1 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kit 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Do you know what makes these stories ten 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: times better? Yes? Sharing with the friends. So right now, 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: make sure you think of two friends that you want 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: to share today's story with, and your parents can text 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: them over the link to this episode and you guys 7 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 1: can listen together. Well, today's story comes to us from Hayden. Hey, guys, 8 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: they sent me an awesome idea for a story, and 9 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: you can't too. Just head over to kitdshort stories dot com. 10 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 1: Send me your idea and maybe we'll turn it into 11 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: an awesome adventure. Are you guys ready for today's story? 12 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It was a beautiful morning on 13 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: the island as Hayden, Lee and Neil were all waking up. Oh, 14 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: as they stretched and yawned, it was Friday, and Friday 15 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: was exploring day. Wait a second, they live in an island. 16 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,559 Speaker 1: How did they get there? Oh? Yes, yes, you see, 17 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: a long time ago, their whole family they crashed on 18 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: this island from their boat and they've been shipwrecked there 19 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,479 Speaker 1: ever since, and so they've had to build a life 20 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: there on this island. They're the only people that live 21 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: on this island. If you lived on an island, how 22 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: would you live? Would you want to build like a 23 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: little hut on the beach, a home in the cave 24 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: or a treehouse? Treehouse? That's exactly what they did. You see, 25 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: Hayden Lee Neil and their baby sister a Lane, and 26 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: their parents, they had all built this magnificent treehouse on 27 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: this island. It had taken a very long time to build, 28 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: but it was totally worth it. It even had an 29 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: elevator to get up and down, and it even had 30 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: a secret basement. Holy smokes, that is that is a 31 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: pretty incredible treehouse, one way better than I've ever seen. 32 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 1: And since today was Friday, that meant it was exploring day. 33 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 1: And what does that mean exactly? Oh? Yes, they have 34 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: a small boat that was left over from their shipwreck. 35 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: And this small boat it can charge its electric battery 36 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: from solar panels and its charge can last about thirty minutes, 37 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: so they can't go super far before they have to 38 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: turn around to come back to the island to recharge it. 39 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: But they've been exploring for weeks and months and months 40 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: and they have yet to find another island. They've been 41 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: stuck on this island for a very long time. But 42 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: little do they know that today is going to be 43 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 1: a very special day for them. All Right, I call 44 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 1: being the driver today, shouted Neil. They always wanted to 45 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: be the driver of the boat. That was one of 46 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: the most fun jobs of that day. I call the 47 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: fishing nets, shouted Lee. You mean I'm stuck with the 48 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: binoculars again, said Hayden. It's you know, we called it. 49 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: Gotta be quick, gotta be fast. You gotta be ready 50 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: at all times, said Neil. That was a kind of 51 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: a motto that their family had come up with over 52 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: the month that they had lived on this island. Even 53 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: though they're the only people on this island. You always 54 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: have to be ready for the unknown. There's a lot 55 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: of unknown that lives on an island. Which direction are 56 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: you guys going to go today? Ask their parents. Neil 57 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: scanned the horizon of the ocean. He put his right 58 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: hand over his eyes to shield the sun. It was 59 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: a very bright day. H I think we're gonna go southeast. Yeah, southeast. 60 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: We haven't been that direction many times, so maybe we'll 61 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: see something this time. Okay, just make sure to keep 62 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: track of your battery and I don't want to have 63 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: to swim out there and drag you back. Their dad Roger, that, 64 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: said Neil. Hayden grabbed the binoculars, Lee grabbed the fishing net, 65 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: and Neil was pushing the boat into the water. All right, 66 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: everybody hop in, let's go, as they waved goodbye to 67 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 1: their little sister Elane, who was sitting on the beach. 