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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):
Hello friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kid
Short Stories. Today's story is brought to us by Vinnie
and Emery. Hey guys, they sent me an awesome idea
for a story, and you can too. Just head over
to kidshortstories dot com. Send me your idea and maybe
we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. And this month,

(00:25):
on Tuesday and Thursday, eleven am Eastern Standard time, I'm
gonna be going live on the kid short Stories Instagram.
So right now, head on over to Instagram and go
to Kids Short Stories. Make sure you click follow so
you don't miss out on those really fun lives where
we hang out. We get to go on video together
and maybe I'll make a story live from your ideas well.

(00:49):
Are you guys ready for today's adventure? Oh my goodness
about some silly slime monsters. Me too, Let's go. Vinnian
Emery lived in the mountains with their family. It was
a beautiful place, filled with holy smokes, ginormous mountains, and

(01:15):
these mountains you could see for miles and miles if
you climbed to the top. And that is something that
Vinnie and Emory loved to do, partially because it was
super fun. And the other part was their grandparents lived
on the other side of one of the mountains, and
so when they wanted to go visit them, they had
to get their hiking boots on and go on an

(01:37):
adventure over the mountain. WHOA, that would be a cool
way to go to grandma and Grandpa's house. Right, wow.
I kind of wish that my grandparents lived on the
other side of a mountain, and then I would have
to climb it every time. That would be so awesome. Well,
Vinnie and Emery were just waking up one Saturday morning. Wait,

(02:01):
is it time? Is today the day? Said Emory. They
checked the calendar and sure enough, today was the day.
It's Grandma's day. They loved going to the grandparents' house,
and today was a special day because it was baking day.
Do you like to bake things? I love to bake

(02:22):
cookies or cupcakes. Oh my goodness, I gotta stop talking
about those things. I'm gonna want to eat them right now. Well,
Vinnie and Emory raced downstairs and ate their delicious breakfast,
got on all their hiking gear, said goodbye to their parents,
and off they started. This was a big adventure that

(02:44):
always took a couple hours to climb over this big
mountain to get to the other side to go to
a grandma and grandpa's house. All right, Vinnie said, Emory,
which trail do you want to take this time? Hmmm,
We've never done that one before, so let's do that. Yeah.
There were a couple different trails that connected Vinnie and
Emery's house to their grandparents' house, and they usually picked

(03:08):
like these one, two or three trails, but there was
this one trail that they had never gone on and
always wanted to. It looked a little harder of an adventure,
but today would be a great day for that. As
they started hiking down this new trail, Vinnie saw something
ahead that looked strange, Memory said, Vinnie, do you see

(03:32):
those giant rocks up there? They grabbed their binoculars because
it was really far away. Emory said, yeah, I do.
Those looks stange. I don't remember the mountains having such
big boulders, said Emory. Well, Vinnie and Emery continued hiking.
They did like climbing over rocks, and so they were

(03:54):
kind of looking forward to getting to those big rocks
up ahead. Vinnie, if once we turned that corner up there,
we'll get a better look at those giant rocks. There
was a bend in the trail just up ahead. As
they were approaching, they turned the corner. And wait a second,
where do those giant rocks go? Said Vinnie. They looked

(04:16):
all around and they remembered that is exactly where those
giant boulders were. But somehow they had moved. Do you
think they felled on the mountain? Said Vinnie as he
scratched his head. He was very confused, because boulders don't
just up and run away, do they. Uh? I don't

(04:37):
see anything down the mountain, said Emory. Out of nowhere,
there was a giant curse splat splat, right next to
Vinnie's shoe. Ew what is that? Shouted Vinnie as he
picked up his boot. And oh, it looks like a
giant ball of slime? Got wait, where did that come from?

(04:58):
Vinnie looked up in the sky and it was a
clear day, and then all of a sudden, here comes
another one. Chris Platt. Chrisplatt, right over Emery's head. What
is going on? Who's throwing those things of slime? What

(05:20):
was that? Up ahead was a cave and inside that cave,
there were creatures that looked like rocks. Wait a second,
those rocks that Vinnie and Emery had seen were actually
not rocks. They were creatures that were camouflaged. And now
look out, shouted Vinnie as he dove to the side

(05:42):
with Emory. These creatures were throwing eggs filled with slime.
They were mean creatures, laughing hysterically. How are we gonna
get past them? Shouted Emory. I don't know. Oh, what
are we gonna do. We can't get to Grandma and

(06:03):
Grandpa's house completely covered in this slime. Dude, it's disgusting
and it smells terrible too, said Vinnie. All Right, I
have an idea, said Emory. Emory started grabbing some branches
and sticks in leaves and thought, maybe, just maybe they
could sneak past with camouflage. Do you know what camouflage is? Yes,

(06:28):
We've talked about it quite a bit. Camouflage, Yes, is
when you try to blend into your surroundings. So if
they're in a forest, it would be a good idea.
If they look like a bush, right, yeah, or a
tree or a rock, kind of like those creatures. Well,
Emery and Vinnie started to completely cover their clothes and

(06:49):
backpacks in leaves and sticks and branches. They looked absolutely hilarious.
Can you imagine trying to pretend to be a bush?
Ow ooh, that one hurts, said Vinnie as he shoved
a branch up his sleeve. It's gonna be worth it,
Vinnie said Emory. We just got to get past those ridiculous,

(07:12):
silly slime monsters. All right, Let's try and go really
slow and careful. They were completely covered in leaves and
looked like a bush. As they slowly crawled through the forest,
the slime monsters started to look around. They couldn't see
Vinnie and Emery anywhere. They were getting very mad. That

(07:39):
was the sound they were making. It sounds like a
pretty angry sound. But they were just looking to throw
more slimeballs. All right, we're getting closer. We just got
to get to this other ridge and then we'll be
good to go, said Emory. Vinnie and Emery carefully slid
over the ridge. Show we made it, said Emory. That

(08:01):
was such a good idea. Can't believe we almost turned
into giant slime balls. Grandma would have lost it and
never let us come bake cookies today. I know, said Emory,
that was insane. We gotta remember to never take this
trail again, to stay away from those rock slime monsters.
And that is the day that Vinnie and Emery took

(08:25):
the new trail that they'd never been on and got
attacked by the giant rock slime monsters. If you were
attacked by slime monsters that were throwing slime balls at you,
how would you escape it? Would you think to put
on camouflage just like them? Yeah? I think that was
a pretty good IDEA. Great job, Vinnie and Emory. I

(08:46):
hope you guys have a great day baking delicious cookies
and please save one for me and make a smiley
face at it. Well, friends, that is the end of
today's adventure. The great job. You listened all the way

(09:09):
to the end, and you know what time it is,
It's time for good shout out. I want to say
hey to Susan from Florida, Colin and Dylan from Illinois, Stephanie,
Charlotte and Jack from Washington, d c Atlas from Indiana,
Jimma and Tessa from California, and Beckley from Michigan. I'm
so glad that you're all in the kid short stories, family,

(09:31):
and on our spy team. We could not stop Doctor
Stinky Breath and his team without you, my friends. Well
you have a super duper day and guess what, there
are so many more adventures, so I will see you
on our next story. Have a great day. Bye,
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