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2.7.26 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Radio Ois Children's Story Hour. As
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  a reminder, Radio is isa reading service intended for people
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  who re blind, her of other disabilities that make it
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  difficult to read printed material. Today we will be reading
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  from various books on Black History months. Your reader today
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  is Diane. We will continue with the book we left
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  off last time, Michael Jordan Basketball Legend. It was published
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  by press Room Editions. It has a copyright year of
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  twenty twenty four and the author of the book is
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  Louke Hanlin. Eventually, the Bulls went up against the bruising
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  Detroit Pistons and the conference finals. Detroit had knocked them
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  out of the playoffs in five games the year before.
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  Detroit used a physical defensive style to slow Jordan's scoring,
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  and it worked. The Pistons won in six games. The
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  Pistons then eliminated Chicago in the nineteen ninety conference finals
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  as well. During that nineteen ninety off season, Jordan add
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  in muscle he practiced his scoring in the post. All
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  the work paid off. The Bulls once again met the
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  Business in the nineteen ninety one Conference finals. This time,
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  Jordan averaged twenty nine point eight points as the Bulls
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  swept the series. The Bulls met the Los Angeles Lakers
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  in the nineteen ninety one NBA Finals. Lakers point guard
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  Magic Johnson had been the league's biggest star in the
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  nineteen eighties. Now Jordan had a chance to take the throne.
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  He did just that, evering ene more than thirty one
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  points and eleven assists per game as the Bulls won
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  in five games. Jordan was only getting started. He led
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  the Bulls to victory in the nineteen ninety two and
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  nineteen ninety three NBA Finals as well. Each time. Jordan
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  was named Finals MVP in nineteen ninety ninety one in
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  nineteen ninety one. In ninety two, he was named the
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  NBA MVP as well. Willis became the first team to
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  win three straight NBA championships since nineteen sixty six. Perhaps
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  no athlete in the world was as famous as Michael Jordan.
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  Michael Jordan had unmatched skills on the court. It turned
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  out he had one of a kind markability off the
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  court too. In nineteen eighty five, Nike released shoes specifically
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  for Jordan, called the Air Jordan One. Millions of pairs
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  were sewed in the shoes first year by nineteen eighty
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  six eighty seven, Nike began to release signature Jordan's shoes
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  each season. They became popular enough for Jordan to branch
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  off with his own brain in nineteen ninety seven. The
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  popularity of Jordan's shoes has always inspired modern NBA athletes.
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  Many stars have their own signature shoes. Jordan was a
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  big name for more than just shoes, though. In nineteen
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  ninety one, Gatorade signed to deal with Jordan to make
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  him the sports drinks first sponsored athlete. After He's started
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  a commercial with the tagline be Like Mike, the drink's
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  popularity skyrocketed around the world. Throughout his career. Jordan also
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  had sponsorship deals with Coca Cola, Wheedy's, McDonald's, and other
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  major brands. Chapter four. The Goat tragedy struck Michael Jordan
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  in July nineteen ninety three, his father, James, was killed
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  in North Carolina. The prime of his career, Jordan questioned
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  if he still wanted to play basketball. On October sixth,
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  nineteen ninety three, he shocked the sports world when he
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  retired from the NBA at age thirty. Jordan said that
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  he needed a new challenge in his life. He had
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  enjoyed playing baseball as a kid. The Chicago White Sox
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  offered him an opportunity to try the sport professionally. Jordan
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  played in the minor leagues in nineteen ninety four. However,
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  he struggled on the baseball diamond. On March nineteenth, nineteen
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  ninety five, Jordan returned to the NBA. It took some
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  time for Jordan to be back at full strength. By
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  nineteen ninety five ninety six, it was like he had
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  never left. At age thirty two, Jordan won his eighth
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  NBA scoring title and fourth MVP Award. Along with long
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  time sidekicks Scottie Pippen, Jordan led the Bulls to an
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  NBA record seventy two regular season wins after losing once
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  in the opening three rounds of the playoffs, the Bulls
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  faced the Seattle SuperSonics in the finals. Like clockwork, Jordan
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  won another Finals MVP award. The Bulls quenched the championship
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  on Father's Day. Afterward, an emotional Jordan wept on the
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  floor with a game ball in his hands. The Bulls
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  made it back to the finals in nineteen ninety seven.
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  They faced the Utah Jazz. With the series tight, Jordan
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  began filling ill ahead of Game five in Utah. He
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  battled through the flu like symptoms and scored a game
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  high of thirty eight points that included a three pointer
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  to give the Bulls the lead with twenty five seconds left.
