1
00:00:04,599 --> 00:00:07,879
Speaker 1: Hello, friends from across the nation and around the world.

2
00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:13,160
By Martin and you are listening to Dad's Bedtime Stories. Tonight,

3
00:00:13,199 --> 00:00:17,839
we're headed back into the Spaceship universe for an idea

4
00:00:18,039 --> 00:00:21,879
brought to you by one of my Patreon sponsors, Jackson.

5
00:00:22,719 --> 00:00:26,320
Jackson's idea was to have an ocean planet where spaceship

6
00:00:26,359 --> 00:00:28,760
turns into a submarine and the kid gets to put

7
00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:34,039
on scuba gear and they find a portal underwater that

8
00:00:34,079 --> 00:00:37,719
apparently leads to a shark world, but they're stopped by

9
00:00:37,759 --> 00:00:41,159
a sea horse named Jackson, who brings them to the

10
00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:46,159
seahorse area or world instead. I thought an underwater world

11
00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,840
would be a great idea, so that's exactly what we're

12
00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,920
gonna do tonight. Before we get started, I just want

13
00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,439
to give a few shout outs. First of all, thank

14
00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,399
you to Jackson Rowan, who were the first ones to

15
00:00:57,439 --> 00:01:02,960
sign up for My Dad's Bedtime Stories social share contest,

16
00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,640
where they shared the podcast and filled out my Google form.

17
00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,439
So they are currently the only two, at least at

18
00:01:09,439 --> 00:01:12,319
the recording of this episode who are in a draw

19
00:01:12,439 --> 00:01:15,280
for a guaranteed story idea. If you want to join

20
00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,920
the contest, the details are in the description or show

21
00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,599
notes or whatever you call them. Wherever you're listening, just

22
00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,319
read up on them, join in and enter for a

23
00:01:25,359 --> 00:01:28,840
guaranteed story idea. Next, I want to give a big

24
00:01:28,879 --> 00:01:31,799
shout out to some Patreon sponsors that have joined in

25
00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,519
the past week. Thank you first of all to Connor,

26
00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:40,159
Reiley and Christina who listened to the podcast every night

27
00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,200
and recently joined Patreon. It means a lot that you

28
00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:47,239
joined Patreon, so thank you guys. Next up, I'd really

29
00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:52,040
like to thank Cooper, Amelia and Courtney from Seattle for

30
00:01:52,159 --> 00:01:57,359
joining Patreon and sponsoring the podcast very very much appreciated.

31
00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:05,400
As well. Thank you to Eddie Clover and Liz from Maine, USA.

32
00:02:06,079 --> 00:02:10,400
They also joined recently and I really really appreciate it.

33
00:02:11,159 --> 00:02:13,800
And the last I'd like to give a shout out

34
00:02:13,879 --> 00:02:19,120
to Henry and Charlie who recently joined Patreon under the

35
00:02:19,199 --> 00:02:22,879
name Henry Charlie. So I don't really know anything else

36
00:02:22,879 --> 00:02:27,439
about them, but I really appreciate you supporting the podcast. Now,

37
00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,120
if parents out there want to join Patreon for as

38
00:02:30,159 --> 00:02:32,400
little as one dollar a month, it does get you

39
00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,680
had free episodes as well as any bonus content I have.

40
00:02:36,439 --> 00:02:39,120
And that's only twelve dollars for an entire year if

41
00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,759
you listen to the podcast a lot. Now, I know

42
00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,800
that doesn't work for everyone, and that is why we've

43
00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,879
finally gotten some podcast ads back on the podcast. I

44
00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,360
know they're annoying in a little intrusive at times, but

45
00:02:52,479 --> 00:02:56,800
they do fund the podcast as well, and as usual,

46
00:02:56,879 --> 00:02:58,719
I make a guarantee to only put them at the

47
00:02:58,759 --> 00:03:02,400
beginning and sort of right near the end of the intro.

