1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,200 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 --> 00:00:24,000 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 --> 00:00:38,680 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 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 2: Me too? 16 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 3: Let's go. 17 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:00,279 Speaker 2: Hey guys, this is a pretty good idea. This might 18 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 2: be our best idea ever. 19 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 4: What do you well, Why exactly are we doing this? 20 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 4: I don't understand. Is the boss gonna like it? Of 21 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 4: course you're gonna like it. Look at all these fire 22 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 4: trucks that we have over here, you know, But what 23 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,759 Speaker 4: are we gonna do with fire trucks. 24 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 2: I haven't figured that out quite yet. 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 1: Their bon ninjas are yous there? 26 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 2: I need update. 27 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 3: Oh no, it's it's doctor Sticky. Do we know or 28 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 3: what do we do? 29 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 2: On on a second? Hey, boss, Yeah, we're here. We're 30 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 2: working on a pretty cool project that we're not quite 31 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 2: ready to tell you about. Because it's a surprise. 32 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: Feel it better be a good surprise. I'm tired of 33 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: waiting to take over the world. Whenever you're working on 34 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: it'd better get this closer to our final I will 35 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: be flying down tonight. Be prepared to show me what's 36 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: this amazing plan of yours, zase and how we can 37 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: take over the world. 38 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 2: Okay, Boss, over and out? 39 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 3: What are we going to do? Who are we gonna 40 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 3: tell them? We have all these fire trucks. 41 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 2: I'm still working on it, but I want us to 42 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 2: try this one thing. If we get some really stinky water, 43 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 2: maybe those fire trucks and those big, giantormous hoses can 44 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 2: spray the stinky water all over the place. Let's get work. 45 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: Meanwhile, across town, Ben and his sister Anna had been 46 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: playing in their backyard together. They were playing a really 47 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: fun game of floor's lava. That is one of my 48 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 1: favorite games to play. If you have you know, some 49 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: sticks or rocks or I don't know anything, that you 50 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: can lay out a path on the ground and then 51 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: you have to travel across it to the other side. 52 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 3: That is. 53 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: That is a great way to spend a day outside. 54 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: All right, don't touch that lava, shouted Ben. Anna was 55 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: carefully hopping across this trail of big rocks. Okay, I'm 56 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: almost there, said Anna. What whoa, I'm I'm gonna fall 57 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: the lava, Ben helly. Just then Ben reached out and 58 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: grabbed Anna's hand to steady her before she fell right 59 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: into the lava. Oh thanks, Ben, he saved me, said Anna. 60 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: All right, we just have a little bit more to go. 61 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: Come on, we're running out of time, said Ben. They 62 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: hopped their way across the rest of the course and 63 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: right before the final jump, hold on freeze. Did you 64 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: hear that? 65 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 3: Said Ben. 66 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: Of course I did. All right, we gotta do this 67 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: last jump and then check what message from HQ just came. 68 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: All right, let me go first, said Anna. One, two, three, 69 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: what I made it. You can do it, Ben, Ben 70 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: jumped with all of his might to meet Anna on 71 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: the other side. 72 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 2: All right, we did it. 73 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: Now, let's go check that walkie talkie. The both of 74 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: them ran over to the walkie talkie to play the 75 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: message from HQ, and it said, Ben, Anna, we have 76 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: an emergency. The force near your house is believed to 77 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: be the location where the Purple Ninjas have stolen and 78 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: hidden several fire trucks in your city. We're not sure 79 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: what they're planning to do with all of those fire trucks, 80 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 1: but it must be something terrible. Sh Oh, no, that 81 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 1: sounds really bad, Sana. Is it like all the fire 82 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: trucks are they gone? 83 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 4: Sh Yes. 84 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 1: All the fire departments in your area have reported missing 85 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: fire trucks, which we've tracked down. The Purpleman just bringing 86 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: them to somewhere inside of that forest. We need to 87 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: return them to the fire department before a fire erupts 88 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 1: in somebody's house and they don't have a fire truck. 89 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 1: That would be absolutely terrible. We do not have a 90 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: location of their last known spot, so it will be 91 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: up to you to investigate that forest and figure out 92 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: where they have hidden these fire trucks. Good luck, Ben 93 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 1: and Anna, over and out shhh. Ben and Anna froze 94 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: and looked at each other. They didn't know exactly what 95 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: to do next. What would you do if you were 96 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: searching for a whole bunch of fire trucks that went 97 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: missing in a forest. Hmm, that's a really tough one. 98 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 2: Maybe, oh, maybe check for tracks. 99 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: In the mud that could be something, or maybe the 100 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: sound of a fire truck that they're pretty loud, or 101 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: the lights hmmm. Well, either way, they're gonna have to 102 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: start exploring because this is a really big forest and 103 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: they need to find those fire trucks before it's too late. 104 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: All right, Ben, let's grab our gear and let's get started, 105 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: said Anna as she rushed inside. I'm right behind you, 106 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 1: said Ben. They both ran to their rooms to grab 107 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: their spy gear, their jet packs, net blasters, glue blasters, 108 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: and more. They didn't know what they would need. You see, 109 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: on the spy team, you always need to make sure 110 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: that you have everything with you just in case because 111 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: every adventure, uh, they're all different, So you have to 112 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: make sure that you have all the resources and tools 113 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 1: with you just in case you need them. Ben and 114 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: Anna started walking through the forest. The first thing they 115 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: were looking for was a trail of tire tracks, because 116 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 1: fire trucks driving through the forest. I'm pretty sure. I'm 117 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: pretty sure they would leave some tracks in the mud. 118 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 2: Do you see anything over there. 