The Ice Cream Mountain

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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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Every episode of "Bedtime Stories" offers a tranquil escape, helping children relax, wind down, and prepare for a restful night's sleep. With a focus on bedtime stories for kids, Mr. Jim's soothing voice and imaginative narratives are the perfect companions for your child's journey to the land of dreams. Bedtime stories for kids are an age-old tradition, and this podcast brings that tradition into the 21st century, blending timeless storytelling with the convenience of modern technology.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hello friends, and welcome to bedtime Stories with mister jim O.
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. From Riah's window, she

(00:56):
could see the mountains. Sometimes she saw them and thought
they were you know, they looked good enough to eat.
When the sun was setting and glowing a deep red.
It sat on the mountain top like a cherry topping
a sunday. As the sun set, the cherry slid down

(01:20):
the melty ice cream until it disappeared. In the morning,
as the sun rose in streaks of yellow lit the
blue sky. There were times when the streets splashed across
the mountain's space just right, making her wonder if it

(01:40):
were really a large banana split in the distance. In
the winter, the snow covered mountains looked like dollops of
whipped cream, and in the spring, the mud on the
mountain side could be mistaken for a drizzle of chocolate sauce.

(02:00):
Riah knew these things were just in her imagination, but
oh how she wished they were real. One evening, Riah
was out walking as the sun began to set, that
big red cherry appeared back on top of her favorite mountain.

(02:24):
She was drawn to it, walking closer as it settled
into its place. As she drew nearer, however, things were
not as she expected. Instead of the mountain's features coming
more into focus, it was beginning to look more like

(02:46):
ice cream. The closer she got, she could have sworn
she saw drops of sugary vanilla melting down the sides
of the mountain. Is it really could it be? Riah
kept walking, watching the cherry red sun as it set,

(03:07):
taken up back when the stem of the cherry sun
came into view. Has it really been ice cream all along?
Riah felt a cold chill coming from the base of
the mountain. The brown, muddy color surrounded her and she

(03:30):
reached out to touch it. It was sticky and smooth,
with none of the grittiness of mud. It smelled sweet,
and she tasted it rich thick chocolate sensations bounced around
her tongue. She began to climb the gooey side towards

(03:53):
the snowy white peaks. Riah arrived and scooped a handful,
then tasted it without hesitation. Cold, velvety vanilla greeted her.
There was no denying it. Now. This wasn't just any
ordinary mountain. This was an ice cream mountain. Riyah continued

(04:20):
trudging through the gooey dessert toward the top. It was cold,
but it smelled so delicious, and curiosity kept her going.
What else would she find? Riah sat down on a
log to catch her breath. Wait, a log, she thought?

(04:44):
Was it a log? Or maybe it was a sprinkle?
Riah stepped back to get a better look. There were
dozens of identical chocolate sprinkles all around her. Riah moved
to peek around the bend and was greeted by a

(05:06):
burst of color. There were more sprinkles on this side, too,
but these ones were rainbow colored. Riah found the perfect
green one to sit and rest. She looked around for
the cherry sun, waiting for it to pass by. After
a few RESTful minutes, Riah spotted the red cherry sliding

(05:32):
past ever so slowly, like an iceberg, making its way
through the sea. Riah headed behind it, not wanting to
stand in its way. The path it was carving through
the vanilla ice cream had revealed a pink core of strawberry.

(05:54):
Using her finger, Riah swiped it through and had a taste.
She went back for a handful and unearthed something multi
colored and squishy. Digging a little bit further more of
the long gummy worm appeared, Riya grabbed hold of it

(06:16):
and pulled. A gummy worm slithered out through the layers
of the chili dessert. Noticing that the cherry was much
further down the mountain now, Riah set the worm down
in the path and climbed on. The gummy worm zipped
down the strawberry path of the mountain. Following that, cherry

(06:40):
sprinkle logs, chocolate chip hills, and walnut boulders flew past
as the gummy worm whizzled down. The cherry had made
it to the bottom, and Riya slowed down just in
time to avoid the hot fire udge pit it sank

(07:01):
into and disappeared underneath. A slow bubble grew and popped
in the fledge, signaling the end of the cherry slide
down the mountain. Now back at the bottom of the
ice cream mountain, Rayah climbed off the gummy worm and

(07:22):
left to explore the other side. She had never seen
this side. It wasn't visible from her window. Ang wondered
what she could find. Would it be a cone lying
on its side, a river, melty ice cream running into
a milkshake lake, more mountains of ice cream in all

(07:46):
different flavors? Could it be? Riah walked in the darkness,
squinting towards the distance. She yawned, suddenly exhausted, her eyes
began to grow heavy, along with her legs. She spotted

(08:07):
a pillowy marshmallow placed perfectly like it was waiting for her,
and it looked so inviting just to quick rest, yoned
Riah as she wandered through it. It was so soft,
so comfy. As she climbed onto its fluffy top, she

(08:28):
curled up and felt herself drifting off to sleep. The
other side of the mountain would have to wait, perhaps
until tomorrow, when a new cherry sun sat high above
the mountaintop. But for now, Riah fell fast asleep. Good night,
my friends, May you all have very sweet dreams.