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10.18.25 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Reali's Children's Story. Ire 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 continue with the book
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  from last time, The Adventures of Ali and Amy The
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  Best Friend Plan, and your reader today is Diane Again.
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  Our book is The Adventures of Alien Amy The Best
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  Friend Plan. It was published by Aladdin Quicks of Simon
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  and Schuster Children Publishing Division, has the copyright year of
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  nineteen ninety five, and it was written by Joanna Coe
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  and Stephanie Coumlinson. Chapter two, Madame Loulu Alien Amy went
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  around the corner to Madame Lulu's fortune telling parlor. It
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  was pink and yellow outside, the dark and little spooky insight.
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  Even though the girls knew that Madame Lulu was nice
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  missus Tompkins from the first floor of Allie's building, they
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  still got the shivers going inside. You go in first,
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  said Alie, taking a step back. No you, said Amy,
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  taking two steps back, No you, said Alie, taking three
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  steps back. Greetings fortune seekers, called a husky voice from
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  the dark. Why don't you both come inside? Alie and
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  Amy held hands and squeezed through the doorway together. Madame
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  Lulu sat behind a beaded curtain. She was dressed in
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  black with a veil on her head. She had about
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  twenty bracelets on each arm. They clinked together whenever she moved.
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  What to bring you here, she asked? Clink. Oh, we
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  want our fortune's toad, said Amy. Amy and Ali each
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  held out a coin to Madame Lulu. Madame Lulu slipped
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  the coins into her pocket. Clink. Can you tell us
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  what the summer is going to be like? Asked Ali.
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  Of course, said Madame Lulu. She gazed into her crystal ball.
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  The summer will be hazy, hot and humid, she said.
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  In fact, it already is. Madame Lulu wiped the sweat
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  off her forehead with a lace handkerchief. Clink. Ali and
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  Amy looked at each other. Thanks, but that's not what
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  we meant, said Amy. We don't need to know about
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  the weather. We need to know about us, she poked Ali,
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  who put another coin on the table. Madame Lulu took
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  the coin. Clink. Let me see your palms, she said Alian.
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  Amy turned to their palms up and held them out. Hm.
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  Nice and clean, said Madame Lulu, and do you moisture eyes? No,
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  we don't, said Allie. You're going to tell our fortunes
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  right absolutely, one best friend's fortune coming right up, said
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  Madame Lulu. I see an interesting story. Today is a
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  special days it's coming to me now. Madame Lulu closed
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  her eyes and held her fingers to her brow, going
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  into a trance. She said, today is the very first
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  day of your summer vacation. Wow, how did she know that,
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  whispered Amie. Madame Lulu continued, you will take a trip
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  to a special place. I see sunshining, I hear water splashing.
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  I smell hot dog cooking on an open fire. Suddenly,
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  Madame Lulu snapped out of her trance. Did someone say
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  hot dogs? She asked? You did, said Ali and Amy together.
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  Madame Lulu looked at her watch. Oh yes, it's time
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  for my coffee break, she said. Ali and Amy had
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  no more coins anyway. They walked through the beat a
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  curtain and out into the hazy, hot and humid day boom.
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  They bumped right into a boy named Marvin. Amy yelled,
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  why don't you watch where you're going? Watch where I'm going,
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  said Marvin Lopez. He checked his skateboard for scratches. Watch
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  where you're going. You're the ones who bumped into me. Well,
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  don't do it again, said Alie. Alie, Amy and Marvin
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  could go round and rounding silly all day long, but
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  Ali and Amy had no time for that. Today. They
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  put their noses in the air linked arms and headed
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  for home. See you later, alligator, said Amy, going into
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  her building. In a while, crocodile, said Alie, going into hers.
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  Chapter three, Camp Mary Moose. Ali's father and mother were
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  waiting for her when she walked in the door. Hi, honey,
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  said her mother, with a big smile. We have wonderful
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  news for you, said her father. What is it, asked Allie.
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  Remember that camp you wanted to go to, the one
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  we talked about last winter, said her mother. Allie perked up.
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  You mean Camp Mary Moose where they have sailboats and everything.
