1 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Hello friends. If this is your first time, welcome to 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: the family. My name is mister Jim and I love 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: telling stories. We love listening to these stories in the car, 4 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: or getting ready for bed, or maybe during quiet time. 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: And this has been a really great way to help 6 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,479 Speaker 1: reduce our screen time in our household, and I hope 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: it does for you as well. Well. Yesterday I was 8 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: getting my haircut and I heard a crazy story about 9 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: raccoon sneaking into someone's house. Are you guys ready for 10 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: today's adventure? Me too, Let's go. It was getting very 11 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: late this Thursday evening and it was time for a 12 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: Veya to get ready for bed. Well, but I'm not 13 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:02,639 Speaker 1: even tired, she said, as she tried to hide her 14 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: yawn behind her hands. A Veya, it is very late 15 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: and it's time for bed, okay mom. She raced over 16 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: to the bathroom and brushed her teeth, combed her hair, 17 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: and got ready for bed. And she curled up in 18 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: bed under some nice, warm, comfy blankets and her special pillow. 19 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: Holy smokes. I don't know about you, but I love 20 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: comfy blankets and pillows. What is your favorite comfy thing 21 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 1: to curl up within bed? I think I need. I 22 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 1: have this special blanket that's nice and heavy, and I 23 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: just oh, I love getting underneath that heavy blanket in 24 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: it gives me a big hug. Well, as she was 25 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: curled up in bed about to fall asleep, she all 26 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: of a sudden heard a sound. She sat right up. 27 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: What was that sound? She said, sounded like something in 28 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: my closet. She jumped out of bed and wait a second. 29 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: Could that be a monster, she thought to herself. She 30 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: jumped back in bed and dove underneath her covers. Mom, Mom, 31 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: She shouted, what, well, wait, what's wrong, Avea? Her mom 32 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: came rushing into the room. There's a monster in my closet, Avea. 33 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 1: Have you been watching those scary movies again? 34 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 2: No? 35 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: No, no, I promise, I promise, But I really heard 36 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,679 Speaker 1: something in there. Please look. Her mom opened the closet 37 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: door and look, Avea, there's nothing here. Avea didn't believe 38 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: her mom and looked inside, and sure enough, the only 39 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: thing was a jacket was laying on the floor. Look 40 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: under the jacket, baby, it's under there, she said. Her 41 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: mom lifted up the jacket and said, see, no, monsters. 42 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: Monsters are not real, Avea. It's time to go to bed. 43 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: You need to lay down, close your eyes. I love you, 44 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: good night, okay. Avea closed her eyes and fell asleep. 45 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: Over the next two nights, it happened each time she 46 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: would get ready for bed, lay down, crawl under her 47 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: covers in her bed, and then she would hear that 48 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: same sound again. She would call her mom up, and 49 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: her mom would check the closet and still nothing, an 50 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 1: empty closet. But the other strange thing that was going 51 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: on is that over the past couple days in the mornings, 52 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: something was strange in the kitchen, like the next morning 53 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: there was a box of cereal that had fallen over 54 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: onto the floor, or there were a few apples on 55 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: the counter that had a bite taken out of it, 56 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: and nobody knew who took the bite. Aveya thought she 57 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: was losing her mind because she was really hearing this 58 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: sound in her closet, and she thought that it must 59 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: be connected. She thought to herself, I'm gonna stay up 60 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: all night tonight because I'm positive that there really is 61 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: really some kind of monster in the closet and then 62 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: he must come out and go over to the kitchen 63 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: and eat her food. And I have got to do this. 64 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: I have to choose to be brave. Let's go. As 65 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 1: she brushed her teeth and got ready for bed, Avea 66 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: was ready and prepared to not fall asleep. She had 67 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: to stay awake as long as she could, just to 68 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: make sure that her family was safe. She laid her 69 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: head down. She waited and waited to hear the sound. 