Weston Turns Into Jello

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hey friends, it's mister Jim and welcome back to kid
Short Stories. Would you like your next birthday party to
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(00:25):
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and your friends to save the day. Well, are you
ready for today's adventure? Me too, Let's go. It was
a beautiful day as Weston was playing outside. He had

(00:47):
built something absolutely magical. He had pulled together a whole
bunch of branches and things and ad actually created like
a shelter. Have you ever seen a shelter built out
of sticks and leaves and branches. Yes, Weston is a
master shelter builder and this one was pretty amazing. But

(01:12):
all of a sudden he heard a sound. What was that?
He spun around and looked, there was nothing there, and
then he heard it again. Oh, I think that's my
stomach growling, said Weston. He thought it was like a

(01:34):
terrifying monster, but it was only his own tummy. It
must be snack time if my stomach is making these sounds.
All right, Uh, shelter, I will be back, said Weston
as he left his shelter in the backyard and walked inside. Mom,
I'm kind of hungry. Is there something I could have
to eat? Yeah, Weston, you can pick out a snack

(01:57):
in the pantry. I'm doing some work over here. So
are you okay on figuring it out on your own?
She called out, Yes, I can do that. I'm a
master snack maker, said Weston. Weston and his mom had
spent a lot of time in the kitchen working together,
and she had taught him how to make a lot
of different snacks along the way. He walked over to

(02:21):
the pantry and opened the door. All right, all right,
what should I ah not that that? Wait a second,
what's way back there? Said Weston, All the way back
in the back corner of the pantry. It's a box
of jello. I love jello, said Weston. He had to

(02:45):
get up on its tippy toes and reach all the
way back and grab onto the box with just two fingers,
and there he got it. Oh, I've never seen jello
that looks like that before. Oh. Well, I'm sure be delicious,
said Weston. He turned around and got all the ingredients
and everything ready to start making jello. Who likes to

(03:08):
eat jello? Oh, it's pretty delicious the way it jiggles around. Ooh,
Jello's a pretty fun thing. What's your favorite color? I
wonder if that would taste delicious. Well, Weston started working
very hard. Him and his mom had made jello a
hundred times together, so he was pretty much a jello expert.

(03:31):
He got everything ready and now it was time to wait.
He figured that instead of staring at the jello waiting
for it to set, he could go outside and finish
working on his shelter, and then by the time he
was done, the jello would be ready to eat. That
was pretty smart because sometimes when you're just like sitting
there waiting for something to happen, those minutes can crawl

(03:55):
by very slowly. Right, Yeah, so that's a pretty smart ideas.
And went back outside and started working on the roof
of his shelter. He had to find some more large
branches that could span across the hole top and cover
it also with some leaves to provide shelter from the rain.
After about thirty minutes. He stood back and looked at

(04:16):
this amazing shelter that he had built. Wow, this is
this might be my best one ever. Oh, holy smokes,
I think I lost track of time. And I hope
the jello's ready. Weston dropped the three sticks that were
in his hand and raced inside, eager to see if
his bright green jello was ready to eat. It looks perfect,

(04:41):
and it looks wow. I've never seen jello that bright before.
It looks almost magical. I bet it's absolutely delicious. He
raced over and grabbed a spoon and sat down and
took the first bite. He carefully scraped his spoon to
the jello and watched as it carved through like a pumpkin.

(05:05):
He held up his spoon and watched as the green
jello jiggled back and forth on that spoon. All right,
let's test it. M Oh, that's good. That is delicious.
And before you knew it, Weston gobbled up a lot
of jello. That was a very special snack. But unfortunately

(05:31):
something was about to get a little crazy right now.
He finished the last spoon full of jello. Oh that
was delicious. I gotta clean up. He put all the
bowls in the sceink and started cleaning up from the
mess that had happened from the creation of the jello.
And then all of a sudden, something strange started happening.

(05:52):
Wait a second, what's wrong with my fingers? It's like
it feels weird and it's kind of hard to pick
it up a second, All of a sudden, as he
was reaching to grab things, his fingers turned into jello.
Like he couldn't. His fingers weren't strong enough anymore to

(06:15):
hold on anything. They would just slip right off, and
his fingers would bounce little, just like jello, and then
his arm, and then his elbow, and his shoulder, and
then his toes in his ba, I'm turning into jello,
shouted Weston. His mom came running western. What's going on?

(06:40):
She couldn't believe it that she was staring at her
son who had started wibbling and wobbling and squibbling and squabbling.
He was made of jello. Now, Dune tunto Bob. I
don't know what happened. I found this package of jello
and in the back of the pantry, and I made

(07:01):
it and it was delicious. And now look at me.
His Mom's eyes were ginormous and she put her hand
over her mouth. You didn't eat that jello packet all
the way back in the pantry, did you. That's exactly
the one I hate, said Weston. Oh dear, said his mom.

(07:22):
Why did you say, oh dear? Was there something wrong
with that jello? Was it poisoned? Am I gonna what's happening? Well?
The other day I went to the grocery store and
there was a leprechaun running around the parking lot putting
jello and hot cocoa in everybody's carts. I thought it
was kind of strange, and so I put it in

(07:43):
the back of the pantry because I didn't want anyone
to find it and eat it, because I don't know
if you can trust the leprechauns Jello a leprechaun's jello,
said Weston. I didn't know leprechauns liked jello exactly, and
that's why I I was a little weary about that jello,
And now I understand why it was probably all just

(08:07):
a leprechaun trick. How do I turn myself back? Said Weston.
I can't handle all of this jiggling by now. Weston's
entire body had turned to jello and was now jiggling
with every time he tried to move. But what would

(08:27):
what would you do if you turned into jello? That
would be pretty hilarious. I wonder, I wonder if you
would taste good. I wonder if hmm, that's interesting. Well,
I don't think Weston wants to taste himself, but they
need to find a way to turn him back to
a normal person, not jello. Wait a second, have an idea,

(08:49):
said his mom. It might sound crazy, but that leprecaun
he gave me the jello and hot coco. I wonder
if we make hot coco, if that'll turn you back
to normal. His mom reached back to the very far
back of the pantry, and there it was a strange
package of hot chocolate, one that they'd never seen before.

(09:10):
It was probably one that the leprechaun made. Okay, I'll
try anything. Just make it quickly, said Weston. His mom
made a delicious cup of hot cocoa using that powder
from the leprechaun, and Weston sipped on the hot chocolate
and it was delicious. This is the best hot chocolate

(09:32):
I've ever tasted, said Weston, and all of a sudden,
look at that my fingers, they look normal again. And
then his arm, his elbow, his shoulder, and his toes
and him back to normal, shouted Weston, who gave his
mom a very big hug, happy to be a normal

(09:53):
kid again. This may be the end of the story,
but I think Weston and his mom learned a very
valuable lesson to never eat magic jell o made by
leprechauns the end. Great job, you listened all the way

(10:15):
to the end, and you know what time it is.
It's time for churd shout out. So I want to
say hey to Rowan and Fox from Pennsylvania, Mini from
British Columbia, Landry and Rex from Katie, Texas, Jimmy from Australia,
Emmilyn from British Columbia, Mary from New Jersey, Frankie from
New Hampshire and Wesson from Ontario. I'm so glad that

(10:37):
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do bredet and I will see you next time. Bye.