1 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: Hey, friends. If this is your first time listening to 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 1: kid short stories, welcome to the family. My name is 3 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: mister Jim and I live in South Carolina with my 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: family and my three kids, and we love turning your 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: ideas into awesome adventures. And that's why we write a 6 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: news story every single day for you to listen in 7 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: the car or maybe getting ready for bet or during 8 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: quiet time. Either way, it's an awesome place for imagination 9 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: to grow. Well, friends, are you ready for today's amazing adventure? 10 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It was a beautiful day as Owen, 11 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: Sadian Calvin all woke up early in the morning. Their 12 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: alarm clock was sounding new. It's time to get up. 13 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: It's time. It's time. Everybody wake up, shouted Calvin. So early, 14 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: said Owen. Yeah, but we gotta get ready to come on, Sadie. 15 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 1: Calvin and Sadie rushed down the stairs as fast as 16 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: they could. Owen was a little slower behind. Do you 17 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: know why they were so excited about today? 18 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 2: Yes? 19 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 1: Today was go to work with your parents' day. Holy smokes, 20 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: that is an exciting day. Do you know what your 21 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: parents do for work? Well, Owen and Sadie and Calvin 22 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: had been looking forward to this day for a very 23 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: long time. You see, their dad works at a construction 24 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: site with a ton of amazing tractors and machines that 25 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: they really wanted to not only learn about, but maybe 26 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: even get a chance to ride inside. After everyone had 27 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: eaten their breakfasts and brushed their teeth and got dressed, 28 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: their dad said, all right, kids, make sure that you 29 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: grab all your lunches that we packed last night, because 30 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: it's about time that we head out the door. As 31 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: the three kids and their dad all grabbed their things 32 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: and they walked out the door and climbed into their 33 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: dad's truck. So, Dad, what are like, what are we 34 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: doing at work today? Said Sadie. Well, today's job we 35 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 1: are clearing out this piece of land so that it 36 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: can be built on. And so we got to make 37 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: sure that the dirt is all flat and the rocks 38 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: are all moved out of the way. And yeah, the 39 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: tractors will do all the heavy work. But I could 40 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: use you for some very special jobs. But what are 41 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: we gonna do. Are we gonna be able to like 42 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: drive the tractors? Said Calvin, Well, you'll need some help 43 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: from me. We'll do it together, and we'll take turn, 44 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: so all three of you get your own turn driving 45 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: the track. Yes, I can't wait for that one, said Owen. 46 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: As the truck drove onto the construction site, they saw 47 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: that it was very muddy. It's a good thing their 48 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: truck had four wheel drive and very big, strong tires 49 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: that could get them all the way where they needed 50 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: to be. All right, everybody out and it's time to 51 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: get to work. 52 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:24,399 Speaker 2: Here. 53 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: Put on these helmets. Their dad handed Owen, Sadie, and 54 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: Calvin their own bright yellow helmet. Whoa are these real? 55 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: Said Owen. Oh yeah, they're real, and they're really important, 56 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: said their dad. They'll protect your head just in case 57 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: there's something hard and heavy flying through the air. They 58 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: thought it was pretty cool to be able to wear 59 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: some real construction helmets. Have you ever seen those bright 60 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,119 Speaker 1: yellow construction helmets. 61 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 3: Yeah. 62 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: They they're made of this really strong plai stick that 63 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: it protects your head from something that might fall. Like 64 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: on a construction site, there's lots of tools and tractors 65 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: moving around, so sometimes a rock might bounce off something 66 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: and go flying, and you want to make sure that 67 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: you have your helmet on just in case, so you 68 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:22,679 Speaker 1: don't get clunked on the head with a rock. That morning, 69 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 1: the three kids watched all the tractors pushing the dirt 70 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: around and flattening it out. They were amazed at how 71 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: powerful those tractors were and how strong they were. WHOA, 72 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: look at that one digging over there, said Calvin, pointing 73 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: off to the side. I know, but look at that 74 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: one moving all that big pile of rocks. That thing's 75 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: got a weigh a million pounds, said Owen. I know, 76 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 1: but I can't wait to get inside of those with dad. 77 00:04:54,160 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: That's gonna be so fun, said Sadie. Sadi Europe. Come 78 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: on over here, shouted their dad. 79 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 2: It's my turn. 80 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 4: Oh, I'm so excited. 