1 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: Hey friends, welcome back to kids short stories. If this 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: is your first time listening, welcome to the family. My 3 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: name is Mr Jim and this all started when my 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: wife asked me to start recording bedtime stories for my 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: kids when I was traveling a lot for work, and 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: all of a sudden it's turned into this awesome daily 7 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: thing where we make a story every single day for you. So, 8 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: whether you're driving in the car, getting ready for bed 9 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: or maybe during quiet time, these stories have been amazing 10 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 1: at inspiring imagination in your kids. Well, friends, are you 11 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: ready for today's adventure? Me Too. Let's go. As Alice 12 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: woke up this morning, she hurriedly looked out the window, 13 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: excited to go play with her friends, but it was raining. 14 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: Oh Man, said Alice. She was really looking forward to 15 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: spending today outside, but I guess today was going to 16 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: be an art day inside. What she was actually not 17 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: a bad thing. She loved doing art of all different kinds, 18 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: and so she raced downstairs to eat a delicious breakfast 19 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: that was waiting for her. What is your favorite kind 20 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: of breakfast? I think alice likes to eat scrambled eggs, 21 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: a slice of toast with Jelly on it, and a 22 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 1: nice big glass of orange juice. HMM, all those things 23 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: sound absolutely delicious. I kind of wish I had some 24 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: of that right now. How about you? Well, as Alice 25 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: finished her breakfast, one of her parents said, Hey, alice, 26 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: there's a package that came for you in the mail. 27 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: Why don't you chick and see what's inside a package? 28 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: Thankfully she had already finished her breakfast, so she grabbed 29 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: her plate in her cup and carefully washed them off 30 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: in the sink, and then she had to go investigate 31 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: what that package was. Have you ever gotten a package 32 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 1: or a piece of mail delivered to you? Oh, that 33 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: can be a very exciting day. As Alice rounded the 34 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: corner to look out the front door, there it was, 35 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: sitting on the front step of her door. Outside was 36 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: a small package. She had not received many things in 37 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: the mail before, so even though it was small, it 38 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:33,239 Speaker 1: was a very exciting she opened the door and grabbed 39 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: a little box and came inside and closed the door 40 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: behind it had a little pull tab on the side 41 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: of it that if she pulled it, it would rip 42 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: this little string down the side which would open up 43 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 1: the box for her. It's a good things she didn't 44 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: need any scissors. This one was going to be really 45 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: easy to open. As she pulled the string in, it 46 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: opened up the side of the box. Inside of it 47 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: was a whole package some really brightly colored markers. Whoa 48 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 1: these are awesome, shouted Alice. What is it? said one 49 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: of her parents. Who is it from? Let me check. 50 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: Alice turned the box over, looking for the address of 51 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: where it came from, but it was blank. The only 52 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: address on there was Alice. Usually envelopes or packages they 53 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: have two addresses on them. One is for the recipient, 54 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: which is Alice, the one receiving the package, and usually 55 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: there's an address or in the name of where it 56 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: comes from. This one's blank, said Alice. Did Uh Nanna 57 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: Your Papa send it? I don't think so. They would 58 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: usually put their address on there, said her parents. I 59 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: guess it's a surprise that. Well, we might just never 60 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: know the answer to that mystery. Well, why don't you 61 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: go get some paper and try out your new markers? 62 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: Good idea, shouted Alice. She raced over to the closet, 63 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: which is where the white paper was stored, and carefully 64 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: grabbed three bright crisp pieces of paper. As she sat 65 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: everything at the table and got everything ready. She then 66 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: closed her eyes. Leave saying why do you think she's 67 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 1: closing her eyes? Do you think she draws better with 68 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: her eyes closed? I don't think so. I think she's 69 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: imagining what she wants to draw. Have you ever closed 70 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: your eyes before and imagined something? Yeah, it's where you 71 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 1: kind of see a picture in your mind with your 72 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 1: eyes closed. It's kind of like magic. I don't understand 73 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 1: how it works, but if I close my eyes and 74 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: I think of a pink elephant, I somehow I can 75 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 1: kind of imagine a pink elephant, can you? Even though 76 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: I've never seen one in real life, I can kind 77 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 1: of picture what it looks like. Well, Alice was inspired 78 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: by the things around her and as she listened to 79 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: the rain outside, she thought of a yellow umbrella with 80 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: pink POLKA DOTS. That is what I'm gonna draw, said Alice. 