1 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kid 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:12,479 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Today's story comes to us from Layla. Hey, Layla, 3 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: she sent me an awesome idea for a story, and 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: you can too. Just head over to kids short stories 5 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: dot Com with your parents and fill out the form 6 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: with your story idea and maybe we'll turn it into 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:27,319 Speaker 1: an awesome adventure. Well, my friends, are you ready for 8 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: this imaginative, crazy adventure? 9 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: Oh? 10 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: I definitely am. 11 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 3: Let's go. 12 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: It was a beautiful day deep down in the ocean. 13 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 1: The water was crystal clear, and there was a mermaid 14 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: named Layla swimming around looking for a new adventure. Today's 15 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: just gonna be the best day ever. I'm gonna find 16 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:04,479 Speaker 1: something new to do. And hmm, maybe it's that way 17 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: or this way, or maybe I'll go over to the 18 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: rocky cliff. Yeah, that's where some awesome adventures. Lie She 19 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: loved swimming over to that rocky cliff off the coral reef. 20 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,559 Speaker 1: You see that rocky cliff went all the way up 21 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: to the surface of the water. Yeah, you know, on 22 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: the other side where there was air and birds. Oh, 23 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: birds were the worst of them all. Oftentimes, when mermaids 24 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: would swim up to the surface of the water. Birds 25 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: might drop something right on their head that was really stinky, 26 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: if you know what I mean. But also at the 27 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: surface of the water that just light. So many, so 28 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: many mysteries were there that mermaids loved to investigate and 29 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: just imagine what might be out there. Well, as Laylah 30 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: swam over to this rocky cliff, she climbed up her 31 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: way all the way to the surface of the water. 32 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 2: Ah ah, The seagulls flew overhead, and she was very 33 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 2: nervous that they might pull one of their stinky tricks. 34 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: But then something caught her eye. You see the cliff 35 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: that went all the way down into the water. It 36 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: went all the way up to the sky, almost to 37 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: the clouds even but something looked like it had just 38 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: fallen off the cliff. It was very, very shiny. Laylah 39 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 1: watched as it splashed down into the ocean. I've got 40 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,959 Speaker 1: to see what that is. That was the shiniest rock 41 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: I've ever seen, said Layla. She dove back into the 42 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: water and swam with her tail as fast as she could. 43 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: Have you ever seen a mermaid tail swim in the water. 44 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: Who they are some mighty fast swimmers. And her tail 45 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: was bright pink and with teal spots on it. It 46 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: was also very sparkly in the sunlight of the water. 47 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: Up ahead, she could see that very shiny and sparkly 48 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: thing that had fallen off from the cliff up above. 49 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: She watched as it splashed down into the sand on 50 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: the ocean floor. As it landed on the bottom, there 51 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: was a big spooche of sand that was all around it. 52 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: As she swam her way down there, she couldn't believe it. 53 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: This was the most sparkly, shiny thing she had ever seen. 54 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: Laylah reached down to pick it up, and oh dear, 55 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:55,119 Speaker 1: something horrible was about to happen. Wow, this is beautiful. 56 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: I've gotta show everybody. Oh, I'm gonna put it in 57 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: my and swim back to town. Everyone has got to see 58 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: this amazing thing I've just found. As she swam back 59 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: to her town with all of her friends that were 60 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: all swimming around the coral reef having lunch, she shouted 61 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: out to them, Hey, friends, guess what I balanced the 62 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: shiniest rock I've ever seen? But nobody heard her. Hello, 63 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: look at this. She held it up over her head, 64 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: but nobody saw her. It was at that moment that 65 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 1: she happened to look down in her hand. Where did 66 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: my hand go? Said, Leyla, I can't see anything. It's 67 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 1: it's like my hand is Oh dear, my whole body. 68 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: What's going on? Layla began to panic. But it was 69 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: at that moment that she remembered that shiny stone. It 70 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: must be that shiny stone that di this to me. 71 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: I gotta get rid of it. She swam back to 72 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: this place where she had picked up that shiny stone 73 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: that had fallen down from the cliff. She laid it 74 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 1: back in the sand. Okay, ha ha, her, my color's 75 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: gonna come back. It's my everything gonna come back. It's 76 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: not coming back, she shouted. Did I just turn invisible forever? 