Avery and Jude's Squirrel Adventure

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kid
Short Stories. Right now, I need you to smash the
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awesome stories. Today's story comes to us from Avery and Jude. Hey, guys,
they sent me an awesome idea for a story, and
you can too. Just head over to kidshort stories dot com.
Send me your idea and maybe we'll turn it into

(00:26):
an awesome adventure. Are you guys ready for terrifying coffee
stealing monster? Me too, Let's go. It was a beautiful
Saturday morning and Avery and Jude had just woken up. Hey,

(00:51):
good morning, Jude said Avery, Hey, good morning. What do
you want to do today? Well, I was thinking we
could go to the park and play with all the
other kids. How does that sound, said Avery. I'm totally
up for that. All right, let's go get some breakfast,
said Jude. They changed out of their pajamas and ran downstairs.

(01:13):
One of the reasons they loved Saturdays so much is
because their parents would make them a very special Saturday
morning breakfast. Eggs and bacon and waffles and oh they
always loved Saturday morning breakfast. As they raced over to
the kitchen. Mom, dad, where are you? They shouted? Looked

(01:36):
like no one had even stepped foot in the kitchen. Yet,
this is very strange round What was that sound, shouted Avery.
Holy smokes, that sounded like a like a zombie, said
Jude as he poked his head around the cabinet and
looked on the floor. Mom, Dad, Oh no, somehow our

(02:02):
parents have turned into zombies. We would do such a thing.
We need more coffee, said their parents. Oh no, overnight
someone had stolen all the coffee. And did you know
some parents they really need coffee in the morning. Well,

(02:25):
it looks like Avery and Jude's parents didn't get their
morning coffee and now they've turned into coffee zombies. Avery
and Jude looked right at each other. They couldn't believe
what they were saying. That's pretty funny. Yeah, I like
my morning coffee, and sometimes in the morning, if I

(02:47):
don't get my coffee, it makes me really a little
grouchy and kind of like a zombie. I think there's
some other parents out there that are like me. Uh
oh no, We've got to get some coffee for our parents,
or else they might never truly wake up. They looked
all over the kitchen, but all the coffee was gone. Wait, Avery,

(03:09):
look at this, said Jude. He had found a trail
of coffee grounds that led on the ground all the
way out the back door. Come on, Jude, we gotta
follow that trail. Maybe we can find the coffee. Let's go.
Avery and Jude put on their shoes and ran outside.
He had to find where all that coffee had gone.

(03:29):
Wait a second, said Jude. Coffee doesn't just run off
by itself. Do you think someone or some creature might
have taken it? I think that's exactly what happened, said Avery.
They grabbed their binoculars and started to survey the backyard.
All right, you look high and I'll look low, said Avery.

(03:50):
Avery kept her eyes up in the branches and the trees,
looking for any clues. Jude was scanning the ground looking
for any movement. I don't see anything down here, said Jude.
I don't even see any coffee trail. Hmmm, do you
see anything up in the trees? Avery had locked in

(04:11):
on some movement up in the tree. Yeah, look at that.
There's two squirrels zooming around that tree. It looks like
they're playing tag. Oh yeah, I see it, said Jude.
Have you ever seen squirrels race around and play tag
with each other? Yeah, squirrels have a lot of energy,

(04:31):
and these squirrels had a lot of extra extra energy.
Avery had an idea Wait a second, those squirrels seem
to be running faster and crazier than normal. Doesn't coffee
give you like extra energy? She said? Yes, it has
caffeine in it, said Jude. That's why we can't have
any it's it's only for grown ups. But those squirrels,

(04:55):
they look very suspicious. It looks like they might have
been sneaking coffee. Let's follow them. Avery and Jude had
to run as fast as they could to keep up
with those crazy squirrels as they were jumping from tree
to tree to tree. And Avery and Jude's backyard they
had a pretty big forest, and those two squirrels had
a lot of trees to jump on. Avery. I can't,

(05:22):
I can't go much further, said Jude as he was
trying to run and chase those squirrels. Jude, we can't
give up. Come on, we gotta follow the squirrels. Pretty soon,
Avery and Jude had cornered those squirrels onto a tree. Hey,
mister squirrels, did you guys steal our coffee? Said Jude rattle,

(05:47):
how was it co co coverle? I've never heard of
cople but doing something Amus, and that's murder, Jude. We
gotta follow him. Hurry. Avery and Jude chased down those
squirrels who raced back to their home. Those two squirrels
lived high up in a tree, and sure enough they

(06:09):
could see their parents' coffee bag up in that squirrel nest. Avery, look,
I could see it, said Jude. Avery grabbed her binoculars
and zeroed in on that squirrel nest. Yep, I see it.
We gotta find a way to get up there. All right,
I'll go get some rope. Jude ran back towards the
garage to get some rope. Maybe that would be helpful

(06:31):
in climbing a tree. He got back and threw a
rope over the branch and tied it on. And all right,
I'm gonna start climbing, Avery, you hold the bottom of
the rope. All right, I got it, said Avery. Jude
pull himself up the tree using the rope and started
climbing higher and higher. He reached up towards the squirrel

(06:55):
nest and there it was the coffee bag. He grabbed
the bag and pulled it down and started to climb
back down the tree. Holdo, that's ours the bat. The
squirrels had seen them. They started running and jumping from
tree to tree, chasing down Jude and Avery. Run. Avery,

(07:17):
Jude hopped down from the tree, and they both took
off running for their house. We gotta make it back
before the squirrels get us. Hurry. Avery and Jude were
zooming through the forest and they finally made it back
to their house. The two squirrels were right behind him,
and as they closed the glass door, the two squirrels

(07:38):
went splat right into the glass door. Aha, wolps, God,
said the squirrels. Avery and Jude returned the coffee and
put it in the coffee maker, and their parents stopped
being coffee zombies. Oh, mom and dad, it's so good

(08:01):
to have you back. Wow. Avery and Jude, how did
you do that? Did you say a squirrel took our coffee? Yeah?
I think so. Well, somehow ended up in a squirrel's nest,
said Jude. But don't worry, we got the coffee back,
and now can we please have our Saturday Morning special breakfast?
I'm so hungry. Oh absolutely, you guys deserved it. Wow,

(08:27):
Avery and Jude, great job hunting down your parents' coffee.
Coffee could be a pretty important thing for grown ups
in the morning. And you'd never want a squirrel to
have coffee because then they go extra extra crazy with energy.
Well that is the end of today's story, but just

(08:49):
the beginning of a pretty crazy Saturday morning for our friends,
Avery and Jude. The end. Great job, you listened all
the way to the end, and you know what time
it is. It's time for kurd shout out. I wanna

(09:11):
say to Cooper and Sebastian from Calgary, Carol from Romania,
and Alie and Remy from Indiana, Eleanor from Tacoma, Washington,
Jet from Alabama, carol In and Colton from Canton, Ohio,
Milo from San Bruno, and Elouise from Nashville, Tennessee. I'm
so glad that you're all in the Kidschen Stories family

(09:31):
and an honors by team. We could not stop doctor
Stinky Breath and his crew without you, my friends. Well
you have a super duper day. I'll see you next time. Bye.