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  After winning the flu game, the Bulls won Game six
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  to secure Jordan's fifth championship. Then Jordan and the Bulls
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  defeated the Jazz again in nineteen ninety eight to clinch
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  another three peat. In all six wins, Jordan was named
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  Finals MVP. Jordan dominated the NBA like no player had
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  ever done before him. After the nineteen ninety eight finals,
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  he retired again, and once again he came back. He
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  played two seasons with the Washington Wizards, earning All Star
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  selections both times. Finally, he retired for the last time
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  in two thousand and three. Jordan remained a global icon.
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  People still lined up to buy Jordan bringing shoes and
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  other products he endorsed. Twenty ten, he bought the Charlotte
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  Bobcats now the Hornets. The purchase made Jordan the first
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  NBA majority owner who used to play in the league.
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  Even after his career, Jordan was still making History. Our
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  next of books are about the Lunar New Year and
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  the first one is titled David's Lunar New Year Celebrations.
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  It was published by Learner Publications and it has a
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  copyright year of twenty twenty six. The author of our
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  book is Lucy Miller. David's Lunar New Year Celebrations. David
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  celebrated the Year of the Tiger. David celebrate the Year
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  of the Rabbit. David celebrated the Year of the Dragon.
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  David celebrated the Year of the Snake. David celebrated the
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  Year of the Horse. The Year of the Goat is coming.
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  Our next book is titled Lunar New Year A First Look,
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  and it was published by Learner Publications and it has
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  a copyright year of twenty twenty three. The author of
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  our book is per See Leads. Lunar New Year is
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  a happy time. It happens in winter. Years are named
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  after twelve animals. The animal changes each year. The New
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  Year means spring is coming. Spring is a time for family.
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  What does spring mean to you? People pray for good
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  luck in the new year. Families have big meals, people
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  eat oranges, people make their homes pretty, people wear red.
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  Red is lucky. People dance, dance or stresses, dragons or lions.
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  The dances are for good luck. What do you do
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  for good luck? Grown ups give kids gifts. They give
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  them red envelopes. Money is inside. Families come together, they
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  look forward to the new year. Our next book is
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  titled Lunar New Year and it is published by Simon's
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  Spotlight and in print of Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing Division.
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  It has copyright Hear of twenty twenty four and the
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  authors of the book are Margaret mc namara and Wendy
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  dou Robin Hills School has a special visitor, missus Connor said,
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  this is Egan's mom. Hello first graders, Miss Wan said,
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  I'm here to talk about Lunar New Year. It is
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  the holiday Egan likes best. Why does Egan like it best,
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  Ayana asked. Miss Wan smiled. You will soon find out.
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  Lunar New Year is an important holiday in many parts
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  of the world, said Miss Wang. Our family is from China,
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  and China is the biggest holiday of all. Lunar New
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  Year is for being with family, said Miss Wang. Is
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  that why Egan likes it best? Asked Jamie I love
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  my family, said Egan, But that is not the reason.
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  Lunar New Year welcome springs, said miss Wang. Spring's full
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  of flowers, Sana said. Is that why Egan likes it best?
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  I love flowers, said Egan, But that is not the reason.
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  Lunar New Year brings luck said miss Wan. And China,
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  red is a lucky color. I love red. Is that
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  why Egan likes it best? Asked Neil Well. Green is
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  the color I like best, said Egan. During Lunar New Year,
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  we honor the twelve animals of the zodiac, said miss Wan.
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  I know Egan loves animals. Is that why Egan likes
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  it best? Asked missus Connor. I love animals, but that
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  is not the reason, said Egan. Lunar New Year is
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  for eating lots of food, said miss Wang. Our family
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  always eats dumplings. That is why I like Lunar New
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  Year the best, said Egan. Yum said everyone. Our next
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  stories are on Valentine's and our first book is titled
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  Valentine Mice. It is published by First green Light Reader's Edition,
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  also by Clearing Books, an imprint of Hooton Mifflin Harcourt
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  Publishing Company. It has a copyright year of nineteen ninety
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  seven to twenty sixteen and the author is Bethany Roberts.
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  Valentine Mice deliver Valentine's red pink skip, hop up the sell,
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  then slide down. One little mouse goes swosh PLoP one
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  to the rabbit. Two for the squirrels, three for the chipmunks,
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  Zip nip, more to deliver. Cross the pond, slide, glide, slip, flip.
