1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: Hello friends, It's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids' 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Did you know that there's also an ad 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: free version of all the Mister Jim shows. Yeah, so 4 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: head on over to Heymisterjim dot com slash Premium to 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 1: try out our ad free podcast for a fourteen day 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: free trial. Today's story comes to us from Henry and Caroline. 7 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: Hey guys, they sent me an awesome idea for a story, 8 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: and you can too. Just head of a kids short 9 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: Stories dot com send me your idea and maybe you 10 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: will turn it into an awesome adventure. Are you ready 11 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: for today's story? Me too, Let's go. It was a 12 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: beautiful day and Henry and Caroline were playing in the backyard. 13 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: They love to play outside, but their favorite thing to 14 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: do was draw chalkmazes. Have you ever drawn chalkmaces on 15 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: the ground? Yeah, that's really fun to do. When you 16 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: can draw a mazon, then someone else has to figure 17 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: it out. I'm actually I'm not very good at mazes. 18 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 1: How about you? Are you good at solving mazes? Wow? 19 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: That's pretty awesome. Well, Henry and Caroline were doing just 20 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: that on their back patio. They were drawing with chalk, 21 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: not only mazes, but also cities and creatures, and even 22 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: drawing an outline of their own bodies. Wow, that is 23 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: a lot of chalk. Hey, can you hand me that 24 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 1: blue chalk over there, said Caroline. Henry was drawing with 25 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: the green and the red handed Caroline two of the 26 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: blue pieces of chalk. Oh, thank you. This is gonna 27 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: be great. I can't wait to finish this giant maze. 28 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: You're never gonna solve it, she said. What are you 29 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: talking about, said Henry. I can solve any maze. I 30 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: am a maze mass Henry. Did you hear that, said Caroline. 31 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: Of course I did. Let's go. That was the spy beeper, 32 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: which meant there was a message from HQ. Henry and 33 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: Caroline ran up to their rooms to listen to the 34 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: walkie talkie. Henry and Caroline, we have an urgent message 35 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 1: and mission for you. The Purple Ninjas have been seen 36 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 1: stealing gummy vitamins all over the world. This would be 37 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: an absolute tragedy if the world was removed of all 38 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: of its gummy vitamins. We need you to set a 39 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: trap and capture, or at least stop the Purple Ninjas 40 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: from completing their mission. Over and out. Henry and Caroline 41 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: were left there staring at each other. They couldn't believe it. 42 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: Why would the Purple Ninjas want to steal all the 43 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: gummy vitamins? Like a really good for us? And that 44 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: just crosses the line, said Henry. You see, like the 45 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 1: Purple Ninjas, it's one thing for them to try and 46 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: make the world stinky, but to come after our vitamins. 47 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 1: I'm taking that personal, Caroline, Let's get to work. Caroline 48 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: was way ahead of him and already working in their closet, 49 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: pulling out all their spy gear. It's important to keep 50 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 1: your spy gear in a place where you always remember 51 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: where it is. But it's kind of hidden because you 52 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: just never know who might be lurking around. Caroline, do 53 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: you have any ideas, like how are we gonna catch him? Like, 54 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: we could try the net blaster the glue blaster, but 55 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if that'll work. We need a way 56 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: to draw him in. Oh, I got a great plan 57 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: that I've already been thinking about while the message was playing, 58 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: said Caroline. We could make some fake gummy vitamins and 59 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: use him as bait in some kind of trap outside. 60 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: That'll probably definitely lure the Purple Ninjas in, said Caroline. 61 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: Do you think we could make the fake gummy vitamins 62 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: into some kind of like super sticky thing that gets 63 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: them stuck in the trap? Said Henry. I love it. 64 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: Let's get to work, said Caroline. Henry and Caroline raced 65 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: downstairs to start working on their secret concoction of a 66 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: fake gummy vitamin. They needed to find a way to 67 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:32,119 Speaker 1: make their own gummy vitamins that would trick the Purple 68 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: Ninjas and make them stuck. And so they found a 69 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: packet of gelatine that would be the base of the 70 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 1: gummy part. And then they added some of their super 71 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: secret sticky glue that was the same glue that they 72 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: used in their glue blasters to make, you know, the 73 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: Purple Ninjas get stuck in a trap. But adding it 74 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: into this secret trap gummy that would be a new 75 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 1: way that they would never suspect. All right, Caroline, you 76 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: keep working on those gummies and I'm gonna set up 77 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: some kind of trap outside. Henry loved setting up traps. 