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9.19.26 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Radio Eye's Children's Story Hour. As
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  Speaker 1: a reminder, Radio Eye is a reading service intended for
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  Speaker 1: people who are blind or have other disabilities that make
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  Speaker 1: it difficult to read printed material. Today, we will be
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  Speaker 1: reading a couple of books. The first one will be Cameron,
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  Speaker 1: the Confident and Colorful Carnotaurus, written and illustrated by Susan Mills,
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  Speaker 1: published in 2025 by Rainbow Sparrow books. I'm Cameron Mills,
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  Speaker 1: and believe it or not, this book was written about
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  Speaker 1: me by my loving wife, who's sitting here with me.
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  Speaker 1: We will start with Cameron, the confident and colorful Carnotaurus.
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  Speaker 2: And on the front cover, it has a purple dinosaur
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  Speaker 2: wearing an orange shirt with yellow spots and a teal color,
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  Speaker 2: and he is wearing also teal basketball shoes. There's a
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  Speaker 2: little pink bird that's flying, has a whistle in its beak,
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  Speaker 2: and wearing a referee shirt, and Cameron, the Carnotaurus, is
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  Speaker 2: bouncing a basketball, and he is in the clouds. And
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  Speaker 2: the special message says.
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  Speaker 1: To my husband Cameron, my forever number 21, I love
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  Speaker 1: you and your beautiful bouncing brain. It was an ordinary,
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  Speaker 1: uneventful kind of day. The day was what some dinosaurs
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  Speaker 1: would call boring, but it was hardly boring for Cameron.
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  Speaker 1: He was having amazing adventures with his imaginations.
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  Speaker 2: So we see Cameron in, looks like inside his house.
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  Speaker 2: And there's a big sign on the wall. And it
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  Speaker 2: says in different colors, be kind. So he has a
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  Speaker 2: thought bubble. And he is in a sailboat with a
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  Speaker 2: big green sail on it. And he looks like he's
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  Speaker 2: in the ocean. And the little pink bird is on
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  Speaker 2: the floor. And it's thinking of a red apple with
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  Speaker 2: a worm in it. One of the birds' favorite things,
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure. And there's a window, and outside are trees
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  Speaker 2: and lush green. And it's a sunny day. Yellow curtains
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  Speaker 2: with a blue table. And there's a picture of Cameron
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  Speaker 2: in the picture frame next to a vase of flowers.
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  Speaker 1: He was building a cookie house with a chocolate fountain,
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  Speaker 1: battling a cotton candy-breathing dragon, and running through fields of
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  Speaker 1: french fries.
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  Speaker 2: This is my favorite page because it shows this fountain
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  Speaker 2: of chocolate. How amazing would that be? And the pink
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  Speaker 2: bird is splashing just like a birdbath in the chocolate.
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  Speaker 2: And we see Cameron and he is building this house
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  Speaker 2: out of chocolate chip cookies. How amazing is that? And
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  Speaker 2: then on the other page, we see this teal dragon,
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  Speaker 2: and it has pink cotton candy fire coming out of
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  Speaker 2: his mouth. And Cameron, the Carnotaurus, has a sword and
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  Speaker 2: wearing a suit of armor and is battling the dragon.
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  Speaker 2: And then my favorite food, french fries, at the bottom
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  Speaker 2: of the page. And Cameron is shown running through the
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  Speaker 2: french fries with a little bird flying off holding a
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  Speaker 2: french fry in its beak.
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  Speaker 1: Cameron could turn any boring day into an adventure, but
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  Speaker 1: sometimes this got him into trouble. His brain was like
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  Speaker 1: a basketball, bouncing from one thought to another, making it
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  Speaker 1: hard to focus. Other times, his body wouldn't stop wiggling.
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  Speaker 2: So their basketball is just bouncing all over the pages.
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  Speaker 2: And here's the little pink bird again, wearing a referee
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  Speaker 2: shirt and a whistle, trying. to get Cameron to stop wiggling.
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  Speaker 2: He's on the other page and guess what? He is
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  Speaker 2: upside down and he is spinning around on his head.
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  Speaker 1: Cameron had tricks to help him focus. But when he
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  Speaker 1: wanted to let loose, there was one place he would
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  Speaker 1: always go. The Whispering Woods. This is where the leaves
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  Speaker 1: sang songs and he felt free to wiggle along As
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  Speaker 1: he bounced from tree to tree one morning, he heard
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  Speaker 1: a soft cry.
