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3.13.26 - 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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a reminder, RADIOI is a reading service intended for people
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who are blind or have other disabilities that make it
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difficult to read printed materials. Today we will be reading
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from various books about a holiday called Saint Patrick's Day.
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Your reader today is Patty. We're going to start with
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a book that's nonfiction, so that's going to tell us
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some facts about Saint Patrick's Day. And the title is
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Saint Patrick's Day Shamrocks. The author is Mary Brendez and
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the publisher is The Child's World with a publishing date
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of twenty ten. Let's begin meet the shamrock. Green decorations
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are everywhere on Saint Patrick's Day. Look at them closely.
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You will see that many of the decorations are shaped
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like tiny green plants. Each of the leaves on these
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plants has three parts. The parts have rounded edges. What
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are these strange looking plants. They're shamrocks. Shamrocks grow together
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in large groups. They can cover an area of ground
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the same way grass does. There's an illustration here on
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these pages that show a picture of shamrocks. They're very
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bright green and it's a cluster of these shamrocks all together.
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They have the three rounded leaves. Continuing, what are shamrocks?
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Shamrocks are tree foils. That means their leaves have three parts.
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People are not sure exactly what kind of plant shamrocks are.
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Most agree that they are clover plants. Clover plants have
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very short roots. A plant's roots grow in the soil
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and soak up water. Clovers have small, rounded leaves and
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short stems. This makes it easy to tell them apart
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from other plants. Why are shamrocks green? Shamrocks are green.
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They get their color for something called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is
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in almost every part of a plant. It lets plants
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soak up energy from the sun. Plants use this energy
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to make food, and this is called photosynthesis. Chlorophyll and
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shamrocks makes them the perfect color for celebrating Saint Patrick's Day.
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What is Saint Patrick Day? Saint Patrick's Day is a
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holiday that takes place every year on March seventeenth. People
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spend the day celebrating the country of Ireland. They wear
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green clothes to remember the green fields of Ireland. They
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cook Irish food and listen to Irish music. Green shamrocks
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can be seen everywhere. You don't have to be Irish
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to celebrate Saint Patrick's day. It is a lot of
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fun no matter what. Who was Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick
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was born long ago in Britain. He was kidnapped by
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pirates when he was sixteen years old. The pirates sold
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him to work as a slave in Ireland. Patrick was
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very unhappy and missed his family in Britain. He prayed
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that God would help him get free. Saint Patrick is
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an important religious figure. His image can be seen in statues,
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stained glass, and paintings throughout the world. Patrick came back
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home to Britain after having a dream. In the dream,
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God told him about a ship he could use to escape.
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Soon he had another dream. He dreamed that God told
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him the people of Ireland needed him. Patrick went to
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study at a monastery, then he sailed back to Ireland.
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A carving of Saint Patrick's head is on display at
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Chapel Royal in Ireland's Dublin Castle. What did Saint Patrick do?
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Saint Patrick taught the Irish people about God. He preached
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to anyone who would listen. He helped build churches and schools.
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Soon people everywhere began to hear about him. They began
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telling stories about him. These led are still known today.
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There are many different stories about Saint Patrick. That is
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one reason people still remember him today. The legend of
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Saint Patrick and the Shamrock, the best known legend about
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Saint Patrick, involves the shamrock. Patrick's teachers at the monastery
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told him that God was made of three beings. People
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in Ireland did not understand this idea. Patrick told the
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people that God's three parts were like the three parts
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of the shamrocks leaf. The legend of Saint Patrick and
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the shamrock is interesting, but it is not necessarily true shamrocks. Today,
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people see shamrocks as lucky charms. The shamrock is also
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a symbol of Ireland. Its green color reminds people of
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Ireland's green countryside. You might not believe the legend of
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Saint Patrick and the shamrock sam Rock. Shamrocks are still
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cute and colorful though they are fun to decorate with
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on Saint Patrick's Day. Now you know why people use
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shamrocks to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day. And on this final page,
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there's a picture of a young girl who's wearing a
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bright green, sparkly hat, and on the front of the
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hat is a golden shamrock. She must be celebrating Saint
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Patrick's Day. And now let's read a story. So that's fiction.
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It's just a story called the Leprechaun who Lost His Rainbow.
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This book was written by Sean Callahan, illustrated by Nancy Cote,
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and published by A V Two Books in twenty fifteen.
