Eric and Leo Fish For a Giant Lake Monster

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kid
Short Stories. Down below in the show notes, there's an
awesome link that I need to make sure that you
have clicked on.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
You see, there's something.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
Called Activities for Kids or our Critter Challenges to be
a Critter protector on our Kids Animal Stories show. You
need to make sure that you're doing all these activities
and challenges and they're super duper fun. So click the
link down below in the show notes to check those
out today. Are you guys ready for today's amazing adventure?

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Holy smokes me too? Let go.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Today was a perfect day for Eric and Leo to
go phishing. Have you ever gone fishing before? That's a
really fun thing to do when it's pretty simple. You
just need a fishing pole with a hook and a
maybe bobber and and some worms.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Have you ever held a slimy worm before? It could
be a little little extra slimy.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
Well, when you put the worm on the hook, then
you throw it in the water, and you gotta be patient.
Sometimes the fish are very hungry. Sometimes you gotta have
to wait a little bit longer. But Eric and Leo
were both very patient fishermen. Hey, Leo, have you got
any bites.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
Yet, shout outed Eric.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Not yet, but I've seen some big ones swimming nearby,
said Leo. It was a hot Saturday morning and they
hadn't gotten any bites yet. But Eric and Leo were
determined to catch this monster fish.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
You see, this.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
Pond near their house had an old legend that there
was like a ginormous fish, a fish that was so
big it would just bite right through the fishing line
and everyone always tried to catch it, but it was
just too big. But Eric and Leo they were determined

(02:04):
to catch that legendary ginormous fish. Hey, I'm gonna take
a break for a second. I'm gonna just leave my
pol sitting over here, said Eric. He walked over to
their snack bag, which is where they had brought some snacks.
Which that's a really important part of fishing. It could
take a little while to catch a fish, so you
definitely need some snacks and some water. Oh while you're waiting,

(02:27):
Oh these are good. You want some, Leo said Eric. Yeah,
I'd love some. Eric passed the bag of snacks.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Over to Leo and he gobbled him down.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
So what do you think this legendary fish actually is,
asked Eric.

Speaker 2 (02:46):
Hmm.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
I thought maybe like it's an old sturgeon, or maybe
he ish a little shark that got loose in this
pond somehow, a long time ago, and it's just grown
up and just sits down at the bottom. That would
be insane. I've always thought it was a g enormous catfish,
but I like your ideas better, said Eric.

Speaker 2 (03:08):
Eric. Your pole, look, shouted Leo.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
Eric's pole.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
He had leaned it up against a tree branch, and.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
It was all of a sudden, just like being pulled
almost into the pond. It was dipped over and looked
like an upside down j letter because it was bending
so much.

Speaker 2 (03:30):
Eric ran over as fast as he could.

Speaker 1 (03:33):
He slid his feet through the dirt like he was
sliding into second base, and grabbed onto the fishing pole
before it got pulled right into the water.

Speaker 2 (03:43):
I got it.

Speaker 1 (03:45):
It's on, Leo, I need your help, shouted Eric. Leo
came running over and held onto Eric's shoulders so that
Eric wouldn't get pulled into the water too.

Speaker 2 (03:55):
Don't let me go, said Eric. It's about to pull
me into the water.

Speaker 1 (04:01):
I won't let you go, said Leo. I got you
just keep reeling, don't let go of the pole. We've
got to catch this monster. It was the most epic
of fishing battles I've ever seen.

Speaker 2 (04:15):
Eric was using all of his muscles.

Speaker 1 (04:18):
There was sweat pouring down his face, and Leo is
holding on for Eric's life because if he lets go,
Eric is going flying. I mean, zuom it right into
the pond. There seriously must be like a ginormous, legendary
fish in there. What do you think it is? I

(04:38):
wonder if they're right. Do you think a shark could
actually live in a pond like that.

Speaker 2 (04:44):
It's getting closer to shore. I've almost got it.

Speaker 1 (04:47):
Eric had reeled it as much as he could, and
he could tell that it was close to shore.

Speaker 2 (04:53):
They still couldn't see what kind of creature what it was,
but all of a sudden, it poked out its head. Hey,
why do you guys keep bothering me?

Speaker 1 (05:05):
Eric and Leo were thrown back into the grass. They
couldn't believe it. Leo, it's not a fish. That's a
ginormous snapping turtle.

Speaker 2 (05:17):
He was right.

Speaker 1 (05:18):
It was actually not a fish that they had caught,
but it was a ginormous snapping turtle that looked pretty upset.

Speaker 2 (05:28):
I got a hand or two you.

Speaker 1 (05:29):
You too are pretty strong, But seriously, why do you
keep bothering me? Said the snapping turtle. We're so sorry,
said Leo. We really thought that you were like a
ginormous fish, But has it really been you this entire time?
Are you the legendary fish that everyone's tried to catch?

Speaker 2 (05:52):
Yes, it's me.

Speaker 1 (05:54):
It gets pretty frustrating when people fish in here because
there's not any fish in here. It's only me, and
so I bite those hooks to get him out of here.
You just gotta find a different place to go fishing.
Eric and Leo were completely shocked. Not only did they
just learn that there's no fish in this pond, but

(06:18):
they just got a t ginormous, talking, snapping turtle. I've
never seen that before, and neither have they. We're so sorry,
mister snapping turtle. Uh yeah, we'll stop fishing here and
we'll stop bothering you and leave you alone.

Speaker 2 (06:34):
Said Eric. Okay, thank you.

Speaker 1 (06:37):
There's a good pond just east of here a couple minutes.
You should check out there. It's full of amazing fish.
That's where I go to eat my lunch, said the turtle. Oh,
thank you so much for the tip, said Leo. We'll
head over there right now, and we will never fish
in this pond ever again. And just then the snapping

(06:59):
turtle went back into the water and disappeared. Eric and
Leo looked at each other and they shook their heads.
They couldn't even believe that that was actually just happened.
It felt like a dream, but it was real. The
rest of the day they spent over at that other
pond that the snapping turtle recommended and caught a ton
of fish. He was totally right, and now they found

(07:23):
a new place to go fishing, and they will never
ever go back to that pond with the mysterious legendary
fish that's.

Speaker 2 (07:32):
Actually a snapping turtle. The end.

Speaker 1 (07:45):
Great job, you listened all the way to the end,
and you know what time it is.

Speaker 2 (07:49):
It's time for kid shout out. So I wanna say
hey to you.

Speaker 1 (07:54):
Jasper and Harper from British Columbia, Leila and Dylan from California,
Judah from Ontario, Milan and Quentin from Colorado, Siding from
British Columbia, Yosh from India, Devin and Matteo from New Zealand.

Speaker 2 (08:07):
Jack and Dean from Aruba.

Speaker 1 (08:09):
I'm so glad that you are all on the spy
team and on the Kitchen Sories family. We could not
stop Doctor Stinkybreath and his crew without you, my friends.
While you have a super duper day, and I will
see you on our next adventure. Bye.