1 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Consul to paper sketching. 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 2: You are on this page. What kind of journey will 3 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:17,080 Speaker 2: this draw and bring to life? 4 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: Today? 5 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 2: Another adventure waits for you, ro Scout and Layla. My 6 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 2: comment wong to It's imagination time and Curiosity cold, Curiosity came. 7 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 2: It's a magical place, come road. Welcome to Adventures of Curiosity. 8 00:00:50,880 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 3: Cal Hello, and welcome back to season four of Adventures 9 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 3: of Curiosity Code. It's me Ella the Curious and whether 10 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 3: you're joining us for the first time or coming back 11 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 3: for more adventures, I'm so thrilled to have you here. 12 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: This season, we'll. 13 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 3: Dive into brand new adventures from my treehouse. Think cozy beanbags, 14 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 3: bluffy pillows, and of course my favorite stuffy row right 15 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 3: by my side. It's peaceful, almost like my mom just 16 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 3: used her relaxing dream spread, perfect for story time. 17 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: So what are we waiting for? Phoebe's Garden Heart two. 18 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 4: Phoebe ran home, where she had dinner that night. The 19 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 4: next few days were very hard to show up to 20 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 4: Grandma's every single day after school. She almost forgot a 21 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 4: few times, but her grandma and her parents reminded her 22 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 4: it was simple work. Though she only had to sprinkle 23 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 4: the garden. 24 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 3: Grandma, this is so weird. It seems like I'm just 25 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 3: watering dirt. Have faith, my dear, that is what faith 26 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 3: is all about. Planting a seed and having faith that 27 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 3: that seed will sprout out of the ground. 28 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 4: Oh okay, well you wouldn't believe it, But the following week, 29 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 4: a tiny, teeny baby sprouted out of the ground. Phoebe 30 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 4: was so excited. She couldn't believe that a hard little 31 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 4: seed would produce a tiny green stalk, and that tiny 32 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 4: green stock could push its own way through the heavy dirt. 33 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 4: Phoebe just wasn't ready to believe that the little green 34 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 4: shoot was an actual strawberry plant. 35 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 3: What if it's just a weed. What if it's not 36 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 3: a weed, good point, Grandma. If I pull it thinking 37 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 3: it's a weed, but it's really a strawberry plant, then 38 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 3: I'll kill it. 39 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 4: Phoebe's grandma kissed her on the head and said. 40 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 3: My bright little girl, I'll see you tomorrow. 41 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 4: Few weeks, Phoebe showed up at her grandma's house every day, 42 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 4: watching the little plant grow and grow. Some days she 43 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 4: would be amazed at how much the little plant grew. 44 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 4: Other days there was nothing to see. Phoebe got a 45 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 4: great idea to start measuring it, like her dad measured 46 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 4: Phoebe to see how tall she was growing. It gave 47 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 4: Phoebe a great lesson that if you see something every day, 48 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 4: you may think there's no progress. But when you can measure, 49 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 4: you realize just how much something has grown. 50 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: You may not know it or see it. 51 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 3: But I've seen you grow, Phoebe, even from the first 52 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 3: day you started coming here. 53 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: You're getting so tall. 54 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 3: But not only that, you're turning into a beautiful young lady. 55 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: The thing I love the most is your heart. 56 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 3: I see your light inside shining brighter and brighter. 57 00:03:57,840 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: You really are a lovely person. 58 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 3: Ah, Grandma, I really needed that today. 59 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: I felt like I was struggling. 60 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 3: With school, and it felt like I was stuck in mud, 61 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 3: like this little strawberry plant exactly. Well, we've seen this 62 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 3: little one grow, and I can see you are as well. 63 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 4: A month past and the strawberry plants were now knee 64 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 4: high and had a few different branches. It looked like 65 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 4: budding was forming on the plants. This was a sign 66 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 4: that they were about to start growing strawberries. Phoebe showed 67 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 4: up to her grandma's house looking somber. 68 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 3: What's wrong, Phoebe. I had a really hard time in 69 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 3: school today. Tell me about it. Well, school's been rough lately, 70 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 3: like really rough. Our teacher is giving us harder and 71 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 3: harder work. But today just felt like it all blew up. 72 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 3: My best friend Claire and I got into an argument 73 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 3: over our and we're not talking. And then some guys 74 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 3: made fun of my pants and I missed my piano 75 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 3: practice after school because I forgot. Well, life gets hard. 76 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 3: Sometimes you have to roll with the punches. You'll have 77 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 3: rough patches like this and tomorrow will be better. Well, 78 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 3: that doesn't help me fix it, Grandma. Sometimes things don't 79 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 3: get fixed. But tomorrow will be a better day, and 80 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 3: other great things will happen. Your friend Claire will come around, 81 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 3: and if she doesn't, maybe she wasn't a friend after all. 82 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: Let's look on the bright side. Our little babies. 83 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 4: Are growing, huh, Grandma waved Phoebe out to the garden. 84 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: Remember the rain we had last night. 85 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 3: Well, today's sunshine mixed with last night's rain must have 86 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 3: triggered something in our little plants. 87 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: Sometimes it has to rain for new growth. 88 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 4: The next week, Phoebe had been had having a great 89 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 4: week school was going better. She and Claire were talking again. 