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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 dinosaur week at the library.

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Speaker 1: Missless had been preparing all weekend with dinosaur signs and

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Speaker 1: banners placed around town. She hoped everyone would see the

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Speaker 1: signs and come in for dinosaur stories. But what she

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Speaker 1: didn't plan on was lex Lex is a Tyrannosaurus rex.

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Speaker 1: You know, a t rex who lived out in the

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Speaker 1: fields beyond the town. He liked to stop around and

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Speaker 1: do dinosaur things, and he was always hungry. One day,

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Speaker 1: as Lex was looking for something to eat, he spotted

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Speaker 1: a strange square sticking out of the grass by the

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Speaker 1: edge of his field. What's this, wondered Lex. He couldn't read,

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Speaker 1: but if he could, he would see that it was

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Speaker 1: a sign for dinosaur Week at the library. Instead, he

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Speaker 1: just took a bite out of it. Hmmm, interesting flavor,

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Speaker 1: Lex wants. More so he followed along in the direction

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Speaker 1: the sign had been pointing. On the hunt for more

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Speaker 1: of this new tasty treat. Lex had found two more signs,

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Speaker 1: which he had eaten as well, before finding his way

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Speaker 1: to the sidewalk. What strange caves, Lex commented as he

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Speaker 1: stomped past the shops in town. He continued following the signs,

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Speaker 1: only stopping every once in a while to samples the

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Speaker 1: local food. You know, like a wooden bench and a

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Speaker 1: delicious bicycle. He liked the bicycle tire, but thought the

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Speaker 1: bench he needed some barbecue sauce. All the way down

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Speaker 1: the street, Lex gobbled up every sign he found until

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Speaker 1: he was standing in front of the library. The banner

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Speaker 1: on the front read Dinosaur Week. Stomp in for a

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Speaker 1: good book, but of course, being a dinosaur, Lex only

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Speaker 1: recognized the pictures of dinos painted on it. A place

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Speaker 1: for dinosaurs here, Lex asked, I hope they have snacks.

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Speaker 1: Lex made his way to the front door. The windows

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Speaker 1: rattled with each stomp of his feet. Boom boom boom. Uh.

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Speaker 1: The automatic doors let Lex in as he ducked his

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Speaker 1: large t rex head to enter inside. He was greeted

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Speaker 1: with aisles and aisles of books, or to Lex, aisles

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Speaker 1: and aisles of Oh deer snacks, m exclaimed Lex as

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Speaker 1: he made his way down the cookbook section, munch on

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Speaker 1: pages and crunching on spines. These are delicious. Lex sample

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Speaker 1: titles like Barbecue Pitmasters and super Salads. But his favorites

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Speaker 1: were the dessert section. He satisfied his sweet tooth with

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Speaker 1: all the copies of Oh Dear, the ked to crumbie cupcakes,

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Speaker 1: and a recipe called Cookies, Cookies, Cookies. As Lex looked

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Speaker 1: please don't go in there. Of course, since Lex had

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Speaker 1: never been in a library before, he only noticed the

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Speaker 1: pictures of dinosaurs all over it. Uh. Here we go

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Speaker 1: the dinosaur cave, Lex said excitedly. I wonder what kind

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Speaker 1: of snacks they have in there. He bounded over, shaking

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Speaker 1: all the shelves as he went inside the room, where

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Speaker 1: more pictures of dinosaurs and books or to him, snacks

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Speaker 1: of all different sizes. Many of them had dinosaur pictures

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Speaker 1: on the front. Oh dear. He was pretty full, but

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Speaker 1: decided to taste the book about compies, his favorite dino

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Speaker 1: to eat. Compies were very small, so he could pop

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Speaker 1: them in his mouth like popcorn. Gross. Mmm, let's yes.

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Speaker 1: Now he was stuffed. Lex the t Rex needed a

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Speaker 1: dino nap after all those snacks. Wait a second, there's

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Speaker 1: all the people in here. I thought people were in libraries.

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Speaker 1: And why is nobody terrified that there's a dinosaur in there?

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure. Well, he found his way to the

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Speaker 1: cozy corner and curled up, falling fast asleep. The librarian

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Speaker 1: returned after a lunch to a terrible noise thundering through

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Speaker 1: the children's room. I knew it, this is not gonna

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Speaker 1: end well. The shelves were rattling and swaying, but miss

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Speaker 1: Less was a brave librarian, so she covered her ears

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Speaker 1: it and her air. What in the world, Whatever the

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Speaker 1: coming from the cozy corner. She was sure of it.

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Speaker 1: Missless the librarian turned the corner saw ginormous t Rex

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Speaker 1: Some stuffing was floating around the air from a half

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Speaker 1: Oh all that wind, it's his. Oh shosh is snoring. Ahem,

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Speaker 1: Miss Liz shouted at Lex, excuse me. Lex snorted and

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Speaker 1: He opened one eye and swinted at Miss liss.

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Speaker 2: Ah, Yes, you are being much too noisy for the library.

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Speaker 2: Please stop snoring in the cozy corner. This is for reading.

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Speaker 1: Lex opened his other eye and sat up, squashing a

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Speaker 1: couple chairs. A library, is that the name of this

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Speaker 1: snack cave. Miss Lists gasped snacks. Have you been eating

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Speaker 1: our books? Lex nodded yes, and they yes, Lex want more,

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Speaker 1: But the librarian frowned and shook her head. Oh my, this, no, no,

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Speaker 1: this will not do. We do not eat books. Let

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Speaker 1: me show you how to use books properly. And with this,

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Speaker 1: Missless disappeared down the aisle. When she returned, she was

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Speaker 1: holding stacks of books. Lex lipped his lips, but the

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Speaker 2: Oh no, no, you will not be eating anymore.

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Speaker 1: I will show you the right way to use a book.

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Speaker 1: So Missless sat down next to the giant t rex

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Speaker 1: and began reading. How is she not afraid of this

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Speaker 1: t rex? Would you want to read a t rex book?

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I would. Well, she read him

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Speaker 1: stories of brave dinosaurs, unlikely heroes, and great friends. She

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Speaker 1: continued reading book after book, and Lex was hooked. When

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Speaker 1: Missless closed the last page, Lex frowned. Oh please, just

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Speaker 1: one more book, he whined. She shook her head. That

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Speaker 1: is enough for today, but come back tomorrow for another

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Speaker 1: story time. If you can prove you won't eat any

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Speaker 1: more books, maybe you can even get your own library

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Speaker 1: cards someday. Lex left the library without eating any more books.

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Speaker 1: His mouth watered though as he walked past the fishing

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Speaker 1: book section, but he stayed strong for the librarian and

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Speaker 1: her promise of story time tomorrow the end. Hey, friends,

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Speaker 1: it's time for someome kids shout out, so I want

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Speaker 1: to say hello du Johanna from Florida, Colton from Indiana,

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Speaker 1: Lea from California, Robbie and Antonio from Chicago, and Sloan

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Speaker 1: and Cole from Saint George. I'm so glad that you're

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Speaker 1: all on their kid short Story's family. We could not

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Speaker 1: have this much fun with imagination without you, my friends. Well,

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Speaker 1: you have a super do per day and I will

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Speaker 1: see you on our next adventure. Bye.