1
00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:21,599
Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. We have

2
00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:26,360
Speaker 1: a new story today about a little girl named Katie.

3
00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,920
Speaker 1: Katie loves to play video games with her friends, and

4
00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:36,159
Speaker 1: her grandmother doesn't understand what is so special about video games.

5
00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,920
Speaker 1: Grandma usually comes over to visit twice a week, but

6
00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,800
Speaker 1: Katie notices that she has not been around recently and

7
00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:58,360
Speaker 1: asks her mom why Grandma the gamer? Hi, Mom, I'm home,

8
00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,720
Speaker 1: Katie said, throwing off her sneakers as she came in

9
00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:08,279
Speaker 1: the door. Hey what's that smell? Did you bake cookies again?

10
00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,039
Speaker 1: She said, as she opened the box of cookies to

11
00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:16,720
Speaker 1: grab a couple of her favorite kind, smarties and chocolate.

12
00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,880
Speaker 1: If you keep teasing about that one time I baked

13
00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,480
Speaker 1: cookies and they all burnt, you won't see any sweets

14
00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,959
Speaker 1: in this house for a whole year, said her mother,

15
00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:37,280
Speaker 1: pretending to be angry. Just getting mom, how do they taste?

16
00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,800
Speaker 1: They were on sale at the superstore, and I can't

17
00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:46,000
Speaker 1: help buying things when they are on sale. They taste great,

18
00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:50,960
Speaker 1: Katie said, as she poured herself a glass of milk. Anyway,

19
00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:55,120
Speaker 1: gotta go, got things to do, Katie said, as she

20
00:01:55,280 --> 00:02:00,000
Speaker 1: ran out of the kitchen towards her favorite place, her bedrooms.

21
00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,840
Speaker 1: Make sure you have your homework done before you spend

22
00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:11,320
Speaker 1: time playing Minecraft. And don't forget Grandma is coming for dinner,

23
00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,000
Speaker 1: so you need to come out for a visit. She

24
00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:20,880
Speaker 1: misses you. Don't worry, Mom, I finished my homework in class.

25
00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,639
Speaker 1: It was just some easy math practice, yelled Katie from

26
00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:32,959
Speaker 1: down the hall. Katie closed her door, turned on her

27
00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,680
Speaker 1: string lights, settled into her comfy bean bag chair, and

28
00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:43,160
Speaker 1: placed her milk and cookies beside her. Lately, this has

29
00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,079
Speaker 1: become her favorite time of the day, the time when

30
00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:54,520
Speaker 1: she got to build and explore worlds in Minecraft. Katie

31
00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,920
Speaker 1: loved playing video games, especially ones that allowed her to

32
00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:05,560
Speaker 1: explore and build things. Her current favorite was Minecraft, but

33
00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:10,320
Speaker 1: when her mother said it was okay, she would play others.

34
00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,960
Speaker 1: Often she would play a new game just to explore

35
00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,200
Speaker 1: that world and not even bother with all the other

36
00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:23,320
Speaker 1: things the games wanted you to do. Her favorite thing

37
00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:27,120
Speaker 1: to do was to create her own world with all

38
00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:36,080
Speaker 1: her favorite animals, especially cows. She loved cows. Often she

39
00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,800
Speaker 1: would recreate the worlds that she read about in her

40
00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:44,160
Speaker 1: favorite books. It took her two weeks to recreate Hogwarts.

41
00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,040
Speaker 1: Her current project was to create a real working farm,

42
00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,320
Speaker 1: just like the ones that they drove past on their

43
00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:59,440
Speaker 1: last road trip through the countryside. Many of her friends

44
00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:04,360
Speaker 1: were the same, something her mother initially found hard to believe.

45
00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:10,800
Speaker 1: They all came home after school created objects or worlds

46
00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,880
Speaker 1: or cities and would talk about them via video calls.

