1 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kit 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Today's story is brought to us by shl 3 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: like parents. S like toys go where kids go, and 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: this summer that means playcation. So join in the summer 5 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: fun which like and you could win a whole year 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: worth of toys. Dive into the fun today at summer 7 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:32,480 Speaker 1: playcation dot com. In today's story, we learn about how 8 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: s like toys go where kids go. In something crazy 9 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: happens with one of our s like toys, the Lava Dragon. 10 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: Are you ready to hear an adventurer about the Lava 11 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: Dragon toy and the day it came to life? Me too? 12 00:00:48,080 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: Let's go. The sun was just beginning to say as 13 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: Maya and Gavin, to energetic siblings embarked on a family 14 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 1: road trip in their beloved minivan. Oh I love minivan 15 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: road trips. Their parents nestled in the front seat saying 16 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: along to their favorite songs, while Maya and Gavin laid 17 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: in the back their assortment of toys. Gavin's favorite was 18 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: his like toy Lava Dragon, a fierce yet friendly creature 19 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 1: with fire red skin and rocky spikes. It was time 20 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: for a rest stop. They had been driving for several 21 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: hours towards their grandparents' house, and it was almost time 22 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: for lunch. Have you ever been on a road trip 23 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: before where you're driving many, many hours? And yeah, it 24 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: feels good to take a break after driving several hours. Right, Oh, 25 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: it's so good to get out of the car, stretched 26 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: Gavin as he waved his hands up above his head 27 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: and wiggled his legs. Yeah, Gavin. Who, I don't know 28 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: how much longer I could have lasted, said Maya. Ah, 29 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: the sun and fresh air is exactly what I needed. Hey, Maya, 30 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: can you pass me that bag of pretzels? Let's go 31 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,119 Speaker 1: grab lunch and they have it in the grass over there. 32 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: That's a great idea, Gavin said, Maya, Let's go. Maya 33 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 1: and Gavin grabbed all of their lunch things and found 34 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: a nice warm spot in a patch of grass at 35 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: the rest stop. They were stopping here to eat their 36 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: lunch and just take a break and smell that fresh air. 37 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: After about ten minutes, their family climbed back into their 38 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: minivan and their mom leaned back to remind them, Gavin, Maya, 39 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: make sure that you don't forget anything here? Who no, 40 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: shouted Gavin, What is it, Gavin? Did you lose something? 41 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: Said their mom. Yes, so he just remembered that we 42 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: did bring something out of the van and we didn't 43 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: bring it back in. What is it, Gav said, maya 44 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: our lunch? Yeah, no, because uh we ate it all hilarious, Gavin, 45 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:32,399 Speaker 1: But technically it's still with us. It's just in our stomachs. 46 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: All right, you two close the doors, buckle up, and 47 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: let's get back on the road. Only three more hours 48 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: to go. Gavin leaned forward to grab onto the door 49 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: and pull it shut. However, unbeknownst to Gavin, his cherished 50 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: lava dragon toy humbled out of the car as the 51 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: door closed. Meanwhile, two Purple Ninjas happened to be on 52 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: a road trip for themselves. Oh well, it was Actually 53 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: they were on their way to Villain Con. That's the 54 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: world's most prestigious bad guy convention, to showcase their latest invention, 55 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: a laser that could bring inanimate objects to life. Ohoh, 56 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: I wonder what they could be planning with that. We 57 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: need to pull over. 58 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 2: Why, Steve, We just started driving like fifteen minutes ago. 59 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: But hey, they have to go to the bathroom. 60 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 2: You didn't go before we left. I didn't have to 61 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 2: go yet, Okay, but it better be fast. We can't 62 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 2: be late for a villain could. 63 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: The Purple Ninjas pulled off at the next rest up, 64 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: and Steve ran out as fast as he could for 65 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 1: the bathroom. Edwin was not very happy Steve's emergency bathroom break. 66 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: Only fifteen minutes into their drive back on the highway, 67 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: when the family had resumed their journey, Gavin reached for 68 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: his lava dragon toy, only to find an empty space. 69 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 1: His eyes widened in panic as he realized what had happened. 70 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: It's gone, It's gone, what's gone? Gavin said, Maya, my love, 71 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: a dragon? Gavin? Are you sure I saw you left 72 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: it in here when we went out to eat our 73 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: lunch in the grass at the rest stop. Look, I've 74 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: put it. 75 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 3: I put it right here and it must have fallen 76 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 3: out the darl I closed. 77 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 1: With a tear filled plea. He convinced his parents to 78 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: make a U turn and returned to the rest stop 79 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 1: in search of the lava dragon. Meanwhile, back at the 80 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: rest stop, Edwin was waiting at the car for Steve 81 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: to finish his emergency bathroom break, and something caught his eye. 82 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 2: Oh wow, this is a pretty cool toy. Steve has 83 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 2: gonna love this. 84 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 1: Steve's gonna love what. 85 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 2: Oh you're back? How muck? When I felt laying right 86 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 2: here on the ground. 87 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: Whoa, that's so? How can I have it? 88 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 2: Here's Steve here? You go. 89 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: Wow? Do you think the laser would work on it? 90 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,119 Speaker 2: No? No, no, no, no no no. Hold and the boss said, 91 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 2: we can't use the laser until we get there with him. 92 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 2: Remember he's already at the convention and he's waiting for us. 93 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 2: Come on, let's get back in the car and get driving. 94 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 1: Steve couldn't help himself and his curiosity. 95 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 3: Oh dear. 96 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: He snuck the laser while Edwin was buckling his seatbelt 97 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: and set the toy on the parking lot ground. Steve 98 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: aimed the laser and hit an instant. 