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10.24.26 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to Radio Eye's Children's Story Hour. As
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  Speaker 1: a reminder, Radio Eye is a reading service intended for
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  Speaker 1: people who are blind or have other disabilities that make
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  Speaker 1: it difficult to read printed material. Today we will be
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  Speaker 1: reading from various books on Halloween. Your reader today is Diane.
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  Speaker 1: Our first book is called If Animals Trick or Treat It.
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  Speaker 1: It was published by Farr, Strauss, Garros, an imprint of
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  Speaker 1: Macmillan Publishing Group. It has a copyright year of 2022.
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  Speaker 1: The author of the book is Ann Wifert-Paul. If animals trick-or-treated,
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  Speaker 1: Mama and Owlet at the pumpkin stall would first choose
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  Speaker 1: a pumpkin, like Owlet, small. They carved two round eyes
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  Speaker 1: and two pointy ears. Batpup would carve hers with fangs
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  Speaker 1: like spears. Hatchling would... begged Mama Crocodile to carve his
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  Speaker 1: pumpkin a sneery smile. If animals trick-or-treated, then Mama Outlet
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  Speaker 1: would decorate trees with cobwebs, Swiss swashing in the breeze.
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  Speaker 1: Aneater and Pup would shove with their snouts to loop-de-loop
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  Speaker 1: orange and black streamers about. Vulture Chicks would scatter fresh
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  Speaker 1: skeleton bones close to a cluster of old tombstones. If
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  Speaker 1: animals trick-or-treated, Owlet would fly in a super bird cape.
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  Speaker 1: Piglet would waddle in mummy tape. Zebra foal would prance,
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  Speaker 1: prance in a costume of spots. Little leopard would run,
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  Speaker 1: wearing stripes lots and lots. Panther would don a tall
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  Speaker 1: witchy hat and hold paws with her spooky black cub cat.
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  Speaker 1: If animals trick-or-treated, Owlet and friends would knock, knock, knock.
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  Speaker 1: at nests outside dens and under a rock, promising a
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  Speaker 1: trick if they didn't get treats. Parrot would give out
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  Speaker 1: her yummy seed sweets. Armadillo would offer chocolate ants, elephant
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  Speaker 1: candy leafy plants, bear surprise, honey gummy bears, raccoon, his
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  Speaker 1: famous garbage fudge squares. Then stuffed to his beak with
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  Speaker 1: no room for more, Owl would flap flap his wings
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  Speaker 1: and soar. To Mama, under the moon's spooky light, they'd
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  Speaker 1: read scary stories and shiver with fright. But sitting close,
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  Speaker 1: feather to feather, they'd feel brave, cozy together. Our next
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  Speaker 1: story is called How to Spook a Ghost. It was
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  Speaker 1: published by Sky Pony Press Books. It has a copyright
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  Speaker 1: year of 2023. The author of the book is Sue Fleiss.
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  Speaker 1: Each October 31st, as day turns into night, kids wear costumes, makeup, masks.
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  Speaker 1: It's really quite a sight. This fun day is Halloween.
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  Speaker 1: It happens once a year, a time when wizards, fairies, pirates, ghouls,
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  Speaker 1: and ghosts appear. House by house, they ring or knock
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  Speaker 1: and then shout, trick or treat, hoping they'll fill up
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  Speaker 1: their bags with lots of sweets to eat. So gather
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  Speaker 1: with your friends and think of what you'll want to be. Superhero, dinosaur,
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  Speaker 1: perhaps a bumblebee, mermaids, knights, or princesses, a pumpkin or
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  Speaker 1: a cat, or maybe something spooky like a monster or
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  Speaker 1: a bat. Do you hear strange noises? Are they coming
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  Speaker 1: from up there? Clangs and creaks and bands and squeaks.
