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Speaker 1: Hey, friends, welcome back to Kid Short Stories. If this

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Speaker 1: is your first time, welcome to the family. My name

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Speaker 1: is mister Jim and I love telling stories that come

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Speaker 1: from you. Yeah. All these stories that we do every

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Speaker 1: single day come from kids just like you. They send

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Speaker 1: me their ideas and an adventure that they want to

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Speaker 1: go on. Then I choose the best ones to turn

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Speaker 1: into a real story on the podcast. Well, friends, today's

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Speaker 1: story comes to us from Cooper and Charlie. Are you

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Speaker 1: guys ready to hear this amazing new adventure? I definitely am.

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Speaker 1: Let's go. Cooper and Charlie were just finishing up their

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Speaker 1: dinner that night. It was late in the evening, but

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Speaker 1: they were scarfing down their dinner because something truly amazing,

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Speaker 1: truly adventurous was happening tonight. They were gonna camp in

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Speaker 1: their backyard inside of a tent to sleep outside. Wooh,

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Speaker 1: that sounds like fun. Well, Cooper and Charlie had spent

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Speaker 1: cool and in case it stayed hot that night. Charlie,

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Speaker 1: come on, are you almost done yet, said Cooper. How

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Speaker 1: did you eat your dinner so fast? Said Charlie. I'm

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Speaker 1: said Cooper. Okay, well just give me a couple more minutes,

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Speaker 1: said Charlie. Okay, I'll clean off the table and get

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Speaker 1: everything else ready. Then let's grab our flashlights and head

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Speaker 1: out to the tent, said Cooper. Cooper ran to their

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Speaker 1: needed to get some new batteries. He raced around and

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Speaker 1: checked all the drawers until finally he found the right hair.

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Speaker 1: He needed two double A batteries to turn on that flashlight.

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Speaker 1: He put them in and click ah. Perfect. Now we

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Speaker 1: have enough flashlights, said Cooper. Hey Charlie, are you done? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: flashlights ready? Yep? Already? Even put some fresh batteries in

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Speaker 1: this one. Here. Charlie raced over and put his hand

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Speaker 1: have this one, said Cooper. All right, you two go

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Speaker 1: and if you have any bad dreams or if you

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Speaker 1: get scared, just come right on back inside, said their parents. Oh,

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Speaker 1: all night long, said Cooper. Yeah this is gonna be

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Speaker 1: the best night ever, said Charlie. As they rushed out

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Speaker 1: the back door. Cooper and Charlie both jumped into the

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Speaker 1: is This is awesome, said Charlie. Turned out really well,

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Speaker 1: this looks cool. And oh, there's like a skylight up there.

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Speaker 1: They laid on their backs and looked straight up. They

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Speaker 1: It was protected with like a bug netting to keep

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Speaker 1: stars and the moon glowing through it. Woo, whoa, whoa

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Speaker 1: is that? Said Charlie. Huh kind of sounded like an owl.

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Speaker 1: But ooh wow. I don't know why, but I just

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Speaker 1: got tired all of a sudden, said Cooper. It is

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Speaker 1: getting kind of late, said Charlie. I guess we can

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Speaker 1: just roll with it. As soon as they laid their

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Speaker 1: just scratching on the tent, just said Cooper. What that

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Speaker 1: wasn't me? I thought it was you, said Charlie. There's

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Speaker 1: an animal outside. Here's a monster, said Cooper. Grab the flashlight.

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Speaker 1: They reached all around and only found one. Turn it on, quick, quick, quick,

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Speaker 1: said Charlie. Cooper flipped on the one flashlight and shined

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Speaker 1: it around. What was that, said Cooper. Didn't sound very

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Speaker 1: scary here. Let me take a look outside. Cooper unzipped

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Speaker 1: met with four little beady eyes. Harpras, there's a girl

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Speaker 1: And not another second passed by before both of those

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Speaker 1: What's going on? And get out of here? Said Cooper.

