1 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Kids Our Stories. Who wants free spike here? Yeah? 2 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: Me too. Guess what's this week? Between now and Friday, 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna choose one lucky kid off of Apple Podcasts 4 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,959 Speaker 1: or Google Podcasts and they will get to pick one 5 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: thing totally for free out of the Spy Kids Store 6 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: and I'll ship it right to your house. Okay, so 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: stop what you're doing and go click subscribe on Apple 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,279 Speaker 1: Podcasts or Google Podcasts for Kids Short Stories. All right, 9 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: and between now and Friday, I'm gonna pick one lucky 10 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: kid that's gonna pick anything that they want out of 11 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: the Spy Kid Store. Does that sound awesome? Yes? It 12 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: is gonna be exciting. And today's story comes to us 13 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: from two of our friends, Jackson and Norah. Hey, guys, 14 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: they send us an awesome idea for a story, and 15 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: you can too. Just head over to our website, Kids 16 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: Short Stories dot Org. Send us your idea and maybe 17 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. Are you ready 18 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: for this one? Me too? Let's go. Hey Jackson, have 19 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:15,199 Speaker 1: you seen my shoes? Nora was looking for her shoes 20 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: because her and her brother Jackson were about to go 21 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: outside and play. Uh no, I haven't seen him, Jackson said, Oh, no, 22 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: those are my favorite shoes. He did I put him? 23 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: Oh I think they're Oh gosh, I left him in 24 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: the garage. I'll be right back. She ran outside to 25 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: the garage to find her shoes. Oh, there they are 26 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: right next to Wait a second, what are all these 27 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: muddy trap what? Jackson? Get over here? Nora shouted as 28 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: loud as she could for Jackson to come. As Jackson 29 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: got over there, A just found a giant mess in 30 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: their garage. There was like sloppy mud all over the floor, 31 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: looked like some kind of like tracks. And and wait 32 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: a second, our scooters are gone. They were right here. 33 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? Wait a second, Jackson, did you 34 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 1: remember to put the scooters in the garage last night? Oh? 35 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,959 Speaker 1: I definitely did. After we were done with the scooters, 36 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: I put them right in their spot, right here in 37 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: the garage, right there. Then where are they? Um? I 38 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: don't know, but something crazy happened in our garage. I 39 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: don't know what happened, but our scooters are gone. Jackson shouted. 40 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: Something crazy had definitely happened. There was a huge mess. 41 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: The scooters are gone, But thankfully Nora's shoes were there, 42 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: So that's good. All right, I'm gonna put my shoes on, 43 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: and then we gotta start looking around for clues. This 44 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: is I think we've been robbed. Done, done done. The 45 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: two of them both put on their shoes, and what 46 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: they thought was supposed to be a fun Saturday morning 47 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: where they were going to play outside turned into a 48 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: Saturday morning mystery. And so as they started to look 49 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: around four clues, Jackson was the first to come up 50 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: with a good idea. All right, you know that giant 51 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: mess in the garage, it kind of looked like footprints 52 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: or like some kind of like trail or tracks that 53 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: we could follow. Yeah, I saw that too, Nora said, 54 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: So let's try and follow it see where it goes. 55 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: Two of them, it was kind of hard to see, 56 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: like where are these tracks went because it was so 57 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: messy and so muddy. But oh, I think they're going 58 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: this way, Nora said. And they followed them all the 59 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: way towards their front door of the house. What and 60 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: they went right up to the front door. What is that, 61 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: Nora said. On their door was a big piece of 62 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: paper with a slap of mud on it, and it 63 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: was taped to the door. Jackson and Nora looked at 64 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: each other all of a sudden, fear struck through their eyes. 65 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: Do you think that's from the thing that store scooters? 66 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: That that does not look like a kid? What? In 67 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: our world? They were very scared. You see, they had 68 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: heard of a legend of some kind of swamp monster 69 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: that lived in their swamp in the backyard. In the 70 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: backyard was a big, big forest, and there was the 71 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: swamp back there, and there was a swamp monster that 72 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: was supposed to live back there. But no one in 73 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: the neighborhood had ever seen it. They just always heard 74 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: about the story. But this makes a lot of sense, 75 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: except I don't know why he would take the scooter. 76 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: But all right, Jackson, Nora said, um, this is all 77 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: pointing at the swamp monster. There's no way, Nora, it's 78 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: not real. Uh yeah, I know that's what we used 79 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: to think. But just think of the clues. There's mud 80 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: all over the garage, there's a trail over here, and 81 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: then more mud slapped on this paper on the door. 82 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: It's like it was leaving us a message, like I 83 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: wonder if it's like I'm coming for everything, and the 84 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: scooters are just a start do you think that's what 85 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: it's trying to say? Do you know how to read 86 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 1: swamp monster? Uh? No, I don't know how to read 87 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:54,359 Speaker 1: swamp monster. Jackson and Nora didn't know what to do. 88 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: They had this message definitely from the swamp monster and 89 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 1: covered in mud, and the scooters. We're gone. Why would 90 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 1: a swamp monster want scooters? They had a million questions 91 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: and zero answers. All right, um, is there any other 92 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: trails that we can follow, Nora said. Jackson looked around 93 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: and he said, wait a second. Yeah, it keeps going 94 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 1: around this like the corner of our house. He keeps going. 