77 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: Oh dear. All of a sudden, Layla passed out, and 78 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 1: as she passed out, she floated up all the way 79 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: to the top of the surface of the water. As 80 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: she woke up and found herself floating at the top 81 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: of the ocean, she heard a voice. 82 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 3: Oh, nor her, I'm gonna bla on up on this 83 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 3: trouble whatever rattled mound magic or colorstone. 84 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: Girl, magical colorstone. Lailah thought to herself, huh, hello, who's 85 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:00,279 Speaker 1: there n. 86 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 3: And arround Laurel and girls hurdler. This is the worst lover. 87 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: Layla looked around and saw a small unicorn sitting on 88 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: the edge of the cliff looking over the water. I'm 89 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: not a ghost, I'm a mermaid and I somehow turned 90 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: invisible when I touched this rock. 91 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 3: Here there ratural, Those are fro my wrong bar crystal storm. 92 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: Yes, I have it in my pocket. Here Is there 93 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,839 Speaker 1: any way that it can put me back to normal? 94 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: Or am I stuck this way forever? Well? Water curlture. 95 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 3: Or little slur. There's a rustot button on the stone 96 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 3: less and a fungle storm touches a touch or color 97 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,040 Speaker 3: because it's a round barrow storm. But after a personal 98 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 3: resut button that works the colors back. 99 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: Layla looked at the bottom of the stone for some 100 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: kind of recent button that the unicorn had talked about, 101 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:07,359 Speaker 1: and I found it. She pushed the button and instantly 102 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: all of her colors came back. You were right, Oh 103 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: wow a lurah marmal. Yes I am, and here is 104 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: your rainbowstone. Wow, I'll love her mother of myrmal before 105 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: that's wow, they'll smuth the brustle of rom there uncler 106 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: the unicorn reached down and grabbed the rainbowstone out of 107 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: the Mermaid's hand, and then the unicorn went on to 108 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: explain that this was a magical stone that helped the 109 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: unicorns create rainbows in the sky. You have to be 110 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: very careful with what it touches, because it absorbs any 111 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: and all colors that it touches. These two new friends 112 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: waved goodbye to each other as the unicorn climbed back 113 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: up the mountain and Layla the Mermaid swam back down 114 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: to all of her friends. Wow, does she have an 115 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: amazing story to tell them about what she found on 116 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: her adventure today. I'm not sure if anyone's gonna believe her. 117 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: Which if someone told you that they found a magical 118 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: rainbowstone that took away all their color, would you believe them? Hmmm? 119 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,559 Speaker 1: Well maybe now I will, because it did just happen 120 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: to Layla. And even though this is the end of 121 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: our story, it's definitely only just the beginning of all 122 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: the amazing adventures that Layla the Mermaid has waiting for 123 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: her in the days to come. The end or right, job, 124 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: you listened all the way to the end, and you 125 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 1: know what, tomadas Aunt's time for kid shout out, so 126 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: I want to say hey to Emila and Felix from Newcastle, Australia, 127 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: Riley from Florida, Sarah and Adnin from Turkey, Hayes from 128 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:03,319 Speaker 1: New York, Henry and Bella from New Jersey, James from 129 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:08,199 Speaker 1: British Columbia, and Lily, Abby, Elliott and Evelyn from Bristol 130 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 1: Road Island. I'm so glad that you're all on the 131 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,839 Speaker 1: Kids Short Stories family and on the spy team. We 132 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: could not stop Doctor Sticky Breath and his crew without you, 133 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 1: my friends. Will you have a super duper day and 134 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:24,559 Speaker 1: I will see you on our next adventure. Bye.