1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: Hey, friends, welcome back to Kids Short Stories. Did you 2 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: know that we have a ton of really fun activities 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: for you to do? Heading over to Heymisterjim dot com 4 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: and look for activities for kids. This is where we 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 1: turn our Kids Animal Stories podcast into real life. So 6 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 1: after learning about an animal, we give you an activity 7 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 1: or an art project to complete in real life. It 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 1: is really cool. To make sure that you check it 9 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: out right after this episode. Are you guys ready for 10 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: today's story? Me too. Let's go. Our story begins in 11 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: the middle of the night while Jackson was fast asleep. 12 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: Wait a second, Jackson is not a cat, He's a 13 00:00:55,800 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: real person. But oh, that was the sound of his kitty, Fluffy, 14 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 1: sleeping right next to him. Fluffy was like the greatest 15 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: kitty ever. She was playful and nice, love to snuggle, 16 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: and love to be picked up in Jackson's arms. Every 17 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: single night, when Jackson would grab his comfy blankets and 18 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:24,399 Speaker 1: curl up in bed, Fluffy was already there waiting. Wow, 19 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: what a great kitty. Do you guys have a pet 20 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: that you love to snuggle up with? Who snuggly? Pets 21 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 1: are very fun. Maybe it's a stuffed animal, but maybe 22 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 1: it is a real creature. It's great to have something 23 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: to snuggle up to in bed. All of a sudden, 24 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: Fluffy heard something and sat her head up and looked around. 25 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: On the floor. There was a red dot, like a 26 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: red laser dot. Have you ever seen a cat chase 27 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: around a laser on the floor. They go absolutely wild 28 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: for that thing they think. I don't know exactly what 29 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: they think, but Fluffy thought it was some kind of bug, 30 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: a red glowing bug that she just had to grab. 31 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: So she jumped out of bed and started chasing that 32 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: laser around. She was zooming all around Jackson's bedroom. Wait 33 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: a second, who is playing that laser game with her? 34 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: Because Jackson's fast asleep, and if I know anything about 35 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: lasers and those red dots that you play with kiddies, 36 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: somebody has to be waving the other side of that laser. Well, 37 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: that is where our story takes a turn for the worse. 38 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: The laser was guiding Fluffy all the way through the 39 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,919 Speaker 1: house because like wherever the laser went, Fluffy was very 40 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: close behind. But that laser was guiding her all the 41 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: way over to the cat door. Have you ever seen 42 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: a cat door on like the door to a house? 43 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: So that the cat or a dog could run through 44 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: the door without someone having to open the door. Yeah, 45 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: Fluffy had one of those, and the laser led her 46 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: right outside. Oh no, this is starting to feel like 47 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: some kind of trap. Look out, Fluffy. It was at 48 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: that moment that Fluffy had finally captured that laser dot 49 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: as she pounced on it with her paws extended. Ah. 50 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: She finally felt like she had captured it, but unfortunately 51 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:33,239 Speaker 1: that laser was actually a trap. As the laser touched 52 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: her paws, something crazy happened as Fluffy started to feel 53 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: very strange. She started to grow and grow and grow, 54 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: until holy smokes, Fluffy had turned into a ginormous dinosaur. 55 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: Fluffy looked down at her paws, which had now turned 56 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: into claws, the claws of a t rex, and she 57 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: was very afraid, afraid of herself, and she ran into 58 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: the forest. The next morning, oo Jackson woke up out 59 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: of bed and was surprised to not see Fluffy there. Fluffy, Uh, Fluffy, 60 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 1: where'd you go? Shouted Jackson. Fluffy was not only a 61 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: very fun kitty, but a pretty sleepy lazy kitty as well. 62 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: It was strange for her to have gotten out of 63 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 1: bed before Jackson. Well, Jackson didn't think much of it 64 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: and got out of bed and came downstairs for breakfast. 65 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 1: He poured a delicious bowl of kitty food into her dish, 66 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: which always brought Fluffy over. Wherever she was, she could 67 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: always hear her food hitting her bowl, and this is 68 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: where Jackson started to realize that something was wrong. She 69 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 1: did not come Fluffy. Fluffy, shouted Jackson, but nothing. He 70 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: even tried me owing, and that didn't work either. Jackson 71 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: quickly ate his breakfast and put on his shoes and 72 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: walked outside to the backyard. Maybe she went outside, said Jackson. 73 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: Holy smokes, what is that. As Jackson stood in his backyard, 74 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: he did not see Fluffy, but he saw some ginormous 75 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 1: footprints in the mud in the wet part of the 76 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: grass over there. What in the world are these real footprints. 