1 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: Hello friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kid 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Today's stories brought to us by December and Levi. Hey, guys, 3 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: they sent me an awesome idea for a story, and 4 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: you can too. Just head over to Kidshortstories dot com. 5 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: Send me your idea and maybe you will turn it 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: into an awesome adventure. And parents, I just wanted to 7 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: give you a special Hello. My name's mister Jim, Dad 8 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: a husband, and we have three kids who you know, 9 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: we're always talking about screen time and managing that, and 10 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: so we've really found that these stories, like Kid Short 11 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: Stories or Kids' Animal Stories, these podcasts have been super 12 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 1: helpful for us and thousands of families all around the world, 13 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: and so we love sharing these stories with you to 14 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: help manage screen time and really promote creativity and imagination. Well, 15 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: enough of that, are you guys ready for today's story? 16 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 2: Me too? Let's go. 17 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: All right, December, are you ready to head back for 18 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 1: a your surgery? Okay, I gotta choose to be brave. One, two, three, Yes, 19 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: let's go, said December victoriously. Today was a big day 20 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: that she had been a little nervous about for a 21 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,559 Speaker 1: long time. It was the day that she was gonna 22 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: have surgery on her eye. Her eye had something that 23 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: only a doctor could fix. And I know doctors can 24 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 1: sometimes be scary, You're right, Yeah, whenever I go to 25 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: the doctor, I'm a little I'm I'm honestly, I'm nervous 26 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,919 Speaker 1: every time. Mister Jim yep, even mister Jim is nervous 27 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: when he goes to the doctor. But doctors are pretty awesome. 28 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: Do you know why. Yeah, because our grown ups, our parents, 29 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: and doctors their job is to keep us safe and 30 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: to do the best things for us. And so December 31 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: she needed the surgery on her eye, and even though 32 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: it's a little scary, it was the best thing for her. 33 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:12,519 Speaker 1: And you're not gonna believe what happens. It's pretty amazing. 34 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: But that's at the end of the story, so let's 35 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: get there. Well, December headed back for surgery and there 36 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: were all kinds of tubes and wires and all kinds 37 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: of different things that were attached to her. And it's 38 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: really important for the doctors to know exactly what your 39 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,359 Speaker 1: body is doing while they're about to go into surgery, 40 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: because they need to make sure that your blood has 41 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: the right oxygen needs to know that that you're breathing 42 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: well and that everything is just right, that your heart 43 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: is beating at the right time. Everything is perfect, and 44 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: then it's time to go to sleep. You see, when 45 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: you go into surgery, you go to sleep. The doctors 46 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: do all the work and you get to sit back 47 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: and sh just dream about the most amazing adventures that 48 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: you've ever gone on. Well, as soon as December closed 49 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: her eyes and went to sleep, it felt like it 50 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: was just a split second or a minute, and then 51 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: she felt her grown ups, her parents tapping her on 52 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: her arms, saying, December, December, it's time to wake up. 53 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: You're all done and you're all better. She carefully opened 54 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: up her eyes, but the one eye that had the 55 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: surgery done on it, there was a little bit of 56 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: a patch on it, kind of like a pirate patch. 57 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: So the first thing out of December's mouth was I'm hungry. 58 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: Everybody in the room laughed because December was so hilarious. Well, 59 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: back at home, her best friend Levi was planning a 60 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: party for her with all all of her friends, and 61 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: as soon as she got home, they surprised her surprise. 62 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: She walked in the door and was greeted by Levi 63 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: and all the friends. They were so happy to see 64 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: December back home. Wow, thanks guys so much. You're the 65 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: best friends in the whole wide world. Isn't it great 66 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: to have really good friends? 67 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 2: Yeah? 68 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: I love having good friends and that they can be 69 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: there for you when you need them, or maybe you 70 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: can be there for them, Like if if your friend 71 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: has surgery or is not feeling well or has a 72 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: rough day, then you can send them a really happy 73 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: voice memo, or maybe call them and FaceTime them and 74 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: tell them that you miss them, or all kinds of 75 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: fun things. There's all kinds of creative ways, maybe drawing 76 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: a picture. Well, it was time for Levi and all 77 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: the friends to leave because December needed to rest. You see, 78 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 1: one of the things that's really important about after surgery 79 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 1: is that you have a lot of rest time, which 80 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 1: is kind of nice. You get to curl up in 81 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: your bed with your special blankets and pillows and just 82 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: have a lazy couple days of resting and maybe listening 83 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: to stories or just relaxing. Nice. December laid down. She 84 