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  Speaker 2: So here's Cameron running through the trees, and there are songs,
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  Speaker 2: and the bird, the little pink bird, is singing and
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  Speaker 2: so happy. You can tell that it's a really calm place.
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  Speaker 1: Hello? Is anyone out there? Cameron called out. A small
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  Speaker 1: and faint voice replied, Over here, I'm stuck. Cameron followed
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  Speaker 1: the sounds of the voice and found a little minme
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  Speaker 1: trapped between two rocks.
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  Speaker 2: So you can see Cameron and he's got his eyes
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  Speaker 2: closed and he is shouting, screaming at the top of
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  Speaker 2: his lungs. Is there anyone out there? And the little
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  Speaker 2: bird has a megaphone. Even the little bird is trying
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  Speaker 2: to help too and on the other page you have
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  Speaker 2: this series of footprints Where Cameron has walked and little
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  Speaker 2: bird footprints where the bird has walked and they lead
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  Speaker 2: right to this little red men me and She has
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  Speaker 2: her body almost looks like a strawberry. It has little
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  Speaker 2: black polka dots on it and she has a little
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  Speaker 2: spiked tail and And she's wearing a little blue necklace.
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  Speaker 2: And she's trapped between two rocks.
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  Speaker 1: Hang on. Don't worry. I'll help you, Cameron said, his
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  Speaker 1: mind racing with ideas. Cameron tried pushing the rocks away
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  Speaker 1: with his strong body, but they wouldn't move. He tried
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  Speaker 1: pushing his new friend out from the rocks with his head,
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  Speaker 1: but that didn't work either. His thoughts bounced from one
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  Speaker 1: idea to another. Maybe if I.
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  Speaker 1: Wait, what about... No. Well, I could try.
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  Speaker 1: Cameron found himself running in circles.
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  Speaker 2: So we see Cameron trying to use his back to
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  Speaker 2: push the rocks. And he's straining. He's got his eyes closed.
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  Speaker 2: And the little pink bird is standing there with little
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  Speaker 2: orange glow sticks trying to direct all of this. like
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  Speaker 2: a traffic controller. And then the little red menme has
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  Speaker 2: a worried face. And then we see Cameron trying to
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  Speaker 2: use his head to push the menme out. And both
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  Speaker 2: of them have their eyes squinted and trying really hard
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  Speaker 2: to get free. And then the bird on the other page,
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  Speaker 2: you have this basketball that's bouncing from all of these thoughts.
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  Speaker 2: And the bird has an exclamation point going, What?
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  Speaker 1: The Minmei knew her friend wanted to help and could
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  Speaker 1: use some encouragement. Are you okay? Cameron smiled a little.
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  Speaker 1: It's just how my brain works. It's always full of ideas,
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  Speaker 1: but sometimes they're hard to catch. Don't worry, we'll get
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  Speaker 1: you out. I won't give up.
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  Speaker 2: Love this. So there's a big picture of the little
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  Speaker 2: red Minmei's head and she's smiling. She's not worried anymore
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  Speaker 2: because she has a new friend that's going to help
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  Speaker 2: her out. And then you see a large head that's
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  Speaker 2: Cameron's head, and he has a little smile too because
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  Speaker 2: now he has found a friend that believes in him.
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  Speaker 1: Just then, an old stegosaurus came walking by. This was
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  Speaker 1: old Spike, and he was known for having a lot
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  Speaker 1: of answers to a lot of questions. Do you little
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  Speaker 1: ones need some help? Old Spike asked, his voice deep
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  Speaker 1: and gentle.
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  Speaker 2: So Cameron is standing there and he's got the worried
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  Speaker 2: face back and he's looking up into the sky with
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  Speaker 2: worried eyes, just feeling deflated. And the little bird and
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  Speaker 2: the Minmi are there and the Minmi's smiling. She's not
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  Speaker 2: worried because she has friends there. And Old Spike says,
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  Speaker 2: is this old stegosaurus that has wrinkly skin. He's kind
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  Speaker 2: of like this dark yellow with dark teal spikes on
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  Speaker 2: his back and spiked tail, and he's wearing old brown shoes.
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  Speaker 1: Words began tumbling out of Cameron's mouth as he tried
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  Speaker 1: to explain the situation in detail. Old Spike listened patiently.
