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Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to

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Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas

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Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we

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Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you.

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Speaker 2: So if you have an idea.

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Speaker 1: For a story, I'd love to see it. Check down

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Speaker 1: in the show notes below for how you can submit

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Speaker 1: your own story idea and maybe we'll turn it into

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Speaker 1: an awesome adventure. And parents, if you're new to kids podcasting,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna challenge you to listen to podcasting for five

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Speaker 1: days in a row with your kids. It's going to

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Speaker 1: increase their imagination, decrease screen time, and we're gonna have

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Speaker 1: a lot of fun along the way. Are you guys

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Speaker 1: ready for today's adventure?

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Speaker 3: Me too?

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Speaker 1: Let's go. Archer and his dog Peanut loved to through

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Speaker 1: the woods. They would pick a trail and follow it

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Speaker 1: for hours, exploring the wilderness, seeing all kinds of plants

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Speaker 1: and critters along the way. Do you like to go

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Speaker 1: on hiking trails? Oh? I love it so much to

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Speaker 1: be underneath those ginormous trees and to be in the

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Speaker 1: peace and quiet, where you can hear the wind and

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Speaker 1: the birds talking. Oh yes, that is a very special place.

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Speaker 1: But the trail that these two friends walked down, it's

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Speaker 1: holding something pretty magical down there. One day is Archer

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Speaker 1: and Peanut headed towards their favorite trail, something was different. Huh,

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Speaker 1: that's odd. What happened to the entrance to our trail? Peanut?

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Speaker 1: Peanut the dog was sniffing around, just as confused as Archer.

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Speaker 1: Where there was normally one trail head there there were

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Speaker 1: now two. Archer peered down each one, but he couldn't

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Speaker 1: tell the difference. Peanut went back and forth between the two,

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Speaker 1: sniffing his little nose. I don't know, Peanut, can you tell?

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Speaker 1: Archer asked his trustee canine companion, Roof. Peanut responded in

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Speaker 1: front of the trail on the left. Archer took that

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Speaker 1: as an answer that Peanut must know what he's doing.

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Speaker 1: The two headed off down the trail together. The trail

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Speaker 1: looked much like their normal one, but it's hard to

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Speaker 1: tell one dirt path from another. But the two strolled

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Speaker 1: along happily, enjoying the peaceful sounds of the forest. They

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Speaker 1: listened to the wind blow between the trees, the animal

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Speaker 1: chittering in the branches, the singing of the black bear

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Speaker 1: sitting on the log ahead. Wait what, shouted a startled

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Speaker 1: Archer when he realized that he was witnessing a singing bear.

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Speaker 1: He grabbed Peanut's collar and to stop him when the

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Speaker 1: bear saw them too.

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Speaker 3: How there, How lovely is it to see you today?

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Speaker 3: I am the wish bear, here to grant you and

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Speaker 3: snack your heart or tummy desires.

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Speaker 1: Said the bear, with a big grin on his face.

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Speaker 1: Oh wishes snacks, repeated Archer. He didn't know what to say,

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Speaker 1: but Peanut did. Rough rough, rough, rough, barked Peanut, wagging

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Speaker 1: his tail. The bear beamed dead, Peanut.

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Speaker 4: That is a great request, and then with a great

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Speaker 4: poof the bear disappeared, leaving a pile of.

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Speaker 2: Bacon on the log in his place.

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Speaker 1: Oh, Peanut, howled happily. He trotted over and slurped all

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Speaker 1: the bacon in one bite. Home. Let's keep walking, Archer

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Speaker 1: said to Peanut, still trying to process what just happened.

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Speaker 1: Archer and Peanut continued to walk on the trail, passing

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Speaker 1: through thick trees and walking beside a river.

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Speaker 2: Um, there's no river on our normal path.

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Speaker 1: Archer said to Peanut or wish bears, this is strange.

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Speaker 1: But the two pals continued walking, curious what else they

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Speaker 1: might find. Have you ever seen a wish bear before?

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Speaker 1: In the in the middle of a forest. I definitely

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Speaker 1: have not met the wish bear before. Archer was on

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Speaker 1: kind that can make bacon magically appear. When he heard

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Speaker 2: How Rachraler stoppel.

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Speaker 1: Archer and Peanuts froze and looked down. There was a

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Speaker 1: worm wiggling in the dirt below them. Not really believing

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Speaker 1: what he was hearing, Archer picked up the worm and asked,

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Speaker 1: wiggled but didn't say anything. Above them, a bird swooped down.

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Speaker 1: It landed right on peanuts head. Now, but I will

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Speaker 1: warbler here to grant you any ability your heart desires. Abilities,

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Speaker 1: replied Archer, like being able to breathe underwater. Exactly two

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Speaker 1: sets of gills coming up, said the bird. Archer tried

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Speaker 1: to stop the wish warbler. He hadn't had more time

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Speaker 1: to think it through, yet it.

