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Me too, 11 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:45,279 Speaker 1: Let's go. Olivia was sitting at the table making a 12 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: very amazing drawing. She had all the markers and crans 13 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: and colored vencils spread out across the table because she 14 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: needed every single color to make this masterpiece. What is 15 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: your favorite kind of art creation to make? Is it 16 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:08,479 Speaker 1: a drawing or maybe playing with clay or maybe even 17 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: paint all they can all be super duper fun. But Olivia, 18 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 1: she was really great at drawing. And then she heard 19 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: a knock on the door. I'll get it, shouted her dad. 20 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: Her dad ran over to the door and shouted, whoa, 21 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: it's finally here. He couldn't believe it. This was a 22 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: new chair for their living room. It was a big 23 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,839 Speaker 1: chair that both her parents had been looking forward to getting. 24 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: It was inside of a very large box, which her 25 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: dad picked it up and carried it inside and laid 26 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: it in the living room. Olivia put down her markers 27 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: and pencils and raced over to the living room to 28 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: see what it was. As her dad carefully pulled the 29 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: box off of the chair, they were all really excited 30 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: about it because it looked like a really comfeat. Have 31 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: you ever cozied into something very comfy? What's your favorite 32 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: kind of comfy thing, like a lot of pillows or 33 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: maybe a really fluffy blanket. Well, of this was one 34 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: that I think the whole family was gonna have to 35 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: take turns on this chair because once you sit in it, 36 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: there's no getting out, it's that comfy. But the one 37 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: thing that caught Olivia's attention was that ginormous box. Hey, Dad, 38 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 1: do you think I could use that box for something? Oh? Absolutely, 39 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: said her dad. That is a perfect box for some 40 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: great imagination. What are you gonna do with it? Hmmm, 41 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: I'm not quite sure yet, said Olivia, But I'm gonna 42 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 1: take it out to the backyard and start working on it. Okay, well, 43 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: me and your MoMA would just be sitting in this chair. 44 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: If you need us, you'll know where to find us, 45 00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: said her dad. Okay, well, I'll be outside. Olivia walked outside, 46 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:05,679 Speaker 1: dragging that giant box behind her. It barely fit through 47 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: the door. She had to twist it and turn it 48 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: in a certain way for it to pop out the 49 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: other side. As she set it down in the green grass, 50 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: she sat down next to it. Hmm. She put her 51 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,519 Speaker 1: hand on her chin and started to think, what should 52 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: I make out of this thing? This is like the 53 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: biggest box that I've ever seen. It's gotta be something awesome. 54 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: What do you think she should build? If you had 55 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: a ginormous box, what would you do with it? Would 56 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: you build a fort with it? Or maybe a castle? 57 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: Or maybe a time machine or so rocket ship. There 58 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: are so many different ideas that you can do with boxes. 59 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: I really liked playing with boxes, and so does Olivia. 60 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: As she sat there for a pretty long time, she 61 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: finally came up with a great idea, I know. She 62 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: raced inside to grab her box of all her markers 63 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: and colored pencils and crayons and everything, and then hurried 64 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: back outside to begin this amazing project. She had decided 65 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 1: to build a house out of this box, and first 66 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: she needed to tear an opening for a door in 67 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: this box so that she can get inside. Of course, 68 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 1: over the rest of the afternoon, she spent decorating and 69 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 1: designing this box into the most amazing house. It kind 70 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 1: of looked like an old castle, but it was like 71 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: a castle house. It was amazing and before she knew it, Olivia, 72 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: it's time for dinner, shouted her mom. Oh okay. She 73 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: had been having so much fun that she lost track 74 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: of time. She didn't even realize that it was getting 75 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: dark as well. She came inside for dinner and told 76 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: her parents all about the as she was turning into 77 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: amazing castle house. Wow, that's so cool, Olivia. I can't 78 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 1: wait to see it in the morning. Oh well, you 79 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: can see it right now, shouted Olivia. Ah, well, it's 80 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 1: getting kind of dark. It'll be kinda hard to see it, 81 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: said her dad. Oh yeah, you're right, said Olivia. She 82 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: looked out the window and they were right. It was 83 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 1: pretty dark. It was kind of hard to see it, 84 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: and so it'd be better to see it in the daylight. 