1 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: Hello friends, it's miss Sterchim and welcome back to kid 2 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: short Stories. Today story is brought to us by Sophia. 3 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: Hey Sophia, she sent me an awesome idea for a story, 4 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: and you can too. Just head over to kid short 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: stories dot com. Send me your idea and maybe we'll 6 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: turn it into an awesome adventure. And right now, I 7 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: need to make sure that you smash the follow button 8 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: or that little plus sine so you don't miss out 9 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: on any of our awesome stories. Are you guys ready 10 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: for today's adventure? Oh boy, there's a dragon. Me two, 11 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: let's go. It was a cold and wintery day. When 12 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: Sophia looked out the window. She knew that today was 13 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: an adventure day. She was very excited to find something new. 14 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: You see, Sophia was an adventurer. That means well, she 15 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: loves adventures. Do you like going on adventures? Oh? Me too. 16 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: I never pass up an opportunity to go on an adventure. Sophia. 17 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: She was extremely brave and had been planning today's adventure 18 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: for many weeks. You see, there were mountains that surrounded 19 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 1: Sophia's house, and one by one, she had been traveling 20 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: up and down all of the mountains, but today was 21 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: the big one, the big mountain called Cloud Mountain because 22 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: it was so tall it went through the clouds. She 23 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: grabbed all over gear, which meant snow pants and special boots, 24 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: in a very warm jacket with hat and gloves. It 25 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: was going to be a very cold adventure, but Sofia 26 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: was ready for anything. She headed out the door. She 27 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: said goodbye to her parents, and her mom handed her 28 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: a special snack for today's adventure. All right, Sophia, well 29 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: just make make sure that your home before it gets dark, 30 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: and stay safe. We love you. Bye, I love you, 31 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: shouted Sophia as she started her hike up the trail. 32 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: There was a little bit of snow. It was definitely 33 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: cold and windy, but this part of the hike it 34 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: was just, you know, maybe an inch of snow. That 35 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: was easy, but it would get much much harder. After 36 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: about thirty minutes had passed, she had reached a much 37 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,239 Speaker 1: higher elevation than she had begun and it was time 38 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: to pull out the snow shoes. What are snow shoes? 39 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: Have you ever walked in really deep snow before? Yeah? Well, 40 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: if you haven't snow when it gets really deep sometimes 41 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: it can be really hard to walk through it because 42 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: you sink all the way to the bottom. And right 43 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: now the snow was getting as deep as Sofia's knees, 44 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: which made it very hard to walk through. As she 45 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: pulled out her snow shoes, she strapped them onto her shoes. 46 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: And wait a second, what are snow shoes? Good question, Well, 47 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: they kind of look like a tennis racket. Yes, I 48 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: know that sounds kind of silly, but snowshoes they help 49 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: you stay above that deep snow. It works in spreading 50 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: out your weight. So imagine if you had a really 51 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 1: wide shoe like a tennis racket, tied onto the bottom 52 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: of your feet. That makes your surface area much bigger 53 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: and spreads out the weight across the snow so that 54 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: you can stay on top of the snow instead of 55 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: sinking all the way down, which makes walking a whole 56 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: lot easier. Sofia was sitting on an old tree as 57 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: she was strapping on these snowshoes to the bottom of 58 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: her boots. There, she said, that'll make it a whole 59 00:03:55,520 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: lot easier. Ah, I love hiking in the snow, It's 60 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: so fun. As she continued her hike up the mountain. 61 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: She was approaching the clouds. Wow, I can't believe it. 62 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: They look so beautiful up here. As she was looking 63 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: around and turn it, she could see for miles. The 64 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: view she had was absolutely amazing. She could see her 65 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: house way down there, and she could even see her 66 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,239 Speaker 1: friend's house. Wow, she was really high up this mountain 67 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: and could see for miles. Then she continued her hike 68 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 1: up towards the clouds. You see, everybody wondered what the 69 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:43,799 Speaker 1: top of this mountain, remember Cloud Mountain is through the clouds. 70 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: Everyone wondered what the top looked like because you couldn't 71 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: even see it because it was always in the clouds. 72 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: Sophia was determined to be one of the first to 73 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 1: ever see what's on the other side of the clouds. 