47
00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,680
Speaker 1: Sometimes they would get together at each other's houses so

48
00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,719
Speaker 1: that they could work together to build something. Right now,

49
00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:28,280
Speaker 1: they were trying to recreate Diagon Alley, but they were

50
00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:38,039
Speaker 1: struggling with the details. Where's Katie, Grandma asked. She's in

51
00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,680
Speaker 1: her room playing the video games she likes, or if

52
00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,560
Speaker 1: she's bored with that, she might be reading a book,

53
00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:52,159
Speaker 1: replied Katie's mom, video games. It just don't understand. It's

54
00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,720
Speaker 1: a nice spring day. Why isn't she outside hanging out

55
00:04:55,760 --> 00:05:00,240
Speaker 1: with her friends. She often talks to them via Yeah,

56
00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,440
Speaker 1: the video app they use. It's the habit they got

57
00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,359
Speaker 1: into when they weren't allowed to get together in groups.

58
00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:12,120
Speaker 1: Her group of friends all have similar interests. They hang out.

59
00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,719
Speaker 1: Mom and I make sure they are safe. It's just

60
00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,279
Speaker 1: different than when I grew up. When I was her age,

61
00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,279
Speaker 1: I you had to walk home in the middle of

62
00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:28,440
Speaker 1: a snowstorm while sharing shoes with aunt Sophie, interrupted Katie's

63
00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:34,400
Speaker 1: mom with a laugh. No, Grandma sighed, I was going

64
00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:39,080
Speaker 1: to say that I was involved in sports, would spend

65
00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:43,880
Speaker 1: my time after school and practice, and was determined to

66
00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:50,320
Speaker 1: show the boys who was the best athlete. I know,

67
00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:56,839
Speaker 1: just kidding, mom. She's into exploration through books and video games.

68
00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,760
Speaker 1: We can't all have the same intes. Yes, she would

69
00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:06,000
Speaker 1: rather spend time writing essays or solving math problems than

70
00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:11,120
Speaker 1: running on the track. I know, it just feels like

71
00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,359
Speaker 1: we have nothing in common. We used to run on

72
00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:19,000
Speaker 1: the track together when she was smaller. I don't think

73
00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,360
Speaker 1: she really liked running, mom, I think she just liked

74
00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:27,760
Speaker 1: spending time with you. Yes, and I bake better cookies,

75
00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,640
Speaker 1: Grandma said with a laugh, as Katie's mom pretended again

76
00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:43,120
Speaker 1: to get upset. I'm mom, I'm home, Katie said, as

77
00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:46,080
Speaker 1: she kicked off her sneakers and ran into the kitchen.

78
00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,560
Speaker 1: How come Grandma hasn't been over for dinner these past

79
00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:54,239
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. She usually comes at least twice a week.

80
00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,680
Speaker 1: She has been busy with a special project lately and

81
00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:03,039
Speaker 1: hasn't had time. You know, you could call her on

82
00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,120
Speaker 1: the telephone. You know, say hello and ask her how

83
00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:14,360
Speaker 1: she is doing. Telephone What's that that rectangle shaped thing?

84
00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,960
Speaker 1: I always remind you not to spend so much time

85
00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:22,800
Speaker 1: using Oh, mom, we don't use the phone app anymore.

86
00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:27,800
Speaker 1: We just video chat and stuff. You older. Katie's mother

87
00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:33,760
Speaker 1: gave her a look. You and grandma just don't understand apps,

88
00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:39,880
Speaker 1: games and all this modern stuff. Uh huh that her mother.

89
00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:46,880
Speaker 1: Is your homework done? Yes, mom, I'll show you later. Okay. Anyway,

90
00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:51,160
Speaker 1: gotta go, got things to do, Katie said as she

91
00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:56,680
Speaker 1: ran out of the kitchen towards her bedroom. I finished

92
00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:02,280
Speaker 1: my book, so I think today I'll just hmm, yeah,

93
00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,920
Speaker 1: I think I'll explore that new map I started, maybe

94
00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:12,320
Speaker 1: add some houses and stuff, Katie thought. Before she could start,

95
00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,080
Speaker 1: she heard her mother yell to her, Grandma wants you

96
00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:22,000
Speaker 1: to join her on Minecraft. Grandma is here, wants me

97
00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:26,800
Speaker 1: to play Minecraft with her. Katie saw the gamer tag

98
00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:31,960
Speaker 1: grandma g one two, three, four, five six on her

99
00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:37,480
Speaker 1: list of friends playing Minecraft. Well, I guess I'll pop in.

