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Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kit

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Speaker 1: Short Stories. Today's story is sponsored by Kita. Kitda knows

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Speaker 1: that the most important thing for a child to do

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Speaker 1: when they hear a smoke alarm is leave the house

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Speaker 1: or building immediately, and to help raise this awareness, Kitta

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Speaker 1: has partnered with me, mister Jim, to spread this message.

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Speaker 1: You can join the cause and help provide life saving

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Speaker 1: from September through November twenty twenty three. This will prompt

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Speaker 1: a one dollar Kita contribution for alarm donations up to

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Speaker 1: one million dollars in total retail value to families in

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Speaker 1: need through the National PTA, the Detroit Heat and Warmth Fund,

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Speaker 1: and Vision twenty twenty. Today's story is about two very

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Speaker 1: brave kids that had something very st happened at home

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Speaker 1: when their smoke alarm started beeping. Are you ready for

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Speaker 1: today's adventure? Me too? Let's go. It was a hot

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Speaker 1: and sunny Saturday afternoon. The Lopez family were walking toward

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Speaker 1: the parking lot after Mateo and Isabella's soccer game. They

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Speaker 1: were the two best players on their team. They had

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Speaker 1: an undeniable chemistry on the field. As twins often, do

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Speaker 1: you know that they always seem to know where the

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Speaker 1: other was on the field without even looking. It made

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Speaker 1: passing back and forth look like it was the easiest

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Speaker 1: thing ever. And they even combined in scoring four goals

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Speaker 1: between them during that game. Great game today, you two,

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Speaker 1: said their dad as they all climbed into the family

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Speaker 1: minivan to drive back home. Really proud of how you

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Speaker 1: work together, Yeah, they said, I'm I'm exhausted. It was

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Speaker 1: so hot out there. Mom. Can you turn on the

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Speaker 1: AC like full blast? Begged Matteo, Sure thing, Mateo. And

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Speaker 1: you know what, I think everyone could use a nice

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Speaker 1: relaxing rest of the day, said their mom. When we

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Speaker 1: get home, you both need to make your own lunches

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Speaker 1: because me and your father are going to be in

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Speaker 1: the backyard pulling some weeds out of the garden. Sounds good, mom,

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Speaker 1: said Isabella, who was in between gulps of ice cold water. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 1: this family did not know that something scary was going

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Speaker 1: to happen today. During the rest of their drive home,

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Speaker 1: they listened to a new favorite song of theirs from

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Speaker 1: school maybehind have beefves.

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Speaker 2: Beeves the last, That's why we know you got to

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Speaker 2: get out fast? Did you hear beefs?

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Speaker 1: After they arrived home, Matteo was the first to run

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Speaker 1: to the kitchen and start making his sandwich. He popped

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Speaker 1: ran to their playroom to get started. Hm. I wonder

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Speaker 1: what he's building. Bella started making her own beef taco

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Speaker 1: with salsa and sour cream. Hmm. She was an excellent

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Speaker 1: taco chef, and while she was making her lunch, she

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Speaker 1: sang the same song they had listened to in the car.

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Speaker 1: When you hear beeps the last, that's when you know

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Speaker 1: you gotta get out fast? Yeah. Isabella was the leader

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Speaker 1: of the kid of Fire safety program at her school,

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Speaker 1: and there was a really catchy song she learned about

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Speaker 1: getting outside fast when you hear beeps from a fire alarm.

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Speaker 1: Mateo could hear his sister singing in the kitchen and

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Speaker 1: in the playroom. This was a very impressive project he

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Speaker 1: was building. Hey, have you ever built a giant city before?

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Speaker 1: It's pretty fun to build one on the floor inside

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Speaker 1: or Oh, have you ever made one outside with chalk

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Speaker 1: Oh that is that's super fun. Well, back in their playroom,

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Speaker 1: Mateo was handing Bella a few pieces that he needed

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Speaker 1: the kitchen, answered Mateo, who had forgotten about the bread

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Speaker 1: Bella walked over to the playroom door. Before opening it,

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Speaker 1: We've got to get out of here, called out Isabella

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Speaker 1: to Mateo, who seemed to be almost frozen still. He

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Speaker 1: But remember at school they said don't hide, get outside

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Speaker 1: Come on, Mateo, we have to get outside fast, said

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Speaker 1: Isabella as she grabbed her brother's hand and walked towards

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Speaker 1: was hot. If the door's hot, that means the fire

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Speaker 1: could be right on the other side of the door,

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Speaker 1: but thankfully it was not hot. Mateo, Okay, pull your

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Speaker 1: breathe a smoke in follow me closely. Isabella led the way,

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Speaker 1: being loudly and all the smoke, their senses were overwhelmed

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Speaker 1: both remembered to stay very low to the ground while

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Speaker 1: they're walking out of the house to avoid breathing in

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Speaker 1: any of the smoke, because smoke stays up high, which

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Speaker 1: finally made it and ran outside as fast as they

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Speaker 1: could see. There was a big tree out by the

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Speaker 1: street that their family had agreed to meet at in

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Speaker 1: case of an emergency just like this, so they knew

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Speaker 1: to run straight for that big tree. Bella Matteo shouted

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Speaker 1: their parents, who came running from around the side of

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Speaker 1: house was saved. About fifteen minutes later, Matteo and Isabella

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Speaker 1: both okay. It was then that the fire chief walked over. Wow,

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Speaker 1: you too, sure are brave, But I have to ask

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Speaker 1: how did you know what to do? Well, Chief said Isabella,

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Speaker 1: It's something we learned at school. Get outside and stay outside.

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Speaker 1: You are one brave girl, he replied. The fire chief

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Speaker 1: do you think they were afraid? Can you be afraid

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Speaker 1: and brave at the same time. Absolutely, you see, being

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Speaker 1: brave is something we can choose to do even when

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Speaker 1: we feel scared. I'm so glad that Isabella and Matteo

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Speaker 1: a fire in their house. You know, I'm definitely going

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Speaker 1: to remember what Isabella said if I ever have a

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Speaker 1: fire in my house, get outside and stay outside. That

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Speaker 1: may be the end of our story, but it's only

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Speaker 1: just the beginning of some amazing adventures that lie ahead

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Speaker 1: for Isabella and Mateo. Stick around to the end to

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Speaker 1: hear a special song from Kidda.

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Speaker 2: What You Gonna do when you hear that beat from

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Speaker 2: the smoke alarm, leap to your feet, up, listen.

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Speaker 3: Up right now, make a family plan so we all

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Speaker 3: know how to get out the house when the time

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Speaker 3: is right. You gonna run the drive both day and night.

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Speaker 3: We have to spring, summer, fall, any time at all.

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Speaker 3: You got to know tooys out of every room in

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Speaker 3: your house. So get down low or even squat, shut

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Speaker 3: your door knobs. Then maybe I hear beefs beeps.

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Speaker 2: The last, and that's when you know you got to

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Speaker 2: get out fast. You hear beefs beach the last, and

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Speaker 2: that's when you know you got to get out fast.

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Speaker 1: So make that plan we were to meet.

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Speaker 3: Don't want nobody want to run the streets. If everybody

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Speaker 3: knows where it's supposed to go, that's all they need

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Speaker 3: to know.

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Speaker 2: When you hear beefs beach the last, and that's when

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Speaker 2: you know you've got to get out fast.

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Speaker 1: Wow, that is such an awesome song, friends and parents.

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Speaker 1: number one share this episode on social media to help

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Speaker 1: spread the word, or number two, purchase kid alarms at

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Speaker 1: the campaign and how you can help, visit Cause for

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Speaker 1: see you next time. Another paying was the game finished