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Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids'

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Speaker 1: Mila l Lucia. Do you like hot chocolate? Well, me too,

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Speaker 1: And there's gonna be a thief that steals all the

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Speaker 1: hot chocolate, which sounds terrible. Are you ready for this one?

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Speaker 1: Me too? Let's go. It was a cold and snowy night.

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Speaker 1: As Mila and Lucia were waiting at home. One of

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Speaker 1: their grown ups had gone to the grocery store to

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Speaker 1: see if the hot cocoa was back in stock. You see,

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Speaker 1: the hot chocolate had been missing from all the stores

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Speaker 1: for many, many weeks. No one had ever seen a

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Speaker 1: time like this where there was no hot chocolate available.

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Speaker 1: And if you like hot chocolate as much as me,

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Speaker 1: that would be a very very sad time, a time

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Speaker 1: of no hot chocolate. As the door opened and they

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Speaker 1: saw no hot chocolate, was the grocery store out of it? Again?

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Speaker 1: Asked Lucia. Yes, they said they still haven't gotten any

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Speaker 1: for weeks, and they still don't know when any more

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Speaker 1: will come next. I'm so sorry. Mila and Lucia were

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Speaker 1: very sad, but Mila had been working on a plan,

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Speaker 1: an idea. Maybe, just maybe there's a way they could

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Speaker 1: solve this mystery. Hey, Lucia, let's run back to our room.

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Speaker 1: I think I have a plan. Mila and Lucia ran

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Speaker 1: back to their room, closed the door. Got to work. See,

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Speaker 1: I have this old package of the last hot chocolate

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Speaker 1: box that we had, and look on the back of

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Speaker 1: it has the address of where this hot chocolate happens

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Speaker 1: to be made. And do you see what I see?

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Speaker 1: Lucia looked closely. That says it's made in our town.

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Speaker 1: It's not even that far away exactly. So I was thinking,

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Speaker 1: grab our jet packs and head on over to that

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Speaker 1: hot chocolate factory to see. What in the world is

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Speaker 1: going on. Why are stores not able to keep it

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Speaker 1: in stock? There must be something going on. The two

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Speaker 1: girls grabbed their jet packs, threw them on over their back,

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Speaker 1: and off they zoomed. If you had a real jetpack,

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Speaker 1: just imagine all the kinds of amazing adventures and mysteries

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Speaker 1: that you could do now. Oh, I wish, I wish

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Speaker 1: I had a jet pack. Sometimes. It's so cool that

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Speaker 1: Lucia and Mile actually have one. They barely even eat

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Speaker 1: it up to the clouds because the hot chocolate manufacturing

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Speaker 1: factory was very close by. All right, let's zoom around

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Speaker 1: a little bit up here and see what we can see,

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Speaker 1: said Mala. They were looking for something suspicious, some kind

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Speaker 1: of clue that would lead them towards solving this mystery.

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Speaker 1: It didn't take long before Lucia saw something very suspicious. Mala,

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Speaker 1: look at that over there, she was pointing at the

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Speaker 1: back of the factory. There was it looked like a

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Speaker 1: whole trail of powder that was going out the back door.

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Speaker 1: Holy smokes, is that hot chocolate powder? Said Mala. I'm

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Speaker 1: pretty sure it is, said Lucia. But let's get a

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Speaker 1: little closer and test it. The two girls zoomed down

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Speaker 1: and landed on the ground. They turned off their jet

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Speaker 1: packs to keep silent. Remember, when you're trying to solve

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Speaker 1: a mystery or on a spy adventure, you have to

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Speaker 1: be really good at stake quiet. Mila and Lucia both

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Speaker 1: knelt down to the ground and it was definitely hot

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Speaker 1: chocolate powder. Ooh, I think that's even the mint kind,

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Speaker 1: said Lucia. All right, well, I guess we gotta follow

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Speaker 1: this trail, said Mala. They reached into their bags and

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Speaker 1: their heads. It was getting pretty dark. Remember, it was

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Speaker 1: the evening and it was very cold. It's a good

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Speaker 1: thing that they both dressed warm for this, because they

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Speaker 1: were gonna need it. Crunch, crunch, crunch. As they walked

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Speaker 1: their way following this trail of hot chocolate into the forest,

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Speaker 1: it was really hard for them to avoid all the

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Speaker 1: sticks and leaves along the way that were pretty noisy. Ugh,

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Speaker 1: this forest is so noisy, all this stuff on the ground,

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Speaker 1: whispered Lucia. There's no way that we're gonna sneak up

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Speaker 1: Lucia scanned the forest for a quieter trail. Look at that,

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Speaker 1: They carefully crept on over to that rocky trail and

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Speaker 1: it was a lot quieter. But up ahead they saw

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Speaker 1: something very strange. Lucia, shine your light over there. What

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Speaker 1: are those things in the trees? Said Mala. They both

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Speaker 1: couldn't believe their eyes. Up ahead, there was a tree

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Speaker 1: like they were growing on there. But are those marshmallows?

