1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: Hello Friends, it's Mr Jim and welcome back to kids 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: short stories. Today's story comes to us from one of 3 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: my friends, grace. Hey, grace, she sent me an awesome 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: idea for a story, and you can't do just head 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: over to kids short stories dot com, click the link 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 1: to fill out the form first story submissions and then 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: sent me your idea. It can just be a couple 8 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: of sentences or something that you think is really cool. Well, friends, 9 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: are you ready for a world where there's alien trees? 10 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: Me Too. Let's go. It was a beautiful day as 11 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: grace and all of her friends were building treehouses in 12 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: their neighborhood. Holy smokes, that sounds like an amazing neighborhood 13 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,279 Speaker 1: to live in. WHOA that? They have a force right 14 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: there and they're all building tree houses. Have you ever 15 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: been inside of a treehouse before and you have to 16 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: climb up a ladder to get all the way and 17 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: you pull yourself up and then, wow, it's like you're 18 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 1: in a different world up there. I love going in treehouses, 19 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: and treehouses that have walls and windows and even a roof. 20 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 1: Those are the craziest, coolest ones. Hey, guys, have you 21 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: seen all these vines that are like connected to all 22 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 1: the trees, asked grace. I didn't notice those before, but 23 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: those are pretty strange looking, said one of her friends. 24 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: She was right. All the trees had this strange vine 25 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: connected to it that seemed to be all running in 26 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: the same direction through the forest. I definitely need to 27 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: check that out later. Grace thought to herself, Hey, guys, 28 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go grab some more nails and some more tools. Okay, 29 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: I'll be right back. Okay, see you. Grace Great started 30 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: jogging back to her house. At her house there were 31 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: all the kind of tools that she needed, like some 32 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: rope and a hammer and a screwdriver and everything that 33 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: you need to build an amazing treehouse. All right, I 34 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: need some of those and some of these. She had 35 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: grabbed a bag and was filling it up with all 36 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: the things she needed and wanted to share with her 37 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: friends as they were building this amazing community of treehouses. 38 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden she heard some screaming help, help, 39 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: somebody help us. It was coming from the forest. Grace 40 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: dropped her bag and started running as fast as she 41 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: could to the forest. She thought that somebody might have 42 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: gotten hurt. Guys, what's going on. Are you okay? Somebody hurt? 43 00:02:55,440 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 1: girlve hub, we're stuck inside of the treehouse. Something weird 44 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: happened in the tree just like closed us in herb 45 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: grace couldn't believe her eyes. The branches on the trees 46 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: had almost it looked like they were hugging the treehouses 47 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: and it made it impossible for the people inside to escape. 48 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 1: What in the world happened to those trees, she thought 49 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: to herself, and then she saw it. The tree branches 50 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: started to move like arms the trees and come alive. 51 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: Grace knew exactly what she had to do. She had 52 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: to call into H Q, so she ran back to 53 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: her house to grab a walkie talkie. HQ, this is grace. 54 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: I have a huge emergency over grace. What is the emergency? 55 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: Something I don't even understand what happened, but me and 56 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: my friends we were building treehouses in the forest and 57 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: all of a sudden it looks like the trees came 58 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: alive and they've trapped my friends inside of the treehouse. 59 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: Do you have any ideas what could be going on? 60 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, but we do not. You'RE gonna need to 61 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: search around and look for clues, look for something that 62 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 1: looks unusual and let us know what you find. Over, 63 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: grace put her walkie talkie in her pocket and started 64 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: running towards the forest. She had to start looking for clues. 65 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: But what does that even mean? To look for something strange? 66 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 1: But all the trees? That's pretty strange that they're like 67 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: coming alive. Oh, Grooth, grooth. All of her friends were 68 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: still stuck inside of their treehouses with no way out. 69 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: All the branches of the trees had blocked the windows 70 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: and the doors and they were stuck inside of their treehouse. 71 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: Don't worry, guys, grace shouted, I'm gonna get you out, 72 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: and it's like the trees heard her. As soon as 73 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: she shouted her voice, the branches started creeping closer to 74 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: her the WHOA, that's creepy, said grace. She ran back 75 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: to her backyard to find a safe place out of 76 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: reach of all those tree branches. But as she was 77 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 1: running back, she tripped on one of those vines that 78 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: she had seen earlier. WHOA, wait a second, these vines. 79 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: I've never seen them before. I've never seen a bright 80 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: purple vine before. Wow, very strange. And then grace remembered 81 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: what HQ had said on the walkie talkie for her 82 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: to look for something that was strange, and that's pretty strange. 83 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: All Right, I'M gonna need to follow these vines and 84 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: see where they lead to, because maybe the vines are 85 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: a part of this thing that's going on, grace said 86 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: to herself. But she has to think about how she's 87 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: gonna be able to sneak past these trees, because earlier 88 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 1: it looks like they were able to hear her, and 89 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 1: so she's gonna have to be really quiet and just 90 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: in case, she should probably wear some camouflage, right. Yeah, 91 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:11,720 Speaker 1: if you needed to blend into that forest, what would 92 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: you use as camouflage? I think I might get some 93 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: sticks and leaves and and like, I don't know, tie 94 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: him onto my back to make oh yeah, then I 95 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 1: could look like a giant Bush. What's your idea for 96 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: a good camouflage trick in the forest? Well, I think 97 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,840 Speaker 1: grace took my idea and started to build herself into 98 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: a Bush Bush that was gonna walk through the forest, 99 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: walking Bush. You know, that doesn't look strange at all. 100 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 1: That would be pretty silly to see if you saw 101 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: a Bush moving through the forest. I think that would 102 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 1: be pretty suspicious, but maybe maybe we can trick these 103 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: strange trees. What do you think? As grace started to 104 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: crawl through the forest, mind to act like a very 105 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: non suspicious Bush, she actually made it. She was able 106 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: to sneak past all those trees and started to follow 107 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: those very strange vines that were on the ground. Do 108 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: you remember what color those vines were? Yes, purple, very 109 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: suspicious vines. She got deeper and deeper into the forest 110 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden there was a clearing up ahead. 111 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: A clearing means there's there's no trees in the area, 112 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: just grass, and she couldn't believe what she was seeing. 113 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: Oh boy, I can't believe how many little kids wake 114 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: cutting and those tree traps. Yeah, that was pretty surprising 115 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: that it actually worked. So what do you think we 116 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: should do about it? Well, the boss wanted us to, 117 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: you know, test it out with just a couple of 118 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: trees and then, if it was successful, then we can 119 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: roll it out to all the forests in the entire world. 120 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: Oh No, that sounds like a purple Ninja plan. Are 121 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: they really trying to catch all of us inside of 122 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: tree traps? That sounds absolutely terrible. How in the world 123 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: is craze going to stop them before it's too late? 124 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: I don't know. We'll have to wait and see what 125 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: happens on the next episode of kids short stories. Great job, 126 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: you listen to all the way to the end and 127 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: you know what time it is. It's time for kid 128 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 1: shout out. I want to say hey Takoa and Luca 129 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: from Vancouver, Meyer from New Zealand, Kai from New Zealand, 130 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 1: Claude from the Philippines, Charlotte and Jack from Washington, D 131 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:53,319 Speaker 1: c Ali from Kansas City and why it from San Francisco. 132 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all in the kids short 133 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: stories family and on the spy team. We could not 134 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: stop Dr Sting key breath and his crew without you, 135 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: my friends. Will you have a superduper day and I 136 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 1: will see you on our next adventure. Bye.