1 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 1: Hello friends, it's Mr Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Today's story comes to us from Danny in Chicago. 3 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: Hey Danny, I hope you are having a super duper day, 4 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 1: and I know you didn't submit this story, but I 5 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: wanted to do a story about my hometown in Chicago, 6 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,319 Speaker 1: and I knew that Danny had to be the one 7 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: to save the day because I love how excited he 8 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 1: is on all of our zoom sessions and Instagram. So 9 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: shout out to Danny. Well, are you guys ready for 10 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: today's adventure? Me too? Let's go. Have I ever told 11 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: you the legend of the Beneath Her? I haven't, Oh my. 12 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: The beneath Her, or commonly referred to as the bean Eater, 13 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: is a mythical creature that lives underwater and he loves 14 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: to eat beans. I know that sounds kind of silly, 15 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: right beans? That doesn't seem like something a scary monster 16 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: would eat. Right? Well, you got it right. He's not 17 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: exactly the scariest creature in all of the universe, but 18 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:34,759 Speaker 1: he is the most unique. Do you know why? Yeah, 19 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: because he eats beans and we can call him the 20 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: benea He or Benny for short beneath her lives and 21 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: breeds underwater, searching for the most delicious beans in all 22 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: the world. Do you like to eat beans? Oh? I 23 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: love every kind of bean. I like green beans and 24 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: baked beans. And if beans were orange, I would, well, 25 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: maybe they are orange. I like. I like a lot 26 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: of different foods, and beans are one of them. When 27 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: I would not want the beneat her to eat all 28 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: of the beans in the world, because then I wouldn't 29 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 1: have any for myself. It's okay, Mr Jim, all right, Well, 30 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:27,519 Speaker 1: the beneat he he lives underwater, and he's been spotted 31 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: in Lake Michigan. Do you have you ever heard of 32 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: Lake Michigan. Yeah, Lake Michigan is a big, big lake 33 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: right near the top half middle part of America. And 34 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: Lake Michigan is a very big water connected to a 35 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: whole bunch of other big waters, and together they form 36 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: the Great Lakes. There's like Superior and like You're on, 37 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: like Hudson, like Ontario, like Michigan, like Arie. I think 38 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: I set them all and they all together form the 39 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: Beneitter's favorite home. He loves to live there because I 40 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: guess there's a lot of beans all the way around there, 41 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: and there's this one being that it is right next to, 42 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: Like Michigan, that the Beneitter has always wanted to eat. 43 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: Do you know what being I'm talking about? Yes, in 44 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 1: the city of Chicago is a humongous sculpture of the 45 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: shiniest being I've ever seen. It is. Uh, it's hard 46 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: to describe how big it is, but just imagine the 47 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: size of your house if your house was shaped like 48 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: a bean. It's almost that big. And it's extra extra shiny, 49 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: And so if you look at it, it's like a mirror. 50 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: You can you can look at your reflection. It's really cool. Well, 51 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: the bene he was just seen outside of Chicago swimming 52 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: around owned in Lake Michigan, and it's rumored that he's 53 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: making a plan to come and eat the giant bean. 54 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: Oh no, we definitely need help, and that is why 55 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 1: HQ has called upon Danny in Chicago. Danny, Danny, are 56 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: you there. I'm here, said Danny as he reached down 57 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: for his spy beeper. It gave him the recorded message 58 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: from HQ that said, Danny, we need your help. The 59 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: Beneater has been spotted just offshore of Chicago in Lake 60 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: Michigan and he seems to be very hungry. Our reports 61 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: have said that he has eaten all the baked beans 62 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has swam across Lake Michigan 63 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 1: all the way to Chicago because he wants to finish 64 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: off the giant bean. Who No, said Danny. The message 65 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: gave him the coordinates of exactly where he was last spotted, 66 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 1: and so that means Danny needs to put on his 67 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: scuba suit. Yeah, Danny was on our scuba team, which 68 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: means he could go underwater with all the equipment that 69 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: a scuba diver needs. What what's the what's the gear 70 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 1: that he needs? What do you think? Yeah, flippers and 71 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: a scuba suit and some goggles and oh yeah, the 72 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: tank with the oxygen for him to breathe. Great. So 73 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: Danny grabbed all of his gear and headed off for 74 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: the beach off the coast of Chicago. It's a very 75 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: beautiful place. And as he walked in the water from 76 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: the beach on Chicago, he started to scan around and look, 77 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: he didn't see anything. Everybody was swimming just like normal 78 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: because they didn't know that the beneater was nearby. You 79 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: don't have to be afraid of the beneitter because he 80 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: only likes to eat beans. Well, you can be afraid 81 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: if you're a bean, but I'm not a bean. Are 82 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: you a bean? Oh? Good? One? Two, three. As Danny 83 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: jumped into the water searching for the beneitter, he swam 84 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 1: and swam and swam deeper and deeper for the beneath 85 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: he he went. Pretty soon he found the bottom of 86 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: Lake Michigan, Like Michigan is pretty deep, and so he 87 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: had to swim a very long way, and there was 88 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: there were footprints on the bottom of the lake in 89 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: the sand and the mud, and it was headed southeast. 