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

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. I'm pretty excited. Today's story comes to us

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Speaker 1: from Aspen and Valor. Hey guys, they sent me an

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Speaker 1: awesome idea for a story, and you can too. Just

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Speaker 1: head over to kidshort stories dot com. Send me your

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Speaker 1: idea and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure.

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Speaker 1: And then after today's episode, there's a news Biology Squad episode,

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Speaker 1: So all my spies out there, you've got to make

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Speaker 1: sure and tune in after you hear today's story. Well,

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Speaker 1: you ready for today's adventure? Me too, Let's go. It

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Speaker 1: was a beautiful day outside, as Aspen and Valor. We're

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Speaker 1: both finishing up a delicious sandwich lunch. Oh. I love

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Speaker 1: eating lunches outside, as they were sitting in the backyard

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Speaker 1: on top of a nice picnic blanket their sandwich, chips

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Speaker 1: and drinks. Ah, this was the best day ever. Ah,

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Speaker 1: that was good. Hey, Valor, could you pass me those

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Speaker 1: apple slices over there? Said Aspen. Yeah, here you go.

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Speaker 1: Valor hinted him a big bowl of apple slices. Hey, afterward, done,

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Speaker 1: do you want to go on a walk throughout the neighborhood?

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Speaker 1: I would love that. Maybe we can look for critters

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Speaker 1: along the way, said Valor. That's a perfect idea for

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Speaker 1: a perfect day. Come on, let's finish up and clean up.

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Speaker 1: Let's go, shouted Aspen. Going on walks throughout their neighborhood

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Speaker 1: was another one of their favorite things to do, walking

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Speaker 1: past their neighbors and waving hello and maybe even keeping

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Speaker 1: their eye out for a neighborhood critter walking by on

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Speaker 1: a perfect day. Nothing beats a perfect walk. Do you

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Speaker 1: like to go on walks or a bike ride or

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Speaker 1: a scooter ride? Oh? Yeah, nothing one quite beats a

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Speaker 1: perfect day, like a going on a walk or some

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Speaker 1: kind of adventure. Well, as they finished their lunch and

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Speaker 1: cleaned up, all their things barted inside, they put on

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Speaker 1: their shoes and began their journey out the front door.

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Speaker 1: Little did they know that all their plans would soon

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Speaker 1: quickly change. Oh, Aspen, look over here, who left all

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Speaker 1: this garbage out on the side of the road, said Valor.

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Speaker 1: That is so rude. How could they litter like this?

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Speaker 1: Said Aspen. There was a big pile of garbage on

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Speaker 1: the side of the road. Looked like it was definitely

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Speaker 1: just left there. Didn't blow in the wind. From somewhere else.

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Speaker 1: Someone must have just dropped it right here in the

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Speaker 1: grass on the side of the street. Hey, maybe we

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Speaker 1: and pick up this garbage along the way, said Valor.

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Speaker 1: That's a great idea, and let's get our piccareos those grabbers,

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Speaker 1: because that garbage looks pretty disgusting. I don't want to

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Speaker 1: touch it. Aspin and Valor ran back to their house,

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Speaker 1: grabbed some garbage bags and their grabber tools, and ran

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Speaker 1: back to the spot that had all that garbage in

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Speaker 1: the grass. It only took a few minutes for them

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Speaker 1: to have picked up all that garbage, when all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden, they saw an animal up ahead. Oh no,

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Speaker 1: there's a Is that a turtle? There's a turtle walking

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Speaker 1: across the road, and it's got a whole bunch of

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Speaker 1: plastic around its shell, said Valor. Let's go help it.

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Speaker 1: Aspen and Valor ran over to that turtle on the road.

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Speaker 1: It was struggling to move because it had all this

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Speaker 1: said Aspen as he gently pulled that plastic off of

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Speaker 1: the legs. I've never seen so much littering garbage around here,

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Speaker 1: said Aspen, and then Valor looked down further down the

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Speaker 1: a second, said Valor. Something's going on. This is not normal.

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Speaker 1: We've walked on the street a hundred times and I've

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Speaker 1: And then they heard a sound. What was that, said Aspen.