77 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: There's no way those are real footprints. They're like as 78 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: big as I am, said Jackson as he jumped down 79 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: into the hole that those footprints had created. Oh no, 80 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: maybe there's some giant creature out here and it must 81 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 1: have scared Fluffy away. I've got to call this into HQ. 82 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 1: He ran inside and grabbed his walkie talkie and called 83 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: into HQ sh HQ, HQ, come in. This is Jackson, over. 84 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 2: Jackson, what seems to be the problem, over sh. 85 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 1: I don't exactly know what's going on, but one my 86 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: cat is missing, and two their giant footprints in my 87 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 1: backyard and they must be connected somehow. Do you know 88 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: anything about Like I know it sounds crazy, but dinosaurs 89 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: in the area, over. 90 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 2: Sh funny you should mention that I just got off 91 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 2: a call with another agent who had seen a dinosaur 92 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:37,359 Speaker 2: in the forest. I wonder if that's connected somehow. Well, 93 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 2: you do some research and investigate the area. Let us 94 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 2: know anything that you find along the way. 95 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: Over Jackson ran inside to get his cat treats because 96 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 1: there's kind of two missions at hand. One he's gotta 97 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: find Fluffy and two, what in the world is a 98 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: dinosaur doing out there? Little does he know that though, 99 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 1: are actually the same mission. As he carried his bag 100 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: of cat tracks out to the backyard and to the forest, 101 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: he knew that Fluffy could never turn down one of 102 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: her delicious treats. All right, I'm going to make a 103 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: trail here, and surely Fluffy will smell them and come running. 104 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: And then I'll be able to savor from whatever creature 105 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: that is out there. Jackson started to leave behind a 106 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: trail of cat treats, hoping that that would attract Fluffy. Well, 107 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: that's exactly what was about to happen, and boy was 108 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: he in for a big surprise. Wow, is that Fluffy 109 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: off in the distance. Jackson could hear me owing, and 110 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,239 Speaker 1: he took off running as fast as he could, throwing 111 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: cat treats along the way, just in case and it 112 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: would make it easier for Fluffy to smell them. But 113 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, he heard a big sound boom, boom, boom. 114 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:08,119 Speaker 1: The ground shook and Jackson dove for cover. That's gotta 115 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: be a giant dinosaur or something. Oh no, Fuffy, run, 116 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: it's not safe, shouted Jackson. And that is when he 117 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: saw the giant dinosaur. That's a real dinosaur, said Jackson. 118 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: How in the world did I get into a land 119 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 1: of dinosaurs? Oh no, Fuffy's gonna be so scared. And 120 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: then he watched that giant t rex kneel down to 121 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 1: the ground and eat the cat treats off the ground. 122 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 1: And then it started. Is that a purring dinosaur? Fuffy? 123 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: Is that you and just then the dinosaur looked right 124 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: up at Jackson. Noo. Jackson could not believe it. His 125 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 1: mouth was heying wide open, his eyes were as big 126 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:09,079 Speaker 1: as sausages. And holy smokes, Fluffy, what happened to you? 127 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: As soon as she had swallowed the cat treats, something 128 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: amazing started to happen. She started to transform back into 129 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,559 Speaker 1: a kiddy. Jackson couldn't believe it. It's a good thing 130 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: that he saw it for himself, or else he never 131 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: would have believed it. But it seems to be the 132 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: cat treats. It's like as soon as she ate the 133 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: cat food, she turned back into a cat. Jackson grabbed 134 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: his walkie talkie. He had to let HQ know, HQ, 135 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: I have a big update. Are you there? This is 136 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 1: Jackson over Jackson, what's the update? 137 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 2: Over? 138 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: Well, I found the dinosaur and it seems to actually 139 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 1: have been my cat. Somehow my cat turned into a dinosaur, 140 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 1: and then when I gave it cat trees, I turned 141 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: back into a cat. Do you have any idea why 142 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 1: it might have turned into a dinosaur? Over sh Well, 143 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: that's great news and that's gonna be very helpful for 144 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 1: the other dinosaurs that our agents are seeing around the world. 145 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: It seems to be connected to the Purple Ninjas, as 146 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,719 Speaker 1: they're trying to turn all of our pets into dinosaurs. 147 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: But what you have done is stop them once and 148 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:26,679 Speaker 1: for all. Great job, Jackson, over sh Wow, great job, Jackson. 149 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: You saved not only our whole world from dinosaurs, but 150 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: all of our pets from being tricked by the Purple Ninjas. 151 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 1: Holy smokes, none of us are safe. I thought it 152 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: was just us, but now the Purple Ninjas are after 153 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: our pets too. Oh dear. We have got to stick 154 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: together and stop them before they do any more crazy things. 155 00:10:52,200 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: The end. Great job. You listened all the way to 156 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 1: the end, and you know it how it is. It's 157 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: time for Kid shout out. I want to say hey 158 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: to Jackson from Lake Wiley, South Carolina, Katrina and Kelsey 159 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: from Wisconsin, Emory from Denver, Brandt from Colorado, Tobias and 160 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 1: Raphael from Fort Worth, Texas, David from Michigan, Brazen from Iowa, 161 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: and Finnian and Stellin from Montreal. I'm so glad that 162 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: you're all on the Kid Short Stories family and on 163 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: our spy team. We could not stop doctor Stinkybreath and 164 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 1: his crew. Without you, my friends, will you have a 165 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: souperduper day. I'll see you next time. Bye.