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 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It was a beautiful day and 16 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: Henry and Caroline were playing in the backyard. They love 17 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: to play outside, but their favorite thing to do was 18 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: draw chalk mazes. Have you ever drawn chalk macees on 19 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: the ground before? Yeah, that's really fun to do. When 20 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: you can draw Mazon, then someone else has to figure 21 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: it out. I'm actually I'm not very good at mazes. 22 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: How about you? Are you good at solving mazes? Wow, 23 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: that's pretty awesome. Well, Henry and Caroline were doing just 24 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,919 Speaker 1: that on their back patio. They were drawing with chalk, 25 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: not only mazes, but also cities and creatures, and even 26 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: drawing an outline of their own bodies. Wow, that is 27 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: a lot of chalk. Hey, can you hand me that 28 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: blue chalk over there, said Caroline. Henry was drawing with 29 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: the green and the red handed Caroline two of the 30 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: blue pieces of chalk. Oh, thank you, this is gonna 31 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: be great. I can't wait to finish this giant maze. 32 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: You're never gonna solve it, she said. What are you 33 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: talking about? Said Henry. I can solve any maze. I 34 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: am a maze master. Henry. Did you hear that, said Caroline. 35 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: Of course I did. 36 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 2: Let's go. 37 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 1: That was the spy beeper, which meant there was a 38 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: message from HQ. Henry and Caroline ran up to their 39 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: rooms to listen to the walkie talkie. 40 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 2: Henry and Caroline, we have an urgent message and mission 41 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 2: for you. The Purple Ninjas have been seen stealing gummy 42 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,279 Speaker 2: vitamins all over the world. This would be an absolute 43 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 2: tragedy if the world was removed of all of its 44 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 2: gummy vitamins. We need you to set a trap and capture, 45 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 2: or at least stop the Purple Ninjas from completing their mission. 46 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: Over and out, Henry and Caroline were left there staring 47 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 2: at each other. 48 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: They couldn't believe it. Why would the Purple Ninjas want 49 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: to steal all the gummy vitamins? Like those are really 50 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: good for us, And that just crosses the line, said Henry. 51 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: You see, like the Purple Ninjas, it's one thing for 52 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: them to try and make the world stinky, but to 53 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: come after our vitamins. I'm taking that personal, Caroline. Let's 54 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 1: get to work. Caroline was way ahead of him and 55 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: already working in their closet, pulling out all their spy gear. 56 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: It's important to keep your spy gear in a place 57 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: where you always remember where it is. But it's kind 58 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: of hidden because you just never know who might be 59 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: lurking around. Caroline, do you have any ideas, like how 60 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: are we gonna catch him? Like we could try the 61 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: net blaster, the glue blaster, but I don't know if 62 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: that'll work. We need a way to draw him in Oh, 63 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: I got a great plan that I've already been thinking 64 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: about while the message was playing, said Caroline. We could 65 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: make some fake gummy vitamins and use him as bait 66 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: in some kind of trap outside that'll probably definitely lure 67 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:20,479 Speaker 1: the Purple Ninjas in, said Caroline. Oh, do you think 68 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: we could make the fake gummy vitamins into some kind 69 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: of like super sticky thing that gets them stuck in 70 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: the trap? Said Henry. 71 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 2: I love it. 72 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:36,119 Speaker 1: Let's get to work, said Caroline. Henry and Caroline raced 73 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: downstairs to start working on their secret concoction of a 74 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: fake gummy vitamin. They needed to find a way to 75 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: make their own gummy vitamins that would trick the Purple 76 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: Ninjas and make them stuck. And so they found a 77 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: packet of gelatine that would be the base of the 78 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: gummy part. And then they added some of their super 79 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: secret sticky glue that was the same glue that they 80 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 1: use in their glue blasters to make, you know, the 81 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 1: Purple Ninjas get stuck in a trap. But adding it 82 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: into this secret trap gummy that would be a new 83 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 1: way that they would never suspect. All right, Caroline, you 84 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: keep working on those gummies and I'm gonna set up 85 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: some kind of trap outside. Henry loved setting up traps. 