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3.8.25 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Reali's Children's Story Hour as a
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  Reminder is a reading service intended for people who are
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  blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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  read printed material. Today we will be reading from book
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  of the character Pete the Cat. Your reader today is Diane.
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  Our book is titled five Minute Pete the Cat Stories.
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  It was published by Harper Festival and imprint of Harper
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  Collins Publishers. It has a copyright year of twenty seventeen
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  and the author of the book is James Deen. Pete
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  the Cat Cave Cat, Pete Cave Cat. Pete wakes up early.
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  The sun is shining, the birds are singing. Today is
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  going to be a great day, Pete thinks. But Pete's
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  bed starts to shake. His friend, Vinny the Vello Cripteur
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  is coming to visit. It's a perfect day for a picnic,
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  says Vinny, so excited that he jumps on Pete's bed. What
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  a great idea, says Pete. Who should we invite everyone?
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  Benny yells Finny does not know how to use his
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  inside voice. Right on, says Pete. Pete loves picnics. He
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  jumps out of his bench and invite all of his friends.
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  It's cave cat times, so Pete has to walk everywhere. First,
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  Pete finds his good for an Ethel the appis Tsaurus.
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  To get her attention, Pete climbs all the way up
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  to the top of the tallest tree. Would you like
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  to come to a picnic? Pete asks? I love to,
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  says Ethel. What can I bring? How about a really
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  big salad? Pete suggests, what a great idea, says Ethel.
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  I love salad. I'm on it. Pete wanders along the river.
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  He sees t Rex. T Rex plays guitar. T Rex
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  is awesome, Hey, t Rex. Pete yells, want to come
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  to picnic? Sweet, says t Rex. Can I bring my guitar? Definitely,
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  says Pete. We can jam count me in, says t Rex.
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  Is it okay if I bring al the alice saurs.
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  She's a whiz on the drums. The more the merrier,
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  says Pete. See you later, rock on, they say Pete.
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  Caesar's friend Terry the terrysaurus in the sky. Hi, Pete,
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  she calls. Pete invites Terry to the picnic too. Would
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  you mind giving me a lift? Pete ask sure, says Terry.
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  Climb aboard, Pete sees the spike tail of his main man, Skip,
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  the Staegasaurus. How are you feeling today's Skip? Pete ask?
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  Skip has been sick with the sniffles better, says Skip.
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  Thanks for asking you up for a picnic. I think so,
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  says Skip. I'd hate to miss the fun. It's almost
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  time for the picnic. Cave cat Pete rushes through the forest.
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  He doesn't want to be late. Well, all the dinosaurs
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  talk about if I'm not there, he thinks as he runs. Whoops,
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  Pete trips over Treny, the triceratops. Are you okay? Ask Pete?
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  Am I okay? Ask Trenny. I'm fine, I'm a dinosaur.
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  Are you okay? I'm okay, But I'm running a little.
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  We're playing hide and seek, Trinny says, before Pete can finish.
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  I think I hit a little too well. How long
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  have you been hiding? Asks Pete. What day is it today?
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  As Trenny, Pete thinks Trinny has been playing hide and
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  seek a little too long. It's the day of our picnic,
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  says Pete. All the dinosaurs are going to be there.
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  Want to come do I ever, maybe somebody there will
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  play hide and seek with me, she says. Trinny and
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  Pete head to the picnic together. Pete writes on Trenny's
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  forehead and holds on to her horns. When they arrive
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  at the picnic ground, everyone is there. Benny and Ethel
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  are setting up the picnic tables, t Rex and Al
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  are warming to play some tunes. Terry and Trinny are
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  playing hide and seek. Even Skip seems to be enjoying himself.
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  It doesn't get any better than this, says Pete. T
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  Rex comes over. Then, Hey, Pete, he asks, is there
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  anything else to eat? I'm a corner of ore. I
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  don't eat salad. Trnny comes over. I can't play hide
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  and seek with Terry. Trenny says, she's flying around peeking.
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  Skip comes over. I don't feel so good, he says,
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  and he sneezes. The dinosaurs all start to argue. It
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  is very loud. The picnic will be ruined if Pete
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  doesn't do something. He leans over to Alan says, can
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  you give me a beat? Pete takes out his guitar
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  and starts to sing. Before long, everyone is having a
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  great time. You know, t Rex tells Ethel, I've never
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  actually tried salad before. Try it, says Ethel. I bet
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  you'll like it. T Rex tastes the salad. Crunch crunch,
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  crunch yum, says t Rex. This is delicious. Everyone grabs
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  a plate and digs in. After lunch is over, everyone
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  wants to keep the picnic going a little bit longer.
