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7.26.26 - Part 1 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Radioised Children's Story Hour. As a reminder,
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  Speaker 1: RADIOI is a reading service intended for people who are
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  Speaker 1: blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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  Speaker 1: read printed material. Today we're going to be reading about summertime,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm going to continue a book that we started earlier,
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  Speaker 1: and it's called Super Summer by Bruce Goldstone. Your reader
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  Speaker 1: today is Patty. This book that we're going to continue
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  Speaker 1: with was published by Henry Holt and Company in twenty nineteen. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: let's begin. All summer bugs will not bug you, Lady bugs.
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  Speaker 1: Bright coloring warns birds and other predators that they are poisonous.
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  Speaker 1: Fireflies or lightning bugs light up to attract mates. Their
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  Speaker 1: glow is called bio luminescence. Dragonflies were one of the
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  Speaker 1: first flying insects on Earth. Prehistoric dragonflies had a wingspan
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  Speaker 1: of about thirty inches across. Modern dragonflies have wingspans of
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  Speaker 1: two to five inches across. Male crickets chirp to attract
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  Speaker 1: a mate. The bottoms of their wings have ridges that
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  Speaker 1: are like teeth. Crickets scrape a sharp edge of their
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  Speaker 1: wings against these ridges to chirp. Water striders skim the
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  Speaker 1: surface of ponds and small pools of water. Thousands of
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  Speaker 1: microscopic hairs on their legs trap air and repel the water,
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  Speaker 1: giving this book bug the amazing to walk on water.
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  Speaker 1: Scientists estimate that there are about twenty thousand different kinds
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  Speaker 1: of butterflies. Their wings range from about half an inch
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  Speaker 1: to nearly a foot. And on these pages there are
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  Speaker 1: pictures of all of these different bugs. The bright red
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  Speaker 1: ladybug with black spots, fireflies lighting up the night sky, dragonflies, crickets,
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  Speaker 1: dark colored water striders skimming the surface of a pool,
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  Speaker 1: and then many colorful butterflies decorate this page. What shape
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  Speaker 1: is summer? What shapes do you see? And in around
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  Speaker 1: a swimming pool do you see a half circle, a diamond,
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  Speaker 1: a rectangle? Now on these pages are photographs of all
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  Speaker 1: different kinds of things that we associate with summertime. And
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  Speaker 1: how as I tell you about these things, think about
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  Speaker 1: what shape they might be. A kite, a seashell, a watermelon,
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  Speaker 1: a baseball, a soccer ball, a pineapple cut in half,
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  Speaker 1: a wedge of watermelon, a beach ball, an ice cream cone,
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  Speaker 1: a starfish, a box kite, and lots of things floating
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  Speaker 1: in the swimming pool like pool noodles and rafts and
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  Speaker 1: beach balls, lots of shapes in the summer. What does
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  Speaker 1: summer sound like? Bel of a bee, splash of a
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  Speaker 1: child playing in the swimming pool, crack of a bat
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  Speaker 1: hitting at baseball creek That might be a child's swinging
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  Speaker 1: on a swing at the playground. Cheap cheap from a
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  Speaker 1: bird wee the way people scream when they're on a
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  Speaker 1: roller coaster, Sizzle, the sound of meat on a grill.
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  Speaker 1: Hum that might be the sound of an air conditioner,
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  Speaker 1: or where the sound of a fan caw the sound
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  Speaker 1: of a seagull. Some are Vacations can take you almost anywhere.
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  Speaker 1: A vacation might last a day, a week, or even more.
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  Speaker 1: Where would you like to go? And here there are
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  Speaker 1: lots of small photographs of different places where people might
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  Speaker 1: go for a vacation long or short. There's an amusement
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  Speaker 1: park with a giant ferris wheel. The woods where there
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  Speaker 1: are many tents on the ground, the beach where someone
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  Speaker 1: has built a sand castle. A whale watch where we
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  Speaker 1: see a boat with people standing on it watching a
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  Speaker 1: whale as it comes out of the water. A hike
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  Speaker 1: Hikers are hiking through the grassland the county fair. Here
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  Speaker 1: we see someone holding a big cow by the around
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  Speaker 1: the neck, has a rope and they're leading the cow
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  Speaker 1: out into the show ring. A water park, Oh my goodness,
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  Speaker 1: lots and lots of water slides emptying into a pool.