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  Speaker 1: He then kindly said, Take a deep breath and tell
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  Speaker 1: me your ideas one at a time. Cameron took a
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  Speaker 1: deep breath. I was going to use a log to
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  Speaker 1: move the rocks, but I couldn't find one large enough.
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  Speaker 1: I thought I could dig under the rocks, but I
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  Speaker 1: didn't want the rocks to move and fall on my
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  Speaker 1: new friend. Hey, what if we push together to move
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  Speaker 1: the rocks?
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  Speaker 2: So here's Cameron. He's talking really fast, and you can see...
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  Speaker 2: a little speech bubble and it's got a whole bunch
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  Speaker 2: of squiggly lines. in it because he has so many
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  Speaker 2: amazing ideas and they're going so fast through his head
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  Speaker 2: and the men me is looking up at Cameron and
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  Speaker 2: She has this old Expression and the bird is even
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  Speaker 2: kind of chirping along but Old Spike is standing there
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  Speaker 2: with a smile on his face, listening to all of
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  Speaker 2: the ideas.
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  Speaker 1: Great idea. Let's give it a try, encouraged Old Spike.
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  Speaker 1: They positioned themselves next to each rock. Cameron said, One, two, three, push!
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  Speaker 2: So here's Cameron and Old Spike, and they are using
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  Speaker 2: their heads to push together. The rocks and the minme,
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  Speaker 2: and even the little bird is helping out. And the
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  Speaker 2: little pink bird is pushing the word push.
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  Speaker 1: The rocks began to move until suddenly, pop! She was free.
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  Speaker 1: They all screamed, yay, we did it! The minme turned
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  Speaker 1: sweetly and said, thank you so much. By the way,
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  Speaker 1: my name is Molly. Do you want to be friends?
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  Speaker 1: Cameron's heart was so full of joy. You bet. I
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  Speaker 1: would love to be friends.
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  Speaker 2: So the Menmi on one page is breaking free from
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  Speaker 2: the rocks. And you can see the rocks with the
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  Speaker 2: little squiggly lines like they're moving. And the Menmi has
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  Speaker 2: like a big black starburst coming out. And that's the
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  Speaker 2: movement that she's been set free. And on the other page,
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  Speaker 2: you have Cameron, the Carnotaurus, that's looking down at his
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  Speaker 2: new friend, And he's smiling. And the little pink bird
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  Speaker 2: is sitting on his back, holding a sign that has
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  Speaker 2: a red heart on it. And the Minmi is looking
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  Speaker 2: up at Cameron. And that's when she's asking if he
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  Speaker 2: wants to be her friend. And Old Spike is standing there,
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  Speaker 2: looking pleased with the whole team.
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  Speaker 1: As they walked out of the Whispering Woods, Old Spike said,
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  Speaker 1: You did well today, Cameron. Remember, Your busy brain can
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  Speaker 1: do amazing things. Cameron agreed. I'll try to remember that,
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  Speaker 1: and thanks for your help.
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  Speaker 2: So you see the whole team walking out of the
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  Speaker 2: Whispering Woods with the big trees, and Cameron and the
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  Speaker 2: little Minmi Molly, they're both smiling, and old Spike is
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  Speaker 2: smiling too with his big wrinkly smile, and up on
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  Speaker 2: the hill you see an orange house with a yellow
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  Speaker 2: roof and a stone fireplace and some little bushes with
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  Speaker 2: some flowers on it and clouds in the sky.
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  Speaker 1: As for Cameron and Molly, they became the best of friends.
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  Speaker 1: They had so many adventures together, both with their imaginations
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  Speaker 1: and in everyday life.
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  Speaker 2: So here's Cameron and Molly and the little pink bird.
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  Speaker 2: sitting on the grass, and Cameron and Molly both have
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  Speaker 2: a thought bubble, and it's them climbing a mountain together,
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  Speaker 2: and at the top of the mountain is a flag
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  Speaker 2: that they've put on the top of the mountain that
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  Speaker 2: has a C and an M for Cameron and Molly.
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  Speaker 2: And the little bird, guess what it's thinking about? The
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  Speaker 2: bird is snorkeling, swimming in water with the fish. And
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  Speaker 2: then on the other page, you have Cameron and Molly,
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  Speaker 2: and Cameron has Molly on his feet, and Molly is
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  Speaker 2: pretending like she's Superman. And then my favorite, at the
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  Speaker 2: bottom of the page, is Cameron driving a motorcycle, and
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  Speaker 2: the little Minmi and the bird is in the side car,
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  Speaker 2: and they're all wearing helmets, and the motorcycle has a
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  Speaker 2: number 21 on it.
