1 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,280 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 --> 00:00:24,000 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 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,720 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 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: Me too? Let's go Bixby. It's snowing, Griffin yelled as 16 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 1: he scrambled to put on his snow pants, boots, and jacket. 17 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: He yanked open the front door with all of his 18 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: might and headed out into the snowflakes. Bixby came out 19 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: a moment later, pulling his hat over his head. Together, 20 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: the two kids twirled out into the snow with their 21 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: faces up to the sky. Snowflakes tickled their cheeks, and 22 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: Griffin opened his mouth to catch them on his tongue. 23 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: The first snow fall of the year was always the 24 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: most magical. Everything seemed more beautiful when it was covered 25 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: in that fresh, powdery snow. Griffin and Bixby gathered the 26 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: little amount of snow that had fallen and rolled the 27 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: perfect snowball. It was small enough to hold, but big 28 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: enough that they needed to use both hands. They played 29 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: with it, unable to bring themselves to throw it. You know, 30 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:06,919 Speaker 1: it was too perfect get destroyed. Griffin Bixby dinnertime called 31 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: their mother. The boys sadly said goodbye to their perfect snowball, 32 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: placing it carefully on the chair on the porch in 33 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: the backyard. They went inside for dinner. After eating, Griffin 34 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: and Bixby got ready for bed and dreamt of snowflakes 35 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: and winter wonderlands. The next morning, they hurried through breakfast 36 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: and rushed out to greet their snowball on the porch. 37 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: This time, Bixby got outside first. He looked at the 38 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: empty porch chair. Griffin, the snowball's gone. That night, while 39 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: the world was sleeping. This snowball, that very perfect snowball, 40 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: came to life. It looked around but did not see anyone. 41 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: So the snowball tried to sit and wait patiently for 42 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: Bixby and Griffin and come back. But it grew bored. 43 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: I'm out of here, announced the snowball, so it rolled 44 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: itself off the chair and down the porch steps. Oh 45 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 1: whoa oh, it yelled as it flutted down each step. 46 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: The snowball gave a sigh of leave at the bottom 47 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,799 Speaker 1: and rolled onward down the yard and out into the night. 48 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: The snowball rolled its way along the dark street. The 49 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,239 Speaker 1: snowbanks were piled high from the snowplows that cleared the roads. 50 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: It was rolling on way, too high for the snowball 51 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: to even see over. Suddenly, a great furry beast leaped 52 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: out in the snowball's path. Roof roof, roof. The big 53 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: dog barked at the snowball with each rough its front 54 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: paws bounced off the frozen ground. Nice doggie, nice, whoa 55 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: wo there, the snowball said, as it slowly rolled backward 56 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: away from the dog. But this was the wrong choice. 57 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: The snowball was round just like Oh no, the dog's 58 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 1: favorite toy, and now the round snowball was rolling away. 59 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,479 Speaker 1: It was just too similar to the dog's favorite game, 60 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:24,679 Speaker 1: a fetch. The dog followed after the snowball, still barking 61 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: at it. It tried to pick the snowball up in 62 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: its mouth, but the snowball picked up its pace. Yack, 63 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 1: dog drool. The snowball yelled as the dog tried to 64 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 1: slopper all over it. It rolled away as fast as 65 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: it could, but the dog was too fast in this 66 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: now cleared road. The snowball turned and propelled itself up 67 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 1: the snowbank, landing into the soft snow on the other side. 68 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,679 Speaker 1: The dog climbed over easily and was sniffing the snow, searching, 69 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: get stay here much longer. It's gotta find me. He's 70 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: trying to eat me. The snowball was very scared. He 71 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: mustered up all of his courage and popped up, rolling 72 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:15,720 Speaker 1: away at top speed. Rough The dog saw the snowball 73 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: speeding away and thought it was playing a game and 74 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: chased after it. Around and around. The two went, with 75 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: the dog thinking the snowball was a toy ball, and 76 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: the snowball trying its hard as not to get eaten. 77 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: But as they raised in circles around the snowy ground, 78 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: the snowball realized something was changing. It was growing larger 79 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: with each circle they made over the snowy ground. Snow 80 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 1: packed onto the snowball as it rolled, until it was 81 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: now the same size as the dog. The dog still 82 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 1: chased the snowball around and around, not growing tired, so 83 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: the snowball continued rolling and growing, trying to escape. Soon 84 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: the snow ball was taller than the dog, then twice 85 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: the dog size, then three times. The snowball finally stopped rolling. 86 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: The dog caught up and stopped too, Staring up at 87 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: the giant snowball towering over him. The dog was unsure 88 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: what to do. Now the snowball was much too big 89 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: to fit in its mouth. The dog said, now a 90 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 1: bit freyed himself. The snowball responded, now it's my turn 91 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: to chase you. It took off towards the dog, who 92 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: yelped and began running away, back toward where it had 93 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 1: first appeared over the snowbank. The snowball followed after it, 94 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,799 Speaker 1: chasing the dog all the way back to its home, 95 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: and the dog finally leaped back over into its yard. 96 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: The snowball chuckled, then it yawned. The sky grew lighter 97 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: during their chase. I gotta get back. Before Griffin had 98 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 1: Bexby wake up realized the snowball. It rolled back to 99 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: the house, stopping next to the porch where it had 100 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: been left by the boys the night before. It was 101 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: now much too big to fit on their chair now. 102 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: The next morning, after running outside and seeing the snowball 103 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: was missing from the chair where they left it, the 104 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: boys looked around. They searched the window sill and under 105 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: the chair before Griffin saw something next to the porch 106 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: and froze in surprise. Bom, I think I found it. 107 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: Griffin pointed to the side of the porch the enormous 108 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: snowball that was now much much taller than the both 109 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: of them. It sat there perfectly round, waiting to play 110 00:07:50,480 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: with the boys who made it the end. Great job. 111 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: You listened all the way to the end, and you 112 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: know what time it is. It's time for some shout outs. 113 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: I want to say a very special hello to missus 114 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: mccloyd's kindergarten class in Royal Oak, Michigan. Hello, friends, Steven, 115 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: Matthew and Connor from Michigan, Addie from Calgary, Shua from Melbourne, 116 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: Athar from Dubai, Connor from Massachusetts, and Cameron from Seattle. 117 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all on the kid dress 118 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: or his family. We could not have this much fun 119 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 1: with imagination without you, my friends. Well, you have a 120 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: super duper day and I'll see you on our next adventure. Bye.