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  Valentine's here, Valentine's there, shower Valentine's throw, throw throw Valentine
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  mice one two, three, one is missing. Where can he be?
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  Valentine mice look high and low, hurry, worry, call, shout.
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  Follow these footprints quick quick, there's a mitten. Pull them
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  out all together now, dig tug, push, pull yay. One
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  little mouse gets a Valentine hug. Our next story is
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  titled Llama Lama Be My Valentine and it was published by
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  Penguin Young Readers and imprint of Penguin Random House, and
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  it has a copyright year of twenty eighteen. It's written
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  by Anna Doodney. Lama Lama is at school. He is happy.
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  Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. He jumps for joy. Zel de
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  Zebra is Llama Lama's teacher. Valentine's Day is a day
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  to share how much you care, says zel de Zebra.
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  To celebrate, we are going to have a party, says
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  zel de Zebra. Each person in Lama's class will make
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  a special gift to bring to the party. It is
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  time to have fun and be creative. Zela Zebra tells
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  everyone to make something that only they can make. Luna
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  Giraffe is busy with her crafts. She uses glitter, ribbon
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  and colored paper. Gilroy Goat looks sadly at his friend Luna.
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  I have no idea what gift to make, he says.
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  I'm not very good with glitter. Gilroy is worried what
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  will he make for his friends. Lama Lama can help.
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  There are so many other things to make, says Lama.
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  How about a sculpture from clay? Oh no, I made
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  a blob, said Gilroy. Maybe I should try something besides art,
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  he says. La Malama goes home after school. He wants
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  to make his Valentine's gifts with Mama Lama. Lama Lama
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  invites Gilroy to his house to help. Maybe that will
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  give Gilroy a new idea of something he can make.
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  Lama says that he has an eye idea. Lama wants
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  to make yummy cookies for his friends. I can make
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  them heartshaped, he says. I'm ready to help, says Mama Lama.
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  Me too, shouts Gilroy. Oh oh, making cookies isn't so easy.
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  Our cookies look like blops, said Ma, says Lama Lama.
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  Mama Lama has an idea. I say we make another batch.
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  She says, next time they will look like hearts. Lama
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  Lama and Gilroy take a break from baking to visit Luna.
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  She is making animals out of paper for her gifts.
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  I knew you would make something fantastic, said Lama Lama.
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  You're always so creative. The boys try to make a
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  paper bird. Oh no, Gilroy's bird doesn't look like a
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  bird at all. I better keep trying to find something
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  else I'm good at, says Gilroy. At home, Lama Lama
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  and Gilroy make another batch of cookies. Oh no, these
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  cookies don't look like hearts either. This cookie looks like
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  an octopus, Lama says as he looks at his cookies.
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  Don't worry, we will try again, says Mama. While these
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  cookies are baking, let's go visit Nelly to see what
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  she is making, says Lama Liman. Gilroy to Nelly's house.
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  It smells so good in here, says Gilroy. We're using
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  cookie cutters to make chocolate shapes, says Nellie. Nelly came
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  up with a great gift. Gilroy tries to make a
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  chocolate shape. Gilroy makes a mess instead. Don't worry, Gilroy,
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  I know you'll find the right thing to make, says Nellie.
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  On the way home, Lama Lama and Gilroy visit Euclid.
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  Euclid is making little buildings out of wooden sticks. Wow,
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  these buildings are so amazing, says Lama Lama. But Gilroy
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  can't build anything like that for his friends. He is
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  not great at math like Euclid is. You have to
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  figure out your own things, says Lama La. I know
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  that you will come up with something great, says Euclid.
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  The Valentine's Day party is finally here. What amazing and
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  original Valentines says Zilda Zebra. I made heartshaped cookies for everyone,
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  says Lama Lama. You just have to use your imagination
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  on the heart part, he says. Everyone laughs and eats
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  a cookie. There is one more gift to give out
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  is a Valentine's Steak card. But these aren't just any
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  Valentine's Steak cards. They're poems inside. Lama Lama reads his
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  card out loud. It says he is a great friend.
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  I love my poem, he says, did you get a poem,
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  Gilroy asks Luna. Gilroy shrugs. Wait, Lama Lama understands it
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  was you. You wrote the poems. Lama Lama shouts, this
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  is what you made for Valentine's Day, he says. Gilroy
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  smiles proudly. You told me to do something that was
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  creative in me, and I love writing, he says. To
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  Zilda Zebra, you are so good at it. I hope
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  you do a lot more of it, says Zilda Zebra.