90 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: All right, I guess we gotta head that way. Danny 91 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: started to follow the footprints on the bottom because the beneath. 92 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: He likes to walk on the bottom of the lake 93 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: or the ocean that he's in, because that keeps him 94 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: camouflage because no one, well usually no one is way 95 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: down there. As he followed the footprints all the way, 96 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: he started to think of a plan. All right, how 97 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: are we going to get this guy out of here? 98 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: Said Danny to himself. He started to think somewhere else, 99 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: somewhere better that he could go and fill his tummy 100 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: with beans without eating the most special being in all 101 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: of Chicago. M hmm. He had to come up with 102 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: some kind of plan because time was running out. And 103 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: then those footprints took a turn and was headed towards 104 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: the shore. Oh no, he's headed for the lake front. 105 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: Oh no, that means the beneath he is getting closer. 106 00:07:52,160 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: Don't don't done. As Danny followed the tracks, they then 107 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: went out of the water, which means that the Beneger 108 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: was now on shore. The Beneger cannot stay on shore 109 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: for very long because he has to breathe underwater, but 110 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: he can stay up here for like an hour or so, 111 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: so he could be anywhere. Danny put a call into 112 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: h Q. HQ, come in, Danny, were here, what's going on? 113 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: Give us an update? Okay, Well, the Beneger has left 114 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: Lake Michigan and he's somewhere roaming around Chicago. I need help. 115 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: Can you send in some kind of helicopters to like 116 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: fly around and see what you can see. We're on 117 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: it over. HQ sent a whole bunch of helicopters to 118 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: fly around the city of Chicago to look for more 119 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: clues and the footprints we're gone. They were following the 120 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: footprints because the Beneger was still wet as it was 121 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: walking around. But I think he dried off in the 122 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: footprints were no longer there. I've forgotten to tell you 123 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: how big the Beneger is, just in case you see it. 124 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: And the Beneger, Like we know that Chinese bean in 125 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: Chicago is very big, well, the Beneger is even bigger. 126 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: He's as big as a movie theater. Yeah he could. 127 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: He could uh swallow a whole movie theater. He is 128 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 1: hubrongous but very nice. But he eats all the beans, 129 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: so I want to eat beans too. Well. Danny was 130 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: walking around Chicago looking for something, and all of a 131 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: sudden he spotted it. The Beneger is right in Millennium Park. 132 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: He's close. Danny ran over to get closer to the Beneger. 133 00:09:55,920 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: The Beneger looked at him and said, wow, we're not 134 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: gonna stop moon No no, now, I'm Varral Hungril mar 135 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: Tom Mr benitar Um. You really can't eat this bean. 136 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: It's a very special being. It's made of metal. It's 137 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,079 Speaker 1: gonna hurt your Tell me you definitely can't eat it. 138 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 1: Why are you talking about that? That bean looks less 139 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: us It looks nice. I'm I want to catch your 140 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: Bernard catch up. I don't think you should loosen I too. 141 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: Don't tom up the dirt. I'm a hundred boom, I'm 142 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: a boom ult masson. I believe you, Mr Benitar, But 143 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: you see, this is a very special bean. It's gonna 144 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: hurt you. Tell me. I can show you where more 145 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: beans are. I'm negotiated with a whole bunch of bean 146 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: farmers in Illinois and they will give you all the 147 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: beans that you want as long as you don't eat 148 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: this bean. Through your promised I promise. And that is 149 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: the day that Danny saved our shiny bean in Chicago. 150 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: The bean eater or the beneitter, he went back into 151 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:23,959 Speaker 1: Lake Michigan and held open his mouth. Farmers from all 152 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: over the Midwest came in with big truck fulls of 153 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: beans and they started to feed the beneitter. Everyone from 154 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 1: all over the country came to see this beneitter that 155 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 1: has now become a friendly part of our country. Well, Danny, 156 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you helped convince that beneit he 157 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: to not eat the shiny bean in Chicago. You say 158 00:11:55,080 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: that day, Well, friends, that was a awesome adventure her. 159 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: I will see you on our next story. By great job. 160 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: You listen to all the way to the end, and 161 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: you know what time it is. 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