1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,560 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. Harry love to dance every time. Yeah, 16 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: every day. He would put on some music and dance 17 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: all around his house, backyard, neighborhood, and everywhere he went. 18 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:14,479 Speaker 1: He loved the sound of the guitar strumming and jamming 19 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: along with the bass, guitar and the drums. He could 20 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: dance to any beat, move his feet with any rhythm 21 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: of the band Holy Smokes. Do you do you like 22 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: to dance too? Oh? Yeah, me too. One day, Harry 23 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: popped in his headphones and scrolled through his music selection. 24 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: The guitar began a powerful melody banner as he danced 25 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: around his backyard. I love this song, shouted Harry. He 26 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: was so into dancing, Oh dear, He wasn't paying any 27 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: attention to where he was going. Harry hadn't even realized 28 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: that he had left his backyard until he packed ran 29 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: into ouch the head. Harry shouted, rubbing his forehead. His 30 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: headphones fell out of his ears, and Harry noticed for 31 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: the first time that he was waiting no longer in 32 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: his backyard. In fact, he wasn't even outside any more. 33 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: Harry looked around at his new surroundings. He was in 34 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: a house much different than his own. It was dark, quiet, 35 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: with gadgets and gears all around him. It looked like 36 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: a laboratory of a mad scientist, you know, was placed 37 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: in the living room of a cozy home. Very confusing. 38 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,399 Speaker 1: There were beakers and batteries on a side table. Han 39 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: He walked over to examine their bubbling contents. As he did, 40 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: Harry noticed his limbs felt stiff, his legs did not 41 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: bend as they normally did. Then his arms felt stuck. 42 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: I must have been dancing pretty hard, Harry thought, as 43 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: he shuffled over towards the side table. There was something 44 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: hanging above it, and Harry took a look. Harry thought 45 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: it was a picture of a robot. But uh, what 46 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: was strange was that the robot in the picture was 47 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: painted in the same room he was in, and the 48 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: robot was also wearing his clothes. Weird, said Harry, and 49 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: the robot's mouth said the same. Aw Harry screamed, Then 50 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: the robot did too. He reached up to touch his 51 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: own face and surprised. Only then did Harry realize that 52 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: he wasn't looking at a painting at all, but a mirror. Harry, 53 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: he had been turned into a robot. No, no, I'm 54 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: a robot, shouted Harry. He didn't want to be a robot. 55 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: Robots can't dance. They only had, you know, one move 56 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: the robot. Harry tried bending his arms at the elbows 57 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: and waving them, but even that was hard to do. 58 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 1: Robots were very stiff. Harry shuffled his feet across the floor, 59 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: looking for something to change him back into a regular kid. 60 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: He read the beakers and test tubes along the tables, 61 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: growth potion, invisibility serum, oh flying powder. Cool but not helpful. 62 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,239 Speaker 1: Harry was tempted to test them all, but he needed 63 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: to turn back into a boy first. He didn't want 64 00:04:55,680 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: to be a giant, invisible flying robot. He looked through 65 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: the gadgets on the table. He found a super magnet 66 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: and lean closer to get a better look. The magnet 67 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: soon zipped through the air, immediately sticking itself to Harry's 68 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: robot head. He tried to yank it off, but it 69 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: wouldn't budge. Come on, magnet, get off my ear. With 70 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: one final pull, the magnet flew off, flying across the room. 71 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: It stuck itself to an old radio, clicking it on, 72 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 1: music began blasting through the room. I love this song, 73 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: Harry shouted. He just had to dance. His robot foot 74 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: began tapping. His robot legs creaked and groaned as his 75 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: knees bent creakily and squeakily. Harry began to move and 76 00:05:55,040 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: groove despite his stiff robot body. The music flowed through Harry. 77 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: He danced through the room, of the house, around the 78 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: tables of inventions and concoctions. He danced with his eyes closed, 79 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: feeling the music. Harry danced all over the place until 80 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: bock ouch. Harry cried, rubbing his head. There was already 81 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: a bump forming on the top of his head, and 82 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: his hair was warm from rubbing it. Hair. Wait, not metal, 83 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: Harry thought, and looked at his very now human arms. 84 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: I'm not a robot anymore. He wiggled and jumped in excitement. 85 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: Then he looked around and noticed he was no longer 86 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: in the house either. How did I get back here, 87 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: he wondered as he looked around his backyard. He was 88 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: relieved to be back and so happy he was no 89 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: longer a robot, but realized with disappointment, oh, he had 90 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: left his headphones at the strange scientist's house. Harry started 91 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: walking forward the back door of his helm, hoping he 92 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: could find another pair of headphones inside. He reached the 93 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: steps and noticed a box sitting on them. He picked 94 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: it up and examined the plane cardboard box Harry was 95 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: written across the top. There was no return shipping label. 96 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: He opened it up and looked inside my headphones. He 97 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: heard something else roll across the bottom of the box 98 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: and he felt around, pulling out a small vial. He 99 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: read the label aloud, Flying powder Cool. Harry smiled and 100 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: popped his headphones back into his ears. The music began playing, 101 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 1: and as he danced, he pulled the stopper out of 102 00:07:56,080 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: the bottle. Whoa, Oh, that may be the end of 103 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 1: the story. But what do you think is gonna happen next? 104 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: Do you think he's gonna pour the flying powder all 105 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: over himself? Oh? Boy, how did that even happen with 106 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: him turning into a robot? That's pretty wild. What would 107 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: you do if you turned into a robot? Or? Better yet, 108 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: would you rather turn into a robot or have flying powers? 109 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: I think I'd rather have flying powers. Well, friends, that 110 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: is the end of our story, but only just the 111 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: beginning of some amazing adventures that lie ahead for our 112 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: friend Harry. The end. Great job, you listened all the 113 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 1: way to the end, and you know what time it is. 114 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: It's time for cured shout out. I want to say, 115 00:08:54,080 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: hey two Raga from Austin, Texas, Oki from New Zealand, 116 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 1: evan Ian and Blake from Washington, Maya from Arkansas, Andy 117 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: from Regina and Tomo from Japan. I'm so glad that 118 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: you're all on the Kid Short Stories family. We could 119 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 1: not have this much fun with imagination without you, my friends. 120 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: Will you have a super duper day and I'll see 121 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: you on our next adventure. Bye.