When I Grow Up
Two children share their imaginative dreams about growing up: cowboy, president, artist, explorer, veterinarian, even learning many languages. The story is gentle and lively, encouraging kids to share and cherish the present moments of growing up.
Gentle female narrator: Hello, children! Today we are going to read the picture book "When I Grow Up". In the story, two children are full of dreams about growing up. Let's begin this fun journey of imagination!
Lively boy (child): When I grow up, I want to be a cowboy! Yee-haw! Pow! Pow! Pow! Sweet girl (child): I want to be a hunter too!
(pause 3 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Sweet girl (child): When I grow up, I want to be a princess! Clack! Clack! Clack! But I also want to fly a plane!
(pause 2 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child): I want to be the president! I also want to be a rock star — but still be the president!
(pause 4 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Sweet girl (child): I want to be a teacher!
(pause 1 second, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child): I want to be a soccer champion! Sweet girl (child): I want to be a famous artist!
(pause 3 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child): When I grow up, I want to learn 24 languages! HOLA, AHOI, ALÒ, hallo, OLÀ, BONJOUR, NAMASTE, INUYECI, MERHABA, OHAYOU, 你好, CIAO, KUNUSTA... I want to go to many places, including Australia!
(pause 2 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child, gentle): Maybe I'll become a veterinarian. Look, the giraffe has a sore neck, the elephant's trunk is itchy, the kitten has a cold, the crab's leg is broken...
(pause 3 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child, mysterious): Or become an explorer! Go into the dense jungle, find a mysterious treasure!
(pause 3 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child, forceful): I want to drive a tank! Boom! Boom! Boom!
(pause 3 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child, happy): Or drive a school bus! Carry the children to school!
(pause 2 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child, longing): When I grow up, I will climb the highest mountain in the world! And dive into the deepest ocean, and see the brightest stars!
(pause 3 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child, playful): I want to be a comic book character, never sleep, stay awake all night!
(pause 2 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child, quieter, volume 65% ): Am I grown up? Steady male voice - Dad (speech rate 0.9): Not yet. Sweet girl (child, quieter, volume 65%): How much longer until we grow up? Friendly female voice - Mom (speech rate 0.9): It will be a long time.
Lively boy (child, eager): I want to grow up quickly. Sweet girl (child, agreeing): Me too! Lively boy (child, innocent): Maybe we'll grow up tomorrow? Sweet girl (child, excited): Maybe we'll grow up tonight! Lively boy (child, happy): Then let's stay up until midnight! Lively boy (child, laughing): I want to see the moment we grow up with my own eyes. Sweet girl (child, laughing): Me too!
Gentle female narrator: As they talked, the two little ones lay in their warm beds, their heads full of dreams, and fell fast asleep... Children, what do you want to be when you grow up? Share your dreams with your mom and dad ~
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Gentle female narrator: Hello, children! Today we are going to read the picture book "When I Grow Up". In the story, two children are full of dreams about growing up. Let's begin this fun journey of imagination!
Lively boy (child): When I grow up, I want to be a cowboy! Yee-haw! Pow! Pow! Pow! Sweet girl (child): I want to be a hunter too!
(pause 3 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Sweet girl (child): When I grow up, I want to be a princess! Clack! Clack! Clack! But I also want to fly a plane!
(pause 2 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child): I want to be the president! I also want to be a rock star — but still be the president!
(pause 4 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Sweet girl (child): I want to be a teacher!
(pause 1 second, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child): I want to be a soccer champion! Sweet girl (child): I want to be a famous artist!
(pause 3 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child): When I grow up, I want to learn 24 languages! HOLA, AHOI, ALÒ, hallo, OLÀ, BONJOUR, NAMASTE, INUYECI, MERHABA, OHAYOU, 你好, CIAO, KUNUSTA... I want to go to many places, including Australia!
(pause 2 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child, gentle): Maybe I'll become a veterinarian. Look, the giraffe has a sore neck, the elephant's trunk is itchy, the kitten has a cold, the crab's leg is broken...
(pause 3 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child, mysterious): Or become an explorer! Go into the dense jungle, find a mysterious treasure!
(pause 3 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child, forceful): I want to drive a tank! Boom! Boom! Boom!
(pause 3 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child, happy): Or drive a school bus! Carry the children to school!
(pause 2 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child, longing): When I grow up, I will climb the highest mountain in the world! And dive into the deepest ocean, and see the brightest stars!
(pause 3 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child, playful): I want to be a comic book character, never sleep, stay awake all night!
(pause 2 seconds, leave room for sound effects) Lively boy (child, quieter, volume 65% ): Am I grown up? Steady male voice - Dad (speech rate 0.9): Not yet. Sweet girl (child, quieter, volume 65%): How much longer until we grow up? Friendly female voice - Mom (speech rate 0.9): It will be a long time.
Lively boy (child, eager): I want to grow up quickly. Sweet girl (child, agreeing): Me too! Lively boy (child, innocent): Maybe we'll grow up tomorrow? Sweet girl (child, excited): Maybe we'll grow up tonight! Lively boy (child, happy): Then let's stay up until midnight! Lively boy (child, laughing): I want to see the moment we grow up with my own eyes. Sweet girl (child, laughing): Me too!
Gentle female narrator: As they talked, the two little ones lay in their warm beds, their heads full of dreams, and fell fast asleep... Children, what do you want to be when you grow up? Share your dreams with your mom and dad ~