48
00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,000
I'm never gonna put them during stories, and I'm never

49
00:03:05,039 --> 00:03:07,800
gonna put a roll at the end. So if you

50
00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:09,840
hear any weird advertisements at the end, let me know

51
00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,840
it might be where you're listening, because they're not supposed

52
00:03:12,879 --> 00:03:16,719
to be there. And now a possible break for that

53
00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,240
time to close your eyes, get as comfy as you

54
00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,479
can in that bed, and imagine yourself doing what the

55
00:03:26,599 --> 00:03:34,159
kid in the story does. You wake up inside your spaceship,

56
00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,240
you stretch your arms and legs and head out to

57
00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:43,039
the main part of the ship. Good morning, spaceship says,

58
00:03:44,039 --> 00:03:48,840
I have discovered a very interesting planet. It seems to

59
00:03:48,919 --> 00:03:55,280
be an underwater world. In addition, there is a strange

60
00:03:55,400 --> 00:04:01,000
anomaly coming from below the surface of the ocean and

61
00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:09,159
checking it out could lead to some adventure. Oh interesting, Uh, okay,

62
00:04:09,599 --> 00:04:15,960
let's head for it, you say, understood, course said. Spaceship

63
00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,160
turns a little bit to the left and you continue

64
00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:24,160
to blast through hyper space for a little while. Eventually

65
00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:29,639
the ship stops and you find yourself staring at a gigantic,

66
00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:36,439
almost entirely blue planet with the fluffy white clouds flowing overhead.

67
00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,920
You move to the control center of the ship, sit

68
00:04:41,079 --> 00:04:44,759
down in the seat and grab a hold of the joystick.

69
00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:49,199
You press forward on the throttle and steer the ship

70
00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:53,879
straight towards the planet. There's a little bit of turbulence

71
00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:58,959
as you pass through the atmosphere and dip below the clouds.

72
00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:07,160
All you can see is ocean, ocean, ocean, and more ocean.

73
00:05:08,199 --> 00:05:12,240
Is there any land here at all? You ask, yes,

74
00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:19,040
spaceship answers below the water is plenty of land. Prepare

75
00:05:19,199 --> 00:05:25,319
for submarine mode. The ship begins to glow around you

76
00:05:26,079 --> 00:05:32,519
and its shape changes slightly. A gigantic circular window appears

77
00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:37,120
at the front, little circular windows at the side, and

78
00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:42,720
the ship hits the water, splashes down and starts to

79
00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:49,639
sink at once. Everything around you turns blue and wavy.

80
00:05:50,639 --> 00:05:56,079
Sunlight pours through the water overhead, and long golden beams

81
00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:01,360
and small silver alien fish dark past the window like

82
00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:08,839
living arrows. Wow, you say, the world outside is beautiful

83
00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:14,560
as you sink down, Tall green sea plants sway back

84
00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,720
and forth as if the whole world is breathing. Pink

85
00:06:18,879 --> 00:06:25,160
coral branches spread like underwater trees, Huge smooth rocks lie

86
00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:29,160
on the seafloor, and bright little fish weave in and

87
00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:33,199
out of them. In the distance, something that looks like

88
00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:39,720
a jellyfish drifts past like a glowing floating lantern. You

89
00:06:39,879 --> 00:06:45,000
decide that you'd like to explore this first hand. Uh,

90
00:06:45,079 --> 00:06:48,319
any idea if I can go for a swim myself,

91
00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:55,079
You say yes. Your spacesuit has an underwater mode as well.

92
00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,839
You look down at your watch and start to flip

93
00:06:58,879 --> 00:07:02,439
through the different until you come to one that's a

94
00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:07,759
picture of a sort of high tech spacesuit with flippers.

95
00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:13,079
You press the accept button and the suit folds out

96
00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:17,480
around your body, little nanites crawling out of the watch

97
00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:24,040
and forming themselves into armor. Before long, you're entirely protected.

98
00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,680
The helmet's a little larger than you're used to, and

99
00:07:27,759 --> 00:07:30,319
it seems to have a bright light on the front

100
00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:35,839
of it, and the feet are giant flippers. You head

101
00:07:35,879 --> 00:07:38,600
to the back of the ship and notice that it's

102
00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:43,439
been changed too. Instead of a simple opening to the outside,

103
00:07:44,199 --> 00:07:48,639
there's now a door that leads to some other little room.