90 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:09,160 Speaker 4: Her piano practice felt easier somehow, even her teacher complimented 91 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:13,239 Speaker 4: her story writing. She practically skipped to her grandma's house. 92 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 3: Grandma, well, someone's got sunshine in their shoes today. It's 93 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 3: been a good week. I'm just happy. Oh, I'd love 94 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 3: to hear that. Let's go tell the strawberries the good news. 95 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 4: They walked hand in hand towards the garden. Phoebe smiled 96 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 4: at the blossoms, but then her smile quickly dropped. 97 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: Wait, what's wrong with the leaves. 98 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 4: Some of the strawberry leaves were full of little holes, 99 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:48,479 Speaker 4: a few were curled, and others had tiny specks crawling 100 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 4: on them. 101 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,280 Speaker 1: Bugs. They're eating our strawberries. 102 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 4: Grandma knelt down for a closer look. 103 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 3: Aphids sneaky little things. They love the sweet stuff just 104 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 3: like we do. Do we pull them out? 105 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: Are they ruined? No? No, no, no no. 106 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 3: This is just another part of growth. Sometimes things come 107 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 3: along that try to steal your joy, but that doesn't 108 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 3: mean you give up. 109 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: It means you protect what you've worked so hard on. 110 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 4: Phoebe washed this' or Grandma sprayed a gentle soap mixture 111 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 4: on the leaves. 112 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: Is that safe for the strawberries? Safe as sunshine. 113 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 3: We don't need anything harsh, just something to remind the 114 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 3: bugs to find another lunch. 115 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 4: Phoebe helped her grandma rinse off some of the worst leaves. 116 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 3: I can't believe how fast things can go wrong, even 117 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 3: when everything felt so right. 118 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: That's life, kiddo. 119 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 3: Ups, downs, sunny days and bug attacks doesn't mean you're good. 120 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 3: Week wasn't real, just means the story's still going. 121 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 4: Phoebe looked at the little plants again, this time with 122 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 4: a new kind of pride. 123 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 3: Okay, strawberries, hang in there, We've got your back. 124 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 4: Two weeks later, Phoebe showed up at her grandma's house 125 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 4: with a bounce in her step. It had become a 126 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 4: routine school, then Grandma's quick check of the garden, and 127 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 4: usually a laugh or two before heading home. But today 128 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:23,239 Speaker 4: was different. 129 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: Phoebe, you might want to bring this with you. 130 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 4: He handed her a little basket. Phoebe raised an eyebrow. 131 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 1: Wait did they? 132 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 4: Grandma just nodded. Phoebe dashed to the garden and gasped. 133 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: They're red, Grandma, They're really here. 134 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 4: They're poking out from under leafy branches were plump red strawberries. 135 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 4: Phoebe carefully picked the ripest ones and placed them into 136 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 4: the basket. 137 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: They're perfect, almost let. 138 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 3: You. 139 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 4: Popped one in her mouth and smiled wide. 140 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: Okay, now they're perfect. 141 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 4: Phoebe giggled and took a bite of her own. It 142 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 4: was the sweetest thing she'd ever tasted, not just because 143 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 4: of the flavor, but because of everything it had taken 144 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 4: to get there. 145 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: All the watering, the weeding, the bugs all worth it. 146 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 4: Phoebe looked down at the strawberry plants and gave a 147 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:30,199 Speaker 4: quiet little nod. 148 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 3: I think I understand now, understand what, dear wife. It's 149 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 3: like the garden. You don't always see progress. Some days 150 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 3: it rains, some days the bugs show up. But if 151 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 3: you keep showing up, if you care and try and 152 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 3: have faith, you get something amazing in the end. Grandma beamed, 153 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 3: I think this is my new favorite harvest. 154 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 4: Phoebe leaned against her grandma and looked out at the garden, 155 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 4: now full of green leaves, white blossoms, and juicy red strawberries. 156 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: Thanks for planting this with me, and thanks for showing 157 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: up every day. 158 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 4: And as they sat under the golden sun eating strawberries 159 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 4: side by side. Phoebe knew she'd keep growing too, just 160 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 4: like the plants, ups and downs, rain and shine and 161 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,320 Speaker 4: in the end, sweetness. 162 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 1: I love you, Grandma. I love you too, Phoebes. 163 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 3: I love how Phoebe learned that something worth anything is 164 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 3: never fast. 165 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: The good stuff takes time to nourish and grow. 166 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 3: Like checking our lemon tree every day, or snorkeling and 167 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 3: waiting for fish. Phoebe reminds us good things come to 168 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,079 Speaker 3: those who wait and work hard. At least that's what 169 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 3: my parents say. I hope you enjoyed our podcast story 170 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 3: as much as I did today. Boy was I come 171 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 3: fee and cozy and all tuned in. If you loved 172 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 3: what you listened to, please leave us a five star review, 173 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 3: but only if you really mean it. 174 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: We love hearing your feedback. 175 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 3: It helps us grow so we can continue to bring 176 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 3: stories to you. In all our curious listeners, you never 177 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 3: know you might even get a shout out from me 178 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 3: here in the Cove. I'd like to give a shout 179 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 3: out to Brooks, Aristotle, and Langston. 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