119 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: Shouted Ben. Ah, not yet, but let's keep looking, shouted 120 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: Anna back. They had now been walking through the forest 121 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: for several hours. The sun was starting to set and 122 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: get closer down to the horizon, which meant to was 123 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: getting a little bit darker. They needed to turn on 124 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: their headlamps and their flashlights to provide some light to 125 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: look for those tracks. Ben, I think I found some, 126 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: shouted Anna. She was holding her flashlight and off in 127 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: the distance she could definitely see some giant tire tracks 128 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: in the mud. Come on, it's over here. Ben was 129 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: racing to catch up. Okay, I'll be right there. He 130 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: was running as fast as he could and quickly caught 131 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: up to Anna. All right, where are they look at 132 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: these things? Anna was pointing her flashlight down into the mud. 133 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: There was definitely a trail of tracks that was headed 134 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: into deeper into the forest, but they were really hard 135 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: to follow. Look at this, I can see the tracks here, 136 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: but it's like they just disappear when they start driving 137 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: onto the grass, said Anna. She was right. The only 138 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: places where the tracks could be followed was when there 139 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: was like dirt or mud, but whenever they entered into 140 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: like a grassy field, it was almost impossible to follow 141 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: those tracks. All right, Well, it looks like they headed 142 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: this way. Let's just keep going and see if we 143 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: can find, you know, some more tracks, said Ben. Ben 144 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: and Anna continued on across the field. It was now 145 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 1: almost completely dark for nighttime. 146 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 2: But little did they know. 147 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,319 Speaker 1: That that darkness was about to be the best help 148 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,959 Speaker 1: in finding those fire trucks. Meanwhile, up ahead in the forest, 149 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: deeper and deeper in the forest, the Purple Ninjas were 150 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: still trying to figure out how all these buttons worked 151 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: before doctor Stinkybreath got there. 152 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:55,839 Speaker 2: All right, we just got to figure out a way 153 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 2: how to turn on the hoses to start testing the 154 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 2: stinky juice spray. Ah, there's so many buttons. You know 155 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 2: which one to push? 156 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 3: Uh? No, I've never been inside of a fire truck before. 157 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 3: I don't know of which but the push Maybe this one. 158 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 2: Ben, that's not the right button, turn it off. 159 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 1: The Purple Ninjas were now scrambling to turn off that alarm, 160 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 1: and as they were pushing all the buttons to turn 161 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: off that obnoxious fire alarm sound, they accidentally hit the 162 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: light button, which started flashing bright blue and red lights 163 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: all around the fire truck. Turn those off, shouted the 164 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: Purple Ninjas. It was then that Ben and Anna saw 165 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: all that flashing. Hannah, look at that. Ben was pointing 166 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: deeper into the forest and they could see all this 167 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: obnoxious flashing and alarm sounding And I think that's gotta 168 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: be the fire trucks. Come on, we gotta call that 169 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: into HQ. HQ, I think we found the fire trucks. 170 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: We'll send you the location. Sh Great job, Betananna, hurry, 171 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:10,439 Speaker 1: we'll send a team out right away. Sh It wasn't 172 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: long before h Q was able to send out a 173 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: whole team to help Ben and Anna rescue all those 174 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 1: stolen fire trucks. Unfortunately, those Purple Nindas were able to 175 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,839 Speaker 1: get away, but doctor Sinky Breath was not happy about it. 176 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: What do you mean you saw us those fire trucks 177 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 1: and then you let them get away? Ah, Purpo Ninjas, 178 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: you were so close to greatness, but your silly button 179 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 1: pushing has ruined it again. 180 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 5: Purple Nina, Great job, Bet and Anna, you saved us 181 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 5: all from stinky juice sprayed out of all the fire 182 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 5: trucks that would have been absolutely terrible. 183 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:58,839 Speaker 1: But great job finding those lost fire trucks in the 184 00:10:58,880 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: middle of the dark. 185 00:10:59,760 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 3: Four. 186 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: It's because of your bravery, Ah that I'm gonna be 187 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: able to sleep soundly tonight. 188 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 2: The end. 189 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:15,079 Speaker 1: Hey, friends, I need your help celebrating a birthday. Drum 190 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: roll please, Happy birthday Kiyo me who's turning six years old? 191 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: Kio me loves singing, legos and swimming. Ooh, I love 192 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: all three of those things too well. Happy birthday, kill me. 193 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that we got to celebrate you and 194 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: your big day on the show. Friends, if you have 195 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: a birthday coming up in December or January and you 196 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: want to celebrate your big day on the show, have 197 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: your parents check down in the show notes below to 198 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: learn how you can do that. Well, friends, I hope 199 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: you have a super duper day. I'll see you on 200 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 1: our next adventure. 201 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 4: Bye.