wheels. As she cut the 25 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: circles out very carefully, she poked a hole through the 26 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: wheels and added it onto her car. This is awesome, 27 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: she was so proud. It was like a convertible didn't 28 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: even have a top. Wow, this was gonna be amazing. 29 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: As she finished her car and pushed it up to 30 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: the top of the hill, she was excited for the 31 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: ride of her life. She strapped on her bike helmet 32 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: and put on her duct take seatbelt three two one who. 33 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: As Kara gave her car a boost, it rolled down 34 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: the hill and zoomed through the neighborhood. Who this was 35 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:49,239 Speaker 1: the best day ever. Her creation was racing around the neighborhood. WHOA, 36 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: what was that? Kara said. She passed some kind of 37 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: tunnel that she had never noticed before in her neighborhood. 38 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: As she turned the car around and reached down the 39 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: brakes up, she stopped the car and got out. Wow, 40 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: I don't know if I've ever been to this part 41 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: of the neighborhood before. See I guess. Her car was 42 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: really fast and zoomed around to all kinds of new 43 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: parts of the neighborhood, but that there was a tunnel 44 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: in the side of a hill with some branches from 45 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 1: a tree kind of blocking the way. But there was 46 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: definitely some kind of tunnel. As she walked towards the tunnel, 47 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 1: it was pretty dusty, and she moved the cobwebs out 48 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: of the way, and it was it smelled kind of 49 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: musty and dusty. Gross. But wait, there's a light on 50 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: the other side. Look at that. As Kara started to 51 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: walk deeper and deeper into the tunnel, she walked to 52 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: the other side. Wow, it goes all the way through. 53 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: But wait a second, where am i? As Carol looked 54 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: up and looked round, she was no longer in her neighborhood, 55 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: and I'm pretty sure she's very far from home. Oh 56 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: hello over there. Hi, my name's Carol. What's your name? Oh? Hello, 57 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: my name's Maya. Oh you look strange, said Maya. What 58 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: do you mean I look strange? Carrol looked down and 59 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: she looked very normal to her, but Maya did look 60 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: kind of different. Huh. Well, where are you from? Oh? 61 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: I'm from right over, there was a tunnel right here 62 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: second ago. Karen didn't know where that tunnel had gone, 63 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 1: but as she looked around and saw all the other people, 64 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: she realized that she was in a very different place. 65 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: She had transported back in time to the time before cars. 66 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 1: And look at that. There's a dirt road. As a 67 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 1: horse carriage drove past. Kara, it's sput up a whole 68 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: bunch of dust and dirt that she had never seen 69 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: like before. Whoa, Maya, where are we? Kara? This is 70 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: my home? And why do you look so confused? Because 71 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: I'm from I guess I'm from the future, and I'm 72 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: from a place of where there's cars that drive on 73 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 1: the streets, not horses. Maya looked very confused. Wait, what 74 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: does a car? What does that mean? Is that a 75 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: new kind of horse? Kara then realized that this was 76 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 1: not going to make any sense to Maya. Oh boy, 77 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: all right, well, I guess we can just go play. 78 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: Kara and Maya quickly became very good friends, and all 79 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 1: of a sudden, something terrible happened. Help help somebody, help us. 80 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 1: There was some kind of commotion coming from town. Kara, 81 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: let's go check it out and see if we can help, 82 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: said Maya. As Maya and Kara raced back over to 83 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: the town, they saw, Oh no, there's some kind of 84 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 1: accident or something. A horse carriage was driving nearby, and 85 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 1: I guess it ran over a very big hole in 86 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: the dirt road and the tire on the horse carriage 87 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: had come off and broken in half. Oh no, how 88 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: are we going to help them? Said Maya. Kara had 89 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: a really good idea. You see, she had just spent 90 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: today building her own car with its own wheels. I 91 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: bet she can figure this one out too. Kara instantly 92 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: ran over to the forest and grabbed a whole bunch 93 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: of branches. Kara, what are you doing. What in the 94 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 1: world are you thinking with these branches, said Maya. I 95 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: have an idea that could fix that tire. Check this out. 96 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 1: Kara picked up that old broken tire and wrapped some 97 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 1: vines around it that would tie the broken pieces back together. 98 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: I see what you're doing, Kara, How did you come 99 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: up with this idea, said Maya. Well, I was actually 100 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: just building a car. I mean I was doing something 101 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: at my house before I came here, and I was 102 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: just building some wheels. Wow, you're so smart. That you 103 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: know how to build a wheel, said Maya. Maya had 104 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: never seen a car or built something like Kara had 105 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: built today, but I'm really glad that Kara had that experience. 106 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: As she put all the vines and sticks and tied 107 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: that broken wheel back together, they were able to get 108 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: that broken wheel back on the horse carriage. Wow, great job, Kara, 109 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: you actually fixed that wheel. That's pretty impressive that a 110 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: kid like you could do that, said Maya. Uh uh, well, 111 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: that's nothing. You should see my car back home. You 112 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: keep talking about a car, said Maya. I don't, I 113 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: really don't know what that means. Well, it's kind of 114 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: like this carriage here, but instead of a horse, there's 115 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: buttons and when you push the button, it makes the 116 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: cargoes zoo. I mean, the carriage go zoom, and it 117 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: goes really fast, faster than a horse could pull. And 118 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: it's pretty awesome. And Maya just kept laughing. Wow, Karak 119 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: you having a wild imagination. I wish I had an 120 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: imagination just like you. It was time for Kara to 121 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: go back home. She said goodbye to Maya and ran 122 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 1: back to where that tunnel was, and sure enough, it 123 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 1: was behind some bushes on this side of the world, 124 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: and she snucked through the bushes and crawled through the 125 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: tunnel to the other side. She could see a light 126 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: far on the other side, and that was her neighborhood 127 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: in her car waiting to drive her home. Wow, what 128 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: a wild, awesome adventure that carriages went on. Isn't that 129 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: so cool? Yeah? A long time ago before cars, they 130 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: had horses and carriages that would bring them around. Well, 131 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that Kara was able to help them 132 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: fix their wheel based on her experience of her building 133 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: her own car. That's pretty amazing. I think this is 134 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: just the beginning of Kara's amazing skills. The end. Great job. 135 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 1: You listen all the way to the end, and you 136 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: know what time of it is, It's time for kid 137 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 1: shout out. I want to say hey to Attica from Washington, 138 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 1: Jason from Minnesota, Maxwell from Pennsylvania, Owen and Charlie from Hanover, Pennsylvania, 139 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: James from Colorado, Juniper from Oregon, and Brooke and Hannah 140 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: from Maryland. I'm so glad that you're all in the 141 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: Kids Short Stories family, and on our spy team. We 142 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: could not stop Dr Stinky Breath without you, my friends. Well, 143 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: you have a super duper day and I will see 144 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:22,079 Speaker 1: you on our next adventure. Bye. M.