The Mystery of the Missing Torch: A Towering Clue. Part 5

In Part 5 of our mini-series, "The Mystery of the Missing Torch," the Lingokids friends arrive at the Eiffel Tower, the tallest building in Paris. 🗼 As they climb to new heights, they search for the Olympic torch, encountering unexpected challenges and making new friends along the way. In this episode, they meet Missy Franklin, an Olympic swimmer who made history by breaking a world record. Will they find the torch this time? Let’s find out! Allonsy!

Special Guest Appearance: Olympic swimmer Missy Franklin joins the adventure, sharing her experiences and important water safety tips with the Lingokids friends. Missy helps the team find a safe way to cross the Seine River in their quest to catch the thief.

New Clue Uncovered: From the heights of the Eiffel Tower, the Lingokids spot the thief escaping on a boat across the Seine River, leading them to their next destination.

About Missy Franklin: Missy Franklin is a former professional swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She competed in her first Olympics at the age of 17 and has been passionate about swimming her entire life. Missy is dedicated to promoting water safety and inspiring young athletes.

Episode transcript.

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☀️ Parents, Inside the Lingokids app, we have 1,600+ fun, interactive activities, games, songs, and videos to help kids learn academics and modern life skills in today’s world. It’s free to try. Story by Rachael Tobener and Olga Klepova. Voices: Robin Reed. Music and Sound Design: Juan Delgado. Guest: Missy Franklin

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to Stories for Kids by Lingo Kids, where we
discover fascinating facts about the world around us and the
fun of play learning. Today is part five in a
very special Lingo Kids mystery series. Lisa, Cowie, Elliott and
Billy are searching for the thief who stole the Olympic torch.

(00:23):
A trail of clues have led them from a small
French town to the tallest building in all of Paris,
Eiffel Tower. Will they find the torch up there? Let's
find out? It's so tall, Billy says, the Eiffel Tower

(00:46):
was the tallest building in the whole world when it
first opened.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
Wow, why did they make it so tall?

Speaker 1 (00:53):
It was built for the World's Fair one hundred and
thirty years ago. And guess what a small some iron
from the Eiffel Tower will be in every metal for
the Paris twenty twenty four Olympics.

Speaker 3 (01:07):
That's so cool. Yeah, but how do we get up there?
No one will win.

Speaker 4 (01:12):
A minute if we can't find the torch.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Billy says, it's easy. We just take the elevator.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
Uh uh oh is that the line from the elevator?

Speaker 1 (01:31):
I'm afraid so the Eiffel Tower is very popular. Sometimes
the line for the elevator can be hours long.

Speaker 3 (01:38):
But we don't have time to wait.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
Billy says, we can take the stairs instead stairs.

Speaker 3 (01:46):
How many stairs are there?

Speaker 1 (01:52):
Approximately one thousand, six hundred and sixty five stairs, but
only six hundred and seventy four to the second platform only.

Speaker 3 (02:01):
Will never make it.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
That does sound hard, but do you remember what we
learned from all the Olympic athletes we met. They do
really hard things every day to train for the Olympics.
Lingo Kids listeners, do you have any ideas to help
the Lingo Kids' friends make it to the top.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
Three?

Speaker 4 (02:30):
Like when we've learned how free like a swimmer yep
home and train with the team.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
Friends, help you go faster?

Speaker 4 (02:38):
True? Oh oh, I thought of one stretch body, Yeah,
we got this.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
Everyone, let's stretch and.

Speaker 4 (02:49):
Blind fifty seven, sixty eight, sixty nine, seventy we're doing it,
two forty five, two forty six to forty seven.

Speaker 3 (03:11):
It's almost there. Dress to.

Speaker 5 (03:17):
Chukch hop four one four two four oh three out
six seventy two.

Speaker 3 (03:31):
Six seventy three, six seventy four. We made it.

Speaker 4 (03:38):
Wait the coueam. Does anyone see the torch.

Speaker 1 (03:48):
Billy says he doesn't see the thief or the torch anywhere.

Speaker 3 (03:52):
Me neither. But look out the window. Wow, you can.

Speaker 2 (03:59):
See every sang from up here.

Speaker 3 (04:02):
I think I see the louver.

Speaker 2 (04:04):
Hey, we were just there, so beautiful. Look at all
the flags everywhere.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
Those are Olympic flags, Cawi. From way up here, you
have a great view of the Olympic sports field and
stadiums all along the side.

Speaker 3 (04:20):
Cool. Wait, what's the sin?

Speaker 1 (04:23):
The Sin is the river that runs right through the
center of Paris.

Speaker 3 (04:28):
Oh, there's sure are a lot of boats on it.

Speaker 4 (04:32):
Okay, everyone, terrace is beautiful, but we need to focus.

Speaker 3 (04:36):
We have a thief to catch. We don't have time
for sight seeing.

