1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: Hello friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Today's story comes to us from one of 3 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: my friends, Grace. Hey Grace, she sent me an awesome 4 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: idea for a story, and you can too. Just head 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: over to kids short stories dot com, click the link 6 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 1: to fill out the form for story submissions, and then 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: send me your idea. It can just be a couple 8 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: of sentences or something that you think is really cool. Well, friends, 9 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: are you ready for a world where there's alien trees? 10 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It was a beautiful day as 11 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: Grace and all of her friends were building treehouses in 12 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: their neighborhood. Holy smokes, that sounds like an amazing neighborhood 13 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,279 Speaker 1: to live in. Whoa that they have a force right 14 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: there and they're all building tree Have you ever been 15 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: inside of a treehouse before? And you have to climb 16 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: up a ladder to get all the way in and 17 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: you pull yourself up and then wow, it's like you're 18 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: in a different world up there. I love going in 19 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: treehouses and treehouses that have walls and windows and even 20 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: a roof. Those are the craziest coolest ones. Hey, guys, 21 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: have you seen all these vines that are like connected 22 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: to all the trees, asked Grace. Uh, I didn't notice 23 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: those before, but those are pretty strange looking, said one 24 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: of her friends. She was right. All the trees had 25 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: this strange vine connected to it that seemed to be 26 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: all running in the same direction through the forest. I'll 27 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: definitely need to check that out later, Grace thought to herself, Hey, guys, 28 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go grab some more nails and some more tools. Okay, 29 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: I'll be right back. Okay, see you, Grace. Grace started 30 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: jogging back to her house. At her house, there were 31 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: all the kind of tools that she needed, like some 32 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: rope and a hammer and a screwdriver and everything that 33 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: you need to build an amazing treehouse. All right, I 34 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 1: need some of those and some of these. She had 35 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: grabbed a bag and was filling it up with all 36 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: the things she needed and wanted to share with her 37 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: friends as they were building this amazing community of treehouses. 38 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, she heard some screaming, ah, help, help, 39 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: somebody help us. It was coming from the forest. Grace 40 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: dropped her bag and started running as fast as she 41 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 1: could to the forest. She thought that somebody might have 42 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: gotten hurt guys, what's going on? Are you okay? Somebody hurt? 43 00:02:55,440 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: Golf help? We're stuck inside of the treehouse. Something weird 44 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: happened in the tree just like closed us in oh. 45 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: Grace couldn't believe her eyes. The branches on the trees 46 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 1: had almost It looked like they were hugging the treehouses 47 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: and it made it impossible for the people inside to escape. 48 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: What in the world happened to those trees, she thought 49 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: to herself, and then she saw it. The tree branches 50 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: started to move like arms. The trees had come alive. 51 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: Grace knew exactly what she had to do. She had 52 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: to call into HQ, so she ran back to her 53 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: house to grab a walkie talkie. Sh HQ, this is Grace. 54 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: I have a huge emergency over sh Grace. What is 55 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: the emergency? SH? Something? I don't even understand what happened, 56 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: but me and my friends we were building treehouses in 57 00:03:58,480 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: the forest and all of a sudden, it looks like 58 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: the tree trees came alive and they've trapped my friends 59 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: inside of the treehouse. Do you have any ideas what 60 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: could be going on? Sh? I'm sorry, but we do not. 61 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: You're gonna need to search around and look for clues. 62 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: Look for something that looks unusual, and let us know 63 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: what you find. Over sh Grace put her walkie talking 64 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: in her pocket and started running towards the forest. She 65 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: had to start looking for clues. But what does that 66 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: even mean? To look for something strange? But all the trees. 67 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: That's pretty strange that they're like coming alive. 68 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 2: Oh whoose ghose? 69 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: All of our friends were still stuck inside of their 70 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: treehouses with no way out. All the branches of the 71 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: trees had blocked the windows and the doors and they 72 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: were stuck inside of their treehouse. Don't worry, guys, Grace shouted, 73 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get you out, And it's like the trees 74 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: heard her. As soon as she shouted her her voice, 75 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:06,239 Speaker 1: the branches started creeping closer to her. Ah, whoa, that's creepy, 76 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 1: said Grace. She ran back to her backyard to find 77 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: a safe place out of reach of all those tree branches. 78 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: But as she was running back, she tripped on one 79 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: of those vines that she had seen earlier. Whoa, owt 80 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: uh Wait a second, these vines. I've never seen them before. 81 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: I've never seen a bright purple vine before. Wow, very strange. 82 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: And then Grace remembered what h Q had said on 83 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: the walkie talkie for her to look for something that 84 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:43,239 Speaker 1: was strange. And that's pretty strange. All right, I'm gonna 85 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: need to follow these vines and see where they lead to, 86 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 1: because maybe the vines are part of this thing that's 87 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: going on, Grace said to herself. But she has to 88 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: think about how she's gonna be able to sneak past 89 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: these trees because earlier it looks like they were able 90 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: to hear her, and so she's gonna have to be 91 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: really quiet, and just in case, she should probably wear 92 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: some camouflage, right, Yeah, if you needed to blend into 93 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: that forest, what would you use as camouflage? I think 94 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: I might get some sticks and leaves and, like I 95 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: don't know, tie them onto my back to make Oh yeah, 96 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: then I could look like a giant bush. What's your 97 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 1: idea for a good camouflage trick in the forest. Well, 98 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: I think Grace took my idea and started to build 99 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: herself into a bush. A bush that was gonna walk 100 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: through the forest. A walking bush, you know, that doesn't 101 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: look strange at all. That would be pretty silly to 102 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: see if you saw a bush moving through the forest. 103 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: I think that would be pretty suspicious, but maybe maybe 104 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: we can trick these strange trees. What do you think. 105 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: As Grace started to crawl through the forest, trying to 106 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 1: act like a very non suspicious bush, she actually made it. 107 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: She was able to sneak past all those trees and 108 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: started to follow those very strange vines that were on 109 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: the ground. Do you remember what color those vines were? Yes, purple, 110 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: very suspicious vines. She got deeper and deeper into the forest, 111 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, there was a clearing up ahead. 112 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: A clearing means there's no trees in the area, just grass, 113 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: and she couldn't believe what she was seeing. 114 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 2: Oh boy, I can't believe how many little kids weit 115 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 2: cutting in those tree traps. 116 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was pretty surprising that it actually worked. So, uh, 117 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: what do you think we should do about it? 118 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 2: Well, the Bars wanted us to, you know, test it 119 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 2: out with just a couple of trees, and then if 120 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 2: it was successful, then we could roll it out to 121 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 2: all the forests in the entire world. 122 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: Oh no, that sounds like a purple Ninja plan. Are 123 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: they really trying to catch all of us inside of 124 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: tree traps. That sounds absolutely terrible. How in the world 125 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: is Craze going to stop them before it's too late. 126 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: I don't know. We'll have to wait and see what 127 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: happens on the next episode of Kids Short Stories. Great job, 128 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: you listened all the way to the end, and you 129 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: know what time it is. It's time for Kurd shout out. 130 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: I would say, Hey, Tokoha and Luca from Vancouver, Meyra 131 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: from New Zealand, Kai from New Zealand, Claude from the Philippines, 132 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 1: Charlotte and Jack from Washington, DC Oli from Kansas City, 133 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: and Wyatt from San Francisco. I'm so glad that you're 134 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: all in the Kid Short Stories family and on the 135 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: spy team. We could not stop Doctor Stinking Breath and 136 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: his crew without you, my friends. Well you have a 137 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: super super day and I will see you on our 138 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: next adventure. Bye.