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  Speaker 1: They give you quite a scare. Would you have the
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  Speaker 1: courage then? To look around the house? Maybe it's a
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  Speaker 1: squeaky floorboard. Maybe it's a mouse. What if we find
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  Speaker 1: something spooky? Then what will we do? We should figure
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  Speaker 1: out a way for us to spook it, too. So
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  Speaker 1: talk about your good ideas, then come up with a plan.
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  Speaker 1: You'll want to be as filthy and scary as you can.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go make some costumes now. We'll need a good disguise.
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  Speaker 1: A sneak attack will only work if it's a true surprise.
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  Speaker 1: You'll get started right away to get your costumes done
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  Speaker 1: by following instructions here, beginning with step one. Find an
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  Speaker 1: extra piece of fabric or a tattered sheet. Have a
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  Speaker 1: partner drape it from your head down to your feet.
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  Speaker 1: Do you want a costume that completely hides your head?
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  Speaker 1: Or perhaps you cut a hole and poke it through instead.
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  Speaker 1: Trace the circle all around the bottom of your neck.
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  Speaker 1: Cut along the circle. Is it big enough? Let's check.
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  Speaker 1: If you choose to cover up, then just make holes
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  Speaker 1: to see. Whatever you decide, you'll look as spooky as
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  Speaker 1: can be. Then trim around the bottom to remove the
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  Speaker 1: excess sheet. Make an ankle length so that you only
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  Speaker 1: show your feet. Time to get your costumes on and
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  Speaker 1: find your bravery. You've transformed from kid to ghost. Okay, friends,
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  Speaker 1: follow me. If we find a scary thing, we'll stomp
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  Speaker 1: our feet and roar. Holding hands, you tiptoe. up and
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  Speaker 1: hide behind the door but when it's time to jump
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  Speaker 1: out you forgot what you should do because you see
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  Speaker 1: a floating figure staring back at you it's a tiny
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  Speaker 1: ghost you shout then turn to run away oh no
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  Speaker 1: he says I didn't mean to scare you off please
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  Speaker 1: stay I only heard you having fun and wish that
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  Speaker 1: we could meet maybe I could go along with you
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  Speaker 1: to trick or treat you see he isn't scary now
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  Speaker 1: in fact he's cute and kind Sure, you say. We
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't want to leave someone behind. The ghost replies, Oh,
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  Speaker 1: thank you. This is such a dream come true. And
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  Speaker 1: hopefully you all can see that I'm a lot like you.
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  Speaker 1: Now this ghostly group of friends is ready for some fun.
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  Speaker 1: And just like all the candy, there is enough for everyone.
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  Speaker 1: Halloween Spooky History Halloween began about 2,000 years ago, but
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  Speaker 1: it looked very different than the Halloween we know today. Celts,
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  Speaker 1: the people who lived in Great Britain, Ireland, and northern France,
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  Speaker 1: considered October 31st to be the last day of the year.
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  Speaker 1: To thank the sun for their harvest, every household put
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  Speaker 1: out the fire it had used for warmth and cooking
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  Speaker 1: during the year. Priests called druids lit big bonfires in
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  Speaker 1: the hills, and each house would take embers from one
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  Speaker 1: of the bonfires to start a new fire. They believed
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  Speaker 1: the new fires would protect them from the ghosts of
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  Speaker 1: the people who had died the year before. They thought
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  Speaker 1: those ghosts came back with elves, fairies, and scary creatures.
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  Speaker 1: Some Celts wore costumes and masks to help scare away
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  Speaker 1: spirits or so the evil spirits wouldn't know who they were.
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  Speaker 1: Years later, when Christianity became the main religion, Christian leaders
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  Speaker 1: named November 1st All Saints Day or All Hallows Day
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  Speaker 1: to remember and honor people who had died. The night
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  Speaker 1: before was called All Hallows Eve, and that name became Halloween.
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  Speaker 1: Even though the Christians introduced them to new beliefs, many
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  Speaker 1: still believe that the ghosts and spirits wandered around on
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  Speaker 1: October 31st. Let's trick or treat. In parts of England,
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  Speaker 1: on November 2nd, people went from house to house asking
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  Speaker 1: for treats, specifically current buns called soul cakes. That was
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  Speaker 1: the treat, but where did the trick part come in?
