1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kid 2 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:38,639 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go flash. The cat was about six 16 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: months old and she had spent her entire life indoors. 17 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: She'd always dreamed ab of going outside and love to 18 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: look out the windows, especially when they were open. She 19 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: would push her face up against the windows screen so 20 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,759 Speaker 1: that she could feel the warm breeze blowing against her whiskers, 21 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: and every day she dreamed about what it would be 22 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: like to run on grass and dirt. She thought, Wow, 23 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: maybe the grass will make me even faster. You see, 24 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: Flash was a very fast cat. She had been born 25 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: with a lightning bolt in her fur, right on the 26 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: top of her head. She earned that bolt mark on 27 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: her head by when she was born, a real lightning 28 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: bolt crashed and made her the fastest cat in the world. 29 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: Flash always dreamed of running and playing outside in the sun, 30 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: playing the leaves and chasing other critters. She always loved 31 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: the squirrels because they had big fluffy tails just like her, 32 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: and she wondered. 33 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 2: Oh, well, I wonder if it could be my best friend. 34 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 1: But she was never able to play with him because 35 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: she was an indoor cat. One day, her owner left 36 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,959 Speaker 1: to go on in adventure, and as they left the door, 37 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: Oh dear, they left, the door cracked open. Flash looked 38 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: at the door and looked around. Nobody was there. Should 39 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: she go outside? Oh? She was a little scared because 40 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: she'd never been there before, but she'd always dreamed of it, 41 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 1: so this was her moment. Flush be careful. She crept 42 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:54,519 Speaker 1: closer to the door, m The air outside smelled so nice. 43 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: As she closed her eyes so that she could focus 44 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: on how amazing that smell was. 45 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 2: This might be my only jeds. I gotta do it. 46 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: She carefully crept outside, stepped down the stairs, and looked around, 47 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: and dashed right into the bushes. 48 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 2: Woooooo. 49 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: She was so happy this is adesome that she stopped 50 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: in her tracks. Wait a second, I'm outside. I think 51 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: they're scary animals out here. What if a bear gets me, or. 52 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 2: A lion or a cheater or a crocodile. 53 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: You see, Flash had watched a lot of videos about 54 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: other animals, lots of scary animals. 55 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 2: Out there, but they were a lot more. 56 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: Fun to look at when she was safe and they 57 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: were behind a screen. But now she's outside, in the 58 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: real outdoors. Are they real? Holy smokes? Do they live 59 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: in her backyard? She instantly was very scared and crouched 60 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: very low to the ground. She looked back and the 61 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: wind closed the front door. Her eyes got very big. 62 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 2: Hah, I'm stuck out here forever. Hoot here. 63 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: She was now a little scared, But then she saw 64 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: a squirrel and wanted to go say hi to that squirrel. 65 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: She ran over to the squirrel as fast as she could. 66 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: But I think the squirrel thought she was chasing her 67 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 2: ah turtle more. 68 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 1: The squirrel ran up a tree as fast as it could, 69 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: and Flash called out and said. 70 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 2: Wait, I want to be friends. Come down and play. 71 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 1: And the squirrel answered. 72 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 2: Laurel's snirl, I'm turning down there. 73 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: Laure and Flash replied what, I'm not gonna eat you. 74 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 2: I just want to be friends. Can we play? What 75 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 2: do you do? What do you do outside? 76 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: We play in the laser? Do we play in the 77 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: dirtor her? Do we? 78 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 3: Oh? 79 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: Wait, what bad things are gonna happen? Is someone gonna 80 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: bite me or eat me? 81 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 3: And world Arm said the squirrel. We're number blen outsalde before. No, 82 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 3: this this is my first time. I'm excited and scared 83 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 3: at the same time. I'm not sure what to do 84 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 3: or what not to do. 85 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:17,919 Speaker 2: You help me a. 86 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 3: Little promise We're not gonna Oh yeah, I promise I'm 87 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 3: not gonna eat you. 88 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: As the squirrel slowly crept down the tree, the squirrel said, well. 89 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 3: Rull number rum, blooing out salt lots of frum. 90 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: When the squirrel said he likes to have fun, he 91 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 1: meant it pretty soon. Flash and the squirrel, whose name 92 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: was Nettie started to have so much fun in the backyard. 