1 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to kid 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 1: Short Stories. I love lead reading through the reviews that 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: you leave for me on Apple Podcasts. This one I'm 4 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: looking at right now is from Kate Olive. It says 5 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: it's great for bedtime. Five stars. For over a year, 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: my four year old has listened to these stories as 7 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: he goes to sleep. He requests them every night. That's 8 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: so awesome. Yeah, we at our house we loved listening 9 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: to these stories as we're getting ready for bed as well. 10 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 2: Well, are you ready for today's adventure? Me too, Let's go. 11 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: As THEO ran through his house to grab his boots, 12 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: rain jacket, and umbrella, he was so excited to see 13 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: if this was a real treasure map. Remember in the 14 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: last episode, THEO found this old legendary map hidden in 15 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: the back of his closet and had some markings on 16 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: it that looked familiar, look kind of like the three 17 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: big stones that were at a playground near his house, 18 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: and THEO was gonna check it out to see if 19 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: this was indeed. 20 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 2: A real treasure map. 21 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: He put the map inside of a plastic bag to 22 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: keep it dry from the rain. It had been raining 23 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: now for a long time, and so all the mud 24 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: and puddles had appeared by now. He had to keep 25 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: that map dry or else he might lose some really 26 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: important information. All right, you be careful out there and 27 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: try not to get too wet, said his parents as 28 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: he walked outside. Okay, I'll be back in a little bit. 29 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: He waved goodbye and started on his adventure towards the playground. Squish, squash, squish, squash. 30 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: His boots squashed through the mud with every step. Oh 31 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: that was a deep puddle. Wow, I'm glad I'm where 32 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: some tall boots, said THEO. Just a little bit further 33 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: up ahead, he could see the park where he was 34 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: playing with his friends earlier. Now the wood chips had 35 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 1: formed a whole bunch of different puddles from all the rain, 36 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: so it was not going to be a good time 37 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 1: to play. And of course he was on a mission, 38 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: so we had to stay focused. All right, where's that 39 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 1: big pile of those big rocks? Oh it's over there, Yeah, 40 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: let me go check it out. Over there, THEO was 41 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: looking to find the landmarks that he had seen on 42 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: the treasure map. You see, every treasure map, it leaves 43 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: behind drawings of different places that can help you remember, 44 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: like how to get to where the treasure is. So 45 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: on the map they had seen three squiggly circles that 46 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: kind of looked like three boulders. THEO had remembered seeing 47 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: some boulders in the park. As he got closer and closer, 48 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: he counted one, two, three boulders. This has gotta be it. 49 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: As he pulled out the map that was inside of 50 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: that plastic bag from inside of his ring jacket, he 51 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: held it up and it matched perfectly with those three 52 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: boulders that were on the edge of the playground. You see, 53 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: these boulders were pretty big. They were a little bit 54 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 1: bigger than THEO, but you could like get. 55 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 2: On top and climb on them. Right now, they. 56 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: Were pretty slippery from all that rain. Okay, I think 57 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: I just gotta climb up there and take a better 58 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: look and see if I can find the next clue 59 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: on the map. By looking at the map, it looked 60 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: like the next thing he needed to find was some 61 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: kind of tree that looked like the letter. 62 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 2: Why. 63 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: He'd never seen a y tree before. But maybe if 64 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: he climbed up on the rocks, you could get a 65 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: better look. 66 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 2: There. 67 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: Ah, who that was really slippery. As he looked around, 68 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: he turned in circles looking for that Why tree. Hmm, 69 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: there's a lot of trees. I don't see one that 70 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: looks Wait a second. Over there, there's a ginormous old 71 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: oak tree, and it does kind of look like the 72 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: letter Why. I wonder if that's it. He turned to 73 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 1: jump off the rocks to get back on the ground 74 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: and head towards the tree, and all of a sudden, 75 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: what splash all THEO slipped off of the big boulders 76 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: and right into a huge mud puddle. 77 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 2: Oh no the map. 78 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: The map had flown out of Theo's hands and landed. 79 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 2: Right in the mud. Oh no, is it ruined? 80 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: Said THEO as he nervously picked it up out of 81 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: the mud. Oh good, that plastic bag kept it dry 82 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 1: and clean. I just gotta wipe off all this mud 83 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: from that plastic bag. He wiped off the mud on 84 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: his right pant leg. There good is new well, almost, 85 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: said THEO as he began his next adventure to the 86 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: tree that looks like a Why wouldn't it be so 87 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: fun to follow a real treasure map? Said venture that 88 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: leads you from clue to clue to clue and then, baby, 89 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: there's a real treasure waiting for you. Just step ahead. 