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Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kid

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to

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Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas

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Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we

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Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you.

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Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd

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Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes

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Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea

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Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents,

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Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you

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Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row

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Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease

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Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun

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Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure?

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Speaker 1: Me too. Let's go a long time ago, in a

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Speaker 1: far away place, lived a tribe of people that carried

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Speaker 1: a very special story. You see, the story of New

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Speaker 1: Year's Eve goes way back, way long before you and

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Speaker 1: I were born, and in this far away place live

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Speaker 1: as people and their job. You see, they had a

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Speaker 1: job to guard the night sky. They were skywatchers. They

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Speaker 1: had one of the most important jobs in the whole

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Speaker 1: wide world, and it was to keep our skies clear.

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Speaker 1: Every year, on this one very special night, the stars

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Speaker 1: would come up and the moon would shine so bright.

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Speaker 1: It was the job of the skywatchers to make sure

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Speaker 1: the evil dragons stay it away. Have you ever heard

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Speaker 1: of this dragon? Oh, he is a very evil dragon.

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Speaker 1: His job is to eat all the stars in the sky,

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Speaker 1: leaving nothing for us to see. But this tribe was

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Speaker 1: their job every year to march on top of a

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Speaker 1: mountain to gather a special oil from a wizard that

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Speaker 1: lived on the top of that mountain. We see, this

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Speaker 1: oil was good for one year. They would bring the

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Speaker 1: oil back down from the mountain and it would give

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Speaker 1: their candles and their torches and their lamps a bright

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Speaker 1: flame to keep the dragon away. And it was the

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Speaker 1: job of the bravest people in the whole tribe. Once

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Speaker 1: a year, they would hike up this mountain to meet

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Speaker 1: the wizard to get the jar of oil they needed

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Speaker 1: that would last in that entire year. Unfortunately, they could

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Speaker 1: only get one at a time, as the wizard only

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Speaker 1: allowed one every year. And this year it was Becca

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Speaker 1: and Derek's job. It was their turn to be the

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Speaker 1: brave ones to hike up the mountain to find this

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Speaker 1: wizard with the jar of oil to keep the dragon away.

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Speaker 1: As they put on their hiking boots, Derek and Becca

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Speaker 1: were both very nervous. They had never done this hike before.

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Speaker 1: All the older ones in the tribe had done this before,

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Speaker 1: but now it was Becca and Derek's turn. As they

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Speaker 1: looked back and forth to each other, Becca said, Derek,

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Speaker 1: are you sure sure we should do this? Uh? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: well I'm a little nervous too, Derek said, but we

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Speaker 1: have to. Our oil is almost gone, which means the

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Speaker 1: flame will go out. If we run out of oil

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Speaker 1: the flame is gone, the dragon will surely come and

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Speaker 1: eat our sky. Becca and Derek took three deep breaths

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Speaker 1: and started their hike. The snow got deeper and deeper

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Speaker 1: the higher they climbed this mountain. It had followed an old,

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Speaker 1: As they hiked up the trail, they looked back and forth,

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Speaker 1: dragon was smart. He knew why the flame burned, so

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Speaker 1: every year he would set out traps to try and

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Speaker 1: that magic oil. The dragon was very sneaky. He would

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Speaker 1: leave out tricks and traps, so Becca and Derek had

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Speaker 1: a single trap. All right, Becca, I think we're getting closer. Look,

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Speaker 1: the mountains like right over there. Come on, Oh, this

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Speaker 1: looks like a short cut, said Derek. Come on, let's

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Speaker 1: I think we're supposed to stay on the trail. The

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Speaker 1: gonna take us like five minutes to get us all

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Speaker 1: me just check it out real quick. And so Derek

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Speaker 1: But the shortcut was a trap set by the dragon. Becca,

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Speaker 1: Becca shouted. Derek was not okay, his feet had been

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Speaker 1: I'm coming, Becca shouted and grabbed on to Derek's and

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Speaker 1: so sorry, Becca, I shouldn't have gone this way. Let's

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Speaker 1: get back to the trail. But because Derek fell into

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Speaker 1: the trap, I think the dragon now knows that they

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Speaker 1: they were set out to follow. Further up the mountain,

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Speaker 1: said Becca. Did you bring any extra gloves? No, I didn't,

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Speaker 1: it's getting so cold, said Derek. Wait, look over there,

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Speaker 1: he looks so nice and warm. Off to the side

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Speaker 1: of the trail was a beautiful little bonfire with blankets

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Speaker 1: in a chair and even hot chocolate. Looked so perfect.

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Speaker 1: Let's go check it out, said Derek. Derek, we can't.

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Speaker 1: That looks like it could be another trap, because why

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Speaker 1: in the world would that just be sitting next to

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Speaker 1: the trail. It's gotta be from the dragon, and Becca

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Speaker 1: was right hiding right behind that cozy worm. Fire with

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Speaker 1: the blankets hit the dragon in the shadows. Becca and

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Speaker 1: Derek were so smart to not fall for that trap.

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Speaker 1: They kept hiking up the trail further and further until

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Speaker 1: they finally made it to top. At the top of

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Speaker 1: must have been a fire, because there was a little

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Speaker 1: As both Derek and Becca walked towards the hut and

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Speaker 1: stepped inside, the wizard was waiting for them, and he said,

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Speaker 1: what by hello.

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Speaker 2: Hello there. I am glad that you are here. Here

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Speaker 2: is your jar of oil to protect the sky from

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Speaker 2: the dragon. You must return twelve months from now, not

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Speaker 2: a day sooner, not a day later. Good luck.

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Speaker 1: The wizard handed Becca the jar of oil. She couldn't

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Speaker 1: believe it. They had made it, but now they must

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Speaker 1: make it back to their village. As they both hurried

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Speaker 1: must have been alerted that they got the oil, because

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Speaker 1: chase them. Both run. Becca and Derek run. They made

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Speaker 1: it back to their village just in time. They poured

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Speaker 1: was protected. As the dragon screamed in terror, he was

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Speaker 1: afraid of that big flame, and he hurried back to

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Speaker 1: hide in his cave. They had done it. They had

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Speaker 1: saved the sky. This big flame would keep their village

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Speaker 1: in a whole world safe for one more year. We

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Speaker 1: must celebrate. Hooray, Derek and Becca have saved the year. Well,

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Speaker 1: all of my family and kid Short Stories Land, thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for another year of amazing adventures. Cheers

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Speaker 1: to another year of imaginations and fun stories ahead the end. Hey, friends,

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Speaker 1: I need your helps celebrating a birthday.

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Speaker 3: Drum roll please, Happy birthday Madeline, who's turning ten years old.

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Speaker 3: Madeline loves Harry, butter and softball and has two sisters. Wow, Madeline,

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Speaker 3: I'm so glad that we got to celebrate you and

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Speaker 3: your big day on the show. Happy tenth birthday, Madeline.

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Speaker 1: Well, friends, as we wave goodbye to two thousand and

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Speaker 1: twenty two, I'm sure there's some amazing new memories that

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Speaker 1: lie up ahead in twenty twenty three, I'll see you

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Speaker 1: there friends, bye,