1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: Hey, friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kid 2 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time or you're 3 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: still newer to our family, I want to encourage you 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: to try five. That's our challenge, where for five days 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: in a row, your kids listen to some awesome stories 6 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: to use their imagination and watch their creativity come to life. 7 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: You see, we make stories every single day for you, 8 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: and you just never know what kind of story you're 9 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: gonna find on any given day. So hang with me 10 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 1: for five days, whether maybe driving in the car or 11 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: maybe during lunchtime, and I think you're gonna find something 12 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: pretty amazing happens. Well, friends, are you ready for today's adventure? 13 00:00:51,240 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It was a beautiful day as 14 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: Ethan was helping his grandparents clean out their attic, and 15 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: boy was it a big job. This box is really heavy, Grandma, 16 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: All right, I'll be right back. Ethan was holding onto 17 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 1: a box and had the job to carry it all 18 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: the way to the street for garbage pickup. All day long, 19 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: they had been going through a whole bunch of different 20 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: things to make sure which things they wanted to keep 21 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: in when things it was time to get rid of 22 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: and Ethan had been working hard and it was almost 23 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: all done and almost time for him to head home. 24 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: But something truly magical was about to happen. Hey, Ethan, 25 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: could you help me with this over here, called his grandpa. 26 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: Sure thing, I'll be right there, yelled Ethan as he 27 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: ran back towards the attic ladder. The only way to 28 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: get up and down from the attic was one of 29 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: those pull down ladders from the ceiling. As Ethan climbed 30 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: up the ladder to the attic, he was met by 31 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: his grandpa, who had a very large crate that he 32 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: was trying to open. I can't remember what's in this 33 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: old crate here, but can you help me pull it open? Yeah? Sure. 34 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: Ethan grabbed a screwdriver that had a flat plate at 35 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 1: the end of it and wedged it into the corner 36 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: of the crate and pushed with all of its might 37 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: until finally the top of the crate popped open. WHOA wow, wow, 38 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: I forgot about all this stuff in here, said his grandpa. 39 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: What is all this and where chi you get it from? 40 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: Asked Ethan. These are all things that my grandparents gave 41 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 1: to me when I was about your age, and I 42 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: think their family gave it to them even longer before, Wow, 43 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: this is some really cool stuff in here. Over the 44 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: next hour or two, Ethan and his grandpa spent looking 45 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 1: through that crate full of some amazing old ancient treasures. 46 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: Well not exactly treasures like gold or silver, but some 47 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: really cool old stuff. By the end of the afternoon, 48 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: it was time for Ethan to head home. His parents 49 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: were waiting in the car, and he waved goodbye to 50 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: his grandparents. Oh, Ethan, I want you to take this 51 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: box here. I can't remember exactly what it does. I 52 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: remember it was very special in our family, and I 53 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: want you to have it. WHOA, thanks Grandpa. It's so cool, 54 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: all right, love you bye. Ethan grabbed the box, got 55 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: into his parents car, and they drove back home. Little 56 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: did Ethan know how much magic that box had inside 57 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: of it. By the time Ethan got home, he had 58 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: examined every square inch of this box. It was about 59 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: the size as a shoe box. It was made of old, 60 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: old cedar wood. It smelled really good, and there was 61 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: this door on the side and it opened and closed. 62 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: It was empty inside, but it was still a very 63 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: cool box from his grandpa. Ethan brought it back to 64 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: his bedroom and then joined his family for dinner. While 65 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: they're eating some delicious spaghetti and sauce, they heard a sound. Good. 66 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 1: It was a loud, crashing sound that came from Ethan's bedroom. Uh, 67 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: can I be excused? I'm gonna go see what that 68 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: sound was. Yes, that was a strange sound, said his parents. 69 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: Ethan walked back to his bedroom and saw that that 70 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: box from his grandpa had fallen off the shelf he'd 71 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: put it on, which is very strange. There's nothing around 72 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 1: here that could have knocked it over. As he picked 73 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: it up and set it back on the shelf, he 74 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 1: heard another sound. It was a sound from inside the box. 75 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: Ethan opened up the door and couldn't believe his eyes. 76 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: Inside of this box was a very small, but very 77 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:25,559 Speaker 1: real and alive elephant. Yeah, an elephant. Ethan dropped down 78 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: to his knees and his mouth fell owen. He couldn't 79 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: believe what he was looking at, this little, tiny, little elephant. 