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9.12.26 - 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're going to
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  Speaker 1: be reading from several books about autumn or some people
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  Speaker 1: call it fall and your reader today is Patty. We're
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  Speaker 1: going to start with the book called The Leaf Thief.
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  Speaker 1: The author of the book is Alice Hemming and Nicola Slater.
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  Speaker 1: It was published in 2021 by Source Books. Now, the
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  Speaker 1: first illustration here shows a brownish-orange-colored squirrel, and he's lounging
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  Speaker 1: on the branch of a tree. And he's looking up
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  Speaker 1: into the tree limbs above him and seeing all the
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  Speaker 1: beautiful leaves hanging there. And he says, what a wonderful
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  Speaker 1: time of year. I am snug in my nest with
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  Speaker 1: a belly full of hazelnuts and the sun is shining
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  Speaker 1: through my leafy canopy. Such lovely colors, red, gold, orange, red, gold, orange. Red, gold.
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  Speaker 1: Wait a minute! One of my leaves is missing. Where
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  Speaker 1: is it? It's not here. It's not here. It's not
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  Speaker 1: under here. Bird! Now, the little squirrel has been jumping
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  Speaker 1: around in the illustrations, and he's jumped on top of
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  Speaker 1: a yellow birdhouse. and he's looked into the hole and
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  Speaker 1: is trying to find his friend, Bird. Bird says, What
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  Speaker 1: is the matter? Someone stole my leaf! Your leaf? said
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  Speaker 1: the bird. Yes, one of my leaves is missing. My
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  Speaker 1: leaf looked a lot like that one, the one Mouse has.
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  Speaker 1: That is not your leaf, squirrel. But how can you
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  Speaker 1: be sure, mouse? Mouse, did you steal my leaf? No,
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  Speaker 1: this is my boat. So the illustration here shows a
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  Speaker 1: little mouse down in a puddle on the ground sitting
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  Speaker 1: inside an orange leaf. the bird says. See, squirrel, it
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  Speaker 1: is perfectly normal to lose a leaf or two at
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  Speaker 1: this time of year, okay? Okay, thanks, bird. See you tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: The next morning. Oh, no, this is bad. Bird! What
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  Speaker 1: is the matter this time? said bird. More leaves have
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  Speaker 1: been stolen. Excuse me, woodpecker, are those my leaves? No,
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  Speaker 1: they are my leaves, squirrel. I spent ages collecting them.
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  Speaker 1: The illustration shows the little panic-stricken squirrel talking to the woodpecker,
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  Speaker 1: who is filling a hole in the tree with leaves.
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  Speaker 1: No one is taking your leaves, squirrel. This happened last year. Maybe,
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  Speaker 1: said the squirrel. Why don't you go back to your
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  Speaker 1: nest and try to relax? Okay, bird. Try to relax.
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  Speaker 1: That's what I'll do. The illustration shows Squirrel standing in
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  Speaker 1: front of a little tiny television, trying to do some exercises.
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  Speaker 1: And then he's inside a bathtub, and he says to himself,
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  Speaker 1: Breathe in. And out. Just relax. And it's nighttime around
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  Speaker 1: the squirrel. The following morning. This is a disaster! Bird! Bird,
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  Speaker 1: where are you, bird? I'm here, squirrel. Wait a minute.
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  Speaker 1: Are you the leaf thief? No, squirrel. I am not
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  Speaker 1: the leaf thief. thief. I will show you the leaf thief. What?
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  Speaker 1: Where are they? Because I've got a few things to
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  Speaker 1: say to them. Bird and squirrel are now climbing up
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  Speaker 1: a ladder. Look around you. The leaf thief is everywhere.
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  Speaker 1: It shakes the trees and rustles the leaves. It even
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  Speaker 1: takes your hat. Do you see the leaf thief squirrel?
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  Speaker 1: The only thief is the wind. This happens every year
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  Speaker 1: in autumn. Every year the leaves change color and the
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  Speaker 1: wind blows them away. They'll grow back again in the spring.
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  Speaker 1: Now I'm going home. Please don't disturb me again. Squirrel
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  Speaker 1: marches away and bird turns and flies away. And squirrel says,
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  Speaker 1: It was just the wind. The leaves change color and
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  Speaker 1: the wind blows them away. Of course, no leaf at all.
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  Speaker 1: Silly me, I'm going to sleep well tonight. The next morning.
