1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. There was a garden at the 16 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: end of Tommy Street. It wasn't one of those pretty 17 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: gardens with neat rows of colorful flowers or raised beds 18 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: filled with vegetables. This garden was tall and wild. Sunflower 19 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: stalks towered above overgrown berry bushes, while vines tangled themselves 20 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: throughout it. Sometimes when the wind blew through the leaves 21 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: of the garden. The kids in the neighborhood thought they 22 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: heard noises. It sounded like something was stomping through the 23 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: overflowing flower patches beyond the berry bushes. Tommy had always 24 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: been interested in the garden. He wanted to see what 25 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: it looked like behind the bushes and tall vines. One day, 26 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: as Tommy and his friends Sam were walking by, they 27 00:01:56,160 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: could smell the blackberries growing on the bushes. They smelled delicious. 28 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: Let's go pick some of those blackberries, Tommy suggested to Sam. 29 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: I don't know, Tommy, I heard a garden monster lives there. 30 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: Sam replied, a garden monster. What does a garden monster 31 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: even look like? I don't know, Sam shuddered, But I 32 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: don't think I want to find out. Okay, well, I'm 33 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: gonna eat some berries. You can stay here if you want. 34 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: Tommy wandered over to pick some from the branches. He 35 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: popped the first one in his mouth, and the tart 36 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: juiciness of the berry was even better than he imagined 37 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: it would be. He finished the rest off that were 38 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: in his hand and waved over to Sam. Hmmm, you've 39 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: gotta trys these. They're delicious. Sam gave in and walked 40 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: over to Tommy. Tommy plucked another berry and gave it 41 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:05,079 Speaker 1: to him. Sam smiled as he tasted it. I wonder 42 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: what else is inside the garden, Tommy said, peeking in, 43 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: He pushed his way between berry bushes and inside the 44 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: messy rows of the garden. Tommy Tommy wait, called Sam 45 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: as he followed him inside. There were carrot stalks popping 46 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: out of the dirt on their left, mixed in with 47 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:32,239 Speaker 1: broccoli and cauliflower on their right, or more tall sunflowers 48 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: and weeds. Boom, boom boom. Something was stomping on the 49 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: other side of the flowers. Uh, Sam, oh was that you? 50 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: Tommy asked. Boom boom boom. Long green and red leaves 51 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: came into view between the flowers. They seemed to be 52 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: moving along the row. The boys gulped as the leaves 53 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: made it around the corner of the row and came 54 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: fully into view. A giant, radish like creature appeared before them. 55 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: It walked on skinny root arms and legs, and on 56 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: its round radish body were two angry eyes and a big, 57 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: wide mouth. I told you there was a garden monster, 58 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: shrieked Sam. Tommy saw the giant vegetable before him, but 59 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: was more curious than scared. He took a step closer. Tommy, 60 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: what are you doing, Sam asked him. Tommy was close 61 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: enough to touch it. He poked the monster and it 62 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: growled at him. He turned back to Sam. Oh, it's 63 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: just a giant radish, what can it really do? Then 64 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: the radish monster opened its wide mouth hen swallowed Tommy 65 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 1: hole ah, Sam cried, whoa. Tommy cried from inside the 66 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: tummy of the radish. As he landed in the darkness 67 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: with a thud. He squinted his eyes adjusted to his surroundings. 68 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 1: There were other things inside the garden monster with him. 69 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: Feeling around, he picked something up that was next to him. 70 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: A bicycle tire, said Tommy as he held up the round, 71 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: thin frame. He looked around, but he couldn't see the 72 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: rest of the bicycle. Then he picked up gardening gloves, 73 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: a watering can, and a basketball. All these things, like Tommy, 74 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 1: had been swallowed by this giant radish garden monster. He 75 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: wondered what Sam was doing out there and if he 76 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: was going to get eaten next some Tommy called out, 77 00:05:55,880 --> 00:06:00,039 Speaker 1: are you there? He tried to listen, but couldn't he 78 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 1: or anything over the garden monsters growling and grunting. He 79 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: thought about how to get out, but he climbed back 80 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: out the garden Monster's mouth. He looked up and sighed, no, 81 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,559 Speaker 1: it was too high for him to reach. He began 82 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,679 Speaker 1: looking through the other things the garden monster had eaten. 83 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: He found a kite, storybook and some old shoes. Tommy 84 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: wasn't sure how these could help, so he kept looking. 85 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: Ah Ha, Tommy exclaimed. He held a feather duster in 86 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: his hand and had an idea. Tickle tickle, tickle, Tommy called. 87 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: As he wiggled the feather duster against the belly of 88 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: this garden monster. He could hear it grunting and snorting 89 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 1: and laughing in response. Tickle tickle, he said again. As 90 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: he moved the feather duster around faster. The garden monster 91 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: began to cough, and Tommy bounced into the air. As 92 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: he did. He waved the feather duster around wildly, and 93 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: the garden monster launched it into a coughing fit. Tommy 94 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: bounced higher with each cough until he was high enough 95 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: to see out of the garden monster's mouth. He could 96 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: see Sam, still standing there in surprise, and waved. On 97 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: the next bounce, Tommy kicked off the back of the 98 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: garden monster's throat and flew out of its open mouth. 99 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: As it coughed. He landed on the groundof in front 100 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: of it and scrambled up to his feet. Let's get 101 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: out of here, Tommy called out. Sam nodded, and the 102 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: two boys ran back down the row and threw the 103 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: BlackBerry bushes back on the outside of the garden. They 104 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: stopped catch their breath. Sure you were right, Sam, there 105 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: is a garden monster, said Tommy. They heard growling behind 106 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: the bushes. Sam turned and ran, and Tommy plucked a 107 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: handful of blackberries from the bush and ran after him. Wow, 108 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: what a wild adventure. Even though this is the end 109 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: of our story, I'm pretty sure it's only just the 110 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: beginning the amazing adventures that Lie had for Tommy and Sam. 111 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: Do you think they're gonna go back into that garden? 112 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: I'm not sure, but it's a good thing that he 113 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:42,599 Speaker 1: learned that those garden monsters are awful ticklish from there, Tommy, 114 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: the end, great job. You listened all the way to 115 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: the end, and you know what, tom it is It's 116 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,559 Speaker 1: time for good shout out, so I want to say 117 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: it a Press from Washington, Orion, Emmy from Toronto, Canada, 118 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: Mataloe and Katrina from the Philippines, Rebecca, Michael and Joshua 119 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:14,959 Speaker 1: from Pennsylvania, Francisco from Mexico, and Felix from New York. 120 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all on the Kid Short 121 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: Stories family. We could not have this much fun with 122 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: imagination without you, my friends. Will you have a super 123 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: duper day and I'll see you on the next adventure. Bye.