1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. Hey, Silas, do you want to 16 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: take a turn? As the engineer asked Felix, Yeah, I'm ready. 17 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: Why don't you grab the binoculars and head up top 18 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: and keep a lookout. Felix grabbed the binoculars and ran 19 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: up top to the top of the train. Yeah, Felix 20 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 1: in Silas were engineers on a train That meant they 21 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: were responsible for driving and operating the train and making 22 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: sure that everything went according to plan. They had just 23 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 1: finished dropping off a whole bunch of packages that were 24 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: in that train. They were now on their way home 25 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: after a long day of work. They were taking turns. 26 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: One would drive the train and the other would go 27 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: up to the roof of the train with binoculars, you know, 28 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: looking out for any animals that might be running over 29 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: the tracks or something else, and then he would blow 30 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: the horn on the train to scare off that animal 31 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: so that they wouldn't get hurt. It was a very 32 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: important job to make sure that everyone was safe while 33 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: operating that train. As Silas was operating the train and 34 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: driving it forward, they gave the train horn a big 35 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: pole to alert the whole down that they were coming through. 36 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: They didn't want any cars on the road in their way. Hey, Felix, 37 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: are we all clear up there? Yelled Silas from down below. 38 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: Felix was on the roof of the train with the binoculars, 39 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: keeping an eye out far up ahead on the tracks. Yep, 40 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: everything looked good so far. Wait wait, hold on a second, 41 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: said Felix. Uh, there's something up there. It's way up there, 42 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: but I think you should hit the brakes now. Silas 43 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: pulled on the brake lever, not knowing exactly what Felix 44 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 1: was talking about. But it does take a long way 45 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: in a long time to stop a big train from moving. 46 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: When a train is super big and super heavy, you 47 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: gotta start those breaks early because as the train breaks pulls, 48 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: it keeps moving. It takes a long way for that 49 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: train to come to a stop. Felix came down from 50 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: up above and told Silas, there's a ginormous tree that 51 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: has fallen on the tracks. We gotta be able to 52 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: stop this in time, said Felix. As the train's breaks, 53 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: we're screeching. It was too little, too late. Boom crash. 54 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: The train crashed right into that ginormous tree that was 55 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: laying over the tracks. Whoa, Silas, be okay, said Felix. 56 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: Oh ouch, yeah, I'm okay. I just got bumped around 57 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: a little bit, said Silas as he rubbed his head 58 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: with his left hand. Let's go, ah and take a 59 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: look and see what the damage is. Felix and Silas 60 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: climbed down the edge of the train, and unfortunately we're 61 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: met with bad news. Oh no, that tree knocked the 62 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: train off the tracks. What are we gonna do, cried Felix. 63 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: We're still nowhere near home and I don't even know 64 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: where we are. Silas, what do we do? Silas looked 65 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:28,919 Speaker 1: around for a second. He knew that they were running 66 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: out of daylight. It was almost getting nighttime, so they 67 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 1: were running out of time. First, we've got to get 68 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 1: our bearing straight. We gotta figure out which way's north 69 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: and which way's home. Come on, what do you mean, 70 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: said Felix as he chased behind Silex. Come on, we 71 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: gotta take a look at these trees and find the moss. 72 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,239 Speaker 1: That's gonna be the easiest way to figure out what's north. 73 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: What are you talking about, asked Felix. Come on, I'll 74 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: show you. Just come here. Silas was looking from tree 75 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: to tree looking for moss growing on the tree. Do 76 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: you know why he would be doing that. It's an 77 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: old trick that on a tree green moss only grows 78 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 1: on the north side, and so if you know the 79 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: north side of something, then you also know where east, south, 80 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: and west is. Silas finally found a tree that had 81 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of moss in this one side of 82 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 1: the tree. All right, here, come take a look at this, Felix. Look. 83 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: Silas was pointing to where the moss was and said, see, 84 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: now that we know that's north. I know that on 85 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: our route that home was west of here. That we 86 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: just had to go west a couple more miles and 87 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: that would get us back to our city. So if 88 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: that's north, that way is west. He pointed west with 89 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: his left hand. Well, I trust you, Silas, Let's go, 90 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: said Felix. Felix and Silas then started marching through the forest. 91 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 1: It was a very challenging hike, as they had to 92 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: pull themself up over boulders and squeeze in between thorny 93 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: bushes and so much more. But finally, after several hours, 94 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: they popped out the other side of the forest. Oh 95 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: thank you, there's our neighborhood, said Felix with great relief. 96 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: All right, once we get home, we got to call 97 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 1: the train station to let them know about the accident 98 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: that happened back there, and then tomorrow we can get 99 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 1: a tow truck out there and flip the train back over. 100 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: But for now it is time for bed, said Silas. 101 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: Good work today, Felix, I'm glad we made it. Home. 102 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: I couldn't have done it without you, Silas. I'll see 103 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: you tomorrow. As Felix and Silas went back to their 104 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: houses to get ready for bed and go to sleep, 105 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,919 Speaker 1: they knew they had a big day tomorrow. Tomorrow was 106 00:06:55,960 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: gonna be a day of a train rescue. Well, more 107 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: like flipping the train back up onto the tracks and 108 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 1: moving that big tree out of the way so they 109 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: wouldn't bump into it again. Well, I'm glad we have 110 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: Felix and Silas as train engineers because without them, all 111 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: of our packages wouldn't make it on their way to 112 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: where they need to be. And I bet Felix is 113 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: grateful that Silas knew how to find their way home 114 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: after they got lost in the middle of the forest. Hmm. 115 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: Maybe I'll remember that trick one day if I get 116 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: lost in the forest, Just look for moss on the 117 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: tree and that way is north the end. Great job, 118 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: you listened all the way to the end, and you 119 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: know what time it is. It's time for kid shout out. 120 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: I want to say hey to James, Grace and Ethan 121 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: from Salt Lake City, Bixby, Griffin and Piper from Tennessee, 122 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: Carter and d from Toronto, Hudson from Washington, DC or 123 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: from Montario, Penelope from Washington, Hillary from California, and Noah 124 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: from British Columbia. I'm so glad that you're all in 125 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: the Kit short Story's family and on the spy team. 126 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: We could not stop Doctor Stinkybreath and his crew without you, 127 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: my friends. Well, you have a super duper day and 128 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: I will see you on our next aventure. Bye.