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Speaker 1: Why do you keep talking about a ghost? You too,

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Speaker 2: Charles, there's a girls start there? What else? Words we're

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess that does make sense, said Cooper. If

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Speaker 1: I heard a real ghost, that's all I would be

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Speaker 2: Charlie grabbed the flashlight. Let's go outside and take a

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Speaker 2: look around through that. That's kinda taddler ruler Lancelot.

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Speaker 1: Down begged the baby raccoons. Oh it'll be fine, just

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Speaker 1: stay right here, said Cooper. Cooper and Charlie stepped out

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Speaker 1: Why do you think they're so convinced about a ghost

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Speaker 1: being around here? I've never heard of that. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: But let's take a look around. Cooper and Charlie waved

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Speaker 1: the flashlight around their backyard. They were looking for any

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Speaker 1: But all they saw were two little beady eyes up

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Speaker 1: Look at that thing. It's so cool again, said Charlie. Wow,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I've ever seen a real owl before,

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Speaker 1: said Cooper. It does look really cool, A little creepy,

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Speaker 1: and then they heard that sound again.

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Speaker 2: Woooooos, the girls yelled the two baby raccoons from inside

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Speaker 2: the tent, and that is when it all made sense

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Speaker 1: Oh, they think the owl is a ghost. Oh dear,

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Speaker 1: how do we explain this to them, said Charlie. I'll

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Speaker 1: give it a try. Cooper walked back to the tent

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Speaker 1: raccoons cuddled up in the corner. They were hugging each other.

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Speaker 1: They were so scared. It's gonna be okay, you too here,

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Speaker 1: So it's good news. It's actually not a ghost. It's

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Speaker 2: Ah little hurt a ghurst, I promise you guys just

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Speaker 2: throwing out what a curst sound is loud?

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Speaker 1: Well, why don't you just come on over to the

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Speaker 1: and we'll shine the flashlight right on the owl. You

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Speaker 1: can watch him make that sound. The two raccoons cautiously

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Speaker 1: crept over to the door of the tent. Charlie waved

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Speaker 1: the flashlight over to the owl. They waited and waited

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Speaker 1: until I just rowled, said one of the raccoons. Oh,

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Speaker 1: that's a little umbarasel. Oh, you don't need to be embarrassed.

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Speaker 1: It's okay. We all get scared sometimes.

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Speaker 2: At Cooper, okay, just well surprobable harm.

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Speaker 1: Well, yeah, you guys head home, but maybe we can

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Speaker 1: play again sometime. This was kind of fun, said Charlie.

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Speaker 2: Now that's sounds from slop and our And this shirt,

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Speaker 2: this big T shirt.

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Speaker 1: No, it's actually called a tent at sun.

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Speaker 2: It looks like al sharp Okay, yeah, whatever, a T

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Speaker 1: Yes, we are sleeping here tonight.

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Speaker 2: Our Curt Mottle in the martle while.

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Speaker 1: The two raccoons waved their little paws and ran off

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Speaker 1: into the forest. Feeling a lot better that it wasn't

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Speaker 1: a real ghost in the forest. Cooper and Charlie couldn't

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Speaker 1: believe what had just happened, but they were still pretty

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Speaker 1: tired and ready for sleep. Even though this is the

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Speaker 1: end of our story, it's definitely only just to begin

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Speaker 1: with Charlie and Cooper's great adventures with their new raccoon

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Speaker 1: friends the end. Hey friends, I need your help celebrating

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Speaker 1: a birthday. Drum roll please, Happy birthday Jackson, who's starting

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Speaker 1: seven years old. Jackson loves to draw he loves to

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Speaker 1: read and write adventure stories. Oh and he loves the theater. Wow, Jackson,

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Speaker 1: I'm so glad we got to celebrate you and your

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Speaker 1: big day on the show. Hobby seventh birthday. Friends, if

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Speaker 1: you want to celebrate your big day on the show,

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Speaker 1: have your parents. Check down in the show notes below

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Speaker 1: to see how to make that happen. Right now, I'm

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Speaker 1: scheduling March and April birthdays. Well, friends, I hope you

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Speaker 1: all have a zuper uber day and I'll see you

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Speaker 1: on the next adventure.

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Speaker 2: Bye.