1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's mister jim Man. Welcome back to Kit 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: Short Stories. If this is your first time, welcome to 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: into an amazing adventure every single day. You know, we 5 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids just like you. 6 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: So if you have an idea for a story, I'd 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: love to see it. Check down in the show notes 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: below for how you can submit your own story idea 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And parents, 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: if you're new to kids podcasting, I'm gonna challenge you 11 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 1: to listen to podcasting for five days in a row 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination, decrease 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: screen time, and we're gonna have a lot of fun 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: along the way. Are you guys ready for today's adventure? 15 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: Me too? Let's go all right, that's the last of 16 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: the blankets in the whole house, Ethan announced as he 17 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: dumped the blankets in his arms onto the living room floor. 18 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: Aiden dove into the pile and began pulling the blankets apart. 19 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: He strung them from the couch while Ethan tucked them 20 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: in the backs of the chairs. They collected pillows and 21 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: filled the inside of their cave with them. Together, they 22 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 1: made the most magnificent blanket cave anyone had ever seen. 23 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: Have you ever made a blanket cave before? Or a 24 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: blanket fort? WHOA? Those things are so fun to do, 25 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: and I wonder if someone could live inside of a 26 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: blanket cave forever. Well anyway, when it was finished, the 27 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: two boys launched themselves inside the cave, bouncing on the pillows. 28 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: They laughed and sat up, and then Ethan pointed to 29 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: the back of the cave. Aiden look at that, where 30 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: there should have been a wall of blankets, was the 31 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: dark opening of a tunnel. WHOA, I didn't know you 32 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: built a tunnel, Aiden said, in awe, I didn't, Ethan replied. 33 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: The two boys looked at each other without a word, 34 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 1: knew exactly what to do. Aiden quickly packed a backpack, 35 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: and they both scrambled up and off the pillow floor 36 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: inside their blanket cave and sprinted into the tunnel. It 37 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: was darker in there, and it was under the blankets, 38 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 1: and the walls felt cool and hard. They walked together, 39 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: slowing their pace so they wouldn't trip on the uneven 40 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: rocks below each step. Echoed in every direction. Light began 41 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,679 Speaker 1: to filter in from the direction they were headed. Continued 42 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: walking towards it till they reached the mouth of the cave. 43 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: I like a mouth with teeth, but an opening. The 44 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: land outside was lush and green, with vines and leafy 45 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:21,519 Speaker 1: ferns waving in the breeze of the cave opening. Where 46 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: are we asked Aiden. Ethan was about to answer, giving 47 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:33,119 Speaker 1: his best guess, when a pair of giant scaly legs 48 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: stopped past. They're just outside the cave. The boys stood 49 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: frozen as the boom boom boom of giant dinosaur feet 50 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: went past. Then Ethan turned to Aiden, whispering, I think 51 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: we aren't like the land of dino's. They listened for 52 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: any more incoming dinosaurs stumps, but heard nothing. Come on, 53 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: let's go explore, Aiden exclaimed, and Ethan nodded in agreement. 54 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: They saw pterodactyls flying through the sky overhead, and small 55 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: dinos the size of chickens. Well, they didn't make that sound. 56 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: They made more of a frah as they ran by 57 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: their feet. The boys blanket Ford had somehow transported them 58 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: not only into a real cave, but a land filled 59 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 1: with dinosaurs. They were even better at building blanket caves 60 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: than they had ever imagined. As they continued walking through 61 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: the land of the dinos, however, they realized something was wrong. Yep, 62 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 1: give me one of those Dun, Dun, dun. The sky 63 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 1: had turned gray and cloudy, and the dinosaurs were all 64 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: running in opposite directions. Uh, the day got pretty cloudy 65 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 1: and gloomy. Huh, asked Aiden, but even noticed something else 66 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: out in the distance. Wait, those aren't clouds. He put 67 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 1: his hand over his forehead. That's the smoke, he pointed 68 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: to the smoke pouring into the sky from an angry volcano. 69 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: Lava was spitting out from its beak, sailing down and 70 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: sizzling any trees or bushes in its path. It's grown up, loo, 71 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: shrieked a velociraptor as it sprinted past, waving its small 72 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: front legs wildly. A massive diplodocus stomped by, with both 73 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: small and medium sized dinos riding on its back. Turned 74 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: toward the boys, said, there's still a small dinosaur back there. 75 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: I tried to help it, but it was scared him 76 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: right away. I don't know what to know. Then it 77 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: continued stomping along on its way to safety with its 78 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: dino passengers. We've got to find that missing dino before 79 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: it's too late, Ethan shouted to Aiden. You're right, Ethan, 80 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: come on, let's go. The two boys ran towards the volcano, 81 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: in the direction that the pelodocus had come from. Here, 82 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: baby Dino, said Aidan, We're here to help you. Don't 83 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: be scared. As they got closer to the sputtering volcano, 84 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: streams of lava began to form. Oh, dear, growing into 85 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: larger rivers of lava. It started to get really hot too. 86 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 2: Huh oh oh, I'm sweating this lava is no joke, Canaan, 87 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 2: Ethan sighed, as he fanned himself with a giant leafy fern. 88 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 1: A river of lava stood between them and more fern plants. 89 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: The branches of those ferns began to wiggle and shake. 90 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: He then, something's in those ferns over there around heavy 91 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: tail swung, rattling more branches. It's in a kyle saurus, 92 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: shouted Ethan. The boys got as close as they could stand, 93 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: you know, next to lava river, and called out to 94 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: the little ankylosaurus. We're here to save you. It's gonna 95 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: be okay. The boys reassured this dno enough that it 96 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: poked its head out, But how would they get him 97 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: across the lava river? Do you have any ideas? Like, seriously, 98 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: how do you get across a lava river? Aiden took 99 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: off his backpack and looked inside. Oh, I haven't her 100 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: blankets and they're not lava proof. But Ethan thought this 101 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: was perfect. Hey, we were able to build a cave 102 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: to the land of dinosaurs using blankets went on a bridge. 103 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: So the boys got to work. They looped and nodded 104 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: until they had a big blanket bridge. They tossed it 105 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: across the lava river, and the little ankylosaurus grabbed it, 106 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: pinning it to the ground. She was too scared to move, 107 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: but then the volcano let out a loud rumble and 108 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: sprayed more lava into the air. The dinosaurs sped across 109 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: the blanket bridge just in time, and she landed both 110 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: feet safely on the grass beside the boys. They had 111 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:53,199 Speaker 1: done it together. They ran away from the volcano back 112 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:58,319 Speaker 1: towards the cave. Inside they found all the dinosaurs hiding 113 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: huddled together. Come on, dinosaurs, we have somewhere safe. We 114 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: can go come on. The boys led them all deeper 115 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: into the cave, down the tunnel, into the blanket cave, 116 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: and back out into their living room. You can stay 117 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: here as long as you want, Aiden told them all 118 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: as they squeezed into their living room, garage and out 119 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: the door into their backyard. Wow. Even though this is 120 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: the end of the story, it is just the beginning 121 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: of some amazing adventures that lie ahead for Aiden and Ethan. 122 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: The end. Great job, you listened all the way to 123 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 1: the end, and you know what time it is. It's 124 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 1: time for cured shout out. I want to say hello, 125 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: Duke Calder from Montana, Riley from Australia, Verdell from Texas, 126 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: Eden from Australia, Jack from Australia, and Arlow from New York. 127 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you're all on the Kid Short 128 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: Stories family. We could not have this much fun with 129 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: imagination without you, my friends. Well, you have a super 130 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 1: duber day and I will see you on your next adventure. 131 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 2: Bye.