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  Speaker 1: The city. Here we see the city lights bright in
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  Speaker 1: the night sky. A cave, lots of stalagmites and stalag
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  Speaker 1: tights hanging inside the cave, and a picnic. A family
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  Speaker 1: sitting on the grass enjoying a picnic lunch together. People
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  Speaker 1: have plenty of ways to play in the water, on land,
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  Speaker 1: and in the air. Here are photographs of a man
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  Speaker 1: hang gliding, a girl swimming, a man who is wind surfing,
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  Speaker 1: a woman who is canoeing, a young boy who is kayaking,
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  Speaker 1: a young girl who is water skiing, a family who
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  Speaker 1: is sailing on a sailboat, a boy who is snorkeling,
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  Speaker 1: a girl who is inline skating, a man who is surfing,
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  Speaker 1: many people riding a roller coaster, a girl who is bicycling,
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  Speaker 1: some people who are in a hot air balloon, and
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  Speaker 1: a young man who is skateboarding. Many ways to play
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  Speaker 1: and have fun. School starts at the end of summer
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  Speaker 1: in the United States. Most schools start a new year
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  Speaker 1: around Labor Day. Kids across the country get notebooks, pens, pencils,
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  Speaker 1: and other supplies to prepare for a new grade. Summer
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  Speaker 1: is a time to celebrate Flag Day, Independence Day, Father's Day,
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  Speaker 1: and Labor Day. Here we see some photographs of children
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  Speaker 1: getting ready to get on a school bus and many
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  Speaker 1: children who are walking into school with backpacks on their backs.
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  Speaker 1: We also see some pictures of fireworks and a marching band.
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  Speaker 1: The year's not done. There's plenty of fun still to
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  Speaker 1: come as super Summer turns into awesome Autumn. Some summer
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  Speaker 1: activities would be these things clothespin critters, swirly freezer pops,
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  Speaker 1: sand scapes, sun dials, shell art, and sun catchers. And
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  Speaker 1: now here are how to make these things. Swirly freezer pops.
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  Speaker 1: Make a puree with your favorite fruit. For example, blend
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  Speaker 1: one cup of blueberries, a tablespoon of sugar, a teaspoon
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  Speaker 1: of lemon juice, and a pinch of salt in a
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  Speaker 1: small paper cup. Alternate layers of vanilla, greet yogurt and
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  Speaker 1: fruit puree. Swirl the fruit and yogurt gently with a skewer,
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  Speaker 1: freeze it about forty five minutes. Cover the cup with foil,
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  Speaker 1: place a craft stick in the center, and return to
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  Speaker 1: the freezer until frozen. Tear the cup away and in
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  Speaker 1: joy punch a hole. If you want to make a
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  Speaker 1: sun dial, punch a hole in the center of a
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  Speaker 1: sturdy paper plate and insert a straw to be the
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  Speaker 1: pointer or nowmen of your sun dial. Tilt the straw
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  Speaker 1: slightly slightly downward as shown, and use tape or modeling
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  Speaker 1: plate to hold the straw in place. Put the plate
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  Speaker 1: in a sunny spot where the straw pointing north. Mark
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  Speaker 1: the position of the nowman's shadow each hour on the
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  Speaker 1: hour eight am, nine am, ten am, and so on.
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  Speaker 1: Sand scapes. Sandscapes are made with colored sand or salt
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  Speaker 1: and chalk. To make your own sand, place about a
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  Speaker 1: cup of salt on a paper plate, set it on
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  Speaker 1: a baking sheet to catch the spells, and roll a
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  Speaker 1: piece of chalk back and forth into the salt to
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  Speaker 1: make it colored. Clothes Pin critters a caterpillar. You glue
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  Speaker 1: pom poms on the top of a clothes pin. Add
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  Speaker 1: pipe cleaner, feelers and googly eyes. Butterfly fold the construction
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  Speaker 1: paper and cut out wings. Decorate the wings and glue
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  Speaker 1: them to the clothes pin. Then add pom poms, pipe cleaner, feelers,
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  Speaker 1: and googly eyes. Shell art roll out air drying clay
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  Speaker 1: with a rolling pin. Cover a picture frame with the clay,
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  Speaker 1: Apply glue to the shells and press them into the
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  Speaker 1: clay on the frame. Place large shells first and then
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  Speaker 1: fill in with the smaller shells. Let it dry before
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  Speaker 1: adding your favorite summer photos. Suncatchers. Place a cookie cutter
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  Speaker 1: on a baking sheet or make round suncatchers and muffin tins.
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  Speaker 1: Fill with one layer of plastic pony beads. Insert a
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  Speaker 1: glass or metal bead near one edge to create a hole.
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  Speaker 1: Bake outside on a grill until the beads are melted.
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  Speaker 1: You can bake them at four hundred degrees in a
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  Speaker 1: well ventilated kitchen. There will be some smelly fumes. Remove
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  Speaker 1: carefully from the grill or oven and allow to cool.