90 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: As THEO arrived at the tree, he heard in the distance. 91 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 2: THEO, THEO, where are you? 92 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: That was the voice of his parents shouting from a distance. 93 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: Looks like they didn't want to miss out on all 94 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: the fun that THEO is having. I'm over here, shouted 95 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: THEO as he waved his arms up really high so 96 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: that they could see him. 97 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 2: How's it going, THEO? Any any more clues? 98 00:05:56,040 --> 00:06:01,359 Speaker 1: And wow, you got pretty muddy? Are you okay? They yeah, 99 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 1: I'm okay. I kind of slipped off those big boulders 100 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: and the map fell in the mud, But thankfully it's 101 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 1: in this plastic bag, so I just had to wipe 102 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: it off on my leg, said the O. 103 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 2: But I'm at the next clue. 104 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: It pointed me over to this tree that looked like 105 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,919 Speaker 1: a y See. He held up the map, and his 106 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: parents agreed that that tree looked exactly like the one 107 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: that was drawn on this old treasure map. All right, 108 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 1: so what do we do next? They asked? Umm, I 109 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: don't know. This map doesn't have a big X on it. Ummm, 110 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,599 Speaker 1: I don't exactly know what we're looking for, but this 111 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: big tree does seem to be in the center of 112 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: the map, so it must be important. Let's look around, 113 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: said THEO. The three of them started to walk around 114 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: the tree and look in all the nooks and crannies. 115 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: Because it was a very big old tree, it had 116 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: some hollow parts and some old broken branches that had 117 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: a hole inside, and so they were looking for something 118 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: that might be hidden inside of that old old tree. 119 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 2: Wait a second, THEO, come over here. Look down here. 120 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: One of his parents was pointing down to an old 121 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: hollow part of the tree. Do you know what a 122 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: hollow part of the tree is. Yeah, it's kind of 123 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: like the center of the tree is empty and there's 124 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: a little opening to it, and sometimes critters like to 125 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: build a nest inside there. But this one had something 126 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: else inside here. Let me reach inside and pull it out. 127 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: THEO laid down on the wet grass and reached inside. 128 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: Be careful, said his parents. I got it and out 129 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: popped a very old wooden box. Is this a treasure chest? 130 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: Shout at THEO. That's what it looks like. Get it 131 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: open fast, shouted his parents. I think they were just 132 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: as excited as THEO was. Thankful there wasn't a lock 133 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: on it. As THEO opened it up, it was empty. 134 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 2: What it's completely empty. 135 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: Shouted THEO as he closed the box. Aw man, said 136 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: one of his parents. I kind of wish that there 137 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: was like a gold coin in there or something. Let 138 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: me take another look. One of his parents knelt down 139 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: and picked up the box and open it up. Wait 140 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: a second, there is a gold coin. Look. He reached 141 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: inside and pulled out a gold coin. How did that happen? 142 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: I just looked in there, said THEO, and it was empty. 143 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: They all looked at each other and couldn't believe it. 144 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 1: But it was a real gold coin. You don't think 145 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 1: it's because you said that you wish that there was 146 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: a gold coin in there, do you? Asked THEO. I 147 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 1: don't know, but let's try it again. I wish there 148 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: was cotton candy inside, said one of his parents. As 149 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: they opened the box. They couldn't believe it. A beautiful, bright, 150 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 1: pink spool of cotton candy. All three of their mouths 151 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: dropped open. No way, said THEO. It's a wishing box. 152 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: The three of them couldn't wait to get home and 153 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: try some more wishes. But holy smokes, they found a 154 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: real wishing box. I've never seen one of those in 155 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,679 Speaker 1: real life. But if you had a wishing box, what 156 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,439 Speaker 1: would you wish for inside that you could open. 157 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 2: Up and find sitting there waiting for you. Oh, that 158 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 2: would be so cool. 159 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: Even though this is the end of this story, it's 160 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 1: only just the beginning of THEO and his parents great 161 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: adventure with this new treasure that they just found. Great job, 162 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: you listened all the to the end, and you know 163 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: what tell me it is it's. 164 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 2: Time for Kurd shout out. 165 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: So I want to say hey to Janelle and Jayden 166 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 1: from Toronto, Viihan from India, Aiden from Oregon, James and 167 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: Ethan from California, Leo and Brooks from Maryland, Carter and 168 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: Vanessa from New Hampshire, Max from Ottawa, and Nicholas from Illinois. 169 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all in the kit short 170 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 1: Seri's family and on the spy team. We could not 171 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: stop Doctor Stinky Breath and his crew without you, my friends. Well, 172 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: you have a super duper day and I will see 173 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: you on our next adventure. Bye.