1 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: Hey Friends, if this is your first time listening to 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 1: catch short stories, welcome to the family. My name is 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:12,399 Speaker 1: Mr Jim and I live in South Carolina with my 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: family and my three kids, and we love turning your 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: ideas into awesome adventures, and that's why we write a 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: new story every single day for you to listen in 7 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 1: the car, or maybe getting ready for better during quiet time. 8 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: Either way, it's an awesome place for imagination to grow. Well, friends, 9 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: are you ready for today's amazing adventure? Me Too. Let's go. 10 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: It was a beautiful day as Owen, sadiean Calvin all 11 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: woke up early in the morning. Their alarm clock was 12 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: sounding news, time to get up. It's time, bit's time. 13 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: Everybody wake up, shouted Calvin. So early, said Owen. Yeah, 14 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: but we gotta get ready to come on, sadie. Calvin 15 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: and sadie rushed down the stairs as fast as they could. 16 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: Owen was a little slower behind. Do you know why 17 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: they were so excited about today? Yes, today was go 18 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 1: to work with your parents day. Holy smokes, that is 19 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: an exciting day. Do you know what your parents do 20 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: for work? Well, Owen and Sadie and Calvin had been 21 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: looking forward to this day, for a very long time. 22 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 1: You See, their dad works at a construction site with 23 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: a ton of amazing tractors and machines that they really 24 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: wanted to not only learn about but maybe even get 25 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: a chance to ride. Inside, after everyone had eaten their 26 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: breakfast and brushed their teeth and dressed, their dad said, alright, kids, 27 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: make sure that you grab all your lunches that we 28 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 1: packed last night, because it's about time that we head 29 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: out the door. As the three kids and their dad 30 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: all grab their things, they walked out the door and 31 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: climbed into their dad's truck. So, Dad, what are like? 32 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 1: What are we doing at work today, said Sadie. Well, 33 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: today's job we are clearing out this piece of land 34 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 1: so that it can be built on, and so we 35 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: got to make sure that the dirt is all flat 36 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: and the rocks are all moved out of the way. 37 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: And Yeah, the tractors will do all the heavy work, 38 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: but I could use you for some very special jobs. 39 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: But what are we gonna do? Are we gonna be 40 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 1: able to like drive the tractors? Said Calvin. Well, you'll 41 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: need some help from me. You. We'll do it together 42 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: and we'll take turn. So all three of you get 43 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 1: your own turn driving the actor. Yes, I can't wait 44 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: for that one, said Owen. As the truck drove onto 45 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: the construction site, they saw that it was very muddy. 46 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: It's a good thing their truck had four wheel drive 47 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: and very big, strong tires that could get them all 48 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 1: the way where they needed to be. All right, everybody 49 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 1: out and it's time to get to work. Here put 50 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: on these helmets. Their Dad handed Owen, sadie and Calvin 51 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: their own bright yellow helmet. WHOA are these real? Said Owen. 52 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, they're real and they're really important, said their dad. 53 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: They'll protect your head just in case there's something hard 54 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: and heavy flying through the air. They thought it was 55 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: pretty cool to be able to wear some real construction helmets. 56 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: Have you ever seen those bright yellow construction helmets? Yeah, 57 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: they they're made of this really strong plaw stick that 58 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: it protects your head from something that might fall. Like 59 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: on a construction site there's, you know, lots of tools 60 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: and tractors moving around, so sometimes a rock might bounce 61 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: off something and go flying and you want to make 62 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: sure that you have your helmet on just in case 63 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: so you don't get clunked on the head with a rock. 64 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: That morning the three kids watched all the tractors pushing 65 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: the dirt around and flattening it out. They were amazed 66 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: at how powerful those tractors were and how strong they were. WHOA, 67 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: look at that one digging over there, said Calvin, pointing 68 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: off to the side. I know, but look at that 69 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: one