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  Speaker 1: Then pop the suncatcher out of the mold. And now
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  Speaker 1: let's read a story about summertime. This one is called
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  Speaker 1: Watermelon Wishes. It was written by Lisa Moser and illustrated
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  Speaker 1: by Stacy Shewitt. The publisher is Clarion Books and it
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  Speaker 1: was published in two thousands from the inside front cover.
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  Speaker 1: We'll grow great watermelons, said Charlie, maybe even a wishing watermelon.
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  Speaker 1: Charlie and Grandpap know just what they need to grow
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  Speaker 1: great watermelons. Seeds, soil, sun, watering. Can they know how
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  Speaker 1: to dig and hoe? They know they'll need to water
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  Speaker 1: and weed. But there's something Grandpap doesn't know. What's a
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  Speaker 1: wishing watermelon. This is the summer Charlie's going to teach him. Lush,
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  Speaker 1: vivid paintings evoke the friendship, teamwork, and affection between grandfather
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  Speaker 1: and grandson as they share their wisdom and this special
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  Speaker 1: summer together. So we'll begin the story. Still got them,
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  Speaker 1: asked Grandpap. Yes, said Charlie. He patted his pocket to
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  Speaker 1: make double sure. That's my boy. Grandpap opened the shed door.
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  Speaker 1: Charlie found a spade and a trowel. Grandpap grabbed the
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  Speaker 1: watering can. They piled everything into the wheelbarrow with the
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  Speaker 1: squeaky wheel squeak sleek week. The illustration here shows the
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  Speaker 1: grandfather with his gray hair and gray mustache and the
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  Speaker 1: young boy named Charlie. He's got dark black hair. He's
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  Speaker 1: wearing a red shirt, and there they go loading the
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  Speaker 1: wheelbarrow with the watering can and the trowel and the spade.
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  Speaker 1: Still got em asked, Grandpap, yep, said Charlie. Grandpap drove
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  Speaker 1: the spade into the sandy soil. Charlie crawled, crawled around
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  Speaker 1: on his knees, pushing the dirt into big hills. Still
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  Speaker 1: got em asked, Grandpap. Right here, said Charlie. He pulled
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  Speaker 1: the seeds from his pocket. You plant the seeds, said
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  Speaker 1: grandpot Grandpap, I'll fill the watering can. The illustration here,
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  Speaker 1: so's the boy named Charlie down close to the earth,
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  Speaker 1: and he's got these watermelon seeds. They're black, and he's
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  Speaker 1: got them in his hand, ready to plant them into
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  Speaker 1: the soil. And Grandpap is reaching for the watering can
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  Speaker 1: so he can fill it up. Continuing tired, Charlie leaned
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  Speaker 1: against Grandpap. Will grow great watermelons, said Charlie. Grandpap wiped
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  Speaker 1: his face with a red bandanna. Think so, maybe even
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  Speaker 1: a wishing watermelon, said Charlie. What's a wishing watermelon, asked Grandpap.
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  Speaker 1: You'll see, Charlie told him. Charlie and Grandpap woke up
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  Speaker 1: early every morning and worked in their garden. Grandpap hoed
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  Speaker 1: a prickly thistle. Tell me more about this wishing watermelon.
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  Speaker 1: Charlie pulled a sneaky weed. It's a very special watermelon.
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  Speaker 1: It can give only one wish. There are a lot
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  Speaker 1: of things a fellow might want, said Grandpap. Do you
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  Speaker 1: have a wish? Charlie nodded, But I can guess it,
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  Speaker 1: said Grandpap. You can try. When I was a boy,
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  Speaker 1: I wanted a dog, said Grandpap. You're gonna wish for
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  Speaker 1: a dog. Charlie shook his head. When the first green
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  Speaker 1: shoots poked up, Charlie and Grandpap picnicked by the garden.
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  Speaker 1: Grandpap unpacked the sandwiches and cookies. Charlie poured lemonade from
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  Speaker 1: the thermos into the cup they shared. They took turns
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  Speaker 1: spotting new sprouts. Afterwards, they strolled the dirt path back home.
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  Speaker 1: Grandpap unwrapped a butterscotch and handed it to Charlie. I
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  Speaker 1: know what you'll wish for, said Grandpap. Butterscotch. A whole
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  Speaker 1: bushel basket of butterscotch. Charlie grinned, no, that's not it.