104
00:07:49,759 --> 00:07:54,560
What's this for, you ask? That is for transitioning to

105
00:07:54,920 --> 00:08:00,839
water without getting me entirely wet. Please enter inside. The

106
00:08:01,079 --> 00:08:05,279
chamber will be filled with water, pressurized, and then the

107
00:08:05,319 --> 00:08:10,920
hatch will open, spaceship explains. So you step through the door,

108
00:08:11,439 --> 00:08:15,560
sit down on a little chair. The door closes, an

109
00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:20,600
alarm goes off, and water starts to rise. You feel

110
00:08:20,639 --> 00:08:25,079
perfectly safe in your spacesuit or well scuba gear in

111
00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:30,399
this case. As water fills up the entire room. Once

112
00:08:30,439 --> 00:08:34,320
it's completely full, there's a hissing noise in the back

113
00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:40,600
hatch opens. You swim outside. You start to kick gently

114
00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:45,039
and float over a garden of coral shapes shaped like

115
00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:51,679
spirals and fans and sort of tower like things. Tiny

116
00:08:51,759 --> 00:08:56,120
blue fish zip around your arms. A crab the size

117
00:08:56,159 --> 00:08:59,360
of a dinner plate raises one claw at you as

118
00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,679
if it's sort of shaking its fist As you swim past,

119
00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:09,759
Hey crab, you say, as you swim overhead anomaly detected.

120
00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:16,600
Spaceship says, I believe we have found the anomalous reading nearby.

121
00:09:16,639 --> 00:09:17,440
Speaker 2: Follow me.

122
00:09:18,799 --> 00:09:23,960
Speaker 1: Spaceship darts forward through the water, and you kick your

123
00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:28,480
fins gently and follow behind. If you'd like to go

124
00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:33,240
at a higher speed, just think about moving forward and

125
00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:38,799
you will be pushed forward. You straighten both of your

126
00:09:38,879 --> 00:09:45,360
legs and try just that, almost like magic, Your spacesuit

127
00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:50,159
or well, scuba suit propels you forward through the water.

128
00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,879
If you think about going faster, it goes faster, and

129
00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:59,279
if you think about going slower, it goes slower. You

130
00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:04,240
follow behind the ship until you see it. At first

131
00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,200
it looks like a giant ring of light, but then

132
00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:12,600
it swirls. The water inside it twists like a spinning

133
00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:19,559
window made of blue green glass. Uh, spaceship, is that

134
00:10:19,639 --> 00:10:23,440
what I think it is? You ask? I believe so.

135
00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:28,360
It is either a portal or one of the fanciest

136
00:10:28,399 --> 00:10:33,200
whirlpools I have ever seen. You turn slowly in the

137
00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:38,000
water and stare at it. It hangs between two coral cliffs,

138
00:10:38,399 --> 00:10:44,039
glowing brighter and brighter. Strange shapes move faintly inside it.

139
00:10:44,759 --> 00:10:50,519
The edges shimmer like moonlight on water. A portal, you whisper,

140
00:10:51,399 --> 00:10:57,879
I believe so, I recommend caution or excitement. It depends

141
00:10:57,919 --> 00:11:04,080
on what's inside. You start swimming towards it. Then something

142
00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,600
tiny zips directly in front of your mask. Stop stop, stop,

143
00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:13,639
it says, you, nearly tumble backward. Hovering in front of

144
00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,840
you is a little orange seahorse with bright eyes and

145
00:11:17,919 --> 00:11:21,759
a curled tail. It's wearing what appears to be a

146
00:11:21,919 --> 00:11:27,480
tiny shell helmet. You can't go in there, he cries, Uh,

147
00:11:28,279 --> 00:11:32,919
you can talk. The seahorse blinks, of course I can talk,

148
00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:33,720
can't you?

