Kai Finds a Real Ogopogo

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kid
Short Stories. If you want the ad free experience of
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all of our episodes, completely ad free. Today's story comes
to us from Kai. Hey, Kai, he sent me an
awesome idea for a story, and you can too. Just

(00:24):
head over to kidshort stories dot com. Send me your
idea and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure.
Are you guys ready for an adventure about a sea creature?
Me too, Let's go. Kai and his family were getting
ready for a camping trip. They were gonna go camping

(00:47):
over by Okanagan Lake. It was a beautiful place full
of trails and of course a lake where they like
to go fishing and just explore along the water's edge.
As a loaded up the car off they drove. Kai
loved to go camping. Have you ever gone camping before? Yeah,

(01:08):
it's a really fun thing to do and there's lots
of great explorations to be had outside. You just never
know what you might find. Well, Kai, he had a goal,
He had a mission. There was an old legend of
Okanagan Lake that a mystical creature named og Pogo lived

(01:28):
underneath the waters. Have you ever heard of og Pogo?
Og Pogo is a mythical creature that we're not sure
if it's real or not. It's a live, very very
long It's like it's kind of like an underwater snake
but mixed with a dragon, and oh, it's a very

(01:49):
amazing creature. I kind of hope it's real. But Kai
he wants to find it for himself, so he was
bringing a camera with so he could take a picture
or maybe a video in case he actually saw one
for real. As they showed up at the campsite, they
had a lot of work to do to get the
tent set up and all their gear put into the tent. Hey, Kai,

(02:12):
why don't you grab the sleeping bags and pillows and
our bags and put them next to where I'm gonna
put the tent together, said one of his parents. Kai
grabbed all those things. There was a lot bags and
sleeping bags and pillows, but that was gonna make their
camping experience oh so comfy at night. Nighttime is one

(02:32):
of my favorite parts about camping. It's because you get
to build a campfire and roast what do you roast
over a campfire? Yes, marshmallows. That is one of the
definitely the best parts about camping. But not only that,
but also just looking up at the sky when it's nighttime.
You get to see all those beautiful stars in the

(02:53):
sky that maybe you wouldn't see from your house. And
I just love the peace and quietness of being in
a forest, and ah, I just love it so much. Well.
As Kai finished his job, his parents said that he
could go on a little bit of a walk around
the lake near the shore by their campsite. All right, Kai,

(03:14):
do not go in the water right now, but you
can go on a little bit of a hike on
the trail that goes right along the edge of the water.
Stay where we can still see you. Just don't go
too far, Oki Doki, said Kai. As Kai walked down
to the water's edge, he was blown away at how clear,
crystal clear the water was. Have you ever been to

(03:36):
a lake where you can see all the way to
the bottom. I love that that you can see the
fish swimming around and the rocks at the bottom of
the lake. Oh, those are my favorite kind of lakes.
When you can see the crystal clear water. As Kai
started walking along the edge of the lake, he heard
a sound splash. He reached for his camera, but oh no, oh,

(04:00):
it wasn't in his pocket. He left his camera back
at the ah man e've left his camera back at
the tent. Kai debated if he should run back to
grab his camera or check out what that sound was.
He decided just to go check out what that splash was.
It was probably just a big fish. Kai round at

(04:20):
the corner and pulled back some bushes. He poked his
head out and looked over the lake. There it was.
I can't believe it. It's a real oga pogo. He
couldn't believe it. He had walked over to this very
I guess secret lagoon on Okanagan Lake that I don't

(04:42):
think many people knew about this very secret lagoon. It
was tucked away in the forest. But there it was,
for sure, absolutely for sure, the oga pogo. And it
looked over right at Kai. Why there, Oh my goodness,
he could talk. Hi. Hi, my name's Kai.

Speaker 2 (05:05):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (05:06):
Can I run back to my tent and get a picture.
I just want to take a picture of you.

Speaker 2 (05:11):
Oh no, no, no, oh no, Hi, can let you
do that?

Speaker 1 (05:16):
Wait, I can't take a picture of.

Speaker 2 (05:18):
You, No, because then the secret would be out. You see,
I don't want anyone knowing where I live because then
they will scare me away. Kai couldn't believe it. He
was talking to the real Oka Poco. It was so long,

(05:40):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (05:40):
It could have been fifty feet long or even bigger.
It was humongous. And then he went on to tell
Kai all about what he does. And I use my
fins here to clean the water. Wow, I guess Oka Poga,
So he like cleans the water from all of the

(06:03):
poison and toxins that get into the water from pollution. Yeah,
og Pogo keeps the water clean and all of its
creatures safe.

Speaker 2 (06:13):
And now you must keep the secret.

Speaker 1 (06:17):
Don't tell anyone about this lagoon. Oh, I promise I
will keep this a very very good secret. I won't
tell anyone. I have to get back to my family.
But it was so great to meet you, og Pogo.
Maybe i'll see you later by And just like that,
og Pogo snuck back into the water, even though the

(06:39):
water was crystal clear. It's like he disappeared. I don't
know how he did that. But as Kai ran back
to his family, he couldn't wait to tell them about
what he had found. Will his parents believe him? I
don't know. It's a pretty legendary to find an og pogo,
and it's pretty hard to believe anyone that sees him

(06:59):
because so rare and Kai didn't even get a picture.
But it's all because og Pogo's identity needs to be protected.
I wonder if that's why all mythical creatures don't have
a picture of them. It's because if we took a
picture of them, then it might ruin their secrecy and
the secret mission that they're doing. Wow. Well, I guess

(07:20):
I'll be like Kai, and you should too. If we
ever see a legendary creature, we probably shouldn't take a
picture and reveal its location and identity. Well, great job, Kai,
I'm so excited that you found your og Pogo on
the very first day of your camping trip. This looks
like it's gonna turn into quite the legendary camping trip

(07:43):
for your family. The end, great job, you listened all
the way to the end, and you know what somebody
is It's time for curd shall oh. So I want
to say hey to Patrick from Washington, Sienna and Chloe

(08:04):
from Michigan, Jack and Dean from Aruba, Zara and Micah
from Atlanta, at In from Ireland, Yusaf from Nova Scotia,
Noah from Honolulu, Hawaii, and Miles from Beacon, New York.
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 and his crew without you. My friends.

(08:26):
Well you are about superduper day and I will see
you on our next adventure. Bye.