1
00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,240
Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit

2
00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,640
Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to

3
00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,320
Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas

4
00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,200
Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we

5
00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:24,000
Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you.

6
00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,120
Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd

7
00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,280
Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes

8
00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,479
Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea

9
00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,920
Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents,

10
00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,680
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
00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,760
Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease

13
00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,680
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
00:00:50,479 --> 00:01:00,639
Speaker 1: Me too? Let's go. Cooper, Sebastian, and Julia. We're at

16
00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:05,520
Speaker 1: school one day when they noticed something strange, very strange,

17
00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:11,520
Speaker 1: was going on. Students were walking the hallways in a daze,

18
00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:17,040
Speaker 1: as if they were all tired and very distracted. Um,

19
00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,840
Speaker 1: is there like a big test today? Why is everyone

20
00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,200
Speaker 1: so out of it? Cooper asked as a classmate bumped

21
00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,520
Speaker 1: into him and then walked away without saying a word.

22
00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:37,000
Speaker 1: I don't know, responded Sebastian. Everyone's acting really weird. Julia

23
00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:41,280
Speaker 1: cupped her hand around her ear. Shh, I think they're

24
00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:46,160
Speaker 1: saying something. They all listen closely and could hear the

25
00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:53,520
Speaker 1: other students mumbling. What are they saying? Whispered Sebastian. Um

26
00:01:54,960 --> 00:02:01,600
Speaker 1: something about pancakes, guessed Cooper. The three friends shrugged and

27
00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,440
Speaker 1: headed into the lunch room together. While they were waiting

28
00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,760
Speaker 1: in the lunch line, they saw students trying to get

29
00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:14,040
Speaker 1: into the kitchen. Hey, get back in line. No students

30
00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,800
Speaker 1: in the kitchen, one of the lunch monitors scolded. The

31
00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:24,200
Speaker 1: other kids rejoined the line, looking still pretty distracted. Cooper

32
00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:30,040
Speaker 1: squinted and noticed their eyes looked funny. Did you see

33
00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:36,360
Speaker 1: their eyes? They looked like they had swirls in their pupils.

34
00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:42,079
Speaker 1: That's crazy, said Julia. You must not have seen them properly.

35
00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:55,360
Speaker 1: No one has swirly eyeballs unless unless they're hypnotized. Dun, dundun, Sebastian,

36
00:02:55,520 --> 00:03:00,360
Speaker 1: not so loud, but okay, but hypnotized for what reason?

37
00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:05,680
Speaker 1: And by oooh? The three friends had no idea, but

38
00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,760
Speaker 1: as they neared the front of the lunch line, they

39
00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,920
Speaker 1: saw the burgers being served and the students ahead of

40
00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:19,919
Speaker 1: them refusing to eat them. No, must have pancakes, one

41
00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:26,480
Speaker 1: student said, pan cakes. Another one said the lunchly. He

42
00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:32,600
Speaker 1: shook her head, no pancakes today, we only have burgers. Besides,

43
00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:37,960
Speaker 1: it's lunchtime, not breakfast. But the students in line did

44
00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,040
Speaker 1: not seem to like her answer. A chant rose up

45
00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,680
Speaker 1: from all of the students in line, aside from Cooper,

46
00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:53,080
Speaker 1: Sebastian and Julia. Pan cakes, pan cakes, pancakes. The three

47
00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,360
Speaker 1: friends grabbed their burgers and ran out of the line.

48
00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:01,360
Speaker 1: What has gotten into them? Said you as they sat down.

49
00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:09,600
Speaker 1: We told you hypnosis, responded Cooper. Someone has hypnotized them

50
00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:15,560
Speaker 1: all into wanting pancakes. That doesn't make sense. Why Just

51
00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:20,719
Speaker 1: then their friend Jonah stood next to them, pancakes. I

52
00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:26,080
Speaker 1: have pancakes. Must find Bubba. Jonah held up a pancake

53
00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,600
Speaker 1: in the air, then went running out of the cafeteria.

