1 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, it's miss ster Jim and welcome back to 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: kit Short Stories. Do you know what makes these stories 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: ten times better? Yes? Sharing with the friends. So right now, 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: make sure you think of two friends that you want 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: to share today's story with and your parents can text 6 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 1: them over the link to this episode and you guys 7 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: can listen together. Well, today's story comes to us from Hayden. Hey, guys, 8 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: they sent me an awesome idea for a story, and 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: you can't too. Just head over to kitdshort stories dot com. 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: Send me your idea and maybe we'll turn it into 11 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: an awesome adventure. Are you guys ready for today's story? 12 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It was a beautiful morning on 13 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: the island as Hayden, Lee and Neil were all waking up. Oh, 14 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: as they stretched and yawned, it was Friday, and Friday 15 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: was exploring day. Wait a second, they live in an island. 16 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: How did they get there? Oh? Yes, yes, you see, 17 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: a long time ago, their whole family they crashed on 18 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: this island from their boat and they've been shipwrecked there 19 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: ever since, and so they've had to build a life 20 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: there on this island. They're the only people that live 21 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: on this island. If you lived on an island, how 22 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: would you live? Would you want to build like a 23 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,919 Speaker 1: little hut on the beach, a home in the cave 24 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 1: or a treehouse? Treehouse? That's exactly what they did. You see, 25 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: Hayden Lee Neil and their baby sister a Lane, and 26 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: their parents, they had all built this magnificent treehouse on 27 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: this island. It had taken a very long time to build, 28 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: but it was totally worth it. It even had an 29 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: elevator to get up and down, and it even had 30 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: a secret basement. Holy smokes, that is that is a 31 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: pretty incredible treehouse, one way better than I've ever seen. 32 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: And since today was Friday, that meant it was exploring day. 33 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: And what does that mean exactly? Oh? Yes, they have 34 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: a small boat that was left over from their shipwreck. 35 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: And this small boat it can charge its electric battery 36 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: from solar panels and its charge can last about thirty minutes, 37 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: so they can't go super far before they have to 38 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: turn around to come back to the island to recharge it. 39 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: But they've been exploring for weeks and months and months 40 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: and they have yet to find another island. They've been 41 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: stuck on this island for a very long time. But 42 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 1: little do they know that today is going to be 43 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,959 Speaker 1: a very special day for them. All Right, I call 44 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: being the driver today, shouted Neil. They always wanted to 45 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 1: be the driver of the boat. That was one of 46 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: the most fun jobs of that day. I call the 47 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: fishing nets, shouted Lee. You mean I'm stuck with the 48 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: binoculars again, said Hayden. It's you know, we called it. 49 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: Gotta be quick, gotta be fast. You gotta be ready 50 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: at all times, said Neil. That was a kind of 51 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: a motto that their family had come up with over 52 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: the month that they had lived on this island. Even 53 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: though they're the only people on this island. You always 54 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,399 Speaker 1: have to be ready for the unknown. There's a lot 55 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: of unknown that lives on an island. Which direction are 56 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: you guys going to go today? Ask their parents. Neil 57 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: scanned the horizon of the ocean. He put his right 58 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: hand over his eyes to shield the sun. It was 59 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: a very bright day. H I think we're gonna go southeast. Yeah, southeast. 60 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: We haven't been that direction many times, so maybe we'll 61 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: see something this time. Okay, just make sure to keep 62 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: track of your battery and I don't want to have 63 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: to swim out there and drag you back, Dad Roger, 64 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: That said Neil. Hayden grabbed the binoculars, Lee grabbed the 65 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: fishing net, and Neil was pushing the boat into the water. 66 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: All Right, everybody hop in, let's go, as they waved 67 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: goodbye to their little sister Elane, who was sitting on 68 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: the beach. She was digging a hole, a very deep 69 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: hole by a lane, said Lee. All right, guys, we 70 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 1: gotta get to work. We have to find something out here. 71 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 1: We can't be just in the middle of complete water. 72 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: There's gotta be something nearby that can help us, said Neil. 73 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 1: They loved the sound of the boat motor and feeling 74 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: the wind against their face and ah, they loved Fridays. 