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Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to

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Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas

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Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we

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Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you.

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Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd

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Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes

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Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea

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Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents,

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Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you

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Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row

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Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease

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Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun

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Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure?

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Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It was a beautiful day as

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Speaker 1: Weston was playing outside. He had built something absolutely magical.

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Speaker 1: He had pulled together a whole bunch of branches and

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Speaker 1: things and had actually created like a shelter. Have you

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Speaker 1: ever seen a shelter built out of sticks and leaves

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Speaker 1: and branches? Yes, Weston is a master shelter builder, and

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Speaker 1: this one was pretty amazing. But all of a sudden

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Speaker 1: he heard a sound. What was that? He spun around

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Speaker 1: and looked. There was nothing there, and then he heard

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Speaker 1: it again. Oh, I think that's my stomach growling, said Weston.

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Speaker 1: He thought it was like a terrifying monster, but it

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Speaker 1: was only his own. To me, it must be snack

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Speaker 1: time if my stomach is making these sounds. All right, shelter,

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Speaker 1: I will be back, said Weston as he left his

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Speaker 1: shelter in the backyard and walked inside. Mom, I'm kind

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Speaker 1: of hungry. Is there something I could have to eat? Yeah, Weston,

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Speaker 1: doing some work over here. So are you okay on

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Speaker 1: figuring it out on your own? She called out. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I can do that. I'm a master snack maker, said Weston.

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Speaker 1: Weston and his mom had spent a lot of time

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Speaker 1: in the kitchen working together, and she had taught him

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Speaker 1: how to make a lot of different snacks along the way.

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Speaker 1: He walked over to the pantry and opened the door.

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Speaker 1: All right, all right, what should I ah not that that?

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Speaker 1: Wait a second, what's way back there? Said Weston, All

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Speaker 1: the way back in the back corner, of the pantry.

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Speaker 1: It's a box of jello. I love jillo, said Weston.

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Speaker 1: He had to get up on its tippy toes and

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Speaker 1: with just two fingers. There he got it. Oh, I've

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Speaker 1: never seen jello that looks like that before. Oh, well,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure it'll be delicious, said Weston. He turned around

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Speaker 1: making jello. Who likes to eat jello? Oh, it's pretty

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Speaker 1: delicious the way it jiggles around. Oh, Jello's a pretty

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Speaker 1: fun thing. What's your favorite color? I wonder if that

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Speaker 1: would taste delicious. Well, Weston started working very hard. Him

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Speaker 1: and his mom had made jello a hundred times together,

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Speaker 1: so he was pretty much a jello expert. He got

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Speaker 1: everything ready and now it was time to wait. He

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Speaker 1: figured that instead of staring at the jello waiting for

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Speaker 1: it to set, he could go outside and finish working

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Speaker 1: on his shelter, and then by the time he was done,

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Speaker 1: they would be ready to eat. That's pretty smart, because

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Speaker 1: sometimes when you're just like sitting there waiting for something

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Speaker 1: to happen, those minutes can crawl by very slowly. Right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so that's a pretty smart idea. Weston went back outside

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Speaker 1: leaves to provide shelter from the rain. After about thirty minutes,

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Speaker 1: track of time. And I hope the jello's ready. Weston

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Speaker 1: raised inside, eager to see if his bright green jello

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Speaker 1: was ready to eat. It looks perfect, and it looks wow.

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Speaker 1: I've never seen jello that bright before. It looks almost magical.

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Speaker 1: I bet it's absolutely delicious. He raced over and grabbed

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Speaker 1: He carefully scraped his spoon into the jello and watched

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Speaker 1: M Oh, that's good. That is delicious, And before you

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Speaker 1: knew it, Weston gobbled up a lot of jello. That

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Speaker 1: was a very special snack. But unfortunately something was about

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Speaker 1: last spoon full of jello. Oh that was delicious. I

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, something strange started happening. In a second,

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Speaker 1: what's wrong with my fingers. It's like it feels weird

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Speaker 1: and it's kind of hard to pick it up. Wait

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Speaker 1: to grab things, his fingers turned into jello. Like he couldn't.

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Speaker 1: His fingers weren't strong enough anymore to hold on anything.

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Speaker 1: They would just slip right off, and his fingers would

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Speaker 1: bounce but little, just like jello. And then his arm,

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Speaker 1: and then his elbow and his shoulder, and then his

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Speaker 1: Jello, shouted Weston. His mom came running Western, what's going on?