149
00:11:35,159 --> 00:11:35,639
Speaker 2: Yeah?

150
00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:40,840
Speaker 1: But well, just usually on my planet, seahorses don't talk.

151
00:11:41,879 --> 00:11:46,440
Usually kids don't wear shiny bubble helmets either. But here

152
00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:51,240
we are, he says. Spaceship's voice crackles in your helmet.

153
00:11:51,799 --> 00:11:57,440
I believe I like him. The seahorse spins around dramatically

154
00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:02,279
and points one tiny fin at the poor that he says,

155
00:12:02,759 --> 00:12:08,320
goes to the big bad shark world. You look at

156
00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:14,879
the glowing ring again, the wet the big bad shark world,

157
00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:20,600
he repeats, very big, very bad, and from my experience

158
00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:28,519
full of sharks, that does sound inconvenient, Spaceship adds. The

159
00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:34,799
seahorse puffs himself up. My name is Jackson, he says,

160
00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:40,519
and if you swim through that portal, you'll probably get gobbled, chased,

161
00:12:40,639 --> 00:12:44,879
or chomped, or at the very least glared at in

162
00:12:44,919 --> 00:12:51,039
a very unsettling manner. You glance at spaceship floating nearby

163
00:12:51,159 --> 00:12:55,240
in its submarine form. So you've been in the world,

164
00:12:55,559 --> 00:13:00,519
you asked Jackson. Once, and I ran into one of

165
00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:04,240
the biggest sharks I've ever seen. I got out of

166
00:13:04,279 --> 00:13:07,559
there as quickly as I could, and luckily I got

167
00:13:07,639 --> 00:13:13,360
out with my life. Luck If you came here to explore,

168
00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,960
then I can show you something much better than a

169
00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:23,120
terrifying shark portal. I can show you my world. You smile.

170
00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:30,679
Your world, the sea horse reefs, says Jackson, proudly, best

171
00:13:30,799 --> 00:13:35,720
underwater world, and this entire planet. Probably I haven't actually

172
00:13:35,759 --> 00:13:43,279
been everywhere. We accept the probably spaceship ads here follow me,

173
00:13:43,799 --> 00:13:47,919
Jackson says, flicking his tail, he darts away like a

174
00:13:48,039 --> 00:13:53,960
tiny orange arrow, and you swim after him. The deeper

175
00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:59,679
you go, the more amazing everything becomes. The coral opens

176
00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:04,720
into wide underwater streets lined with swaying sea fans and

177
00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:11,159
shell lamps. Curved tunnels of woven seagrass connect little coral homes.

178
00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:16,440
Bubble streams rise up from the seafloor like sparkling fountains,

179
00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:23,039
And everywhere there are sea horses, little sea horses, big

180
00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:27,840
sea horses, red ones, gold ones, purple ones, striped ones.

181
00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:33,480
Some carry baskets of seaberries. Some teach baby sea horses

182
00:14:33,559 --> 00:14:37,879
how to curl their tails around drifting plants. Some race

183
00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:42,480
each other through rings of bubbles. A pair of seahorses

184
00:14:42,559 --> 00:14:46,879
zoom past you, shouting out of the way, urgent bubble delivery.

185
00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:53,240
Welcome to my world, Jackson says. He leads you to

186
00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:58,240
a coral archway of swirling carvings of seahorses and waves.

187
00:14:59,039 --> 00:15:03,639
This is the sad her Reef, he says. That's the school,

188
00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:09,200
that's the shell market, and that's my house. The house

189
00:15:09,279 --> 00:15:13,200
is tucked inside a giant spiral shell, with little polished

190
00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:17,279
stones outside, and a sign made of driftwood that says

191
00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:22,879
Jackson in sort of wobbly letters. You have your own house,

192
00:15:23,279 --> 00:15:27,799
you ask, well, I share it with my family, says Jackson.

193
00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:32,879
I'm not rich, you know. A large seahorse glides over.