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  Speaker 1: The illustration shows that overnight it has snowed. Oh, and
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  Speaker 1: the whole place is white. And the squirrel pokes his
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  Speaker 1: head out of the tree and says, Bird! Someone has
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  Speaker 1: stolen the grass! And the bird just sighs. Now here
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  Speaker 1: at the end of the book, there's a page that
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  Speaker 1: says the real leaf thief. As Squirrel learned, nobody is
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  Speaker 1: really stealing the leaves from the trees. Bird says the
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  Speaker 1: only thief is the wind. But there is more to
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  Speaker 1: it than that. The wind can only blow the leaves
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  Speaker 1: away when the tree has started to shed their leaves.
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  Speaker 1: This happens in the autumn when the temperature drops. marking
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  Speaker 1: the change from summer to winter. Trees look pretty in
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  Speaker 1: the autumn. Before the leaves fall, they turn from green
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  Speaker 1: to all sorts of different colors, red, gold, orange. When
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  Speaker 1: they turn brown, the leaves are ready to fall from
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  Speaker 1: the trees. Not all trees shed their leaves. Only deciduous
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  Speaker 1: trees lose their leaves. Coniferous trees, such as evergreens, keep theirs.
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  Speaker 1: Autumn happens at different times across the world. In the
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  Speaker 1: northern hemisphere, autumn starts in September. In the southern hemisphere,
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  Speaker 1: it starts in March. Autumn isn't just about falling leaves.
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  Speaker 1: Other changes happen too. The daylight hours shorten, and some
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  Speaker 1: birds and butterflies fly to the warmer climates or migrate.
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  Speaker 1: Other animals like bats and bears sleep through the winter.
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  Speaker 1: or hibernate. Squirrels don't hibernate, but they do begin to
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  Speaker 1: sleep a lot more. They also store nuts and other
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  Speaker 1: food for the colder months ahead. And now let's read
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  Speaker 1: another book. The title is simply Autumn Leaves. This book
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  Speaker 1: was written by Ken Robbins, published by Scholastic Press in 1998.
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  Speaker 1: Autumn is a time to look closely at leaves. In
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  Speaker 1: spring and summer, the leaves on most trees are green.
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  Speaker 1: But in autumn, those green leaves turn different colors and
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  Speaker 1: fall to the ground. Some leaves just dry up and
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  Speaker 1: turn a dull brown, while others are colors that are
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  Speaker 1: brilliant and bold. Orange, yellow, red, purple, and gold, painting
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  Speaker 1: the landscape and changing the world. The leaves of most
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  Speaker 1: trees are flat and thin. Most are connected to the
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  Speaker 1: tree by a stem. All leaves have veins. The veins
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  Speaker 1: of some leaves are quite easy to see. Some leaves
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  Speaker 1: are shiny. Some are dull. Some have shapes that are simple.
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  Speaker 1: Some have shapes that are not. Sometimes lots of leaflets
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  Speaker 1: make up a leaf. illustration here shows all kinds of
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  Speaker 1: leaves of all these different shapes and sizes. Some are big,
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  Speaker 1: some are small, some are narrow, and some are wide.
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  Speaker 1: Some leaves are not the same on their right and
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  Speaker 1: left sides. Others have edges that are jagged or edges
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  Speaker 1: that are smooth. Leaves are different on each different tree.
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  Speaker 1: Look at them carefully and see what you see. The
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  Speaker 1: smoke tree. The smoke tree's leaves are shaped like paddles.
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  Speaker 1: The stalks of its flowers are so thin and fine
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  Speaker 1: that from a distance they look like smoke. Birch. The
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  Speaker 1: bark of a gray birch is white and smooth and
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  Speaker 1: shines like silver when it catches the light. Birch leaves
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  Speaker 1: have jagged edges. Ginkgo trees grew in prehistoric times. Dinosaurs
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  Speaker 1: once ate their fan-shaped leaves. The photograph here shows a
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  Speaker 1: beautiful ginkgo tree in the autumn time. Its leaves are
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  Speaker 1: bright yellow and it shows an individual leaf that looks
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  Speaker 1: like a fan. Linden The leaves of the linden tree
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  Speaker 1: are rather large and shaped like hearts. Sassafras. Several different
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  Speaker 1: shapes of leaves can grow on the branches of one
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  Speaker 1: sassafras tree. Some even look like mittens. Sweet gum. The
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  Speaker 1: leaves of the sweet gum tree are almost always shaped
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  Speaker 1: like stars. The photograph here shows sweet gum leaves. Some
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  Speaker 1: are gold and some are orange, and there's one that
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  Speaker 1: is kind of a mixture of in between, but all
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  Speaker 1: three of these leaves pictured are shaped like a star. Hickory.