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Speaker 1: She couldn't believe it that she was staring at her

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Speaker 1: son who had started wibbling and wobbling and squibbling and squabbling.

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Speaker 1: He was made of jello. Now, dundundum, mom, I don't

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Speaker 1: know what happened. I found this package of jello in

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Speaker 1: the back of the pantry, and I made it and

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Speaker 1: it was delicious. And now look at me. His mom's

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Speaker 1: eyes were ginormous and she put her hand over her mouth.

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Speaker 1: You didn't eat that jello packet all the way back

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Speaker 1: said Weston. Oh dear, said his mom. Why did you say,

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Speaker 1: oh dear? Was there something wrong with that jello? Was

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Speaker 1: it poisoned? Am I gonna what's happening? Well, the other

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Speaker 1: day I went to the grocery store and there was

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Speaker 1: a leprechaun running around the parking lot putting jello and

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Speaker 1: hot cocoa in everybody's carts. I thought it was kind

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Speaker 1: of strange, and so I put it in the back

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Speaker 1: it and eat it. Because I don't know if you

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Speaker 1: can trust the leprechauns jello. A leprechaun's jello, said Weston.

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Speaker 1: I didn't know leprechauns liked jello exactly, and that's why

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Speaker 1: I was a little weary about that jello. And now

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Speaker 1: I understand why it was probably all just a leprechaun trick.

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Speaker 1: How do I turn myself back? Said Weston? I can't

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Speaker 1: handle all of this jiggling. By now, Weston's entire body

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Speaker 1: had turned to jello and was now jiggling with every

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Speaker 1: time he tried to move. But would what would you

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Speaker 1: do if you turned into jello? That would be pretty hilarious.

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Speaker 1: I wonder if you would taste good. I wonder if hmm,

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Speaker 1: that's interesting. Well, I don't think Weston wants to taste himself.

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Speaker 1: But they need to find a way to turn him

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Speaker 1: back to a normal person, not jello. Wait a second,

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Speaker 1: have an idea, said his mom. It might sound crazy,

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Speaker 1: but that leprecaun he gave me the jello and hot coco.

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Speaker 1: I wonder if we make hot cocoa, if that will

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Speaker 1: was a strange package of hot chocolate, one that they'd

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Speaker 1: never seen before, and it was probably one that the

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Speaker 1: leprechaun made. Okay, I'll try anything just make it quickly,

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Speaker 1: said Weston. His mom made a delicious cup of hot

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Speaker 1: cocoa using that powder from the leprechaun, and Weston sipped

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Speaker 1: the best hot chocolate I've ever tasted, said Weston, and

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden, look at that my fingers, they

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Speaker 1: look normal again, and then his arm, his elbow, his shoulder,

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Speaker 1: gave his mom a very big hug, happy to be

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Speaker 1: a normal kid again. This may be the end of

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Speaker 1: the story, but I think Weston and his mom learned

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Speaker 1: a very valuable lesson to never eat magic jell o

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Speaker 1: made by leprechauns the end.

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Speaker 2: Hey friends, I need your help celebrating two birthdays. Drum

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Speaker 2: roll please, Happy birthday Finn, who's earning six years old.

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Speaker 1: Finn is a mathematician is currently working on multiplication awesome

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Speaker 1: and loving it. Finn is a silly, goofy boy that

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Speaker 1: loves have fun with his family and friends and also

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Speaker 1: loves playing chess and teaching others the rules of the game. Wow, Vin,

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Speaker 1: I'm so glad that we got to celebrate you and

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Speaker 1: your big day on the show.

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Speaker 2: Happy you say Birthday, Fin And next up we have

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Speaker 2: Happy Birthday Cooper, who's turning five years old. Cooper is

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Speaker 2: a humongous fan. Hey Cooper, thank you. He and his

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Speaker 2: sister Amelia listen from Seattle, Washington and Send Point, Idaho. Wow, Cooper,

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Speaker 2: I'm so glad that we got to celebrate you and

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Speaker 2: your big day on the show. I'm so glad that

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Speaker 2: you listen to the stories. Thanks so much, Cooper. Happy birthday.

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Speaker 1: Well friends, I hope you all have a super duper

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Speaker 1: day and I'll see you want our next adventure. Bye,