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Speaker 1: Hey, friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kid

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time or you're

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Speaker 1: still newer to our family, I want to encourage you

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Speaker 1: to try five. That's our challenge, where for five days

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Speaker 1: in a row, your kids listen to some awesome stories

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Speaker 1: to use their imagination and watch their creativity come to life.

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Speaker 1: You see, we make stories every single day for you,

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Speaker 1: and you just never know what kind of story you're

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Speaker 1: gonna find on any given day. So hang with me

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Speaker 1: for five days, whether maybe driving in the car or

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Speaker 1: maybe during lunchtime, and I think you're gonna find something

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Speaker 1: pretty amazing happens.

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Speaker 2: Well, friends, are you ready.

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Speaker 1: For today's adventure? Me too, Let's go.

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Speaker 2: It was a beautifully.

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Speaker 1: Perfect day as Patten, Lewis and Hollis. We're all very

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Speaker 1: excited about something. Is it time to go yet? Shouted

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Speaker 1: Patten to his parents. Almost do you guys have all

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Speaker 1: your fishing stuff ready to go? Of course we do.

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Speaker 1: We've been like ready for days, shouted Lewis. Patton, Lewis

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Speaker 1: and Hollis were going on a fishing trip to their

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Speaker 1: Nana and Papa's pond. They love to go to this

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Speaker 1: pond and had this really old row boat that they

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Speaker 1: the best fishing spots to catch a big one. As

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Speaker 1: they loaded up the car with all their fishing gear

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Speaker 1: and snacks, the car pulled out of the driveway and

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Speaker 1: off they were. I can't wait. Do you think we're

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Speaker 1: gonna see that one crazy thing we saw last time?

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Speaker 1: Said Louis. That would be insane. Do you remember what

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Speaker 1: it looked like? Said Patten. I really think it was

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Speaker 1: some kind of scary looking fish with legs or something,

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Speaker 1: said Hollis. It can't be there's no fish with legs,

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Speaker 1: said Lewis. I know I saw it too, said Patten.

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Speaker 1: It could have been a fish with legs. Maybe, I

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Speaker 1: don't know. Maybe it's like a mutant fish or something.

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Speaker 1: They laughed as they drove along, talking about that mythical

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Speaker 1: creature that they've seen a few times in that pond.

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Speaker 1: Have you ever seen something alive in the wild that

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Speaker 1: mythical creature like a bigfoot or a larknous monster. Well, Patton,

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Speaker 1: Lewis and Hollis they were convinced that there was some

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Speaker 1: their nana and papa's backyard.

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Speaker 2: We're finally here.

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Speaker 1: As the car turned in and rode down the gravel driveway,

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Speaker 1: they bumped along the way and all the dust that

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Speaker 1: because they forgot to put the windows up.

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Speaker 2: Quig put the windows up.

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Speaker 1: I can't breathe, shouted Hollis as they hurriedly closed the windows,

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Speaker 1: but all that dust from the gravel road was already

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Speaker 1: said Louis. Yeah, I can't wait to brush this off

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Speaker 1: once we Nana, shouted Patten. They all raced out of

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Speaker 1: arms and oh, it's so good to see you all,

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Speaker 1: said there.

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Speaker 2: Nana, come over here and give me a hug.

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Speaker 1: Said there, Papa, you know that creature that you told

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Speaker 1: I saw him over there this morning. So you boys,

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Speaker 2: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Paton, Lewis and Hollis grabbed all their gear and off

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Speaker 1: they ran through the grass headed towards the pond. They

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Speaker 1: really cool rowboat. It was made of wood. It had

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Speaker 1: to have been like one hundred years old. It was

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Speaker 1: Have you ever been on a rowboat before? Yeah. It

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Speaker 1: has these two paddles on both sides of the boat

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Speaker 2: And pull back, lean forward and pull back.

