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2.15.25 - Part 1 (Presidents Day) · Children's Hour

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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Radio Ice Children's Story Hour. As
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a reminder, radio is a reading service intended for people
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who are blind or have other disabilities that make it
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difficult to read printed material. Today we will be reading
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from various books on presidents. Your reader today is Diane.
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We will continue with the book from last Time Talk,
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Miss Jefferson, Man of the People. It was published by
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Children's Press and imprinis Elastic Incorporated. It has a copyright
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of twenty twenty one and the author is Sonia W. Block.
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The Path to Presidency. Jefferson returned to the United States
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in seventeen eighty nine. George Washington was president. He asked
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Jefferson to serve as Secretary of State. Jefferson accepted, and
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for the next five years he continued to work on
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building Americans relationships with other nations, watching his sight to
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retire when his second term ended in seventeen ninety seven.
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That year, Jefferson ran for president, but he lost to
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John Adams, who became our country's second president. Jefferson was
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the Adams vice president. Jefferson ran again in eighteen hundred.
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This time he won. He became the third president of
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the United States. He was inaugurated on March fourth, eighteen
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oh one. Chapter three, Life in the White House. On
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March nineteenth, eighteen oh one, President Jefferson moved into the
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White House. He did not like large formal parties. Instead,
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Jefferson enjoyed inviting small groups of guests for comfortable get togethers.
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He'd often play the violand to entertain them. Jefferson's curious
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nature had continued into adulthood. He was fascinated with an
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extinct animal called the great mammoth. He collected fossils of
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its teeth. Scientists once found the bones of a great
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mammoth and sent them to Jefferson. The president spent hours
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piecing the bones together. The Louisiana Purchase. In eighteen oh three,
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President Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from France. He paid
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fifteen million dollars. The Louisiana purchase had many benefits for Americans.
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In nearly double the size of the United States, the
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population of the country had been growing. Most people lived
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along the coast. Now they could start moving west. The
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Mississippi River was located in the new territory. Now Americans
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could travel freely to the on the river. The Louisiana
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purchase caused a lot of harm to specifically to the
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indigious people. Many nations lived in the area. They've been
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there for thousands of years. Struggles arose between the indianingenious
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people and the new settlers. Over the years, white settlers
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continued to push thedingenious people off their land. The end
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of an air In eighteen oh four, Jefferson won a
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second term. France and England were at war. France had
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helped American in its war for independence, but Jefferson did
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not take size in this war. Napoleon, the French leader,
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got angry. He stopped all shipping trade with America. Then
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Jefferson passed then Bargo Act that stopped US trade with
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France and other nations that hurt American businesses. People were angry.
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In eighteen o nine, Jefferson signed a new act that
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again allowed most overseas trade. His term as president ended
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that year, Jefferson retired to Monta solo. The grand estate
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now included a factory, stables, flower gardens, vegetable gardens, and orchards.
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Is also home to the four children Jefferson head with
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Sally Hemmons, an enslaved woman at Mona solo expanding education Now,
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Jefferson set his sights on a new go free public education.
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This was a completely new idea for the time. Riche
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on Wye boys and men filled most schools at the time.
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Jefferson wanted to make public school available to boys and
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men for all social classes. This did not include women
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or people of color. Jefferson worked on founding a state
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university in Virginia. He even drew the plans for the building.
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Construction began in eighteen seventeen. Eight years later, on March seventh,
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eighteen twenty five, the University of Virginia opened. Jefferson died
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one year later on July fourth, eighteen twenty six. It
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was the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The
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Lewis and Clark Expedition Thomas Jefferson wanted to learn all
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about the nation's land in the Louisiana Territory. In eighteen
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oh four, he sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to
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explore the area in the Pacific Northwest. Their team included carpenters, boatmen,
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and blacksmith along the way, and then indigious woman of
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the show shown nation her name was Sacha Jeeah. Sacha
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Wigia became their guide. She helped Lewis and Clark talk
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to and make friends with the various in indigenious people
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they met. She also taught them how to find and
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prepare food. Is doubtful that the expedition would have succeeded
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without her help. The exploration end in eighteen oh six.
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By then, the explorers had identified almost two under plants
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more than one hundred animals that white people had never
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seen before. They blazed a trail from the Mississippi River
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to the Pacific Ocean, and the years that followed, many
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Americans moved to settle in the West. Our next story
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is titled Symbols of American Freedom The Lincoln Memorial and
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it was published by bell Weather Media. It has a
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copyright year of twenty nineteen and the author of our
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book is Kirsten What is the Lincoln Memorial the Lincoln
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Memorials and National Monument. It is in Washington, d C.
