1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's Mr Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time or you're 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: still newer to our family, I would to encourage you 4 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 1: to try five. That's our challenge, where for five days 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,760 Speaker 1: in a row, your kids listen to some awesome stories 6 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 1: to use their imagination and watch their creativity come to life. 7 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: You see, we make stories every single day for you, 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: and you just never know what kind of story you're 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: gonna find on any given day. So hang with me 10 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: for five days, whether maybe driving in the car or 11 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 1: maybe during lunchtime, and I think you're gonna find something 12 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:50,639 Speaker 1: pretty amazing happens. Well, friends, are you ready for today's adventure? 13 00:00:51,159 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: He too, Let's go. It was a beautiful day as 14 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: Ethan was helping his grandparents clean out their attic and 15 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: boy was it a big job. This box is really heavy, Grandma, 16 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: all right, I'll be right back. Ethan was holding onto 17 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: a box and had the job to carry it all 18 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: the way to the street for garbage pickup. All day long, 19 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: they had been going through a whole bunch of different 20 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: things to make sure which things they wanted to keep 21 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: in when things it was time to get rid of 22 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: and Ethan had been working hard and it was almost 23 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: all done in almost time for him to head home. 24 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:44,839 Speaker 1: But something truly magical was about to happen. Hethen, could 25 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: you help me with this over here, called his grandpa. 26 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: Sure thing, I'll be right there, yelled Ethan as he 27 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: ran back towards the attic ladder. The only way to 28 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: get up and down from the attic was one of 29 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: those pulled down ladders from the ceiling. As Ethan climbed 30 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: up the ladder to the attic, he was met by 31 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: his grandpa, who had a very large crate that he 32 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,839 Speaker 1: was trying to open. I can't remember what's in this 33 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: old crate here, but can you help me pull it open? Yeah? Sure. 34 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: Ethan grabbed a screwdriver that had a flat blade at 35 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: the end of it and wedged it into the corner 36 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: of the crate and pushed with all of his might 37 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: until finally the top of the crate popped open. WHOA wow, wow, 38 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 1: I forgot about all this stuff in here, said his grandpa. 39 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: What is all this and where did you get it from? 40 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: Asked Ethan. These are all things that my grandparents gave 41 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: to me, and I was about your age, and I 42 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:56,239 Speaker 1: think their family gave it to them even longer before, Wow, 43 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: this is some really cool stuff in here. Over the 44 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 1: next hour or two, Ethan and his grandpa spent looking 45 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: through that crate full of some amazing old ancient treasures. 46 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: Well not exactly treasures like gold or silver, but some 47 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: really cool old stuff. By the end of the afternoon, 48 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: it was time for Ethan to head home. His parents 49 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: were waiting in the car, and he waved goodbye to 50 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: his grandparents. Oh, Ethan, I want you to take this 51 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: box here. I can't remember exactly what it does. I 52 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: remember it was very special in our family, and I 53 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: want you to have it. WHOA, thanks Grandpa. It's so cool, 54 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: all right, love you bye. Ethan grabbed the box, got 55 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: into his parents car, and they drove back home. Little 56 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: did Ethan know how much magic that box had inside 57 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: of it. By the time Ethan got home, he had 58 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: examined every square inch of this box. It was about 59 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: the size as a shoe box. It was made of old, 60 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: old cedar wood. It smelled really good, and there was 61 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: this door on the side and it opened and closed. 62 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 1: It was empty inside, but it was still a very 63 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: cool box from his grandpa. Ethan brought it back to 64 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 1: his bedroom and then joined his family for dinner. While 65 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 1: they're eating some delicious spaghetti and sauce, they heard a sound. Good. 66 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: It was a loud, crashing sound that came from Ethan's bedroom. 67 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: Can I be excused, I'm gonna go see what that 68 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 1: sound was. Yes, that was a strange sound, said his parents. 69 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 1: Ethan walked back to his bedroom and saw that that 70 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: box from his grandpa had fallen off the shelf he'd 71 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: put it on, which is very strange. There's nothing around 72 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: here that could have knocked it over. As he picked 73 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 1: it up and set it back on the shelf, he 74 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 1: heard another sound. It was a sound from inside the box. 75 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: Ethan opened up the door and couldn't believe his eyes. 76 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 1: Inside of this box was a very small, but very 77 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: real and alive elephant. Yeah, an elephant. Ethan dropped down 78 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: to his knees and his mouth fellow, but he couldn't 79 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: believe what he was looking at, this little, tiny, little elephant. 80 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: It was so adorable, and it had this little trunk 81 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: and it would raise it up high and say, how 82 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 1: in the world did you get in this box? Said Ethan. 