1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: Hello friends, it's mister Chim and welcome back to kid 2 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Today story is brought to us by Sophia. 3 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: Hey Sophia, she sent me an awesome idea for a story, 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: and you can too. Just head over to kid short 5 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: stories dot com. Send me your idea and maybe we'll 6 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: turn it into an awesome adventure. And right now, I 7 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: need to make sure that you smash the follow button 8 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: or that little plus signe so you don't miss out 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: on any of our awesome stories. Are you guys ready 10 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: for today's adventure? Oh boy, there's a dragon, me too, 11 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: let's go. It was a cold and wintery day. When 12 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: Sophia looked out the window. She knew that today was 13 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: an adventure day. She was very excited to find something new. 14 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: You see, Sophia was an adventurer. That means well, she 15 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:04,039 Speaker 1: loves adventures. Do you like going on adventures? Oh? Me too. 16 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: I never pass up an opportunity to go on an adventure. Sophia. 17 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: She was extremely brave and had been planning today's adventure 18 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: for many weeks. You see, there were mountains that surrounded 19 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: Sophia's house, and one by one, she had been traveling 20 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: up and down all of the mountains, but today was 21 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: the big one, the big mountain called Cloud Mountain because 22 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: it was so tall it went through the clouds. She 23 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: grabbed all over gear, which meant snow pants and special boots, 24 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: in a very warm jacket with hat and gloves. It 25 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: was going to be a very cold adventure, but Sofia 26 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: was ready for anything. She headed out the door. She 27 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: said goodbye to her parents, and her mom handed her 28 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: a special snack for today's adventure. All right, Sophia, well 29 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: just make sure that your home before it gets dark, 30 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: and stay safe. We love you. Bye, I love you, 31 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: shouted Sophia as she started her hike up the trail. 32 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,519 Speaker 1: There was a little bit of snow. It was definitely 33 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 1: cold and windy, but this part of the hike it 34 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: was just, you know, maybe an inch of snow. That 35 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: was easy, but it would get much much harder. After 36 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: about thirty minutes had passed, she had reached a much 37 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: higher elevation than she had begun and it was time 38 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 1: to pull out the snow shoes. What are snow shoes? 39 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: Have you ever walked in really deep snow before? Yeah? Well, 40 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: if you haven't snow when it gets really deep, sometimes 41 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: it can be really hard to walk through it because 42 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: you sink all the way to the bottom. And right 43 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: now the snow was getting as deep as Sofia's knees, 44 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: which made it very hard to walk through. As she 45 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: pulled out her snow shoes, she strapped them onto her 46 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: shoes and wait a second, what are snow shoes? Good question, Well, 47 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: they kind of look like a tennis racket. Yes, I 48 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,519 Speaker 1: know that sounds kind of silly, but snowshoes they help 49 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: you stay above that deep snow. It works in spreading 50 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: out your weight. So imagine if you had a really 51 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: wide shoe like a tennis racket, tied onto the bottom 52 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: of your feet. That makes your surface area much bigger 53 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: and spreads out the weight across the snow so that 54 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: you can stay on top of the snow instead of 55 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: sinking all the way down, which makes walking a whole 56 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: lot easier. Sofia was sitting on an old tree as 57 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: she was strapping on these snowshoes to the bottom of 58 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: her boots. There, she said, that'll make it a whole 59 00:03:55,480 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: lot easier. Ah, I love hiking in the snow, It's 60 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: so fun. As she continued her hike up the mountain, 61 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: she was approaching the clouds. Wow, I can't believe it. It 62 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: looks so beautiful up here. As she was looking around 63 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 1: and turn it, she could see for miles. The view 64 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: she had was absolutely amazing. She could see her house 65 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: way down there, and she could even see her friend's house. Wow, 66 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: she was really high up this mountain and could see 67 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: for miles. Then she continued her hike up towards the clouds. 68 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: You see, everybody wondered what the top of this mountain. 