54
00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:36,240
Speaker 1: That's it that to hypnotized them, shouted Sebastian. But who

55
00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:41,159
Speaker 1: is Bubba, wondered Julia. I haven't heard of anyone in

56
00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:48,520
Speaker 1: our school named Bubba. Sebastian frowned. I've only met like

57
00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:53,320
Speaker 1: one Bubba before at the oh he was at the

58
00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:59,880
Speaker 1: aquarium in the octopus exhibit. Yep, there's an octopus named Bubba.

59
00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:07,360
Speaker 1: Julia laughed, but Cooper gasped, are you saying everyone has

60
00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:17,080
Speaker 1: been hypnotized by an octopus named bubble? Julia was still laughing. Guys,

61
00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,800
Speaker 1: no way, there is no way on earth that there's

62
00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:29,520
Speaker 1: a hypnotizing octopus at our holy canole. What is that?

63
00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,480
Speaker 1: Julie was pointing out of the lunch room window at

64
00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:39,640
Speaker 1: something that looked exactly like an octopus running around on

65
00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:44,360
Speaker 1: eight wobbly legs. Without a word, the three friends abandoned

66
00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,640
Speaker 1: their burgers and ran toward the cafeteria doors. They were

67
00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,559
Speaker 1: about to open them when Sebastian threw his arm out

68
00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:57,000
Speaker 1: to stop his friends. Wait, wait, we can't just go

69
00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:03,560
Speaker 1: rushing out after hypnotizing octopus without safety gear. Oh oh yeah,

70
00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,480
Speaker 1: good point. He searched the lost and found table beside

71
00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:12,159
Speaker 1: the door and presented them each with sunglasses. Here, put

72
00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,800
Speaker 1: these on. The friends all put on their sunglasses and

73
00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:21,000
Speaker 1: then raced out the cafeteria door. The octopus was heading

74
00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:26,000
Speaker 1: toward the playground, shooting colorful beams out of its funnel

75
00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:30,200
Speaker 1: as the kids played. Each time a beam hit a student,

76
00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:34,360
Speaker 1: they stopped playing and began wandering around on the hunt

77
00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:41,479
Speaker 1: for the pancakes. Hey Buba, shouted Julia. The octopus turned

78
00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,280
Speaker 1: and ran towards them on its eight legs like a

79
00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:52,960
Speaker 1: very wobbly spider. It stopped in front of them and asked, pancakes. No,

80
00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:58,520
Speaker 1: we don't have any pancakes for you. Stop hypnotizing, our friends,

81
00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:04,520
Speaker 1: shouted Cooper. Bubba looked angry. He aimed his funnel at

82
00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:11,840
Speaker 1: them and shouted, Bubba, what pancakes. The friends dove out

83
00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:15,760
Speaker 1: of the way inductus the octopus's hypno rays were launched

84
00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:20,520
Speaker 1: at them. They scattered in different directions, trying to confuse

85
00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:25,480
Speaker 1: the octopus. Hypno rays flew all over the field, bouncing

86
00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:30,720
Speaker 1: off of playground equipment and the grass. Pancakes for Baba.

87
00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:38,760
Speaker 1: Pancakes now, shouted the octopus. What now? Cooper yelled to

88
00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:44,800
Speaker 1: his friends. Julia had an idea, pancakes for Bubba, She

89
00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:52,600
Speaker 1: asked loudly, Bubba. The octopus stopped shooting his hypno rays. Yes, pancakes,

90
00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:57,120
Speaker 1: we can get you all the pancakes. A pancake buffet

91
00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,960
Speaker 1: even you just need to fix all of our classmates.

92
00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,640
Speaker 1: Unhypnotize them now, and we will get you all the

93
00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,920
Speaker 1: pancakes you could ever want. I promise. Bubba brought a

94
00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:14,640
Speaker 1: tentacle to his face in thought. All the pancakes for Baba. Yes.