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes these groups of people caused mischief or played tricks
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  Speaker 1: and pranks, so they wore masks to disguise themselves. pumpkin carving.
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  Speaker 1: Instead of using regular lanterns when they walked around, many
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  Speaker 1: carved faces on large turnips and potatoes, then stuck candles inside.
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  Speaker 1: A story from Ireland tells of a ghost called Stingy
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  Speaker 1: Jack who carried a carved turnip lantern. Today, we carve
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  Speaker 1: pumpkins and put candles inside. We call them jack-o'-lanterns. How
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  Speaker 1: did Halloween come to America? During the potato famine in
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  Speaker 1: Ireland in the 1840s, Thousands of Irish people fledged the
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  Speaker 1: United States for a fresh start. They brought many traditions
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  Speaker 1: with them, including Halloween. Today, children carve pumpkins, wear masks, makeup,
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  Speaker 1: and costumes, and go from house to house asking for
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  Speaker 1: candy by saying, trick or treat. Our next book is
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  Speaker 1: titled Clifford's Halloween, and it was published by Scholastic Incorporated.
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  Speaker 1: It has a copyright year. of 1986, and it was
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  Speaker 1: written by Norman Bridwell. I'm Emily Elizabeth. Today is the holiday.
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  Speaker 1: It's my favorite day of the year. This is my
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  Speaker 1: dog Clifford. Today is his favorite day too. The big
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  Speaker 1: red dog like Clifford every day is fun, but holidays
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  Speaker 1: are the most fun of all. At Christmas, Clifford makes
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  Speaker 1: a very good Santa. He already has a red coat.
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  Speaker 1: And on New Year's Eve, we stay up until midnight
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  Speaker 1: so Clifford can blow the New Year's horn. Happy New Year.
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  Speaker 1: On Valentine's Day, Clifford is my favorite Valentine, and you
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  Speaker 1: should see Clifford on Easter. He makes a wonderful Easter bunny.
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  Speaker 1: On April Fool's Day, Clifford never plays tricks on anyone,
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  Speaker 1: and no one plays tricks on Clifford. On Thanksgiving, Clifford
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  Speaker 1: gets a great big turkey, but today is the best
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  Speaker 1: holiday of all, Halloween. Last year, we had a big
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  Speaker 1: Halloween party. I dressed as a pirate, but I didn't
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  Speaker 1: know how to dress Clifford. Daddy thought Clifford would make
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  Speaker 1: a good devil. I wanted him to be a clown
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  Speaker 1: or maybe a witch, but Clifford wanted to be a ghost.
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  Speaker 1: When the children came to the party, nobody could guess
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  Speaker 1: who the big ghost really was. We had fun. We
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  Speaker 1: bobbed for apples. Clifford wanted to play too. We played
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  Speaker 1: another game with apples. Clifford won that game. Then Mommy
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  Speaker 1: told us a ghost story, but we weren't afraid. We
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  Speaker 1: had the biggest ghost on our street taking care of us.
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  Speaker 1: After the party, Clifford and I went trick-or-treating. We didn't
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  Speaker 1: have much luck, but we didn't mind. It was time
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  Speaker 1: to go to bed anyhow. Halloween was over. And now
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  Speaker 1: Halloween has come again. I'm not going to be a
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  Speaker 1: pirate this year. I'm going to be a fairy princess.
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  Speaker 1: But what should Clifford be? A zebra? A knight? What
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  Speaker 1: do you suggest? Our next book is titled Dr. Seuss's
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  Speaker 1: Horton Hears a Boo. And it was published by Random
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  Speaker 1: House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House. It
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  Speaker 1: has a copyright year of 2023. The author of the
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  Speaker 1: book is Wade Bradford, which is based on the book
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  Speaker 1: Horton Hears the Who by Dr. Seuss. In the jungle
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  Speaker 1: of Newell near the globe. Bug Lagoon. In the hush
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  Speaker 1: of the night, neath the October moon, he was counting
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  Speaker 1: the stars. There were more than a few when Horton
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  Speaker 1: the Elfin heard a strange BOOM! The sound started with Horton.