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  They decide to play hide and seek. Pete is happy
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  that everyone is getting along. He feels lucky to have
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  such great friends. Now he just has to find them.
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  After the game is over, they all cheer. Pete found
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  all the dinosaurs, even Trenny. This is what the best.
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  This was the best picnic ever. Everyone says it was
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  the best picnic because you guys are the best friends ever,
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  Pete says, and no one can argue with that. Pete
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  the Cat at the beach. It's a hot day. Pete
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  the Cat climbs in the car with his mom and
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  his brother Bob. They had snacks, a surfboard, and a
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  beach ball. They're head to the beach. Pete finds the
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  perfect spot in the sand for their blanket. Let's go
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  in the water, Bob says, as soon as they've unpacked.
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  Maybe later, says Pete. He watches as Bob swims out
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  to catch the big waves. Bob likes to serve, Pete
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  likes to watch. It doesn't take long for Pete to
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  get hot singing in the sun. I'm hot, says Pete.
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  Why don't you join your brother in the water? Asks mom?
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  Maybe later, says Pete. He decides to make a sand
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  castle instead. He is hot, but at least he's having fun.
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  His mom helps him build the castle nice and tall.
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  They're just about to put on the finishing touch when
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  his mom said, here comes a big wave. Pete jumps
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  out of the way. Pete's castle is washed away by
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  the wave. Bummer, thinks Pete. He looks out at the
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  water and watches Bob ride a big wave. Wow, says Pete.
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  That looks like fun. Come on, Pete says mom, Let's
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  take a walk. There's lots to see on the beach.
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  They find seashells, tidepools, and a crab. It buries hisself
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  in the sand to stay cool, says mom. Pete wishes
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  he could be cool. He decides to get his feet
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  wet ah thinks Pete. The water does feel pretty good
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  on my hot feet. It's time for lunch. Bob swings
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  in from the ocean to join Pete and his mom.
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  They eat sandwiches and drink cool lemonade. The sun is
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  very strong. Pete is dry and hot, but Bob is
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  wet and cool. It is so fun out there, says Bob.
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  I must have served one hundred waves. After lunch, Pete
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  asks Bob to play catch with him. No thanks, says Bob.
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  I want to. I'll play ball with you, says Pete's mom.
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  They toss the ball back and forth. They get hotter
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  and hotter in the sun. Let's get our feet wet,
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  says mom. Okay, says Pete. But just our feet. The
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  water's cool. It feels good. Pete gets a little brave
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  and goes deeper and deeper into the water. Bob waves
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  to Pete, swim out here so I can teach you
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  how to serve, Bob yells. Pete thinks about saying maybe later,
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  but the water feels so good. Let's do it, he says.
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  Lie on the board, says Bob. Pete lies on the board.
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  Paddle your paws in the water, says Bob. Pete paddles forward,
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  he waits for a big wave. A big wave comes,
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  Pete's wave. Stand up, says Bob. Pete stands up, but
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  he wobbles. It is hard to stand up on the surfboard.
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  Pete falls in the water. It was a little scary,
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  but it did not hurt. He comes back onto the surfboard.
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  Good job, Bob says. But I fell down, says Pete.
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  That's okay, says Bob. You'll stay on next time. Try
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  again later, but Pete doesn't want to wait. Let's try
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  again now, he says. Pete lies down again. He paddles
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  out and waits. Here comes a big wave. He shouts,
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  I know what to do. Pete thinks. He stands up
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  on the board. It's a little easier this time, and
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  he rides the big wave. Wow, says Bob. Way, cool
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  little brother. For the rest of the day, Pete and
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  Bob share the surfboard. It's okay to be afraid, says Bob. Yeah,
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  agrees Pete. It's it, but it is more fun to surf.
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  Pete the cat Pete's big lunch. It is lunchtime and
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  Pete is ready to eat. What should Peat eat? A
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  sandwich might be nice, yes, Pete wants a sandwich. Pete
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  opens the fridge. He makes out a load. He takes
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  out a loaf of bread. He finds the yummy fish.
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  He adds tomato and mao. Pete looks at the sandwich.
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  Pretty good, he thinks, but something is missing. He wants
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  to add something sweet. Pete knows what he needs an apple.