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  Speaker 1: The illustration here shows Charlie and his Grandpap sitting on
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  Speaker 1: the ground under the shade of a tree, sharing their
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  Speaker 1: picnic lunch. Continuing, when yellow flowers bloomed on the vines,
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  Speaker 1: Charlie and Grandpap celebrated. They rode their bikes to Grandpap's
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  Speaker 1: secret fishing spot. Charlie dug up worms. Grandpap tied a
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  Speaker 1: hook and line to branches he found along the shore.
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  Speaker 1: Then they sat on the grassy bank and watched their bobbers.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you'll wish for a fishing pole, said Grandpap, a
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  Speaker 1: slick new rod with a shiny reel. I don't think so,
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  Speaker 1: said Charlie. When evening shadows crept across the garden, Charlie
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  Speaker 1: and Grandpap played basketball. Charlie climbed the hay bales and
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  Speaker 1: pulled the peach basket to the top. Okay shoot. Grandpap
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  Speaker 1: dribbled the basketball. Thunk, thunk, thunk. He heaved the ball
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  Speaker 1: in the air, rattle, rattle, fuss. Charlie cheered and fished
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  Speaker 1: the ball out of the basket. By turn. He yelled,
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  Speaker 1: jumping down. Grandpap raised the basket. Hey, maybe you should
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  Speaker 1: wish for a real basketball hoop said Grandpap. That'd be
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  Speaker 1: a good wish. Charlie just laughed. Rattle, rattle thud. Here
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  Speaker 1: the illustration shows Charlie and his Grandpap playing basketball, but
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  Speaker 1: they don't have a real basketball hoop. Grandpap is holding
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  Speaker 1: this big fat bushel basket and Charlie is throwing the
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  Speaker 1: basketball into the basket. One hot day, Charlie and Grandpap
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  Speaker 1: counted ten small watermelons growing on the vines. Then they
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  Speaker 1: piled into the old truck and Grandpap drove to the
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  Speaker 1: swimming hole. Charlie swam and splashed. Grandpap bobbed along in
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  Speaker 1: an inner tube. Now I know for certain, said Grandpap.
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  Speaker 1: You're gonna wish for your own swimming pool. Nope, said Charlie,
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  Speaker 1: floating by. Even when the watermelons grew fatter and greener,
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  Speaker 1: Grandpap was still guessing a red scooter, a new basketball,
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  Speaker 1: baseball glove, a giant ham sandwich. No, no, no, Charlie laughed,
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  Speaker 1: you won't guess. Maybe you're right, said Grandpap. One morning
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  Speaker 1: in August, Charlie looked out the kitchen window. Today we
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  Speaker 1: will find the wishing watermelon, he announced. Grandpap jumped to
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  Speaker 1: his feet. Yeah oo, let's go. Charlie looked over the
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  Speaker 1: watermelon patch and Grandpap pointed to different water melon. How
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  Speaker 1: about that one too big, that one too small. There
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  Speaker 1: are three good ones over there, said Grandpap. Two lumpy,
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  Speaker 1: too dirty, too squishy, said Charlie. The illustration here shows
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  Speaker 1: Grandpap and Charlie standing in the watermelon patch, and there
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  Speaker 1: are so many watermelon growing all over the ground in
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  Speaker 1: their vines. Charlie walked to the edge of the garden.
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  Speaker 1: He peeked under a pile of leaves. Perfect, here's the
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  Speaker 1: wishing watermelon. Grandpap lifted the watermelon into the wheelbarrow. Together
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  Speaker 1: they pushed the wishing watermelon to the house. Squeak, squeak, squeak.
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  Speaker 1: The illustration here shows Charlie and his Grandpap pushing the wheelbarrow,
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  Speaker 1: and in that wheelbarrow is the large wishing watermelon that
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  Speaker 1: Charlie has selected. I'm ready to make my wish, said Charlie. Great,
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  Speaker 1: said Grandpap. Charlie closed his eyes for only a moment. Quick,
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  Speaker 1: my wish will be inside the watermelon. Grandpap cut a
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  Speaker 1: hole in the watermelon. Charlie stuck his hand inside squish
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  Speaker 1: bluxlerp His fingers curled around the secret. My wish came true,
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  Speaker 1: he shouted. Grandpap clapped his hands. What was the wish?
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  Speaker 1: Charlie opened his hand and showed Grandpap the small black
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  Speaker 1: watermelon seeds. I wished for another summer just like this one.
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  Speaker 1: Grandpap took the seeds from Charlie's hands and wiped them clean. Carefully,
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  Speaker 1: He slid them into Charlie's front pocket. He tapped the
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  Speaker 1: pocket over Charlie's heart, got them, asked Grandpap, always, said Charlie.
