1 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: Hey, friends. If this is your first time listening to 2 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: kit Short Stories, welcome to the family. My name is 3 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: mister Jim and I live in South Carolina with my 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: family and my three kids, and we love turning your 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: ideas into awesome adventures. And that's why we write a 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 1: news story every single day for you to listen in 7 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: the car or maybe getting ready for better or during 8 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: quiet time. Either way, it's an awesome place for imagination 9 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 1: to grow. Well, friends, are you ready for today's amazing adventure? 10 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It was a beautiful day as Owen, 11 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: Sadian Calvin all woke up early in the morning. Their 12 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,319 Speaker 1: alarm clock was sounding new. It's time to get up. 13 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: It's time. It's time. Everybody wake up, shouted Calvin. So early, 14 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: said Owen. Yeah, but we gotta get ready to come on, Sadie. 15 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: Calvin and Sadie rushed down the stairs as fast as 16 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: they could. Owen was a little slower behind. Do you 17 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: know why they were so excited about today? Yes? Today 18 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: was go to work with your parents' day. Holy smokes, 19 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: that is an exciting day. Do you know what your 20 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: parents do for work? Well, Owen and Sadie and Calvin 21 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: had been looking forward to this day for a very 22 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 1: long time. You see, their dad works at a construction 23 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: site with a ton of amazing tractors and machines that 24 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: they really wanted to not only learn about, but maybe 25 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: even get a chance to ride inside. After everyone had 26 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: eaten their breakfast and brushed their teeth and got dressed, 27 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: their dad said, all right, kids, make sure that you 28 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: grab all your lunches that we packed last night, because 29 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: it's about time that we head out the door. As 30 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 1: the three kids and their dad all grabbed their things, 31 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: they walked out the door and climbed into their dad's truck. So, Dad, 32 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: what are like, what are we doing at work today? 33 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: Said Sadie. Well, today's job we are clearing out this 34 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: piece of land so that it can be built on. 35 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: And so we got to make sure that the dirt 36 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 1: is all flat and the rocks are all moved out 37 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: of the way. And yeah, the tractors will do all 38 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: the heavy work. But I could use you for some 39 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 1: very special jobs. But what are we gonna do. Are 40 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: we gonna be able to like drive the tractors? Said Calvin, Well, 41 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: you'll need some help from me. We'll do it together, 42 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: and we'll take turn, so all three of you get 43 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: your own turn driving the truck. Yes, I can't wait 44 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: for that one, said Owen. As the truck drove onto 45 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: the construction site, they saw that it was very muddy. 46 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: It's a good thing their truck had four wheel drive 47 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: and very big, strong tires that could get them all 48 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:21,679 Speaker 1: the way where they needed to be. All right, everybody 49 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,679 Speaker 1: out and it's time to get to work. Here. Put 50 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: on these helmets. Their dad handed Owen, Sadie, and Calvin 51 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: their own bright yellow helmet. Whoa are these real? Said Owen. 52 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, they're real, and they're really important, said their dad. 53 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: They'll protect your head just in case there's something hard 54 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: and heavy flying through the air. They thought it was 55 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: pretty cool to be able to wear some real construction helmets. 56 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: Have you ever seen those bright yellow construction helmets. Yeah, 57 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: they they're made of this really strong plai stick that 58 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: it protects your head from something that might fall. Like 59 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: on a construction site, there's you know, lots of tools 60 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: and tractors moving around, so sometimes a rock might bounce 61 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: off something and go flying, and you want to make 62 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: sure that you have your helmet on just in case, 63 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: so you don't get clunked on the head with a rock. 64 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: That morning, the three kids watched all the tractors pushing 65 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: the dirt around and flattening it out. They were amazed 66 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: at how powerful those tractors were and how strong they were. WHOA, 67 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: look at that one digging over there, said Calvin, pointing 68 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: off to the side. I know, but look at that 69 