80 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: It was so adorable, and it had this little trunk 81 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: and it would raise it up high and say, how 82 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: in the world did you get in this box? Said Ethan. 83 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,119 Speaker 1: With two hands, he carefully picked up this elephant out 84 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 1: of the box and set it on the floor of 85 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: his bedroom. The elephant looked so happy it started to 86 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: run around in circles in his bedroom. That is when 87 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 1: even more crazy stuff started to happen. You see, that 88 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 1: elephant's feet were glowing and sparkling, almost like I don't know, 89 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: they were some kind of magical feet. And everywhere the 90 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: elephant stepped, plants started to grow, and in just a 91 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: few seconds, Ethan watched as his entire bedroom turned into 92 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:32,119 Speaker 1: a jungle. He had to show his parents. He rakes 93 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: back to the kitchen. Oh, you guys gotta see this, Ethan. 94 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: What's the matter? So what was that sound in your room? 95 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: Did something fall? Uh? Yeah, something foul, But uh, there's 96 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: something else going on. You better could see this. He 97 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 1: grabbed his parents' hands and pulled them to his bedroom. 98 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: As they turned the corner to enter his room, they 99 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: couldn't believe it. His entire room was a rain forest. 100 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: All of their mouths dropped open, and their eyes were 101 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 1: as big as donuts, like big donuts, like the kind 102 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: of big donuts that you dream about. Yeah, that's the 103 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: big as their eyeballs where they were all completely shocked. Ethan, 104 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: We've been telling you to keep your room clean. Whoa, whoa, whoa. 105 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: This is not my fault. This is there's an elephant, 106 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: a magic elephant that came in the box from Carabit's house, 107 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: and and everywhere it walks, it just turns my everything 108 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,679 Speaker 1: into a jungle. An elephant, they said, as they looked 109 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: at Ethan suspiciously, not believing him. Wooooo. But then they 110 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: heard a sound from Ethan's closet, from a not so 111 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: very small elephant anymore. This elephant had grown a lot 112 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: like a lot, a lot big enough where Ethan could 113 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: maybe even ride it. Ethan, how long have you been 114 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: hiding in elephant in your bedroom? I promise this is 115 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 1: not what it looks like. I've not been hiding an elephant, 116 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: and I this jungle did not come from my messy room. 117 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: It all came from this box here, from Grandpa's house. 118 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: They turned a look at this wooden box that was 119 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: completely empty and definitely not big enough to house a 120 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: jungle and an elephant inside of it. The more Ethan 121 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: tried to explain, the crazier it sounded, until he picked 122 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 1: up the wooden box and tried to describe again. For 123 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:36,959 Speaker 1: the third time that this elephant I was actually very 124 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: small and fit inside the box. And wait a second, 125 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: Ethan opened the box back up and inside was a 126 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: sea turtle. What is this doing here? His parents couldn't 127 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:56,199 Speaker 1: believe it. Everything that Ethan had been telling them was true, 128 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: and this poor sea turtle needed to get back to 129 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: the ocean fast. Ethan grabbed onto the trunk of the 130 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: elephant and carefully let it out of the bedroom and 131 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: out of their house into the front yard. His parents 132 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 1: knew that they had to get to the ocean fast, 133 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: and this elephant was pretty quick. Ethan hopped on top 134 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 1: of the elephant holding the sea turtle, and off they 135 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: rode to the ocean. Don't worry, they made it just 136 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: in time to the ocean to let this sea turtle 137 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: go free. And it was a very happy turtle, happy 138 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: to be free in the ocean. But even though this 139 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: is the end of our story, it is only just 140 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 1: the beginning of the amazing magical stories that Ethan will 141 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: find inside that box from his grandpa's house. Wow, wouldn't 142 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: that be so cool to have a box like that 143 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: where if you closed it and open it up, you'd 144 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: be greeted with some kind of magical animal inside. Wow, 145 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: that would be so cool. I can't wait to hear 146 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 1: all the rest of the adventures that lie ahead for 147 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: Ethan and his new elephant friend. The end and now 148 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: it's time for kud shout outs. I want to say 149 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: to Faith from Biston, Henry and Violet from Australia, Austin 150 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: and Jolie from Delaware, Imani from Pakistan, Mack and Jonah 151 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 1: from Alberta, Canada, Royce from Colorado, Messiah from Virginia, and 152 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: Roomy Bell from Cleveland, Ohio. I'm so glad that you're 153 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 1: all in the kid short stories of family into on 154 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: the spy team. We could not stop doctors, thank your 155 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: breath that it's crewe without you, my friends. Well you 156 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: have a super duper day and I will see you 157 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: on our next adventure. Bye.