1
00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,120
Speaker 1: Welcome back to Kids Short Stories. If this is your

2
00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,400
Speaker 1: first time listening, we want to welcome you to the family. Hello.

3
00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,720
Speaker 1: Make sure you click followers subscribed so that you don't

4
00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,280
Speaker 1: miss out on any of our stories Today. I want

5
00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:20,480
Speaker 1: to give a special shout out to Jacob from British Columbia,

6
00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:26,279
Speaker 1: Opal from Springfield, Missouri, Olivia from Denver, Samuel from Australia,

7
00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:30,479
Speaker 1: and Kaitlin from Montreal. Hey guys, if you guys want

8
00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,280
Speaker 1: your own shout out on the episode, go to Kids

9
00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,680
Speaker 1: Short Stories dot Org. Fill out that form and I'd

10
00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,680
Speaker 1: love to say hey and welcome you to the family.

11
00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,279
Speaker 1: Are you guys ready for today's adventure? Me too? Let's go.

12
00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,600
Speaker 1: Have I ever told you the story of how Zara

13
00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:57,320
Speaker 1: joined the Spy Kids I haven't, Oh no. Do you

14
00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,360
Speaker 1: know how kids joined the Spy Kids team? Have I?

15
00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,640
Speaker 1: I haven't? Oh no. Well, you see, to join the

16
00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:07,640
Speaker 1: Spy Kids team, you have to be very brave and

17
00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:12,560
Speaker 1: you have to solve a mystery. Spy Kids headquarters are

18
00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,720
Speaker 1: always watching to see if there's any new recruits out

19
00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:20,840
Speaker 1: there that are some really smart, brave kids that can

20
00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:25,720
Speaker 1: join the Spy Kids team. Well, you see, Zara was

21
00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:30,240
Speaker 1: not always on the Spy Kids team. She just like

22
00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,200
Speaker 1: everybody else, had to start somewhere, so we gotta go

23
00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:37,600
Speaker 1: way back. So when her, her dad and her brother

24
00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:43,080
Speaker 1: Alfie went to a soccer game you've seen, they thought

25
00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,440
Speaker 1: it was just a normal soccer game that they loved

26
00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,680
Speaker 1: going to. Their favorite team was the Red team, and

27
00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:54,000
Speaker 1: today the Red team was playing against the Blue team.

28
00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:58,360
Speaker 1: They were so excited to cheer on their Red team

29
00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,760
Speaker 1: and hope that they score or more goals and won

30
00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:06,559
Speaker 1: the game. When they got to their seats, they had

31
00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:11,160
Speaker 1: some popcorn and some other delicious snacks that they had

32
00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,440
Speaker 1: got at the game. As they were watching the teams

33
00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:20,800
Speaker 1: get ready for the game, Zara noticed something very strange.

34
00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:26,480
Speaker 1: She said, Dad, have you ever seen people put paint

35
00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:31,400
Speaker 1: on their shoes? And her dad said, oh, no, I haven't.

36
00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:36,360
Speaker 1: It's kind of weird, but well, let's go Red team,

37
00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:43,799
Speaker 1: he shouted. Zara had never seen someone paint their shoe

38
00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:48,000
Speaker 1: before for a soccer game, and all the players on

39
00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,200
Speaker 1: the other team were doing this. This was super strange

40
00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:56,880
Speaker 1: and whoa. She noticed that as soon as they put

41
00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:01,440
Speaker 1: paint on their feet, they would like bounce and like

42
00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:09,480
Speaker 1: go really fast. That is very strange, very weird. Ready

43
00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:15,400
Speaker 1: go The game started and the blue team got the ball,

44
00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:21,280
Speaker 1: and holy smokes, they're fast. They were way faster than

45
00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:28,160
Speaker 1: the red team and they scored. Oh no, Zara couldn't

46
00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:33,320
Speaker 1: believe her eyes. Alfie, did you see that? Did you

47
00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:39,280
Speaker 1: see how fast they were? And Alfie shrugged, he said, yeah,

48
00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:44,160
Speaker 1: they're way faster than our teams. That's crazy. I thought

49
00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:50,960
Speaker 1: our team was pretty good. Zara was not tripped. She

50
00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,600
Speaker 1: knew that something with that paint on their feet must

51
00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:59,440
Speaker 1: have made them extra fast. She had to figure it out.

52
00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,520
Speaker 1: So Zara spent the rest of the game not really

53
00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,640
Speaker 1: watching the game as the Blue team scored a lot

54
00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:13,720
Speaker 1: of goals, but she was watching the sidelines where the

55
00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:18,240
Speaker 1: equipment manager was holding onto this bucket of paint that

56
00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:23,320
Speaker 1: everyone was using to put on their shoes. Yeah, if

57
00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:26,560
Speaker 1: only I could get a sample of that paint, Zara said,

58
00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:32,080
Speaker 1: then I bet we could figure out where that's coming from,

59
00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,760
Speaker 1: because that has to be cheating. That is not fair.

