1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,680 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 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:46,680 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 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: Me too. Let's go deep in the forest. A spruce 16 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: tree sat among a clump of other evergreen trees. The 17 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: early morning sun was rising and its first rays touched 18 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: the spruce, warming its needles. The spruce tree yawned, Oh, 19 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:24,320 Speaker 1: good morning sun, Good morning birds. He shook his branches 20 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: and the birds tweeted, flying out of them. Good morning. 21 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: Brouce cursal louders. Then the birds disappeared into the forest 22 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: to find berries and worms. Dined to go on my 23 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: morning walk, said Bruce. The spruce. The ground beneath him 24 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: rumbled a bit, giving way to two large roots. He 25 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: shook the dirt off of them and stepped forward. Holy 26 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: a walking tree headed right towards the stream. Good morning, schirls, 27 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: Bruce called out. They chittered back to him. Get good morning. 28 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: We will come laying your branches later, Bruce by. He 29 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: made it to the river and dipped his root feet 30 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: into the cool running water. By my thirsty, he shouted 31 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: as he slurped up water through his roots. First to 32 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: join him at the river was the Bear family. Good morning, Bruce, 33 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: Papa Bear called out. Bruce waved his branches. Holo, oh, 34 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: you have a bunch of pine cones for you this morning. 35 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: Right here. Baby Bear ran over excitedly and climbed into 36 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: Bruce's branches, munching on crunchy pine cones. Before the rest 37 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: of his family could join him. They talked to Bruce 38 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: about their plans for the and the things going on 39 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: in the forest. Then their tone turned serious. Be careful, Bruce, 40 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: We saw a person walking through the forest. He was 41 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: wearing a red plaid shirt. He looked like a lumber jack. Shouted, 42 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:28,679 Speaker 1: Papa Bear. A person this deepened the woods, asked Bruce skeptically, 43 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: Will I will keep an eye out, thinks bears. The 44 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: bears waved goodbye to Bruce, and Bruce left the river 45 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: headed towards the wild flower field. There he met the 46 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: Deer family, who were waiting for him. Good morning. Bruce 47 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: called out Mama Dear. Her and her fawn headed over 48 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: to Bruce's lower branches to eat some pine cones. Baby 49 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: Deer was crunching and munching her first pine cone when 50 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: she shouted, has a person tot all? Mama Bear suddenly 51 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: looked very serious and added, be careful, Bruce. He had 52 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: a big beard and suspenders on. He looked like lumberjack. 53 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 1: Bruce was still surprised to hear this. The person is 54 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: deep in the woods. Are you sure? Mama Dear nodded 55 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: she was very sure. Bruce shugged he wasn't worried. The 56 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 1: forest was massive and he had never seen a human 57 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: this far out here. Dear family finished eating their pine 58 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: cones and waved goodbye to Bruce. Bruce continued on his walk, 59 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: stopping to drop some pine cones off for the bunnies 60 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,679 Speaker 1: and the birds he saw along the way. Each time 61 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: they warned him about the lumberjack in the woods, Bruce 62 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 1: started to get a bit worried, but he still hadn't 63 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: seen anyone. By mid afternoon. He admitted it to his 64 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: favorite patch of sunlight and wiggled his roots back into 65 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: the dirt for a quick napoo. Bruce awoke to the 66 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 1: sound of stomping boom, boom boom. I still haven't found 67 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: the perfect tree, said a man's voice. Bruce couldn't believe it. 68 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: There really was a human the steep in the forest. 69 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: What was he doing, Bruce wondered, Wow, would you look 70 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: at that one? The man exclaimed. He walked towards Bruce. 71 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 1: He had a big, bushy beard, a red plaid shirt 72 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 1: and suspenders. He was also holding an axe, ready to 73 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 1: chop down trees. Bruce gulped as the man approached him. Wow, 74 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: this tree is part faked. It's so tall and strong. 75 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: I could make so many things out of this wood. 76 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: The man got ready to chop down Bruce's trunk. Before 77 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: he could take his first swing, Bruce pulled up his 78 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: roots and began to run. The man froze in shock 79 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: for a moment. Wait, hey, wait, come back here. He 80 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:29,359 Speaker 1: began running after Bruce. The birds saw the man chasing 81 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: Bruce first and started tweeting loudly, Burlce personals are up. 82 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: They flew after the man, diving at him and even 83 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: dropping some stinky presence on his head. The man waved 84 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: them off and kept chasing Bruce. Bruce ran through the 85 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: field where the deer were. The deer chased after the 86 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: man that was chasing Bruce, but he still didn't stop. 87 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: Bruce ran towards the stream. The Bear family had not 88 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: gone gotten far from where they were this morning and 89 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 1: saw Bruce run past them. Then they saw the lumberjack 90 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: chasing him. Who's gotta solve Bruce, Let's go, called out 91 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: baby Bear. He began chasing after the man, with Mama 92 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: Bear and Papa Bear chasing after him. When Bruce got 93 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: to the river, he had to slow down to climb 94 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: into the water. The lumberjack caught up to him just 95 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: as he was stepping his second long root foot in. 96 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: He grabbed Bruce's branches, but then he froze. A loud 97 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: growl sounded behind him. A nice little bear, the lumberjack said, 98 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: putting his hands up. He was nervous, but still standing 99 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: next to the river where Bruce was. Then two louder 100 00:07:55,560 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: growls came from just behind Baby Bear. Er Mama Bear 101 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: and Papa Bear stood up on their hind legs, growling 102 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: even louder. Now the man was really nervous. The bears 103 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: prowled closer to him, and the birds came back, swarming 104 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: above the lumberjack. He started to back away from Bruce 105 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: and they followed. He picked up speed and sewed at 106 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: the forest animals until the lumberjack was running and the 107 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: animals were chasing him at full speed. They chased the 108 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: lumberjack until he was out of the forest. When the 109 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: animals came back, everyone cheered. Bruce thanked all of his 110 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: friends for saving him, and no lumberjacks dared to ever 111 00:08:52,880 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: enter the deep forest again. The end. Great job. You 112 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: listened all the way to the end, and you know 113 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: what time it is. It's time for some kid shout out. 114 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: So I want to say hey to THEO from New Hampshire, 115 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: Louis from Taiwan, Heat from Tennessee, Isabella from Maryland, and 116 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: Sale from Victoria BC. I'm so glad that you're all 117 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: on the Kitchens or his family. We could not have 118 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: this much fun with imagination without you, my friends. Well 119 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: you have a super duberday and I'll see you on 120 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: the next adventure. Bye.