1 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: Me too? Let's go. Archer and his dog Peanut loved 16 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: to hike through the woods. They would pick a trail 17 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: and follow it for hours, exploring the wilderness, seeing all 18 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: kinds of plants and critters along the way. Do you 19 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: like to go on hiking trails? Oh? I love it 20 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: so much to be underneath those ginormous trees and to 21 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 1: be in the peace and quiet, where you can hear 22 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 1: the wind and the birds talking. Oh yes, that is 23 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: a very special place. But the trail that these two 24 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: friends walked down, it's holding something pretty magical down there. 25 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: One day is Archer and Peanut headed towards their favorite trail, 26 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: something was different. Huh, that's odd. What happened to the 27 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: entrance to our trail? Peanut? Peanut the dog was sniffing around, 28 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: just as confused as Archer. Where there was normally one 29 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: trail head, there are now two. Archer peered down each one, 30 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: but he couldn't tell the difference. Peanut went back and 31 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 1: forth between the two, sniffing his little nose. I don't know, Peanut, 32 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: can you tell? Archer asked his trustee canine companion, Roof. 33 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 1: Peanut responded in front of the trail on the left. 34 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: Archer took that as an answer that Peanut must know 35 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: what he's doing. The two headed off down the trail together. 36 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:39,959 Speaker 1: The trail looked much like their normal one, but it's 37 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: hard to tell one dirt path from another. But the 38 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: two strolled along happily, enjoying the peaceful sounds of the forest. 39 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: They listened to the wind blow between the trees, the 40 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: animal chittering in the branches, the singing of the black 41 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: bear sitting on the log ahead. Wait what, shouted a 42 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: startled Archer when he realized that he was witnessing a 43 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: singing bear. He grabbed Peanut's collar and to stop him 44 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:22,119 Speaker 1: when the bear saw them too. 45 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 2: How there, How lovely is it to see you today? 46 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 2: I am the wish bear, here to grant you and 47 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 2: snack your heart or tummy desires. 48 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: Said the bear, with a big grin on his face. 49 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: Oh wishes snacks, repeated Archer. He didn't know what to say, 50 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: but Peanut did. Rough rough, rough, rough, barked Peanut, wagging 51 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: his tail. The bear beamed dead, Peanut, that is a 52 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: great request, and then with a great poof, the bear disappeared, 53 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: leaving a pile of bacon on the log in his place. Oh, Peanut, 54 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: howled Happily. He trotted over and slurped up all the 55 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: bacon in one bite. Home. Let's keep walking, Archer said 56 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 1: to Peanut, still trying to process what just happened. Archer 57 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: and Peanut continued to walk on the trail, passing through 58 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: thick trees and walking beside a river. Um, there's no 59 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: river on our normal path, Archer said to Peanut or 60 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: wish bears, this is strange, But the two pals continued walking, 61 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: curious what else they might find. Have you ever seen 62 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: a wish bear before? In the in the middle of 63 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: a forest. I definitely have not met the wish bear before. 64 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: Archer was on the lookout for more bears on logs, 65 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: you know the kind that can make bacon magically appear, 66 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: when he heard a voice squeak from the ground below 67 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: how Rachraler stopel Archer and Peanuts froze and looked down. 68 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 1: There was a worm wiggling in the dirt below them. 69 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: Not really believing what he was hearing, Archer picked up 70 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 1: the worm and asked, are you gonna grant us a 71 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: wish to The worm wiggled but didn't say anything. Above them, 72 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 1: a bird swooped down. It landed right on peanuts head. Now, 73 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: but I will if you give me my lunch back. 74 00:05:55,720 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 1: I'm the wish warbler here to grant you any the 75 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: ability your heart desires. Abilities, replied Archer, like being able 76 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: to breathe underwater. Exactly two sets of gills coming up, 77 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: said the bird. Archer tried to stop the wish warbler. 78 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: He hadn't had more time to think it through, yet 79 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 1: it was too late. The bird warble that his magic song, 80 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: and gales sprouted out of their necks. I don't normally 81 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: grant two wishes, but you'll need these two, the bird added. 