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  Speaker 1: It gave him a scare. He climbed up a tree
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  Speaker 1: and asked, Who are you? Where? Then his friend Kangaroo
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  Speaker 1: came hop-hopping along. Well, hello up there, Horton. Is anything wrong?
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  Speaker 1: The young kangaroo in her pouch said, Absurd! When Horton
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  Speaker 1: explained what It was that he heard. Then it happened again.
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  Speaker 1: A mysterious boo. It started out soft and then slowly
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  Speaker 1: it grew. And the kangaroos jumped 14 feet off the
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  Speaker 1: ground upon hearing that ear-tickling, fear-prickling sound. Boo! Could that boo,
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  Speaker 1: whispered Horton, be a blurp in the bog or a
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  Speaker 1: triple-eyed bat flying out of the fog? Or perhaps it's
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  Speaker 1: a trick by the Wickersham Brothers. Those three have been
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  Speaker 1: known to enjoy spooking others, said Kangaroo softly, still shaking
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  Speaker 1: in fear. It's not us, said the monkeys. We're hiding
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  Speaker 1: up here. We were romping about in the caverns of goo,
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  Speaker 1: spending time in the slime, as so often we do,
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  Speaker 1: when we spotted a shadow that made our fur crawl,
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  Speaker 1: for the creature who made it is twenty feet tall.
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  Speaker 1: It had antlers and claws and two nails, maybe more.
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  Speaker 1: We have never seen anything like it before. When that
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  Speaker 1: shadow cried, boo, we were scared. Yes, it's true. And
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  Speaker 1: so now we'll live here in this treetop with you.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe not, Horton said, now beginning to doubt. What on
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  Speaker 1: earth could this creature be booing about? Yes, it could
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  Speaker 1: be a trick or it might be a warning. But
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  Speaker 1: that doesn't mean we stay up here till morning. It
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  Speaker 1: could be a creature from a faraway land. If we
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  Speaker 1: never find out, then we won't understand. Horton climbed down
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  Speaker 1: the tree and tiptoed to the cave for his friends
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  Speaker 1: followed suit, trying hard to be brave. Then a sound
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  Speaker 1: echoed forth from the caverns of goo and the sound
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  Speaker 1: wasn't small, but a big booming boo. The young kangaroo
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  Speaker 1: quickly covered his ears, hugging Horton so tightly it brought
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  Speaker 1: him to tears. It's not nice to say boo. You
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  Speaker 1: ought to remind him. The monkeys told Horton while they
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  Speaker 1: hid behind him. Horton opened his ears, which were big
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  Speaker 1: and quite keen, and the noise that he heard wasn't
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  Speaker 1: spooky or mean. Yes, he heard the word boo. That
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  Speaker 1: was perfectly true. But he listened some more, and he
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  Speaker 1: heard a boo-hoo.' Twas a lost little hoo, so incredibly small,
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  Speaker 1: without help from a lens. You not see him at all.
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  Speaker 1: And they clung to the leaf of basil nut flower,
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  Speaker 1: a plant which to them seemed as tall as a tower.
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  Speaker 1: My goodness, said Horton, what's wrong, little one? Crying all
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  Speaker 1: by yourself doesn't seem like much fun. We all thought
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  Speaker 1: your booze were intended to scare us, but now we
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  Speaker 1: found you, we feel quite embarrassed. Horton's friends gathered around
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  Speaker 1: all looking astounded and also relieved that their fears were unfounded.
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  Speaker 1: Had they been so afraid of the small who? Why,
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  Speaker 1: how can we help, asked the young kangaroo. Will you
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  Speaker 1: carry me home, the who asked, pretty pleased. I was
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  Speaker 1: wished from my house by a mouse with a sneeze.
