1 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to kit 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. Kitty was a cat who loved 16 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 1: to eat cookies. Every morning, Kitty would climb down the 17 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: stairs on the handrail and hop her way onto the 18 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: kitchen counter toward her very own cookie jar. Wait, what 19 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: there's a cat that has its own cookie jar? What 20 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: I'll under rad kurkil have to dull, said Kitty as 21 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: she knocked the top of the cookie jar. But today 22 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: no cookies greeted Kitty. No salmon Sandy's, no mackerel macaroons. 23 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: The cookie jar was empty. Kitty refused to believe it. 24 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: She stuck her fluffy face inside the cookie jar and 25 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: me out, Hello, circles, where are But no cookies answered, 26 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: not even a little crumb. Kitty couldn't believe her people 27 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: had forgotten to stock her cookies. Where are them? How 28 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: does have to remand them? Kitty huffed. She swished her 29 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: tail back and forth as she climbed back to the 30 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: banister toward the human's rooms. Wow, Kitty bellowed down the hallway. 31 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: She paused, waiting for them to heed her call. But 32 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: no people came out from behind their doors. Wow, Kitty 33 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: wind again. Surely those little humans, especially Ellie, would come running, 34 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: after all, this was an emergency, a kitty catastropheus. This 35 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 1: Kitty needed her cookies. But no humans came. Not even 36 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 1: a russell was heard from behind the doors. Kitty swished 37 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: her tail and turned, leaving onto the window ledge and 38 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: Kitty gasped. It was worse than she expected. Not only 39 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 1: were the humans not answering their cry for cookies, they 40 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:13,119 Speaker 1: weren't even home. The driveway was empty, which meant they 41 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: had taken their metal box somewhere. Oh, I think metal box. 42 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: I think that means their car and left her home 43 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: alone and cookie less. Kitty could be sassy, but she 44 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: was not a very wild cat. She liked her fluffy 45 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: pillow bed and her fresh bowl of water, and the 46 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: only mice she chase were made of fabric and stuffing. 47 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: She shuddered at the thought of being out on her own, 48 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: but since Kitty thought they had clearly abandoned her, she 49 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: would have to become an independent, brave kitty arm curfles them. 50 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: I'll just go out the lungril, turmar and bulk turn. 51 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: She had seen the little human do it plenty of times. 52 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: How hard could it be? So Kitty waltzed her confident 53 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: kitty'sself back through the kitchen, past her empty cookie jar, 54 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: full water bowl and a bowl of crunchy kibble, and 55 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: out the flap of the back door. Toward her first 56 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 1: day as a lone cat, Kitty had curled up in 57 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: the kitchen while Ellie baked cookies. Enough to remember the 58 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: ingredient list donald flower, acts and fush, Kitty told herself 59 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 1: as she pranced along the fence towards town. Though Kitty 60 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 1: had listened to Ellie baking, she was actually sleeping. You know, 61 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 1: cat naps. Cats take a lot of naps, so she 62 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: wasn't sure, except like, what these ingredients really looked like? 63 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 1: You know what I mean? Well, Kitty had entered town 64 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: and came upon the florist's shop. Parafun flower thus for Donald. 65 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: Kitty said this sounded correct to a cat who had 66 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: never cooked before. So Kitty picked her favorite flower and 67 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: continued on her hunt flower check. I'd found some ugs 68 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: on fush wait flower like from a flower shop. I 69 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: don't think that's the right kind of flower for making cookies. 70 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: What do you think? Kitty crossed through the park and 71 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: over to the pond. I'm the found a fuss floor, 72 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: she said. Kitty peered into the water and watched fish 73 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: swish around below. Being an indoor cat, she didn't know 74 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: the first thing about catching a fish. Mulbile donimal to ask. 75 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: Kitty batted at the water and yowled. He bustles come 76 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: her throat and turn runs of purckles, but the fish 77 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: just swished further away. Kitty harrimph. She looked across the 78 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 1: pond and saw oh, a farm stand and a farmer 79 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 1: selling eggs. What luck? Frown hobble back for little fussels. 80 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 1: Then she headed around the lake toward the farm stand. 81 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: Farmer Fred's farm fresh eggs, read the sign, just what 82 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: Kitty needed for her cookies. When the farmer was distracted, 83 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: Kitty leapt onto the table and landed beside the carton 84 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 1: of eggs. She certainly couldn't carry them all raw hell 85 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: on the little run right a fiut. Just Kitty opened 86 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 1: the curtain and attempted to grab one egg. Unfortunately, for Kitty, 87 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: her claws and fuzzy pause or no match for a 88 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: wobbly round egg. Kitty swatted the egg out of the 89 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: carton and off onto the table and splat. Hups, Let 90 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,679 Speaker 1: me try out of tomb, Kitty said as she tried 91 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: to dig her claws into the egg, and oh, cracked it. 92 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: Sticky egg whites dribbled out and Kitty jumped, sending more 93 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: eggs flying off the table on to the ground. Splat, splat, splat, 94 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: Hey shoe, get down cat. All of the slattering eggs 95 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: did finally catch farmer Fred's attention, and he rushed over 96 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: waving Kitty away. Kitty leapt off the back of the 97 00:07:54,040 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: table and hissed at the farmer. How rolled, Kitty exclaimed, 98 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: a swishing her tail. This was turning out to be 99 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: much more of an adventure than she was used to, 100 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: and Kitty was growing tired. It was time for a nap. 101 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: She gave up on catching fish or collecting eggs and 102 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: took one of her pretty pink flowers and headed home. 103 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: By the time Kitty arrived back at the flap in 104 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: the back door, he was growing dark. Kitty had no 105 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: cookies and was feeling quite sad. Um starve Kitty me 106 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: out as she trudged past her bowls of full of 107 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: water and full of food down the marketles. She cried 108 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: as she climbed none to the counter. Kitty was ready 109 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: to whine and yowl and maybe knock her empty cookie 110 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,839 Speaker 1: jar on to the floor, just to pass the time. 111 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: She heard movement upstairs. Kitty sat down and swished her tail, 112 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: listening extra closely. Ellie bounded into the room and saw 113 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: Kitty on the counter. There you are, Kitty, Oh what 114 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: a pretty flower? Did you pick it for me? Ellie 115 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 1: laughed and gave Kitty a pat. Here I have something 116 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: for you. Kitty watched as Ellie pulled the top of 117 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: the cookie jar and reached inside. Kitty swished her tail, 118 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: knowing it was empty. But then Ellie pulled out a 119 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: deliciously fishy smelling sartine snap cookie and plea did right 120 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,839 Speaker 1: in front of Kitty. I made these for you this afternoon, 121 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: Ellie smiled. Kitty purred and gobbled it up. Then she 122 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: meowed for more. Kitty the cat did not need to 123 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: be a wildcat after all. She no longer only ate 124 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: cookies for breakfast. No, now Kitty ate cookies for dinner too. 125 00:09:55,200 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: The end, Great job, you listened all the way to 126 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: the end, and you know what Tom it is. It's 127 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: time for Kurd Shout out Samanna, Seta Kingston and Giara 128 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: from Toronto, Canada, Felix from California, Ezra from Texas, Malcolm 129 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: from Vancouver, BC, Christen Analis from Tucson, Arizona, Claire from 130 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: Prince Edward Island, and Dante from Minnesota. I'm so glad 131 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: that you're all on the Kid Short Stories family. We 132 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: could not have this much fun with imagination without you, 133 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: my friends. Will you have a super or duber day 134 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: and I'll see you on our next adventure. Bye.