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  Speaker 1: There are compound leaves on hickory tree. Five leaflets or
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  Speaker 1: more make up the leaf. Red oak. Oak trees have
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  Speaker 1: pointed leaves. Oak trees come in many different forms, but
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  Speaker 1: they all make acorns in the fall. Fern leaf beech.
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  Speaker 1: The fern leaf beech has smooth gray bark. Its leaves,
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  Speaker 1: when they're dry, look like little question marks. Cherry. Cherry.
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  Speaker 1: Cherries are the fruit of the cherry tree. Some are sour,
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  Speaker 1: some are sweet. Cherry tree leaves are shinier on one
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  Speaker 1: side than they are on the other. Dogwood. The dogwood
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  Speaker 1: tree has beautiful flowers in the early spring. The pretty
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  Speaker 1: dogwood leaves are like ovals with points. Yellow poplar. The
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  Speaker 1: yellow poplar is also called the tulip tree. The leaves
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  Speaker 1: look a little like a tulip flower. Maple Maple trees
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  Speaker 1: often have the brightest and most colorful leaves of all
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  Speaker 1: the trees in the fall. Here there's a photograph of
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  Speaker 1: a beautiful maple tree with golden leaves stretching high toward
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  Speaker 1: the sky. Green leaves make food out of something as
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  Speaker 1: slight as carbon dioxide and water and light. Green leaves
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  Speaker 1: make a kind of sugar to help the trees grow.
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  Speaker 1: It's made from water and light in a part of
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  Speaker 1: the air called carbon dioxide. There's a proper word for this, photosynthesis.
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  Speaker 1: There are special scientific words for the chemicals that give
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  Speaker 1: leaves their color. It's chlorophyll that makes them green. The
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  Speaker 1: yellow is xanthophyll. The orange is carotene. The reds and
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  Speaker 1: purples are anthocyanin. And brown is the result of something
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  Speaker 1: called tannin. When photosynthesis stops in fall, the green part
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  Speaker 1: of the leaves dries up and dies. When we start
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  Speaker 1: to see the amazing colors, the yellows and golds, then
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  Speaker 1: that were there all the time. And sometimes a bit
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  Speaker 1: of sugar gets left in the leaf when it dies.
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  Speaker 1: That turns the leaf purple or red for a while.
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  Speaker 1: Sooner or later, all those colors fade to brown. Eventually,
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  Speaker 1: the base of the stem, where the leaf is attached
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  Speaker 1: to the tree, grows brittle. When the wind blows even
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  Speaker 1: a little, the leaf breaks off and flutters through the
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  Speaker 1: air to the ground. And before you know it, all
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  Speaker 1: the leaves are down and the trees are bare. And
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  Speaker 1: here at the end of the book shows a large
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  Speaker 1: tree with its bare branches because all the leaves have
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  Speaker 1: fallen to the ground in the autumn. And now let's
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  Speaker 1: read a book called Busy Animals, Learning About Animals in Autumn.
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  Speaker 1: This book was written by Lisa Ballard and illustrated by
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  Speaker 1: Nadine Tavallarian. It was published by Picture Window Books in 2011.
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  Speaker 1: A young girl and a man are standing outside. And
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  Speaker 1: this man says, zip up, Laura. And she answers back,
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  Speaker 1: it's chilly today. Summer's warm days have gone. The air
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  Speaker 1: is cool. Autumn has come. During fall, animals get ready
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  Speaker 1: for winter's cold. Rabbits and deer grow thicker fur. The
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  Speaker 1: man now says, see the rabbit's coat? And the young
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  Speaker 1: girl says, it looks as warm as mine. And there
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  Speaker 1: they're standing in the forest looking back at a small rabbit.
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  Speaker 1: Animals such as frogs eat a lot in the fall.
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  Speaker 1: The extra food adds body fat. Animals live off the
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  Speaker 1: fat during the winter. That's when meals are hard to find.
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  Speaker 1: Man says frogs like munching on juicy bugs. And the
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  Speaker 1: girl says, ooh, yuck. But they're standing on the bank
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  Speaker 1: of a pond watching the frogs munch away. Tree squirrels
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  Speaker 1: gather nuts and acorns. Then they bury or hide the
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  Speaker 1: food for the winter. The young girl is sitting on
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  Speaker 1: the ground talking to the man, and she says, Will
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  Speaker 1: the squirrels find their acorns later? And the man answers,
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  Speaker 1: Not all of them. Some acorns will grow into oak trees.