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  She said. That's the one, said Ali's father. I thought
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  there was no room for me. I thought it was
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  all filled up, said Allie. There was a last minute opening,
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  so now you can go, said Ali's mother. Camp starts
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  the day after tomorrow. Allie could hardly believe it. She
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  always wanted to go to a sleep away camp, sunshine, swimming, campfires. Wow,
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  this has to be the special place Madam Lulu was
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  talking about. Allie was so happy she wanted to tell
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  Amy right away. Ring ring, the telephone rang at Amy's house.
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  Amy's father answered it. It's for you, Amy, he said,
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  guess who. Amy had no trouble guessing. Hi, Allie, she said,
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  I haven't talked to you in five whole minutes. What's new?
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  What's new? Front page News, shouted Allie. My parents just
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  told me. I'm going to camp, Marry News. I'm going
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  for the whole summer. There's a lake with boats and
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  everyone gets to sleep in a tent. Amy was so
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  surprised she didn't say anything for a minute. Then she
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  burst out, you can't go to camp, not without me.
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  We're best friends, we have plans. Oh my gosh, you're right.
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  Yuped Allie. I forgot you weren't going. I can't go
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  to camp without you. That's right, said Amy. You can't,
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  but maybe I can go too. I'll ask my parents
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  found one work. There was only one space, and my
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  parents got it for me, said Alie sadly. But wait,
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  I know what to do. I'll call you back, Allie,
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  hung up and found her parents. I can't go to camp,
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  she said. I'm staying home with Amy. Allie, you have
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  to go, said her mother. We made all the arrangements,
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  but Amy and I do everything together, said Alie. You
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  and Amy can write to each other, said her father.
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  You have a wonderful time at camp, said her mother. No,
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  I won't, said Allie. Not without Amy. I won't. Well,
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  you have to give it a chance, said her father.
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  You're going, and that's final. Allie walked slowly to her room.
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  She sat down on her bed to think. A minute later,
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  she popped up, raced to the phone, and dialed Amy's number.
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  Meet me downstairs. We've got to talk, she said. Okay, sir, Amy,
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  I'm on my way. Six five four three two one. Allie.
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  Amy burst out of their doors at the exact same moment.
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  Chapter four, Allie's plan. I've got a plan, said Alie.
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  It's great. It's the best. I'm a genius. You won't
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  believe it. Well, I can't believe it if I don't
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  hear it, sired Amy. What is it? Allie pulled a
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  jump rope out of her back pocket. This, she shouted,
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  This looks like a jump rope to me. Not a
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  genius plan, said Amy. But wait till you see what
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  we do with it, said Allie. She been down and
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  tied their ankles together. Now I can't go to camp.
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  I had to stay here with you. This is so wicky,
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  said Amy. This is so us, said Alie. The girls
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  began to walk with the jump rope tight around their ankles.
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  Step step, step, It's working, said Amy. This is fun.
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  Step step step See I am a genius, said Alie.
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  Step step step boom. Down They went ouch, said Amy.
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  The two friends got up. They tried again. This time
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  they went more carefully. Step in side feet, step outside feet,
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  step inside feet, step outside feet. We've got it, said Ali, Together,
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  said Amy. Forever, said Alie. They walked faster and faster
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  on their third trip around the block. They were really zooming.
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  As they turned the corner, they bumped right into Marvin,
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  yelled Ali and Amy. Why don't you watch where you're going?
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  Watch where I'm going? Watch where you're going, said Marvin.
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  Marvin been down to pick up his skateboard when he
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  saw their ankles tied together, started laughing, Hey, whats goofy
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  and has three legs? He asked. He did not wait
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  for an answer. HiT's you. You look like a three
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  lady cookie bird. Oh really, there's no such thing as
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  a cookie bird, said Amy. Exactly, said Marvin. So how
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  come you're tied together? If you must know, mister Marvin
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  Q smarty pants, being tied together as part of a
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  genius plan to prevent our summer separation, said Ali. Separation.
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  No way, said Marvin. You two are glued together. Yes, way,
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  said Ali. It's too horrible even to think about. It's
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  definitely too horrible to talk about. Said Amy. We're leaving.
