Hello friends, it's Mr Jim and welcome back to Kids Short Stories. I want to tell you about an awesome giveaway that we are doing this week. If you go over to our Instagram page, look for the post about the free Tony Box. Tony Box is an amazing company with this really cool speaker that is screenless. And you know, if you know Mr Jim, you know that Mr Jim is super excited about the things that are screenless. So we are really excited to give this one away. To make sure you head over over to our Instagram page to make sure that you follow the instructions of how to enter, and we are giving it away this week. Well, my friends, Today story comes to us from Kelsey. Hey, Kelsey, she sent me an awesome idea for a story, and you can't you just head over kid short stories dot com. Send me your idea and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. Are you guys ready for today's story? Me too? Let's go all right, we'll be back later. I have everything we need for the picnic and we'll probably be gone for a couple of hours. Okay, Kelsey, just be safe. I think there's some raincoming, so if it starts raining. Just come home, We'll see you later. By Kelsey had planned a delicious picnic lunch with her best friend in the whole wide world, whose name's Moosey. What who do you think Moosy is? Do you think Moosy is a person or a fox or a moose? Yeah? Yeah, Moosy is Kelsey's friend, Moose. I wish I had a friend moose That would be super fun. Well, they've been friends for a very long time and always love to go on picnics. If you went on a pick nick, what would you pack? I would pack some sandwiches and fruit and cookies and juice and carrots. Who I love carrots, all kinds of delicious foods to go on our picnic. Well that's exactly what Kelsey had packed, and she was on her way to meet Moosy. Moosy lived out in the forest and they would always meet every Saturday for a delicious picnic lunch on this big grassy hill. Ah. Kelsey loved walking through the grass and feeling the wind in her hair and Mousy, Hey, hi, Cosey, Oh you doing, said Moosy. Moosy was a talking moose, and he was very hungry Kelsey brought his favorite food, which was carrots. Oh this is so good. Moossy could eat them all in like one bite. Kelsey sat there and laughed as she ate her sandwich and her lunch. And they laid down in the grass and stared up at the clouds and pretended what they saw. Look over there, I see a boat, said Kelsey, and Moosey said, oh, I see a lot of carrots in the cloths. You see carrots everywhere, said Kelsey. Oh yeah, but look there's a there's a carrot right there. There's a carrot right there and there, And I'm hungry again. Are there any more carrots? No, Moosey, said Kelsey. You already ate all of them in like five seconds. I'm sorry I should have brought more. Wow, Moosey can eat a lot of carrots. Well, not only can they find awesome things in the clouds, but they also love looking for four leaf clovers. Do you know what a four leaf clover is? Yeah, they're really rare and very special. Well, they grow in the grass and they usually you can usually find three leaf clovers, but the four leaf ones those are extra special. I found one, said Kelsey as she carefully picked it up out of the grass. Wow, that is a good one. Moosey had a big necklace around his neck that they had collected all the four leaf clovers that they had found, and this was going to be a good addition to it. This necklace opened up and had different spots to put the clovers in and keep them safe. They clicked it shut, and then all of a sudden they heard a big crash boom. WHOA was that lightning and thunder? Kelsey looked around, didn't see any, but definitely heard it. The wind started to howl, and Moosey looked at her and said, I think we'd better get going. This storm is getting closer. And what's what's that sound? Oh it's okay, Moossy. This the rain is not supposed to start for a little longer. It's I think it's supposed to start to rain this afternoon. We should be fine, said Kelsey. Okay. They kept playing and had a ton of fun. In the distance, they could see some really dark clouds starting to move closer and closer, and they had no idea what was about to happen. WHOA look at that? Kelsey pointed down at a stream down below the hill from them because remember they were eating their picnic lunch on this grassy hill. At the bottom of the hill was a little creek. Well it used to be a little creek, but now it got bigger. It's like a river. Oh wow, I don't remember that creek being so big, said Kelsey. Oh no, no, no, that's trouble. I think I think that's it's starting to flood, said Moosy. It's not even raining here, that's not possible. Well, you see something about flash floods is sometimes it can start to flood even when it isn't raining by you. Yeah, how does that even work? Well, the rain could be raining upstream from where you are, and then it flows down the river to where you are eating your picnic. Line to like Kelsey, Oh, a year in trouble. As the river got higher and high, are pretty soon it had completely surrounded their little hill. They were safe up on the grass of the hill, but the water was all the way around it. They were like on an island now, but the water was getting