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: felt sleepy and fell right to sleep. Over the next 85 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 1: few days, December's body was healing and her eyes were 86 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: feeling a lot better. It was finally time to take 87 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: off that pirate patch. Are as fun as it was 88 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 1: to pretend to be a pirate, December was very ready 89 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: for it to come off. As she carefully removed the 90 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: eye patch from her eye, she blinked her eye and 91 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 1: something felt funny. Everything looked really good, and her vision 92 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:11,039 Speaker 1: was perfect and everything was good. But she almost felt 93 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: kind of a tingly superpower inside of her eye. Hmmm, strange, 94 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: it must be just you know, that feeling will wear 95 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: off soon. Levi came over later that day and they 96 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 1: wanted to build a fort together. That was one of 97 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: the favorite things that they loved to do is build 98 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: blanket forts and make caves and all kinds of cool 99 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: places to make pretend stories in Hey, December, said Levi. 100 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: He had just gotten there, and December was all ready 101 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: for their fun. Perfect. Well, I have all our blankets 102 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: and pillows and chairs and everything that we need to 103 00:06:55,480 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: make the most amazingly epic fort, said December. They got 104 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: to work immediately, and pretty soon they had created the 105 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: most amazing epic, giantest blanket fort of all time. Have 106 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: you ever made a blanket fort before? Oh? I love 107 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: blanket forts. I think you've heard me talk about them before, 108 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: but blanket forts are so cool. I wish I wasn't 109 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: so big. I kind of miss being smaller that I 110 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: can fit inside of those blanket forts, because when you 111 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: get bigger, it's kind of hard to squeeze inside a 112 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: blanket cave without knocking it all over. Or maybe I 113 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: need bigger chairs and a bigger fort. Maybe. Well. December 114 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: and leave I were having a great time, and all 115 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: of a sudden they realized that they had stumbled into 116 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: some kind of secret cave that led down to the basement. 117 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: How did this happen, Levi, I said, I don't know. 118 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: This secret passage was never here before. December had lived 119 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: in this house for a very long time and had 120 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: never noticed a secret passage that went down to the basement. 121 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: The only secret passage that she knew about to the 122 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: basement was through the door, like the normal door. But 123 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: this was something different. All right, it's kind of dark 124 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: down there, said Levi. December peered around the corner and said, 125 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: what do you it's not that dark? Come on. December 126 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: led the way down deeper and deeper towards the basement. 127 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: They crawled, and pretty soon LEVI couldn't see anything. Uh, 128 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: maybe we should go back and get a flashlight. Like, 129 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: this is so dark, what are you talking about? I 130 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: can see just fine. Then December blinked her eyes a 131 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: few times and realized, I'm seeing night vision right now. 132 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: What said LEVI, I'm serious. December couldn't believe it. She 133 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: kept blinking her eyes. I can see in the dark. 134 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 1: I believe you that it's pitch black down here, but 135 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,719 Speaker 1: I can see just fine. It's like I have night 136 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: vision goggles built into my Oh my goodness, Holy smokes. 137 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 1: I think the doctors might have I don't know if 138 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: they did this on purpose, but I think they gave 139 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: me some kind of night vision. 140 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 2: This is amazing. 141 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 1: Levi had to run back and grab a flashlight to 142 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 1: join December the rest of the time in their basement journey. 143 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: But this was just the beginning of December's night vision adventures. Yes, 144 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:36,239 Speaker 1: that surgery had somehow transformed her eyes into having night vision. Wow. 145 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: I wish I had night vision too. That would be 146 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:41,719 Speaker 1: so cool to be able to walk around in a 147 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 1: dark place and see everything. Oh man, I'm a little 148 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 1: jealous of December's eyes, but I'm pretty excited to hear 149 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: about the adventures ahead for December and LEVI, Wow, what 150 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: an amazing adventure. I'm so glad that she chow to 151 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: be brave and do that eye surgery that helped her 152 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: eye and even gave her a bonus superpower. We'll see 153 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:08,439 Speaker 1: you next time. 154 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 2: Bye. 155 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: Great job, you listened all the way to the end, 156 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,199 Speaker 1: and you know what time it is. It's time for 157 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: kude shout out. I want to say hey or Alaya 158 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: from Montreal, Maya from Boston, Nada from America, Mica from London, 159 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 1: Brooks from Montana, Nora. And Conrad from Venice, Florida, Ario 160 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: from Oakville, Ontario, Canada, and Juliet and Benji from Chattanooga. 161 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all in the Kid short 162 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: Story's family and on our spy team. We could not 163 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: stop Doctor Stinky Breath without you, my friends. Will you 164 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: have a super duper date and I will see you 165 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: next time. 166 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 2: Bye.