81 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: Sadie ran over to her dad, who was climbing inside 82 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 1: of this very big digger tractor. She hopped on his 83 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: lap and they closed the door. The loud engine in 84 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: this tractor was very noisy. Owen and Calvin stepped off 85 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: to the side to watch as Sadie drove it with 86 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: her dad. WHOA, wow, look at it go. She's pretty 87 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: good at digging that thing, said Calvin. She was scooping 88 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 1: the tractor's bucket into the dirt and scooping out a 89 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: lot of dirt. When all of a sudden, something terrible happened. 90 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: As the tractor took a big bucket of dirt from 91 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: the ground, it also pulled with it. It looked like 92 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: roots or something that was underground, some very big, heavy, 93 00:05:56,080 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: strong roots. All right, Sadie, hold on here, I'm gonna 94 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: need to give it some extra muscle, said her dad. 95 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: He was manning the controls of the tractor and was 96 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: trying to break through and be able to pick it up. 97 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: Come on, you can do it, he said, Po po pop. 98 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 1: The roots underground of what they were digging, all of 99 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 1: a sudden cracked and all this purple gooey stuff squirted 100 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: all over the tractor. What in the world is that, 101 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,679 Speaker 1: said their dad. Off to the side, in a safe place, 102 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: Owen and Calvin saw exactly what was happening. Holy smugs, 103 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: shouted Owen. 104 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 4: That looks like those purple vine things that the Purple 105 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 4: Ninjas did. 106 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 3: A while ago. 107 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 1: Remember that they were right, Do you remember those purple 108 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 1: vines that somehow like controlled the trees. Well, I think 109 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: there were some accidentally left behind, And now it just 110 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: sprayed its purple stuff all over that tractor. Oh dear, Sadie, 111 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: Let me climb on out and take a look and 112 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: see what's going on, said her dad. He reached for 113 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: the door to open up the tractor, but. 114 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 3: It was locked, and even the button to unlock it 115 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 3: wouldn't work. They were locked inside the tractor dun dundum. 116 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 3: Owen and Calvin started shouting, get out of the tractor. 117 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 3: It's I think it's being taken over by. 118 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 4: Doctor Sinkybred's purple weird juice thing. 119 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 2: They were right. 120 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 4: As soon as that purple juice stuff started spraying out 121 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 4: of the roots, which were actually those purple vines, the 122 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 4: tractor took on a mind of its own. 123 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: Just like those trees had been controlled by the purple vines. 124 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: Now this tractor was being controlled by something else. Sadie 125 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: and her dad didn't know what to do except for 126 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: buckle up and a hold time. This was gonna be 127 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: a bumpy ride. The tractor started moving around and looked 128 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: like it was trying to grab one of the other 129 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: tractors nearby. Owen and Calvin had to act fast. 130 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 2: Not only do. 131 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,679 Speaker 1: They need to save their sister, Sadie and their dad, 132 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: but they also need to stop this tractor from infecting 133 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: the entire fleet of tractors. 134 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 2: Because what if they take over the world. What if 135 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 2: that purple juice spreads to all of the tractors. We 136 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 2: are in a huge world of trouble and we're. 137 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: Gonna have to wait and see what happens on the 138 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: next episode of Kids Short Stories. Great job, you listened 139 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: all the way to the end, and you know what 140 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: time it is. It's time for kid shout outs. I 141 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 1: want to say hey to Lily Patten from New Zealand, 142 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: Lincoln from Canada, Wyatt and lou from Rhode Island, Ellie 143 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: and Addison from San Diego, California. From Miami, Florida, Jewel 144 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: from Tubuque, Iowa, Avanash from Massachusetts, and Thatcher from Sully, Maine. 145 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all on the Kits Short 146 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: Stories family and on the spy team. We could not 147 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: stop Doctor Stinkybreath and his crew without you. 148 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 4: My friends. 149 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: Well you have a super do perday. I will see 150 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: you next time. 151 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 3: Bye.