1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kid 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 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: Me too. 16 00:00:51,080 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: Let's go crash a number of the size of a 17 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: cow landed outside august classroom window. Okay, class, the number 18 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: of the day is five. Start counting out five blocks 19 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: at your table, please, announced the teacher. Every day they 20 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: practice a new number. They never knew what number it 21 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: would be until the volcano spit it out. Yes, you 22 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: heard me right. Their town had always used the volcano 23 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: to help them out with numbers. That crash you heard 24 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: earlier was the big number five blasting out of the 25 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: volcano and crashing into the grass next to their classroom. 26 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: Whenever they had to count numbers in gym class, the 27 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: volcano spit them out. When they crossed the finish line. 28 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: For races, the volcano spit out the numbers. The racers 29 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: had placed. Billboards that showed the price of snacks or 30 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: gas were made up of numbers. Spit out you know 31 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: who that number volcano. The volcano numbers didn't last forever, though. 32 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: They were made of crumbly rock that could easily be broken. 33 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: That night, while August was sleeping, the garbage men would 34 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: come around and break any old numbers they didn't need anymore, 35 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: and vacuum up the crumbs. After school, August helped the 36 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: rest of the town prepare for the big race tomorrow. 37 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: The whole town would be there to cheer on the 38 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 1: runners as they crossed the finish line, and there were 39 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: a lot of signs to make. He went to bed 40 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: early that night, excited for the day ahead. August and 41 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: his family woke up bright and early and headed toward 42 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: the race. They met up with friends and waved their 43 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 1: signs as the runners passed by, and as the runners 44 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: near the finish line, everyone circled around it, leaving a 45 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: spot for the volcano numbers to fall. The first runner 46 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: crossed the finish line to loud cheers from the crowd. Yeah, 47 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: the volcano spit out the number one. The runner stood 48 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: next to it proudly. Then the next runner crossed the 49 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: finish line. The volcano rumbled and spit out the next 50 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: number two. Wait, the crowd stopped cheering when it saw it. 51 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: Another number one? But how can that be? The crowd murmured. 52 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: The announcer for the race was confused two and set 53 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: it into the microphone. 54 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 2: I guess we have two first place winners in this race. 55 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: The first runner, who had crossed the finish line looked 56 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: a little confused, but didn't say anything. Then the next 57 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: runner crossed and stood waiting for their number. The volcano 58 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: groaned and out flew the number five. The runner who 59 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: finished immediately after them received number three. Hey, I finished 60 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: before them, Why am I number five? The townspeople started 61 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: to murmur loudly, where's. 62 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 2: The number two? Why are there two number ones? 63 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: That person clearly came in first place. The more runners crossed, 64 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: the announcer called out the numbers as the volcano spit. 65 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 2: Them one seven fifteen, number one again, one hundred and five. 66 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: The noise from the crowd had grown really loud. Now 67 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: what is wrong with our volcano, August wondered. The runners 68 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 1: from the race all looked unhappy. Now trophies were being 69 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: handed out, but there weren't enough first place trophies for 70 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: everyone in, and no one had actually won the second 71 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: place trophy. The real first place winner had had enough. 72 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: Why are we listening to the numbers from all volcano? 73 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: I was off the first one. The townspeople didn't know 74 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: the answer. But we've always used the volcano to help 75 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: us with numbers. How else can we count, August suggested, 76 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: on our fingers, we're using blocks. There was a loud 77 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: murmur from the crowd as his neighbors and friends held 78 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: out their hands. They wiggled their fingers as if trying 79 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 1: to count on them themselves for their very first time. 80 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: But how will we know what the number of the 81 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: day is, or or how much things cost? August thought 82 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: about this, I don't know, Uh, make them up. The 83 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: people gasped. Then they whispered, whisper, whisper, whisper. Then they 84 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: began shaking their heads in agreement. The announcer watched over 85 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: the crowd and observed, all right, folks, I guess it 86 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: is decided. We will count on our own. We don't 87 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: need the volcano anymore. As if in response, the volcano 88 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: spouted and growled. It began spitting out numbers rapidly, without 89 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: any rhyme or reason. Strings of seven landed on the road, 90 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: blocking traffic. Threes became caught in trees and birdness, and 91 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: the largest two anyone had ever seen fell where the 92 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 1: announcer had been standing only moments before boom. The townspeople 93 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: began to panic, trying to dodge the falling numbers. They 94 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: landed all around them in any order. They pleased, trying 95 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: to calm this angry number volcano. August shouted, we can 96 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: still use you, volcano, just please, no more numbers. The 97 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: volcano stopped spitting out numbers, and everything quieted down. Everyone 98 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: stopped running and looked towards the volcano to see what 99 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: it would do next. Now that it had everyone's attention, 100 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: the volcano rumbled again. It spit something else out, something new, 101 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: something they'd never seen before, And it sailed through the 102 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:34,119 Speaker 1: air and landed next to August. It was small enough 103 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: to pick up. August held it in his hand and 104 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: presented it to the crowd. It was a letter A 105 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: for August. I guess this number volcano has now turned 106 00:07:47,560 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: into the alphabet volcano the end. Great job, you listened 107 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: all the way to the end, and you know what 108 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: time it is. It's time for Kurd shout out. So 109 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: I wanna say hello to Charlie from British Columbia, Rlow 110 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: from Michigan, Lincoln from Delaware, Abbey from South Carolina, Finley 111 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: from Virginia and from Calgary, and Gabriel and Adrian from 112 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: Saint Charles, Missouri. I'm so glad that you're all on 113 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: our Kits shirt stories family. We could not have this 114 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: much fun with imagination without you, my friends will whew, 115 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: you have a super duperdayan I'll see you on our 116 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: next diventure. 117 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 2: Bye.