68 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: She was digging a hole, a very deep hole by 69 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: a lane, said Lee. All Right, guys, we gotta get 70 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: to work. We have to find something out here. We 71 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: can't be just in the middle of complete water. There's 72 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: gotta be something nearby that can help us, said Neil. 73 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: They loved the sound of the boat motor and feeling 74 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: the wind against their face. And ah, they loved Fridays. 75 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 1: This was a very special day of the week. Yeah. 76 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 1: I don't see anything up there, said Hayden. He was 77 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: still scanning the horizon with his binoculars as Lee was 78 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: pulled in a big haul of fish from his net. WHOA, Lee, 79 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:10,039 Speaker 1: great catch, said Neil. WHOA, this one's heavy. Splat. He 80 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: dumped all the fish into the boat and realized, wait 81 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: a second, this is probably too much for us. We 82 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: should throw a couple back as he picked up some 83 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 1: of the fish and tossed them back into the water. HAA, 84 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: look at that, shouted Lee. As the three kids looked 85 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: over the edge of the boat, they saw something ginormous 86 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 1: swim underneath their boat. Ba. Hayden screamed and dropped the 87 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: binoculars out of his hands as he fell. Ha stop 88 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: the boat, Stop the boat, shouted Hayden. Hi, when I fell, 89 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 1: the binoculars dropped out of my hands. Look, I can 90 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: see him down there. The good thing about where they 91 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: were was the water was super super clear, like you 92 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: could see just really deep down, like you were looking 93 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: through a piece of glass. Oh, Hayden, are you okay, 94 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: asked Neil. Yeah. I kind of hit my head on 95 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: the edge of the boat, but I'll be fine. But 96 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: we gotta get those binoculars back. But what about that 97 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: creature that just swam under the boat? Said Lee. I 98 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 1: don't know what that thing was, but I'm not going 99 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 1: in there, said Lee. Neil saw a little cut forming 100 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 1: on Hayden's head from falling on the boat. It wasn't 101 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 1: that bad, but it was bleeding a little bit. Neil 102 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: knew what he had to do. All right, I'll jump 103 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 1: in and get the binoculars. Just uh, when I swim 104 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: back up, get ready to pull me back into the 105 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 1: boat before that creature eats me, said Neil. He took 106 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: a deep breath and jumped into the water. Splash. Oh man, 107 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: I hope Neil's gonna be okay, said Hayden. As Neil 108 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: swam down to the bottom of the ocean, he could 109 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 1: see the binoculars. They were sitting right on top of 110 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: a rock. Lee and Hayden were keeping an eye out 111 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 1: for that creature that might swim back. They didn't see 112 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: it anywhere. Look, Neil's got the binoculars. He's swimming back up, 113 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: shouted Lee. Get ready to grab his arms and pull 114 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: him up. As Neil's had popped out of the water, 115 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: he was shouting, it's coming back. Pull me in, Pull 116 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: me in, shouted Neil. Hated, and Lee grabbed onto his 117 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: arms and pulled him back up into the boat. Oh. 118 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: I got the binoculars, but I saw that thing. It's huge. 119 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: I don't know. I couldn't tell if it was a 120 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: shark or a whale or a sea monster, but it 121 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: was way bigger than our boat. Let's get out of here. 122 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: And that's when Neil realized that he forgot to turn 123 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: off the boat. The boat had been running that whole time, 124 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: and the battery was now empty. Oh no, what are 125 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: these kids gonna do? How are they gonna get back 126 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: to their island. They're in a boat with no battery 127 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: for the motor and there's some kind of giant creature 128 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: swimming in the waters below. We'll have to wait and 129 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: see what happens on the next episode of Kids Short Stories. 130 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: Great job, you listened all the way to the end, 131 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: and you know what te it is. It's time for 132 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: Kid shout Out. I wanna say hey to Amaya and 133 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: Sophia from Calgary, Locke and Wilder from Houston, Daria and 134 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:34,559 Speaker 1: Kylo from Toronto, Joey from New Zealand, Eli from Rolling Meadows, Illinois, 135 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: Ryan from Japan, Penny from Victoria, BC, and Eli and 136 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: Ball from Pennsylvania. 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