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Speaker 1: was a cloudy but pretty nice day as THEO was

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Speaker 1: playing with his friends outside. They were at the playground

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Speaker 1: in their neighborhood and having a ton of fun racing

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Speaker 1: around and playing all kinds of different playground games. Seven eight, nine, ten,

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Speaker 1: Ready or not? Here? I come, shouted THEO as he

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Speaker 1: uncovered his eyes with his hands and started to look around.

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Speaker 1: I don't see anybody. Where did they go? He started

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Speaker 1: like a tube. Yeah, they were all squeezed inside and

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Speaker 1: had nowhere to go but down. I got you all,

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Speaker 1: shouted THEO, as one by one they slid down the

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Speaker 1: slide right into his hand. I guess that wasn't a

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Speaker 1: good idea for us all to get in that slide,

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Speaker 1: said one of his friends. And then, all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: drip drop, drip drop. Oh no, it's starting to rain,

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Speaker 1: shouted THEO. All right, guys, well, I guess we'll play

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Speaker 1: more tomorrow, said one of his friends. By THEO, they

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Speaker 1: all waved and ran their different directions to head home.

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Speaker 1: THEO was pretty bummed because they were having a ton

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Speaker 1: of fun and then it just had to end all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden and unexpectedly. Oh, change can be hard, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Sometimes when we're playing or doing something that we really

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Speaker 1: changes our plans, just like what happened to THEO. They

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Speaker 1: were having a ton of fun, and then that rain

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Speaker 1: came out of nowhere. THEO grabbed his things and started

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Speaker 1: waiting for him at the door. As he ran up

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Speaker 1: the driveway, THEO, Holy, he smokes, that rain came out

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Speaker 1: of nowhere. They said, yeah, and it totally ruined this

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Speaker 1: Oh come here, said his parents, And they gave him

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Speaker 1: a big hug and a big squeeze and said, you

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Speaker 1: know that can be really frustrating to all of a

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Speaker 1: something better inside. Come on. His parents wrapped a towel

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Speaker 1: The rest of the day did end up being really fun.

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Speaker 1: They did some cool indoor art projects. But later than

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Speaker 1: in the afternoon, something amazing was about to happen to

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Speaker 1: change Theo's life forever. Hey, THEO, why don't you run

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Speaker 1: that we could play together. That's a great idea, said THEO.

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Speaker 1: He raced over to his room as fast as he could.

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Speaker 1: He really liked playing games and had a ton in

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Speaker 1: his closet, many of which that he had never played before,

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Speaker 1: but he was wanting to try something new. Do you

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Speaker 1: like playing games like board games or card games? Yes?

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Speaker 1: Those are super fun to do with your friends and family.

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Speaker 1: I have many that I love to play. What's your favorite? Well,

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Speaker 1: as THEO got to his room and opened up his

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Speaker 1: games to choose from. There were many, and it was

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Speaker 1: hard to pick just one. Hmm, which one have I

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Speaker 1: not played yet? THEO said to himself, Um, oh, this

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Speaker 1: the side of his shelf. There was a game that

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Speaker 1: that there was something stuck even further back behind there.

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Speaker 1: What is that? It must be an old instructions manual

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Speaker 1: to one of these games. So he got down on

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Speaker 1: and it was very dusty. Wait a second, I've never

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Speaker 1: seen something like this before, said THEO. It was a

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Speaker 1: as it unrolled across the table, it spewed a whole

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Speaker 1: bunch of dust in all their faces. WHOA, THEO, where

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Speaker 1: did you find this? It was back behind all of

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Speaker 1: my games. I've never seen this thing before. It was

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Speaker 1: wedged all the way back behind the dresser. All three

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Speaker 1: It didn't take long before they all came to the

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Speaker 1: same conclusion. THEO, this looks like a treasure map, but

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Speaker 1: it's not real, right, Like this has just got to

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Speaker 1: be a pretend one, right, asked THEO. I don't know, uh,

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Speaker 1: if it was behind that old dresser in your closet.

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Speaker 1: We didn't bring that dresser here when we moved into

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Speaker 1: the house. That dresser was already there. And so if

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Speaker 1: is actually real? Shouted THEO. His eyes were very big,

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Speaker 1: all three of them were speechless. Well, let's see if

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Speaker 1: we can figure out, like where this map is located,

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Speaker 1: said one of his parents. You see every single treasure map. Uh,

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Speaker 1: it will tell you little bit of like where it is,

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Speaker 1: Like maybe there's a big mountain nearby and that so

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Speaker 1: then on the treasure map there will be a big

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Speaker 1: mountain there, or maybe an old tree or a lake.

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Speaker 1: There's all kinds of different things. Those are called landmarks

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Speaker 1: that someone would put on a treasure map to help

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Speaker 1: you guide you to where the treasure is. Are those

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Speaker 1: three stones right there? Theo's finger was pointing to the

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Speaker 1: edge of the map, and there were three big, like

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Speaker 1: kind of wobbly circles that look like stones. Right by

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Speaker 1: the park, there's there's those three really big rocks. Do

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Speaker 1: you think that's where the treasure map is talking about,

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Speaker 1: asked THEO. That's actually probably true. You're right right next

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Speaker 1: look just like these here on the map, said one

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Speaker 1: of his parents. I want to go check it out.

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Speaker 1: Can I put on some boots in a rain jacket

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Speaker 1: on your boots and rain jacket and maybe an umbrella too.

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Speaker 1: Just stay dry and don't get too mundy. They barely

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Speaker 1: finished their sentence before THEO ran off to go get

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Speaker 1: his stuff to stay dry in the rain. What started

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Speaker 1: off as you know, it's kind of a hard day

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Speaker 1: because of the changing of the plans has turned into

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Speaker 1: possibly one of Theo's greatest days ever. Will he discover

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Speaker 1: a treasure? Is this map reel or is it just

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Speaker 1: an old piece of paper? I'm not sure, but we're

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Speaker 1: gonna have to wait and see what happens on the

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Speaker 1: next episode of Kids Short Stories. Good job you listened

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

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Speaker 1: time it is. It's time for could showed out. I

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Speaker 1: want to say hey to Aspen and Valor from Missouri,

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Speaker 1: Anna from Finland, Holcome from Idaho, Archie from Australia, Sienna

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Speaker 1: and Elliott from Toronto, Felicia from Massachusetts, Luca from Qatar,

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Speaker 1: and Hannah and Morgan from California. I'm so glad that

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Speaker 1: you're all in the kit Short stories, family, and Don

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Speaker 1: the spy team. We could not stop Doctor Stickybreath and

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Speaker 1: his crew without you, my friends. Will you have a

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Speaker 1: souper due ber Day and I'll see you next time. Bye,