1 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: Me too? Let's go all right, that's the last of 16 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: the blankets in the whole house, Ethan announced as he 17 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: dumped the blankets in his arms onto the living room floor. 18 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: Aiden dove into the pile and began pulling the blankets apart. 19 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: He strung them from the couch while Ethan tucked them 20 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: in the backs of the chairs. They collected pillows and 21 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:25,479 Speaker 1: filled the inside of their cave with them. Together, they 22 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: made the most magnificent blanket cave anyone had ever seen. 23 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: Have you ever made a blanket cave before? Or a 24 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 1: blanket fort? WHOA? Those things are so fun to do, 25 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: and I wonder if someone could live inside of a 26 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: blanket cave forever. Well anyway, when it was finished, the 27 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: two boys launched themselves inside the cave, bouncing on the pillows. 28 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: They laughed and sat up, and then Ethan pointed to 29 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:04,559 Speaker 1: the back of the cave. Aiden look at that, where 30 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: there should have been a wall of blankets, was the 31 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 1: dark opening of a tunnel. WHOA, I didn't know you 32 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 1: built a tunnel, Aiden said, in awe, I didn't, Ethan replied. 33 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: The two boys looked at each other without a word, 34 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: knew exactly what to do. Aiden quickly packed a backpack, 35 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: and they both scrambled up and off the pillow floor 36 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: inside their blanket cave and sprinted into the tunnel. It 37 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: was darker in there, and it was under the blankets, 38 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: and the walls felt cool and hard. They walked together, 39 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: slowing their pace so they wouldn't trip on the uneven 40 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: rocks below each step. Echoed in every direction. Light began 41 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: to filter in from the direction they were headed. Continued 42 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: walking towards it till they reached the mouth of the cave. 43 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: I like a mouth with teeth, but an opening. The 44 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 1: land outside was lush and green, with vines and leafy 45 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: ferns waving in the breeze of the cave opening. Where 46 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: are we asked Aiden. Ethan was about to answer, giving 47 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 1: his best guess, when a pair of giant scaly legs 48 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: stopped past just outside the cave. The boys stood frozen 49 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: as the boom, boom boom of giant dinosaur feet went past. 50 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: Then Ethan turned to Aiden, whispering, I think we aren't 51 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: like the land of dino's. They listened for any more 52 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:06,279 Speaker 1: incoming dinosaurs stumps, but heard nothing. Come on, let's go explore, 53 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: Aiden exclaimed, and Ethan nodded in agreement. They saw pterodactyls flying 54 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: through the sky overhead, and small dinos the size of chickens. Well, 55 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: they didn't make that sound. They made more of a 56 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: rash as they ran by their feet. The boys blanket 57 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: Ford had somehow transported them not only into a real cave, 58 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:40,239 Speaker 1: but a land filled with dinosaurs. They were even better 59 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: at building blanket caves than they had ever imagined. As 60 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: they continued walking through the land of the dinos, however, 61 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: they realized something was wrong. Yep, give me one of 62 00:04:53,640 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 1: those Dun, Dun, dun. The sky had turned gray, cloudy, 63 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: and the dinosaurs were all running in opposite directions. Uh, 64 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: the day got pretty cloudy and gloomy. Huh, asked Aiden, 65 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,359 Speaker 1: but even noticed something else out in the distance. Wait, 66 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: those aren't clouds. He put his hand over his forehead. 67 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: That's the smoke, he pointed to the smoke pouring into 68 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: the sky from an angry volcano. Lava was spitting out 69 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: from its beak, sailing down and sizzling any trees or 70 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: bushes in its path. It's grown up, law, shrieked a 71 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: velociraptor as it sprinted pass, waving its small front legs wildly. 72 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: A massive diplodocus stomped by with both small and medium 73 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 1: sized dinos riding on its back. Turned toward the boys 74 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: and said, there's still a small dinosaur back there. I 75 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: tried to help it, but it was scared him right away. 76 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: I don't want to know. Then it continued stomping along 77 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: on its way to safety with its dino passengers. We've 78 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: got to find that missing dino before it's too late, 79 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: Ethan shouted to Aiden. You're right, Ethan, come on, let's go. 80 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 1: The two boys ran towards the volcano, in the direction 81 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: that the polodocus had come from. Here. Baby Dino, said Aiden, 82 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 1: you're here to help. You don't be scared. As they 83 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: got closer to the sputtering volcano, streams of lava began 84 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: to form. Oh, dear, growing into larger rivers of lava. 85 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 1: It started to get really hot too. Huh oh oh, 86 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 1: I'm sweating. This lava is no joke, Canaan, Ethan sighed 87 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: as he fanned himself with a giant leafy fern. A 88 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: river of lava stood between them and more fern plants. 89 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: The branches of those ferns began to wiggle and shake. 90 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: He then, something's in those ferns over there around heavy 91 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: tail swung, rattling more branches. It's in a kyle saurus, 92 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: shouted Ethan. The boys got as close as they could stand, 93 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: you know, next to lava river, and called out to 94 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: the little an Kyla Saurus. We're here to save you. 95 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: It's gonna be okay. The boys reassured this dno enough 96 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: that it poked its head out, But how would they 97 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: get him across the lava river? Do you have any ideas? Like, seriously, 98 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: how do you get across a lava river? Aiden took 99 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: off his backpack and looked inside. Oh, I haven't her 100 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: blankets and not lava proof. But Ethan thought this was perfect. Hey, 101 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: we were able to build a cave to the land 102 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: of dinosaurs using blankets went on a bridge. So the 103 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: boys got to work. They looped and nodded until they 104 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: had a big blanket bridge. They tossed it across the 105 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: lava river, and the little ankylosaurus grabbed it, pinning it 106 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: to the ground. She was too scared to move, but 107 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:35,439 Speaker 1: then the volcano let out a loud rumble and sprayed 108 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: more lava into the air. The dinosaurs sped across the 109 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: blanket bridge just in time, and she landed both feet 110 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: safely on the grass beside the boys. They had done 111 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: it together. They ran away from the volcano back towards 112 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: the cave. Inside they found all the dinosaurs hiding huddled together. 113 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: Come on, dinosaurs, we have somewhere safe we can go. 114 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 1: Come on. The boys led them all deeper into the cave, 115 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: down the tunnel, into the blanket cave, and back out 116 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: into their living room. You can stay here as long 117 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: as you want, Aiden told them all as they squeezed 118 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: into their living room, garage and out the door into 119 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 1: their backyard. Wow. Even though this is the end of 120 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: the story, it is just the beginning of some amazing 121 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: adventures that lie ahead for Aiden and Ethan the end. 122 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: Great job, you listened all the way to the end, 123 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,119 Speaker 1: and you know what time it is. It's time fortured 124 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: shout out. I want to say hello, Duke Calder from Montana, 125 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: Riley from Australia, Verdell from Texas, Eden from Australia, Jack 126 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,839 Speaker 1: from Australia and Arlo from New York. I'm so glad 127 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: that you're all on the Kid Short Stories family. We 128 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: could not have this much fun with imagination without you, 129 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 1: my friends. Well, you have a super duber day and 130 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 1: I will see you on your next adventure. Bye.