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  Speaker 1: Then a breeze made it worse and the wind sent
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  Speaker 1: me flying. I crash landed here and I haven't stopped crying.
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  Speaker 1: If you bring me back home, my boo-hooing is over.
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  Speaker 1: The elephant smiled. I know just the right clover. Some
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  Speaker 1: things may sound spooky the first time you hear them,
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  Speaker 1: but that doesn't mean you continue to fear them. If
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  Speaker 1: you listen to folks all the way to the end,
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  Speaker 1: You might meet a who who becomes a new friend.
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  Speaker 1: Our next book is titled Pumpkin Heads and it was
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  Speaker 1: published by Charles Fridge and it has a copyright year
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  Speaker 1: of 2000. It was written by Wendell Minor. October is here.
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  Speaker 1: It's time to pick a pumpkin. On Halloween, every pumpkin
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  Speaker 1: becomes a pumpkin head. Some are big Some are small.
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  Speaker 1: Some may float high in the sky. Some peek from
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  Speaker 1: windows and some go for a hayride. A pumpkin head
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  Speaker 1: might pretend to be a cowboy or a snowman or
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  Speaker 1: a witch. Some pumpkin heads greet trick-or-treaters and some scare crows.
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  Speaker 1: Pumpkin heads can be found in the strangest places. But
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  Speaker 1: no matter where you find them, pumpkin heads of all
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  Speaker 1: shapes and sizes wish you a happy Halloween. Her next
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  Speaker 1: story is called Pug and Pig Trick or Treat. And
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  Speaker 1: it was published by Beach Lane Books, an imprint of
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  Speaker 1: Simon & Schuster's Children's Publishing Division. It has a copyright
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  Speaker 1: year of 2017. The author is Sue Logallion. This is
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  Speaker 1: Pug and Pig's home. This is Pug and Pig's scarecrow.
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  Speaker 1: These are Pug and Pig's pumpkins. And those are Pug
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  Speaker 1: and Pig's costumes. Pig likes the snug fit of her costume.
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  Speaker 1: She likes how her bones glow in the dark. She
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  Speaker 1: likes the mask that covers her face. Will anyone know
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  Speaker 1: who she is? Pig likes her costume very much. But
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  Speaker 1: Pug does not like his costume at all. His insides
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  Speaker 1: feel squished. His outsides feel squashed. He does not like
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  Speaker 1: the mask that covers his face. No one will know
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  Speaker 1: who he is. Pug does not like his costume until
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  Speaker 1: it is scattered all over the yard. Tonight is Halloween.
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  Speaker 1: This is Pig in costume. And this is Pug not
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  Speaker 1: in costume. Pug does not care about Halloween anymore. But
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  Speaker 1: someone else does. Who will answer the door with Pig?
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  Speaker 1: Who will trick-or-treat with Pig? Who will go to the
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  Speaker 1: Halloween party and eat tasty tidbits with Pig? Pug gets
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  Speaker 1: an idea. His idea in the muddy corner of the backyard. Splat! Why,
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  Speaker 1: who is this? Perhaps it is Pig's shadow. Look, Piggy
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  Speaker 1: answers the door with her shadow. Pig goes trick-or-treating with
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  Speaker 1: her shadow. Pig goes to the Halloween party and eats
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  Speaker 1: tasty tidbits with her shadow. Pig likes Halloween. And so
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  Speaker 1: does Pug. Our next story is titled, Murray's Halloween. And
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  Speaker 1: it was published by Abrams Books for Young Readers and
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  Speaker 1: in print of Abrams. Here's a copyright year of 2025.
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  Speaker 1: The author of the book is Gerald Kelly. Murray was
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  Speaker 1: a very good boy. He loved his home, the smells,
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  Speaker 1: the sounds, the hydrants, everything, which is why he wasn't
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  Speaker 1: looking forward to what was about to happen, a road trip.