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In the soft drizzle that was falling on Saint Patrick's Day,
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Colleen wished her grandfather good luck. He gave her a
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piece of red licorice, her favorite candy, and then he
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was off to the parade to play the bagpipes. Her
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grandfather had told Colleen that the notes he and his
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band mates played were like colors on the air, colors
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only your ears could see. Playing music is like building
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a rainbow, he said. A little man I once knew
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taught me that. On this page, there's an illustration of
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a town, a street in a town, and along the
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sidewalk are people waiting to see the parade. And in
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this parade there will be a band with bagpipes and
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drums and flutes. On the side of the page. There
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is the grandfather, Colleen's grandfather, talking to her. He's handing
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her the piece of red licorice, and Colleen and her
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little black dog are standing there under her red umbrella.
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It must be raining. And then the bagpipes are on
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the back of the grandfather, and on the grandfather's shoulder
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is a tiny little figure dressed in green with a
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black top hat. And this must be the little fellow
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called Leprechaun. Continuing, her mom and dad were going to
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watch the parade from the window, but Colleen sat on
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the porch under her yellow umbrella. What if it rained
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so much that everyone went home and no one heard
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her grandfather's bagpipes, that would be a shame. His music
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was so beautiful and so sad, it made people smile
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and cry. Once to pass the time, she played a
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song on her green pennywhistle, which had a tiny shamrock
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printed on it. Her grandfather had brought it all the
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way from Ireland. It was her favorite thing in all
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the world, and she never let anyone touch it. When
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she finished the tune, she took a bite of her licorice.
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Just then a little man appeared on the top step.
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It was a leprecaun. I like your pennywhistle. The little
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man said, you play very well. Colleen started to say
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thank you. Then suddenly the leprechaun jumped into the air
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and took the licorice stick right out of her mouth.
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He dropped it into his hat. Thank you, he said,
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I'll be needing that or My name's not Roy g viv.
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It's just the shade of red I'm looking for now.
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The illustration here shows Colleen sitting on the steps with
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her red umbrella and her little black dog is next
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to her, and there's the tiny little man snatching that
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red licorice stick right from her hand, and he puts
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it down into his black top hat while he's jumping
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up into the air, continuing the story. Colleen was shocked.
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What are you doing, She shouted, give me my candy.
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The leprechaun frowned. Your grandfather was much more helpful. You
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know my grandfather, Colleen asked, Yes, we created a rainbow
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together back when he was a boy, Mister bibb explained.
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Colleen was puzzled. Could this be the little man her
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grandfather talked about. Mister bibv looked glum, I've lost my
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rainbow again, and my gold is at the end of it.
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To be a leprechaun in good standing, I must have gold,
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So I need someone's help to build a rainbow. He paused.
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That someone is you. Colleen frowned. Leprechauns were tricky. Everyone
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knew that. Could mister bibv be telling the truth? Let
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me show you something, eleprechaun said, Spin round with a
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hat and watch what happens. She twirled around holding the hat. Suddenly,
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a streak of bright red, just the color of her licorice,
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sprang out of the hat, hung in the air for
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the moment, and then disappeared. Colleen was amazed. Mister Ben said,
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we're starting to make a rainbow. If there's a rainbow,
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the sun will come out to shine on the parade.
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Colleen took a deep breath. What do we do for
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every color? I need something that belongs to you, something red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,
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and violet. Colleen looked around. There was her new orange basketball.
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She hated to give it up, but she tossed it
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into mister Bibb's hat. Immediately, an orange streak shot up.
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She gave him her yellow umbrella yellow curved under the orange.
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Then her blue ribbons went in. A beautiful blue appeared.
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Next to go was her indigo headband, and finally her
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favorite violet scarf. Now there was a rainbow of colors
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coming out of the hat. But something was wrong. Right
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between the yellow and blue, there was an empty space.
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Colleen knew which color was missing. Yes, sweened green. Mister
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Bibb said, I'm not just any green, Colleen. It's a
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very hard color to find, which is why rainbows are
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so rare. It was raining harder, the parade goers were
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starting to leave. Colleen was nervous, what would the leprechaun want.
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The illustration here shows a mother, a mother and three children,
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and she's pushing a baby carriage and it's starting to rain.
