1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:58,279 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It was a beautiful day as 16 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: a Naya and her mom where to go on a 17 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: very exciting hike outside. They had been planning this for many, 18 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: many weeks and had gathered all the important things that 19 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: they needed to go on this hike. If you were 20 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: to go on a hike in the forest around a mountain, 21 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: what would you want to bring with maybe some water, 22 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: maybe a hiking stick, maybe some snacks along the way. Yeah, 23 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: Anaya and her mom had all those things and more, 24 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: even a compass and a map of the area. 25 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. 26 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: They had never gone hiking this direction before. It was 27 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: going to lead them to a ginormous lake with a 28 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: legendary island in the middle of it. Yeah, a very 29 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: big island. Have you ever gone to an island before? Oh, 30 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: there's so many cool things that you can find on 31 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: an island. But nothing would prepare them for what they 32 00:01:55,800 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: were about to find there. Anaya, are you do? You 33 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: have your hiking boots on, shouted her mom. Yep, they're 34 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: all laced up and I'm ready to go. I even 35 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: got the backpack. Yep, I got everything. How about the 36 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: water bottles, asked her Momoo oh. 37 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, I forgot the water bottles. Well, I have the 38 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: water bottles, but it doesn't have any water in them. 39 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 2: I'll be right back, and Naya raced back inside, carrying 40 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 2: the two water bottles and filled them all the way 41 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 2: to the top with some ice water. 42 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: There. All right now, I got everything we need. Let's go, 43 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: and Nyah raised her right hand like she was charging 44 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: forward into the unknown. Naya and her mom loved going 45 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: on hikes together, and so this was something that they 46 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: had done many times before. But like I said, they 47 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: had never gone this way before. The path they hiked 48 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: on had not been used many times by many other people, 49 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: and so it was very overgrown. They had to leap 50 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: over logs and push thorny branches out of the way 51 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: gently with their water fucking sticks, and jump over puddles 52 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: and step across rocks. It was actually a pretty exciting 53 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 1: trail to climb on. Trails like this to me, are 54 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: a lot more exciting than a trail made of concrete, 55 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: you know, like a sidewalk. Yeah, it's a lot more 56 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: exciting if you have to climb over a fallen tree 57 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: or jump over a stream. Who and I, let's take 58 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: a break, said her mom as she sat down on 59 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 1: a very big rock. Let's pull out the map and 60 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 1: make sure that we're heading in the right direction. Okay, 61 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: I got the compass, said Anaya. They opened up the 62 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: map and then Naya set the compass on top of 63 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: the paper. Hmmm, looks like we're getting pretty close to 64 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: that big lake up ahead. Yes, I can't wait to 65 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: see that island, said Anaya. Oh, I know that's gonna 66 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: be really exciting, said her mam as she folded up 67 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: the map and put it back into the backpack. All right, well, 68 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: I'm rested up. Are you ready to make it all 69 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: the way there? Yes, let's go, who, said Anaya. It 70 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: wasn't much further until they saw this lake. It was 71 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: a beautiful, magnificent lake. The water was crystal clear and 72 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: very calm. It was almost like a mirror, you know, 73 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: you could see the reflection of all the trees on 74 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 1: the other side. Wow, this is beautiful, said Anaya. And 75 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,359 Speaker 1: look how shallow the water is all the way to 76 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: the island. Do you think we can walk there? She 77 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: asked her mom. Yeah, let's take off our hiking boots 78 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: and socks and hold them above the water, and maybe 79 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: we can walk across. Let's try. They sat down on 80 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: the rocky shore, pulled off their hiking boots and their socks, 81 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: but the socks inside of the hiking boots, and carried 82 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: all their gear above the watersh As they walked into 83 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: the water, they splashed their way across. The bottom of 84 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 1: the lake was filled with these very round, large rocks. 85 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: They would step on, and they were a little slippery, 86 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: so they had to be very careful as they walked across. 87 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: We're almost there, Naya, stay close, said her mom. It 88 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: was almost even hard to see what the island looked like. 89 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 1: It was. It looked like it was guarded by a 90 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: wall of trees that surrounded the whole edge of the island. 91 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: But as they got closer and closer, they were in 92 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: for a very big surprise. All right, let's pull ourselves 93 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: up here, said Anaya. She got onto the shore of 94 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: the island. It was a steep edge that they had 95 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: to climb up, grabbing onto the roots of the trees 96 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 1: that were sticking out of it, almost like fingers and 97 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 1: arms that were waiting to be grabbed onto. One, two three, ah. 98 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: Anaya helped her mom get up onto the edge of 99 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: the island and they pulled themselves out of the water. 100 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: All right, let's put our hiking shoes on, said her mom. 101 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: They sat down, dried off their feet, and put on 102 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: their socks hiking boots and turned around. And that is 103 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: when the true adventure really began. Hey, and Naya, look 104 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 1: through those trees up there, What is that she was pointing? 105 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: It was really hard to see, but she was pointing 106 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: in between all the tree trunks and through the bushes. 107 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: It looked like there was something bright on the other side. 108 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: All right, let's push our way in and see what 109 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: it is, said Anaya. Anayah led the way as she 110 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 1: squeezed her way through the very thick forest. It had 111 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: all these different pokeys and things to climb over, But 112 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: finally they popped out the other side and landed in 113 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: a beautiful grassy valley. Holy smokes, said her mom. I 114 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: had no idea this island was so huge. You know, 115 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: look over there, there's a waterfall. Sure enough, just ahead, 116 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: as that valley turned into a hill, the very hop 117 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: was a waterfall that crashed down below into a small river. 118 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: I love the sound of water crashing, how about you. Oh, 119 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: I can close my eyes and just imagine that there's 120 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: a rushing river running through the forest. Ah, hey, mom, 121 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: let's go get closer and check out that waterfall. Come on, 122 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: I thought I saw something really sparkly, And Naya started 123 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: running as fast as she could. Her mom had just 124 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: finished putting on that last boot and stayed close behind Anaya. 125 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: Slow down, Hey, slow down, up there, she shouted, and 126 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, Anaya came to a screeching halt. Mom, 127 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: what is that sparkling glow behind the rainbow? Said Anaya. 128 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: Her mom knelt down and looked at where Anaya was 129 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: pointing with her finger. I'm not sure, dear, said her mom. 130 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: It looks almost like a rainbow is behind the waterfall. 131 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: Come on, let's get closer. As a Naya and her 132 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: mom got closer to that waterfall, they saw that there 133 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: was an opening behind the waterfall. Yeah, like a cave. 134 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: This waterfall was falling over the edge of a very 135 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: rocky hillside on this island, and behind the waterfall was 136 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: a real cave. A Naya and her mom froze and 137 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: looked at each other. Do you think they should go 138 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 1: in and explore that cave behind the waterfall? Well, we're 139 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: gonna have to wait and see if they do that 140 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: on the next episode of Kids Short Stories. 141 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 3: Hey friend, Zion, need your help celebrating a birthday. Drumm 142 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 3: roll please, Happy birthday. You tell who's turning eight years old? 143 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,959 Speaker 1: You tell her birthday is actually one day after her 144 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: mother's birthday. I love that. And she's amazing and a 145 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: talented artist. Oh and she's the best big sister to 146 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 1: her baby brother Yusef. Wow could tell. I'm so glad 147 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: we got to celebrate you and your big day on 148 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: the show. Happy eighth birthday, Well friends, I hope you 149 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 1: all have a super duper day and I will see 150 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: you on our next adventure. 151 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 2: Bye.