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  Speaker 1: And they're watching a group of three squirrels as they
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  Speaker 1: gather acorns. and one of the squirrels is climbing up
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  Speaker 1: the tree with it. Honeybees head for their hives on
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  Speaker 1: cool days. The bees gather close together to stay warm.
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  Speaker 1: The girl says, The hive has honey in it, right?
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  Speaker 1: And the man answers, Yes, the bees will eat honey
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  Speaker 1: during the winter. Beavers build lodges in the water. They
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  Speaker 1: use branches and mud to make their homes. The young
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  Speaker 1: girl asks, They use those big teeth like saws. And
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  Speaker 1: the man answers, Yes, and they store branches underwater for
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  Speaker 1: winter snacks. And here we see at a pond some
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  Speaker 1: beavers carefully carrying some sticks all around. Many birds migrate
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  Speaker 1: in fall. They fly to warm places where there is
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  Speaker 1: plenty of food. The young girl says, I wish I
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  Speaker 1: could fly to a warmer place for winter. And the
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  Speaker 1: man answers back, we'll see the birds again in the spring.
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  Speaker 1: And up in the sky they are watching a group
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  Speaker 1: of seagulls. Many other animals migrate too. Monarch butterflies travel
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  Speaker 1: up to 3,000 miles or 4,800 kilometers. And the girl asks,
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  Speaker 1: where do the butterflies go? And the man answers, warm
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  Speaker 1: places like Mexico and California. And they're watching a group
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  Speaker 1: Monarch butterflies fly through the sky. These butterflies are orange
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  Speaker 1: and brown and have tiny white spots around the edges
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  Speaker 1: of their wings. Some animals look for places to hibernate.
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  Speaker 1: Snapping turtles will bury themselves in mud beneath the water.
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  Speaker 1: The man says snapping turtles have strong jaws and the
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  Speaker 1: girl says that one doesn't look very happy. Once again,
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  Speaker 1: they're near the pond, and they're watching a group of
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  Speaker 1: snapping turtles. During the fall, animals are busy getting ready
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  Speaker 1: for winter. The man says, Let's head home. It's getting
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  Speaker 1: cold and dark. And the girl answers back, And the
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  Speaker 1: animals have lots to do. So in the back of
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  Speaker 1: this book, There is a small glossary. That's like a
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  Speaker 1: tiny dictionary. And there are four words. Bury, to hide
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  Speaker 1: in the ground. Hibernate, to spend winter in deep sleep. Lodge,
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  Speaker 1: a beaver's name. Beavers use branches and build to build
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  Speaker 1: mud and branches to build the lodges. migrate to travel
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  Speaker 1: from one place to another when the seasons change. And
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  Speaker 1: now they're giving some information about how you can make
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  Speaker 1: an easy bird feeder. What you need. You need a
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  Speaker 1: three foot long piece of yarn or string, an empty
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  Speaker 1: toilet paper or paper towel tube, some newspaper, a butter knife,
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  Speaker 1: peanut butter or honey, and wild bird seed, available in
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  Speaker 1: bird stores, pet stores, and sometimes in the grocery store.
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  Speaker 1: What you do. Pull the piece of yarn or string
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  Speaker 1: through the hole in the tube. Each end of the
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  Speaker 1: tube should have a bit of string hanging out. Cover
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  Speaker 1: your table with newspaper. Using the butter knife, coat the
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  Speaker 1: tube with a thin, layer of peanut butter or honey.
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  Speaker 1: Spread bird seed on the newspaper and then roll the
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  Speaker 1: sticky tube in the bird seed. Tie the yarn or
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  Speaker 1: string around the branch of a tree and you have
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  Speaker 1: an easy bird feeder. And now we'll read part of
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  Speaker 1: another book called A Field Guide to Autumn. This book
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  Speaker 1: was written by Gabby and illustrated by Dorian Brewers. It
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  Speaker 1: was published by Thames & Hudson in 2024. A Field
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  Speaker 1: Guide to Autumn. Wild by Nature Welcome to Autumn! Let's
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  Speaker 1: learn all about autumn by spending time in the wild.