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  Speaker 1: And whenever things... got a little frustrating. Cameron remembered the
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  Speaker 1: lesson he learned in the Whispering Woods. A busy brain
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  Speaker 1: can create big solutions, even when things seem tough.
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  Speaker 2: So here's Cameron, and he has a thought bubble with
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  Speaker 2: a light bulb in it. And he has his arms
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  Speaker 2: up like he's celebrating with a big smile on his face.
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  Speaker 1: So question time. Number one. Are there times when you
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  Speaker 1: feel like your brain is going too fast? Number two.
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  Speaker 1: Do you sometimes feel it's hard to pay attention when
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  Speaker 1: someone is talking to you? Number three. When your body
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  Speaker 1: feels like it needs to wiggle, what do you do?
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  Speaker 1: Number four. What can you say to a friend that
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  Speaker 1: may get upset when things don't go their way? And finally,
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  Speaker 1: what do you wish people understood better about you?
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  Speaker 2: These are all great questions to ask yourself and talk
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  Speaker 2: about them with someone that loves you and that you
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  Speaker 2: love them. And there's at the bottom of the thought
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  Speaker 2: page is a little bird again wearing the referee shirt.
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  Speaker 2: And that concludes Cameron, the Confident and Colorful Carnotaurus, written
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  Speaker 2: so lovingly.
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  Speaker 1: Based on my husband's life. Without my permission, the unauthorized
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  Speaker 1: autobiography or biography.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, I think we're going to have time to read
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  Speaker 2: one more book. And this book was published by Rainbow
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  Speaker 2: Sparrow Publishing in 2022. And it's written and illustrated by myself,
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  Speaker 2: Susan Mills. And the name of this book is Stella,
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  Speaker 2: the Sweet and Spunky Stegosaurus. On the front of the cover,
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  Speaker 2: you have a pink stegosaurus with purple spikes and purple
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  Speaker 2: spots on her body and wearing like a yellow necklace
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  Speaker 2: with orange stripes. And it looks like she's wiggling her tail,
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  Speaker 2: standing on a big rock with her little yellow bird buddy.
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  Speaker 2: And the special message inside, my son's name is Alex,
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  Speaker 2: and so this book was for him. It says, To Alex,
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  Speaker 2: the bravest kid I know and my everyday hero. Love, Mom.
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  Speaker 2: So this was the very first book I ever wrote,
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  Speaker 2: and it was just for him. Stella was a little
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  Speaker 2: stegosaurus who lived with her family among the tall evergreen trees.
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  Speaker 2: She had a large rounded back with upright plates and
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  Speaker 2: a beautiful spiked tail held high in the air. We
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  Speaker 2: see Stella, the stegosaurus, standing in a large grassy field
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  Speaker 2: with a little yellow bird on her back. And we
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  Speaker 2: see a yellow house with an orange roof and big
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  Speaker 2: pine trees and green bushes and rocks. And we see
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  Speaker 2: little tails kind of sticking out from the bottom of
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  Speaker 2: the page that must be her family with orange and
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  Speaker 2: blue tails. When Stella was really excited, her tail would
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  Speaker 2: wiggle and jiggle, shimmy and shake. And you see her
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  Speaker 2: big pink tail with purple spikes on it just wiggling
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  Speaker 2: and jiggling and shimmying and shaking. One sunny afternoon while
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  Speaker 2: Stella was playing, a few of her little stegosaurus friends
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  Speaker 2: from school approached her. She's standing on a rock and
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  Speaker 2: her little blue and yellow stegosaurus friends with spikes on
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  Speaker 2: their back are approaching her. There's a little red ball
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  Speaker 2: on the ground. She's wearing a princess crown with a
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  Speaker 2: star wand and the little yellow bird is carrying a
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  Speaker 2: star wand too. They say, would you like to play
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  Speaker 2: with us? And Stella did not know what to say.
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  Speaker 2: Stella has question marks all around her head and this
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  Speaker 2: worried look on her face. She got so excited that
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  Speaker 2: her tail started wiggling and jiggling, shimmying and shaking. She's
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  Speaker 2: standing on the rock and she's shimmying and shaking so
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  Speaker 2: much that her tiara, her crown falls off and the
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  Speaker 2: bird's running away and the wand goes flying. When Stella
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  Speaker 2: didn't reply, her friends walked away, leaving Stella very sad.