81 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: She grabbed the markers yellow and pink and started working 82 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: on a beautiful umbrella. He was really amazing. But this 83 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: is where the story takes a turn for something magical. 84 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: This looks so good, she said. As she finished the 85 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 1: last pink Polka dot on this umbrella. She put the 86 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: markers down, put the caps on, of course, because you 87 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 1: don't want them to dry out. Then she picked up 88 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: her piece of paper. She wanted to hang it up 89 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: on like the refrigerator, with a magnet or something, and 90 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: she walked over to the refrigerator, proudly holding up her 91 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 1: piece of paper. She held it up against the refrigerator 92 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: and realized, where where did I draw and go? She 93 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: was staring at a completely blank piece of paper. Something 94 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,479 Speaker 1: to Horble had happened. How did this? It was just 95 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: there a second ago, but as she turned around she 96 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 1: tripped off. What is that? An umbrella? Who put this 97 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: yellow umbrella here? Alice then realized exactly what had happened. 98 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:23,119 Speaker 1: She was staring at a yellow umbrella with pink POLKA DOTS. 99 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: How in the world did that happen? WHO SMOKES? I 100 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 1: have magic markers. She had in fact received some kind 101 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 1: of real magic marker. I've heard of magic markers, but 102 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: I've never seen them in real life. Whatever you draw 103 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: comes alive and falls right off of the page, which 104 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: Alice just discovered. She had drawn a perfect yellow pink 105 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: poke it at umbrella, but as soon as she picked 106 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: up the piece of paper, you know, real umbrella fell 107 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,919 Speaker 1: off the did onto the floor. Her mind started to 108 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 1: race as she wondered and imagined what else she could draw. 109 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: As she picked up her umbrella, she wanted to go 110 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: outside and and see how magical these markers really were. 111 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: She put on some rain boots and splashed her way 112 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: out into the backyard, holding that umbrella over her head 113 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: to keep her dry. She held a piece of paper 114 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: close to her body to keep it dry from the 115 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: rain outside, and then found a little table in the 116 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: backyard that she put the paper on and started to draw. 117 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: Isn't it kind of strange that she went outside in 118 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: the rain to draw her next picture? It doesn't really 119 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: make sense to me, because what if you know her 120 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: paper gets wet. What in the world is she working 121 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: on over there? Alice was working on a new drawing, 122 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: drawing that must be something that she felt like she 123 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: needed to be outside for. Look at that. It has 124 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: a head and wings and a tail, and a bird 125 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: just flew right off of the page. Alice's wireless imaginations 126 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: had come true. This was a bird never before seen, 127 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: one that I don't even know the name for, because 128 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: it's never an existent. It had very long colorful tails, 129 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: beautiful brightly colored wings and a head that looked almost 130 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: like the head of a horse. Wow, it's like a 131 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: Horse Bird. That's awesome. But it really did come to life, 132 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: and this is when Alice realized the potential of these 133 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: magic markers. She was not limited to drawing and creating 134 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: things that would only stay on the page, but whatever 135 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: she drew, it actually come to life. Holding a real 136 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: magic marker means that you have a lot of power 137 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: in your fingers, and that power must be taken care 138 00:08:56,160 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: of and protected, because in the wrong head, ends like 139 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 1: a purple Ninsha, they could create something absolutely terrible, but 140 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: in the hands of someone with an amazing imagination and 141 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: a kind of heart, something amazing might just happen. Next, 142 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: even though this is the end of her story, it 143 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: is only just the beginning of Alice's Great Magic Marker 144 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: Adventures the end. Great Job, you listened all the way 145 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 1: to the end and you know what Temina is. It's 146 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 1: time for kid show, so I want to say hey 147 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 1: to Oliver from Essex, Levi from western Connecticut, SA and 148 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:52,559 Speaker 1: Nigris from msis Saga, Ontario, Eliza from North Carolina, Ibrahim 149 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: from England, Jamison from Alberta Kai in Monty from Tennessee 150 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: and Adelinde from California. I'm so glad that you're all 151 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,959 Speaker 1: in the kids short stories, family and on the spy team. 152 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: We could not stop doctor stinky breath and his crew 153 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 1: without you, my friends. Will you have a super duper 154 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: day and I will see you next time. Bye.