1 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: Hey Friends, it's Mr Jim and welcome back to kids 2 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 1: short stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: the family. We do stories every single day right here, 4 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: and we even have activities that we make for you. 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 1: Down in the show notes below there's a link for 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: activities for kids and that's where we take our kids 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: animal stories podcasts and turn them into an awesome challenge 8 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: for you to do every single day at home or 9 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: at school. Well, friends, are you ready for today's story 10 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: from Sadie? She sent me this awesome idea. Let's go. 11 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: It was rainy and stormy night as Sadie was high 12 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: up in a lighthouse looking out with binoculars checking the ocean. 13 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: Wait a second, what's going on? You see, Sadie, she 14 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: was stationed on a match a cool dragon island in 15 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: the middle of the ocean. She had just received an 16 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: urgent message from h q saying that a purple Ninja 17 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 1: was on its way to try and steal its magical powers. 18 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: Have you heard of this Magical Dragon Island? Oh, it's 19 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: a beautiful, beautiful place, and sometimes it does rain and 20 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: storm there, but usually it is a sunny, perfect day there. 21 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: But what makes it magical? I'm glad you asked. You See, 22 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: in the very center of this island is a beautiful, 23 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: beautiful waterfall, but this waterfall is very different than the 24 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: ones that maybe you and I have seen before. You 25 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: see most waterfalls, in fact all waterfalls, their water falls 26 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: down right. Yes, there might be a river where a 27 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: lake up above, and that water runs right over the 28 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: edge and falls all the way to the bottom. Well, 29 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: you see, on this Magical Dragon Island, something is strange 30 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: about this waterfall, because the waterfall does not fall down, 31 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: it falls up. What? How is it possible? Well, it's 32 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,959 Speaker 1: a secret that I don't even know the answer to. Maybe, 33 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: just maybe, you can use your imagination to solve that secret, 34 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: but I haven't figured it out yet. And you see, 35 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: the dragons from all over the world. They fly to 36 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: this very island because not only is it magical to 37 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: watch a waterfall that falls up, but that water is 38 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: actually magic as well. Dragons come from miles and miles 39 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: away just to drink this magic water. I believe it 40 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: gives them their ability to fly, but I'm not exactly sure. 41 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: But all I know is that SADIE's job was to 42 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: guard this island, guarded from people that wanted to steal 43 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: this magic for themselves. You See, this kind of magic 44 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: is reserved only for dragons, and so as sadie bravely 45 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: stood a top of this lighthouse with her binoculars pressed 46 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: up against her eyes, she was on the lookout for 47 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 1: a Purple Ninja looking to steal that magic. All right. Oh, 48 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: this storm is bad, said Sadie. She was right. The 49 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: wind and rain and crashing thunder booms echoed throughout the lighthouse. Boom, crash. 50 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: With every minute that passed she was getting closer to, hopefully, 51 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: the end of the storm. You see, Sadie was a 52 00:03:55,960 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: very smart spy who already had a plan and of 53 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: how to trick the Purple Ninjas. This was not her 54 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: first time having to defend this island from somebody wanting 55 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: to steal something, and so she had built a second island. Yes, 56 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: in the middle of the ocean where she was, there 57 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: was this magical island, and not that far away from 58 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 1: it she had piled a whole bunch of rocks into 59 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: something that looked like the real island, but in fact 60 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: it was not. The real magical island was very easy 61 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: to identify because it had a very tall lighthouse. Do 62 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 1: you know what a lighthouse is? Yes, it's it's like 63 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: a very tall, skinny building and at the very top 64 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: is a light that spins around and it's its job 65 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: is to protect the shores for um boats that might 66 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: be passing by at night. And if you're driving a 67 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 1: boat on the water at night, it's really hard to 68 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: see without a light, and so those lighthouses, they help 69 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: boats stay away from the shores without crashing into the rocks. 70 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: But that lighthouse is what identifies this very secret island. 71 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: It's how the dragons know where to go. So if 72 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: the Purple Ninjas knew what to look for, wouldn't you 73 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: think that it would be easy for them to find 74 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: it if there's a bright light at the top? And 75 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: wait a second, look at that. Sadie has turned off 76 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: the light in the lighthouse that she's standing in and 77 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: the island over there that she built to trick the 78 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: Purple Ninjas, she put another light over there. Perfect. The 79 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 1: Purple Ninjas will think that they found this magical island, 80 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 1: but in fact it's only a pile of rocks. Hey, look, 81 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 1: there's the island. She could hear the Purple Ninjas in 82 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 1: the distance. The rain had stopped and the Purple Ninjas 83 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,239 Speaker 1: were flying towards what they thought it was the magical island. 84 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 1: So what exactly are we looking for? A good what 85 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: did the boss want us to take? Well, I heard 86 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: about there some kind of magical waterfall here, so just 87 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 1: look for some water or a waterfall or something, and 88 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 1: then we'll just steal the water. Okay, who looking? The 89 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: Purple Ninjas started to walk around this fake island. They 90 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: were very disappointed to not find anything, not take any water. 91 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 1: Are you sure this is the plate? Of course, I'm 92 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: shure it's the place. Look, it has the light here 93 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: and there's no other islands anywhere around here that have 94 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 1: this bright light. Uh, we must have gotten some bad information. 95 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: There's no magic here. Let's add back to the blimp, 96 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: said the Purple Ninja. Wow. Sadie watched quietly from her 97 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: dark lighthouse as the Purple Ninja's left. They flew away. 98 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:22,239 Speaker 1: Her plan had worked. As she waited for those Purple 99 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: Ninjas to leave and fly away, she saw some dragons 100 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: in the distance and she knew that she had to 101 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: turn her lighthouse back on to direct the dragons to 102 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: the right island. She turned the light on, she hopped 103 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: in a canoe and rode the boat over to the 104 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: other island to turn off the fake island's light. Who 105 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: just in time, said Sadie, as a whole flock of 106 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 1: dragons came flying to get some more magic. Wow, Sadie, 107 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: great job saving that Very Magical Dragon Island. It's important 108 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: that we keep our dragons safe, because we never know 109 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: when we might need their help on the spy team. 110 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: The End. Alright, friends, I need your help celebrating a birthday. 111 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: All right, this birthday. Kid's name starts with an R 112 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: and ends with an end. Do you have any friends 113 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: with a name that starts with an R and ends 114 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 1: with an end? Well, here we go. Drum roll please. 115 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 1: Happy Birthday, ruin. Rowan's turning six years old. His favorite 116 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: song is starting our struck by a C dacy. He 117 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: loves soccer and Messi and Barcelona's favorite colors green. Awesome, 118 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: and I hear you have a pretty awesome brother named 119 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: Nick Hill. Wow, I'm so glad, Rowan, that you got 120 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: to celebrate your birthday on the show. I hope your 121 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: six birthday it's your best one. Hab Great Job. You 122 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 1: listened all the way to the end, and you know 123 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: what somebody is. It's time for kid showed out, so 124 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: I want to say hey to Tessa and Sophia from 125 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: Venice Florida, Franklin from Nova Scotia, Tenson from New York, 126 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: Jack Lucy and Tommy from Glenview Illinois, Lochlin from Maryland, 127 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: Tom and Baul from Texas, Colton and Caroline from Canton Ohio, 128 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:36,319 Speaker 1: and Vivin from India. I'm so glad that you are 129 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 1: all on the kids short stories family and on the 130 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: spy team. We could not stop doctor stinky breath and 131 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 1: his crew without you, my friends. Will you have a 132 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:48,479 Speaker 1: super duper day and I will see you next time. Bye.