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  Speaker 1: They were going to some awful place called the country.
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  Speaker 1: Murray wanted no part of it. It didn't sound like
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  Speaker 1: the city. It didn't smell like the city. He wasn't impressed.
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  Speaker 1: Nana and Grandpa's house was filled with all manner of
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  Speaker 1: odd and scary things. He crunched on the person made
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  Speaker 1: of dog treats. He munched the vegetables with frightening faces.
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  Speaker 1: He barked at the birds. He shook the sheets. As
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  Speaker 1: it turned out, Nina and Grandpa's house wasn't the only
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  Speaker 1: place overflowing with strangeness. At least they had a park
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  Speaker 1: like back home. But why is it filled with vegetables?
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  Speaker 1: Enough was enough. He was over the country. So Iona
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  Speaker 1: decided to show Murray what she loved about it. Sharing
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  Speaker 1: Grandpa's popcorn, the smell of Nina's fresh caramel goodies, Treats
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  Speaker 1: on trees and how to enjoy the spookiest night of
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  Speaker 1: the year. Country style. Get free treats when you ring
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  Speaker 1: the doorbell. Murray was on board. When the trick-or-treating was over,
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  Speaker 1: Winona shared something with him that he never saw in
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  Speaker 1: the city. Oh. Perhaps the country wasn't so bad after all.
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  Speaker 1: Our next book is titled Bears and Boos, and it
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  Speaker 1: was published by Candlewick Press. It has a copyright year
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  Speaker 1: of 2020. here in a toe halloween costumes are waiting
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  Speaker 1: there hats capes and bats where are the bears here
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  Speaker 1: they come shouting with glee it's halloween what can we
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  Speaker 1: be look fuzzy pull out a golden gown yellow spice
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  Speaker 1: treasure farther down here's a wizard's hat for calico in
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  Speaker 1: a magic wand Just see it glow. The small bear shouts,
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  Speaker 1: I need this, I want that. Let me have that
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  Speaker 1: pirate hat. Oops, too many bears pay too little mind.
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  Speaker 1: Floppy's knocked on her furry behind. Big brown bear asks,
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  Speaker 1: won't anything do? Floppy says, I'll wait until everyone's through.
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  Speaker 1: Oh no, the bears tumble out to try on their stash.
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  Speaker 1: But all Floppy finds is a crumbled up sash. Fuzzy
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  Speaker 1: Bear offers the golden gown. We're sorry that we knocked
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  Speaker 1: you down. You can have my wand, says Calico. Yellow
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  Speaker 1: offers a necklace with a silvery glow. Big Bear's jeweled
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  Speaker 1: belt won't fit the golden gown, so he curls into
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  Speaker 1: a glittering crown. Ta-da! Now Floppy is ready for Halloween.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks to my friends, I'm the holiday queen. Big Brown
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  Speaker 1: Bear says, time for a parade. Floppy leads them all
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  Speaker 1: in the costumes they've made. Yellow wears an eyepatch and
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  Speaker 1: a pirate hat. Calico waves a furry toy bat. Fuzzy
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  Speaker 1: whirls a lasso like a real cowgirl. Big Super Bear
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  Speaker 1: gives his cape a swirl. Their costumes look great and
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  Speaker 1: their smiles do too. The bears shout together, it's Halloween, boo!
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  Speaker 1: When the bears all share, the bears all win. Let
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  Speaker 1: the Halloween celebration begin. Our next book is titled Happy Halloween,
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  Speaker 1: Stinky Face. And it was published by Cartwell Books of
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  Speaker 1: Scholastic Incorporated. It has a copyright year of 2007. The
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  Speaker 1: author is Lisa McCourt. It's time to get your costume on,
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  Speaker 1: Stinky Face, said Mama. But I had a question. Mama,
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  Speaker 1: what if Mrs. Petrie... Doesn't know it's really just me
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  Speaker 1: and my friends at the door. What if she gets
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  Speaker 1: so surprised from our super scary costumes that she throws
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  Speaker 1: her candy bowl up and it lands on her head
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  Speaker 1: and candy spills all over? If Mrs. Petra gets scared,
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  Speaker 1: you'll have to show her what a nice trick-or-treater you are.