85 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 1: As they finished dinner, and she cleared off her plate 86 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:33,919 Speaker 1: and put it in the sink. She looked out the 87 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 1: window again. Wait a second, who put a light in 88 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: my house? Hey? Mom and dad, I'll be right back. 89 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 1: I just have to run out to my house and 90 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,559 Speaker 1: get something real quick. I'll be right back. Okay, hurry back, 91 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: said her dad. Olivia rushed out the back door and 92 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: ran down to her house. Because there was a light inside, 93 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: and she had not brought any kind of flashlights out there. 94 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: It was very strange. As she opened up the door 95 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 1: and stepped inside. Whoa where where am I? This does 96 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: not look like my box. As she stepped inside of 97 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: this box, somehow, she was instantly transported back in time 98 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:21,359 Speaker 1: to the time of real castles made of stone. She 99 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: touched the walls inside of her castle and they were 100 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: real stone. This was no longer a cardboard box. She 101 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 1: rubbed her eyes to make sure that she wasn't dreaming, 102 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: and as she opened a backup, nothing had changed. She 103 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 1: was still inside of a real stone castle. She poked 104 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 1: her head out of the window and could feel the 105 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:48,919 Speaker 1: breeze blowing against her face. Wherever she was, it was 106 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 1: not nighttime anymore. The sun was still out and it 107 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: looked like she was in a place far, far away, 108 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: long long ago. She couldn't wait to show her parents. 109 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: As she ran back to the door to the castle 110 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 1: and walked through it. She was instantly back in her backyard, 111 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: standing in the grass. It was nighttime and there were 112 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: her parents inside. She could see them through the window. 113 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,559 Speaker 1: She ran towards the door and opened it. Mom, Dad, 114 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: you've got to come out here and see this. It's 115 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: something crazy that I don't even understand how it happened, 116 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: but you just gotta come and see it, said Olivia. 117 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: Her mom and dad had been doing the dishes, and 118 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: so they put down the washcloth and the towel and 119 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: followed Olivia out to the backyard. They were in for 120 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: quite a big surprise as they followed Olivia inside of 121 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: the box. Wait, Olivia, I don't know if we're gonna 122 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: fit inside it there, said her mom. Oh, don't worry, yes, 123 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: you will. Come on. Olivia was the first one, followed 124 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: by her dad and then her mom. As the three 125 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: of them stood up inside of the stonecastle, her parents 126 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: couldn't believe it. Wait a second, Olivia, how did you 127 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: make this stone castle out of a box. We're not 128 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: in the cardboard box anymore. I don't know how we 129 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: got here, but I think we got transported back in time. 130 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: Her dad poked his head out of the window and 131 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: confirmed that they were no longer in their backyard. Olivia, 132 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: I don't know how that's happened, but I think you're right. 133 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: We're in some kind of real stonecastle, and it looks 134 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: like we're in a place far away from our backyard. 135 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: This is so cool, shouted her mom. We have got 136 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: to do some more exploring in here. And that's exactly 137 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: what happened. Even though this is the end of the story, 138 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: the three of them would go on to explore and 139 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:48,319 Speaker 1: find the most amazing things in this magical box. Oh, 140 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:54,319 Speaker 1: I mean stonecastle in a faraway place, long long ago. 141 00:08:55,000 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: The end. Great job. You listened all the way to 142 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: the end. And you know what, tim it is, it's 143 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 1: time for churd shout out. I want to say hey 144 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: to Carter from Florida, NX. And Griffin from Washington, Jack 145 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: Deacon and Remy from Ontario, Canada, and so from Florida, 146 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 1: Annadel from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Owen from California and Island from Dublin, Ireland. 147 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all on the Kit Short 148 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: Stories family and on the spy team. We could not 149 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: stop Doctor Stinkybreath and his crew without you, my friends. Well, 150 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: you have a super duper day and I'll see you 151 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: on our next adventure. Bye.