1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's Mr Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Did you know that we make some really 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: fun activities for you to do at home after listening 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: to stories, or maybe you're while you're listening to the story. Yeah. 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: Down in the show notes below, your parents can click 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: on those links for activities for kids, and we turn 7 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: all of our animal stories into some really fun stuff 8 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,639 Speaker 1: for our critter protectors to do. So make sure that 9 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: you check out that today. But right now it's time 10 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: for storytime. Let's go. It was a beautiful day as 11 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: Ryan the Unicorn stepped outside. You see, she was really 12 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: excited for another day of hero work. She was a 13 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: member of the Mythological Creature Superhero Association. It's a big word, 14 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: but basically a whole bunch of mythical creatures like Big 15 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: It's and Yeties and Lochness, monsters and unicorns all got 16 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: together and they're all assigned different jobs of superhero kind 17 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: of work. Ryan had already eaten breakfast a nice big 18 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: bowl of Rainbow Puff cereal and was set it to work, 19 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: and she really wanted today to be amazing. She was 20 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: a little sad that all the jobs that were usually 21 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: assigned to her were not exactly what she imagined. You see, 22 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 1: Ryan the Unicorn imagined that her superhero work would be 23 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: something epic and amazing. But last week they gave her 24 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 1: the job of watering the flowers, and the week before 25 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: that she helped an old lady cross the street. But 26 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: today it was gonna be different. Maybe today would even 27 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: be dangerous. Whatever's gonna be, Riah was ready for it. 28 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: A good morning, Royo gard Marlon uster Lock. Rya was 29 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: just walking in to work and saying hi to some 30 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: friends and was headed right to her boss's office. Riah, 31 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: it's great to see you today. How how are the 32 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: flowers doing outside? That's are the flowers are? Drink rolt um, 33 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: but act turning them to talk to her about something else. 34 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Riyah, what's on your mind? Rose? I'll think 35 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 1: down ruddle for something amozing, A little bit of dunger, 36 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: a little bit of excitement. Where can the chops? We 37 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: have to do that out? That's a little bit more 38 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: exciting the dangerous than widdle on the paternals. Well, you see, Ryo, 39 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 1: when you're the first Unicorn to to join the Academy, 40 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: and we don't want anything dangerous to happen to you 41 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: because you're a unicorn, and so so that is why 42 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 1: you've been assigned the duties that you've been assigned. But 43 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: you're right. You have done an amazing job and you 44 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: did score very high on your tests. So I think 45 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: I have the perfect job for you. Lords or Ruddles, 46 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: Rundles up here, take a look at this folder. Riya 47 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: was handed a folder with a whole bunch of papers, 48 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: uh and a message that read on the front of 49 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: it that said muscles tuttons. I was harding for something 50 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: a little bit Marlins russ but fluffled tuttons. Oh we 51 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: thought you would, all right, Riyah, will good luck and 52 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: let me know how the mission goes. As Ria the 53 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: Unicorn walked outside and started to scan through all the 54 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: papers and the folder. She got to work following the clues, 55 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: But little did she know that this mission would actually 56 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: turn into an insanely dangerous adventure, one that was not 57 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: just about saving little Fluffy Kit, but it was something 58 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: much more. Through the rest of the afternoon, the clues 59 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: that she had in that folder led her along a 60 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: very confusing chase, following many different leads. You see, as 61 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: a detective, uh, certain clues. Maybe they lead you to something, 62 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: or maybe they don't. And so the one clue that 63 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: led her over to the pizza store that didn't lead 64 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 1: to any found missing kittens, and the ice cream that 65 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: was just a snack that she wanted along the way. 66 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: But this next page of clues talked something about mountain 67 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: off in the forest. Somebody had heard rumors about a 68 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: dragon that lived there, and that this dragon really liked 69 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: fluffy things. Maybe Riya should go check out that leads 70 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: calling card. I've ever have fortress on the job, or 71 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: the the varlet saddle, Mr Ross roller bottled on the 72 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: harp on that or Grammar across the Rya was right. 73 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 1: This case was way better than helping that old lady 74 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: cross the street, even though she was a really nice 75 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:18,359 Speaker 1: old lady. But rizal life, she had dreamed for solving 76 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: a real mystery. How about you? Would that be kind 77 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: of fun to solve a real mystery like the case 78 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 1: of the missing kittens? M hmm. Do you think Ryan's 79 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: gonna solve this one? I think she is well. A's 80 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: Ria the Unicorn started on this journey into the forest 81 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: towards the mountain, towards that giant, big gave up on 82 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: the very top. She had no idea what she was 83 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: about to stumble into. Harless sure the outside the Rundall's 84 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: blurring on the butter flowers, How aboutter flowers. Riya did 85 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: get a little bit distracted sometimes and it was a 86 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: little hard for her to stay focused. Which that happens 87 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: to me all the time. Is that kind of hard 88 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: for you to stay focused sometimes? Oh? Yeah, me too. 89 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: One little butterfly can just send me off in the 90 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 1: direction that I shouldn't be. Await on a second, where's 91 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: the story? Oh yes, oh yes, let's keep going. As 92 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: Rya the Unicorn made it all the way to the top, 93 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: she was now standing in front of a very large cave. 94 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: Rats that says a bug arplm, Hello, it's on the 95 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: bottles low. It was very quiet. She didn't hear anything, 96 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: but then she heard a small sound, her little smarts 97 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: that sounds on our little slow. Rya started to immediately 98 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: look all all over the cave for that sound, and 99 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: then she found it Arma Flora thora half friends. It 100 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: was adorable. There were four little fluffy orange kittens. She 101 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: instantly fell in love, and Riah picked them all up 102 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 1: and they climbed all over her, and they were so 103 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: happy because I hear someone there were the ginormous dragon 104 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: in the cave that had kidnapped all those kiddies. I 105 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: guess that you could call it they got kidnapped, kitten napped. 106 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: I don't know what would you call it? Kat napped? Oh? Yeah, 107 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: cats take naps, That's what we'll call it. They got 108 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: kat napped. All four of the kittens held on to 109 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: Riah the Unicorn as she zoomed out of the cave 110 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: and flew off into the distance, just out of reach 111 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: of that very scary dragon. Wow. Great job, Rya, you 112 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: save those kittens on your very first dangerous adventure. Who 113 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: would have thought that looking for lost kittens would lead 114 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: to a chinormous dragon. Wow. Well, I'm pretty sure the 115 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: entire superhero Agency is gonna be very proud of Rya 116 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: the Unicorn. And even though this at the end of 117 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: our story, it is definitely only just the beginning amazing 118 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 1: adventures that lie ahead for Rya the Unicorn. Don don hey, friends, 119 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: it's time to celebrate a birthday and I need your 120 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: help guessing today's birthday kid. The name starts with a 121 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: C and ends in an aide. You have any guesses. Well, drumroll, 122 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:06,679 Speaker 1: please Happy birthday Clara's durning seven years. Oh wow, I 123 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: hear she's a stellar ringette player, a swimmer and singer. 124 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: That is so amazing, Clara. 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