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

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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. Spark was a shark who was

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Speaker 1: tired of swimming. Ah man, I really want to walk,

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Speaker 1: said Spark to any sea creature that would listen. But

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Speaker 1: they didn't understand his dream. You're a shark, they would shout.

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Speaker 2: You swim in the seas for the ocean gobblefish in

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Speaker 2: the Gulf. Walking is not what a shark should want,

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Speaker 2: but Spark would not be deterred.

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Speaker 1: Well, I am a shark and I will walk. Just

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Speaker 1: you wait, Spark. The shark would practice his walk on

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Speaker 1: the ocean floor. Left tail fin forward, right tail fin forward, repeat.

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Speaker 1: Look at me, I'm doing it, He shouted to the

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Speaker 1: sea snails. What sharks don't walk? They would shout, come on,

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Speaker 1: use your fans and swim around. But no one could

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Speaker 1: stop Spark. He was determined. He had a dream and

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Speaker 1: he would achieve it. One day, as he was waltzing

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Speaker 1: around a sea bottom with his tail, something floated down

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Speaker 1: from the surface. A glass bowl slowly sank to the

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Speaker 1: sand in front of him. It was round, in the

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Speaker 1: perfect size to fit over his head. Huh, HiT's a

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Speaker 1: sign from above a helmet for land living, and sparked.

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Speaker 1: The shark stuck the bowl to his head and swam up.

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Speaker 1: As his bowl broke the surface, he tested its effectiveness.

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Speaker 1: A tight fit to his face, no water leaked out,

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Speaker 1: and the glass was clear, nothing obstructing his view. It's perfect,

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Speaker 1: said Spark. This allowed him to breathe water while he

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Speaker 1: was up above the water the air. He swam his

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Speaker 1: way toward the beach. The beach goers saw the sharkfin

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Speaker 1: approaching and ah shark in the water. They ran to

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Speaker 1: safety on the sand under the water. Spark couldn't hear them.

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Speaker 1: He approached the shallow end hungay, just like I've practiced,

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Speaker 1: he coached himself. Then he popped up his tail fin,

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Speaker 1: waddling from the left to the right and repeated. He

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Speaker 1: made it to the sand and continued on to the shore.

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Speaker 1: The people were still screaming, ah shark out of the water.

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Speaker 1: This was very confusing and everyone was running to safety

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Speaker 1: into the water. Spark didn't notice, though, he was too

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Speaker 1: busy strutting on the sand layby. I did it, butesome,

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Speaker 1: No big deal. His helmet bowl was full of water

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Speaker 1: and holding on tight. It was working perfectly. He strolled

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Speaker 1: up the beach towards the snack bar. All of this

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Speaker 1: excitement was making him very very hungry. Uh hi there

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Speaker 1: when fish plays? He requested at the counter. The worker

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Speaker 1: was wowed by this out of water shark. He called

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Speaker 2: Hey, brah, what are of fish and chips? And uh,

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Speaker 2: keep it going quick, don't want to be me on

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Speaker 2: the menu.

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Speaker 1: Instead, the order came speedily for Spark. The shark, and

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Speaker 1: he flapped his fin with glee at the golden fried

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Speaker 1: fish and fries on his tray. He skipped over to

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Speaker 1: a seat and tried to eat. Lifting the fish up

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Speaker 1: to his face. He opened up wide and bark fish

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Speaker 1: squished into the glass barrier that was the bowl. He

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Speaker 1: tried to squeeze it under the bowl, but water dribbled

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Speaker 1: dribbled out during his attempt. Oh dear, that's not good,

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Speaker 1: ah man, the shark sighed no ledge on land for me,

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Speaker 1: I guess. But not to be deterred, he kept walking

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Speaker 1: down the boardwalk. Shop owners gave him a wide berth,

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Speaker 1: meaning they got out of his way. Unsure of what

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Speaker 1: he could do even if his jaws were stuck behind

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Speaker 1: a glass bowl, Spark spotted a store full of clothes

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Speaker 1: last it was not to be. Spark could not fit

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Speaker 1: a bikini top. He tried to very very fancy hat,

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Speaker 1: shaped head. He grabbed a beach towel instead. He tried

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Speaker 1: wouldn't even come out from under the register. You just

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Speaker 1: take it, please, it just don't eat me. But Spark

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Speaker 1: knew that didn't feel right to just walk out with

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Speaker 1: the towel without paying for it. Uh, okay, I'll just

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Speaker 1: leave it here. I guess I'll be wearing my sharkskin suit.

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Speaker 1: That's okay. Still having the best day ever. Nothing was

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Speaker 1: going to get this shark down. He was on land,

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Speaker 1: and he was walking a true dream come true. What

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Speaker 1: else could he need? Spark walked himself further down the boardwalk.

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Speaker 1: He wandered so far that the board walk stopped where

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Speaker 1: the boardwalk girl. He'd never seen the end of the boardwalk.

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Speaker 1: He didn't know it ended. Who was beyond the boardwalk?

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Speaker 1: Spark suddenly didn't want to know. He looked left and right,

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Speaker 1: back and forth, up and down. He'd actually never been

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Speaker 1: this far from the ocean. Uh, too far to way,

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Speaker 1: too firefresh eck. His feet felt dry, his body felt

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Speaker 1: like the grittiest sandpaper. He needed to get wet.

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Speaker 2: Wock.

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Speaker 1: He guess, no joke, Spark said to himself. He didn't

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Speaker 1: want to admit it, but he missed zigging and zagging

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Speaker 1: through the waves. What good we're having so many fins

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Speaker 1: here if he only used two of them. Spark was

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Speaker 1: deep in thought, remembering the good old days before he

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Speaker 1: was a land shark. When he was shocked back to

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Speaker 1: the present. What was this so cool?

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Speaker 2: On his fin?

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Speaker 1: Spark looked down and spotted his one full friend the water.

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Speaker 1: He was so deep in thought he didn't even realize

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Speaker 1: he was following his sharky heart back to the ocean. Well,

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Speaker 1: since I'm here, spoosh, Spark. The shark pulled off the

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Speaker 1: bucket and dove back into the water. Who that was

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Speaker 1: one wild adventure for this shark friend, one that I'm

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Speaker 1: sure he'll never forget the end. We'll be right back

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Speaker 1: job you listened all the way to the end, and

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Speaker 1: you know what time it is. It's time for kid

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Speaker 1: shout out. So I want to say hey to Hartley,

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Speaker 1: Maya and Ryan from Toronto, Canada, Tate from Denver, Beckham

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Speaker 1: you're all on the kids, Chorts or his family. We

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

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Speaker 1: my friends. Well you have a super duper day and

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Speaker 1: I'll see you on our next adventure. Bye.