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Speaker 1: Said Mala. It was a real marshmallow tree. I've never

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Speaker 1: seen one before, and neither had Mila and Lucia. Wait

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Speaker 1: a second, do marshmallows grow on trees? I really don't

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Speaker 1: think so. But they were standing right underneath a giant

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Speaker 1: and marshmallow tree. They could reach up and pick a

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Speaker 1: marshmallow right off the branches. Lucia was the first one

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Speaker 1: to try it, and boy was it delicious. M m oh, now,

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Speaker 1: it's the best marshmallow I've ever tasted. You should try one, too, Mila.

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Speaker 1: Mila reached up, grabbed one, ate it up, and she

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Speaker 1: confirmed that is one delicious marshmallow.

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Speaker 2: Hell Rudd alerts are duran over there.

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Speaker 1: Shout a word from my marshmallow troll, shouted a voice

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Speaker 1: from deep in the forest. Hey who's back there? Shouted Lucia.

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Speaker 1: Are you stealing all the hot chocolate? Ah?

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Speaker 2: Hosasting we are.

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Speaker 1: My name's Lucia and this is Mila. We're both on

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Speaker 1: the spy team and we are investigating all the hot

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Speaker 1: chocolate that seems to have been missing. We followed a

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Speaker 1: trail all the way. Here are you the guilty one

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Speaker 1: that's stealing all this stuff? It was then that they

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Speaker 1: finally saw what creature was talking to them as he

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Speaker 1: walked out from the shadows. It was a small, green

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Speaker 1: and pink little troll.

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Speaker 2: Well, I run on so still, I'll wrote, so's I'm clotling?

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Speaker 1: What's rout for a little mon? Said the little troll? Wait,

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Speaker 1: what are you talking about? What's yours? Said Mala. So

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Speaker 1: I'll on the marshmallow troll.

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Speaker 2: And that's my job to grow all the marshmallows for Laura.

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Speaker 2: But myla marshmallows turtle, the fule wanted hot chocolate, and

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Speaker 2: I'll have to look after them. They're they're like my bubbles.

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Speaker 1: The marshmallows are your babies, asked Lucia, who was very confused.

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Speaker 1: The little troll, whose name is Latte, went on to

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Speaker 1: explain to Mila and Lucia what in the world is

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Speaker 1: going on. But it turns out yes, his job is

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Speaker 1: actually to take care of the marshmallows like the marshmallows

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Speaker 1: that we eat, and I guess the marshmallows really like

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Speaker 1: to take their baths in hot chocolate. Well, mister Latte,

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Speaker 1: we have an idea. How about instead of taking all

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Speaker 1: of the hot chocolate, we will make sure that you

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Speaker 1: get what you need for your marshmallow bath time and

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Speaker 1: the rest of the hot chocolate will let all the

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Speaker 1: people drink. How does that sound?

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Speaker 2: Oh, ra flirt connut hop on r hold little wow.

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Speaker 1: I didn't know it was gonna be that easy, But

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Speaker 1: Mila and Lucia ended up saving the hot chocolate not

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Speaker 1: only for everybody else, but they also found out that

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Speaker 1: marshmallows like to take baths in hot chocolate. Who to

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Speaker 1: neew It actually kind of does make a lot of sense. Well,

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Speaker 1: the next time I have a nice cup of hot chocolate,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna make sure that those marshmallows are well taken

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Speaker 1: care for in their nice, warm bath. The end, Hey, friends,

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Speaker 1: I need your help celebrating three birthdays. Drum roll please,

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday Roberta, who's earning five years old. Roberta is

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Speaker 1: the best storyteller we know. Wow, that's pretty impressive, and

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Speaker 1: she likes to pretend to be a puppy and is

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Speaker 1: unbelievably kind and trustworthy. Wow, Roberta, I'm so glad that

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

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Speaker 1: the show. Happy fifth birthday. And next up we have

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday Nolan, who's turning four years old. Nolan loves

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Speaker 1: yummy snacks so much. He's having a birthday party at

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Speaker 1: the trampoline park. What that's so cool, and just got

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Speaker 1: back from a fun trip in London and Europe. Wow, Nolan,

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Speaker 1: that's so amazing. Hope you have a super awesome birthday

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Speaker 1: party and I hope this is the best birthday ever.

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday, Nolan, And next up we have Happy Birthday.

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Speaker 1: Tale is turning nine years old. Tale loves doing backflips

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Speaker 1: on the trampoline. Wow, that's impressive and into the pool.

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Speaker 1: Holy smokes. He's a talented artist and most of all,

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Speaker 1: thoughtful and a kind human. I love all of those things, Tayo.

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Speaker 1: I hope you have the best birthday ever. I'm so

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

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Speaker 1: day on the show. Happy birthday, Tayo Shure. If you

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Speaker 1: want to celebrate your big day on the show. Have

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Speaker 1: your parents look down in the show notes below. We

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Speaker 1: are scheduling January birthdays right now. I'll see you on

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Speaker 1: your next adventure. Bye.