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The Big White Building stands for American Freedom. It hosts
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a statue of Abraham Lincoln The Nation at War. Lincoln
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was the United States President during the Civil War. The
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South wanted to make a new country people there wanted
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to practice slavery. Lincoln did not agree. He wanted to
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bring the country together. He won a peace. He soon
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signed a new law. It freed the slaves. People wanted
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to honor Lincoln's ideas his monument opened in nineteen twenty two.
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Free people people visit the monument to celebrate freedom. The
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monument honors Lincoln. He fought for all people to be free.
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The next stories are on winter, and the first one
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is called The Snowy Day. It was published by the
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Viking Press, which is associated with Penguin Group, and it
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has a copy right year of nineteen sixty two. The
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author is Ezra Jack Keats. One winter morning, Peter woke
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up and looked out the window. Snow had fallen during
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the night. It covered everything as far as he could see.
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After breakfast, he put on a snow suit and ran outside.
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The snow was piled up very high along the street
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to make a path for walking. Crunch, crunch, crunch. His
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feet sank into the snow. He walked with his toes
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pointing out like this. He walked with his toes pointing
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in like that. Then he dragged his feet slowly to
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make tracks, and he found something sticking out of the
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snow that made a new track. It was a stick,
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a stick that was just right for smacking a snow
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covered tree. Down fell the snow PLoP on top of
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Peter's head. He thought it would be fun to join
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the big boys and there snowfall fight. But he knew
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he wasn't own enough, not yet. So he made a
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smiling snowman, and he made angels. He pretended he was
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a mountain climber. He climbed up a great, big, tall,
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heaping mountain of snow, and slid all the way down.
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He picked up a handful of snow, and another, and
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still another. He packed it round and firm, and put
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the snowball in his pocket for tomorrow. And he went
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into his warmhouse and told his mother all about his
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adventures while she took off his wet socks. And he
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thought and thought and thought about them. Before he got
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into bed, he looked in his pocket. His pocket was empty.
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The snowball wasn't there. He felt very sad. While he slept,
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he dreamed that the sun had melted all the snow away.
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But when he woke up, his dream was gone. The
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snow was still everywhere. New snow was falling. After breakfast,
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he caused his friend from across the hall, and they
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went out together into the deep, deep snow. Our next
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story is called Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems.
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It was published by Children's Book Press. It has a
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copyright year of two thousand and one and it was
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written by Francisco x Alorcan Clouds floating mountains, dreaming in
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the sky. Winter it rains and rains NonStop. The sky
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becomes sea to the earth, City of bridges. I dreamed
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of city resting among happy rolling hills and streetcars, with
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houses that look like dollhouses and buildings decorated like pastry.
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I dreamed a city open to the sea, soaking her
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feet in a bay, friendly, very joyful, and kind, with
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bridges ready to embrace a saul. A city where people
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become bridges to each other. Mission Dolores, Grandmother, Dear to all,
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San Francisco. You are the oldest building around. You've been
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here salon a barrio as grown up around you. You're Adobe.
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Walls are made of earth mixed with love. In winter,
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they keep you warm, just like my grandma's broad arms.
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San Francisco, my name is Francisco, like my grandfather and
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like his grandfather's grandfather. I'm so happy this city is
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named after Saint Francis, the patron saint of all animals. Here,
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everybody knows how to spell my name. In my barrio,
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you can hear the music of life coming out of
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murals in full color, dancing in the streets. I have
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a cousin who's a cable car conductor. Everybody knows him
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as Rocking Raphael for his very special skill of running
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the cable car down the track in perfect rhythm with
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the odies but goodies songs. He humps when he rings
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the cable car's familiar bell. Rocky Raffael dances to the
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rhythm of the rain. I can hear him explaining in
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his raspy voice, each ride is like a rock and
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row tune. The biggest San Franciscans they paid no attention
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to turists. Some are noisy, even smelly. They all love
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to take long naps. They are the sea lions that
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years ago came uninvited from the sea to Pure thirty
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nine and took over the boat Marina as their home. Somehow,
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the sea lions must know the shore was their's long
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before there was a city here. Oh to Buena Vista.
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Bi Lingual's school. Here Spanish goes to school with English.
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Unol deltrece is as easy as one, two three. Here,
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children of all races writes beautiful poems in English and Spanish,
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even in spirals and following the best of a teacher
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Philip's glave. Here children learn to sing with their hearts.
