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Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to kid

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time listening, welcome

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Speaker 1: to the family. My name is mister Jim like I

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Speaker 1: said earlier, and I live in South Carolina with my family,

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Speaker 1: and we love stories so much that we turn your

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Speaker 1: ideas into an awesome adventure every single day. So head

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Speaker 1: on over to kidshortstories dot com. Send me your awesome

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Speaker 1: idea and maybe it will actually turn it into a

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Speaker 1: real adventure. Well, today's story comes to us from Edwin.

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Speaker 1: Are you ready for Edwin's adventure? Me too, Let's go.

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Speaker 1: It was a beautiful day, and a perfect one at

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Speaker 1: that for a hike in the forest. Edwin was putting

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Speaker 1: on his hiking boots after having already packed his backpack

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Speaker 1: with granola bars, water bottles, and some bug spray. He

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Speaker 1: was gonna go on a hike through the four and

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Speaker 1: do some exploring, which he loved to do. Even though

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Speaker 1: he had been on like a hundred hikes before. This

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Speaker 1: one would be unlike any ever before. All right, Edwin,

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Speaker 1: just be home before dinner. Have fun out there, shouted

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Speaker 1: his mom. Okay, bye. Edwin waved goodbye and strapped on

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Speaker 1: his backpack. And off he began. All right, first things first,

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Speaker 1: I need to find a walking stick. Yeah, he can't

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Speaker 1: go hiking without a walking stick, said Edwin. He started

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Speaker 1: nice straight branch that he could break into a perfect

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Speaker 1: walking stick. Oh, there's one right there, said Edwin. He

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Speaker 1: It was perfect. A little too long, so he broke

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Speaker 1: walking stick. Now we can start the hike. Edwin loved

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Speaker 1: going on hikes. He loved exploring this forest and learning

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Speaker 1: secret hidden places might be discovered along the way. This

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Speaker 1: was a magical forest, one that he'd never actually seen

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Speaker 1: the magic. You'd only imagine that it was a magical forest.

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Speaker 1: But today he would find something that might have a

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Speaker 1: little bit of magic inside of it. Ah. What a

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Speaker 1: beautiful day. Wow, birds are chirping wind. Ah, it's a

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Speaker 1: nice cool breeze. Kind of want to sit up on

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Speaker 1: have a little snack. He had been walking. Now for

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Speaker 1: to take a little bit of a break. Climbed up

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Speaker 1: on this big boulder, sat down, opened up his pack,

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Speaker 1: that down there? You see? The rock that he was

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Speaker 1: But there was something that caught his eye. It was glowing,

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Speaker 1: ran down to it. What do we have here, said Edwin.

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Speaker 1: and knees and looked down. It was like a sparkly

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Speaker 1: turned it over. Whoa, that is a very large seed,

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Speaker 1: I think, said Edwin. He was right. It was kind

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Speaker 1: I've never seen a seed like that before. Where did

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Speaker 1: See what happens. I agree, he said his mom. I

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Speaker 1: and then maybe we can work on it together. Edwin

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Speaker 1: What do you think you would need if you wanted

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Speaker 1: to plant a seed in the ground. Maybe a shovel,

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Speaker 1: maybe a watering can. Yeah, So he ran into his

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Speaker 1: in the backyard. Edwin, did you find it? She shouted.

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Speaker 1: I think she was just as excited as Edwin was. Yep,

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Speaker 1: here it is. Edwin came running back to the backyard,

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Speaker 1: holding a watering can and a shovel. Oh, I forgot

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Speaker 1: to put water in it. Oh, I'll do that job,

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Speaker 1: said his mom. I'll put some water in here, and

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Speaker 1: why don't you dig a little hole to put the

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Speaker 1: seed in. I'll be right back. Edwin took the shovel

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Speaker 1: He needed to be deep enough to cover it, but

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Speaker 1: you know, not too deep, half a finger deep. He

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Speaker 1: plopped the seed inside of the hole and carefully covered

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Speaker 1: it back up with the dirt. His mom came with

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Speaker 1: the watering can, and together they watered that area to

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Speaker 1: have to wait? Edwen? It's gonna take a little while.

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Speaker 1: It's not gonna be ready today or tomorrow. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: take many weeks, maybe even a couple months, before it

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Speaker 1: grows into something that we can understand what it is.

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Speaker 1: But let's go have some dinner. Edwin followed his mom inside,

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Speaker 1: and his family sat down for a delicious dinner, followed

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Speaker 1: by I've got it tired. Edwin was pretty tired from

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Speaker 1: Well you might think the story ends there, but it

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Speaker 1: does not. Overnight, something magical happened in their backyard. As

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Speaker 1: out his window and couldn't believe his eyes. Where did

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Speaker 1: As he ran out the back door, she was close

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Speaker 1: behind Edwin. What's wrong, she said? Look at that. Edwin

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Speaker 1: pointed his finger up towards this brand new tree that

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Speaker 1: had grown in their backyard. But it was not your

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Speaker 1: ordinary tree. What had grown was a tree with a

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Speaker 1: treehouse inside of it. What I didn't know they made

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Speaker 1: trees with treehouses grow out of seeds. I've never heard

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Speaker 1: of that before. Edwin raced over to the tree, where

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Speaker 1: way up to the treehouse and looked out the window. Mom,

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Speaker 1: can you believe this? It really was a magical seed.

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Speaker 1: His mom couldn't believe it. What they had discovered was

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Speaker 1: truly a magical seed that grew so fast overnight. But

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Speaker 1: even though this is where our story now ends, it

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Speaker 1: is only just the beginning of their amazing magical adventures

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Speaker 1: in this new magic treehouse the end. Hey friends, I

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Speaker 1: need your help celebrating a birthday. Drum roll please, Happy

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Speaker 1: birthday Jane, who's turning five years old. Jane loves to draw,

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Speaker 1: do math problems, and play with her little brother Adam. Wow, Jane,

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Speaker 1: I love all those things, drawing in math, and I'm

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Speaker 1: sure Adam is super cool. But Jane, this is your

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Speaker 1: big day. I hope this is not only a super

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Speaker 1: duper day, I hope it's the best birthday ever. Happy

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Speaker 1: fifth birthday, Jane. Great job, you listened all the way

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Speaker 1: It's time for good shout outs. I want to say

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Speaker 1: hey to Caitlyn from Indiana, Maya from Boston, z Even

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Speaker 1: from Vancouver, Oscar from British Columbia, Elena from England, Violet,

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Speaker 1: Isaac Asher and Iris from Ontario, Canada. I'm so glad

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Speaker 1: that you're all in the Kits Short Stories family and

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Speaker 1: on the spy team. We could not stop Doctor Stinkybreath

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Speaker 1: and his crew without you, my friends. Will you have

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Speaker 1: a super duper day and I will see you on

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Speaker 1: our next Adventure, Bye