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  Speaker 1: If you say please and thank you and help her
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  Speaker 1: pick up the candy, she'll know you're not too terrible.
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  Speaker 1: But Mama, but Mama, what if Reese's butterfly costume turns
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  Speaker 1: her into a real butterfly and the big wings flap
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  Speaker 1: flap her right into the sky? That would be awesome.
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  Speaker 1: She'd get a great view of all her friends in
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  Speaker 1: the neighborhood costume parade. But Mama, she won't be able
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  Speaker 1: to ring any doorbells if she's flying up in the air.
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  Speaker 1: How will she trick or treat? If Reese's costume turns
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  Speaker 1: her into a real butterfly, I bet she'll flutter down
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  Speaker 1: to door level to trick-or-treat with you. Reese loves candy,
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  Speaker 1: you know. But Mama, but Mama, Jack and Anderson are pirates.
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  Speaker 1: What if they can't see so well with those eye
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  Speaker 1: patches on and they run into each other and their
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  Speaker 1: hooks get all caught together? Oh, if that happens, then
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  Speaker 1: Alex the Magician will have to wave his magic wand
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  Speaker 1: to get the pirates all unstuck. Brian is going to
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  Speaker 1: be a lion, Mama. Lions are really fast. What if
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  Speaker 1: he runs so fast that we can't keep up with
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  Speaker 1: him to trick-or-treat together? Well, isn't Ryan going to be
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  Speaker 1: a football player? Football players run very fast, too. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: he'll catch up and ask the lion to wait for everyone.
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  Speaker 1: But Mama, Allie is going to be a witch and
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  Speaker 1: collect candy in her black cauldron. With the magic, cauldron
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  Speaker 1: boils our candy into a goopy, oozy river of candy soup.
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  Speaker 1: If that kind of magic happens, we'll all blow on
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  Speaker 1: Allie's cauldron of candy soup to help her cool it off.
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  Speaker 1: Then we'll give her a big twisty straw so she
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  Speaker 1: can slurp her candy right up. Okay, Mama, that's a
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  Speaker 1: good idea. But what if Lily, Kate, who is Black Cat,
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  Speaker 1: gets her long tail stuck in the door of one
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  Speaker 1: of the houses? firefighters are good at rescuing cats maybe
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  Speaker 1: jordan could save her since he's a firefighter this year
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  Speaker 1: but mama but mama what if the candle in our
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  Speaker 1: jack-o'-lantern blows out what if we accidentally walk into some
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  Speaker 1: big sticky cobwebs and get all tangled up what if
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  Speaker 1: my teeth get stuck in my caramel apple and i
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  Speaker 1: can't get my face loose what if lots of bats
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  Speaker 1: come swoop down at us in the dark Lucky for you,
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  Speaker 1: Nicholas and Ethan are superheroes. And I'm pretty sure superheroes
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  Speaker 1: have powers to fix all those problems. So stinky face,
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  Speaker 1: let's go have some Halloween fun, okay? Maybe I should
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  Speaker 1: be a superhero too. Or maybe a gorilla. Or maybe
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  Speaker 1: a monster. Or, or, I hear your friends coming now.
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  Speaker 1: How about this year we stick with your ghost costume
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  Speaker 1: and we'll start worrying first thing tomorrow about what you'll
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  Speaker 1: be next year. Okay, happy Halloween, Mama. Happy Halloween, my goofy, spooky,
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  Speaker 1: stinky face. This concludes the Children's Story Hour for today.
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  Speaker 1: Please join us next time as we will bring you
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  Speaker 1: more stories, fables, and fairy tales. Thank you for listening
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  Speaker 1: and please stay tuned for Lexington Herald Leader on Radio Eye.