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

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time or you're

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Speaker 1: still newer to our family, I want to encourage you

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Speaker 1: to try five. That's our challenge, where for five days

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Speaker 1: in a row, your kids listen to some awesome stories

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Speaker 1: to use their imagination and watch their creativity come to life.

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Speaker 1: You see, we make stories every single day for you,

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Speaker 1: and you just never know what kind of story you're

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Speaker 1: gonna find on any given day. So hang with me

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Speaker 1: for five days, whether maybe driving in the car or

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Speaker 1: maybe during lunchtime, and I think you're gonna find something

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Speaker 1: pretty amazing happens. Well, friends, are you ready for today's adventure?

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Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It was a beautiful evening in

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Speaker 1: the middle of the forest as Jude and his dad

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Speaker 1: were out camping. A monster. Jude yelled, pointing excitedly at

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Speaker 1: the ground. It's some kind of I don't know. Jude's

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Speaker 1: dad hurried over with a smile on his face as

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Speaker 1: his hiking boots shuffled across the dirt. Jude had been

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Speaker 1: looking for kindling or you know, some small sticks when

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Speaker 1: He kept his eyes glued to the muddy hole. Two

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Speaker 1: intenna and an alien looking body peeked out. Do you

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Speaker 1: know what this is? Jude had never seen anything like

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Speaker 1: this strange life form before, but this is exactly why

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Speaker 1: interesting things you might find. Oh, Jude, that's a crayfish.

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Speaker 1: They have an exoskeleton. I mean, their skeleton is on

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Speaker 2: The outside of their body. No, wonder they look like monsters.

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Speaker 2: Why does their body look like that? Asked Jude, with wonder.

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Speaker 2: Their exoskeleton protects and support their bodies. All right, come

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Speaker 2: on back to the fire now, it's almost time to

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Speaker 2: get ready for bed, said Jude's dad. Jude followed his

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Speaker 2: father back to the fire. Here in the forest with

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Speaker 2: his dad, Jude was pretty sure anything could happen. Jude

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Speaker 2: looked around curiously. It was so dark, nothing like the

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Speaker 2: street lights are glowing homes near their house. What other

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Speaker 2: wonderers waited for him out here? The campfire cracked and

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Speaker 2: snapped as it's warm and cozy glow shined in the darkness.

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Speaker 2: As Jude and his dad approached. They looked up at

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Speaker 2: the twinkling stars above. Jude rested his chin on his hand.

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Speaker 1: I bet they feel tingly, Jude said, what are you

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Speaker 1: talking about, Jude? The stars? No, I bet they feel tingly,

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Speaker 1: like when you touch that electric spear at the Science Center,

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Speaker 1: bet stars feel like that. Sounds like you're getting a

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Speaker 1: little sleepy there, Jude, said Jude's dad. Just then, a

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Speaker 1: you see that it's coming this way? Suddenly Jude and

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Speaker 1: his dad were swept up, as if there was some

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Speaker 2: Up and up and up.

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Speaker 3: What's happening?

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Speaker 1: I feel like I'm at the carnival, yelled Jude. Jude's

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Speaker 1: stomach somersaulted as they zoomed with the bright white light

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Speaker 1: a his dad. They couldn't believe what they were seeing.

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Speaker 3: Hey, there, you look like the kind of adventurer who

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Speaker 3: needed a night flight. Who are you?

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Speaker 1: Asked Jude, as his stomach was still doing cartwheels. They

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Speaker 3: My name is Pullox. You can find me up here

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Speaker 3: any time. And hey, there's my twin brother Castore. Together

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Speaker 1: Gemini, Jude's dad interrupted, Together you form Gemini.

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Speaker 3: Ha ha ha, that's right. Together we form Gemini.

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Speaker 2: Hi.

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Speaker 3: Say you want to say hello to my brother?

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Speaker 1: Sure, Jude said, wide eyed. They coasted through the night

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Speaker 1: been scary for me, what about you? But Jude wasn't

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Speaker 1: it's nice to meet you, said Castor. Castor had a soft,

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Speaker 4: Like see, you've met my brother pollax h and he

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Speaker 4: took you on a night flight. Wow, you must be fantastic.

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Speaker 4: If He's doing that for you. Only those with hearts

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Speaker 1: Jude smiled shyly. He liked to learn about everything he could.

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Speaker 1: Maybe that was why Pollux had chosen him for this adventure.

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Speaker 1: I'd just been asking my dad about the stars about

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Speaker 1: I touched you it would feel tingly, But being with you,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't tingly at all. It feels safe. We're very

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Speaker 1: glad that you and your father were able to come

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Speaker 1: humans that have gone on such a journey before. Just then,

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Speaker 3: This is for you. Keep it with you.

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Speaker 1: It will fill you with warmth and light.

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Speaker 3: It will keep you safe.

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Speaker 1: Jude wrapped his hand around the rock, clutching it closely

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Speaker 1: one that he had never felt before. Although it did

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Speaker 1: down at the campfire. This was a million times better.

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Speaker 1: It's time to go, Pollock said, still, and the sun

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Speaker 1: will rise. Although Jude was sad to leave, he understood.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, he said, his heart almost bursting. Jude closed

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Speaker 1: Had the night flight with those two stars been real?

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Speaker 1: Must have been a dream. Rolling over in his sleeping

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Speaker 1: he felt something small and round. Grabbing it, he pulled

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Speaker 1: There in his palm was a blue stone. He squeezed

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Speaker 1: over again. Jude smiled and closed his eyes as he

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Speaker 1: drifted off to sleep, knowing that that adventure was in

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Speaker 1: fact not a dream. It was real. The end will

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Speaker 1: Great job, you listened all the way to the end,

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Speaker 1: and you know what time it is. It's time for

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Speaker 1: kid shout out. So I want to say hey to

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Speaker 1: Clay and Nola from California, Lucy from Texas, Kevin from

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Speaker 1: from Connecticut. I'm so glad that you're all a part

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Speaker 1: of the Kit Short Stories family. We definitely could not

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Speaker 1: have this much fun with imagination without you, my friends. Well,

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

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Speaker 1: you on our next adventure. Bye.