Valentine and Ben Meet a Giant Squid

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to Kid
Short Stories. Did you know that we have a whole
bunch of activities that we make for you every single day. Yes.
Down in the show notes below your parents can click
on those links for activities for kids, which is where
we turn our podcast Kids Animal Stories into amazing activities
that you can do at home and then share with

(00:25):
me your creations. And yes, there is many fun things
that wait for you. But are you, my friends, ready
for today's story? Me too? Let's go. Hey, Ben, don't
forget the flippers, shouted Valentine. Yep, I got them over here.

(00:48):
Valentine and Ben, we're getting all their scuba gear ready
for an adventure. You see, they lived on a very
large ship in the middle of the ocean, far far
away from many land nearby, and their job was to
explore the deepest of deepest places in the ocean. Wow,

(01:13):
they are much braver than me. I don't think I
would want to go into the very deep deep parts
of the ocean with scuba gear. What about you? Do
you do that? Well? As Valentine and Ben head hold
their scuba gear ready, they're pulled up their rye down
to the bottom. The deepest part of the ocean is

(01:36):
called the Mariana Trench. It is so very very deep
that let's say you and I had the world's biggest shovel,
that we could scoop up the tallest mountain in the world.
Do you know what that mountain is called? Yes, Mount Everest.
If we were able to scoop up that big, tall,
ginormous mountain and put it in the deepest part of

(01:59):
the ocean, do you think think it would be sticking
out of the water. Actually, no, The water there is
so deep. It's six miles deep, and so if we
put Mount Everest all the way to the bottom of
that part of the ocean, it would still be over
a mile under water. It is so incredibly deep it

(02:20):
almost feels like a different planet when you're all the
way down there. And that's what Valentine and Ben are
going to as they enter into their submarine on a
first class ticket to the bottom of the ocean. To
go that deep, they needed to wear some very special

(02:41):
equipment because of the pressure down at the bottom of
the ocean, it's very dangerous, and so their very special
equipment would keep them safe. After a very long trip
down to the bottom. They finally arrived. Ben. Holy smokes,

(03:03):
look at that, Ben, Ben, wake up. Valentine was shaking Ben,
who had fallen asleep during this long ride. Oh are
we here? Are we? Oh? Okay? Ben yawned and stretched
as Valentine's face was plastered to the edge of the

(03:25):
submarine window he was looking out. It was a very
small window, because I don't think in submarines, I don't
think you can have very large windows, only small ones.
The two friends put on the rest of their gear,
their scuba tank, flippers and goggles and everything else, and
out they swam into the very deep part of the ocean.

(03:49):
If you are swimming around in the deepest part of
the ocean, do you think it's very light down there?
Do you think there's the sunlight? Or is it dark? Yes,
it is very very dark. It's so deep that the
sunlight can't make it all the way down to the
bottom through all the water, So it's pretty much like

(04:12):
you closed your eyes. That's how dark it is down there.
These two explorers were going down there for a very
specific reason. They were looking for a giant squid. Have
you ever heard of or seen a picture of a
giant squid. They're giant ormus. Yes, they're humongous squid, and

(04:34):
they were going down there to learn more about them
and see if they could even maybe take a picture
of one. After swimming around for a little while, it
actually did not take them long before they met a
very surprising creature. Sh Hey, Valentine, can you hear me?
Sh I read you loud and clear. Ben sh Their

(04:57):
scuba suits had like some walkie TALKI he's built into
them so that they could talk to each other. That
was a very important part. I don't think I would
want to go scuba diving if I was all by myself.
It's a lot better with friends. Hey, Ben, do you
see that thing over there? That cave looks like something
we should check out. I'm right behind you, said Ben.

(05:19):
As the two of them swam towards this cave, they
were immediately greeted by a ginormous eyeball. H wow. Hello.
Valentine and Ben were both very surprised. This eyeball was
half as big as they were. It was very very large.

(05:41):
Why hellover? Oh he could talk? Huh Hi. My name's Valentine.
That's my friend Ben, and we were just swimming down
here to actually kind of learn more about creatures like you.
You don't say, well, I could use some help. I

(06:02):
got stuck down here a long time ago. This giant
squid went on to tell Valentine and Ben about how
his tentacles had gotten stuck in this cave and then
he was unable to reach back and get it unstuck
from the rocks that it was stuck on, and he

(06:23):
had been stuck in this cave for a very long time.
Using their headlamps, Valentine and Ben swam past the giant
squid deeper into the cave. We're a little nervous about it,
but they were there to help a new friend. Hey, Ben,
help me move that rock over there, said Valentine. The

(06:44):
two of them swam over to this big boulder that
looked like had fallen right on that giant squid's tentacle.
All right, on the count of three, let's give it
a big push. One, two, three. With all their might,
Ben and Valentine were able to push that giant rock

(07:07):
that had caught the squids tentacle, and with one final push,
the rock came tumbling down boom. You did it right,
Thank you so much, Ben and Valentine swam back around

(07:27):
to where the squid's head was and his eyeballs, they
were very large. Remember, I'm glad we were able to
help you out, said Ben. Yeah, we do have one
question to ask you, said Valentine. It's for our research,
you see, you. We're trying to learn more about your
species so that we can maybe do more to help

(07:50):
protect it. So we have one question for you. Is
that okay? Yesh? How old are you? Asked Valentine. The
giant squid looked like he was thinking really hard. Maybe
he didn't know how old he was because he did
look very large and very old, and so maybe if

(08:13):
you're that old, you lose track of how old you
really are. I am five hundred and forty two years old,
Valentine and Ben couldn't believe it. Did he just say
five hundred and forty two? Said Ben? That's what I

(08:35):
heard too, said Valentine. Well, I've gotta get going. Thank
you again for your help. Thank you so much for
your answer, mister giant squid. Wage Valentine, We'll see you later,
said Ben. As Valentine and Ben watched the giant squid

(08:56):
swim away, they couldn't believe it. Their mission was. It's
a ginormous success. Not only did they learn all a
very important question about giant squids, but they were able
to also help one along the way. This may be
the end of the story, it's just the beginning of
their amazing ocean adventures that lie ahead the end. Great job,

(09:27):
you listened all the way to the end, and you
know what time of day is. It's time for kid
shout out SI. I want to say hey to Xavier
and Bear from Louisiana, Jacob from Australia, Marshall and Patrick
from Maryland, Diego from California, Hattie from British Columbia, Briella
from California, and uh Lena and Laura from Toronto. I'm

(09:51):
so glad that you're all in the Kids Short Stories,
family and on the spy team. We could not stop
Doctor Stinky Breath and his crew without you, my friends. Well,
you have a super duper day and I will see
you on our next adventure. Bye.