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38. Stanley's No-Hiccup Machine · The Story Time With Lucky Podcast

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  Welcome back to Storytime with Lucky Podcast.
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  Today we're going to read Stanley's No Hick Machine.
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  Stanley stretched. He loved his quiet mornings in his basket with a cup of tea.
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  Everyone left at eight o'clock and a dog could do what a dog wanted to do.
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  Stanley sat up The old clock in the hole said Boing Every morning but it never
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  said Hick Stanley cocked and
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  he Hick There was again Stanley put down his tee And dug under his pillow.
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  He always kept Finding out Bad there And a dog never knows when he will have
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  to find out about something.
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  Hick! It's... No, Stanley pulled out his finding out her and put it on.
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  Snoop down the hole. Hick! Sound... The sound was getting louder.
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  Hick!
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  It seemed to be coming from just about.
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  Stanley opened the front of the clock. Nothing strange in there.
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  He looked under the clock, and behind it, still nothing.
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  There was a small door in the front clock. The hiccuping seemed to be coming from inside.
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  When a dog is finding out, he has to be brave.
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  Stanley gave the door a tug. Nothing. He tugged again as hard as he could.
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  Something tiny flew out of the clock and landed in a potted fern.
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  It sailed down the hall and it landed in a potted fern.
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  A pair of little legs kicked as the something tried to free itself.
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  Are you all right? Stanley asked sentiently.
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  Stanley said the something. Perhaps a cup of tea?
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  Stanley, it's me. Bill! Stanley gave the legs a tug.
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  Out popped Bill the mouse. Bill, what are you doing in the clock?
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  I was trying to hide my cheecox.
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  Explained Bill. I had the hiccups for three days, and it's so noisy I can't even sleep.
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  I went to the clock, and so nobody could hear.
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  But, hick, but, but, but, hick. I guess it didn't work. Hick.
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  I could currently hear you, saying, said Stanley. Three days? That's terrible.
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  Can't you get rid of them? I tried everything. Check, check, check.
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  Groaned bill i tried hopping on one foot
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  wiggling both ears i tried
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  hopping on one ear and wiggling both feet i even stood at my nose and sang mice
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  of england backwards but nothing will nothing worked and nothing will.
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  Stanley scratched his nose. But haven't you tried?
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  Ding, ding, oh. The doorbell chimed.
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  My child, the cat, had come for her morning tea.
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  Uh, here's my child, says Stanley. I'm sure she'll have lots of ideas. Oh, dear. Yeah.
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  Well, what always works for cats is the chasing mouse cure, said Mitchell.
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  You get a nice little mouse and chase him.
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  Once around the table, then whiskers went pale.
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  And then those whiskers went pale.
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  Really, Mitchell, said Stanley. Haven't you anything else?
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  Of course, said Mitchell. I'm sorry, Bill.
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  Take a big brace and you stick up your tail and then with both paws,
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  I have a cousin, who's a rat, said Bill.
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  "'Well, well,' said Stanley, "'em, isn't this helping us?
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  Why don't we check my old book of cures?' "'Fine,' said Rachel.
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  "'Fine,' said Bill.
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  Stanley kept his book of cures under his pillow, next to the finding out bag.
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  A dog never knows when you have to cure someone.
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  Stanley put on his reading glasses, headaches, head scratching, healing hiccups.
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  Here it is. Just have the Hiccup put a paper bag to his mouth and blow.
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  We'll need a paper bag. Here's one, said my troll. Okay.
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  Now, Bill, just put your mouth on one end.
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  One end? Bill, Bill, where are you?
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  Ah, number two, called Stanley. Have the hiccup put a sugar cube in his mouth?
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  Let me out, cried Mitral. That didn't work, Bill. Unfler, mumbled Bill.
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  What? Unfler? Bill jumped out, pounding him on both cheeks.
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  It doesn't say that you have to do that, said Mitral.
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  Number three, called Stanley, when Bill had managed to spit out the cube.
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  Take a large gas of water and drink it. Let me out, cried Nitro. Here you go, Bill.
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  She gave him a pat on the back. Good old Bill. Bill?
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  Nothing is going to help me, moaned Bill.
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  But Stanley had been thinking, now don't give up.
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  He cried what you need is a no-hit machine stanley kept rey stanley kept his
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  making kit under his pillow next to the finding out bag,
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  the book of cures a dog never knows when he'll have to make something,
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  I'll help, cried my jaw Don't you think you helped enough, grumbled Bill Come
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  on you two There's work to be done, says Stanley,
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  At last, the new knowledge machine was ready Stanley placed on the table,
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  Well, how does it work?
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  Asked Bill.
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  It's very simple, explained Stanley. You blow into this end here as hard as you can.
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  Then you ring the little bell here, shout bye, gins at the top of your voice,
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  then run back and begin all over again.
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  Ring, ring. Bill looked at the no-hit machine. Then he looked at Stanley.
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  If this doesn't work, I'm going back to the clock.
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  Stanley and Nigel sat on the sofa to be out of the way.
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  They drank a cup of tea so they'll not be stalling at Bill.
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  And for a long time, the only stones were Bill's little feet running ring by Jinx.
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  At first, there was a lot of ringing by Jinx, and after a while,
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  his little feet went more slowly.
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  Run, run, run, ring by Jinx.
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  Then the room was still.
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  Ring, ring, ring. Bye, yin.
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  Eh, you got the tea, my true? That would be lovely. Thanks, Tommy.
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  Stanley put down his cup of tea.
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  I think that's the last we shall hear Bill's hiccups, he whispered.
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  That's good, but why are we whispering, whispered Mitra.
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  Stanley took Mitra's paw, and they tiptoed, and pulled up next to the low-hicking
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  machine, which filled the mouse fast asleep.
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  Stanley covered Bill with a handkerchief and Mitral picked up her hat to go home.
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  Stanley, she whispered, where did you get the idea? With a little machine.
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  Stanley smiled and pointed to his book of cures.
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  Number four, he said, get the
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  hiccuper to go to sleep. You mean you just tired him out? She whispered.
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  Stanley smiled as Mitchell let herself out and went down the lane.
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  She stretched himself upon his strange lumpy pillow.
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  Ah, he looked his quiet afternoon.
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  No one was about, and a dog could do a dog once again.
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  The end, and thank you for listening.