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 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. There was a garden at the 16 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: end of Tommy Street. It wasn't one of those pretty 17 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 1: gardens with neat rows of colorful flowers or raised beds 18 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: filled with vegetables. This garden was tall and wild. Sunflower 19 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: stalks towered above overgrown berry bushes, while vines tangled themselves 20 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: throughout it. Sometimes when the wind blew through the leaves 21 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: of the garden. The kids in the neighborhood thought they 22 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: heard noises sounded like something was stomping through the overflowing 23 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:44,479 Speaker 1: flower patches beyond the berry bushes. Tommy had always been 24 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: interested in the garden. He wanted to see what it 25 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: looked like behind the bushes and tall vines. One day, 26 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: as Tommy and his friends Sam were walking by, they 27 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:02,559 Speaker 1: could smell the blackberries growing on the bushes. They smelled delicious. 28 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: Let's go pick some of those blackberries, Tommy suggested to Sam. 29 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: I don't know, Tommy, I heard a garden monster lives there. 30 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: Sam replied, a garden monster. What does a garden monster 31 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: even look like? I don't know, Sam shuddered, But I 32 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 1: don't think I want to find out. Okay, well, I'm 33 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 1: gonna eat some berries. You can stay here if you want. 34 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: Tommy wandered over to pick some from the branches. He 35 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: popped the first one in his mouth, and the tart 36 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,959 Speaker 1: juiciness of the berry was even better than he imagined 37 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: it would be. He finished the rest off that were 38 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:51,839 Speaker 1: in his hand and waved over to Sam. Hmm, you've 39 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: gotta tryse these h they're delicious. Sam gave in and 40 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,399 Speaker 1: walked over to Tommy. Tommy plucked another berry and gave 41 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: it to him. Sam smiled as he tasted it. I 42 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: wonder what else is inside the garden, Tommy said, peeking in, 43 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: He pushed his way between berry bushes and inside the 44 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: messy rows of the garden. Tommy Tommy wait, called Sam 45 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,959 Speaker 1: as he followed him inside. There were carrot stalks popping 46 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: out of the dirt on their left, mixed in with 47 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: broccoli and cauliflower. On their right were more tall sunflowers 48 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: and weeds. Boom, boom boom. Something was stomping on the 49 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: other side of the flowers. Uh, Sam, oh was that you? 50 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: Tommy asked. Boom boom boom. Long green and red leaves 51 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: came into view between the flowers. They seemed to be 52 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: moving along the row. The boys gulped as the leaves 53 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: made it around the corner of the row and came 54 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: fully into view. A giant, radish like creature appeared before them. 55 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: It walked on skinny root arms and legs, and on 56 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: its round radish body were two angry eyes and a big, 57 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: wide mouth. I told you there was a garden monster, 58 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: shrieked Sam. Tommy saw the giant vegetable before him, but 59 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: was more curious than scared. He took a step closer. Tommy, 60 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: what are you doing, Sam asked him. Tommy was close 61 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 1: enough to touch it. He poked the monster and it 62 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: growled at him. He turned back to Sam. Oh, it's 63 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: just a giant radish, what can it really do? Then 64 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: the radish monster opened its wide mouth hen swallowed Tommy 65 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: hole ah, Sam cried, whoa. Tommy cried from inside the 66 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: tummy of the radish. As he landed in the darkness 67 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:16,840 Speaker 1: with a thud. He squinted his eyes adjusted to his surroundings. 68 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: There were other things inside the garden monster with him. 69 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: Feeling around, he picked something up that was next to him. 70 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: A bicycle tire, said Tommy as he held up the round, 71 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: thin frame. He looked around, but he couldn't see the 72 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: rest of the bicycle. Then he picked up gardening gloves, 73 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 1: a watering can, and a basketball. All these things, like Tommy, 74 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: had been swallowed by this giant radish garden monster. He 75 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: wondered what Sam was doing out there and if he 76 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: was going to get eaten next some Tommy called out, 77 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: are you there? He tried to listen, but couldn't hear 78 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: anything over the garden monsters growling and grunting. He thought 79 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: about how to get out, but he climbed back out 80 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: the garden Monster's mouth. He looked up and sighed, no, 81 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: it was too high for him to reach. He began 82 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: looking through the other things the garden monster had eaten. 83 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:29,840 Speaker 1: He found a kite, storybook and some old shoes. Tommy 84 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: wasn't sure how these could help, so he kept looking. 85 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 1: Ah Ha, Tommy exclaimed. He held a feather duster in 86 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 1: his hand and had an idea. Tickle Tickle, tickle, Tommy called. 87 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: As he wiggled the feather duster against the belly of 88 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: this garden monster. He could hear it grunting and snorting 89 00:06:55,640 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: and laughing in response. Tickle tickle again. As he moved 90 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: the feather duster around faster. The garden monster began to cough, 91 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: and Tommy bounced into the air. As he did. He 92 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: waved the feather duster around wildly, and the garden monster 93 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: launched it into a coughing fit. Tommy bounced higher with 94 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: each cough until he was high enough to see out 95 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: of the garden Monster's mouth. He could see Sam still 96 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: standing there in surprise, and waved. On the next bounce, 97 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: Tommy kicked off the back of the garden monster's throat 98 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: and flew out of its open mouth. As it coughed. 99 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: He landed on the ground in front of it and 100 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: scrambled up to his feet. Let's get out of here, 101 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: Tommy called out. Sam nodded, and the two boys ran 102 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,679 Speaker 1: back down the row and threw the BlackBerry bushes back 103 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: on the outside of the garden. They stopped catch their breath. 104 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: You were right, Sam, there is a garden monster, said Tommy. 105 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: They heard growling behind the bushes. Sam turned and ran, 106 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: and Tommy plucked a handful of blackberries from the bush 107 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: and ran after him. Wow, what a wild adventure. Even 108 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: though this is the end of our story, I'm pretty 109 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: sure it's only just the beginning the amazing adventures that 110 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 1: Lie had for Tommy and Sam. Do you think they're 111 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: gonna go back into that garden? I'm not sure, but 112 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: it's a good thing that he learned that those garden 113 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: monsters are awful ticklish from there, Tommy, the end, great job. 114 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: You listened all the way to the end, and you 115 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: know what, tom it is It's time for good shout out, 116 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: so I want to say it a pre from Washington, Orion, 117 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: Emmy from Toronto, Canada, Matoe and Katrina from the Philippines, Rebecca, 118 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: Michael and Joshua from Pennsylvania, Francisco from Mexico, and Felix 119 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: from New York. I'm so glad that you're all on 120 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: the Kid Short Story's family. We could not have this 121 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: much fun with imagination without you, my friends. Will you 122 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: have a super duper day and I'll see you on 123 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: the next adventure. Bye.