95 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: It's like it took our scooters, went up to our 96 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: front door, left this scary money message, and then left 97 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,599 Speaker 1: for the swamp. He must have dragged our scooters into 98 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: the swamp to destroy them. Oh, we gotta get him. 99 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: And they started to follow the trail there. Fear of 100 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: the swamp monster had turned into you know, the kind 101 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: of feeling that spy kids feel when the bad guy 102 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 1: has done something bad and he got to stop him 103 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: from doing bad things. That was the feeling that they 104 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 1: had now. So as they snuck around the house, all right, Stillo, Nora, 105 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: still we gotta be quiet. They carefully walked all the 106 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: way around to the back of the house. As they 107 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: approached the forest line, they could see the swamp in 108 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: the distance. It takes about two minutes to walk through 109 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: the forest all the way to that stinky swamp. Yeah, 110 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: I haven't told you guys the swamp. It's got a 111 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: really stinky smell, And so kids usually don't like to 112 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: go over there because of two things. You know, it 113 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: smells bad and the swamp monster. And so as they 114 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: carefully walked through the forest towards the swamp, they got 115 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: closer and closer. And oh, I can never get used 116 00:07:54,920 --> 00:08:00,120 Speaker 1: to that smell, Jackson said. The closer they got the smell, Oh, 117 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: here it became. I can't even breathe back here, Norah said, 118 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: as she plugged her nose with her fingers. All right, 119 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: I think we're getting closer because the trail is it 120 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: looks really fresh. Um, Noor, take your fingers off your nose. 121 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: I can barely understand you, Jackson said. But it's so stinky. 122 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: I can't even what it was that run Jackson and 123 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: Nora ran and hid behind a tree. Oh, I did 124 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 1: did you hear that? It was definitely the swamp monster. 125 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: It's gotta be close, It's gotta be close. What do 126 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: we do? What do we? Oh? No, deep breaths, deep breaths. 127 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 1: Who's over over there? He can talk? Do you think 128 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:03,199 Speaker 1: it's saw us, Nor whispered to Jackson. I don't know, 129 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 1: but I think it's getting closer. Come on out there. 130 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: I would love to talk with you. Oh, hello there. 131 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: Jackson and Nora started to scream, and then the swamp 132 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 1: monster started to scream too. Why are you screaming? Please 133 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: don't eat a swamp monster. Wait, we're just wondering where 134 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: scooters went. Oh you're scooter. Oh they're right over here. 135 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: I'm very sorry that was that was going to roote 136 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: of me. Wait you still have the scooters? You didn't 137 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: like steal them and destroy them? Oh no, didn't you 138 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 1: see my note that I left on the door. Uh no, 139 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: what we saw it? But it was just a big 140 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: like just mud on the paper. There weren't any words. 141 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: Oh no, I left you in a whole long swamp 142 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: monster note. You don't do not know how to read 143 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: swamp monster? No, we we definitely don't. I'm very sorry. 144 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: The note explained everything, But I'll tell you again you 145 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: will seeing my all my swamp friends. They they entered 146 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:28,319 Speaker 1: into us a scooter race, and I don't have any scooters, 147 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: and for all of my legs, I actually need to scooters, 148 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: which is why I borrowed yours. And I explained it 149 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: all in the note. I'm very sorry that you thought 150 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: that I stole it. You can definitely have it back. 151 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 1: My apologies, and the swamp monster handed the two scooters 152 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 1: back to them. Oh my gosh, I'm well, thank you 153 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: for explaining all that. Nora said, Yeah, we thought that 154 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: you stole it in you were this like mean creature 155 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:06,439 Speaker 1: that but this all makes a lot of sense. Jackson 156 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 1: and Nora couldn't believe this entire story. Yes, will you 157 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 1: see us swamp monsters. We know that we're stinky and 158 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 1: we scare people, and so we try to stay out 159 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: of your way. Please forgive us, and please forgive me. 160 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,839 Speaker 1: I will never do it again. Oh well, you can 161 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: definitely borrow like our toys. But yeah, just uh, let's 162 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 1: just why don't you ask us first and then we'll 163 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: probably say yes? Jackson said, Oh that I promise I will. 164 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:50,679 Speaker 1: I will always ask first. All right, Well, um, I 165 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: think we should probably get home. Nora said, oh absolutely, 166 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: I'm sorry to keep you. Here's your scooters. Oh no, 167 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 1: why don't you use this for the race and then 168 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,839 Speaker 1: you can bring him back after you're done with the race. 169 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: You would do that for me. Oh, thank you very much. 170 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: My new friends, what are your names? Well, my name 171 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 1: is Nora and and this is Jackson. Norah and Jackson. 172 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: Thank you very much. I will let you know how 173 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: the race goes. No, see you later. Oh wow, that 174 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: was crazy. Who would have thought that a swamp monster 175 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: would be in a scooter race and needed to borrow 176 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: some scooters. What a crazy adventure that Jackson and Nora 177 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: just went on. It's a good thing that they solved 178 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: the mystery and I think they made a new friend 179 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: the end.