1 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. Aspen woke up and got ready 16 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: for school just like any other day. She hopped off 17 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: the bus, strapped on her biology squad pack, and walked 18 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: into school just like any other day. She entered her 19 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 1: classroom and walked towards her seat, just like any other day. 20 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: She went to sit down in her chair, but found 21 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 1: an elephant already sitting there. Definitely not just like any 22 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: other day. Oh, hello, ass Ben, the elephant greeted her. 23 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: I'm so glad you're here. I've been waiting for you 24 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: all morning. I'm Albertina Elephant Day, but you can call 25 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: me miss Ellie. Aspin looked up at the enormous elephant 26 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: who was speaking to her. Uh, how do you know 27 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: my name? I try to learn the names of all 28 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: my students, and it's written right here on your desk. See, 29 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: miss Ellie pointed to the name tag att to the 30 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: top of Aspen's desk. Oh, another student just came in. 31 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: Please excuse me while I go greet them. The chair 32 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: squealed and groaned as the elephant's weight shifted off of it. 33 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: Miss Ellie stomped off to greet the next student. Aspen 34 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: sat down, feeling a little bit dazed. Had she really 35 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: just seen an elephant in her seat? This can't be real. 36 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: The elephant really said she was the teacher. She leaned 37 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: over to THEO who was sitting next to her, to 38 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 1: get his opinion. Did you see that? She said? THEO 39 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: looked at Miss Ellie, then back at Aspen. Yeah, I uh, 40 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: I guess we have a substitute teacher today. He shrugged 41 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: and went back to coloring. Aspen sat there, confused, so 42 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: much confusion. Why didn't theo react to the elephant in 43 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: the room, you know, like an actual elephant in the room. 44 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: This new teacher was most definitely not supposed to be here. 45 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: Where was the real teacher, mister Jim. After all, the 46 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 1: students had arrived and been greeted by the elephant, miss Ellie, 47 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: She made her way to the front of the room. 48 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: She trumpeted to get everyone's attention. The students quieted down 49 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: and faced her. Aspen snuck a glance around, but no 50 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 1: one else seemed to think it was strange that miss 51 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: Ellie was there. Okay, class, let's get started today. We 52 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: are going to practice writing our sight words. Grab your 53 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: pencils and hold them tightly with your trucks. The first 54 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: word is leaves, as in I ate my leaves for breakfast. 55 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: Aspen looked around at her classmates. They all picked up 56 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: their pencils with their hands, but not trunks. No one 57 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: else seemed to notice what miss Ellie had said. The 58 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: elephant trumpeted again before speaking and said, great job. The 59 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 1: next word is bath, as in thank your dust bath 60 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: every day. The class began writing the next word what 61 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: shouted Aspen, unable to hold it in any longer. I 62 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: don't take dust baths. What are you talking about? Miss 63 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: Ellie looked concerned. Oh dear, then, how do you cool 64 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: down or protect yourself from bugs? Asked? Been fumbled for 65 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: a response, but then miss Ellie continued, all right, all right, 66 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: we don't have much die baths. Then please get writing, 67 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: Aspen to know what else to do. So she's started 68 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: writing like the rest of her classmates. When they were finished, 69 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: it was time for art. Miss Ellie passed out paints 70 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 1: in brushes as she explained what they were doing. We're 71 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: going to be painting pictures of animals that live in 72 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: the africans of Venna. Now wrap your trunks loosely around 73 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: your brushes so they move easily. Aspen sighed to herself 74 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: and began painting the most obvious animal. As she was 75 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: finishing her elephant painting, miss Ellie trumpeted for the class's 76 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 1: attention once more. If your paintings are very wet, you 77 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: could place them in the drying rack, or wave your 78 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: ears back and forth over them to help them drive faster. 79 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: Then she walked around and looked at the classes paintings. 