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Speaker 1: And those paddles pushed the boat through the water. It

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Speaker 1: Have you guys seen anything yet, asked Patten. Nope, nothing,

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Speaker 1: It had now been about two hours that they had

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Speaker 1: That can happen sometimes, you know, when you go fishing

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Speaker 1: of hungry, Hollis. Did you bring any the snacks with

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Speaker 1: I got I brought some of these crackers here. Oh

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Speaker 1: gimme some. I need them, said Louis, as he anxiously

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Speaker 1: Crumbs of the crackers were flying everywhere as he gobbled

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Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, all those crackers that

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Speaker 1: the water and they saw something. Did you see that?

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Speaker 1: I really think I just saw it, said Hollis. All

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Speaker 2: Whoa, whoa, we can't all lean.

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Speaker 1: On one side, said Patton, But did you really see something?

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Speaker 1: They scan the water back and forth, and then they

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Speaker 1: saw it again. Splash it seems to like the crackers. Wait,

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Speaker 2: It's real. Somebody grabbing net fast.

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Speaker 1: Patten grabbed a net and without even really looking, he

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Speaker 1: scooped it into the water and picked it up. It

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Speaker 1: thankfully fit inside the net. But what they pulled out

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Speaker 1: three boys jumped out of the boat and into the pond. Splash, splash, splash.

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Speaker 1: That creature was now inside of the boat. We gotta

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Speaker 1: push the boat to shore. Hurry Patton, Lewis, and Hollis

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Speaker 1: thankfully had their life jackets on, and they swam the

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Speaker 1: you see that thing? Said Hollis as they were swimming.

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Speaker 1: It looked like a fish with legs and a giant tail,

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Speaker 1: and that was so weird. I know, I thought it

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Speaker 1: was like an alligator at first, but it definitely had

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Speaker 1: and they looked inside the boat at the creature that

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Speaker 1: they had caught. Holy smokes, what in the world is

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Speaker 1: that thing? Said Patton. It's almost even hard to describe

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Speaker 1: to you what it is that these three boys were

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Speaker 2: It looked like a.

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Speaker 1: Piranha, which that's crazy enough itself, because Parana should not

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Speaker 1: and the other half was an alligator. It had the

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Speaker 1: But the face, it's definitely not an alligator. Its teeth

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Speaker 2: We've gotta show Nana and Papa.

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Speaker 1: Come on, shouted Lewis.

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Speaker 2: Patton.

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Speaker 1: Lewis and Hollis race back to the house as fast

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Speaker 1: telling them all about what this creature was and as

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Speaker 1: they arrived at the boat, it was gone. Wait a second,

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Speaker 1: it's gone, said Hollis. It must have flopped back into

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Speaker 1: the pond, said Lewis. Wow, I can't believe you boys

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Speaker 1: caught it. That's so amazing, said their papa. Well maybe

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Speaker 1: they're just pretending, you know how great imaginations they have,

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Speaker 1: said their nana. Oh no, no, no, they wouldn't joke

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Speaker 1: said their papa. We really did, we promise, said Patton.

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Speaker 1: Lewis and Hollis together, and the rest of the day

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Speaker 1: and they didn't see it again. But one day later

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Speaker 1: on they actually would. And even though this is the

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Speaker 1: end of the story, it's just the beginning of Paton,

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Speaker 1: Lewis and Hollis's great adventure with their grandparents, their search

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Speaker 2: The end.

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Speaker 1: Great job, you listened all the way to the end,

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Speaker 1: and you know what time it is. It's time for

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Speaker 1: Kurd showroads. I want to say to Lucy and Mac

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Speaker 1: from Fruitland, Missouri, Ellie from Washington, d C. Ludo from Maine,

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Speaker 1: Joel from Alabama, Devon from California, Dylan from Atlanta, Georgia,

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Speaker 1: and Finn and Alden from Runswick, Maine. I'm so glad

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Speaker 1: that you're all in the Kid Short Stories family and

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Speaker 1: on the spy team. We could not stop doctor Sinky

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Speaker 1: Breath and his crew without you, my friends. If you

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