70 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:48,919 Speaker 1: And there it was. It was a sound that sounded 71 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,799 Speaker 1: like something was was scratching at something. But she wasn't 72 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: going to scream for her mom because it seemed to 73 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: scare the creature away. And she sat there and waited 74 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: and waited. Pretty soon several minutes had passed and she 75 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: I can't fall asleep. She couldn't help but yawn. Her 76 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 1: eyes were getting very heavy. Pretty soon she fell asleep. Shhh, waited, 77 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,359 Speaker 1: what did I fall asleep? She sat back up. I 78 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: don't know how much time has passed, but she did 79 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 1: fall asleep for a little bit. And her closet door 80 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: was now open. She reached underneath her pillow where her 81 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: flashlight was hiding that she had hid there earlier. She 82 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: turned it on and shone the light in the closet 83 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 1: and it was empty. Oh no, it must be in 84 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 1: the kitchen and just then she heard a sound in 85 00:05:54,640 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: the kitchen. Posh, oh, no, it sounds like this real 86 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: box fell over again. It's gotta be in there. Avea 87 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 1: carefully and quietly tiptoed over to the kitchen. She held 88 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: her flashlight out strongly in her hand, almost like a sword, 89 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: but unfortunately it was not a sword. It was only 90 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: a flashlight. But hopefully the light would scare that creature away. 91 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 1: She rounded the corner and looked in the kitchen. She 92 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 1: didn't see anything, but she scanned her kitchen with a flashlight, 93 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, it reflected on something. What 94 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: was that hau two eyeballs. She moved the flashlight back 95 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: over to where the eyeballs were glaring. 96 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 3: And w A raccoon screamed out of terror. Ah, and 97 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 3: then Aveya screamed too, there was a real raccoon in 98 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 3: their kitchen. All of a sudden, the raccoons started scurring 99 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 3: around the kitchen. He was so scared that he had 100 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 3: been caught stealing cereal. He didn't know what to do 101 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 3: or where to go. Avea's mom came racing out of 102 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 3: the bedroom and. 103 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: Ah, a raccoon. She shouted and instantly jumped on top 104 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: of the counter in the kitchen. She was too afraid 105 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: to stand on the floor where the raccoon was racing around. 106 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: A Veya ran as fast as she could towards the 107 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: front door, and she opened the front door, and the 108 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: raccoon saw it and ran as fast as he could 109 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: out the door. Avea took a big sigh of relief 110 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: and turned around and looked at her mom. I told 111 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 1: you I was hearing something, she said. Her mom laughed 112 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: as she hopped down from the counter in the kitchen, 113 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: gave Avea a big hug and said, I'm so sorry. 114 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: I didn't believe you. I really didn't know that there 115 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: was a real creature somehow sneaking through your closet. As 116 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: they went back to her room and walked in the clock, 117 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: there was a small hole in the corner that led 118 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: to the attic. I think that was the door that 119 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: the raccoon was using to sneak through. They covered up 120 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: the hole to stop their serial thief from ever coming back. 121 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, that was a crazy story. Have you 122 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: ever heard a sound like that and wonder what it was? Well, 123 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: it's probably not a raccoon. I've never heard of that 124 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 1: happening before. But I heard that story while I was 125 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: getting my haircut and I knew I had to share 126 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: it with you, my friends. Well, that is the end 127 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: of our story and also the end of all those 128 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 1: noises in a Veya's closet. The end. 129 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 2: Great job, you listened all the way to the end, 130 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 2: and you know what tim it is. It's time for 131 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 2: kid shout out, I would say to Leo from Michigan, 132 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 2: Bentley from Utah, Sammy from Maryland, Palmer and Bennett from California, 133 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 2: Hunt from Franklin, Tennessee, and Graham and Walker from Clemson, 134 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 2: South Carolina. I'm so glad that you're all in the 135 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 2: Kit Short Stories family and on. 136 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 1: Our spy team. We could not stop Doctor Stinky Breath 137 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 1: and his crew without you, my friends. Will you have 138 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: a super duper day and I will see you on 139 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 1: our next adventure. Bye.