99 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 3: The LoVa dragon sprung to life and grew to a 100 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 3: colossal size. The once calm Restop erupted into chaos. The bystanders, 101 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 3: you know, the people this started screaming and running all 102 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 3: over the place like a very angry ant hill. 103 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: You know, if you ever step on an ant hill, 104 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: don't step on fire ant hills because they bite. But 105 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: ants you know they go crazy. That is what these 106 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: people look like in this parking lot. Steve, what did 107 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: you do? I just wanted to come alive. I didn't 108 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: know it's gonna turn it to monster size. 109 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 2: Let me look at that. 110 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: Edwin grabbed the laser blaster out of Steve's hand and 111 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: pointed to a button. 112 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 2: You had it on supersized mode. 113 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: What supernice mode? 114 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 2: What do you think it as? Uh, Steve, O, we 115 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 2: we gotta get out of here. Get in the car now, 116 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 2: Who miss you love me drinking? Steve? You had it 117 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 2: for like thirty seconds. How are you going to miss 118 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,359 Speaker 2: it already? Oh? Whatever, come on, let's. 119 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: Get out of here. Just then, the family car pulled 120 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: back into the rest stop. As the Purple Ninjas zoomed 121 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: back on to the highway in their car, Gavin's mouth 122 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: dropped open at the sight of the monstrous love a monster. 123 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: Covin shouted, Maya, there's a monster. Their parents started shouting 124 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: and trying to drive the car away as fast as 125 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: they could as they all now saw the ginormous monster 126 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: stomping around the rest stop area. Boom boom boom. Oh 127 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: o w. 128 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 4: That's my toy, that's my lama dragon it's scared and 129 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 4: it needs my help. What are you talking about, Gavin 130 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 4: said his mom. How did this happen? I don't know, mom, 131 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 4: but I think I know what I. 132 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: Need to do. Yeahkevin, me too, said Maya. You're right? 133 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: Are you thinking about the slushies inside? Slushies? Said their mom? 134 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: How can you do be thinking about slushies at a 135 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: time like this. Despite all the chaos, Maya and Gavin 136 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: knew they had to act fast. They were the only 137 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:11,679 Speaker 1: ones who truly understood this lava dragon toy. Weh uh, 138 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: it's not quite a toy anymore. It's more like a 139 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: sh like monster. But even though everyone was running away 140 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: in terror, they both knew it was still just Gavin's 141 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: toy at heart. You would just need to be reminded 142 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: of that. Maya and Gavin watched in disbelief as the 143 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 1: monstrous lava dragon terrorized the area. However, they both had 144 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: remembered a detail from all their playtimes. The lava dragon 145 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:44,839 Speaker 1: toy would always calm down when it was cold. During 146 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: their playtimes, Gavin would always pretend to feed the lava 147 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: dragon his favorite toy food, a cooling berry. This would 148 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: actually help the lava dragon fall asleep and take a nap. Maya, 149 00:10:57,640 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: do you think the slushies at the gas station rest 150 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: up have the same effect as my cooling berry does 151 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 1: at home. It's our only chance, answered Maya. Without wasting 152 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 1: another moment, they darted towards the rest stop gas station, 153 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: their hearts pounding. Their parents, and the whole frightened crowd 154 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: watched in bewilderment as the siblings raced against time. Inside, 155 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: Maya quickly ordered the largest chilly cherry slushy that she could. Meanwhile, 156 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 1: Gavin searched for something to represent the cooling berry at home. 157 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 1: He always used a little bead, but now that the 158 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 1: toy is a ginormous monster, he's gonna need something a 159 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: little bit bigger than a bead. Luckily, he found a 160 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 1: large round balloon, filling it with the slushy, they now 161 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: had a giant cooling berry. Gavin held the giant slushy 162 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: filled loon and walked towards the Lava Dragon, carefully calling 163 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: out to it as he would during their playtimes. 164 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:19,319 Speaker 5: It's me, Gavin, I have a cooling berry for you, regnant, 165 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 5: The lava dragon appeared to be. 166 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 1: Talking to the boy. I don't know what he was saying, 167 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: but at the scent of the cooling berry, he bent 168 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: down curiously. He took a deep breath and smelled. Gavin 169 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: tossed the balloon into the open mouth of the lava Dragon. 170 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: The dragon swallowed it whole, and instantly a cool blue 171 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 1: streak started to spread from its core, replacing the fiery 172 00:12:51,640 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 1: red in. It let out a big y as it 173 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 1: slowly shrank down to its original toy size. 174 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,439 Speaker 6: The crowd let out a big cheer, and Maya and 175 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 6: Gavin shared a triumphant high five. We did it, Gavin, 176 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 6: Holy Smokes, Lava Dragon, How did this happen? 177 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: He said, as he held the now toy in his hands. 178 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: The two kids climbed back in their minivan, Gavin cradling 179 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 1: his lava Dragon toy closely, very grateful for its return. 180 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,680 Speaker 1: And even though their road trip had taken a very 181 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:40,559 Speaker 1: unexpected turn, Maya and Gavin had saved the day, armed 182 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: with their creativity and a jumbo slushy the end, Holy Smokes, friends, 183 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: wasn't that an epic adventure? Well, barons s like toys 184 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 1: go where kids, let's go, and this summer that means playcation. 185 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: Join in the summer fun with schlike, and you could 186 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: win a whole year worth of toys. Yes, an entire 187 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 1: year worth of toys. Wow. Dive into the fun today 188 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: at summerplaycation dot com or check down in the show 189 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: notes below to see how you can enter to win 190 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: a year worth of toys.