100
00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:41,719
Speaker 1: I can't believe that Grandma even knows what Minecraft is,

101
00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:48,760
Speaker 1: let alone how to play, she thought. She spawned into

102
00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,080
Speaker 1: the edge of a forest at the top of a

103
00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:56,280
Speaker 1: high hill. Down below, there was a stream with cows

104
00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:02,160
Speaker 1: and sheep everywhere. She first went down to the stream

105
00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,120
Speaker 1: said hello to the cows. She always liked saying hello

106
00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,640
Speaker 1: to the cows, even though they never set hello back

107
00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,160
Speaker 1: and looked around for any sign that Grandma had started

108
00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:20,960
Speaker 1: building here. She couldn't see anything, but climbed and ran

109
00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:25,160
Speaker 1: up the hill towards what looked like a torch placed

110
00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:30,600
Speaker 1: at the side of a tree. Hum She thought, maybe

111
00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:35,319
Speaker 1: this is where she might be making something. She got

112
00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:40,120
Speaker 1: there in a flash and noticed a cobblestone path leading

113
00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:49,040
Speaker 1: through the woods. Rabbits were everywhere, filling worlds full of

114
00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:52,400
Speaker 1: animals was always something that only I did. She thought.

115
00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,120
Speaker 1: My friends didn't usually like when I did that, because

116
00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:03,320
Speaker 1: they said it caused the game to lag. Katie ran

117
00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,960
Speaker 1: along the cobblestone path through the woods. It was a

118
00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:11,160
Speaker 1: long path that would sometimes go right through a number

119
00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:17,080
Speaker 1: of high hills which Grandma had dug tunnels through. Katie

120
00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:21,160
Speaker 1: loved tunnels because you just never knew what would appear

121
00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:26,640
Speaker 1: on the other side. Running through the tunnel, she saw

122
00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,880
Speaker 1: that the path led to a brightly colored building in

123
00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:35,320
Speaker 1: the distance. Her friends, especially Ryan, who she often had

124
00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:40,360
Speaker 1: over to play. Would never use crimson colored building materials

125
00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:45,160
Speaker 1: and all that stained glass. Only Tracy would use this

126
00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:49,680
Speaker 1: kind of material. The boys always seemed to like stone,

127
00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:57,800
Speaker 1: wood and materials like that. Katie ran to the cottage

128
00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:03,240
Speaker 1: and went inside. The inside had no treasure chests or

129
00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:07,280
Speaker 1: even art on the walls, but there were stairs heading

130
00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:12,880
Speaker 1: to a room below. She hopped down the stairs and

131
00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,480
Speaker 1: saw a mine cart. There on a rail to the

132
00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,960
Speaker 1: left was a Crimson sign that read up in the

133
00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:25,520
Speaker 1: cart for a ride to my kingdom. Sounds good to me,

134
00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:32,480
Speaker 1: Katie thought. She pressed ride, and off she went. First.

135
00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:36,240
Speaker 1: It took her straight down, just like a roller coaster.

136
00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,880
Speaker 1: The only roller coasters that Katie liked to ride were

137
00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:45,040
Speaker 1: the kind experienced in video games, though this was fun

138
00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:51,840
Speaker 1: for her. The cart veered left and then veered right,

139
00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:59,599
Speaker 1: and then started up a long tunnel with torches providing light. Wow,

140
00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,280
Speaker 1: Grandma really put a lot of effort into making tunnels.

141
00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,520
Speaker 1: She thought she must have had help. No way, she

142
00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:11,079
Speaker 1: made all this by herself. I wonder if she asked

143
00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,600
Speaker 1: one of my friends to help build this, maybe Tracy,

144
00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:21,720
Speaker 1: because Tracy's mom and my mom were good friends. She

145
00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,719
Speaker 1: came out of the tunnel and was riding high up

146
00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:29,559
Speaker 1: above a forest. Below she could see more cows and

147
00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:36,040
Speaker 1: rabbits and sheep, parrots, llamas, and even a polar bear.