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  Pete loves apples. Pete sandwich needs something else, crackers. Every
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  meal needs crackers. They are crunchy and delicious. Pete thinks
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  he uses a hoe box. Pete looks at his sandwich again.
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  It is still too small. I wonder how much food
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  I need to eat. Pete thinks, my stomach feels very empty.
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  Pete adds a pickle, cheese, an egg, hot dog, a banina,
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  and a can of beans. Then to top it all off,
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  Pete adds ice cream. He can't decide if he wants
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  a scoop of chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry, so he bounces
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  all three on top of the sandwich. Pete looks at
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  his sandwich is bigger than him. How will I ever
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  eat that? Thinks Pete. Maybe I need a ladder or finnel,
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  or maybe something to squish it. Down so I can
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  take a bite. I've got it, thinks Pete. He takes
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  out his phone and calls his friends. He'd asks all
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  of them to come over right away. Everyone goes over
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  to Pete's house. I hope they're hungry, thinks Pete. Hey Pete,
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  they say, do you have any snacks? I sure do,
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  he says, come on in. Everyone takes a piece of
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  the sandwich. There is plenty to go around. They each
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  get the part they like the best. Now there's no
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  more giant sandwich. Sharing is cool, says Pete. Pete the
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  cat robo Pete, what a great sunny morning. Pete can't
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  way to play baseball with his friends. Do you want
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  to play catch? Pete asks Larry. I can't, says Larry.
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  I'm going to the library. Do you want to play catch?
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  Pete asked Kelly. I was about to go for a
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  bike ride. Maybe later, says Kelly. Do you want to
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  play catch? Pete asks John. I can't right now, says John,
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  I have to paint the fence. All of Pete's friends
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  are busy doing other things. Pete wishes his friends would
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  do what he wants to do. It's no fun fun
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  playing catch y'all by himself. If only I knew another me,
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  Pete thinks, and just like that, Pete gets a great idea.
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  Pete builds a robot. He programs it to be just
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  like him. Welcome to the world, robo Pete, he says
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  to the robot, You're my new best friend. We'll do
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  everything together. Want to play catch? Great idea, says robo
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  Pete in his robotic voice. Pete and robo Pete play catch, Wow,
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  says Pete. Run after the ball. You sure can throw far.
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  Robo Pete throws farther and farther until Pete needs to
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  catch his breath. Time out, says Pete. I'm tired. Let's
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  play something else. I want to play whatever you want
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  to play, robo Pete says proudly. How about we play
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  hide and seek? Says Pete. That will be fun, says
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  robo Pete. Pete finds the best hiding place ever. He
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  sure robo Pete will never find him. Ten nine, eight, seven, six, five,
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  four three to one, shouts robo Pete. Red tea or
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  not here? I come gotcha, shouts robo Pete. Taking Pete,
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  how did you find me? Asked Pete. With my home,
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  mean device, says robo Pete. You gave it to me.
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  I can find anyone anywhere. Oh yeah, says Pete, a
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  little disappointed. It's no fun playing hide and seek with
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  someone who doesn't even have to try to find you. Okay,
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  enough hide and seek, Let's play some guitar. Pete teaches
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  robo Pete how to play a song he made up.
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  You have to feel the music, Pete explained. Okay, the
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  louder I played, the more I feel it, he shouts
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  over the noise. Pete tries to stop robo Pete, but
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  robo Pete can hear him. Robo Pete plays on and on.
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  Pete goes outside to write a skateboard. Robo Pete follows him.
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  That looks like fun, says robo Pete, as his feet
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  transform him into a motorized skateboard and a jetpie comes
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  out of his back. Thanks for the super speedy wills,
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  he shouts as he takes off down the path. Wait,
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  calls Pete. Pete chases after robo Pete. He has no
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  idea well robo Pete is going until crash. Robo Pete
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  slamps into the sandbox of the playground. Are you okay,
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  Pete asks robot. I am a robot. I am indestructible,
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  says robot Pete. What is this strange place? It's a playground,
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  says Pete. My friends are here, says Pete. CALLI Larry John,
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  and this is robo Pete. I made him myself cool,
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  says Larry. We are going to help John finish painting,
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  says Kelly. And then we are going on a bike ride.
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  I want to go on that. Thing interrupts robo Pete.
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  Thing asks Pete as robo Pete zooms up the slide.
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  Robo Pete, I want to help my friends paint to
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  the fin us, paint the fence. That sounds great, Robot
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  Pete says, I am programmed to paint faster than any one.