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: one moving all that big pile of rocks. That thing's 70 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: got a weigh a million pounds, said Owen. I know, 71 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: but I can't wait to get inside of those with dad. 72 00:04:54,200 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: That's gonna be so fun, said Sadie. Sadi, e'repe come 73 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: on over here, shouted their dad. It's my turn. Oh 74 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: I'm so excited. Sadie ran over to her dad, who 75 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: was climbing inside of this very big digger tractor. She 76 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: hopped on his lap and they closed the door. The 77 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: loud engine in this tractor was very noisy. Owen and 78 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: Calvin stepped off to the side to watch as Sadie 79 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: drove it with her dad. WHOA, wow, look at it go. 80 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: She's pretty good at digging that thing, said Calvin. She 81 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: was scooping the tractor's bucket into the dirt and scooping 82 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: out a lot of dirt. When all of a sudden, 83 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:47,479 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 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: It looked like roots or something that was underground, some 86 00:05:54,600 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 1: very big, heavy, strong roots. All right, Sadie, hold on here, 87 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna need to give it some extra muscle, said 88 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: her dad. He was manning the controls of the tractor 89 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: and was trying to break through and be able to 90 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: pick it up. Come on, you can do it, he said, 91 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: Pop pop pop. The roots underground of what they were digging, 92 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:23,679 Speaker 1: all of a sudden cracked and all this purple, gooey 93 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: stuff squirted all over the tractor. What in the world 94 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: is that, said their dad. Off to the side, in 95 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 1: a safe place, Owen and Calvin saw exactly what was happening. 96 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: Holy smugs, shouted Owen. That looks like those purple vine 97 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,239 Speaker 1: things that the Purple Ninjas did a while ago. Remember 98 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: that they were right, Do you remember those purple vines 99 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 1: that somehow like controlled the trees. Well, I think there 100 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 1: were some accidentally left behind, And now it just sprayed 101 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: its purple stuff all over that tractor. Oh dear, Sadie. 102 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: Let me climb on out and take a look and 103 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: see what's going on, said her dad. He reached for 104 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: the door to open up the tractor, but it was locked, 105 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 1: and even the button to unlock it wouldn't work. They 106 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 1: were locked inside the tractor. Dun, dun, doll. Owen and 107 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: Calvin started shouting, get out of the tractor. It's I 108 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: think it's being taken over by doctor Sineybred's purple weird 109 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: juice thing. They were right. As soon as that purple 110 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: juice stuff started spraying out of the roots, which were 111 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: actually those purple vines, the tractor took on a mind 112 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: of its own. Just like those trees had been controlled 113 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: by the purple vines. Now this tractor was being controlled 114 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: by something else. Sadie and her dad didn't know what 115 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: to do except for buckle up and a hold time. 116 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: This was gonna be a bumpy ride. The tractor started 117 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 1: moving around and looked like it was trying to grab 118 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: one of the other tractors nearby. Owen and Calvin had 119 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: to act fast. Not only do they need to save 120 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: their sister, Sadie and their dad, but they also need 121 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: to stop this tractor from infecting the entire fleet of tractors, 122 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: because what if they take over the world. What if 123 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: that purple juice spreads to all of the tractors. We 124 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,679 Speaker 1: are in a huge world of trouble and we're gonna 125 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: have to wait and see what happens on the next 126 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:42,839 Speaker 1: episode of Kids Short Stories. Great job, you listened all 127 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: the way to the end, and you know what time 128 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: it is. It's time for kid shout Out. I want 129 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 1: to say hey to Lily Patton from New Zealand, Lincoln 130 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: from Canada, Wyatt and Lou from Rhode Island, Ellie and 131 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: Addison from San Diego, California, Enzo from Miami, Florida, Jewel 132 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: from Dubuque, Iowa, Avanash from Massachusetts, and Thatcher from Sully, Maine. 133 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all on the Kit Short 134 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: Stories family and on the spy team. We could not 135 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: stop Doctor Stinkybreath and his crew without you, my friends. 136 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: Well you have a super dooper day. I will see 137 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:23,199 Speaker 1: you next time. Bye.