194
00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:38,679
She's blue green, with a necklace made of tiny pearls. Jackson,

195
00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:43,840
She says, who is this. This is my new friend,

196
00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:50,600
says Jackson, and also his talkative submarine. The seahorse lady

197
00:15:50,759 --> 00:15:57,000
looks at you kindly welcome. I'm Jackson's mother. Nice to

198
00:15:57,039 --> 00:16:02,279
meet you, you say, and I am Spaceship, says Spaceship.

199
00:16:03,759 --> 00:16:09,360
Jackson's mother nods. That's good. Jackson tugs on your sleeve.

200
00:16:09,919 --> 00:16:14,679
Come on, I'll show you the best part. Jackson leads

201
00:16:14,759 --> 00:16:17,559
you to the heart of the reef, where a dozen

202
00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:22,519
sea horses are gathered in an open coral circle. What's

203
00:16:22,559 --> 00:16:28,240
happening here, you ask? A. Yeah, well, a sort of production,

204
00:16:28,919 --> 00:16:35,480
Jackson answers, and slowly and softly, the sea horses begin

205
00:16:35,799 --> 00:16:41,559
to sing, and as they sing, other fish begin to

206
00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:47,279
join them, swimming around in circles, off in different patterns.

207
00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,360
The whole thing looks kind of like a fireworks display

208
00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:58,919
made entirely of fish, or a musical theater production. It's beautiful,

209
00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:06,400
it's color, it sounds amazing. That is beautiful, you tell Jackson.

210
00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:12,400
I know, this whole place is absolutely amazing. Other than

211
00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:18,799
the portal, Uh yeah, has that always been there? You ask?

212
00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:25,960
Unfortunately no, We seahorses used to live in peace until

213
00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:31,880
that portal appeared. One day some of us ventured inside

214
00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:36,799
but never came back. And as you know, when I

215
00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:40,480
went to check things out, all I saw was a

216
00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:46,119
gigantic shark. Life here used to be way better before

217
00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:51,000
that portal. Now everybody's too scared to do anything fun

218
00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:56,519
or go too far from the village. Well, why don't

219
00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,160
we actually go check out the portal and see if

220
00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,160
we can like close it or something. Spaceship's pretty good

221
00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:07,519
at things like that, you suggest, Really you think you

222
00:18:07,559 --> 00:18:08,319
could close it?

223
00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:11,960
Speaker 2: Yeah? Maybe, what do you.

224
00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:17,200
Speaker 1: Think, Spaceship, I am very skilled at detecting and dealing

225
00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:21,839
with anomalies. I will search my data banks, but first

226
00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:27,799
we must explore the anomaly further. You mean you want

227
00:18:27,839 --> 00:18:33,799
to go into shark world. I guess so it's okay.

228
00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,480
Though Spaceship can protect us, you can even like come

229
00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:41,079
inside the ship if you want. There's no way sharks

230
00:18:41,079 --> 00:18:46,960
will hurt us inside that thing. Your ship can withstand

231
00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:52,319
the attacks of a shark. Jackson asks, I think so.

232
00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,920
I mean it's dealt with like laser beams and giant

233
00:18:56,039 --> 00:18:59,480
robots before. I'm pretty sure you're gonna be safe from

234
00:18:59,519 --> 00:19:04,440
a shark inside it. Well, then I will join you.

235
00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:09,599
Lead the way you swim over to Spaceship. The back

236
00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:14,440
hatch opens and you and Jackson move inside. You find

237
00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:18,200
a little bull sitting on the bench. The bull is

238
00:19:18,279 --> 00:19:22,839
for the seahorse, Spaceship explains, he will want to be

239
00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:28,599
inside it before the water leaves. Jackson listens and swims

240
00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:33,119
inside the bowl. The back hatch closes and all of

241
00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:37,319
the water starts to drain out of the ship. You

242
00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,720
press the button on your watch and your space suit

243
00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:45,480
armor folds back inside it. Then you move over to

244
00:19:45,519 --> 00:19:49,599
the little fish bowl, where Jackson still sitting. You pick

245
00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:54,680
it up and move into the ship itself. Wow, this

246
00:19:54,880 --> 00:20:01,039
is pretty cool inside, like your own little house mobile house.

