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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.

Welcome to "Kids Short Stories," the unique podcast where your child's imagination becomes the star of the show! Dive into a world of adventure, mystery, and fun as Mr. Jim brings to life exhilarating tales inspired by story ideas submitted by kids from around the globe. Whether your child dreams up a story about space-traveling aliens, underwater adventures, or magical forests, "Kids Short Stories" transforms their creative sparks into captivating audio experiences.

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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hey, friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kitch
your stories. Have you heard our new Biology Squad podcast? Yes,
today is the new episode and you've got to check
that out after you hear how this mystery ends. Yeah,
you see, our spy team has become so popular with
you that we started its own podcast where you can

(00:26):
learn about science and have a spy adventure along the way. Well, friends,
are you ready to hear what happens next with Kayden?
Me too, Let's go. That night, it was very hard
for Caden to fall asleep because his mind was racing

(00:48):
about the spy adventure that was waiting for him in
the morning. But finally, bee beep, his alarm clock went
off and he sat straight up out of bed. He
knew he had to get to work. There had never
been a time as fast as now that Cayden brushed
his teeth, got dressed, eate breakfast, and got ready for school. Hey, mom,

(01:11):
how are my friends doing? Do you know if they're
feeling any better yet? Well, I just received some text
messages from their parents and no, they still feel really
not well this morning, so they're gonna be staying home
from school. And I even heard that some of your
other classmates aren't feeling well either, so there must be

(01:31):
a bug going around school. Just be careful when you're
at school. Okay, oh, I'll be careful, all right, said Kayden.
But I think it's actually not really like a bug
at school. I think it's something else going on, something
with the Purple Ninjas. The Purple Ninjas, said his mom.
If they are behind this, I know you can stop them. Cayden,

(01:52):
just stay safe. Cayden finished tying his shoes, opened the door,
and started walking towards school. Up he heard a lot
of commotion, a lot of noises, a lot of people
talking like there was a crowd outside, but it was
very early in the morning. It was not your average,
you know, bus stop crowd of people. There's something else

(02:14):
going on up there. Excuse me, what are all what
are all you guys doing here? Asked Kayden. As he
was walking down the street. There was a long line
of people going all the way down his street. Hey,
the end of the line is back there. No cutting,
No cutting, said a person in line. I'm not trying
to get in line. What are you in line for?

(02:37):
Asked Kayden. Real, funny kid, We're all in line for
the same thing. Those healthy snack balls have taken the
town by storm. We don't want to miss him before
they sell out. No, no, no, you should. I don't
think you should eat those. My friends eat those yesterday
and they got really sick today. Ha, you're not tricking me.

(02:58):
I had one yesterday and yeah, I don't feel great,
but they said that was normal and just to eat more.
Cayden realized that there was no hope in talking to
these people. They had somehow been brainwashed into believing that
this snack ball was good for you, but in fact
he knew it wasn't. He was running out of time

(03:19):
before school started, so he hurried along, running past the
rest of the line. It was a very long line
of people waiting at this snack truck, and he couldn't
believe how quickly the whole town had heard about this
new thing. He walked into school, got to his classroom
and waited and waited, and only a few of his

(03:39):
classmates arrived. As the teacher walked in, she explained, hello, class,
it seems that there's a lot of people home sick today,
so today we're having a movie day. Cayden was normally
excited about a movie day at school, but not today.
There was bigger, way, bigger things going on. As the

(04:00):
teacher started the movie, Kayden couldn't help but just stare
out the window. Thankfully, his class was positioned in a
way that looking out the window, he could see the
snack truck right there, that shiny new purple snack truck.
Figuring out this mystery is way more important than watching
a movie, Kayden whispered to himself. During the next hour,

(04:24):
he just had his eyes glued on that purple truck outside.
And finally something happened. Is that a drone up there?
It was hard for Kayden to see out the window
high enough, but high up, just immediately above that purple truck,
looked like there was a drone coming down from the clouds,

(04:45):
and it was flying right towards the purple truck. It
looked like it was delivering a big box. It lowered
the box and set it down on the roof of
that truck and then zoomed back up towards the clouds.
Gotta keep my eye on that, see where it goes.
As he watched it fly up towards the clouds, the

(05:05):
clouds started to open up revealing what was behind it.
Is that the purples to keep blimp ho he smokes,
said Kayden to himself, I was right along. He accidentally
said that very loudly in his class, and his teacher
turned towards him and said, Kayden, is everything Okay?