69 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: Remember Cloud Mountain is through the clouds. Everyone wondered what 70 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: the top looked like because you couldn't even see it 71 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: because it was always in the clouds. Sofia was determined 72 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: to be one of the first to ever see what's 73 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: on the other side of the clouds. After a quick 74 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: break to eat her snack and drink water, she was 75 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: ready to push for the final leg of the hike. 76 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: As she climbed her way up and pushed her way 77 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: through the clouds, she was finally to the top of 78 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 1: Mount Cloud. Wow, it was absolutely amazing. And not only 79 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: was it amazing, but as she looked up, she realized 80 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 1: how close the stars were. Holy smokes, said Sophia, I 81 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: feel like I could just reach out and grab one 82 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 1: of those stars. She unstrapped her snow shoes and thought 83 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: about jumping up and trying to grab a star. Do 84 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: you think she could do that? Do you think you 85 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: can grab a star out of the sky. I don't 86 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: think so, but Sophia is really really high up there. 87 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: Maybe she actually can. As she knelt down and started 88 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: to stretch her legs, she knew that she was a 89 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 1: pretty good jumper and maybe, just maybe she could reach 90 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: one of the stars. She took a running start and 91 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: then jumped and leaped with all her might. End she 92 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: grabbed a star out of the sky. What in the 93 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: world has She opened up her hand. Her glove was 94 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: now holding something, something that was very strange. Wow, what 95 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 1: is this thing? It glowed like a star, but it 96 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: was hard and it it looked almost like an egg. Wow. 97 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: I gotta take this home and check this out. Sophia 98 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: carefully placed it in her bag. She now switched out 99 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: her snow shoes for snow skis and zoomed down the mountain. 100 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 1: Do you think it's faster to go up a mountain 101 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: or to ski down a snow mountain? Yes, it is 102 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: way faster. As Sofia is zooming down the mountain back 103 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: towards her house. As she slid to a stop in 104 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: her backyard, she couldn't wait to show her parents what 105 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: she had found. They were absolutely amazed. They had never 106 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: seen someone grab a star out of the sky. But 107 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: this was not an ordinary looking star. There's something strange 108 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,679 Speaker 1: about this, Like Sophia said, it looked like an egg 109 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: and something amazing was about to happen. Sophia carefully placed 110 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: it on a pillow in her room, and it still glowed. 111 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: It was like a nightlight. As she fell asleep, she 112 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: really loved the glow against the ceiling. Early the next morning, 113 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: she was awoken by a sound more. She jumped out 114 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: of bed and looked and could not believe her eyes. 115 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: That ah star egg thing that she had found up 116 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: in the sky had now hatched, and there stood before 117 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: her a tiny baby rainbow dragon. She started streaming, and 118 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: her parents raced in. What's wrong? What's wrong? Oh dear, 119 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: They couldn't believe their eyes. Sofia stand back. They pulled 120 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: Sophia away from that dragon, but the dragon was scared 121 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: and hid underneath her bed. Oh he's I think he's 122 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: scared or something. Can I go help him, said Sophia. Okay, 123 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 1: just be careful, said her parents. Sophia knelt down and 124 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: reached under the bed and carefully pulled the dragon out 125 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: from under it. He was so scared he was shaking. 126 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: It's okay, little guy, it's okay. Can we keep him? 127 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: Sophia instantly turned to her parents and begged to keep 128 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: the dragon. I totally understand. I would do the same 129 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: thing if if I found a little dragon egg star 130 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: thing and it hatchedon, I would totally want to keep 131 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 1: the dragon. What about you? Would you want to keep 132 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: a dragon? Okay, Sophia, But it's up to you to 133 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: take care of it. It's your responsibility. They said, perfect. 134 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna name him Rainbow Star. And even though that's 135 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: the end of our story today, it is only just 136 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: the beginning of Sophia's amazing adventure with her new dragon friend, 137 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 1: Rainbow Star. The end. Great job, you listened all the 138 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: way to the end, and you know what, Tubb, it is. 139 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: It's time for kid shout all. I want to say 140 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: hello to Olivia Mica from California, Ahana from Texas, Matteo 141 00:09:55,640 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: and Devn from New Zealand. 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