247
00:20:01,839 --> 00:20:05,920
Uh yeah, I guess, so, you say, as you walk

248
00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:10,359
over to the command center and place Jackson on the dashboard.

249
00:20:11,279 --> 00:20:14,319
You sit down in the seat, grab a hold of

250
00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:20,519
the controls, and turn Spaceship around. All right, everyone, let's

251
00:20:20,519 --> 00:20:24,079
head back to that portal and see what's really inside.

252
00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:29,839
You press forward on the throttle and Spaceship starts to

253
00:20:30,039 --> 00:20:35,119
zip forward back up through the coral and to where

254
00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:41,759
you originally found the anomaly. The glowing swirling portal sits

255
00:20:41,799 --> 00:20:45,440
in front of you. All right, everyone, are you ready

256
00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:51,279
to go through? Three two one. But before you can

257
00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:56,680
press on the throttle, the portal shimmers and something passes

258
00:20:56,799 --> 00:21:03,559
through it, something large, almost as large as spaceship itself,

259
00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:14,799
A gigantic shark. Oh no, spaceship initiate defenses, understood, spaceship says,

260
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:19,480
And immediately a whole bunch of laser cannons fold out

261
00:21:19,519 --> 00:21:23,680
from the ship and point directly at the gigantic shark.

262
00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:28,759
Speaker 2: WHOA, what's that about? The shark says.

263
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:33,240
Speaker 1: You press down on the speaker button and begin to

264
00:21:33,319 --> 00:21:38,799
speak to the creature. You can talk, you say, of

265
00:21:39,039 --> 00:21:45,160
course I can talk. You can talk. Uh, yeah, we

266
00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:50,799
can talk too. We're inside the submarine. Oh I thought

267
00:21:51,039 --> 00:21:57,359
you were the submarine, though I've never seen a submarine before.

268
00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:08,720
Have you guys seen my nephew, the shark asks your nephew. Yes, Billy,

269
00:22:09,839 --> 00:22:13,519
we always tell him not to go through the portal,

270
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:15,000
But does he listen?

271
00:22:15,759 --> 00:22:15,920
Speaker 2: Now?

272
00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:20,759
Speaker 1: Now my sister's making it everyone's problem.

273
00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:22,960
Speaker 2: So I said.

274
00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,599
Speaker 1: I'd brave things and come through here to find them.

275
00:22:27,039 --> 00:22:32,480
Even though we're told that this place is a nightmare. Wait,

276
00:22:32,599 --> 00:22:37,440
you're afraid of this place? Of course I am. As

277
00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:42,799
far as we understand. It's full of tiny, little horse

278
00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,960
like creatures that zip from place to place.

279
00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,279
Speaker 2: They're creepy. You look over at.

280
00:22:50,279 --> 00:22:53,559
Speaker 1: Jackson and then back at the giant viewing screen and

281
00:22:53,599 --> 00:22:59,039
press down on the button again. You're afraid of the seahorses?

282
00:23:00,519 --> 00:23:05,680
Is that what they call themselves? Those things are weird.

283
00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,880
I was once sitting around on my side of the portal,

284
00:23:11,519 --> 00:23:15,359
just minding my own business, when a little orange one

285
00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:20,839
zipped straight into me. He just about scared the daylight

286
00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:26,480
out of me. Then he zipped back through just as quickly. Ugh,

287
00:23:27,319 --> 00:23:33,519
the feeling it gave me weird. Anyways, we sharks decided

288
00:23:33,559 --> 00:23:36,880
to stay on our own side of the portal, but

289
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,079
little Billy didn't listen.

290
00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,400
Speaker 2: Have you guys seen.

291
00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:48,519
Speaker 1: A little shark around here about this tall No, but

292
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:53,000
we could help you find him. Oh that would be great.

293
00:23:54,319 --> 00:23:58,359
Just be careful. There's a lot of little seahorses around here.

294
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:04,240
They're so weird. So you begin to search around the area.

