1 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: Hello freds, it's Mr Jim and welcome back to kids 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: short stories. Did you know that we make some awesome 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:13,159 Speaker 1: activities and challenges for you to do? Yeah, one of 4 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: our other podcasts, kids animal stories, has activities and challenges 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: that we make just for you. So if you love 6 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,760 Speaker 1: critters of all shapes and sizes, you've got to become 7 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: a critter protector and complete these challenges down to the 8 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: show nuts below. Your parents can check that out. But 9 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: are you guys ready for today's adventure? I am. Let's go. 10 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: It was a cold and windy day up in the 11 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 1: snow mountains as Connor the dragon poked his head out 12 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:55,639 Speaker 1: from his cave. Today is going to be a good day. 13 00:00:55,800 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: I can tell because I am I always have good day. 14 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 1: Si'm a China Arms Dragon. Connor was a dragon, a 15 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 1: good dragon, who was very proud of how big he was. 16 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: He was a ginormous dragon with a long tail and 17 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: big wings and a very long tongue. He always loved 18 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 1: being the biggest of all of the critters that lived 19 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: on that Snow Mountain. But today, little did connor know 20 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: that everything was about to change. What am I going 21 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: to do today? Maybe I will go pick up some 22 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: trees to show how strong I am and make my 23 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: muscles even bigger. Yes, that is a good idea. I'M 24 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: gonna go work on getting even bigger and stronger. Yeah, 25 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: Connor the Dragon, he was pretty proud of how big 26 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: he was, if you can't tell by now. Well, his 27 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: day today he decided he was gonna go lift some trees. Wow, 28 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: I cannot lift a tree, can can you? Wow, he 29 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:26,239 Speaker 1: must be a ginormous dragon. As Connor started walking down 30 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 1: the mountain towards the forest, he was very excited to 31 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: start working his muscle magic. Oh, come here tree. He 32 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: ripped the tree right out from the ground and held 33 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 1: it over his head and did a few cool moves 34 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: at the tree. He threw it around like it was 35 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: just a tiny little stick, but it was an entire tree. 36 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: Holy smokes, Connor isn't a ginormous dragon. What is that 37 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: over there? Something caught Connor's eye. Off in the distance 38 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: was a tree that had a certain glow to it 39 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: and sparkle. It looked kind of like it was covered 40 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: in snow, but it wasn't. As he walked closer and closer, 41 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: he couldn't believe his eyes. Holy smokes, that is it? 42 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 1: Is that a crystal tree? Oh, I must have that 43 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: in my cave. As he put his two ginormous hands 44 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: and claws around the trunk of the tree, it felt 45 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: and sounded very different. Oh, this tree almost feels magical. Wow, 46 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: this is gonna look good in my house, said Connor. 47 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: He started to pull with all of his might, but 48 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: the tree did not budge. What in the world is 49 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: going on here? Said Connor. Okay, I just need to 50 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: change my footing a little bit and get a better grip, 51 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: because there's no tree that I cannot pull out. No 52 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: matter how hard he pulled and twisted and pushed it 53 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: with all of his might, the tree did not move 54 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: an inch. Wow, this tree thinks it's stronger than me, 55 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: but I'm about to show him a thing or two, 56 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: said Connor, as he pulled up his scales a little 57 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: higher and one more big pull ahead. He was going 58 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: to use all of his might, every single ounce of 59 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: muscle in his body to get this magical tree back 60 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: to his cave. One, two, three, he was pulling with 61 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: all of his might and finally a tiny little branch 62 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: fell off into his claw. As he opened up his 63 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: claw hands and saw this tiny little twig inside. He 64 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 1: couldn't believe it. Wait a second, that's the only thing 65 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: I got from this whole tree. But then all of 66 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: a sudden something magical started to happen. That little twig 67 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: that he had broken off from the tree started to 68 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 1: sparkle and smoke, and all of a sudden this cloud 69 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 1: started to rise around connor and he got a little nervous. 70 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: What in the world is happening? What? What have I done? 71 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: As he shouted, he was instantly covered in a cloud 72 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: of smoke and started to roll down the mountain. Leaves, 73 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: dirt and dust spat out from all around him as 74 00:05:55,520 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: he was sliding down this whole mountain. Several minutes later, 75 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: he finally came to a stop at the bottom of 76 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 1: the mountain. A right happen. What happened? Worse, said Connor 77 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 1: R why does everything look surgeon Norma's Trus Rhotas Varrel 78 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: Bunnon lit her hands. Why are the claws? Somehow Connor 79 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: the dragon had been transformed into connor the Scorpion, and 80 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 1: Scorpions are quite a bit smaller than the giant dragon 81 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: that connor used to be, and so the whole wide 82 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: world looked a whole lot bigger than just a few 83 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: minutes ago. My loufuls over, but I'm so small. Rammal, 84 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: how lustable and Molls and drowned, and that was normous 85 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 1: and strong, but now I'm just a small, little Scorpal. 86 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: Connor was really sad. Remember being really big and strong 87 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: was like Connor's whole identity. That is who he believed 88 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: he was and was like the most important things. So 89 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: I can totally understand why he would be so upset 90 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: and sad for those to be taken away. And now 91 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: everything has changed. His whole life is now very different, 92 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: ever since he touched that magical tree on top of 93 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: the mountain. Hello there, what seems to be the problem? LA, 94 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: the names check. I'm the beaver around these parts. I've 95 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: never seen a scorpion cry before. What seems to be 96 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: the problem? So they're never a little but my loaf 97 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: was over. Oh well, I'm sorry, that's something terrible happened. 98 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: But you see, it's normally around here that everyone's very 99 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: afraid of Scorpions because of that big Stinger that you 100 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: have on the backside of you of a Stinger on 101 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: my burtle. Well, yes, the back of your tail have 102 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: have you never noticed it before? It's the coolest part 103 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: of Scorpions. But that's why we're all a little cautious 104 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 1: around you, because nobody wants to get stung. Oh don't 105 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna Stung. How that long looks, brottle corral, 106 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: connor the Scorpions started to wave his tail back and forth, 107 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: checking out that cool Stinger at the end, and it 108 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,719 Speaker 1: was at that moment that Connor realized that even though 109 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: he wasn't ginormous, he did have a super secret cool 110 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: skill as a Scorpion. Well, chuck, it looks like a 111 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:03,679 Speaker 1: little on Laurel friends, frenzy, you say, I've never been 112 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 1: friends with US Scorpion before. Well, I'll have a lot 113 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: to learn about those new clothes, about in Ireland them, 114 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: and I don't talk in the middle the run'll fligger 115 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: it out alarmed the role. And that may be the 116 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: end of the story, but just the beginning of Connor's 117 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: new adventure. Although he's no longer the big and strong 118 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: and scary dragon, I think he's gonna find some pretty 119 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: cool things about being a scorpion. Now the end. Great job, 120 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: you listen to all the way to the end, and 121 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: you know what time of days. It's time for kid 122 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,719 Speaker 1: shout out. I want to say hey to white and 123 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 1: Charlie from Oregon, Reese from New Hampshire, K of from Washington, 124 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: Simon from Vancouver, a Thar from Washington, Ashton from Illinois, 125 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 1: Conley from Charlotte, West White and Jake from Connecticut. I'm 126 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: so lad that you're all on the kids or stories 127 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 1: family and down the spy team. We could not stop 128 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: doctor stinky breath and his crew without you, my friends. 129 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,959 Speaker 1: Will you have a super duper day and I will 130 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: see you on our next adventure. Bye.