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  Speaker 2: I wonder why they left me, Stella thought to herself.
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  Speaker 2: And you see Stella's head and their little tears coming
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  Speaker 2: out of her eyes. Stella played and played, stopping sometimes
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  Speaker 2: to munch yummy leaves from bushes. And you see her
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  Speaker 2: head stuck in a bush here, and the little bird's
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  Speaker 2: bottom is sticking out of the bush with a little
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  Speaker 2: purple house on top of the hills. She liked playing
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  Speaker 2: by herself, but she often thought it would be nice
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  Speaker 2: to have a friend to play with. Here, she's laying
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  Speaker 2: on the floor, and these little birds are building a
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  Speaker 2: house with little twigs and leaves. She did want to
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  Speaker 2: play with friends, but she didn't have any. Stella began
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  Speaker 2: walking through trees until she came upon a rather odd-looking dinosaur.
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  Speaker 2: This dinosaur had a long neck. Was very. very tall,
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  Speaker 2: and had a bump on top of its head. She
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  Speaker 2: stood there sweetly waiting for the other dinosaur to say something. Finally,
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  Speaker 2: the dinosaur said, Hi, my name is Brody, and I'm
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  Speaker 2: a brachiosaurus. What's your name? So you see Stella on
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  Speaker 2: the page and she has her eyes squinted and she's
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  Speaker 2: smiling and she has a very sweet face. And even
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  Speaker 2: the bird is doing the same thing. And they're standing
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  Speaker 2: in this field of trees. And the huge brachiosaurus across
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  Speaker 2: from her is wearing an orange shirt and blue tennis shoes.
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  Speaker 2: And just so happens to have a yellow brace on
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  Speaker 2: his leg. But the funniest thing of all is this
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  Speaker 2: dinosaur is wearing a ball cap backwards. Stella was unsure.
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  Speaker 2: Of what to say, she had so many words running
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  Speaker 2: through her head, but none would come out. She's thinking, hello? Play?
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  Speaker 1: Friend?
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  Speaker 2: It shows her head with a big expression of worry
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  Speaker 2: on there. Her tail started to wiggle and jiggle and
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  Speaker 2: shimmy and shake. You see a big picture of her tail,
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  Speaker 2: and it is wiggling. Brody patiently waited for Stella to reply. Finally,
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  Speaker 2: he said, do you have a name? Can you speak?
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  Speaker 2: Stella tried with all her might to ask him to
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  Speaker 2: be her friend, but soon the other dinosaur grew tired
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  Speaker 2: and walked away. So Brody's leaning his big neck down
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  Speaker 2: and asking her the question, but she's looking up at
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  Speaker 2: him worried. And then it shows the brachiosaurus just walking
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  Speaker 2: off the page. And Stella is looking shocked at what
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  Speaker 2: just happened. And the bird has a worried face because
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  Speaker 2: the bird feels sorry for Stella. Why can't I find
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  Speaker 2: a friend? Stella was heartbroken, but she didn't give up.
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  Speaker 2: She wandered on, gently rummaging through ferns and low-hanging branches,
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  Speaker 2: hoping someone special was nearby. It shows Stella with tears
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  Speaker 2: coming out of her eyes. And underneath her head is
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  Speaker 2: the little yellow bird with an umbrella, catching the tears.
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  Speaker 2: And then it shows her eating the leaves off of
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  Speaker 2: trees and the bird helping her eat. Suddenly, out of nowhere,
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  Speaker 2: another dinosaur ran across her path. It was fast, had
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  Speaker 2: a horned beak and a long tail. It stopped, turned
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  Speaker 2: towards Stella and said, Hi, my name is Drew, the Dryosaurus.
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  Speaker 2: I've been looking for someone to play with. You see
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  Speaker 2: this yellow, dark yellow dinosaur with brown stripes and wearing
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  Speaker 2: blue pants running through the field. and scaring the bird.
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  Speaker 2: And he's standing by a pile of rocks with bushes
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  Speaker 2: and trees in the background. He says, I have looked here, there, everywhere.