Speaker 2 (05:25):
What were you right about?

Speaker 1 (05:28):
Uh? This movie? Uh? This movie is the best the
best movie, right, guys. Everyone was a little confused that
why Cayden was acting strange, but he couldn't reveal to
everyone that he was on the spy team and was
currently in the middle of an important investigation. The rest
of the school day dragged on, but finally the school

(05:50):
bell rang and school was over. Kayden grabbed his things
and ran out the front door. HQ, this is Kayden.

Speaker 2 (05:59):
I have an update. Sh It's great to hear from you, Cayden.
What have you learned so far?

Speaker 1 (06:05):
SH? Well, I'm pretty sure I just saw the purple
blimp hovering up above the purple snack truck, and I
think they're delivering the supplies for it. It's gotta be
all connected to the Purple Ninjas in Doctor's Steaky Breath.

Speaker 2 (06:20):
Sh great job and the surveillance Caiden. We're gonna need
you to analyze one of those snack balls and use
your chemistry set. That should be able to tell us
exactly what is going on with those snackballs. Let us
know what you find out. Over and out, sh Caiden.

Speaker 1 (06:37):
Ran towards where that purple snack truck was parked, but
unfortunately there was still a very long line. This is
gonna take forever if I wait in that line to
get a piece of that snack well, excuse me. Can
I have a tiny little piece of that snackball you
just bought? You think you're gonna get a piece of
my delicious snack ball? You got another thing coming. This

(06:59):
is all for mind and no share in. How in
the world was Kaden getna get a sample to test?
You gotta find some crumbs or something. Someone must have
dropped it somewhere, maybe even the trash can, said Kayden. Ugh,
I can't believe I'm actually considering looking in the trash can,
but a duty calls. Unfortunately, there were no crumbs on

(07:21):
the floor, which meant Cayden had to look inside of
the trash can. Maybe, just maybe he would get lucky
enough that someone didn't eat their entire snackball. There'd be
a piece for him to test. As he picked up
the lid to the garbage can and looked inside, there
were a whole bunch of rappers, but deep down inside
there it was a small piece leftover of a snackball there.

(07:43):
I just gotta reach down and oh, this is disgusting.
Just gotta grab that and then there all right, now
to run some tests inside of his spypack. He had
a special chemistry set that had this very secret special
piece of equipment that it can analyze anything just a
few seconds, all right, just gonna line up the lasers

(08:04):
and press this button. And after the machine analyzed all
the data, the results were not good. Holy smoked. I
was right, HQ, this is Cataen. The news is not good.

Speaker 2 (08:23):
Come in over, sh what's the news, Kaden? Were able
to analyze some of those snack balls.

Speaker 1 (08:30):
Sh. Yeah, and basically it's pure sugar with something added
to it to make it like you just always want
more and more and more. This is definitely not a
healthy snack. It's just a giant sugar ball. Sh.

Speaker 2 (08:46):
That's great to hear. Great work, Caden. We're gonna send
out a team and close down that purple snack truck
once and for all over and out. Sh Wow.

Speaker 1 (08:58):
Great job, Kayden. He solved that mystery. You see, in fact,
that purple snack truck was led by purple ninjas. And
because of Cayden's persistence in figuring out this mystery, not
only did they shut down the snack truck, but he
was also able to help his friends and all the

(09:19):
people in the city get better from that terrible sickness
they got from those snack balls.

Speaker 2 (09:26):
Great job, Cayden.

Speaker 1 (09:27):
I'm so glad that you are on the spy team.

Speaker 2 (09:37):
Great job.

Speaker 1 (09:37):
You listened all the way to the end, and you
know what time it is. It's time for cured.

Speaker 2 (09:42):
Shout out.

Speaker 1 (09:44):
I want to say to Elithia from Indonesia, I Love
from Calgary, Maya from Massachusetts, Sarah and Matthias from Montreal,
Komi from Ontario, Hamden from the United Arab Emirates Sydney,
and Noah from I'm Raleigh, Argent and Edith from California.
I'm so glad that you're all in the kitch Orgsery's

(10:05):
family and don this by team. We could not stop
doctor Stinky Breath and his crew without you, my friends,
will you have a soup or two per day, and
I will see you next time. Bye.
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