86 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 1: Have you ever set up a trap before? Well, one 87 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: easy way is you find a box and then you 88 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 1: put it on the ground and you raise it up 89 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: a little bit with the open part down, and you 90 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 1: put a stick on the edge that holds it up, 91 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 1: and then you tie a string to the stick, and 92 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: then whenever whoever it is that you're trying to capture 93 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: in this box walks inside and maybe finds a snack 94 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: or a very sticky gummy, then you pull the string, 95 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 1: which pulls the stick out, and the box drops on 96 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: the Purple Ninjas. Spy kid, We learn all kinds of 97 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 1: ways to set traps to catch those sneaky Purple Ninjas 98 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: because you never know what the mission is going to be. 99 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: Henry knew that the Purple Ninjas were pretty clever, and 100 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: so the trap it couldn't be as obvious as just 101 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: putting a box in the middle of the yard. He 102 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: needed to be a lot sneakier. One of his favorite 103 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 1: traps was the circle rope. Yeah, you put a little 104 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: piece of rope in a circle on the ground and 105 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 1: then you drape it over a branch in a tree, 106 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: and when a purple Ninja steps on the trap, the 107 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: circle part of the rope gets really tight over the 108 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: purple ninja's foot and then it trips him down, which 109 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: gives you enough time to launch a net blaster. How's 110 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: it going out there, Henry shouted Caroline from inside. I'm 111 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:55,839 Speaker 1: almost done. I'm just trying to hide this rope on 112 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: the ground with some leaves so that the purple ninjas 113 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: don't see it at all. That is most important in 114 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,039 Speaker 1: setting a trap. You can't let the purple ninjas see 115 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: it before they step in it. Caroline had finished her 116 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: batch of blue gummies and walked out to the trap. Wow, Henry, 117 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: great job, this is really good, she said, yeah, thank you. Oh, 118 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: your gummies looked so sticky, and they actually looked pretty 119 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: real good job. The time had come to set the trap. 120 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: They carefully set the plate of sticky gummies out in 121 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: the middle of the yard. This was right next to 122 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: that rope that would catch onto a purple ninja. As 123 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: the two of them ran off towards the bushes to 124 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: hide in there. They didn't know how long it would take, 125 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: but it was only a few minutes. Henry, do you 126 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: see that over there? There's no way there. Then Henry 127 00:07:55,880 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: saw it. Two Purple Ninjas had arrived us to have 128 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: some kind of like gummy detector that they know exactly 129 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: where they appear, and they come and steal them. 130 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 3: Hey, guys, look at this over here. It's like someone 131 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 3: does forgot their gummy vitamins in the middle of the yard. 132 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 3: What a silly kid, you see. They're not very smart 133 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 3: after all, said one of the Purple Ninjas. I'm just 134 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 3: gonna reach down and grab this and put it in 135 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 3: her bag, and the way we go towards world domination. 136 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 1: As the Purple Ninja reached down towards what he thought 137 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 1: were regular gummy vitamins, the trap was set. 138 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 3: Hey ow whoo, I'm so sticky in the world is 139 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 3: I can't even move my fingers. 140 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: Somebody help me, shouted the Purple Ninja. His partner took off, 141 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 1: running faster than I'd ever seen a purple ninja run. 142 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,959 Speaker 1: Henry and Caroline came out with their net blasters and blast. 143 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: I said that first Purple Ninja. 144 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 3: Am man, they caught me. Oh dear, I think this 145 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 3: was a trap. I think those kids are a lot 146 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 3: smarter than I thought. 147 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: Great job, Henry and Caroline, you caught a purple ninja, 148 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: which those are hard to catch. But I think the 149 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: mission of them stealing all the gummy vitamins has just begun. 150 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: So even though this is the end of this story, 151 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: it's just the beginning of a world where we need 152 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:36,079 Speaker 1: to stop the purple ninjas from stealing our gummy vitamins 153 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: the end. Hey, friends, Z I need your help celebrating 154 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: some birthdays. Drum roll please, Happy birthday William, who's turning 155 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 1: eight years old. William love's Minecraft, building things, oh and 156 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: making pancakes. William, I'm so glad we got to celebrate 157 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 1: you and your big day on the show. Happy eighth birthday. 158 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: And next up we have Happy birthday Andres who's turning 159 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: ten years old. Andres loves reading Minecraft, oh and his 160 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:24,719 Speaker 1: little brother Hendrick. Wow, Andres, I'm so glad we got 161 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: to celebrate you and your big day on the show. 162 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 1: Happy tenth birthday. Well, friends, I hope you all have 163 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 1: a superd you berday and I will see you on 164 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: a next adventure. 165 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:35,319 Speaker 3: Bye.