75 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: This was a very special day of the week. Yeah. 76 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: I don't see anything up there, said Hayden. He was 77 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 1: still scanning the horizon with his binoculars as Lee was 78 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: pulled in a big haul of fish from his net. WHOA, Lee, 79 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: great catch, said Neil. WHOA, this one's heavy. Uh splat. 80 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: He dumped all the fish into the boat and realized, 81 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: wait a second, this is probably too much for us. 82 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 1: We should throw a couple back as he picked up 83 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: some of the fish and tossed them back into the water. HAA, 84 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: look at that, shouted Lee. As the three kids looked 85 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: over the edge of the boat, they saw something ginormous 86 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: swim underneath their boat. Hayden screamed and dropped the binoculars 87 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,679 Speaker 1: out of his hands as he fell. Ha stop the boat, 88 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 1: Stop the boat, shouted Hayden. Hi, when I fell, the 89 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: binoculars dropped out of my hands. Look, I can see 90 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: him down there. The good thing about where they were 91 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: was the water was super super clear, like you could 92 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: see just really deep down, like you were looking through 93 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 1: a piece of glass. Oh, Hayden, are you okay, asked Neil. Yeah. 94 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: I kind of hit my head on the edge of 95 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: the boat, but I'll be fine. But we gotta get 96 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: those binoculars back. But what about that creature that just 97 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: swam under the boat? Said Lee. I don't know what 98 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: that thing was, but I'm not going in there, said Lee. 99 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: Neil saw a little cut forming on Hayden's head from 100 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 1: falling on the boat. It wasn't that bad, but it 101 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: was bleeding a little bit. Neil knew what he had 102 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 1: to do. All right, I'll jump in and get the binoculars. 103 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 1: Just uh, when I swim back up, get ready to 104 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,919 Speaker 1: pull me back into the boat before that creature eats me, 105 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: said Neil. He took a deep breath and jumped into 106 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: the water. Splash. Oh man, I hope Neil's gonna be okay, 107 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 1: said Hayden. As Neil swam down to the bottom of 108 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: the ocean, he could see the binoculars. They were sitting 109 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: right on top of a rock. Lee and Hayden were 110 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 1: keeping an eye out for that creature that might swim back. 111 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: They didn't see it anywhere. Look, Neil's got the binoculars. 112 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: He's swimming back up, shouted Lee. Get ready to grab 113 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: his arms and pull him up. As Neil's had popped 114 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: out of the water, he was shouting, it's coming back. 115 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: Pull me in, Pull me in, shouted Neil hated, and 116 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: Lee grabbed onto his arms and pulled him back up 117 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: into the boat. Oh. I got the binoculars, but I 118 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: saw that thing. It's huge. I don't know. I couldn't 119 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: tell if it was a shark or a whale or 120 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: a sea monster, but it was way bigger than our boat. 121 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: Let's get out of here. And that's when Neil realized 122 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: that he forgot to turn off the boat. The boat 123 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: had been running that whole time, and the battery was 124 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: now empty. Oh no, what are these kids gonna do? 125 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: How are they gonna get back to their island. They're 126 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: in a boat with no battery for the motor, and 127 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: they're some kind of giant creature swimming in the waters below. 128 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: We'll have to wait and see what happens on the 129 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: next episode of Kids Short Stories. Great job, you listened 130 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: all the way to the end, and you know what 131 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: tem it is. It's time for kid shout Out. I 132 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: wanna say hey to Amaya and Sophia from Calgary, Locke 133 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:31,239 Speaker 1: and Wilder from Houston, Daria and Kylo from Toronto, Joey 134 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: from New Zealand, Eli from Rolling Meadows, Illinois, Ryan from Japan, 135 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: Penny from Victoria, BC, and Eli and Ball from Pennsylvania. 136 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all in the Kid Short 137 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: Stories family and on our spy team. We could not 138 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: stop Doctor Stinky Breath and his crew without you, my friends. 139 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: I'm looking through your Apple reviews right now. I just 140 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 1: want to read this when it says we love mister 141 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: Jim Our four kids get a kick out of listening 142 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,199 Speaker 1: to the fun stories. It's entertaining, wholesome and inspires creativity 143 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: with our kids. Thank you so much for that review 144 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: that means the world to me. Well you have a 145 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: super duper day and I will see you next time. Bye.