higher and higher with every minute. Oh no, Moosey, We've really got to get out of here. This is not safe. Ah, oh no, look, it's starting to rain. The rain was only gonna make it worse. They really had to get out of there. This was getting dangerous. Okay, climb on into my antlers and let's see if we can get out of here. Kelsey climbed up into Moosie's antlers. And have you ever seen the antlers of a moose. They're humongous and they're pretty cool. I think there's yeah. Look, Kelsey is just sitting right in the antlers. It's like a perfect seat for her. Mossy started to slowly walk down the hill, being very careful because the hill had gotten pretty slippery and muddy. As he stepped into the river, he could tell that the water was moving very quickly. This was going to be harder than he thought. All Right, I just got to find a branch to grab onto with my mouth and then we can. I'll try and walk through, said Moosy. Okay, I'm getting a little nervous. You gotta make it home. Kelsey was holding on to the antlers as tightly as she could. Moosey started to walk through the river and found a branch of a tree to hold on with his mouth. His big teeth latched onto it as he started to cross the river. The rain had started to pick up and get harder and harder. As the rain came down, the water started to rise even more. But Moosy was almost across. He's crossing the river. He's almost He made it. Oh, thank you, Moosy, you saved us. They made it to the other side and he hurried to gallop the rest of the way home. Who I'm so glad that Kelsey and Moosey are safe. But it's an important lesson that when the waters start to rise, it's uh definitely time to get out of there before it gets too high. Well, I wish I had a Moosy to save me and just to be a friend. Moose make pretty good friends, do they. I don't know. Well, we'll have to wait and see to find out. We'll see you next time. By great job, you listened all the way to the end, and you know what time it is. It's time for a kid shout out. I want to say hey to Olive from Long Salt Or Aliah from Montreal, James from Utah, Emery from Philadelphia, Fox from Laguna Hills, California, Mason and William from California, and Ben from California. I'm so glad that you're all on the Kitchen Stories, Family and Honors by Tea. We could not stop dr stinky breath without you, my friends, and don't forget to head on over to our Instagram page for Kids Short Stories and enter to win the Tony Box, which is the coolest way to screamlessly listen to stories. Well, my friends, I hope you have a super do per day and I will see you on our next adventure by

Hello friends, it's Mr Jim and welcome back to Kids Short Stories. I want to tell you about an awesome giveaway that we are doing this week. If you go over to our Instagram page, look for the post about the free Tony Box. Tony Box is an amazing company with this really cool speaker that is screenless. And you know, if you know Mr Jim, you know that Mr Jim is super excited about the things that are screenless. So we are really excited to give this one away. To make sure you head over over to our Instagram page to make sure that you follow the instructions of how to enter, and we are giving it away this week. Well, my friends, Today story comes to us from Kelsey. Hey, Kelsey, she sent me an awesome idea for a story, and you can't you just head over kid short stories dot com. Send me your idea and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. Are you guys ready for today's story? Me too? Let's go all right, we'll be back later. I have everything we need for the picnic and we'll probably be gone for a couple of hours. Okay, Kelsey, just be safe. I think there's some raincoming, so if it starts raining. Just come home, We'll see you later. By Kelsey had planned a delicious picnic lunch with her best friend in the whole wide world, whose name's Moosey. What who do you think Moosy is? Do you think Moosy is a person or a fox or a moose? Yeah? Yeah, Moosy is Kelsey's friend, Moose. I wish I had a friend moose That would be super fun. Well, they've been friends for a very long time and always love to go on picnics. If you went on a pick nick, what would you pack? I would pack some sandwiches and fruit and cookies and juice and carrots. Who I love carrots, all kinds of delicious foods to go on our picnic. Well that's exactly what Kelsey had packed, and she was on her way to meet Moosy. Moosy lived out in the forest and they would always meet every Saturday for a delicious picnic lunch on this big grassy hill. Ah. Kelsey loved walking through the grass and feeling the wind in her hair and Mousy, Hey, hi, Cosey, Oh you doing, said Moosy. Moosy was a talking moose, and he was very hungry Kelsey brought his favorite food, which was carrots. Oh this is so good. Moossy could eat them all in like one bite. Kelsey sat there and laughed as she ate her sandwich and her lunch. And they laid down in the grass and stared up at the clouds and pretended what they saw. Look over there, I see a boat, said Kelsey, and Moosey said, oh, I see a lot of carrots in the cloths. You see carrots everywhere, said Kelsey. Oh yeah, but look there's a there's a carrot right there. There's a carrot right