Speaker 2 (04:40):
A Lisa's right.

Speaker 3 (04:43):
We have to keep looking. But I'm tired, My feet hurt.

Speaker 4 (04:48):
Your beef is too sneaky, Cowie. We can't give up now, Yeah, Calie,
we have to dry.

Speaker 2 (04:58):
You try. I'm gonna just say here and Enjoyd's beautiful view.
Ah hey, look at that.

Speaker 3 (05:08):
What what is it? Cowie?

Speaker 2 (05:11):
That oats?

Speaker 3 (05:12):
It has no frame on it.

Speaker 4 (05:15):
The fee he must be escaping across the sand river.
Oh no, you don't, you sleeky thae to the sin
alone sea.

Speaker 1 (05:28):
Billy says, that's the spirit Cowie.

Speaker 3 (05:37):
We made it. I see his boop. A thief is
almost across the sand. Oh no, what will we do?
Don't worry everyone, I have a plan.

Speaker 4 (05:49):
I'll swim across the end and catch the thief.

Speaker 3 (05:53):
I am a really good swimmer. Here, hold my shoes.

Speaker 6 (05:58):
I don't think that that that's a great idea. The
ten is not a very safe place to swim. It
isn't definitely not. There are too many boats, for one thing.
Even I wouldn't swim here. And I swim a lot.

Speaker 3 (06:14):
By you. I swim.

Speaker 6 (06:15):
I I am, and I used to compete at the Olympics.

Speaker 1 (06:20):
Lisa, this is Missy Franklin. Missy competed in her first
Olympics when.

Speaker 2 (06:25):
She was only seventeen years old.

Speaker 1 (06:27):
She won five gold medals.

Speaker 2 (06:30):
Wow, how long have you been swimming?

Speaker 6 (06:34):
So I've been swimming since I was six months old,
and I just turned twenty nine, so I've been swimming
for twenty eight years and six months.

Speaker 2 (06:42):
He was really loved swimming.

Speaker 6 (06:45):
I've loved swimming my whole life, and so even when
I was five years old, I was drawing pictures of
myself on top of an Olympic podium with the gold medals.
So being a swimmer but also being an Olympian was
a dream and goal of mine for my and.

Speaker 3 (07:01):
Your drawings came true.

Speaker 4 (07:03):
You actually did make it to the Olympic podium.

Speaker 1 (07:07):
Were you so happy?

Speaker 6 (07:09):
Being on the podium at the Olympic Games and winning
a gold medal was one of the most special moments
of my life. Being able to hear my national anthem
and knowing that I had accomplished something not just for
myself but for my team and for my country meant
the world to me.

Speaker 3 (07:26):
You must be so fast, missy. How fast are you
at swimming?

Speaker 6 (07:31):
I don't think anyone's ever just asked how fast I
am at swimming. But the best way I could think
to answer how fast I am at swimming is that
at one point in the two hundred back show, which
was my best event, I was the fastest woman to
have ever swimmed that event in the history of this party.

Speaker 2 (07:50):
Oh ye, super fast.

Speaker 4 (07:53):
Well I've not quite that fast, but I am a
good swimmer, So why can't I just jump in?

Speaker 6 (08:00):
Comes to safety around the water is there's no such
thing as being totally water safe. Even I am not
totally water safe. It is so important to make sure,
especially as a kid, that you have an adult or
guardian that is there that knows you're getting in the water,
and that we'll be watching and paying attention to the
whole time. Never ever, ever get in the water alone.

Speaker 2 (08:23):
I won't, Missy me neither.

Speaker 3 (08:25):
That makes sense.

Speaker 4 (08:27):
But if it's not safe for us to swim in
the sin, how will we get across?

Speaker 6 (08:33):
I think I can help you with that.

Speaker 2 (08:36):
Oh, do you have your own boat or a helicopter?

Speaker 6 (08:42):
Even better, I have a bridge.

Speaker 3 (08:45):
Follow me.

Speaker 6 (08:46):
The bridge is just down the river. You can cross safely.

Speaker 3 (08:49):
There a bridge.

Speaker 4 (08:52):
That is a much better idea than swimming.

Speaker 1 (08:54):
Thank you, Missy Franklin.

Speaker 3 (08:56):
My pleasure.

Speaker 6 (08:57):
I hope you all enjoy the Olympic Games.

Speaker 3 (09:00):
Yeah, we hope so too.

Speaker 1 (09:04):
Today the Lingo Kids' friends climbed six hundred and seventy
four stairs to search for the thief in the Eiffel Tower.
They didn't find the Olympic torch, but they did get
a really good view of Paris and spotted the thief
escaping across the Sene River. Olympic swimmer Missy Franklin helped
them find a safe way across the river without getting wet.

(09:27):
Will they finally catch the thief on the other side.
Join us next time to find out