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Several of the children have raincoats on, but the mother
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has decided that she's not gonna stand out in the rain,
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so she's leaving the parade area. Continuing, You're going to
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have to make one more sacrifice, lass, Mister Bibb said,
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I'm going to need your penny whistle with the shamrock
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on it. That green is the last perfect collar I
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need for my rainbow. Colleen started to cry. No, she said,
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clutching her precious pennywhistle. My grandfather gave it to me.
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But Colleen, dear, if you give me the penny whistle,
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you and I can make the sun shine on this
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parade and on your grandfather. Mister Bibb, pleading, said pleadingly.
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Colleen held the penny whistle to her lips and blue
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one last sad note, and then drop the penny whistle
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into the leprechaun's hat. In a flash, the rain stopped,
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the sun burst through the clouds, and a rainbow, complete
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with the most beautiful shade of green ever spread across
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the sky. On the illustration here we see the musicians,
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her grandfather with the bagpipes and the drummers, and some
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people holding a banner ready for the parade to begin,
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and the families gathered to watch the parade. And in
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the background is the beautiful rainbow spread across the sky.
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Continuing the parade, goers gazed up in wonder, and Colleen's
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grandfather began to play the bagpipes. The music was so
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beautiful that people smiled and cried at once. Nobody noticed
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that a pot of gold had appeared at the end
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of the rainbow right on Colleen's front lawn. Roy g
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biv dug his hand into the pot of gold and
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pulled out a flute that looked just like Colleen's penny whistle.
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But this wasn't a toy flute. It was a real
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one made of silver, and there was a shamrock on
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it that looked like Colleen's, only this one was made
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of emeralds. Thanks for sharing with me, mister BIVV said
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as he handed Colleen the flute, and with that he
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and his pot of gold were gone. Colleen's grandfather stood
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in front of her. Who was that you were talking with,
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he asked Roy g Biv. She said, he's a leprechaun.
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I thought I recognized him. Her grandfather said, he gave
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me this flute. Grandpa, Ah, tis a nice one, silver,
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just like my bagpipes. What do you say? We play
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a tune? So together they played when Irish Eyes are Smiling,
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The colors danced on air, and here in the final illustration,
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Colleen and her grandfather are playing music together. Her little
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black dog sits beside her. Colleen plays her beautiful new
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silver flute, and the grandfather plays the bagpipes and that's
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the end of this book called the Leprechaun Who Lost
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His Rainbow. And now I have another book to share
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with you so we can learn more about this holiday
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called Saint Patrick's Day. The title of this book is
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simply Saint Patrick's Day. The author is Gail Gibbons. The
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publisher of this book is Holiday House and it was
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published in twenty nineteen. Let's begin. Saint Patrick's Day is
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celebrated each year on March seventeen. The holiday is celebrated
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by the Irish and other people in many parts of
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the world. They honor Saint Patrick, the patron Saint of Ireland.
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Saint Patrick lived many years ago. He was born in
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Britain around the year three hundred eighty and raised in
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a Christian family. His parents didn't name him Patrick. Some
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people believe his name was Maewin. While still a boy,
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he was kidnapped and brought to Ireland, where he was
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made a slave. His captors forced him to herd sheep.
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He prayed that God would help him. Six years later
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he escaped. After finally arriving back in Britain, he lived quietly,
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thought and prayed. He realized what he wanted to do.
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He had dreams of returning to Ireland to teach the
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people about God. He went to France to study religion.
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In the year four hundred thirty two, the head of
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the ca Atholic Church, the Pope, named Patrichius, the Latin
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name for Patrick. He became a priest and then a bishop,
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so he was given the name Patrichius. At last, Bishop
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Patrick's dreams came true. He sailed back to Ireland and
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began preaching. He built churches and schools all over the country.
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People noticed his kind ways. Bishop Patrick spent the rest
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of his life caring for the Irish people. They loved
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this man. People honor Patrick on March seventeenth, because he
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died on that date in the year four hundred and
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sixty one. Later, the Catholic Church made him a saint.
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Saint Patrick Day. Many things are done to celebrate this holiday.