74 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: After a quick break to eat her snack and drink 75 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: some water, she was ready to push for the final 76 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: leg of the hike. As she climbed her way up 77 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: and pushed her way through the clouds, she was finally 78 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: to the top of Mount Cloud. Wow, it was absolutely amazing. 79 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: And not only was it amazing, but as she looked up, 80 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: she realized how close the stars were. Holy smokes, said Sophia. 81 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: I feel like I could just reach out and grab 82 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: one of those stars. She unstrapped her snow shoes and 83 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,559 Speaker 1: thought about jumping up and trying to grab a star. 84 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: Do you think she could do that? Do you think 85 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: you can grab a star out of the sky. I 86 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: don't think so, but Sophia is really really high up there. 87 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: Maybe she actually can. As she knelt down and started 88 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: to stretch her legs, she knew that she was a 89 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: pretty good jumper and maybe, just maybe she could reach 90 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: one of the stars. She took a running start and 91 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 1: then jumped and leaped with all of her might. End 92 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,919 Speaker 1: she grabbed a star out of the sky. What in 93 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: the world has She opened up her hand. Her glove 94 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: was now holding something, something that was very strange. Wow, 95 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: what is this thing? It glowed like a star, but 96 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: it was hard and it it looked almost like an egg. Wow. 97 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: I gotta take this home and check this out. Sophia 98 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 1: carefully placed it in her bag. She now switched out 99 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 1: her snow shoes for snow skis and zoomed down the mountain. 100 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: Do you think it's faster to go up a mountain 101 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: or to ski down a snow mountain? Yes, it is 102 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: way faster as Sofia is zooming down the mountain back 103 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 1: towards her house. As she slid to a stop in 104 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,919 Speaker 1: her backyard, she couldn't wait to show her parents what 105 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: she had found. They were absolutely amazed. They had never 106 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: seen someone grab a star out of the sky. But 107 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: this was not an ordinary looking star. There's something strange 108 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: about this, like Sophia said, it looked like an egg 109 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: and something amazing was about to happen. Sophia carefully placed 110 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: it on a pillow in her room and it still glowed. 111 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: It was like a nightlight. As she fell asleep, she 112 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:40,239 Speaker 1: really loved the glow against the ceiling. Early the next morning, 113 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: she was awoken by a sound more. She jumped out 114 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: of bed and looked and could not believe her eyes. 115 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: That ah, star egg thing that she had found up 116 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:03,239 Speaker 1: in the sky had now hatched, and there stood before 117 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: her a tiny baby rainbow dragon. Ah. She started screaming, 118 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:15,679 Speaker 1: and her parents raced in. What's wrong? What's wrong? Oh dear, 119 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: They couldn't believe their eyes. Sofia, stand back. They pulled 120 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: Sophia away from that dragon, but the dragon was scared 121 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: and hid underneath her bed. Oh he's I think he's 122 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 1: scared or something. Can I go help him, said Sophia. Okay, 123 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: just be careful, said her parents. Sophia knelt down and 124 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 1: reached under the bed and carefully pulled the dragon out 125 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: from under it. He was so scared he was shaking. 126 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: It's okay, little guy, It's okay. Can we keep him? 127 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 1: Sophia instantly turned to her parents and begged to keep 128 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 1: the dragon. I totally understand. I would do the same 129 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: thing if if I found a little dragon egg star 130 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 1: thing and it hatchedon, I would totally want to keep 131 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: the dragon. What about you? Would you want to keep 132 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 1: a dragon? Okay, Sophia, But it's up to you to 133 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: take care of it. It's your responsibility, they said. Perfect. 134 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna name him Rainbow Star. And even though that's 135 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: the end of our story today, it is only just 136 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:29,839 Speaker 1: the beginning of Sophia's amazing adventure with her new dragon friend, 137 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: Rainbow Star, the end. Hey, friends, I need your help 138 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 1: celebrating your birthday. Drum roll please, Happy birthday, John, who's 139 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: turning seven years old. John loves animals, dinosaurs and science. Wow. John, 140 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: I'm so glad we got to celebrate you and your 141 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:02,559 Speaker 1: big day on the show abby seventh birthday. Well friends, 142 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 1: I hope you all have a super due Berday and 143 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 1: I will see you on our next adventure. Bye.