Renzo and The Space Ice Cream Truck

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kid
Short Stories. Today is a new episode of Spiology Squad.
So make sure that after right now this story that
you head on over to our new podcast s Biology
Squad to hear what crazy adventure our spy team gets

(00:24):
into today. Episodes air Monday, Wednesday and Friday for as
Biology Squad. Are you guys ready for today's amazing adventure?

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Me too?

Speaker 1 (00:33):
Let's go. It was a beautiful day today as Friends
was working in his backyard. He was doing a whole
bunch of outdoor chores, which were some of his favorite

(00:54):
things to do. He had just become big enough to
cut the grass, which was something he had looked forward
to for many, many years. He loved the sound of
the lawnmower and the smell hm of freshly cut grass.

(01:17):
It was a perfect day. The temperature was just right,
and there was a nice breeze flowing through his hair.
All right, it looks like the grass is all done.
It looks so good, said Renzo. All right, now that
the grass is done, gotta blow some of the leaves

(01:40):
and edge the grass.

Speaker 3 (01:42):
All right, I'll go do that right now.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
He ran back to the garage to get a few
more tools.

Speaker 3 (01:48):
Do you like to do chores.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
And jobs outside around where you live? Yeah, maybe that
means cutting the grass like Rinzo, or maybe sweep off
the sidewalk, or maybe even washing your parents' car. There
are so many fun jobs and fun chores to do
to help your family while still being able to be outside.

(02:12):
As Renzo was doing this next job on his list,
off in the distance, he heard a familiar sound. Is
that the ice cream truck? Shouted Renzo. Oh, I gotta
finish this real quick and then I can go get
a dollar upstairs. Renzo always loved hearing the ice cream

(02:35):
truck that would drive past his house. Have you ever
heard that sound of an ice cream truck? That can
be a very exciting sound. Renzo hurried to finish the
rest of his outdoor chores and then race back to
his room to grab a dollar from his wallet. He
had been working very hard for a while to save

(02:56):
up his money, but spending a dollar at the ice
cream truck was definitely well worth it. I hope I
didn't miss it, said Renzo as he ran out the
front door. I still kind of hear it, But where
is it?

Speaker 2 (03:13):
Do do do.

Speaker 3 (03:17):
Do do do?

Speaker 2 (03:17):
Do? Do do?

Speaker 1 (03:19):
He put his hand over his eyes because it was
really sunny, and looked up and down the street and
he couldn't see it anywhere. And then something caught his
eye in the sky. What in the Oh no, it's
crashing the take cover. Renzo dove behind some bushes. Yeah,

(03:44):
what in the world did he see in the sky?
You wonder, Well, this is where the story takes a
very interesting turn. Boom, the ground shook as Renzo was
still huddled underneath a bush. Nearby, something had crashed, something
very large had crashed in Rerenzo's backyard. He ran around

(04:08):
the side of the house to take a closer look,
and he couldn't believe it, but it was in ice
cream truck. Rerenzo's mouth fell open as he tried to
figure out how in the world this got here. But
then he remembered that there must be somebody inside and
he needed to go check and see if they were okay.

(04:28):
He ran closer to the ice cream truck that was
now wedged in his backyard dirt. You know, it had
crashed into the dirt and mud in the backyard, so
its back tires were up off the ground and it
was kind of tilted at an angle. Hello, hello, is
anybody there? Are you okay? Said Lorenzo as he ran

(04:49):
towards the front door.

Speaker 2 (04:51):
Oh my, I think I must have forgotten to turn
left back there, said a voice from inside of the
ice cream truck.

Speaker 3 (05:02):
Renzo couldn't believe it.

Speaker 1 (05:04):
But there was a polar bear in the driver's seat
as he walked out of the crashed truck. Oh hello, hello, my, um,
are you okay?

Speaker 2 (05:18):
Uh?

Speaker 3 (05:19):
Can I get you anything?

Speaker 1 (05:20):
Said Renzo? Oh, yes, yes, could you help me understand
where in the universe I have crashed? Um? Well, this
is my backyard and I'm not exactly sure what you mean.
Are you lost? The polar bear reached back inside of
the truck and pulled out a map.