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To write poetry, we must first touch, smell, and taste
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every words. Christmas Eve, I love the delicious aroma to
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Molly's nimmering in their steam. My family all around me
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sing the joyful songs of los pasasta, everybody eagerly awaiting
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that very special paper noise gifts make when we unwrap them.
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Migrant life in seasons. Winter has arrived, harvests are over.
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I'm going back to Mexico with my family. Goodbye dear friends,
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Goodbye homeboys, goodbye schoolmates, Goodbye teacher one of a kind.
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Next season, when you take your first bite of delicious fruits,
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remember me and my family, because maybe we picked them.
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Iguanas in the snow. What fun to see snow for
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the first time on the Siahra Nevada, all dressed in
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white like a bride. Get out of Papa's car in
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a hurry, touch the wet snow with our bare fingers
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and throw snowballs at each other. What arrived? Slide down
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slopes on top of black inner tubes together with brothers
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and sisters, cousins and uncles, all sporting green jackets and pants,
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got in a cell at the Army surplus. Ah haha.
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Mama laughs and says with joy, we look like happy
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iguanas in the snow winter sun. Brother son, I haven't
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seen you in many days. Do you go to Mexico
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on vacation too? First snowball, the sky is sending soft
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kisses to the earth. A blank white page is a
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metal after a snowfall, but a poem hopes to cross
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giant sequoias. These are the great great great great grandparents
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of the Sierra Nevada. Their many scars tell of the
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storms and fires they have survived every year without fail.
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They're huge trunks at another ring, thick and a wet
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to year with plentiful rings, then in a dry one.
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It takes my whole family holding hands for us to
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give a ug to the tallest and ODIs tree in
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this grove ancestors of tomorrow. Children are the blooming branches
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of trees. One day their seas will become the roots
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of other trees, bearing their own blooming branches. Our next
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of stories are about friends and differences, and our first
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story is called What's the Difference? It was published by
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a few Will and friends in imprint of McMillan Publishing
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Group and it is has a copyright year of twenty seventeen.
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Its author is Dowing Richard's take a look at yourself.
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Your friends may not look like you, and that's a
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good thing. What's the difference If your friend has straight
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hair and yours is curly? All that matters is you
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love putting your hair inside funky hats together, hey, and
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you do it in style. What's the difference? If your
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neighbor has blue eyes and yours are brown? All that
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matters is when your eyes see ice cream, you eat
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it together. What's the difference if your classmate has light
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skin and yours is a little darker. All that matters
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is the artwork you create together as a colorful It
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is as colorful as possible. You see, little one. You
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may not be the same on the outside as your friends,
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but it's what makes you different that makes you wonderful.
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Don't be colorblind. The sky is blue during the day
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and black at night. If colors could talk, they would
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tell different stories about what they see when it's their
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turn to light up the world. It's the same with
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your friends. Listen to their stories because understanding your differences
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will create an unbreakable bond as you do this stuff
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you love. So play together, laugh together, get dirty together,
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get in trouble together, and save the world together. The
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world needs you, little one. I'm counting on you to
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set the example for grown ups to follow, because when
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it comes to love, keep showing that there really is
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no difference. It's all amazing, just like you. Our next
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book is titled One Big Heart, A Celebration of Being
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More Alike than Different, and it was published bot Asunder Kids.
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It has a copyright year of twenty nineteen and the
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author of the book is Lindsey Davis with Beverly Davis.
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When itny bitty corner of our great big world is
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our tiny, tiny classroom filled with happy boys and girls.
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Each one of us is different, because what fun would
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it be if I looks like my classmates and they
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all looked like me. Our faces make a rainbow, lots
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of colors all around, shades of tan and melon skin,
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and even chocolate brown. Some are missing two front teeth,
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while others smile with dimples. God made each of us unique.
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It really is that simple. Some have wavy hair on top,
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while others wear their straight. Some sport afros, twist or braids.
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I think my puff looks great, wand is short and read.
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It's talk where every shape and size. Some have freckles
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on their nose and some have bright blue eyes. I
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gave us different bodies that can do amazing things with
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one arm. L does cartwheels, and my friend Amandas sings.
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Sam loves telling stories and wants to learn to read.
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Noah wares a bright red cape and runs with super speed.
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Myla plays a princess with a long pink roughly dressed.
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Ashure likes to jump and splash and often makes a mess.
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The bell rings and we head outside for recess in
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the sun. Our giggles in our laughter show we all
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like having fun. I see those smiling faces and understand
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today we're more like than different in many special ways.