there and there, And I'm hungry again. Are there any more carrots? No, Moosey, said Kelsey. You already ate all of them in like five seconds. I'm sorry I should have brought more. Wow, Moosey can eat a lot of carrots. Well, not only can they find awesome things in the clouds, but they also love looking for four leaf clovers. Do you know what a four leaf clover is? Yeah, they're really rare and very special. Well, they grow in the grass and they usually you can usually find three leaf clovers, but the four leaf ones those are extra special. I found one, said Kelsey as she carefully picked it up out of the grass. Wow, that is a good one. Moosey had a big necklace around his neck that they had collected all the four leaf clovers that they had found, and this was going to be a good addition to it. This necklace opened up and had different spots to put the clovers in and keep them safe. They clicked it shut, and then all of a sudden they heard a big crash boom. WHOA was that lightning and thunder? Kelsey looked around, didn't see any, but definitely heard it. The wind started to howl, and Moosey looked at her and said, I think we'd better get going. This storm is getting closer. And what's what's that sound? Oh it's okay, Moossy. This the rain is not supposed to start for a little longer. It's I think it's supposed to start to rain this afternoon. We should be fine, said Kelsey. Okay. They kept playing and had a ton of fun. In the distance, they could see some really dark clouds starting to move closer and closer, and they had no idea what was about to happen. WHOA look at that? Kelsey pointed down at a stream down below the hill from them because remember they were eating their picnic lunch on this grassy hill. At the bottom of the hill was a little creek. Well it used to be a little creek, but now it got bigger. It's like a river. Oh wow, I don't remember that creek being so big, said Kelsey. Oh no, no, no, that's trouble. I think I think that's it's starting to flood, said Moosy. It's not even raining here, that's not possible. Well, you see something about flash floods is sometimes it can start to flood even when it isn't raining by you. Yeah, how does that even work? Well, the rain could be raining upstream from where you are, and then it flows down the river to where you are eating your picnic. Line to like Kelsey, Oh, a year in trouble. As the river got higher and high, are pretty soon it had completely surrounded their little hill. They were safe up on the grass of the hill, but the water was all the way around it. They were like on an island now, but the water was getting higher and higher with every minute. Oh no, Moosey, We've really got to get out of here. This is not safe. Ah, oh no, look, it's starting to rain. The rain was only gonna make it worse. They really had to get out of there. This was getting dangerous. Okay, climb on into my antlers and let's see if we can get out of here. Kelsey climbed up into Moosie's antlers. And have you ever seen the antlers of a moose. They're humongous and they're pretty cool. I think there's yeah. Look, Kelsey is just sitting right in the antlers. It's like a perfect seat for her. Mossy started to slowly walk down the hill, being very careful because the hill had gotten pretty slippery and muddy. As he stepped into the river, he could tell that the water was moving very quickly. This was going to be harder than he thought. All Right, I just got to find a branch to grab onto with my mouth and then we can. I'll try and walk through, said Moosy. Okay, I'm getting a little nervous. You gotta make it home. Kelsey was holding on to the antlers as tightly as she could. Moosey started to walk through the river and found a branch of a tree to hold on with his mouth. His big teeth latched onto it as he started to cross the river. The rain had started to pick up and get harder and harder. As the rain came down, the water started to rise even more. But Moosy was almost across. He's crossing the river. He's almost He made it. Oh, thank you, Moosy, you saved us. They made it to the other side and he hurried to gallop the rest of the way home. Who I'm so glad that Kelsey and Moosey are safe. But it's an important lesson that when the waters start to rise, it's uh definitely time to get out of there before it gets too high. Well, I wish I had a Moosy to save me and just to be a friend. Moose make pretty good friends, do they. I don't know. Well, we'll have to wait and see to find out. We'll see you next time. By great job, you listened all the way to the end, and you know what time it is. It's time for a kid shout out. I want to say hey to Olive from Long Salt Or Aliah from Montreal, James from Utah, Emery from Philadelphia, Fox from Laguna Hills, California, Mason and William from California, and Ben from California. I'm so glad that you're all on the Kitchen Stories, Family and Honors by Tea. We could not stop dr stinky breath without you, my friends, and don't forget to head on over to our Instagram page for Kids Short Stories and enter to win the Tony Box, which is the coolest way to screamlessly listen to stories. Well, my friends, I hope you have a super do per day and I will see you on our next adventure by