Josie the Mermaid Gets Stuck

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hello friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kids
Short Stories. Today's story comes to us from Josie and Nick.
Hey guys, they sent me an awesome idea for a story,
and you can too. Just over a kid short stories
dot com. Send me your idea and maybe we'll turn
it into an awesome adventure. And don't forget about signing

(00:24):
up for kids shout outs. That's where the list is.
Where you can get on the kids shout Out lists
at the end of every episode. Are you guys ready
for today's adventure? Me too, Let's go. It was a
beautiful day deep in the ocean as Josie the Mermaid

(00:47):
was swimming around with all of her friends. They were
playing a game of kind of like hide and seek
tag but underwater. They could play that game because they
could breathe underwater, which I don't think I would be
very good at hiding underwater for obvious reasons. Well, Josie

(01:09):
was really good and she was hiding and having a
ton of fun, but something terrible was about to happen. Okay,
I've gotta find a new place to hide where no
one has ever hid before. After you play hide and
seek for a long time. It seems like you run
out of places to hide because everyone's picked the good ones. Right, Yeah,

(01:31):
that's what Josie was thinking about, and she was trying
to figure out a new place where she could hide.
Wait a second, nobody's hid over there on the other
side of the breakers. Hold on, Josie. Whahahah, whah wha,
Why I don't think you should go over there. Do
you know what breakers are or breaker waves? Yeah, those

(01:53):
are those big waves that you can see crash down
in the ocean, and sometimes like surfers go on the
those waves. Yeah. Well, to be over there that is,
it's a pretty dangerous area to swim around underwater. But
Josie's desire to win the game kind of clouded her
judgment a little bit. All Right, I'm gonna go over there.

(02:16):
They'll never find me. As Josie the Mermaid swam as
fast and hard as she could because the water in
the current was really hard to move around. She was
swimming and pushing her way to the other side of
the breakers. Crash crash. As the waves crashed down above

(02:37):
her head, it was really hard for her to see.
But she thought that would be a perfect hiding place
because then no one could see her amidst all that
bubbly water. And she was right, she had basically turned invisible.
But I don't think it was worth it. As all
of her friends were swimming around and people were getting fat,

(03:00):
and one by one, everyone was popping out from their
hiding places. Pretty soon Josie was the only one left.
Only she was in a place where she couldn't hear them,
and so as all of her friends were calling out
for Josie to come on out, she did not know
where did Josie go? Said? One for friends? And why

(03:22):
isn't she responding? We're screaming, Josie, game over, you one,
come on out, and her friends were starting to get
a little worried as if maybe Josie was hurt. Okay,
we've got to split up. We've got to find her
because something's not right, something must be wrong. Hurry. As

(03:44):
all the fish and mermaids and sea turtles split up,
they all went looking for Josie. Meanwhile, Josie was still
hiding by some rocks over by the breaker waves. She
was holding on for your life because those waves and
the water current were really powerful. But she was very

(04:06):
strong and was not going to let go. When all
of a sudden, one of those big rocks got bumped
from a big crashing wave and ow shouted Josie. The
rock landed right on her tail. She is stuck, stuck
in the rocks. Dun, dun, dum. She started to cry

(04:31):
out for help, help, help, but since she was in
the breaker waves, nobody could hear her, except there was
one one creature that had very good hearing. Josie, is
that you? Yes, who's over there? I need help? I

(04:51):
got stuck over here, shouted Josie, And just then it
was Nick the sea turtle. Oh see you're stuck under here.
We've been so afraid that you got hurt. All right,
I will help you. As Nick swam down towards the rocks,

(05:11):
he pushed his nose against the big rock and tried
to swim and push with all of his might, but
the rock was too big. All right, Josie, just hang on.
I'm gonna try and get a swimming start and see
if I can bawl thoze over this rock off your tail,
and then we gotta get out of here fast. I

(05:31):
think there's a storm coming in, said Nick. Okay, just
hurry my tail is really hurting, said Josie, and Nick
swam off. He was a very big sea turtle, and
he swam off to get us fast running start. And
there he goes and then boo as he crashed into

(05:53):
the rock. The rock went flying off of Josie's tail
and she was able to wiggle her way out. If
you did it, Nick, said Josie. As they both swam
away from the breaker waves. Her friends were waiting up
ahead Josie. They shouted, what happened? Where have you been?
We've been looking everywhere for you. Josie looked over at

(06:16):
Nick and said, well, I was hiding by the breaker waves.
I know I probably shouldn't go over there because it's
not safe, but I got stuck after a rock fell
on my tail, and then Nick he helped me get out,
and then all the sea creatures started chanting Nick's name
because he saved the day. Wouldn't that be awesome to

(06:38):
save or help someone that's in need, right? Yeah, I
kind of wish that I was like Nick that saved
the day, kind of like a superhero. Well, if you
ever see a friend that is in need of help,
maybe maybe they're not stuck underneath a rock in the water,
but maybe they're just at the playground and they need help.

(06:59):
You can be a superhero just like Nick the Sea
Turtle and save the day the end. Great job, you
listened all the way to the end, and you know
what time it is. It's time for Curde shout outs.

(07:20):
I would to say hey to Raffie and Nazzi from California,
Dominic from Massachusetts, Vaughn and Sloan from Georgia, Nicoa from Colorado,
Ember and Ridge from Oregon, Nasim from Los Angeles, Maya
from Massachusetts, and Ezra from Malaysia. I'm so glad that
you're all in the Kid Short Stories family and on
our spy team. We could not stop Doctor Stinky Breath

(07:43):
and his crew without you, my friends. Well you have
a super duper Jay and I will see you next time. Bye.