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We each have rhythm deep inside that makes us want
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to move. We love to run and jump around and
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find our playground, groove back inside for music. We bop
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to every beat. We wiggle and dance sideways. We clap
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and stomp our feet, and afterwards it's lunchtime, our favorite
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time of day. No matter what we choose to eat,
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our tastes us shout hooray. Each of us is curious.
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We can't wait to explore. We ask a lot of questions,
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and then we ask some more. We all like to
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imagine and let our minds run free, to draw our
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right or dream about what we will grow up to be.
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We all have great, big feelings that don't always stay
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in sight. Sometimes we've gotten angry. Sometimes we sat and cried.
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Then a friend will cheer us up and fill our
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lives with joy. We all need friends who give us
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hugs or share a favorite toy. But the way we're
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most alike the most important part. God gave us all
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a special gift. We each have one big heart. We've
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got a lot of elbows, we've got a lot of hands.
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We've got eyes to help us seeing feet so we
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can stand. But the thing that matters most is something
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we can't see the touch of God, that's inside you
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and also inside me. That's the place where kindness grows
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and where love gets its start deep down and your
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pumping thumping, one big heart. Our next book is titled
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My Friends, and it was published by Phil Will and
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Friends in a print of Macmillan Publishing Group. It's a
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copyright Your twenty twenty one and the author of the
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book is Tay Digs, Rise and shine. Time to climb
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out a bit. Do what Dady said. Brush those teeth
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and comb that head, Slide without care down those stairs.
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Then dip, don't trip and sit right quick. Shovel down
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that waffle a bit. Then split, Wait, don't forget your
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lunch bag, My friends, what's happening man? Then we slap
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hands minus kind of chocolate, his kind of can. Then
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comes the shake we make as we take our time
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with each grip switch. Then break fix miles for miles
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walking down that aisle of the bus. Must grab that
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seat just for us, the one cat I trust. Now
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let the fund begin chatting and laughing, whispers and grins
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about today's game. Who might lose, who might win? My friend,
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These are the things I go through with you, my crew,
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because you're my friend. Jumping off the bus, don't get crushed.
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The opposite of hushed kids shoving and screaming, even tag
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teeming race to class out of breath, learning, slamming into seats,
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banging outbeats on desk, wrapping and repeat, using hands and
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feet until teacher speaks. While I compare sneaks with my friends,
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students are uttered. The response a muttered here or yup
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from all the others, every name on the list, not
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when child miss attendance is done? Are we just missed?
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Off to gym? Time? Single file line? My friend in front,
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life fold and behind. His duty is to lead, switching
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off the lights. As mine off, we march keeping time.
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But as I chill, since we had time to kill,
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I spot my friend's spilling ill will. He sticks his
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leg out, then comes a trip in a shout, Then
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he points and laughs. What's that about? A kid's on
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the ground with a pout. I make up my mind
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to change his route, because he's my friend. I pull
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him aside and say, it's not cool when you act
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like a fool. Why trip somebody up and make fun.
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That's not how this should be done. Makes no sense.
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Nuh uh, that's not how you treat someone. My friend
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then slowly started to melt. He seemed to feel a
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little of what I felt. He took a deep breath,
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then knelt and helped up the fallen one apologize for
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what he had done. We brushed off his clothes and
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continued to Jim, which is where he chose my friend
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and me to be on his team. The scene was
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like buddy Buddy machine where we all work together. You
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know what I mean. Friends lend a hand when they can.
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They helped to blend and thend. It doesn't depend on
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whether you're doing wrong or right. A friend can send
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or lend a shining light to a situation, add some
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bright to any frustration, looking after in any disaster, Come
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together and join in laughter, arriving at a beautiful end,
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all because you are my friend. Our next book is
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called All Kinds of Friends and it was published by
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mill Book Press. It has a copyright year of twenty
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eighteen and the author is Shelley Rottener and Sheila M. Kelly.
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There are all kinds of friends, young friends, old friends,
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new friends, best friends, family friends and more friends, next door,
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smart friends, funny friends, furry friends and feather friends too
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small friends tall friends, friends with different ways to walk,
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friends with different ways to talk, friends with different faces,
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and families from different places. School friends and after school friends.
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Friends who play sports and all sorts of games. Friends
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who like to dress up, and friends who like to pretend.
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Sometimes friends can make you sad or even mad. Mostly
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friends have fun and like to be together. Good friends,
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true friends are the best friends of all. What kind
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of friends to you have? Well, this concludes our Children's
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Story Hour for today. Please join us next time as
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we will read more stories, fables and fairy tales. Thank
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you for listening and please stay tuned for the Lexian
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Herald Leader here on Radio I