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 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: Let's go stop crash Stomp. Carter and well were on 17 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: the playground and they heard something enormous crashing through the 18 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 1: trees around them. Was that, Carter whispered to Wells. Both 19 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: boys had stopped running midstep to listen. The sounds were 20 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: getting closer. The boys began to run again and hide 21 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: under the twisty slide stomping and crashing was happening all 22 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: around them. They could see tree branches snapping and being 23 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: tossed overhead. Then gigantic, gianormous giant feet stepped over the 24 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: playground equipment. 25 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 3: The boys huddled together as at least three pairs of 26 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 3: giant feet stepped over the slides and swings across the 27 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 3: field and then back into the woods, snapping trees like sticks. 28 00:01:56,400 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: As they entered. Wells breathe didn't relieve. 29 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 3: Oh, I was worried we were gonna get smashed like 30 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 3: those trees. 31 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 1: Carter nodded me too. Then he got up and began 32 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: to walk towards the woods. Wait, h Carter, where are 33 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: you going? Yelled Wells, chasing after him. Carter kept walking 34 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: and answered, we obviously have to follow them. How often 35 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: do you get to see giants? Don't you want to 36 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,519 Speaker 1: know where they're heading? Wells couldn't deny that he was 37 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: curious too. Okay, I guess let's follow those giants. It 38 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,559 Speaker 1: wasn't hard for the boys to follow their trail. Everywhere 39 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: the giants went, they snapped trees and left massive footprints 40 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: in the ground. Carter and Wells had to be careful 41 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: to not fall into those footprints or any of the 42 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: toe prints, since none of the giants were even wearing 43 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: shoes retreat. Someone was shouting from up ahead where the 44 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: giants were. Carter and Wells could still hear the giants 45 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 1: crashing through the trees, but now there was another sound 46 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: mixed into it. Sounded like rocks smashing and tumbling to 47 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: the ground. What do you think that was, Wells asked Carter. 48 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 2: I don't know. 49 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: Who do you think that is? Carter asked in response. 50 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: The boys followed the voices shouting at the giants, and 51 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: soon the source of all the commotion came into view. 52 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: The giants they were following were surrounding a castle. As 53 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: the giants smashed walls and wave tree limbs, Carter pointed 54 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: to one of the castle walls, Wells look knights the 55 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: voices the boys had heard earlier along the knights on 56 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: top of the castle wall. They were still yelling orders 57 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: and trying to fight back, but it was pretty clear 58 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: to the boys they were losing the battle. 59 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 2: The giants are going to destroy their castle. We had 60 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 2: to do something to help. 61 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: Then Wells ran after the giants and Carter followed, hoping 62 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: he had a plan would you run after giants? 63 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 2: Oh? Wow, yeah, I hope you'd. 64 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: Have a really good plan if you're running after ginormous giants. 65 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 2: Hey, giants. 66 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: Well stood out in the open and yelled. The giants 67 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: stopped smashing the castle and turned to face him. Uh, okay, 68 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:47,359 Speaker 1: you got their attention. Wells, now, what, squeaked Carter. But 69 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,919 Speaker 1: instead of Wells answering one of the knights, did, he 70 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: yelled down. 71 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 2: To them, here, take these. 72 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: Then he threw two long objects at them. The giants 73 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: were too focus on the boys, who had stopped their 74 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: destruction of the castle to notice the stick like objects 75 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: as they landed in the grass between them. Carter turned 76 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: to Wells came up with a quick plan. I don't 77 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: know what those sticks are, but if the Knight thinks 78 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 1: they can help, we need to get them. Wells not 79 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: in an agreement, and Carter continued, The giants are ginormous, 80 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: but thankfully they aren't very fast. I'll run in circles 81 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: around their feet and confuse them, and you go for 82 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: those stick things. 83 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 2: Then Carter took off. 84 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 1: Hey we're down here, Hello giants, he yelled to them 85 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: as he ran away from the stick circling the feet 86 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: of the furthest giant boom boom. It stopped and spun slowly, 87 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: trying to catch him. Wells ran toward the objects in 88 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,279 Speaker 1: the grass and picked them up. They just looked like 89 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: long metal sticks. They weren't swords or sharp at all. 90 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: They were exactly the same, except one of them had 91 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: a button. He stared at them, confused. 92 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 2: Stick them in the ground between the castle and the giants. 93 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 2: Then press the button, shouted one of the knights. But 94 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 2: don't press the button until you put them in the ground. 95 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 2: It's very important. 96 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 1: Well still had no idea what they were talking about 97 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 1: or what these things were, but he listened to the Knight. 98 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: He saw that all the giants were now on his 99 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: right trying to catch Carter. He decided this would be 100 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: a good spot for the first stick. He shoved the 101 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: metal object into the ground and looked back at the night. 102 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: The Knight nodded back. 103 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 2: That's perfect. We didn't have time to place them before 104 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 2: the giants began smashing the castle. But the next one 105 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,119 Speaker 2: on the other side and get out of the way. 106 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: Wells ran to Carter, holding the second stick with the 107 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: button in his hand. 108 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 2: Carter, I have to stick this in the ground. Over there. 109 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 2: Keep the giants over here. 110 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: Carter kept running. You got it, but but hurry. The 111 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: giants were reaching down now, trying to pick him up 112 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: as he ran around them. Wells ran as fast as 113 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: he could to the other side and shove the stick 114 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: in the ground. Wells yelled back to Carter. 115 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 2: Okay, now run toward the trees. 116 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: Carter did at sea, said, and Wells pressed the button. 117 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: The metal stick began to buzz, and then a wall 118 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: of electrics shot out of the stick toward the first 119 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: one on the other side. All of the giants were 120 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: now stuck inside of the glowing, buzzing wall of electricity. Y'all, 121 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 1: boomed the first giant as it leapt in the air 122 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: from the zap of electricity. The other giants followed in choruses. 123 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 2: Of y'all, ally a. 124 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: Jumping out of the way of the electric wall that 125 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: was now blocking them from destroying the castle. Wells and 126 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: Carter began to cheer in high five until they realized that, 127 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: oh dear, they were now on the same side of 128 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: the electric wall as the giants. Oh Ron, Wells and 129 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: Carter took off back into the woods and away from 130 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: the giants. They made it back to the playground quickly, 131 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: Thankful that the giants were to slow, they picked up 132 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: their things and kept running all the way home to safety. Wow, 133 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: even though this is the end of our story, what 134 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,839 Speaker 1: do you think is gonna happen now that there's giants 135 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: living in their town? What would you do if if 136 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: giants lived in your town? 137 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 2: I'm not sure. 138 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: We're gonna have to keep thinking about that the end. 139 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: Great job, you listened all the way to the end, 140 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: and you know what time it is. It's time for 141 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: cord Shout out sa Cadence and Rioni from Canada, Una 142 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:47,719 Speaker 1: from somewhere in the world, the Sandy and Irvine from Sydney, Australia, 143 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:54,359 Speaker 1: Adeline from Illinois, Truman from Florida and Illinois, Vaughn from Australia, 144 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: and Elijah from California. I'm so glad that you're all 145 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 1: in the Kitchen Stories family. We could not have this 146 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: much fun with imagination without you, my friends. Will you 147 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: have a super duperree and I'll see you on our 148 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: next adventure. Bye.