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  Allie and Amy put their noses in the air and
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  stomped away. Inside feed outside feet inside feet, outside feet.
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  Bye bye, cookie bird, called Marvin. The girls played together
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  the rest of the afternoon, then headed home. When they
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  got to their street, Amy's mother called Amy it's time
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  for supper. Amy took a step forward toward her building.
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  Something was pulling her bike. It was Allie. For a minute,
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  Amy had forgotten all about being tied to her. I
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  guess we have to eat together. What are you having
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  for supper, asked Amy. My mother's making fish fries, said Alie. Ooh, Smellie,
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  I hate that, said Amy. Why don't she come to
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  my house? What are you having, asked Allie. Not too sure,
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  sed Amy. But I know it's leftovers and it's green. Ooh,
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  said Alie. You know I don't eat anything green. Well,
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  I'm hungry, Sami, Me too, said Allie. Maybe this isn't
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  such a genius plan after all, Sirnami. Maybe you're right,
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  said Alie. She sighed and then bent down and untied
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  the jump rope. Allie and Amy said goodbye and went
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  into their buildings. That night, both of them had trouble sleeping.
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  In two days. Ali was going to camp without Amy.
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  Chapter five, Tick Tick Tick. Today is our last day together,
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  Amy said gloomily. The next morning. That's why we have
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  to get busy, said Ali, doing what, asked any Everything.
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  We have to do everything on our list, Allie exclaimed,
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  waving the list in the air. But we can't do
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  it all on one day, said Amy. Yes we can.
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  We just have to move fast. We already visited Madame Lulu,
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  said Ali, crossing it off the list. The next thing
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  is Spring Street Fair, said Amie. Are you ready? Said Ali? Ready?
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  Said Amy. On your mark, Get set go, cried Ali.
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  Amy and Alli raced around the corner to the fair.
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  There was music playing and the street was filled with games, rides,
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  food to eat, and things to buy. This is great.
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  Let's get our faces painted. Let's go on the ferris wheel.
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  Let's win a wind up fish, said Amy. Okay, we
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  better set the alarms on our watches, said Alie. I
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  have to pick for camp this afternoon. Amy and Ali
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  set their watches and in half an hour their alarms
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  would beep. They went to the face painting table. First,
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  A friendly lady with a rose on her cheek asked
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  what they wanted. I want a puppy, said Amy. I'll
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  get a kitten, said Ali. The lady painted their faces.
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  Al Ain and Amy looked great. Together. They had sixteen
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  home minutes left. They raced to the ferris wheel. Before
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  long they were swinging a basket way up high they
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  could look out over the whole fair. Hey, I see
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  the fishbow game, said Amy. When the ferris wheel stopped,
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  the friends had eight minutes left. They ran straight to
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  the game booth, but there was a long line. Tick tick,
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  three minutes went by, tick tick tick, three more minutes
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  went by. By the time the man behind the counter
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  called next, they had only two minutes left. Ali and
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  Amy walked up to the booth together. Four throws for
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  fifty cents, said the man. Ali and Amy each gave
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  the man coin and each got two balls. Amy went first.
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  She knew she had to work fast. She tried not
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  to look out at her watch. Okay, ball going to
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  the bow. When nea wind up? Fish, she said. Amy
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  was trying to throw quickly. She threw the ball too
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  hard and went sailing across the street. Take it easy,
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  said the man. I'll try, said Amy, but I'm in
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  a hurry. She threw the second ball. The man ducked
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  just in time. Let me try. It's my turn, said Ali.
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  Her first ball landed way over in the space rocket right.
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  They watched the ball disappear into the moon tunnel. Hurry,
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  said Amy. Our time is almost up. I'm hurrying, shouted Ali.
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  She threw the last ball. It bounced off the wall
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  of the booth and landed right on a cone of
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  cotton candy. Guess who's cotton candy? Marvin, Why don't you
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  watch where you're walking? Shouted Allie and Amy. Together Watch
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  where I'm walking. Watch where you're throwing, yelled Marvin. He
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  ran over to them beep beep, beep, beep beep. What's
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  all that beeping, asked Marvin. You two really are goofy. No,
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  we really are organized, said Alie. Those beefs were our
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  watch alarms. That means we have to go now by.