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  Speaker 1: He leaned his head on Grandpap's shoulder and took a
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  Speaker 1: juicy bite of watermelon. And now we have time for
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  Speaker 1: at least a portion of another book called Summertime Sleepers
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  Speaker 1: Animals That Estivate. The author is Melissa Stewart, the illustrator
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  Speaker 1: Sarah S. Brannan. It was published by Charlesbridge Publishers in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. Yawn stretch and blink. As warm weather
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  Speaker 1: spreads across the land, hibernating animals spring to life, But
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  Speaker 1: soon another group of animals searches for shelter. They settle
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  Speaker 1: into cool, snug spots and sink into a summertime sleep
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  Speaker 1: called estivation. Some insects snooze in groups in hot, dry places.
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  Speaker 1: Hundreds of ladybugs pile inside a curled up cluster of leaves.
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  Speaker 1: Their hidden home keeps them safe while they sleep through summer.
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  Speaker 1: The illustration here shows many of those red ladybugs grouped
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  Speaker 1: in the bottom of a huge plant, and this is
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  Speaker 1: in the desert of New Mexico. Convergent lady beetle is
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  Speaker 1: the actual name some insane snoozing groups, but others rest
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  Speaker 1: all alone. A morning cloak butterfly breaks out of its
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  Speaker 1: chrysalis in early summer after guzzling tree sat for a
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  Speaker 1: few days. It slips into a crevice and nods off
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  Speaker 1: until the scent of fallen leaves fills the air. Here
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  Speaker 1: we see of drawing of the morning cloak butterfly. It
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  Speaker 1: is a native of Marietta, Ohio, and that's where these
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  Speaker 1: photographs were taken. Some hardshelled creatures climb up high for
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  Speaker 1: a nap when the days grow long and hot. Land
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  Speaker 1: snails cling to tree branches and seal their shells shut.
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  Speaker 1: Their heart rates slow and they barely breathe as they
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  Speaker 1: wait for cooler days. The drawing here shows many of
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  Speaker 1: these land snails up on a tree and the photograph
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  Speaker 1: comes from Lower Saxony, Germany. This is the photograph and
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  Speaker 1: drawings of land snails. Other creatures doze underground as the
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  Speaker 1: summer sun beats down Christmas Island red crabs take refuge
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  Speaker 1: at the bottom of their burrows. Deep down the forest floor.
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  Speaker 1: They hunger down and sack out. Here the drawings are
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  Speaker 1: of the Christmas Island red crab found on Christmas Island, Australia.
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  Speaker 1: Some fish cozy up quickly for part of the year.
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  Speaker 1: An African lungfish slithers and glides in a shallow swampy pool,
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  Speaker 1: but when the water dries up, the fish burrows into
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  Speaker 1: the cool mud left behind. Slippery slime oozes out of
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  Speaker 1: its body, keeping the fish moist while it rests Here.
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  Speaker 1: The drawing is of a West African lungfish from the
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  Speaker 1: country of Mollie. Other fish toss and turn before catching
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  Speaker 1: their disease. When the sizzling sun dries up the mangrove
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  Speaker 1: killfish's watery home, the little fish jump across land, flipping
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  Speaker 1: head over tail until they find a hollow log crammed
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  Speaker 1: inside This dark, damp den killfish wait for wetter days.
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  Speaker 1: If the dry spell lasts long enough, the little fish
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  Speaker 1: slip into a slumber until the rain returns. The drawings
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  Speaker 1: here are of the mangrove killfish in the Everglades National
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  Speaker 1: Park in Florida. They are tiny little fish and they
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  Speaker 1: are gray in color. Some amphibians rest inside another animal's
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  Speaker 1: home as the day's heat up. A California tiger salamander
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  Speaker 1: scouts out an empty rodent hole and falls asleep. The cool,
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  Speaker 1: comfy burrow is the perfect place to spend the summer.
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  Speaker 1: The drawing here of the California tiger salamander. It was
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  Speaker 1: done in Solano County, California. He's black and has yellow spots.
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  Speaker 1: Other amphibians drift off in a nest they've built themselves
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  Speaker 1: during the heat of summer. A pixie frog digs a
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  Speaker 1: hole in the ground, wraps itself inside a cocoon, and
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  Speaker 1: takes a good long break. When the rainy season returns,
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  Speaker 1: the frog rips off its wrapper, eats it, and then
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  Speaker 1: scrambles to the surface. And the drawing here of the
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  Speaker 1: pixie frog was done in Botswana. Well, that's all the
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  Speaker 1: time we have today, So this concludes the Children's Story Hour.
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  Speaker 1: Please join us next time as we'll read more stories, fables,
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  Speaker 1: and fairy tales. We thank you for listening and stay
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