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Speaker 2: Was too late.

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Speaker 1: The bird warble that his magic song, and gales sprouted

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Speaker 1: out of their necks. I don't normally grant two wishes,

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Speaker 1: but you'll need these two, the bird added. As long

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Speaker 1: fins appeared on their backs, and the bird poofed away

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Speaker 1: just like the bearded an. Archer and Peanut were lifted

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Speaker 1: by a magical breeze that plopped them into the river.

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Speaker 1: They both landed with a splash. Peanut dove underwater immediately

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Speaker 1: and disappeared from Archer's site peynut way. Archer stuck his

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Speaker 1: and fins like he'd been a dogfish his whole life.

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Speaker 1: That's incredible. Archer dove under and followed Peanut. His gills

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Speaker 1: and fins knew exactly what to do. Woooo, Archer shouted,

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Speaker 1: but it came out as a bubble, bubble bubble. Peanut

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Speaker 1: had the underwater zoomies and zipped all around Archer. Seeing

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Speaker 1: his pups so happy made Archer happy too. He began

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Speaker 1: swimming after Peanut up and down the river. They had

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Speaker 1: swam really far from where they first plopped in and

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Speaker 1: were getting tired. Who swimming is hard work. I don't

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Speaker 1: know how fish do it all day long, Archer said

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Speaker 1: to his dog Peanut. They were done being a boyfish

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Speaker 1: and a dogfish. They were ready to breathe air and

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Speaker 1: have only legs again. They watched the fish go by.

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Speaker 1: Schools of gray fish and long green fish swam back

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Speaker 1: and forth. They all started to look the same to

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Speaker 1: Archer until he spotted something big and shiny headed their way.

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Speaker 1: It had gold shimmering scales all over with rainbow stripes

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Speaker 1: down its side. It was the biggest and prettiest fish

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Speaker 2: Hi there, I thought i'd find you here.

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Speaker 1: Bubbled the fish.

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Speaker 2: I'm the wishfish, and I'm here to grunt your final

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Speaker 2: wish bloo. Archer didn't even need to think. We wished

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Speaker 2: to stop being fish. The fish nodded the best of

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Speaker 2: fish could. The water around them began to swirl and

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Speaker 2: moved Archer and Peanut up and out of the river

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Speaker 2: as they splashed onto the grass the shore, no longer

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Speaker 2: with fins on their back or gills on their necks.

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Speaker 2: Oh where where are we? Archer asked Peanut. This was

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Speaker 2: not where they had entered the river roof was Peanut's

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Speaker 2: response as he ran ahead of Archer wagging his tail.

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Speaker 2: What you got there, Peanut? Archer walked over to see

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Speaker 2: what had Peanut all excited? Was it another wish animal?

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Speaker 2: Archer hoped not. He was pretty wished out. He padded

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Speaker 2: Peanut on the head and looked around for a trail,

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Speaker 2: but he.

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Speaker 1: Didn't see any. He did see what Peanut was barking at, though.

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Speaker 1: A trail of Eminem's went from their spot by the

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Speaker 1: river to the trees. Archer and Peanut followed it through

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Speaker 1: the forest until it led back to a trail where

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Speaker 1: the wish bear was waiting for them.

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Speaker 4: Hello again, I thought you might need some snacks to

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Speaker 4: help you find your way.

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Speaker 1: The wish bear winked and then poofed again, leaving a

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Speaker 1: bag of candy for Archer and a pile of bones

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Speaker 1: for Peanut.

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Speaker 3: Wow.

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Speaker 1: The two pals happily munched their snacks on their way

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Speaker 1: back to the trailhead and eventually back home. Wow, what

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Speaker 1: an amazing adventure. I need to figure out where that

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Speaker 1: trail is. How about you? What would you wish for

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Speaker 1: if you met the wish bear or the wishfish or

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Speaker 1: the wish Warbler. I'm gonna keep thinking about it, and

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Speaker 1: you should too. That is the end of today's adventure.

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Speaker 1: Hey friends, I need your help celebrating some birthdays.

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Speaker 2: Drum roll please.

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday, Virginia's turning four years old. Virginia picks out

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Speaker 1: her own clothes and loves.

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Speaker 2: Playing in the ball.

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Speaker 1: Wow, Virginia, I'm so glad we got to celebrate you

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Speaker 1: and your big big day on the show. Happy fourth birthday.

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Speaker 1: And next up we have Happy birthday Marigold, who's turning

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Speaker 1: five years old. Marigold loves pink and purple rainbow unicorns

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Speaker 1: and doing tricks in the pool. Wow, Marigold, I'm so

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Speaker 1: glad we got to celebrate you and your big day

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Speaker 1: on the show. Happy fifth birthday, friends, I hope you

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Speaker 1: all have a superduper day and I'll see you next time.

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Speaker 2: Bye.