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People go to church to give thanks to Saint Patrick
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for his work in Ireland. People have fun too. They
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dress in green to honor an ancient Irish custom. Hundreds
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of years ago, the people of Ireland burned branches with
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green leaves during the month of March and spread the
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ashes in fields to make them fertile. And green. To
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wear green is to honor Ireland. The Emerald Isle decorations
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are put on doors and windows. Shamrocks appear everywhere. The
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shamrock is a plant that has three leaves and looks
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like clover. It is the symbol of Saint Patrick as
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well as of Ireland. Laprechauns are remembered on Saint Patrick's Day.
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Long ago, some Irish folk believed in these little magic creatures.
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It was if you caught a leprechaun, you could make
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him lead you to a pot of gold. Leprechaun comes
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from the Old Irish word leucorpon, meaning we one. People
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believed they only were as big as your thumb. There
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is the chalaye too. In Ireland. Many years ago there
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was an old oak forest called Chialae. The Irish liked
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to own a sprig of Chiale, a short oak club
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from the forest. Often people decorate Chilea Ley's with green ribbons.
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The harp is one of the oldest musical instruments and
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has been popular with the Irish people since early times.
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It serves as another Saint Patrick's Day decoration. On Saint
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Patrick's Day, people may give cards to their family. People
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also may make cakes or cookies and goodies to share
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with others. Some people give flowers, Others wear green carnations
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or pin shamrocks through their clothes to celebrate the holiday.
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There may be Saint Patrick's Day plays too. Some families
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and friends have quiet times together in remembrance of Saint Patrick.
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Often there are meals to share Saint Patrick's Day. Parties
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are given sometimes, and it is fun to sing Irish songs,
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dance Irish jigs, and play games. In many places there
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are Saint Patrick's Day parades. Flags flutter in the wind,
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Pipers and fiddlers play Irish tunes. There are green hats
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and people in costume and green banners, lots of green.
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The first time Saint Patrick's Day was celebrated in the
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United States was in seventeen thirty seven in Boston. Each year,
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the Irish and many other people love to celebrate Saint
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Patrick's Day. For many people, it is a day of
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worship and for celebration, and if you're not Irish, to
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feel a little bit Irish. Ne hear at the end
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of the book there are some legends about Saint Patrick.
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Saint Patrick and the Snakes is one legend. It is
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said that Saint Patrick got rid of all the snakes
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in Ireland by beating his drum. He frightened them into
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the sea, and today there are no snakes in Ireland.
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Another legend is Saint Patrick and the Poison. Some people
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say that a wizard tried to kill Saint Patrick by
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putting poison in his drink. Saint Patrick quickly turned it
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up into ice and tossed it from his cup. Another
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legend is Saint Patrick and his It is said that
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Saint Patrick had a friend who borrowed his cloak. There
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was a big fire where the friend was staying, but
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he was not hurt because he was wearing Saint Patrick's cloak.
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And the legend of Saint Patrick and the Shamrock. Saint
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Patrick used the shamrock to explain to people about the
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Holy Trinity, one God in three divine beings, the Father,
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the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Growing at his feet
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was a shamrock. He used this plant to explain three
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and one one stem with three leaves. Saint Patrick and
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the fish. Another legend is that each year on March seventeenth,
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fish rise from the sea. They passed before Saint Patrick's
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altar in Ireland and then disappear back into the sea.
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And a legend, the final legend Saint Patrick and the Sunset.
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It is said that the sun didn't set when Saint
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Patrick died, and that it shone in the sky for
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twelve days and nights. And that's the end of this
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book simply called Saint Patrick's Day. And now I think
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I have just enough time to share with you a
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few jokes. These jokes come from a book called Let's
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Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day by Peter and Connie Rupe, illustrated
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by Gwynn Connolly, published by Millbook Press in two thousand
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and three. Here's the first joke. What is green and
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stays outside patty o furniture? What did the leprechaun learn
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in school? The elf a BT alphabet? How can you
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tell if an irishman is having a good time he's
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dublin over with laughter? What's the best month for a parade? March? Knock, knock?
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Who's there? Irish? Irish? Who? Irish? You a happy Saint
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Patrick's Day? Why are potatoes good detectives because they keep
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their eyes peeled? What is raised in Ireland during the
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rainy season? Umbrellas. Who is a famous Irish purple dinosaur? Blarney?
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How are tuna, fish and an Irish harp different? You
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can't tune a fish. When is an Irish potato not
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an Irish potato? When it's a French fry. That's all
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the time we have to day for Children's Story Hour.
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