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Speaker 1: They both turned around and looked there. It was a small, pink,

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Speaker 1: It looked kind of scary. Look at that thing, said Aspen.

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Speaker 1: He just climbed out of that garbage can with a

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Speaker 1: whole bunch of garbage, and look at that. He's the

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Speaker 1: to stop him, said Valor. Aspen and Valor started running

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Speaker 1: towards that small, fluffy, pink thing. It was maybe the

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Speaker 1: size of a small bunny, but it had very big

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Speaker 1: you think you're doing? Shouted Aspen. Le it started running

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Speaker 1: as fast as it could. Aspen and Valor were close behind. Hey, stop,

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Speaker 1: Shouted Valor. They were both running as fast as they could,

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Speaker 1: but this little pink, fluffy thing was very fast, and

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Speaker 1: then all of a sudden it disappeared into a garbage can.

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Speaker 1: There we got him trapped in ear said Valor, as

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Speaker 1: said Aspen. Yeah, it's inside. What are we gonna do

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Speaker 1: with this thing? Said Valor. I don't know. Let's try

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Speaker 1: understand me? Well, if he does, he doesn't sound very happy,

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Speaker 1: said Aspen. All right, mister uh litterbug, you can't keep

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Speaker 1: littering down our street like this, said Valor. Do you

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Speaker 1: like are you trying to get rid of the garbage

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Speaker 1: or do you like the garbage lock like I think

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Speaker 1: he said he likes the garbage, said Valor. That's right,

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Speaker 1: heart too, said Aspen. I wonder if he's taking it

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Speaker 1: out of the garbage cans to like save it for himself.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, that's making a huge mess, said Aspen. Wait

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Speaker 2: Uh, mister litterbug creature thing, have you ever thought about

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Speaker 2: living at the garbage dump, like, there's a lot of

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Speaker 2: garbage there that you can just live with.

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Speaker 1: How does that sound? Oh? Lock lock lock. Aspen and

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Speaker 1: Valor kind of laugh to each other, thinking that they

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Speaker 1: were able to now communicate with this furry, pink, scary

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Speaker 1: looking litterbug. Well, the rest of the afternoon he spent

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Speaker 1: walking over to the garbage dump. It was a long walk,

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Speaker 1: but Aspen and Valor pushed this garbage can the whole

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Speaker 1: the lid to the garbage can and out popped their pink,

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Speaker 1: fluffy litterbugo lock luck luck true boo. And just like that,

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Speaker 1: that little litterbug started running around the garbage dump. I

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Speaker 1: think he was in his happy place. Aspen and Valor

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Speaker 1: not only cleaned up their neighborhood, but I think they

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Speaker 1: also saved it from many future messes ahead, because I

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Speaker 1: don't think that litter bug meant to hurt other animals,

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Speaker 1: like that turtle that had all that plastic wrapped around it,

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Speaker 1: but that litterbug should not be throwing garbage all over

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Speaker 1: the place like that. Right. Yeah, well, well, I'm so

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Speaker 1: glad that Aspen and Valor saved the day and save

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Speaker 1: that turtle. This may be the end of the story,

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Speaker 1: but it's only just the beginning of the many adventures

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Speaker 1: that lie ahead in Aspen and Valor's walks around their neighborhood.

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Speaker 1: The end. Great time you listened all the way to

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Speaker 1: the end, and you know what tummina is. It's time

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Speaker 1: Fortard shout out. I want to say to Guineaon from Tampa,

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Speaker 1: Kelsey and a tarn Ellien from Ontario, Noah from Richmond Hill,

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Speaker 1: Nolan from Washington, Savannah and Elie from California, Stephanie from Sydney, Australia,

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Speaker 1: Giovanni from Denver, Colorado, and Charlie from Florida. I'm so

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Speaker 1: glad that you're all in the Kitchen Stories family and

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Speaker 1: Don the Spight team. We could not stop doctor Stinky

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Speaker 1: Breath and his crew without you, my friends. Well, you

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Speaker 1: have a super duper day and I will see you

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Speaker 1: on our next adventure. Bye. And two