1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: Hello friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Guess what, It's Saturday, which means there's an 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 1: awesome Kid's Animal Stories adventure waiting for you after today's 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: Episode's That's what I'm gonna go listen to in a 5 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: couple minutes. But right now, I am so excited for 6 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: the Legend of the Moon Eater. Have you heard this 7 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: legend before? It is one of my favorite stories to tell. 8 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: Are you guys ready for the Legend of the Moon Eater? 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: Me too? Let's go. One day, Derek was sitting in 10 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: our backyard. Derek, my son loves to sit outside and 11 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 1: look at the stars and the moon. And one day 12 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: something pretty crazy happened. He was laying out on the 13 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: trampoline and looking at the stars and this moon in 14 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: the sky. Have you ever seen like when the moon 15 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: gets super duper big. Yeah, it looks almost like a 16 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: street light in the sky. It's amazing. Well, that is 17 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: what he was looking at. And as he was, oh, 18 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: just starting to calm down for the evening, all of 19 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: a sudden he blinked his eyes and the moon it 20 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: got a bite taken out of it. It just happened 21 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: like right there in front of his eyes, the moon 22 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: went from being one bright circle into looking like someone 23 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: had chomped a bite right out of it. Derek sat 24 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: up from the trampoline. He rubbed his eyes because he 25 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: wasn't sure if what he saw was real. But it 26 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: was very real. What in the world did I just see? 27 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: Said Derek. Was that the moon eater that Dad always 28 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: talks about. I thought that was just a joke, but 29 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: holy smokes, Derek couldn't believe it. He hopped down from 30 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: the trampoline and was walking towards the house when all 31 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: of a sudden, he heard a giant splash. He turned 32 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,839 Speaker 1: around and it definitely came from the river. Are you 33 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 1: kidding me? Derek thought to himself. I've got to check 34 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 1: this out for myself. He started walking towards the river, 35 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: and it was getting dark at night. It wasn't totally 36 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: pitch black dark, but the sun was setting and he 37 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: could barely see the river up ahead. As he got 38 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: closer and closer, his feet crunched through the leaves and 39 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: the sticks. Would you be as brave as Derek is? 40 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: I don't know if I would, Holy smoked, He's very brave. 41 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: Hello back there, Hello, I heard a splash. What was that? 42 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 1: Shouted Derek. He waited and waited and waited, but nothing 43 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: made a peep. Pretty soon a long time that had 44 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: passed and it was time for Derek to go to bed. 45 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: He yawned and went back to the house and everybody 46 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: went to sleep. The next morning, when he woke up, 47 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: he decided that he was going to figure out if 48 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: that was real or not. All right, tonight, when it 49 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: gets dark, I'm totally gonna see if it takes another 50 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: bite of the moon, and then maybe I can take 51 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: a picture of it as it jumps back into the river, 52 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: said Derek. The day seemed to crawl by as he 53 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: anxiously awaited the evening when the moon would come out. 54 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: Have you ever felt like when you're waiting for something 55 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: to happen, time just goes by so slowly. Well, that 56 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: is exactly what Derek was feeling. After what felt like 57 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: an attorney it was the evening, and Derek grabbed a 58 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: bag of popcorn, which is his favorite snack, and went 59 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: out to the train ampoline to stare at the moon. 60 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: All Right, I wonder if he's going to take another 61 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: bite of the moon tonight, Derek thought, to himself. He 62 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: was waiting there for about ten minutes when all of 63 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: a sudden, another piece of the moon. What's missing? Derek 64 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: dropped the bag of popcorn and grabbed his camera and 65 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: ran towards the river. He had to catch it in 66 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: the act of splashing back into the river, or else 67 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: maybe he wouldn't be able to see if the moon 68 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: eater was real or not. As he knelt at the 69 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: edge of the river waiting for the creature, he turned 70 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: on the camera and waited and waited, and all of 71 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: a sudden splash. Hi, hold there, I got it. I 72 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: got it on camera. Derek was so excited. Hey, mister mooneater, 73 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: are you in there? Is that really you? He shouted 74 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: towards the river, and just then he. 75 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 2: Saw eight green, glowing. 76 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: Eyes staring at him from underneath the water. Blink blink, 77 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 1: Oh dear, he is real. Bah, Derek shouted as loud 78 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 1: as he could as the creature started to appear from 79 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: the water. 80 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:24,559 Speaker 2: What seems to make you scream so much? 81 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 1: It is very loud. Please don't eat me, shouted Derek. Ah, 82 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: I'm only a kid, Please don't eat me. 83 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 2: Oh what are you talking about? 84 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 1: I only eat the moon not a little boy. As 85 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: Derek watched the creature step up out of the river, 86 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: he couldn't believe it. It had, like I said, eight glowing 87 00:05:55,720 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: green eyes, five legs, and really big ears, kind of 88 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: like an elephant's ears. And at the bottom of its 89 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: feet it had something that I don't know how to 90 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: explain it. It looked like rocket booster plaster on his feet. Oh, 91 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: that's probably how he flies up to the moon. Okay, okay, okay, 92 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: mister mister monster. 93 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 2: Oh oh, mister monster is my dad's name. 94 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: You can just call me mooneater? Okay, uh a moon eater, 95 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: mister moon eater. So my name's Derek. And can I 96 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 1: take your picture? Oh? I'd rather not. I don't like 97 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: the publicity and attention that pictures brings. Okay, well, I 98 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: just have one question. Are you really taking a bite 99 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 1: of the moon? Like, why are you eating the moon? Well? 100 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 2: I just took a little bit of a bite, but 101 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 2: it is very tasty and huh, I don't know why, 102 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 2: It's just something I do. But then, how does the 103 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 2: moon come back? 104 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: Said Derek. 105 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 2: Well, that part I'm not sure about. But I've heard 106 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 2: a legend of somebody that plants a moon seed in 107 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 2: the sky, but. 108 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: That is not a part of my job. I just 109 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: eat the yummy moon. Derek couldn't believe it. He had 110 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: really met the real mooneater and he was actually a 111 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: lot nicer than he thought he might be. Okay, mister mooneater, 112 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: it's been super great meeting you, but it's actually time. 113 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: I need to get to bed. But maybe we can 114 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: hang out again sometime. 115 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 2: Okky, you later. 116 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: And that is the day that Derek met the moon eater. 117 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: And wait, what was he talking about? Somebody with moon 118 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: seeds that plants them in the sky. I think that 119 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: is another legend for another day. The end. Great job, 120 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: you listened all the way to the end, and you 121 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: know what time it is. It's time for Kid shout out. 122 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: So I want to say hey to Carson from Texas, 123 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: Lucas from Toronto, Canada, Archie from Melbourne, Australia, Charlie and 124 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: Cameron from Colorado, Tia and Dash from Australia, Sam from Washington, 125 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: d C. And Griffin from Idaho. I'm so glad that 126 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: you're all on the Kid Short Stories family and on 127 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: our spy team. We could not stop Doctor Stinkybreath and 128 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: his crew without you, my friends. Will you have a 129 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: super duper day. I'll see you over in the Kids 130 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: Animal Stories podcast. Bye.