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Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to

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Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas

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Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we

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Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you.

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Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd

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Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes

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Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea

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Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents,

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Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you

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Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row

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Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease

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Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun

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Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure?

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Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. Stephan roared as he zoomed his

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Speaker 1: race cars across the couch and passed his sister Beatrice.

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Speaker 1: His cars hit pillow jumps and soared over blanket lakes

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Speaker 1: and book walls. Beatrice grabbed a blue race car and

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Speaker 1: began chasing him around the room. Here comes Beatrice and

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Speaker 1: the blue race car about to pass Stephan from Stephan

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Speaker 1: shrieked and hid behind the couch. Beatrice followed toppling over laughing.

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Speaker 1: A room thundered through the living room, cutting through their laughter.

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Speaker 1: Stephan looked at Beatrice. Was that you? Beatrice shook her head. No,

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Speaker 1: I thought that was you. The sound roared through the

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Speaker 1: living room again. An engine was revving really loudly from

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Speaker 1: right outside their window. Stephan and Beatrice scrambled up to

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Speaker 1: the window sill to look. Their front yard was now

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Speaker 1: some kind of enormous mud puddle. What in the world,

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Speaker 1: and stuck in the middle trying to escape was a

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Speaker 1: real race car. It revved its engine again, its wheels

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Speaker 1: spinning and throwing mud all over. But the muddy race

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Speaker 1: car eating puddle wasn't the only strange thing. Nothing looked

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Speaker 1: as it should. The street outside was now a river

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Speaker 1: winding through tall trees and vines. From the window, they

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Speaker 1: couldn't even see their neighbors' houses anymore. Everything was covered

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Speaker 1: in bramble, bushes and plants. Uh, that's pretty weird, said Beatrice.

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Speaker 1: Since when do we live in a jungle? Stephan shook

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Speaker 1: his head. I have no idea, but that race car

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Speaker 1: needs our help. Come on. Stephan and Beatrice slipped on

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Speaker 1: their boots and headed out the front door, pushing tall

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Speaker 1: bushes and vines out of the way. A morning that

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Speaker 1: began with playing with their own race cars in hand

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Speaker 1: has now gotten out of hand and put a race

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Speaker 1: car in their front yard. All around them were the

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Speaker 1: sounds of the jungle. There were birds cawing, bugs singing,

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Speaker 1: and monkeys hooting. The monkey sounds grew closer as they

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Speaker 1: swung through the trees towards the kids. Beatrice look Stephan

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Speaker 1: pointed up as the monkeys zoom passed over their heads.

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Speaker 1: Why are the monkeys headed towards the race car? They

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Speaker 1: heard after them, toward the enormous mud puddle, where the

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Speaker 1: race car was still reving its engine, they watched as

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Speaker 1: a monkey landed on the roof of the car. All

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Speaker 1: the next one swung a vine over to it. Together,

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Speaker 1: the monkeys tied the vine around the car's bumper. Oh

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Speaker 1: they're trying to help, said Beatrice. She climbed up the

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Speaker 1: It's too heavy to pull on my own, she grunted. No.

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Speaker 1: Sooner did she finish speaking than monkey hands and tails

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Speaker 1: appeared in the tree around her, reaching for the vine.

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Speaker 1: They just needed one final tug. When Stepan reached the

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Speaker 1: tree chop and grabbed onto the vine too plap. With Beatrice,

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Speaker 1: Stepan and the monkeys all working together, the race car

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Speaker 1: popped out of the mud easily. Stephan and Beatrix had

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Speaker 1: just returned to the ground when the driver stepped out.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much everyone. Without your help, I would

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Speaker 1: have never gotten out, and then I'd never finished the race.

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Speaker 2: Woo.

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Speaker 1: The monkeys hooted and jumped up and down excitedly in response,

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Speaker 1: but Stephan and Beatrice were confused. The race asked Stephan, Yes,

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Speaker 1: there's a huge race car race happening right now. It

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Speaker 1: runs through the jungle and the winner gets the golden trophy.

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Speaker 1: Want to come? They both couldn't believe their ears. Yes,

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Speaker 1: shouted Stephan. Immediately, Stephan and Beatrix hopped into the back

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Speaker 1: roof of their house to get a better view. The

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Speaker 1: monkeys waved to the driver and he nodded back as

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Speaker 1: he hopped into the driver's seat and off they zoomed

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Speaker 1: into the jungle. The driver zipped through the trees, swerving

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Speaker 1: left and right all around them, Stephan spotted elephants grazing

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Speaker 1: Stephen look Beatrix was pointing out the window at a

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Speaker 1: family of lions lounging in the shade. As they walked

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Speaker 1: through the windows, they also even saw the car speed

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Speaker 1: past other race cars. I think we're actually I think

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Speaker 1: we could actually win this, Stephan shouted excitedly. They could

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Speaker 1: was one big obstacle in their way. They were headed

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Speaker 1: the world is he thinking? It hit a small hill

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Speaker 1: right before it and jumped and flew through the air

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Speaker 1: to the other side. The race car crossed the finish

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Speaker 1: line and came to his screeching, muddy stop. They were

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Speaker 1: the first car to cross and had won the race.

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Speaker 1: The driver proudly held the golden trophy up high. At

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Speaker 1: the awards ceremony, Stephan and Beatrix clapped and cheered loudly.

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Speaker 1: When it was all over, the driver approached them. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: Stepan and Beatrix. Without you, I never would have run

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Speaker 1: the race. Uh, I want you to have this. He

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Speaker 1: handed them the trophy. Stefan grinned from ear to ear.

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Speaker 1: What this is the best day ever? Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Of course, don't get too attached to it, said the driver.

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Speaker 1: He didn't have time to explain before a monkey appeared

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Speaker 1: and tried to grab it. Stephan yanked it back and

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Speaker 1: a piece of it broke off. The monkey unwrapped gold

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Speaker 1: his mouth. It's chocolate, laughed Beatrix. She grabbed a chunk

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Speaker 1: of the golden trophy too. Stephan looked down at the

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Speaker 1: broken trophy in his hands. Sure enough, there was chocolate

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Speaker 1: hidden underneath the golden wrapper. He giggled and broke off

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Speaker 1: a piece too. Now this is a sweet prize, he said,

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Speaker 1: through a mouthful of chocolate. Wow, that's so cool. How

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Speaker 1: their imagination started of racing cars inside their house, and

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Speaker 1: pretty soon they had a real race, car zooming into

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Speaker 1: their front yard, splashing with mud. Wow, I can't wait

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Speaker 1: to hear the next event. Sure, because although this is

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Speaker 1: the end of this story, I'm pretty sure that's Stephen

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Speaker 1: and Beatrix are headed on to bigger and greater imaginative

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Speaker 1: adventures the end.

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Speaker 2: We'll be right back after a brief word from our sponsor. Wow,

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Speaker 2: looks like we're already back to the show.

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Speaker 1: Great job, you listened all the way to the end,

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Speaker 1: and you know what time it is. It's time for

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Speaker 1: kid shout out. So I want to say to Aileav

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Speaker 1: from Oregon, Jade from Ohio, Stella from Canada, Miles from

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Speaker 1: British Columbia, Rosie and Max from Ontario, Canada, and Javier

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Speaker 1: from Chicago, I'm so glad that you're all on the

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Speaker 1: Kid Short Stories family. We could not have this much

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Speaker 1: fun with imagination without you, my friends. Well, you have

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Speaker 1: a super duber day and I will see you on

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Speaker 1: our next adventure. Bye.

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