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  She grabbed Amy's arm and dragged her out of the fair.
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  Chapter six splash. Come on, Amy, we have to skate
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  and sing backward. That's next on the list, said Ali
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  as they headed home. What's after that, asked Amy. Swimming
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  at the town pool, said Ali. We better hurry. Alian
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  and Amy raced upstairs and came back down. With skates
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  on their feet and bathing suits under their clothes. They
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  headed for the pool, skating backwards and singing to the
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  tune of the Star Spangled Banner be keenly silly Houseye
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  you can say Oh. After stumbling quite a few times
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  on skates and words, Ali and Amy finally made it
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  to the pool. They tossed their things into lockers and
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  headed out for some fun. Standing at the edge of
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  the deep end, Ali called one, two three, jump splash.
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  As soon as they were in, They swam underwater all
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  the way to the shallow end. They swam right into
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  a pair of feet. These looked like the very same
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  feet they seem walking around the fair. Ali and Amy
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  popped up out of the water. Marvin cried, Ali, why
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  don't you watch where you're standing, Watch where I'm standing,
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  Watch where you're swimming, said Marvin. We have to be
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  at the end of the pool. We're going to play
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  Marco Polo, said Alie. Well this end of the pool
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  is taken, said Marvin. Allie and Amy looked at each
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  other and nodded. It just so happens. We need three players,
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  said Amy. Marvin, you can be it me it Sorry,
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  I just forgot how to play, said Marvin. Let us
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  remind you, said Allie. You close your eyes and call
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  out Marco. Then we say polo and you have to
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  catch us. Let me think about it, said Marvin, getting
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  a funny look on his face, funnier than usual. Then
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  he said, okay, I'll play. He closed his eyes, but
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  instead of calling out Marco, he called Martha. That's not funny,
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  said Amy. Try not to laugh, so sorry, said Marvin.
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  I'll try again. He closed his eyes and called Michael Ronnie.
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  Ali got a gleam in her eye. She was supposed
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  to answer Polo. Instead, she said geez. Now, Amy got
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  the idea tomato sauce. She called Marvin. Slashed through the water.
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  After Amy, Amy slipped past him. Massachusetts, called Marvin. Amy
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  tried to think of a state, Michigan. She called Minnesota.
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  Called Ali. From a corner of the pool. Marvin dived
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  in Ali's direction. His hand swatted her toe. You're it,
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  he shouted. It was Ali's turn to close her eyes
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  and call out Marco. Instead, she closed her eyes and
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  called Marvin. They're great, Marvin, answered Amy. Groan loullly, gotcha,
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  said Ali, taking Amy. Beep beep, beep, beep beep. The
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  girl's alarms went off. Oh no, not again, said Marvin.
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  We're very busy people, said Ali, rushing out of the pool.
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  I'm going to camp tomorrow. I've got to get home
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  and pack. She called over a shoulder what camp called Marvin,
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  but Ali and Amy were already too far away to
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  hear him. They quickly dried off and jumped into their clothes.
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  Then they headed home. Ali and Amy stood in front
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  of their buildings. They looked at their list. They had
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  crossed off the first four things. There was still number five.
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  Make a new list of things to do I guess
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  there's no point in making up a new list now,
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  said Amy. I guess not, said Ali. We can make
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  another list when I come home. Alien and just stood there.
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  Neither one wanted to go inside. Then Amy's mother called
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  to her. Amy, please come upstairs. I guess I better go,
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  said Amy. I'll miss you, but all right, I promise
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  me too, and we'll be together again after the summer,
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  said Alie. See you later, alligator, said Amy. In a while, crocodile,
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  said Ali. Amy and Ally hugged each other. Then they
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  disappeared into their buildings. Chapter seven, Let's go Ring Ring.
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  Allie hadn't been home five minutes when the telephone rang.
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  It was Amy, Guess what? Guess what? Amy shouted happily,
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  what what? Asked Allie. There was another opening a camp
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  mary moose, said Amy, and I'm going hooray, yelled Allie.
