Hey friends, it's Mr. Jimman.

Welcome back to Kid Short Stories.

I love reading through the reviews that you leave for me on Apple Podcast.

This one I'm looking at right now is from Kate

Olive, it says it's great for bedtime. Five stars. For over a year my four-year-old

has listened to these stories as he goes to sleep. He requests them every night.

That's so awesome. Yeah, we at our house we loved listening to these stories as

we're getting ready for bed as well. Well, are you ready for today's adventure?

Me too, let's go!

As Theo ran through his house to grab his boots, rain jacket, and umbrella, he was so excited

to see if this was a real treasure map.

Remember in the last episode, Theo found this old legendary map hidden in the back of his closet.

It had some markings on it that looked familiar.

Look kind of like the three big stones that were at a playground near his house.

And Theo was going to check it out to see if this was indeed a real treasure map. He put the map inside of a plastic bag to keep it

dry from the rain. It had been raining now for a long time and so all the mud and puddles had appeared by now.

He had to keep that map dry, or else he might lose some really important information.

Artheo, be careful out there and try not to get too wet, said his parents as he walked outside.

Okay, I'll be back in a little bit.

He waved goodbye and started on his adventure towards the playground.

Squish squash, squish, his boots squashed through the mud with every step.

Oh, that was a deep puddle.

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