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  Speaker 1: Because the more you spend time with nature, the better
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  Speaker 1: friends you'll become. You will find that being curious about nature,
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  Speaker 1: creative about nature, and kind to nature, you'll quickly become
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  Speaker 1: a nature expert. There's so much fun to be had
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  Speaker 1: just by playing, talking, asking questions, and getting creative in
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  Speaker 1: the wild. So what are you waiting for? How to
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  Speaker 1: make nature your friend. Be curious. What questions spring to mind?
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  Speaker 1: What do you know? What don't you know? How can
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  Speaker 1: you find out more? Be creative. Take the time to
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  Speaker 1: look closely at nature. What colors, shapes, and patterns do
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  Speaker 1: you notice? What connections can you find? Be kind-hearted. Imagine
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  Speaker 1: the world from a bug's point of view or a bird's.
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  Speaker 1: How old is the tree and what has it seen?
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  Speaker 1: If you were a flower, would you want to be picked?
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  Speaker 1: So learn, discover more about nature. Feel, how do you
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  Speaker 1: feel in nature? And be, be a part of nature.
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  Speaker 1: Sensing Autumn Noticing Nature's Changes The colorful signs of autumn
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  Speaker 1: seem to appear almost overnight. Suddenly, greens turn into yellows,
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  Speaker 1: rusty orange-reds, burned caramels, and crispy browns. Go for a
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  Speaker 1: walk and find a tree that is away from noisy
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  Speaker 1: roads and playgrounds. Stand with your back to it. smell.
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  Speaker 1: Close your eyes and take a deep breath. What can
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  Speaker 1: you smell? Listen. Stand very still and listen to the sounds.
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  Speaker 1: What can you hear? Look. What can you see? Touch.
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  Speaker 1: Crouch down and touch the ground. What can you feel? Taste.
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  Speaker 1: Stretch up to the sky and lick your lips. What
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  Speaker 1: can you taste? Whether you live in a busy city
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  Speaker 1: or quiet countryside, you can use your super senses to
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  Speaker 1: spot the changes in nature as they happen. Have you
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  Speaker 1: noticed any of the signs lately? The signs of autumn.
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  Speaker 1: Leaves change color and fall to the ground. Cooler weather
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  Speaker 1: sets in. shorter days and longer nights, misty early mornings,
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  Speaker 1: cobwebs covered in sparkling dewdrops, sweet scents of ripening fruit
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  Speaker 1: fill the air, mushrooms push through the soil, nuts and
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  Speaker 1: seeds scattered all around, busy animals searching for food. On
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  Speaker 1: these pages, There is a picture, a drawing, of a
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  Speaker 1: beautiful tree, and up in the tree are some busy
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  Speaker 1: brown squirrels. Autumn Song A poem to read on a
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  Speaker 1: walk Sleepy-eyed and out of bed, I cross the field
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  Speaker 1: with crunching tread Through bracken green and golden brown Toward
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  Speaker 1: the forest far from town From yellow through to russet flame,
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  Speaker 1: no tree nor leaf looks quite the same. All woven
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  Speaker 1: in a burnished shawl, the crowning copper cloak of fall.
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  Speaker 1: I search beside the muddy track for tender berries, glossy black,
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  Speaker 1: then gather up the juicy dots and tiptoe from the
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  Speaker 1: prickly plots. A sudden burst of fallen fruit collapses. underneath
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  Speaker 1: my boot i sniff a tangy perfumed jumble smells a
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  Speaker 1: bit like apple crumble and looking up at once i
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  Speaker 1: see an old and crooked kind of tree with apples
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  Speaker 1: blushing pinky green as tiny as i've ever seen then
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  Speaker 1: down upon the forest floor a trove of treasures to
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  Speaker 1: explore within the moss across the ground are hidden jewels
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  Speaker 1: to be found A world below that lives and breathes
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  Speaker 1: beneath the drifting pile of leaves. I hunt for mushroom caps,
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  Speaker 1: a penny bun for tea, perhaps. So much to feel,
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  Speaker 1: so much to find, as summer disappears behind. So many sights,
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  Speaker 1: so many smells, entice as autumn's bounty swells. The land
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  Speaker 1: is still, I stop and stare, inhaling cool and misty air.
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  Speaker 1: This living, glowing earth we share is bathed in golden everywhere. Well,
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  Speaker 1: this concludes the story hour for today. Please join us
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  Speaker 1: next time as we'll read more stories, fables, or fairy tales.
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  Speaker 1: And thank you for listening. Stay tuned for continued programming
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  Speaker 1: on Radio Eye.