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  Pete and his friends try to help, but robo paint
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  paints too fast, so instead they ride bikes, and they
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  read books, and after robo Pete is done painting, they
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  help him clean the brushes. Pete realizes that it doesn't
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  matter what they do, just being with his friends is
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  what makes it fun. Pete the cat construction destruction recess,
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  Pete shouts, says. The bell rings when Pete gets outside,
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  to play. Oh no, the playground is a disaster. The
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  swings are broken, the slight is rusty, and the sandbox
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  is full of weeds. How can we play out here?
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  Ask Pete. Somebody should clean this up. That gives Pete
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  an idea. Pete will build a new playground. He draws
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  the play for the new slides, tunnels and swings. Wow,
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  says Principal Nancy. Can you really build that? Not by myself,
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  says Pete. I'm going to need some help. Whatever you need, Pete,
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  it yours. The next day, Pete arrives at the playground
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  before school. The construction crew is already there. He gives
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  them the go ahead to tear down the old playground.
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  Creek crash down goes the slide clink clank, down goes
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  the swings bang boom, down goes the tower. Hong Kong.
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  A truck arrives to recycle the middle. The new playground
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  equipment arrives. It's time to get to work. The cement
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  mixerfords concrete. The dump truck brings sand and dirt. The
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  back ho digs. The whole team gets the job done.
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  Building a playground is hard work. The new playground is cool.
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  But it's not cool enough. What do you think, Pete asked,
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  holding up his laziest plans. It will be too hard
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  to build, says one of the workers. And everything is
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  almost finished, says another. But we'll make this the best
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  playground ever. Pete says. Then let's do it. The workers say.
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  Screwdrivers twist and screws. Wrenches tighten the nuts. The workers
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  try to make everything perfect. Hooray, the new playground is ready.
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  Everyone is amazed until smash crunch. Thud oh no, says
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  Principal Nancy as the new playground crashes to the ground.
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  The pieces are all mixed up. Everyone is disappointed, except
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  for Pete. They rebuild the playground. It's not how we
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  planned it, Pete shouts, It's even better. This playground is
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  still with surprises and places to explore. The school playground
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  is the most amazing playground ever. Sometimes you got to
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  dare to dream big. The next the stories we'll be
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  reading will be on women's history since marches Women History Month,
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  and the first story we're going to read is Serena
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  Williams My Itty Bitty Bio. It was published by Cherry
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  Lake Press and it has a copyright year of twenty twenty.
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  The author of the book is Caitlin serena Io. I
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  was born in Saginaw, Michigan. It was nineteen eighty one.
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  I started playing tennis around four years old. My sister
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  played too. Our parents coached us. What's your favorite sports?
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  I became a professional tennis player in nineteen ninety five.
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  I was only fourteen years old. What would you like
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  to do when you're fourteen? I have won many titles.
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  I have many awards. I even have four Olympic gold medals.
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  I worked really hard. I have more Grand Slam titles
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  than anyone. I use my fing to give back. I
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  started a foundation. I help kids stay in school and
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  help create safe places to play. I donate money, I
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  help people. I make sure everyone is heard. I help
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  change women's tennis. I wasn't afraid to speak my mind.
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  I wasn't afraid to be powerful. I hope other girls
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  can feel strong too. What would you like to ask me?
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  Our next story is called Michelle Mama, First Lady and
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  Superhero and it was published by HarperCollins Publishers. It has
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  a copyright year of twenty nineteen and it was written
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  by Sarah Holden. I was standing in front of the
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  White House, it looked like a castle. Imagine living here,
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  I said to myself. Earth to Darlene, said my friend Sam.
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  She giggled. Let's pitch her tent. Sam said, I want
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  to help the group. Our girl scout troop was busy
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  getting ready. Missus Obama had invited us to camp out
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  on the lawn. Our troop leader was Miss Williams. Good job, girls,
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  she said. When our tent was finally up, Missus Obama
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  will be so proud. Miss Williams said, with a smile.
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  Don't forget we will be showing her more of our skills.
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  Miss Williams turned to me, darlinge, will you show missus
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  Obama how to tie a square knot? My stomach flipped
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  like a pancake. Then it flopped like a fish. No,
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  thank you, I said. Miss Williams looked at me. Will
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  you think about it, she said, then she walked away
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  to help some girls out. I don't get it, Sam says,
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  you're great with notts usually I am, I said, but
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  I don't want to mess up in front of missus Obama.