83 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 1: With two hands, he carefully picked up this elephant out 84 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: of the box and set it on the floor of 85 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:57,039 Speaker 1: his bedroom. The elephant looked so happy it started to 86 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: run around in circles in his bedroom. That is when 87 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: even more crazy stuff started to happen. You see that 88 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: all elephants feet were glowing and sparkling, almost like I 89 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: don't know, they were some kind of magical feet. And 90 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: everywhere the elephant stepped, plants started to grow, and in 91 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: just a few seconds, Ethan watched as his entire bedroom 92 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: turned into a jungle. He had to show his parents. 93 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: He raps back to the kitchen. Are you you guys 94 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: gotta see this, Ethan? What's the matter? So? What was 95 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: that sound in your room? Did something fall? Yeah? Something 96 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: val But there's something else going on. You better come 97 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 1: see this. He grabbed his parents hands and pulled them 98 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 1: to his bedroom. As they turned the corner to enter 99 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: his room, they couldn't believe it. His entire room was 100 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: a rain forest. All of their mouths dropped open, and 101 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 1: their eyes were as big as donuts, like big donuts, 102 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: like the kind of big donuts that you dream about. Yeah, 103 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: that's the big as their eyeballs where they were all 104 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: completely shocked. Ethan We've been telling you to keep your 105 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: room clean. Whoa, whoa, whoa. This is not my fault. 106 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: This this is There's an elephant, a magic elephant that 107 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: came in the box from Crabon's house, and and everywhere 108 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: it walks, it just turns my everything into a jungle. 109 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: An elephant, they said as they looked at Ethan suspiciously, 110 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: not believing him. But then they heard a sound from 111 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: Ethan's closet, from a not so very small elephant anymore. 112 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: This elephant had grown a lot like a lot, a 113 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: lot big enough where Ethan could maybe even ride it. Ethan, 114 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: how long have you been hiding an elephant to in 115 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: your bedroom? Hi? Promise this is not what it looks like. 116 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: I've not been eighting an elephant tonight. This jungle did 117 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: not come from my messy room. It all came from 118 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: this box here, from Grandma's house. They turned to look 119 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: at this wooden box that was completely empty and definitely 120 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: not big enough to house a jungle and an elephant 121 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: inside of it. The more Ethan tried to explain, the 122 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: crazier it sounded, until he picked up the wooden box 123 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 1: and tried to describe again. For the third time that 124 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: this elephant I was actually very small and fit inside 125 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: the box. And wait a second, Ethan opened the box 126 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 1: back up an inside was a sea turtle. What is 127 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: this doing here? His parents couldn't believe it. Everything that 128 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: Ethan had been telling them was true, and this poor 129 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: sea turtle needed to get back to the ocean fast. 130 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,319 Speaker 1: Ethan grabbed under the trunk of the elephant and carefully 131 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 1: let it out of the bedroom and out of their 132 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: house into the front yard. His parents knew that they 133 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: had to get to the ocean fast, and this elephant 134 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: was pretty quick. Ethan hopped on top of the elephant 135 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 1: holding the sea turtle, and off they rode to the ocean. 136 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: Don't worry, they made it just in time to the 137 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: ocean to let this sea turtle go free. And it 138 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: was a very happy turtle, happy to be free in 139 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: the ocean. But even though this is the end of 140 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 1: our story, it is only just the beginning of the 141 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: amazing magical stories that Ethan will find inside that box 142 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: from his grandpa's house. Wow, wouldn't that be so cool 143 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: to have a box like that where if you closed 144 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: it and open it up, you'd be greeted with some 145 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: kind of magical animal inside. Wow, that would be so cool. 146 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: I can't wait to hear all the rest of the 147 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 1: adventures that lie ahead for Ethan and his new elephant 148 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: friend the end. Great job, you listen all the way 149 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: to the end, and I need your help celebrating a birthday. Drumroll, please, 150 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: Happy birthday James, who is starting seven years old. James 151 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: has a new puppy named Callie and lives in Bernie, Texas. Wow, 152 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: it sounds like you guys had a great time in Vermont. 153 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: James is super, strong, fast, and kind, all three great things. James. 154 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that we got to celebrate you and 155 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: your big day on the show. I hope your birthday 156 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: is the best one ever. And now it's time for 157 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: kid shout outs. I want to say to Faith for 158 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: Um Biston, Henry and Violet from Australia, Austin and Jolie 159 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: from Delaware, Imani from Pakistan, Mac and Jonah from Alberta, Canada, 160 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 1: Royce from Colorado, Messiah from Virginia, and Rumi Bell from Cleveland, Ohio. 161 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all in the Kids Short 162 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: Stories family into on the Spy Team. We could not 163 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: stop doctors, thank you breath that its crew without you, 164 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 1: my friends. Will you have a super duper day and 165 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: I will see you on our next adventure. Bye.