295
00:24:05,039 --> 00:24:09,000
Jackson leads you to all of the good possible hiding spots. Man,

296
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,359
I think there's a cave over here. He could be

297
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:16,960
in that, Jackson says. You steer the ship over towards

298
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:22,519
a large cave and slowly make your way inside. But

299
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:29,160
no shark. Next, Jackson leads you over to a coral maze.

300
00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:33,880
He could have gotten trapped in the maze. He guides

301
00:24:34,039 --> 00:24:37,920
you and the shark left and right, up and down

302
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:44,000
through the very intricate maze. But again you don't find

303
00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:49,559
the shark anywhere. Ah, maybe some people at the village

304
00:24:49,599 --> 00:24:54,599
will know where he is, Jackson says, you press the

305
00:24:54,599 --> 00:24:57,359
button on the speaker and announce it to the shark.

306
00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,720
We're wondering if we should check the seahorse village. Maybe

307
00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:06,960
somebody else there has seen him. You say, you want

308
00:25:07,279 --> 00:25:11,160
me to go to an entire village of those creepy

309
00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:17,440
little horse creatures. The shark asks, ugh, I don't know

310
00:25:17,559 --> 00:25:21,799
if I could do that. You could come in the

311
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:27,119
ship if you want to. You say, oh, yeah, I

312
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:31,359
would probably be better. You open up the back hatch.

313
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:37,960
The shark swims inside, and spaceship closes the hatch, keeping

314
00:25:38,079 --> 00:25:41,400
him behind the little windowed wall.

315
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:48,599
Speaker 2: Oh this place is amazing. Wait a second, is that

316
00:25:48,799 --> 00:25:54,599
a sea horse I see up there? The shark says, uh, yeah,

317
00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:56,880
but don't worry, he's not gonna hurt you.

318
00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:02,720
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be so sh sure. You steer the ship

319
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:08,720
back down towards the seahorse village, through the coral, past

320
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:13,720
Jackson's house, and to the town center, where the same

321
00:26:13,839 --> 00:26:19,000
sort of production is still going on, singing seahorses, swimming

322
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:26,079
fish and a little kid sized shark swimming around in

323
00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,960
the middle. What that, Hey, press the button for me,

324
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:34,039
Jackson says. You press down on the speaker button, and

325
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:39,920
Jackson begins to talk. Ah, guys, isn't that a shark?

326
00:26:40,519 --> 00:26:44,720
You ask the other sea horses look at the shark

327
00:26:44,799 --> 00:26:46,640
and then back at the submarine.

328
00:26:47,279 --> 00:26:51,319
Speaker 2: Uh, yeah it is. But he's so cool and so nice.

329
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,640
Speaker 3: He even told us that the whole other side of

330
00:26:54,680 --> 00:27:01,160
the portal is absolutely beautiful and that sharks this are

331
00:27:01,279 --> 00:27:03,480
afraid of sea horses do.

332
00:27:05,079 --> 00:27:11,880
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I sort of heard that already. Anyways, shark,

333
00:27:12,559 --> 00:27:15,599
whatever your name is, your uncle's with us. He's been

334
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:22,480
looking for you, Uncle Ron. The shark says, Oh, her

335
00:27:22,559 --> 00:27:23,279
uncle Ron.

336
00:27:24,039 --> 00:27:27,480
Speaker 3: Hih, sorry I got lost.

337
00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:33,920
Speaker 1: Tell him his mother's been worried. Ah, your mother's been worried,

338
00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:39,119
Jackson says over the speaker. Follow us back to the portal.

339
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,680
Speaker 2: Okay, I guess we better go.

340
00:27:43,839 --> 00:27:47,960
Speaker 1: You turn the ship around once again and lead the

341
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,359
little shark up through the coral back over to the portal,

342
00:27:53,079 --> 00:27:59,160
and you finally enter inside, followed by the little shark.

343
00:28:00,279 --> 00:28:02,720
Then you open up the back hatch and let the

344
00:28:03,039 --> 00:28:04,680
big shark out.

345
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 2: Thank you, The big.