60
00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:39,320
Speaker 1: If they're putting some super paint on their shoes, that's

61
00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:49,680
Speaker 1: not fair. It's halftime. At halftime, the teams take a

62
00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,840
Speaker 1: break and the coaches take some time to look over

63
00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:55,800
Speaker 1: their notes and see how they could do better in

64
00:04:55,800 --> 00:05:02,440
Speaker 1: the second half. Zara said, Alfie, come with me. Let's

65
00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,640
Speaker 1: go check and see what that paint is and let's

66
00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:10,800
Speaker 1: go see if we can get some. Zara, Alfie and

67
00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:16,160
Speaker 1: their dad carefully snuck over to the sidelines. They were

68
00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,080
Speaker 1: trying to get close enough to that paint can to

69
00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:25,880
Speaker 1: see what it was. Oh, let's take a picture. Zara

70
00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:31,400
Speaker 1: started taking pictures and just then the equipment manager saw

71
00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:36,599
Speaker 1: them and said, he what are you going get out

72
00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:43,680
Speaker 1: of here? This is not our keys. Go away? Oh?

73
00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:48,240
Speaker 1: Why he's He is not nice. But we got some evidence.

74
00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,000
Speaker 1: We got some pictures. Let's look at him. As they

75
00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,120
Speaker 1: zoomed in on the pictures they took, they saw the

76
00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,839
Speaker 1: bucket of paint had a label on it that said

77
00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:05,039
Speaker 1: do not wait. What does that say? Do not let

78
00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:10,960
Speaker 1: others see this? Oh? Oh, it's just it's got to

79
00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:15,120
Speaker 1: be illegal. That is not fair for soccer. And it

80
00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:22,440
Speaker 1: said this is fast paint. Who speedy paint? That is?

81
00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,080
Speaker 1: I've never heard of that before, But that can't be allowed.

82
00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,200
Speaker 1: The Blue team is so much faster. We got to

83
00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:35,719
Speaker 1: stop him. Zara, her dad and Alfie didn't know who

84
00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,800
Speaker 1: to tell or what to do, so they ran over

85
00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:44,200
Speaker 1: to someone behind the concession stand and try to tell them,

86
00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:48,640
Speaker 1: but that person was not very helpful and pretty soon

87
00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:53,560
Speaker 1: the game was over. The teams were headed back to

88
00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:58,200
Speaker 1: their buses as they were about to leave, and Zara

89
00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:02,560
Speaker 1: was feeling and pretty disappointed because they couldn't find the

90
00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:06,760
Speaker 1: right people to show this evidence too. And as they

91
00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:11,680
Speaker 1: were walking out to their cars, Dad, look, there's the referees.

92
00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,720
Speaker 1: Let's go. Zara, Alphie and their dad ran as fast

93
00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,240
Speaker 1: as they could to the referees and showed them the pictures.

94
00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:26,600
Speaker 1: The referees could not believe their eyes. This was definitely

95
00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:31,000
Speaker 1: not allowed in their game of soccer. The game was

96
00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:34,800
Speaker 1: a forfeit, they said. The blue team has cheated and

97
00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:41,680
Speaker 1: the red team is the winner. Who Zara, Alphie and

98
00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:47,400
Speaker 1: their dad saved the game? What an amazing adventure, But

99
00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:53,040
Speaker 1: the story is not over. You see, Solving a mystery

100
00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:57,280
Speaker 1: like that gets the attention of a lot of people.

101
00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:03,120
Speaker 1: Solving that mystery as a kid gets the attention of

102
00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:09,560
Speaker 1: Spy Kids Headquarters. Within minutes after they turned the evidence

103
00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:16,280
Speaker 1: over to the authorities, Spy Kids Headquarters had arrived at

104
00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:26,480
Speaker 1: the scene. Hello, Zara Alfie, Mr, We've been pretty impressed

105
00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:31,080
Speaker 1: with your solving of this mystery, and we'd like you

106
00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,480
Speaker 1: to to take this offer seriously as we make you

107
00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:38,719
Speaker 1: an offer to join the Spy Kids team. You're kidding me,

108
00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:44,440
Speaker 1: Zara said, you want me on the Spy Kids team? Oh? Yes,

109
00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:48,080
Speaker 1: we definitely we We were very impressed with how you

110
00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:52,120
Speaker 1: handled this mystery and we definitely need you and your

111
00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:57,160
Speaker 1: brother on our team. Alfie, did you hear that? Yes,

112
00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:04,440
Speaker 1: we most certainly will. That's amazing. Thank you, and then

113
00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:10,480
Speaker 1: began the journey of Zara and Alfie and their lustrous

114
00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:17,679
Speaker 1: career with the Spy Kids. Dont to don the end