1 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: Hey, friends, it's Mr Jim and welcome back to get 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 1: your stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: the family, the place where we turn your wildest imaginations 4 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:18,799 Speaker 1: and turn them into amazing adventures. So, if you have 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: an awesome idea you got heading over to kids short 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: Stories dot com. Send us your idea and maybe we'll 7 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: turn it into an awesome adventure. Today's idea comes to 8 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: us from Genie. Hey, Jeannie, she's that me an awesome 9 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: idea first story, and I cannot wait to see yours. Well, friends, 10 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: are you ready for today's amazing adventure? He too, Let's go. 11 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: It was a beautiful day. As Genie started to wake up. Oh, 12 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: she stretched her arms and sat up out of bed. 13 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: She was greeted by her regular morning smell. Yeah, a 14 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: smell of waffles and syrup and pancakes and delicious things. 15 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: And you're probably thinking, oh, that's because someone's making them 16 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: in the kitchen and so it must smell like that. 17 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: Have you ever had that delicious smell of a warm 18 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: breakfast ah waffed into your bedroom. That can be a 19 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: beautiful way to wake up, but it's actually not what 20 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: was going on. As Jeanie left her bedroom and walked 21 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 1: to the kitchen. It was not waffles, it was not pancakes, 22 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: It was none of those things that she smelled. In fact, 23 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: it was only just a bagel with some cream cheese 24 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: on it. Although very delicious, it was just not what 25 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: that smell was. You see, her family have lived in 26 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: that house for a very long time. They were always 27 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: confused by the strange smells that they would always smell. 28 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: It always smelled like desserts in their house, between make 29 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: bowl syrup and freshly baked cupcakes. It was always kind 30 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: of disappointing because they couldn't figure out where that smell 31 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: was coming from. Smell delicious, but m hmm, what do 32 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: you think is going on? I have no idea. But 33 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: thankfully today is the day. Today will be the day 34 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 1: that Jeannie figures out where that smell is coming from. 35 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: After many years of researching and searching around her house, 36 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: she is finally going to crack this case. After eating 37 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: her bagel, Genie thought to herself, it smells fresher than normal. 38 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: That smell of waffles. It smells like it's so close. 39 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: I can almost taste it. After I finished this bagel. 40 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: There's nothing that's gonna stop me. I am gonna solve 41 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: this family mystery once and for all, she shouted. You see, 42 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: this family, they lived in the entry side, not anywhere 43 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: near a delicious restaurant. If if that's what you were thinking, 44 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: because that's what I was thinking. You know, maybe there's 45 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: a delicious breakfast restaurant right next door and they're just 46 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: smelling the No, they live in the country, far away 47 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: from anyone that might be cooking waffles. As she ran 48 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: up to her room to change out of her pajamas 49 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: and change into some clothes that could go on some 50 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: kind of adventure of searching around, gait a second, what's 51 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: that light coming from in there? She said. She had 52 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: never quite looked in that part of her wardrobe before. 53 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: Back in the very back corner, behind where all of 54 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: her hanging things were hanging, you know, some dresses and 55 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: shirts and her favorite sparkly scarfed that her grandmother had 56 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: gotten her a long time ago, was a crack, a 57 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: crack in the corner that looked like it had light 58 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: shining through. As she got down on her hands and 59 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: knees and crept closer to that little crack in the corner. 60 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: Wait a second, it smells even stronger of waffles over here. 61 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: I've got to be getting closer. She ran her fingers 62 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: up the wall, looking for other little cracks or crevices 63 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: that might lead to a new clue, and finally her 64 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:30,119 Speaker 1: fingers bumped over an unusual edge. Out was that, she said? 65 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: It pinched my finger? And wait a second, what is this? 66 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: It was very dark in the back of the wardrobe 67 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: and so it was pretty hard to see, and she 68 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: moved some of the shirts aside to let some more 69 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: light in. Sure enough, her fingers had bumped into a hinge. 70 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: What in the world is this hinge doing here? Shouted Jeanie. 71 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: Here's not supposed to be a hinge on this wall. 72 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 1: Wait a second, maybe I'm getting closer to Could there 73 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: be a door? Is there a secret door? Holy smoked? 74 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 1: Can you imagine finding a secret door like in your wardrobe, 75 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 1: your closet or your bedroom? And whoa, I have never 76 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: found a secret door before, but that would be so awesome. 