1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kid 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. Torchi the Dragon lived in a 16 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: cave in the middle of town on a call the Sack, 17 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: surrounded by blue and white houses. He was the only 18 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: dragon in his neighborhood as far as he knew, the 19 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: only dragon in the whole town. Despite breathing fire and 20 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: being covered in black, spiky scales, he was loved by 21 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: the people in his neighborhood and often helped them with 22 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: fire related things. Hey there, Torchy, his next door neighbor, 23 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: waved to him as he was lighting the street lamps 24 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: that night. I heard it supposed to snow. Can you 25 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: light our fireplace too? Oh? Sure, Anders, I'll be right over. 26 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: Torchy finished lighting the lamps in the neighborhood and flew 27 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: over to anders house. As Torchy was too large to 28 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: fit in the front door, the man opened the living 29 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: room window for him. Torchi stuck his head inside, his 30 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: long neck, stretching as far as it could go until 31 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: his head was in front of the fireplace. The dragon 32 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: launched his fiery breath at the logs and they caught. Immediately, 33 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: a crackling, toasty fire started filling the fireplace. Thanks Torchy, 34 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: I'll see you tomorrow. Bye, Anders, I can't wait to 35 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,239 Speaker 1: play in the snow. Torchy pulled his head back through 36 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: the window headed next door to his cave, where he 37 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: curled up on his cozy rock bed and went to sleep. 38 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: That night, while the town was sleeping, snow fell and 39 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:44,519 Speaker 1: gently blanketed the ground, streets, and rooftops. The next morning, 40 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 1: Torchy yawned and stretched before making his way outside to 41 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: clear off the streets and driveways. Snow was still falling 42 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: as the neighborhood kids made their way outside, all bundled 43 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: up in their snowsuits, ready for a day of building 44 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: snowmen and igloos. Torchi used his fiery breath to melt 45 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 1: the snow right off the streets and driveways. Wow. I 46 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 1: kind of wish I had a neighbor dragon. Then we 47 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: wouldn't have to shovel. I kind of like shoveling. But uh, 48 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: what do you think would you want to have a 49 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: fire breathing dragon live next door to you? Thanks Torchi, 50 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: his neighbors called Torchi waved his sharp claws back to 51 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: them in greeting. When Torchi had finished melting the snow, 52 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: he was tired. I think I'll go take a nice 53 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: afternoon nap. That'll be nice. It was still snowing a little, 54 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: so he needed to rest before melting the snow again. Later. 55 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: As soon as torchies had touched his cool rock pillow, 56 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: he fell asleep. He dreamed of dragon things and woke 57 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: up feeling refreshed. He noticed his cave was darker than usual. 58 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: Huh and so quiet. You didn't hear any noises from 59 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: the street. Huh, that's odd, thought Torchi. He turned towards 60 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: the mouth of his cave and saw a wall of 61 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: snow blocking him inside. Oh but don't worry. If if 62 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: you got snowed in, that would be a reason for concern. 63 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: But for a fire breathing dragon, I'm pretty sure he 64 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: can melt it away, right. H Torchy torched the wall 65 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: of snow until it melted away. But when he made 66 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: it outside, he saw the light snow had he turned 67 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: into a blizzard. The wind howled and the snow poured down. 68 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: He could barely see the rooftops of his neighbors through 69 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 1: all of this snow. Oh no, the kids, Hey, we're 70 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 1: out playing in this. The snow was too high for 71 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: Torchi to continue walking through, so he decided to tunnel 72 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 1: through it. Wow, that is some deep snow. If a 73 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: dragon has to tunnel through it. He ducked down and 74 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 1: melted a tunnel to his next door neighbors. Oh, Torchi, 75 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: thank goodness you're here. Lewis was playing in the snow 76 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: with his friends when it turned into a blizzard. Can 77 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 1: you help us find him and the other kids? A 78 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 1: family asked, Oh, don't worry, I will find them, Torchie 79 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: answered confidently. He turned right around without a moment, to 80 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 1: underneath the snow. He continued to create tunnels with his 81 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: fiery breath, searching for any signs of the kids. He 82 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: recognized the driveway and then the street. He kept melting 83 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 1: the snow until he tunneled his way to the circular 84 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: path of grass. Oh, in the middle of their cul 85 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 1: de sac. The kids love to play here, Torchie thought. 86 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: He turned down his fiery breath and dug with his 87 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: sharp claws until he found an igloo. There under the 88 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: snow was the big igloo the neighborhood kids had built. 89 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Torchi stuck his sharp claws into one of 90 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: the snow bricks and pulled it up. Torchy, Yay, we 91 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: knew you'd find us. The kids were so excited to 92 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: see Torchy they climbed out of the hole in their 93 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: igloo and into the tunnels. WHOA, this is so cool, 94 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: said one of the kids. Okay, now that I've found 95 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: you all, it's time to get everyone back home. Torchi 96 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: turned his fire back up and shot flames one by 97 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: one in each direction round the patch of grass. Then 98 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: he brought each kid down a different tunnel directly to 99 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: their front door. Thanks, Torchi, they all called out. Louis 100 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,679 Speaker 1: was the last kid left. Torchi brought him back down 101 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: the first tunnel to his house. When they arrived, the 102 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: boy's family flung the door open with big smiles and 103 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: thank you's, dressed head to toe and their own snow gear. 104 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: Why are you in snowsuits? Torchi asked, are you going somewhere? 105 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: They beamed at the dragon and revealed something steaming, chugledy 106 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: and delicious behind them. It took all of them to 107 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: carry the tub of hot chocolate out to Torchi. Then 108 00:07:55,720 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: they each grabbed their own mugs joined him in the tunnels. Ah. 109 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: Thanks everyone, Torchi wiped a happy tear from his eye, 110 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: grateful for such kind friends. The end, great job, you 111 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: listened all the way to the end, and you know what, 112 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: Tom it is. It's time for kid shout out sound 113 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: a say it to Cody from China, Lee and Goldie 114 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: from South Carolina, Ray and c Are from New Jersey, 115 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: Fred and Betty from Denmark, and Jaden and Briella from Orlando, Florida. 116 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all in the kit. Chort 117 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: or his family, we could not have this much fun 118 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: with imagination without you, my friends. Well you have a 119 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: super duber day and I'll see you on our next adventure. Bye.