1 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: Hey, friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kid 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time or you're 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: still newer to our family, I want to encourage you 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: to try five. That's our challenge, where for five days 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: in a row, your kids listen to some awesome stories 6 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: to use their imagination and watch their creativity come to life. 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 2: You see, we make stories. 8 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:32,919 Speaker 1: Every single day for you, and you just never know 9 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 1: what kind of story you're gonna find on any given day. 10 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: So hang with me for five days, whether maybe driving 11 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: in the car or maybe during lunchtime, and I think 12 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: you're gonna find something pretty amazing happens. Well, friends, are 13 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: you ready for today's adventure? 14 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 2: Me too, Let's go. 15 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: It was a beautiful day as Ethan was helping his 16 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 1: grandparents clean out their attic, and boy was it a 17 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 1: big job. This box is really heavy, Grandma, All right, I'll. 18 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 2: Be right back. 19 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: Ethan was holding onto a box and had the job 20 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: to carry it all the way to the street for 21 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: garbage pickup. All day long, they had been going through 22 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of different things to make sure which 23 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: things they wanted to keep in when things it was 24 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: time to get rid of and Ethan had been working 25 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: hard and it was almost all done and almost time 26 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: for him to head home. But something truly magical was 27 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: about to happen. 28 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 2: Hey, Ethan, could you help me with this over. 29 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: Here, called his grandpa. Sure thing, I'll be right there, 30 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: yelled Ethan as he ran back towards the attic ladder. 31 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: The only way to get up and down from the 32 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: attic was one of those pull down ladders from the ceiling. 33 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: As Ethan climbed up the ladder to the attic, he 34 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: was met by his grandpa, who had a very large 35 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: crate that he was trying to open. I can't remember 36 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: what's in this old crate here, but can you help 37 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: me pull it open? Yeah? Sure. Ethan grabbed a screwdriver 38 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: that had a flat plate at the end of it 39 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: and wedged it into the corner of the crate and 40 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: pushed with all of his might until finally the top 41 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: of the crate popped open. WHOA wow, wow, I forgot 42 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: about all this stuff in here, said his grandpa. What 43 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: is all this and where you get it from? Asked Ethan. 44 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 1: These are all things that my grandparents gave to me 45 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 1: when I was about your age, and I think their 46 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: family gave it to them even longer before Wow, this 47 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: is some really cool stuff in here. Over the next 48 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,399 Speaker 1: hour or two, Ethan and his grandpa spent looking through 49 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: that crate full of some amazing old ancient treasures. Well 50 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: not exactly treasures like gold or silver, but some really 51 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 1: cool old stuff. By the end of the afternoon, it 52 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: was time for Ethan to head home. His parents were 53 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: waiting in the car, and he waved goodbye to his grandparents. Oh, Ethan, 54 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: I want you to take this box here. You can't 55 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: remember exactly what it does. I remember it was very 56 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: special in our family, and I want you to have it. WHOA, 57 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: thanks Grandpa, It's so cool, all right, love you bye. 58 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: Ethan grabbed the box, got into his parents car, and 59 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: they drove back home. Little did Ethan know how much 60 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: magic that box had inside of it. By the time 61 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: Ethan got home, he had examined every square inch of 62 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: this box. It was about the size as a shoe box. 63 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: It was made of old, old cedar wood. It smelled 64 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: really good. There was this door on the side and 65 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: it opened and closed. It was empty inside, but it 66 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 1: was still a very cool box from his grandpa. Ethan 67 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: brought it back to his bedroom and then joined his 68 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: family for dinner. While they're eating some delicious spaghetti and sauce, 69 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 1: they heard a sound. Good. It was a loud, crashing 70 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:40,239 Speaker 1: sound that came from Ethan's bedroom. Uh, can I be excused? 71 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go see what that sound was. Yes, that 72 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: was a strange sound, said his parents. Ethan walked back 73 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: to his bedroom and saw that that box from his 74 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: grandpa had fallen off the shelf he'd put it on, 75 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: which is very strange. There's nothing around here that could 76 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 1: have knocked it over. As he picked it up and 77 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 1: set it back on the shelf, he heard another sound. 78 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 1: It was a sound from inside the box. Ethan opened 79 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: up the. 80 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 2: Door and couldn't believe his eyes. Inside of this box 81 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 2: was a very small, but very real and alive elephant. Yeah, 82 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 2: an elephant. 