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  Sam shrugged. I can't wait to meet the first lady,
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  Sam said. My mom said, She's why I have free
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  lunches at school, So now my stomach isn't grumbling through
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  science class. Sam grinned. I heard missus Obama's helping girls
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  around the world stay in school, I said, and that
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  she met Elma from Sesame Street. Obama's like a superhero.
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  Sam said, it's time girls called Miss Williams. My stomach
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  flipped again. We all went to sit in a circle.
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  Then Missus Obama arrived. I thought she looked like a queen.
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  Missus Obama sat down on a bait Hey bill, Welcome
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  to all of you, she said. I am so excited
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  you're here. This is the first time anyone has camped
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  on this long. Missus Obama said, you're making history. We
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  all cheered. I remember when I was a kid. Missus
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  Obama said. I was smart and I always try my best,
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  but I worried a lot. I worried about missing things up.
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  Sam looked over at me. Some people told me I
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  wasn't good enough. That didn't help. Missus Obama said, I
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  wish I could tell that little girl to have faith
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  in herself. Missus Obama said, and that it's okay to
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  make mistakes. Now I'm looking forward to meeting each of you.
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  Missus Obama said, you can show me your stuff. Sam
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  reached over and squeezed my hand. You should have faith
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  in yourself too, she said, will you come with me?
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  I asked, Sam nodded. Miss Williams, I said, can I
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  still show missus Obama my square? Knot? Come with me?
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  She said, I didn't get it right at first, but
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  that was okay. Missus Obama gave me a high five.
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  She knew I tried my very best. Our next book
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  is titled Alex Morgan and it was published by Creative Education.
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  It has a copyright here of twenty seventeen and it
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  was written by Laura K. Murray. Me and to Alex.
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  Alex dribbles down the field, She cuts towards the go.
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  She kicks the ball into the corner of the net.
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  Go the crowd wild fans wave science with the number thirteen.
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  Alex Morgan is a professional soccer player. She is a
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  forward with the Portland Thorns FC. She is a speedy
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  goal scorer. Many people think she is one of the
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  best soccer players today. Alex's childhood. Alex is born July second,
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  nineteen eighty nine. She grew up in Diamond Bar, California.
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  Her full name is Alexandra. She has two older sisters
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  named Jenny and Jerry. As a child, Alex was fast
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  getting into soccer. Alex started playing soccer at age fourteen.
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  Alex ran track and played volleyball too. She heard her
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  writing in high school, but she worked hard to get healthy.
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  After high school, Alex made sure she always stretched before playing.
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  Alex played college soccer for the University of California, Berkeley.
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  She had forty five goals in college. In two thousand
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  and eight, Alex played on the U twenty women's national
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  team for the United States. She kept playing for the
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  US at the twenty eleven FIFA Women's World Cup. Alex
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  became the youngest member of the US women's national team
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  in two thousand and nine the big time. In twenty eleven,
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  Alex was drafted by a pro team, the Western New
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  York Flash. The Flash won the league championship that year.
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  Then Alex joined the Seattle Sounders Women. Alex was the
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  first women's professional soccer draft picked in twenty eleven. Alex
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  was named the US Soccer Female Athlete of the Year.
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  In twenty twelve, she and the US women's team went
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  to the twenty twelve Summer Olympics. They won the gold medal.
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  In twenty thirteen, Alex joined the Portland Thornes FC. The
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  club is based in Oregon. Off the field, in her
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  free time, Alex reides and does yoga. She runs soccer
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  camp for kids. She even wrote a children's book series
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  called The Kicks. In twenty fourteen, Alex married fellow pro
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  soccer player Servondo Carrasco. They got married on New Year's
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  Eve in California. What's next? Alex playing to keep playing
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  all over the world. She traveled to Canada for the
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  twenty fifteen Women's World Cup. She got ready for the
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  twenty sixteen Summer Olympics too. Those games were held in Brazil.
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  Alex's fans were excited to cheer her on. In twenty fifteen,
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  Alex helped the US national team win the Women's World Cup.
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  What Alex says about attitude. There are certain things you
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  cannot control in life, and your attitude is a big one.
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  Being a role model, I want to show girls that
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  their dreams can become a reality through believing in yourself
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  and being confident everything you do. Penalty Kicks, I stare
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  at the ball, follow through, and never look at the
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  place that I'm going to shoot. This concludes our children's
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  story I are for today. Please join us next time
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  as we will read more stories, fables and fairy tales.
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  Thank you for listening, and please stay tuned for the
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  Legs and Here Leader Here on Radio I