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  Speaker 2: And it shows the little dryosaurus peeking out from a
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  Speaker 2: blue house, peeking over a rock. And then I see
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  Speaker 2: his little tail poking out from behind the word everywhere
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  Speaker 2: on a tall green hill. Will you play with me,
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  Speaker 2: asked Drew. Stella was so happy, her tail started to
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  Speaker 2: wiggle and jiggle, shimmy and shake. She ran in circles
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  Speaker 2: and let out a loud grunt. So she's so excited,
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  Speaker 2: you can see her almost dancing in the field. And
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  Speaker 2: Drew is happy, and the little bird is even singing. Great,
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  Speaker 2: says Drew. Can you teach me how to wiggle and jiggle,
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  Speaker 2: shimmy and shake my tail? So Drew has a very
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  Speaker 2: happy face on because now his new friend can teach
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  Speaker 2: him how to do something he doesn't know how to do.
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  Speaker 2: From that day on, the two friends stomped and played,
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  Speaker 2: learning all the secrets of how to be the best
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  Speaker 2: dinosaurs they could be. You see Drew and Stella with
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  Speaker 2: a red ball, and it looks like they're playing catch
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  Speaker 2: with their noses or their heads. And Stella is propped
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  Speaker 2: up against the rock and Drew is standing on top
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  Speaker 2: of the rock. And they're both smiling and they are
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  Speaker 2: both having so much fun. They were very different, that
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  Speaker 2: was true. But their differences were fun and beautiful. Sometimes
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  Speaker 2: these differences make the best kind of friendships. And you
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  Speaker 2: see Stella here and Drew smiling. It looks like inside
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  Speaker 2: a house and they're standing on a rug. And there's
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  Speaker 2: a music player playing music. And Stella is wearing headphones
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  Speaker 2: because maybe sometimes the music is too loud for her ears.
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  Speaker 2: So she has to wear headphones. And Drew is shouting.
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  Speaker 2: And there's a picture of a dinosaur hanging on the wall.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone's dancing and playing. And on the other... side of
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  Speaker 2: the page when it says sometimes these differences make the
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  Speaker 2: best friendships you see both of their tails wiggling Stella
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  Speaker 2: the sweet and spunky stegosaurus had found a true friend
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  Speaker 2: and here's Stella and Drew on top of a huge
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  Speaker 2: red heart and Stella is of course wiggling and jiggling
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  Speaker 2: her tail And has a happy face because she found
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  Speaker 2: a friend. So now it's question time. And on the
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  Speaker 2: other page has the little yellow bird asking some questions.
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  Speaker 2: The first question is, who is someone you believe might
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  Speaker 2: need a friend? Maybe it's someone you go to school with.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe it's someone that lives in the neighborhood where you live.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe they're in church with you. But who is someone
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  Speaker 2: that you think could use a friend? We could all
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  Speaker 2: use one. What are several ways that you can communicate
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  Speaker 2: without speaking? Really think about it. There are so many
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  Speaker 2: ways that we can communicate or say things without actually speaking.
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  Speaker 2: Think about our eyes. Think about our mouths. Think about
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  Speaker 2: our body. How can we communicate? Where could you make
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  Speaker 2: new friends? Maybe that's school. Maybe it's in your neighborhood.
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  Speaker 2: Do you have a special place where you can make
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  Speaker 2: new friends? The playground? When have you felt left out?
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes we all feel left out. Maybe that's because we
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  Speaker 2: feel uncomfortable. Maybe it's because we're in a new place
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  Speaker 2: we haven't visited before. How do you feel when you're
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  Speaker 2: playing with friends? I have friends, and when I play
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  Speaker 2: with friends, I feel happy. And it makes my friends
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  Speaker 2: feel happy too. Because not only are we playing, but
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  Speaker 2: we're also learning about ourselves and learning about each other.
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  Speaker 2: Why do you believe it's important to include others? This
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  Speaker 2: is really important. You know how you like to be
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  Speaker 2: included in things? Others do too. And sometimes it's not
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  Speaker 2: easy for everyone to make new friends. Maybe you're great
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  Speaker 2: at making new friends and you can introduce your new
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  Speaker 2: friends to each other. And then you can have a
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  Speaker 2: big group of friends. It's important to include others because
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  Speaker 2: sometimes being left out doesn't feel very good. And on
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  Speaker 2: the back of the page, it has the little blue
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  Speaker 2: house with a little tiara. And that concludes... Children's Story
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  Speaker 2: Hour for today. Your readers have been myself, Susan Mills,
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  Speaker 2: and my husband, Cameron Mills. Please join us next time
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  Speaker 2: as we'll read more stories, fables, and fairy tales. Thank
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  Speaker 2: you for listening, and please stay tuned for continued programming
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  Speaker 2: on Radio Eye.