82 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: As long fins appeared on their backs, and the bird 83 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: poofed away just like the bearded an. Archer and Peanut 84 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: were lifted by a magical breeze that plopped them into 85 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: the river. They both landed with a splash. Peanut dove 86 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: underwater immediately and disappeared from Archer's site. 87 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 2: Pey nut way. 88 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: Archer stuck his head underwater and saw Peanut swimming around 89 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: using his gills and fins like he'd been a dogfish 90 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: his whole life. That's incredible. Archer dove under and followed Peanut. 91 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: His gills and fins knew exactly what to do. Woooo, 92 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:28,239 Speaker 1: Archer shouted, but it came out as a bubble, bubble, bubble. 93 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: Peanut had the underwater zoomies and zipped all around Archer. 94 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: Seeing his pups so happy made Archer happy too. He 95 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: began swimming after Peanut up and down the river. They 96 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: had swam really far from where they first plopped in 97 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: and were getting tired. Who swimming is hard work. I 98 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: don't know how fish do it all day long, Archer 99 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: said to his dog Peanut, you were done being a 100 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,239 Speaker 1: boyfish and a dogfish. They were ready to breathe air 101 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: and have only legs again. They watched the fish go by. 102 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: Schools of gray fish and long green fish swam back 103 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: and forth. They all started to look the same to 104 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: Archer until he spotted something big and shiny headed their way. 105 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: It had gold shimmering scales all over, with rainbow stripes 106 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: down its side. It was the biggest and prettiest fish 107 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: they had ever seen hither. I thought I'd find you here, 108 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: bubbled the fish. I'm the wishfish, and I'm here to 109 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:45,679 Speaker 1: grunt your final wish bloom. Archer didn't even need to think. 110 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: We wished to stop being fish. The fish nodded the 111 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: best of fish could. The water around them began to 112 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: swirl and moved Archer and Peanut up and out of 113 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,959 Speaker 1: the river as they splashed onto the grass the shore, 114 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 1: no longer with fins on their back or gills on 115 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: their necks. Oh where where are we? Archer asked Peanut. 116 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: This was not where they had entered the river roof 117 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: was Peanut's response as he ran ahead of Archer, wagging 118 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 1: his tail. What you got there, Peanut? Archer walked over 119 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: to see what had Peanut all excited? Was it another 120 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: wish animal? Archer hoped not. He was pretty wished out. 121 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: He padded Peanut on the head and looked around for 122 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: a trail, but he didn't see any. He did see 123 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: what Peanut was barking at, though. A trail of Eminem's 124 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 1: went from their spot by the river to the trees. 125 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: Archer and Peanut followed it through the forest until it 126 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: led back to a trail where the wish bear was 127 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: waiting for them. Hello again, I thought you might need 128 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: some snacks to help you find your way back. The 129 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: wish bear winked and then poofed again, leaving a bag 130 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: of candy for Archer and a pile of bones for Peanut. Wow. 131 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: The two pals happily munched their snacks on their way 132 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: back to the trailhead and eventually back home. 133 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 2: Wow. 134 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 1: What an amazing adventure. I need to figure out where 135 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: that trail is. How about you? What would you wish 136 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,959 Speaker 1: for if you met the wish bear, or the wishfish 137 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 1: or the wish warbler. I'm gonna keep thinking about it, 138 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: and you should too. That is the end of today's adventure. 139 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: We'll be right back after a brief word from our sponsor. 140 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 1: Great job, you listened all the way to the end, 141 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: and you know what time it is. It's time for 142 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: kid shout out. So I want to say he to 143 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 1: Avelin from Michigan, Emily and Ethan from New York, Gauge 144 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: from Nashville, Tennessee, Heather from Tennessee, Levi from Connecticut, Caleb 145 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 1: from Japan, and Cruz in Axel from Pennsylvania. Oh, and 146 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: hey Hudson from Australia. I'm so glad that you're all 147 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: on the Kid Short Stories family. We could not have 148 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 1: this much fun with imagination without you, my friends. Well, 149 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: you have a super duper day and I will see 150 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: you on our next adventure. Bye.