How Mermaids Get Ready For Bed | Bedtime Stories for Kids

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Hello friends, are you getting ready for bed?
Let’s make sure we’ve brushed our teeth and washed our hands. Oh and don’t forget your comfy things. Now it’s time for the perfect bedtime story.

About Mr. Jim:

Hi! I'm Jim Jacob, a South Carolina based creator. I started as a podcaster by accident. Our first real episodes on the internet were me trying to find a solution to help tell my sons stories as I was traveling for work. I recorded some stories and hoped that by uploading them to a podcast app, my wife and kids could have easy access to listen. What started as a fix for our family’s bedtime routine interruption has grown into a worldwide audience with hundreds of thousands of listeners. My wife Jocelyn and I have 3 kids and love inspiring others towards greater imagination and curiosity.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hello friends, and welcome to bedtime Stories with mister Jim. Oh.
I was just getting ready for bed, are you as well?
Oh good, I hope you brushed your teeth and found
all of your comfy things like pillows and blankets and stuffies.

(00:27):
Oh yes, oh good. Well, as long as you have
all those things ready, then it's time for our story.
But first we must close our eyes so that we
can travel to an imaginary world. Have you ever wondered

(00:59):
how mermaids get ready for bed? The sun is setting,
painting the sky. Before it disappears, the colors of the
sky reflect off of the ocean, turning the blue water
into pink, red, and orange waves. The waves are splashing around,

(01:22):
enjoying their new colors for a few minutes. Then the
moon arrives and makes the ocean bright white in the
places that it shines down. All the rest of the
water is dark, all the way down to the very
bottom of the ocean, except where mermaids live. The land

(01:47):
of the mermaids is still bright and cheerful as they
finish their day. Jellyfish float through the sandy streets and
coral forests, lighting the way for the mermaids. Construction mermaids
put away their shovels and pails, finishing their sand castles

(02:08):
for the day. It is time to ride their sea
horses to the store to pick up dinner for their families.
They wave hello to the dolphins that work at the store,
and the dolphins click back happily. Sushi rolls, seaweed salads,

(02:30):
and tuna cast roles are all on the menu tonight.
Mermaids love their seafood and under sea veggies. They wave
goodbye to the dolphins and other mermaids they see, and
hop back on their sea horses to head to their homes.

(02:53):
Back in their sand castle neighborhoods, the mermaid kids swim
down this andy streets. They play together and race around
on sea turtles until dinner time. The jellyfish wiggle their
way over to the castle of the mermaids. The shells

(03:14):
decorating their sand castle homes shimmer and the glow of
the jellyfish inside. Dinner is ready, and Mermam's and Murdad's
call their merchids home for dinner. In the blue seashelled
sand castle, a merm family eats and sharees stories of

(03:37):
their day. Mama Mermaid tells her family all about the
sand castles she built that day, while Dad Mermaid talks
about his day training sea horses. The merkids share stories
about school, and the little mermaid girl describes how she

(03:59):
won the sea turtle. Just before dinner, after feeding themselves,
the mermaids always make sure they feed their pet fish.
Mermaids don't keep their pet fish in bowls, They just
let them swim around in their homes. The fish swim

(04:21):
over happily and eat their food flakes as they float
around the kitchen. Then the mermaids go outside and put
their sea horses away in the sand stables for the night.
Before going to sleep, mermaids like to watch the dark
ocean above them. The scales of fish swimming above reflect

(04:44):
the light of the moon, glittering like stars in their
watery sky. Every once in a while, a whale will
swim by up ahead, blocking the shimmery scales as it passes.
The mercids. Yawn oo. Now it is time for the

(05:07):
mermaids to get ready for bed. How do mermaids get
ready for bed? You might find it similar to you
and me. First, mermaids must brush their teeth. They spread
their bubbly toothpaste across the bristles of their brushes and

(05:28):
then scrub it against their teeth. They put their toothbrushes
away without nading to rinse. They smile and inspect their
pearly white teeth. Next, they brush their hair using some
spiky coral and put on their favorite pajama shirts. Since

(05:51):
mermaids have tails and not legs, they don't need any
pajama pants. Mermaids love to read bedtime stories. There are
books about princesses in dry land castles and murnights in
underwater sand castles. But tonight in the blue seashell sand castle,

(06:17):
a favorite book is chosen. The mermaids read a story
about a brave mermaid and her dolphin best friend. Once
upon a time, in an under sea land much like ours,
there lived a brave little mermaid named Molly. The Mrmammi

(06:40):
snuggles her little ones close as she reads. Pictures of
galloping sea horses and sunken pirate treasures are splashed across
the pages. Molly the mermaid defeats a sneaky squid and
outwit pesky pirates. The Murmammy closes the book. The murkids

(07:03):
are sleeping. The mermaid parents pick them up and swim
them to their rooms. All around the ocean, mermaid families
settle their merchids down into their big clam shell beds,
tucking them in with their seaweed quilts. The mermaids make

(07:30):
sure their jellyfish nightlights are lit and kiss their murkids
on their head. The moon shines brightly in the sky
as all the mermaid snooze below the surface. The little
mermaid girl dreams she is walking on a beach, playing
with the kids who live above the water. Her mur

(07:53):
brother dreams that he is fighting krakens with his sea horse.
Boys and girls who live above or below the ocean
both sleep and dream. They play and eat dinner and
brush their teeth. They wear pajamas and hear bedtime stories.

(08:18):
This is how mermaids get ready for bed, the same
as you and me, Well, my friends, as we all
drift off to sleep. Now you have very sweet dreams,
and I will see you tomorrow. Good night,