Speaker 3 (05:42):
Yes, you see right here.

Speaker 1 (05:43):
I was supposed to turn left at the moon, and
I think I might have accidentally gone right. You're funny,
all right, no, but seriously, where are And it was
just then that Renzo finally realized something. Amidst all the commotion,
he had missed the part of seeing the rockets on

(06:06):
the back of this ice cream truck. It didn't have
any tires. It was not your average ice cream truck.
It was some kind of space ice cream truck. Whoa,
you're you're from space and and you were talking polar bear.
I'm very confused. I didn't know there was ice cream

(06:28):
or polar bears in space. Tell me everything.

Speaker 3 (06:33):
Oh well, I think you can see I'm I'm a
polar bear. I've lived my whole life on Pluto, where
I've mastered the most delicious recipe of ice cream, and
an opportunity presented itself to where I could drive an
ice cream truck around space, and that's my job now.
But I've never been to such a place like this.

(06:56):
What planet is this again? Wow, that's amazing, said Renzo.

Speaker 1 (07:01):
Oh this is planet Earth, Planet Earth.

Speaker 3 (07:06):
Oh wow, I've never been here before.

Speaker 1 (07:09):
Yeah, it's pretty awesome, and we definitely like our ice cream.
I think you'll find a lot of people that might
want to buy your Pluto ice cream.

Speaker 3 (07:16):
I've never had Pluto ice cream.

Speaker 1 (07:17):
Before, said Renzo. He was getting pretty excited about a
lot of things, but first, I think he needed to
help this new friend of his fix his ice cream
space truck. Hey, I'll go grab some shovels and help
dig your truck out of all this dirt.

Speaker 3 (07:35):
Wow, that would be great.

Speaker 1 (07:37):
Lorenzo ran over to his garage to grab some shovels
and came back and started scooping the dirt. He was
greeted by the Polar Bear, who was holding a giant
bowl of delicious Space Pluto ice cream. Would you like
to try some of this delicious Pluto ice cream? Renzo's
eyes were very very large. Yes, please, Oh do you

(07:59):
know what would go so good with that? Let me
run inside and grab some sprinkles.

Speaker 3 (08:04):
Wait a second, what are sprinkles?

Speaker 1 (08:07):
You don't know what sprinkles are, said Renzo as he
rushed inside to grab some sprinkles. I guess in Space, Uh,
they don't have sprinkles. Strange. Rainzo came back outside holding
a container of bright red and white sprinkles. Here, check
this out. He shook the bottle over the ice cream,

(08:28):
and all the sprinkles splashed down onto the ice cream,
and the Polar Bear was very surprised.

Speaker 3 (08:35):
WHOA, that does look pretty amazing.

Speaker 1 (08:39):
The rest of the afternoon, Renzo and his new Polar
Bear friend spent trading ice cream secrets. By the end
of the day, Renzo had dug out the ice cream
truck from the dirt and waved goodbye as his new friend,
the Polar Bear, drove back off to space.

Speaker 2 (08:57):
Beep beep beep.

Speaker 1 (08:59):
Thanks for your hell, Brenzo waved the Polar Bear out
the window. Wow, what an amazing day that Renzo has had.
I've never heard of a space ice cream truck. I'm
definitely gonna be keeping my eyes open and my mouth
ready just in case one crashes down in my backyard.

(09:19):
And you should too.

Speaker 2 (09:21):
The end.

Speaker 1 (09:28):
Great job, you listened all the way to the end,
and you know what time it is, It's time for
kid shout Out. I want to say hey to Adeline
from California, Cedric from Kentucky, Zoe from Ontario, Mikey, Bo
and Nora from California, Simon and Penny from Ontario, Jackson
from Vermont, Indiana from British Columbia, Jackson and Nya from Minnesota,

(09:53):
and Evan and Noah from California. I'm so glad that
you're all in the Kid George Stories family and on
the Spike, we could not stop doctor Sinky Breath and
his crew without you, my friends. Will you have a
super duper day and I'll see you next time. Bye.