83 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: Ethan dropped down to his knees and his mouth fellow, 84 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: but he couldn't believe what he was looking at. 85 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 2: This little, tiny, little elephant. It was so adorable, and. 86 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: It had this little trunk and it would raise it 87 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: up high and say, how in the world did you 88 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 1: get in this box? Said Ethan. With two hands, he 89 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: carefully picked up this elephant out of the box and 90 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: set it on the floor of his bedroom. The elephant 91 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 1: looked so happy it started to run around in circles 92 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 1: in his bedroom. That is when even more crazy stuff 93 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: started to happen. You see that Olliphant's feet were glowing 94 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: and sparkling, almost like I don't know, they were some 95 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: kind of magical feet. And everywhere the elephant stepped, plants 96 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: started to grow, and in just a few seconds, Ethan 97 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: watched as his entire bedroom turned into a jungle. He 98 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: had to show his parents. He rakes back to the kitchen. Oh, 99 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: you guys gotta see this, Ethan. What's the matter? So 100 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: what was that sound in your room? Did something fall? Uh? Yeah, 101 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 1: something foul, But there's something else going on. 102 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 2: You better come see this. 103 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: He grabbed his parents' hands and pulled them to his bedroom. 104 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: As they turned the corner to enter his room, they 105 00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 1: couldn't believe it. His entire room was a rain forest. 106 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: All of their mouths dropped open, and their eyes were 107 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: as big as donuts, like big donuts, like the kind 108 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: of big donuts that you dream about. Yeah, that's a 109 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: big as their eyeballs where they were all completely shocked. 110 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: Ethan We've been telling you to keep your room clean. 111 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 2: Whoa, whoa, whoa. This is not my fault. 112 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: This this is There's an elephant, a magic elephant that 113 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: came in the box from Crabit's house, and and everywhere 114 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: it walks, it just turns my everything into a jungle. 115 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: An elephant, they said, as they looked at Ethan suspiciously, 116 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: not believing him. Woooo. But then they heard a sound 117 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: from Ethan's closet, from a not so very small elephant anymore. 118 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: This elephant had grown a lot like a lot, a 119 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: lot big enough where Ethan could maybe even ride it. Ethan, 120 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: how long have you been hiding an elephant into your bedroom? 121 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: I promise this is not what it looks like. I've 122 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: not been hiding an elephant, and I this jungle did 123 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: not come from my messy room. It all came from 124 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: this box here, from Grandpa's house. They turned a look 125 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: at this wooden box that was completely empty and definitely 126 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: not big enough to house a jungle and an elephant 127 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: inside of it. The more Ethan tried to explain, the 128 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: crazier it sounded, until he picked up the wooden box 129 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: and tried to describe again. For the third time that 130 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: this elephant I was actually very small and fit inside 131 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: the box. And wait a second, Ethan opened the box 132 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: back up and inside was a sea turtle. 133 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 2: What is this doing here? 134 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: His parents couldn't believe it. Everything that Ethan had been 135 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: telling them was true, and this poor sea turtle needed 136 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: to get back to the ocean fast. Ethan grabbed under 137 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: the trunk of the elephant and carefully let it out 138 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,199 Speaker 1: of the bedroom and out of their house into the 139 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,959 Speaker 1: front yard. His parents knew that they had to get 140 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: to the ocean fast, and this elephant was pretty quick. 141 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 1: Ethan hopped on top of the elephant holding the sea turtle, 142 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: and off they rode to the ocean. Don't worry, they 143 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: made it just in time to the ocean to let 144 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: this sea turtle go free. And it was a very 145 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: happy turtle, happy to be free in the ocean. But 146 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 1: even though this is the end of our story, it 147 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: is only just the beginning of the amazing magical stories 148 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: that Ethan will find inside that box from his grandpa's house. Wow, 149 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: wouldn't that be so cool to have a box like 150 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: that where if you closed it and open it up, 151 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: you'd be greeted with some kind of magical animal inside. Wow, 152 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: that would be so cool. I can't wait to hear 153 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: all the rest of the adventures that lie ahead for 154 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: Ethan and his new elephant friend. The end and now 155 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: it's time for Kurd shout outs. I want to say 156 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: to Faith from Biston, Henry and Violet from Australia, Austin 157 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: and Jolie from Delaware, Imani from Pakistan, Mack and Jonah 158 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 1: from Alberta, Canada, Royce from Colorado, Messiah from Virginia, and 159 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: Roomy Bell from Cleveland, Ohio. I'm so glad that you're 160 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:42,559 Speaker 1: all in the kids short stories of family and on 161 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: the spy team. We could not stop doctors, thank your 162 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: breath that it's crewe without you, my friends. Well you 163 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 1: have a super duper day and I will see you 164 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: on our next adventure. 165 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 2: Bye.