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Speaker 1: Hey, friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to

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Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas

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Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we

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Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you.

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Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd

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Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes

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Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea

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Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents,

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Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you

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Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row

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Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease

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Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun

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Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure?

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Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It's beach day. Liam in Austin

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Speaker 1: were running around shouting in excitement as they finished packing

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Speaker 1: their beach bag. Sunglasses, check, towels, check floaties. Check Wilbert. Wilbert, Hey,

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Speaker 1: where's Wilbert? The boys looked around the room for their

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Speaker 1: pet dragon Wilbert. He was hiding under the bed, trying

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Speaker 1: his best not to be found. Unlike the boys, Wilbert

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Speaker 1: was not excited for beach day. He didn't like how

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Speaker 1: the sand stuck to his scales or the wail of

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Speaker 1: the lifeguard's whistle, and he really did not like the water.

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Speaker 1: Wilbert thought the water was too wet, the waves were

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Speaker 1: too splashy, and the current was much much too strong.

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Speaker 1: There you are, Wilbert, said Liam, poking his head under

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Speaker 1: the bed and waving at his dragon. What are you

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Speaker 1: doing under there? Wilbert sighed and crawled out. Oh, just

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Speaker 1: looking for my swim goggles, he said, not wanting to

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Speaker 1: admit why he was hiding. Wilbert didn't want to ruin

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Speaker 1: the boy's speech day by being afraid. Now that they

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Speaker 1: had found their dragon, Liam and Austin led the way

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Speaker 1: to the lake outside. The water was shimmering in the sunshine.

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Speaker 1: The seagulls were squawking overhead, the waves were lapping the surface,

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Speaker 1: and Wilbert was shaking in his scales. Wilbert gulped, almost

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Speaker 1: loud enough for the boys to hear. Are you okay, Wilbert,

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Speaker 1: Austin asked. Wilbert's scales shimmered like sequins in the sun

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Speaker 1: as he shook, and Austin was concerned them. Yeah, I'm fired,

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Speaker 1: I'm great. Wilbert looked around quickly. Oh look the snack bar.

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Speaker 1: the dragon stood up on his two back legs, hopping

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Speaker 1: around in the hot sun as it burned his toes

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Speaker 1: ow ow owl. Austin and Liam decided to set up

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Speaker 1: their beach spot while waiting for Wilbert to return. They

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Speaker 1: laid out their towels, opened their beach umbrella, and applied

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Speaker 1: their sunscreen. By the time they were finished, Wilbert Wilbert

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Speaker 1: still had not returned. There's Wilbert, said Liam. I want

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Speaker 1: let's go look for him, suggested Austin. The boys headed

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Speaker 1: table empty ice cream cups piled high, like really high.

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Speaker 1: He must have eaten a lot of ice cream. Wilbert

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Speaker 1: I got to use some ice cream. Wilbert handed them

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Speaker 1: two half eaten scoops of strawberry ice cream. The boys

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Speaker 1: shook their head politely. Come on, Wilbert, it's time to

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Speaker 1: out the door, expecting Wilbert to swoop past them on

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Speaker 1: his wings. They reached the water and splashed in until

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Speaker 1: they fell over into the waves. Well that was awesome,

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Speaker 1: shouted Liam. But where's wilburt. At the edge of the water.

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Speaker 1: Was Wilbert dipping one toe into the water and jumping

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Speaker 1: away from the tiny waves that crashed by his feet.

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Speaker 1: Now the boys understood Wilbert was afraid of the water.

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Speaker 1: Austin went to their bags and brought a pile of

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Speaker 1: floaties for Wilbert to try. Here Wilbert put these on.

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Speaker 1: The boys slipped floaties around Wilbert's arms, guiding him out

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Speaker 1: into the water. They were working great ugh, until Wilbert

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Speaker 1: saw a fish swim right past him and started waving

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Speaker 1: his arms wildly. The force of his dragon arms popped

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Speaker 1: the floaties, and then Wilbert Odier started to wave his

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Speaker 1: arms even faster. Huge waves crashed to shore from all

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Speaker 1: of his movements, and all the other swimmers around them

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Speaker 1: were carrie to shore on them. Wilburg Wilbert, is okay, here,

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Speaker 1: try this floaty. Liam and Austin shouted and slipped a huge,

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Speaker 1: round doughnut floaty over Wilbert's head, passed his wings and

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Speaker 1: onto his waist. The dragon gave a big sigh and

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Speaker 1: Kake your legs, Wilbert. Wilbert began kicking with all of

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Speaker 1: What all of his kicking was making quite a disaster

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Speaker 1: on the beach, with waves growing tall and crashing higher

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Speaker 1: He braced himself for the cannonball into the water, but

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Speaker 1: it didn't come. What Wilbert was floating on his back

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Speaker 1: on his outstretched wings. Wilbert smiled and the boys cheered, yay, Wilbert,

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Speaker 1: you're floating. Wilbert was relieved. The boys climbed onto his

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Speaker 1: all around them. Jumping off his wings into the water, Whew,

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Speaker 1: I'm glad we discovered a floating You couldn't pop, laughed Austin.

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Speaker 1: Wilbert agreed. He decided the water. It wasn't so bad

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Speaker 1: after all. He turned to his friends and said, let's

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Speaker 1: come back tomorrow the end. Great job, you listened all

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Speaker 1: the way to the end, and you know what time

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Speaker 1: it is. It's time for some kid show off. I

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Speaker 1: would to say to Arlow from New York, Waverley from

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Speaker 1: Costa Rica, Francesque is from California. You are from New York,

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Speaker 1: Mackenzie from North Carolina, and Ashley from Pittsburgh. I'm so

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Speaker 1: glad that you're all in the kids Chart Stories family.

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Speaker 1: We could not have this much fun with imagination without you,

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Speaker 1: my friends. Well, you have a superb o beday and

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Speaker 1: I'll see you next time. B B bye bye