77 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: As she ran her fingers up the hinge, and she 78 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: found this crack that went all the way around in 79 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: a square. It was nowhere near as big as the 80 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: door of her bedroom. It was pretty small, but it 81 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 1: was indeed some kind of door that could open, now, 82 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 1: if only she could find the way to open it. 83 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: There was no handle, There wasn't a hole to you know, 84 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: pull on. But some of these wood pieces did seem 85 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: to move around. Genie bit onto her bottom lip as 86 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,679 Speaker 1: she was thinking really hard and trying to find maybe 87 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: these wood pieces moved in a certain orientation like a puzzle. Maybe, 88 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: just maybe it would unlock. And just like that she 89 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: heard a click. That little door then cracked open. It 90 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: would squeak so loudly. It's like no one had ever 91 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: opened it before. She expected it to be very dusty, 92 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 1: but in fact it was not. It was not dusty 93 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 1: one bit. There was some kind of light shining from inside, 94 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 1: and she was greeted with a ginormous whiff of waffles 95 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 1: and syrup. It's got to be down here. This small 96 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: door through her wardrobe opened up and led to a 97 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: flight of stairs that seemed to go down. But they 98 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: did not have a basement that she knew about. Does 99 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: your house have a basement? Just imagine if there was 100 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 1: a basement there that you knew nothing about. WHOA, that 101 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 1: would be an amazing thing to do. Scover. The opening 102 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 1: through the wall was so small that she had to 103 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: crawl her way down the stairs. Have you ever crawled 104 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: down the stairs? I would not advise. It is very 105 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: dangerous and tricky. It's very easy to slip and fall. 106 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: But thankfully it was only a few stairs that Genie 107 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: needed to go down. Oh woof ouch. She did slip 108 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: down the final two stairs and bumped her elbow on 109 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: the ground. But as she stood up, she couldn't believe 110 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: where she was. Wait a second, you're in the world, 111 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: am I? This is not my house? This I've never Wow, 112 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: it's beautiful. Her eyes were ginormous as she scanned the 113 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: room around. She was in a room that looked like 114 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: the size of a basement. But this was no ordinary basement. 115 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: This was a magical world. I think I'm not sure. 116 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: There was a waterfall of maple syrup. The walls were 117 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: built out of waffles. And is that a tree over 118 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:15,559 Speaker 1: there made of tutsy rolls? And oh wow, it looks 119 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: like the green leaves are actually m m yep, they're 120 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: candy all right. Genie couldn't believe it, but her basement 121 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: was actually some kind of small, miniature candy world. I 122 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: don't know what in the world was going on, But 123 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: all those smells that her family had smelled for all 124 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: those years actually came from a basement that they didn't 125 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: even know exist. That holy smokes. As Gennie crawled back 126 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: up the stairs and told her the rest of her family, 127 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: they all squeezed their way in and couldn't believe it. 128 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: But as each and every one of them took a 129 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: bite of a different piece of this candy world, they 130 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: all began to realize how magical this place true he was. 131 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: And even though this is the end of our story, 132 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: it is truly just the beginning the amazing adventures that 133 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: Lie had for Genie and her family. You see, they 134 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: would go on to find some more secret doors around 135 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 1: their house. Where do you think they would lead to? 136 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: What do you think if you found a secret door 137 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: in your house? How magical would that be? Well, I 138 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: think I'm going to keep an eye out for any 139 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: secret doors around my place, and I think you should too. 140 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 1: The end, Great job, you listened all the way to 141 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: the end. And I have three, just three very amazing 142 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: happy birthdays to celebrate today, so I'm going to definitely 143 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:53,319 Speaker 1: need your help. Drum roll please, Happy birthday, Aidan, who's 144 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: turning four Aidan loves monster trucks, trains and airplanes. Just 145 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 1: he's a got an amazing imagination and lives in Alaska. Wow, 146 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: I bet you see some pretty cool things like all 147 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: the way up in the Yukon White Bass Railroad. Maybe 148 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 1: for your birthday, well, your mom, dad, and Easton. I'll 149 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: love you, Aiden, and thank you so much for celebrating 150 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: with us at Kids Short Stories. Happy birthday, all right. 151 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: Next up, drumroll please, rappy birthday. Eliza Reader Whoo, who's 152 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: turning five years old. Lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. Loves 153 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: being on the spy team, loves to draw, and your 154 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: favorite color is yellow and as a dog named writer. Wow, Eliza, 155 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: that is so amazing. Thank you so much for being 156 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: on our squad. We could not stop you know who 157 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: without you, Eliza. Well, happy birthday Whoa. And last, but 158 00:10:54,400 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: certainly not least, drum roll please free birthday. Jalen's turning 159 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: seven years old. He loves to go swimming in the 160 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 1: wave pool at the water park. Whoa, and I hear 161 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: that might be where you're going on your birthday. Well, 162 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: that's amazing, And oh I see that you're learning how 163 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: to be in Ninja. I already knew that. I saw 164 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: your application and you are an amazing ninja and the 165 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: best soccer player I've ever seen. Holy smokes. Jalen, Well, 166 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: happy birthday and thank you so much for celebrating with 167 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: us at Kids Short Stories. Well, everyone, that was an 168 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: amazing A lot of happy birthdays today, but I hope 169 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: you have a super duper day and we'll see you 170 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: next time. Bye.