346
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:14,599
Speaker 1: Shark says, you have shown true kindness. And it turns

347
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,720
out those sea horses might not be as scary as

348
00:28:18,799 --> 00:28:24,119
we thought. It turns out sharks might not be so

349
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:31,319
bad either. In fact, this whole shark area is absolutely beautiful,

350
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:38,039
Jackson admits, and he's right. The Shark city, your shark

351
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:45,720
world is absolutely beautiful, like Jackson's world. It's filled with coral,

352
00:28:45,839 --> 00:28:51,160
reefs and seaweed and beautiful colored fish of all different

353
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:58,160
shapes and sizes. Maybe seahorses and sharks can't get along

354
00:28:58,319 --> 00:29:06,720
after all, maybe, the shark, admits you suddenly yawn.

355
00:29:07,519 --> 00:29:11,200
Speaker 3: Oh well, this has been fun and all, but uh,

356
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,079
I think I should probably get you back home.

357
00:29:14,319 --> 00:29:20,160
Speaker 1: Jackson. This has been a really weird journey. Honestly, eh,

358
00:29:20,319 --> 00:29:24,000
I understand, but at least you've taught us something about

359
00:29:24,039 --> 00:29:28,799
the sharks, and the sharks something about us. There's nothing

360
00:29:28,799 --> 00:29:33,680
to be afraid of anymore, right, I mean, except like

361
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:42,039
being eaten by a shark. You say, what do you mean, Jackson, responds, well,

362
00:29:42,079 --> 00:29:44,119
as much as they're afraid of see yours, as they

363
00:29:44,119 --> 00:29:48,440
could definitely eat you. You are really small compared to them.

364
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:55,680
I'd never even thought of that, Jackson says, as you

365
00:29:55,839 --> 00:29:58,279
walk his fish bowl back out to the back of

366
00:29:58,319 --> 00:30:02,079
the ship. This gives me a lot to think about,

367
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,759
Jackson says. As you place him down on the bench

368
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,039
and make your way back into the main part of

369
00:30:09,079 --> 00:30:12,920
the ship. You close the door and the back hatch

370
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:17,279
fills with water once again. Jackson swims out of the

371
00:30:17,359 --> 00:30:24,920
bowl and the hatch opens up. Spaceship slowly rises up

372
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:29,599
to the surface of the planet through the seaweed, past

373
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:34,240
the coral reefs until it pops up and begins to

374
00:30:34,319 --> 00:30:39,519
float on the surface. Then the ship glows around you

375
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:46,599
once again and forms itself back into its traditional spaceship mode.

376
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,200
You lift up off of the ground and the water

377
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:57,119
streams off of the ship. It rises up through the clouds,

378
00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:03,759
through the atmosphere, and out into space once again. You,

379
00:31:03,839 --> 00:31:08,880
feeling tired after such a strange adventure, head to your bedroom.

380
00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:14,160
You crawl into your bed, You pull the covers up

381
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:20,000
to your chin, and you close your eyes. The lights

382
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:25,000
dim and you start to focus on your breath. With

383
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:31,200
each breath, your arms and legs begin to relax just

384
00:31:31,279 --> 00:31:37,200
a little bit more, Sinking deeper and deeper into the mattress,

385
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:43,799
you let go of the tension from your shoulders, from

386
00:31:43,799 --> 00:31:50,319
your neck, from your head, and your face, until you're

387
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:56,319
just gently floating on the bed. The more you breathe,

388
00:31:56,400 --> 00:32:00,680
the deeper you sink, and the deeper you think, the

389
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:06,079
better you feel, until your mind starts to wander off

390
00:32:07,119 --> 00:32:14,039
to thoughts of new dreams, new planets, and new adventures

391
00:32:14,079 --> 00:34:42,400
to come. Good night, everyone, la never nion.

392
00:35:01,840 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 2: A name ACoM never.

393
00:38:33,519 --> 00:39:25,519
Speaker 1: In New yor

394
00:40:53,599 --> 00:43:06,320
Speaker 3: More unionism thing no