148
00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,880
Speaker 1: So many animals, she thought, this is kind of awesome.

149
00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:48,080
Speaker 1: In the distance, she could see her destination and it

150
00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:53,600
Speaker 1: looked beautiful. It was a large train station, very similar

151
00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,720
Speaker 1: to the one they have at Disneyland, except it was

152
00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:02,520
Speaker 1: high up in the sky. After she arrived, she hopped

153
00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,880
Speaker 1: out of her cart and went to a set of long,

154
00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:10,920
Speaker 1: winding stairs that led to the most amazing village she

155
00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:17,840
Speaker 1: had ever seen. It had a castle, stables, many many

156
00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:23,680
Speaker 1: houses and streets, a library, a hotel, and what looked

157
00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:27,360
Speaker 1: like a bakery. It also had what looked like a

158
00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:32,440
Speaker 1: running track, which only Grandma would make no one else

159
00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:38,600
Speaker 1: she knew loved track and field as much as Grandma.

160
00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,640
Speaker 1: She walked to the town square and opened a chat.

161
00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:47,120
Speaker 1: This place is super awesome. Where are you? I could

162
00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,679
Speaker 1: teleport to you if you know what that means. She typed.

163
00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,320
Speaker 1: Come meet me in the bakery and have some cookies

164
00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:57,400
Speaker 1: that I baked to day, Grandma said in the chat.

165
00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,480
Speaker 1: Coming right over, Katie typed, and she ran over to

166
00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:08,520
Speaker 1: the bakery. Wow, those look like awesome cookies, Grandma. And

167
00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:15,199
Speaker 1: good job on creating this awesome town. Did you are

168
00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:20,680
Speaker 1: you sure you built all this by yourself? Thank you, Katie.

169
00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,640
Speaker 1: They aren't as good as my real cookies, Grandma typed

170
00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:30,040
Speaker 1: And yes, I built this whole world all by myself.

171
00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:37,960
Speaker 1: What typed, Katie? You really are awesome, Grandma, Katie laughed

172
00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:42,160
Speaker 1: in the chat. Yes, I thought I would try out

173
00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:46,600
Speaker 1: these video games you talk about us old people can

174
00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:51,920
Speaker 1: learn these technology things too, you know. Ah ha ha,

175
00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,200
Speaker 1: this is so fun, Grandma. Is this the project that

176
00:14:56,280 --> 00:15:00,760
Speaker 1: Mom mentioned you were working on. Yes, I guess it

177
00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,600
Speaker 1: took me a week or so. I can see why

178
00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,480
Speaker 1: you like it. It's fun to make things here and

179
00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:10,720
Speaker 1: learn all the rules. So do you think you can

180
00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:14,560
Speaker 1: help me add more buildings to my town? I would

181
00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,720
Speaker 1: love to, Grandma, And maybe after dinner you can teach

182
00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:21,480
Speaker 1: me how to use what is called the recipeople and

183
00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:29,240
Speaker 1: other tips. Sure thing. Do you play Roadblocks type? Grandma?

184
00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:32,600
Speaker 1: I have played it, but Mom only lets me play

185
00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:38,360
Speaker 1: when she is around. Why are you playing that too? Yes?

186
00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,840
Speaker 1: I created a game where you have to run really

187
00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:46,440
Speaker 1: fast and find and collect cookies. Maybe we can play

188
00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:54,240
Speaker 1: that together too, My Grandma the gamer so cool. Speaking

189
00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,600
Speaker 1: of dinner, your mother says, dinner is ready, so we

190
00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:02,080
Speaker 1: better go. Hey, I'll be right down. Love you, Grandma,

191
00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:12,360
Speaker 1: Love you too, dear. And that is the end of

192
00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:17,400
Speaker 1: our story. Good Night, leap Tight