moving all that big pile of rocks. That thing's 70 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: got away a million pounds, said Owen. I know, but 71 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 1: I can't wait to get inside of those with Dad. 72 00:04:54,160 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: That's gonna be so fun, said Sadie. Sadie, Europe, come 73 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: on over here, shouted their dad. Good, Spike turn. Oh, 74 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: I'm so excited. Sadie ran over to her dad, who 75 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: was climbing inside of this very big digger tractor. She 76 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 1: hopped on his lap and they closed the door. The 77 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: loud engine in this tractor was very noisy. Owen and 78 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 1: Calvin stepped off to the side to watch as Sadie 79 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: drove it with her dad. WHOA, wow, look at it go. 80 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 1: She's pretty good at digging that thing, said Calvin. She 81 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,840 Speaker 1: was scooping the tractor's bucket into the dirt and scooping 82 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: out a lot of dirt when all of a sudden 83 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: something terrible happened. As the tractor took a big bucket 84 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: of dirt from the ground, it also pulled with it 85 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: it looked like roots or something that was underground, some 86 00:05:54,520 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: very big, heavy, strong roots. All right, Sadie, hold on here, 87 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna need to give it some extra muscle, said 88 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: her dad. He was manning the controls of the tractor 89 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: and was trying to to break through and be able 90 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 1: to pick it up. Come on, you can do it, 91 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: he said. Pop, pop pop. The roots underground of what 92 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: they were digging all of a sudden cracked and all 93 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 1: this purple gooey stuff squirted all over the tractor. What 94 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: in the world is that? Said Their Dad. Off to 95 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: the side, in a safe place, Owen and Calvin saw 96 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: exactly what was happening. Holy smocks, shouted Owen. That looks 97 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: like those Purple Vine things that the Purple Ninjas did 98 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: a while ago. Remember that they were right? Do you 99 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: remember those Purple Vines that somehow like controlled the trees? Well, 100 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,839 Speaker 1: I think there were some accidentally left behind, and now 101 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: it just sprayed it's purple stuff all over that tractor. 102 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: Oh Dear Sadie, let me climb on out and take 103 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 1: a look and see what's going on, said her dad. 104 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: He reached for the door to open up the tractor, 105 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: but it was locked and even the button to unlock 106 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: it wouldn't work. They were locked inside the tractor. Done, done, 107 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: Don Owen and Calvin started shouting. Get Out of the tractor. 108 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: It's I think it's been digging over by Dr czinky 109 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: bread's purple weird juice thing. They were right. As soon 110 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: as that purple's juice stuff started spraying out of the roots, 111 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: which were actually those Purple Vines, the tractor took on 112 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: a mind of its own. Just like those trees had 113 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: been controlled by the Purple Vines, now this tractor was 114 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: being controlled by something else. Sadie and her dad didn't 115 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: know what to do, except for buckle up and hold on. 116 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: This was gonna be a bumpy ride. The tractor started 117 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: moving around and looked like it was trying to grab 118 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: one of the other tractors nearby. Owen and Calvin had 119 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: to act fast. Not only do they need to save 120 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: their sister, Sadie and their dad, but they also need 121 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: to stop this tractor from infecting the entire fleet of tractors. 122 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: Because what if they take over the world? What if 123 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: that purple juice spreads to all of the tractors? We 124 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: are in a huge world of trouble and we're gonna 125 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 1: have to wait and see what happens on the next 126 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 1: episode of kids short stories. Great Time. You listened all 127 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: the way to the end and you know what time 128 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: it is. It's time for kid shout out. I want 129 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 1: to say hey to lily Patton from New Zealand, Lincoln 130 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 1: from Canada, Wyatt and Lou from Rhode Island, Ellie and 131 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: Addison from San Diego California, and so from Miami Florida, 132 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 1: jewel from Dubuque, Iowa, avonage from Massachusetts and Thatcher from sully, Maine. 133 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all on the kids short 134 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: stories family and on the spy team. We could not 135 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: stop doctor stinky breath and his crew without you, my friends. 136 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: Will you have a super duper day. I will see 137 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: you next time. Bye.