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Hello friends, it's mister Jimmy and welcome back to kid Short Stories. Today's story comes to us from Oscar and Harley. Hey guys, they sent me an awesome idea for a story, and you can too. Just head over to kidshort stories dot com. Send me your idea and maybe you will turn it into an awesome adventure. Are you guys ready for a trip to the beach where we save some shrimps from hungry birds?
Me too. Let's go.
Beep beep? WHOA?
What was that?
Shouted Oscar. It's our alarm. It's time, shouted Harley. Oscar and Harley had just woken up from their alarm. Do you know what that alarm meant? Well, one, it was time to wake up, but two.
It was time to go on vacation.
Oscar and Harley had been waiting for this day for a very long time. Their family was going on a trip to the beach, but this time they were flying in an airplane to get there. They had already packed their bags last night. Oscar and Harley scarfed down their breakfast and their whole family loaded up in the car and off they drove to the airport. They were both so excited It felt like the drive was taking forever, but it actually wasn't even that long. As they were driving, they were just imagining all the things that they were going to do on the beach. Oscar said, I'm gonna ride the biggest wave on my boogey board. WHOA, that does sound pretty awesome. I'm gonna build the biggest sand castle in the whole wide world, said Harley. Those were both great ideas. Pretty soon they saw the airport up ahead. They parked the car, got their bags and started to walk into the airport. Have you ever been to an airport before. It is a very cool place. You have to stay together as a family so that you don't get lost because there's a lot of people there, and you have to go through security. Who knows what security is. Yes, that is where they check our bags just to make sure we have we're following all the rules because there's a lot of rules in airports, and they put our bags through an X ray machine. Yes, it is super cool. Just from a picture they can see everything in the bags to make sure that everything is safe. And so you load up your bags on that track it goes through. They take a picture of it. Make sure that everything is great. Then you walk through a special scanner and you're good to go. All right, Oscar and Harley, make sure you grab your stuff. We got ahead to our gate. Oscar and Harley both grab their bags and they were very excitedly following behind their parents. We're at gate. That's say on the board. There's a list of all the flights, every single flight happening today, and so you have to look for the city of where you're going, and then it tells you what gate that you're at, the place that your airplane is waiting for you. It says C four. All right, we have to find C. So those signs say that A and B are that way and C is to the right. All right, let's go, shouted Harley. She had figured it all out. C was this way. As they followed all the signs for C, they started seeing C eight, C seven, C six, C five, C four. That's us, said Oscar. They finally made it to the gate and now they just needed to wait. That rhymes gate and wait well. Oscar and Harley were so excited. They saw the airplane sitting out through through the window and pretty soon their group was called. We did group number four to start loading on everyone's ticket. There's a different group for boarding, and so you might be in group one, or group five or group seven. And when they call that your group is time for boarding, then it is time to enter the plane. All right, let's go, Oscar and Harley said their parents. They got onto their airplane and found their seats and buckled up, and it was time for takeoff. It had been a long time since they'd been on an airplane before. But don't worry. It is pretty noisy when you're taking off because the airplane has to go really fast. The engines get very loud, and that sound means that the airplane is working. That's a good thing, and it might be a little but that's totally normal. As the plane lifts up off the ground, we're headed to the clouds, shouted Harley. She loved looking out the window as the plane was flying and just imagining all the fun that they were about to have at the beach. This plane flight was two hours long. So what do you think you could do while you're sitting on an airplane for two hours? What are some fun things to do on an airplane? Well, one like Harley's already doing, and Oscar two. They like looking out the windows of the airplane because you can see all the hills and trees and water and houses. No matter where you're flying, there's always something amazing to look at, as long as the clouds aren't in your way, because then it's hard to see the ground. So if the clouds are in your way from seeing, what else could you do on an airplane? Yeah, you could bring some paper and some markers or crans to color. You could bring some books to read and look at, maybe a couple small toys to play with. Yeah, there's a lot of fun things that you can do right in your seat on the airplane.
Sh. We are clear for landing. Please make sure your tables are in their upright position and your seat belts fastened. Sh That was the pilot speaking.
He talked sometimes while you're flying to give special instructions, like to say, hey, we're about to land, you need to sit down and fasten your seatbelt. And when they say your tables in their upright position, that means when you're sitting in front of you, there's a little table that you can lay down to put your toys or your paper, and that's what you're coloring on. But when we're landing or taking off, you have to make sure that that's all the way up. It is very important to follow all the instructions and rules while on an airplane. Oscar and Harley did everything perfectly. They in their seatbelts and put those little tables up. They could feel the rumble underneath them as the wheels for the airplane came down. Yeah, that's the landing gear. The landing gear is what helps an airplane land on the ground, because if they didn't have those wheels and tires, that would be a pretty rough landing. So good thing we have wheels on our airplane. When you're getting closer to the ground and you feel that rumbling, just remember that is the landing gear coming down, and that's exactly what you want to feel. Oh, is everything okay? Oscar was a little nervous. Yeah, that's just the landing gear, remember, said Harley. Oh yeah, it just sometimes gets really bumpy, and it makes me nervous, said Oscar. As their plane approached its landing, they could see the beach right out their window. Look at that, shouted Harley. A scri and Harley couldn't believe it. As the plane landed and they grabbed their bags to leave the airplane. Their adventures had only just begun. Join us tomorrow as Part two of their beach adventure continues. Great job, you listened all the way to the end, and you know what time it is. It's time for Kid shout Out. I want to say hey to Emma and Leah from South Africa, Victoria from Singapore, Audrey from Melbourne, Australia, Kean from Singapore, Rishi from New York City, Cooper from Portland, Oregon, Jack and Dean from New Jersey, and Maggie and Bastian from Arizona. I'm so glad that you're all in the Kid Short Stories family and on our spy team. We could not stop Doctor Stinky Breath and his friends without you, My friends. Well you have a super duper day and I'll see you next time. Bye.