78 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: Have you ever set up a trap before? Well, one 79 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: easy way is you find a box and then you 80 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: put it on the ground and you raise it up 81 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: a little bit with the open part down, and you 82 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 1: put a stick on the edge that holds it up, 83 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: and then you tie a string to the stick, and 84 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: then whenever whoever it is that you're trying to capture 85 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:36,239 Speaker 1: in this box walks inside and maybe finds a snack 86 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: or a very sticky gummy, then you pull the string, 87 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: which pulls the stick out, and the box drops on 88 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: the purple Ninja. As a spy kid, we learn all 89 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: kinds of ways to set traps to catch those sneaky 90 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: Purple Ninjas because you never know what the mission is 91 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: going to be. Henry knew that the Purple Ninjas were 92 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: pretty clever, and so the trap it couldn't be as 93 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,359 Speaker 1: obvious as just putting a box in the middle of 94 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: the yard. He needed to be a lot sneakier. One 95 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: of his favorite traps was the circle rope. Yeah, you 96 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: put a little piece of rope in a circle on 97 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: the ground and then you drape it over a branch 98 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: in a tree, and when a purple Ninja steps on 99 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: the trap, the circle part of the rope gets really 100 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: tight over the purple Ninja's foot and then it trips 101 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: him down, which gives you enough time to launch a 102 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: net blaster. How's it going out there, Henry shouted Caroline 103 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: from inside. I'm almost done. I'm just trying to hide 104 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: this rope on the ground with some leaves so that 105 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: the purple ninjas don't see it at all. That is 106 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: most important in setting a trap. You can't let the 107 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: purple ninjas see it before they step in it. Caroline 108 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: had finished her batch of blue gummies and walked out 109 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 1: to the trap. Wow, Henry, great job, this is really good, 110 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 1: she said, yeah, thank you. Oh, your gummies looked so sticky, 111 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: and they actually look pretty real good job. The time 112 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: had come to set the trap. They carefully set the 113 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: plate of sticky gummies out in the middle of the yard. 114 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: This was right next to that rope that would catch 115 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: onto a purple ninja. As the two of them ran 116 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: off towards the bushes to hide in there. They didn't 117 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: know how long it would take, but it was only 118 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: a few minutes. Henry, do you see that over there? 119 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: There's no way there. Oh, then Henry saw it. Two 120 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: purple ninjas had arrived. They must have some kind of 121 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: like gummy detector that they know exactly where they appear, 122 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: and they come and steal them. 123 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 2: Ha ha. Hey, guys, look at this over here. It's 124 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 2: like someone does forgot their gummy vitamins in the middle 125 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 2: of the yard. What a silly kid, you see. They're 126 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 2: not very smart after all, said one of the Purple Ninjas. 127 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 2: I'm just gonna reach down and grab this and put 128 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 2: it in her bag, and the way we go towards 129 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 2: world domination. As the Purple Ninja reached down towards what 130 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 2: he thought were regular gummy vitamins, the trap was set. 131 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 2: Hey hew woom, I'm so sticky right in the world 132 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 2: is I. 133 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:34,959 Speaker 1: Can't even move my fingers. Somebody help me, shouted the 134 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 1: Purple Ninja. His partner took off, running faster than I'd 135 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: ever seen a purple ninja run. Henry and Caroline came 136 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: out with their net blasters and blasted that first purple Ninja. 137 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 2: Ah man, they caught me. Oh dear, I think this 138 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 2: was a trap. I think those kids are a lot 139 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 2: smarterer than I thought. 140 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: Great job, Henry and Caroline, you caught a purple Ninja, 141 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: which those are hard to catch. But I think the 142 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: mission of them stealing all the gummy vitamins has just begun. 143 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 1: So even though this is the end of this story. 144 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: It's just the beginning of a world where we need 145 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: to stop the Purple Ninjas from stealing our gummy vitamins. 146 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 1: The end. Great job, you listened all the way to 147 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: the end, and you know what time it is. It's 148 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: time for kid shout out. I want to say to 149 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: Millie from Ontario, Armand and Keen from Toronto, Kayla from Australia, 150 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: aj and Emmy from Massachusetts, Claire from Vancouver, BC, Elliott 151 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: from Georgia, Mia from Virginia, and Louian Adele from Michigan. 152 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all in the kit Chartzoy's 153 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: family and on our spy team. We could not stop 154 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: Doctor Stinky Breath and his crew without you, my friends. 155 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 1: And it would mean so much to me if you 156 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: left a review on her Apple Podcasts sharing how much 157 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: you love kids short stories. Well, I hope you have 158 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: a super duper day. I'll see you next time. Bye.