This Small Firefly, Has a BIG Problem | P2
Kids Animal Stories
Storybutton and Mr. Jim
4.7 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends, it's Mr. Jim and welcome back to kids' animal stories. |
| 0:09.3 | Last time, we learned that Caleb the Firefly had accidentally got his light on his tail |
| 0:15.6 | stuck on in the middle of the night surrounded by tree frogs. |
| 0:20.2 | Oh no, I think he's in trouble. |
| 0:22.6 | But don't worry, he's gonna figure this out. |
| 0:25.6 | Are you guys ready for today's adventure? |
| 0:27.6 | Me too, let's go! |
| 0:33.6 | Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit. |
| 0:38.6 | Oh, no, they're everywhere. |
| 0:41.6 | As Caleb found a safe place to hide inside the hollow of a tree, he crawled inside, |
| 0:48.9 | he didn't know what to do. |
| 0:50.7 | The light on his tail was stuck on. |
| 0:54.1 | You see, fireflies, they can usually control how, you know, long the light stays on and when it turns on and off. |
| 1:02.2 | Inside, they're able to control their bodies, kind of like a muscle. |
| 1:05.6 | Like if you put your arm up and you flexed your muscle, You know how you can control that muscle? Yeah, |
| 1:12.8 | Fireflies have a muscle just like that. And it's really important in turning their light on and off. |
| 1:19.3 | But I don't know, something must be wrong with Caleb's light muscle. Ribbit, ribbit. |
| 1:29.4 | The frogs were coming closer. |
| 1:39.0 | Caleb was quick and found a little bit of mud inside of that tree hole that he was in and covered up his tail so that the light wouldn't be so bright. |
| 1:41.6 | All right, maybe this will help for a little bit. |
| 1:48.2 | He covered his tail with that mud, and it did help, but it made him feel really heavy. |
| 1:51.0 | I don't even know if I can fly with this now. |
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