1 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: Hey, friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kid 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time or you're 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 1: still newer to our family, I want to encourage you 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: to try five. That's our challenge, where for five days 5 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: in a row, your kids listen to some awesome stories 6 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: to use their imagination and watch their creativity come to life. 7 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: You see, we make stories every single day for you, 8 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: and you just never know what kind of story you're 9 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: gonna find on any given day. So hang with me 10 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 1: for five days, whether maybe driving in the car or 11 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: maybe during lunchtime, and I think you're gonna find something 12 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: pretty amazing happens. Well, friends, are you ready for today's adventure? 13 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:57,959 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It was another beautiful day and 14 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: Maverick the Monster was climbing down from his favorite tree 15 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: after a good night's sleep. I have so much to 16 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: do today, he said to himself, but first I need 17 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: to get my muscles moving. Maverick was the jungle's protector, 18 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: so he had to stay in tip top shape in 19 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 1: case anyone needed help. He started every day with a 20 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:29,199 Speaker 1: run up and down the mountain, but today something seemed wrong. 21 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: The jungle was quiet to quiet at the top of 22 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: the mountain, Maverick found one of his friends, Jasper the Jaguar. 23 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: Where is everyone, Maverick asked. 24 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 2: They've all taken cover. 25 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: Something is coming. We could smell it, said Jasper. Maverick sniffed, Well, 26 00:01:52,600 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: I can't smell anything. Really, it smells awful, like really steaky. Well, 27 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: it's my job to protect this jungle and all the 28 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: things that live here, Maverick said, standing up tall. Tell 29 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: everyone to meet me at my tree in thirty minutes. 30 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: As Jasper spread the word, Maverick ran back down the 31 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: mountain to finish his workout. Everyone is scared. What am 32 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: I going to tell them? Maverick thought to himself as 33 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: he picked up a dead tree and lifted it over 34 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: his head. Holy smokes, can you do that? That's pretty impressive. 35 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: By the time he was done with his workout, Wow, 36 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: quite a workout, he could smell what Jasper was talking about. Meanwhile, 37 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: in the stink Eplinplab, Doctor Stinky Breath, and the Purple 38 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: Ninjas were on the move. People keep ruining my plans. 39 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 1: I have brought us to the jungle. 40 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 2: There no one can stop us. 41 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: Oh when after there's no one here, how are we 42 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: gonna take over the world. Don't worry about that, doctor 43 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: Stinkybird said with a. 44 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 2: Smile, I have a plan. 45 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: Back in the jungle, the animals were all gathered together. Attention, attention. 46 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: I know you're all worried, but we must remain calm, 47 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: Maverick said, has anyone noticed anything about that smell? Sierra 48 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: the snake raised her tail into the air. If she 49 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: didn't have hands, so this was the best that she 50 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: could do. As I was slithering over Cier, it felt 51 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: like the ground was rumbling under my scales. What do 52 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: you mean, asked Maverick. But before Sierra could explain, a 53 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: dark shadow passed over them. The animals looked up and 54 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: saw a big, oval shaped purple balloon above them in 55 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: the sky. 56 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 2: Hey, the ground is strembling again. My skills, shouted Sierra. 57 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 2: Had I hear fate running? 58 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: Said Jasper, Hey do hey, do I hear it too. 59 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: All the others started to chime in, Jasper, use your 60 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 1: tracking skills and lead us towards the sound. As Jasper 61 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: led the group, Maverick tried to calm his body. He 62 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: knew everyone counted on him to protect them. If he 63 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: showed how he was really feeling, it might even make 64 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: the other animals more scared. Suddenly Jasper stopped. Look, he whispered. 65 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: The animalmals saw human looking creatures dressed in purple. They 66 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 1: were holding a huge tube and went all the way 67 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: up from the big blimp in the sky right down 68 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 1: to the earth. Hey, yelled Maverick, what. 69 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 2: Are you doing? 70 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: Suddenly there was a loud, cracking sound like thunder. The 71 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: entire jungle shook. The animals squawked and hissed with bright 72 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: Maverick was thrown off balance and fell over when he 73 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 1: got up the tube and the purple people. We're gone. 74 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: You're too late, said doctor stinkybreath over the blimp speaker 75 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: to the animals. 76 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 2: I have injected my toxic breath into the ground, and 77 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 2: now the earth is splitting in half, and there's nothing, 78 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: nothing you can do to stop it. 79 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: A quick as a flash, Maverick grabbed a pointy, dead 80 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: branch from the jungle floor and climbed to the dallus 81 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: of the Dalls trees. Oh yes we can, shouted Maverick 82 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: as he threw the branch at the blimp to try 83 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: and pop it. For all it did look kind of 84 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 1: like a ginormous balloon. Now Maverick was good at many things, 85 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:29,679 Speaker 1: but unfortunately throwing it's not one of them. The branch missed. 86 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: Feeling disappointed and sad that he had failed to protect 87 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: the jungle, Maverick climbed down from the tree, but when 88 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: he got to the bottom, all the animals were cheering. 89 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: Why are you cheering for me? I missed, and now 90 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: the earth is splitting in half. It's all my fault. 91 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: But the balloon flew away. You scare them off, Jasper shouted. 92 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: Maverick looked up and saw that the balloon in the 93 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: sky was gone. He couldn't believe it. 94 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 2: He did it. We still have a problem with the 95 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 2: ground splitting. 96 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: The earth is still cracking, said Sierra. She was right. 97 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: Maverick knew that the jungle was resilient, which means it 98 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: can heal after bad things, but it would need some help. 99 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: Maverick held on to two strong trees, one on either 100 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: side of this giant crack that was forming, and used 101 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: his super strong muscles to try and squeeze the crack 102 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: back together. At first, nothing happened, but Maverick did not 103 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: give up. He squeezed with all of his strength. The 104 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: ground rumbled and the trees shook. Maverick kept pulling the 105 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: two sides together until he couldn't pull any more. He 106 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: dropped to the ground. All the animals were silent. Sierra 107 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: hithered over to the crack, Yo dead ened. 108 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 2: The crack is closed. 109 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: All the animals cheered as Maverick was so proud of 110 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: himself for not only choosing to be brave even when 111 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: he felt scared, but he tried his best, and his 112 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: best was good enough to use all of his strength 113 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: to close the crack that had formed in the jungle. 114 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 2: Even though this is the end of. 115 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: Our story, I think it's only just the beginning the 116 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 1: amazing adventures that lie ahead for all these animals in 117 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 1: that jungle. The end will be right back after a 118 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: brief word from our sponsor. Great job, you listened all 119 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: the way to the end, and you know what time 120 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: it is. It's time for kid shout out. So I 121 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 1: want to say hey to Grace from New York, Hill 122 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: from Alabama, Grayson from Oregon, Jack from Texas, Maya from Boston, 123 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: Ava from Vancouver, Hailey from California, Kyrie from New York, 124 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: and Avery from Alberta, Canada. I'm so glad that you're 125 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: all on kids, short stories, family. We could not have 126 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: this much fun without you, my friends. Will you have 127 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: a super duber day and I will see you on 128 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: our next adventure. Bye.