80 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 1: What a lovely lion, Wow, marvelous mirror cat, Maizie, good job. 81 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 1: Miss Ellie stopped when she got to Aspens. Is that 82 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 1: a painting of me? Aspen? She asked? Well, yes, I guess, so, 83 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: responded Aspen. It's excellent, dear, But I I actually live 84 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 1: over by Main Street, not the African savannah. Patting Aspen's arm, 85 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 1: miss Ellie chuckled and stomped away. At lunchtime, miss Ellie 86 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 1: took the class to the field out back. All right, 87 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: students digging, miss Ellie called out. She began grazing, eating 88 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: the grass. Leticious lunch options at this school. The elephant 89 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: munched her way around the field as the students opened 90 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: their lunchboxes and began to eat who Thankfully the other 91 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 1: students didn't follow along and eat grass. That would have 92 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: been hilarious. Aspen tried to talk to her classmates again 93 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: about their new teacher. She tapped her friend Fallen on 94 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: the shoulder. Hey, Fallin, did you notice anything strange about 95 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: miss Ellie? Fallin nodded, Yeah, she lets us eat outside 96 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: instead of the cafeteria. Okay, anything else, Aspen prided, like 97 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: when she told us to keep all four feet to 98 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: ourselves when lining up, Fallen shrugged her shoulders. Aspen threw 99 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: her hands up and cried, or that she told us 100 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: to use our trunks to hold things or dry stuff 101 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: with our ears. Do you have trunks? Do you have 102 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: a trunk? Fallen labbed, She's funny, though, isn't she, And 103 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: then Fallen went back to eating her lunch. Aspen was exasperated, 104 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: which is a big word for feeling. 105 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 2: Like, what in the world is going on? 106 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: She did, I didn't understand why no one seemed to 107 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: notice miss Ellie was no ordinary substitute teacher. All day long, 108 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: it continued that way, with miss Ellie doing elephant things 109 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: and her classmates not even noticing. In math they counted peanuts. 110 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: She watched as miss Ellie snuck a few. As they 111 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: went on the playground. Miss Ellie taught the students how 112 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,559 Speaker 1: to grab the monkey bars with their trunks. It didn't 113 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: even matter that Aspen pointed out that she had no 114 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:39,199 Speaker 1: trunk therefore could not swing with it. No one seemed 115 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:43,559 Speaker 1: to care about it. I'm very confused, are you? They 116 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: were all having a great day, but even Aspen had 117 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: to admit it. This is a lot more interesting having 118 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: an elephant at school. Finally, it was the end of 119 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: the school day. Miss Ellie asked everyone to pack up 120 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: get ready to leave. She called them up one by one, 121 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: asking everyone please line up at the door in a 122 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: straight line. Grab the tail in front of you with 123 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: your drugs, so we say together. When Aspen got home, 124 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,199 Speaker 1: she tried to tell her parents about Miss Ellie the 125 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: elephant teacher, but they thought she was just being silly. 126 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: She went to bed early, exhausted from the day's events. 127 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: The next day, Aspen walked down the hall to her classroom. Whow, 128 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: let's hope everything gets back to normal today, she told herself. 129 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: Aspen walked towards her seat, which was empty. No elephant 130 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 1: there today, she was relieved. Aspen looked toward her teacher's desk, 131 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: ready to see mister Jim there. 132 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 2: Hi, class, Ah, my name's mister Terrence Tiger. We're gonna 133 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 2: start the day with a roaring contest. Aspin watched the 134 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 2: Tiger write his ne I'm on the board. Oh no, 135 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 2: not again, Holy smokes, I'm not. This is hilarious. 136 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: Has that ever happened to your school before? Have you 137 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 1: ever had a an elephant or a tiger as your 138 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: substitute teacher. That would be hilarious. Even though this is 139 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: the end of our story, it is definitely only just 140 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: the beginning of Aspen's insane adventures at school the end. Hey, friends, 141 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: I need your help celebrating a birthday. Drum roll please, 142 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: Happy birthday Sam, who's turning five years old. Sam loves 143 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: all sports and is especially great at baseball. Wow. And 144 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: he's an awesome brother to his big sister Cora. He 145 00:10:55,679 --> 00:11:00,680 Speaker 1: loves books and is so excited to be learning to read. Wow. Sam, 146 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 1: those are big deals and I'm so glad we got 147 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: to celebrate you and your big day on the show. 148 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 1: Abby fifth birthday, Friends, I hope you all have a 149 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: super duber day and I'll see you on our next adventure. Bye.