93 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: They made a big pile of leaves and jumped in them, 94 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: and then found some long grasses to play hide and seek, 95 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 1: and they were having the time of their lives together. 96 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: But then all of a sudden, Flash felt something on 97 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: her body and said, what is what's happening? 98 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 2: Arlott's still rolling? Wait away. I don't like getting wet. 99 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: Cats don't like water like this, little rut rout, I 100 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: can't get wet. 101 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 2: What do we do? What do we do? 102 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 3: And the squirrel said, come up tomorrow, true nust, he'll 103 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 3: throw it up thor But little still drawl. 104 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 2: Oh, I think that's too high for me. 105 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: I think if I go it up there, I'll never 106 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: be able to get back down. So it smells a 107 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: little for plung squirrel and Flash looked around had law. 108 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: There was a trampoline in the backyard, and they both 109 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: dashed underneath. Flash's imagination started to go crazy as she thought, 110 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: holy smokes, this is my first dime in the rain. 111 00:06:58,760 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 2: What if it floods. 112 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 1: What if it ever stops raining and the sun never 113 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: comes back and the leaves aren't crunching anymore, They're so 114 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: grossed right now because they're wet, and Flash was very worried, 115 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: but Nutty the squirrel did a good job of trying 116 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: to help her feel better, played some games under the 117 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: trampoline and actually did end up having a lot of fun. 118 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: And then the rain stopped. Oh shoot, I think I'm 119 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: ready to go back inside my house. And then something 120 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: terrible happened. 121 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 3: Flash, Dirt, move a musser, there's a child harker flow. 122 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: Oh no, a giant hawk. Do you know what a 123 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: hawk is? It's a big bird with the big claws 124 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: and it might be the scariest thing in the world 125 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: to a squirrel. 126 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 2: What do we do? What do we do? 127 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: What do we do? Nunny the squirrel calm flashed down 128 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: and said. 129 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 2: I'll have them. I'll fulor. 130 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 3: Hallo on a lot faster, will not hark I'll run 131 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 3: out multiple stratchson and run up the troll on blue muslin, 132 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 3: slof on the lord and run harm little Okay. 133 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: On the count of three, Nutty the squirrel took off 134 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: running towards the tree to distract the hawk, and it 135 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: worked perfectly, so. 136 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 2: Pull the. 137 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: Squirrels started running circles around in the yard to get 138 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: the hawk's attention. The hawks saw him and took off 139 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: right to the squirrel. Run nuney, runnety. The squirrel did 140 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: have plenty of time to get to his hiding spot 141 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: in his tree nice and safely, which allowed Flash the 142 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 1: cat enough time to race back inside through their back door. 143 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: It was cracked open just a little bit as Flashed 144 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: the cat found a nice, warm blanket to curl up in. 145 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: She was happy to be safe inside of her home. 146 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: All he spoke, that was crazy. I can't believe I 147 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: went outside, but that was amazing. But it is good 148 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: to be back inside my warm blankie. I don't know 149 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: if I'll ever go back to that again, but let's 150 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: see maybe tomorrow. And Flash went to sleep the end, 151 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 1: we'll be right back after a brief word from our sponsor. 152 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: Great job, you listened all the way to the end, 153 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: and you know what time it is. It's time for 154 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: kid shout out. So I want to say hey to 155 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 1: Madion and Drew from Illinois, Ellis from Michigan, Annabelle and 156 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 1: Cole from Massachusetts, Noam and Lila from Pennsylvania, Isabelle and 157 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 1: Micah from Georgia, Benjamin and Julian from Ottawa, Danny and 158 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: Clara from Utah, and Sarah and Matthias from Montreal, Canada. 159 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all on the Kid Short 160 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: Stories family. Definitely could not have this much fun with 161 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: imagination without you, my friends. Will you have a super 162 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: duper day and I will see you on our next adventure. 163 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 2: By