Hey friends, it's Mr. Jim and welcome back to Kit Short stories.

If this is your first time, welcome to the family. We are the podcast that turns your ideas into an amazing

adventure every single day. You know, we couldn't even exist without imaginations from kids

just like you. So if you have an idea for a story, I'd love to see it.

Check down in the show notes below for how you can submit your own story idea and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure.

And parents if you're new to kids podcasting I'm going to challenge you to listen to

podcasting for five days in a row with your kids. It's going to increase their imagination,

decrease green time,

and we're going to have a lot of fun along the way.

Are you guys ready for today's adventure?

Me too, let's go! There was a garden at the end of Tommy Street. It wasn't one of those pretty gardens, with neat rows of colorful flowers or raised beds filled with vegetables.

This garden was tall and wild.

Sunflower stalks towered above overgrown berry bushes,

while vines tangled themselves throughout it.

Sometimes, when the wind blew through the leaves of the garden,

the kids in the neighborhood thought they heard noises.

It sounded like something was stomping through the overflowing flower patches beyond the

Berry bushes.

Tommy had always been interested in the garden.

He wanted to see what it looked like behind the bushes and tall vines.

One day, as Tommy and his friend Sam were walking by, they could smell the

blackberries growing on the bushes. They smelled delicious

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