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  We are so lucky. I can't believe it. I've got
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  to go pack, said Amy. I'm so excited, me too,
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  said Allie. See you tomorrow. The next morning, the families
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  went outside and walked around the corner to the bus stop.
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  Allie and Amy skipped ahead, singing and holding hands. The
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  camp bus was waiting for them. The girls hugged their
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  parents and jumped onto the bus. They stopped at the
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  door and waved, calling bye Mom, Bye Dad. Just then
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  they heard the sound of skateboard whilst scraping the sidewalks.
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  Look it's Marvin, said Amy. You know I'm going to
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  kind of miss him, said Alie. He can be obnoxious,
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  but he's pretty funny too. You're right, said Amy. It
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  was fun playing marco polo with him. Oh, well, we'll
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  see him when we get back. Alie and Amy found
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  two seats together on the bus. Oh, Marvin, here's your
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  camp bag, called Marvin's mother, running after him. Amy looked
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  at Alie. Ali looked at Amy. Did she say camp bag,
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  asked Amie. It is impossible, said Alie, But it was possible.
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  Marvin got on the bus wearing a Camp Mary Moose
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  t shirt. Ali's foot was sticking out in the aisle boom.
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  Marvin tripped right over it. Marvin, why don't you watch
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  where you put your feet, said Alie. Watch where I
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  put my feet. Watch where you put yours? Said Marvin.
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  Look out, Allie, cried Amy, ducking down in her seat.
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  There's a big googly eyebug climbing up Marvin's T shirt.
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  Marvin jumped back and started brushing at his shirt. Got chest,
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  said Amy. Marvin's face turned bright red. You got me
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  this time, but we've got a whole summer, he said, smiling.
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  I'll get you back. Suddenly, a familiar sound filled the air. Clink,
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  Then a familiar voice called buckle up, everyone, We're off
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  to Camp Mary Moose. It is impossible, said Amy, But
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  it was possible. Madame Lulu had just stepped onto the bus. Hi,
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  Madame Lulu, what are you doing here? Called Amy. I
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  looked into my crystal ball. It said I would be
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  going to a special place. And I am. I am
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  the Camp Mary Moose drama counselor, exclaimed Madame Lulu. Wow,
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  Amy whispered to Allie. She even tells us her own fortune. Okay,
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  kids called the bus driver, we're on our way. The
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  driver closed the door and started the motor. As soon
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  as she did, some kids started to sing the Camp
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  Mary Moose bust song. In no time, everyone was singing together,
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  let's go, Let's go to Camp Mary Moose. It's time
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  to have fun. Just to turn us loose. Our camp
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  is the best. It beats all the rest. Suddenly, a
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  paper airplane marked in flew toward Allie and Amy's heads.
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  They each duck just in time. A few seconds later, clink, clink,
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  Madame Lulu was swatting the airplane off her head. This
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  summer is going to be so much fun, said Amy.
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  We're going to need a new list of things to do,
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  after all, said Ali. Ali took out paper and a pencil.
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  Number one, learn to sell, she said. Number two, make
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  things at arts and crafts, said Amy. Number three starr
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  in Madame Lulu's play, said Ali. She stopped with her
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  pencil in there. What else do you do at camp?
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  She asked? I don't know, said Amy. How about this
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  for number four, said Alie. She wrote in great big letters,
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  have the best summer ever. That will be easy, said Amy.
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  For us, said Alie, Because we're together, said Amy. Forever,
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  said Alie, and they gave high fives as the bus
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  bounced down the roads. Questions what makes a friendship special?
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  Name three things that matter to you. If you went
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  to see Madame Lulu, what would you ask her when
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  you have an important question? Who's the person you go
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  to It worked out great when Allie and Amy gave
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  Marvin a chance to join them doing something fun. Is
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  there someone you would like to get to know better,
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  what would you invite the person to do? And what
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  is your idea of the best summer ever. Well, that's
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  all we have time for, so that concludes our Children's
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  Story Hour for today. Please join us next time as
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  we will read more stories, fables and fairy tales. Thank
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  you for listening and please stay tuned for The Lasting
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  Hero Leader on RADIOI