1 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, it's mister Jim. If it's your first time listening, 2 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: welcome to the family. My name is mister Jim and 3 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: I have three kids and we love telling stories and 4 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 1: kids like you, you send me your ideas and I 5 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: turn them into an awesome adventure. Today's story comes to 6 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: us from Ellianna. Hey, Elianna, she sent me a great 7 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: idea and you can't too. Just head her to our website, 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: kidshort stories dot com. 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One day, 17 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: Ellianna was sitting in her room reading about how to fly. 18 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: She was a baby unicorn and hadn't learned how to 19 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,279 Speaker 1: fly yet, but she was reading as much as she could, 20 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: trying to get it perfectly right. All right, so if 21 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: I flap my wings like this, and I hold my 22 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: tail like that, and then maybe this will happen and 23 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: it'll never work. You see, Ellianna was a unicorn, and 24 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: unicorns just can't fly, right, Yeah, well they have to 25 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: learn how to fly, and she hadn't learned yet. But 26 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: something that she was really focused on. She was really 27 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: focused on learning to do it perfectly and not make 28 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: any mistakes. But do you know something very interesting, She 29 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: hadn't even tried yet. She was trying to learn in 30 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,040 Speaker 1: her head how to do it perfectly, so that the 31 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: first time that she tried, she would do it right. 32 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: But she hadn't tried yet. But don't worry. By the 33 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: end of the story, something amazing is going to happen. 34 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: All right, this is not working. I need to talk 35 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: to an expert. I need to find someone who can 36 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: teach me the perfect way to fly the very first time, 37 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: because there's no way I'm making any mistakes with this, 38 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: said Elianna. She put on her shoes and oh, she walked. Remember, 39 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: most unicorns can fly, but Eliana, she had to walk. 40 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: So she walked up a mountain. She had heard of 41 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: a very old wizard, a wizard that was an expert 42 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: in flying lived high up in this mountain. She was 43 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: gonna go talk to him. Oh, I just have to 44 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: find the perfect way. I don't like making mistakes. I 45 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: have to do it right the first time, or maybe 46 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: someone will laugh at me. Have you ever felt that 47 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: way before? Like you have to do it perfect the 48 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: first time and or else maybe someone will laugh. Yeah, 49 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: me too. I hope Eleanna figures this out. As she 50 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: continued walking up the trail, she dreamed of flying. She said, Man, 51 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: I wish I could fly. It'd be so easier to 52 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: go up this mountain if I could fly up it 53 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: instead of walk. You see unicorns, They have four legs 54 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 1: and four hoofs, kind of like a horse, and it 55 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: was hard to climb up a mountain with those hoofs. 56 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: Unicorns were not made and built to walk up a 57 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: mountain like that. They were made to fly up the mountain. 58 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: So it took Eleana a very, very long time to 59 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: get up this mountain. As she passed different creatures along 60 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: the way up the mountain, some of the creatures were 61 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: a little confused why the unicorn was walking. Oh aw, hello, there, 62 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: said a blue jay. Do you are you okay? Said 63 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: the blue jay? Oh? Yes, I'm fine. I'm just going 64 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: to find the old wizard that lives up this mountain, 65 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: said Aliana. Oh well, uh, why don't you just fly 66 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: up there like me? Look, you just you have wings 67 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: just like me. Fly said the blue jay. Uh, that's 68 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 1: cool that you can fly. I wish I can do 69 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: that sometime. But I haven't learned how to do that yet. 70 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: Well just just try. Can you flap your wings really fast? 71 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,119 Speaker 1: I bet it a work? Said the blue jay. Nah. 72 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 1: I don't want to try that yet. I want to 73 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: make sure that I do it perfectly the first time, 74 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 1: said Eliana. Okay, well, good luck. Bang blue jay took 75 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: off flying. Oh I wish I could fly like a 76 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: blue jay, said Eliana. She continued walking and hiking up 77 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: the mountain. Oh boy, this is getting hot. It was 78 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:53,359 Speaker 1: a really hot day. And then she saw another creature. 79 00:04:54,320 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: Oh hello, it was a ginormous eagle. Hi. Hello there, Hi, 80 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:09,359 Speaker 1: my name's Eleana. What's your name? Yo? My name is Edgar. 81 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: Oh hi Edgar. Uh, you must be a really good flyer. 82 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: Can you tell me your secrets? Oh? Of course? Will 83 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: you just have to believe and you just flap your 84 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: wings and oh well, I don't really remember how I learned. 