95
00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:19,640
Speaker 1: Sebastian nodded. Bubba aimed his funnel at the hypnotized kids

96
00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,400
Speaker 1: on the playground. The hypno rays seemed to go in

97
00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:27,120
Speaker 1: reverse now as colorful light raced from the students and

98
00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:33,880
Speaker 1: back into the octopus's funnel. Yes, thank you, Baba. Fix

99
00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:38,520
Speaker 1: everyone else and we will get you those pancakes. Buba

100
00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,080
Speaker 1: made his way around the school on his wobbly legs,

101
00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:46,520
Speaker 1: unhypnotizing all the students. Cooper, Sebastian, and Julia set up

102
00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:51,920
Speaker 1: a trail of pancakes leading to a buffet inside the aquarium.

103
00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,960
Speaker 1: When the last student was back to normal, the friends

104
00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:00,359
Speaker 1: led Bubba to their path. He gobbled up the pancakes

105
00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,760
Speaker 1: and was so happy he didn't even notice that they

106
00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,959
Speaker 1: were leading him to the aquarium until he was back

107
00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,880
Speaker 1: with the octopus exhibit. Inside the exhibit, the friends had

108
00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,640
Speaker 1: set up in all you can eat pancake buffet. There

109
00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:21,160
Speaker 1: were stacks of blueberry strawberry banana and chocolate chip pancakes

110
00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:25,680
Speaker 1: covering the tables all around. There was even a chef

111
00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,959
Speaker 1: set up with an electric griddle in case Bubba decided

112
00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:33,040
Speaker 1: he needed more. The aquariust ran into the room and

113
00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:39,520
Speaker 1: saw Bubba feasting on pancakes. There you are, he exclaimed,

114
00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,200
Speaker 1: while trying to catch his breath. Oh, I have been

115
00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:48,200
Speaker 1: looking everywhere for you. Then he looked around the room. Pancakes.

116
00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:55,160
Speaker 1: You escaped for pancakes. Bubba looked at his caretaker, Bubba

117
00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:59,360
Speaker 1: love pancake. Then he ate a stack of chocolate chip

118
00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:05,520
Speaker 1: pancakes one bite. Home, the kids explained how Buba hypnotized

119
00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:09,840
Speaker 1: their school and how they lured him back. The Aquarius

120
00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:14,240
Speaker 1: looked at Bubba sternly. Okay, Bubba, if you promise not

121
00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:18,920
Speaker 1: to hypnotize anything else, then you can eat pancakes once

122
00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:25,960
Speaker 1: a week. Bubba frowned. The aquarius to a pancake days. Okay,

123
00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,920
Speaker 1: why is a week? The octopus waved its tentacles happily

124
00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:34,520
Speaker 1: deal Then it jumped back into its tank and curled

125
00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,719
Speaker 1: up for a nap. Even though this is the end

126
00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:42,120
Speaker 1: of our story, I really hope this is the end

127
00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:47,160
Speaker 1: of the hypnotizing adventures from this very pancake loving octopus

128
00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:56,000
Speaker 1: the end. Great job, you listened all the way to

129
00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:57,880
Speaker 1: the end, and you know what, tim it has HiT's

130
00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,760
Speaker 1: time for some curd. So I want to say hit

131
00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:07,560
Speaker 1: a Whalin from Vancouver Island, Jovian Goldie from Australia, Jude

132
00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:13,600
Speaker 1: from Illinois, Deep Tea from Pennsylvania, Gabe from Richmond, Virginia,

133
00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,560
Speaker 1: and Ramona from Calgary, Canada. I'm so glad that you're

134
00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,920
Speaker 1: all on our kit Shirt Stories family. We could not

135
00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,880
Speaker 1: have this much fun with imagination without you, my friends. Well,

136
00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,560
Speaker 1: you have a superb duber day and I will see

137
00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,960
Speaker 1: you on our next adventure. Bye.