85 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: I just I just now flap my wings. Have have 86 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: you ever tried flapping your wings, little girl, said Edgar? 87 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: Well not yet. I I just want to make sure 88 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:45,799 Speaker 1: that I totally understand everything before I try flapping my wings. Okay, well, 89 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,679 Speaker 1: good luck to you. I hope you figure it out, 90 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,799 Speaker 1: because flying is the best thing in the whole wide world. 91 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: And off flew Edgar the Eagle. Ellianna started to think 92 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: to herself, I should just try. I don't know. I 93 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: really don't want that eagle the blue jay to laugh 94 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: at me if I don't do it right the first time. 95 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 1: I don't know what to do. I just got to 96 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 1: talk to this wizard. As Elianna finally made it up 97 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: to the top of the mountain, she saw the wizard there. Hello, 98 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: mister wizard. My name's Eleianna. I really need help flying. 99 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: Could you teach me everything you know? Oh? Well, of 100 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: course I can. But all right, well, come sit down. 101 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: Ellianna sat down and took out a piece of paper 102 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: and a pencil and started to write everything down that 103 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: the wizard was talking. All right, well, the first thing 104 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: that you need to do is is just try to 105 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 1: fly and see if it works, okay, But what do 106 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 1: I do to make sure I fly the first time? 107 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 1: The perfectly, said Alianna. Well I can't promise you that, 108 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: said the wizard. But after you try the first time, 109 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: then you'll make a mistake, and that's normal. But then 110 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: you'll be able to correct that mistake. But without you 111 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: trying the first time, I won't know what it is 112 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: that we need to fix. That's just a part of 113 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: the process, said the wizard. You mean I have to 114 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: try it without knowing exactly how it's gonna happen, perfectly, 115 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: said Aliana. Oh you mean you haven't tried yet, said 116 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: the wizard. No, but do you promise you won't laugh? 117 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: Said Aliana. Oh of course I won't laugh, said the wizard. 118 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: Elianna stretched out and took a big, deep breath and 119 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: gee one, two three. She started flapping her wings as 120 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: fast as she could, trying to think about everything she 121 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: had learned in all her books, and she got a 122 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: little off the ground and then crashed back down. Oh no, 123 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: it didn't work. My life is over, Elihanna started to cry. 124 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: She thought she would never learn how to fly because 125 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: she tried everything that she could that she learned. Oh 126 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: that is a great job. Look at what you did, 127 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: said the wizard. You got very high off the ground 128 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: the very first time, much better than my first try. 129 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: You mean you didn't fly your first time, said Aliana. 130 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: Oh why, oh, definitely not. It took me a very 131 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: long time. But you see, you're so close. Just need 132 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: to adjust your tail a little bit to the right 133 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: and then it's going to work. Try again. Ellianna stretched 134 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: out and sort of flapp her wings as fast as 135 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: she could and moved her tails of the right, and 136 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: she got a little higher off the ground and then 137 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: she's flying. I did it. Great job, Ellianna, said the wizard. 138 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: And that is the day that Ellianna the baby Unicorn, 139 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: finally learned to fly. Have you ever felt nervous about 140 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: trying something for the first time? Oh? Yes, me too, 141 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: And so Ellianna she was so worried about having to 142 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: do it perfect the first time it stopped her from 143 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 1: even trying. And so if you ever feel that way, 144 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: if you ever feel like, I don't know if I'll 145 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: do it right, you have to try the first time 146 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: and then learn from the mistake, and then you will 147 00:09:52,559 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: fly just like Ellianna the end. Great job, you listened 148 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: all the way to the end, and you know what, Tom, 149 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: it is. It's time for Kid shout Out. I want 150 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: to say hey to Kegan and Grace from California, Elodie 151 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: from England, Finn from Idaho, Feshnavi from Singapore, Vera and 152 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 1: Ryan from Minnesota, Olivier from Miami, Matteo and Miguel from Pennsylvania, 153 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: Kai and Trey from Vancouver, BC. I'm so glad that 154 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: you're all on the Kid Short Story's Family and Honors 155 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 1: By team. We could not stop Doctor Stinky Breath and 156 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: his team without you, my friends. Well you have a 157 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 1: super duper day and I'll see you next time. Bye.