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  What a special Valentine's Day. Lama Lamana's classmates show one
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  another how much they care, and they discover their own
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  special talents. Our next step stories are about winter and
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  the first one is titled Sleep, Big Bear Sleep, and
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  it was published by Marshall Cavendish Children. It has a
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  copyright year of two thousand and nine and The author
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  of our text is Maureen Wright. Old Man Winter, from
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  a storm cloud spide his big Bear friend in the countryside.
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  He leaned to the earth and softly sided sleep Big
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  Bear sleep. But big Bear didn't hear very well. He
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  couldn't sleep in his den in the dell. He thought
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  he heard as twilight fell, drive a jeep. Big Bear
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  drive a jeep, so big Bear as he drove around
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  in a jeep on a road just south of town.
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  But after a while he stopped in a park and
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  old Man whispered as it grew dark, Sleep Big Bear sleep.
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  The big bear didn't hear very well. He couldn't sleep
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  in his gin in the dell. He thought he heard
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  as dry leaves fell, sweep big Bear sweep. So big
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  Bear went to a house down the street and swept
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  each room so nice and neat. But after a while
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  he yawned again, and old Man Winter warned his friend sleep.
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  Big Bear sleep, But big Bear didn't hear very well.
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  He couldn't sleep in his gin in the dell. He
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  thought he heard as shadows fell, leap, big Bear leap.
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  So big Bear found a frog can you and played
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  leap frog? While the cold wind blew till all at
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  once he fell to the ground. The wind through the
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  trees was the only sound, and old man Winter said
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  with a frown, sleep big bears sleep. But big Bear
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  didn't hear very well. He couldn't sleep in in his
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  din in the dell. He thought he heard as darkness fell.
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  Dive deep, big Bear, dive deep. So Big Bear padded
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  to a clear blue lake. Finding it hard to stay awake,
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  he dove in deep and swam to the shore. He
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  had never been so very tired before. His head dropped
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  down and he let out a snore, and old man
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  Winter said, once more, sleep, big Bear. Sleep. That big
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  Bear didn't hear very well. He couldn't sleep in his
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  gin in the dell. He thought he heard as snowflakes fell.
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  Climb a mountain steep, big Bear steep. So Big Bear
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  trudged in the mountaintop, where the code wind blew and
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  the temperature dropped. He sat on a stump on the
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  highest spot and wished for a blanket and a fold
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  up cot. Then he stumbled back down with his eyes
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  eyes half shut. So tired he didn't know which end
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  was up. O Mian yelled while shaking his heads. Hey,
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  there bear. Did you hear what I said? It's wintertime.
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  Now go to beds. Big Bear's eyes were droopy and red.
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  You could have told me before, he said. He lumbered
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  nearby to his cozy Din rubbed his eyes and yawned again.
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  He put on his PJS and blew out the light,
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  and fluffing his pillow, he said, good night. Our next
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  story is gonna be a fable and it was published
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  by monkey Pen Books. It has the copyright year of
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  twenty twenty and the author is T. Alberts. On a
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  huge mountain in the big forest, there was a medium
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  sized metal and a small pond. And his small pond
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  lived Terrence the turtle and his two best buddies, Sam
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  and Sally Swan. Oh. You may think it, ah that
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  a turred on swans were buddies, really true friends, But
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  I assure you they were. Every day the three of
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  them would search the pond for food, swim together, and
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  play games and tell stories on the shore. When it
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  got dark, Sam and Sally would return to their nest
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  under a large tree, and Terence to his din on
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  the shore by their tree. One year, there was a
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  little rain and the pond began to dry. Up. The
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  three friends were concerned and talked about what they should do.
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  We should stay here, said Terence. The rain always comes in.
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  The pond has been our home since we were born.
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  I don't think the pond will last, said Sally. I
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  think we need to find a new home, said Sam.
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  Then Sam flew away in search of a new pond.
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  After several days, Sam returned to find the pond almost
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  dry and his friends not doing well at all. Sam
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  Terrence shouted excitedly, we are glad to see you. The
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  pond is almost dry, Sally's hungry and scared, and my
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  shell is starting to crack. Did you find a new home? Yes,
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  said Sam. It is beautiful, but very far away, and
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  I don't know how you will get there. The three
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  talked for a long time. Then Terence said, I will
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  stay here and dig deep into my den, and the
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  two of you, my two friends, fly to your new home. No,
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  shouted Sally, we will all go. There has to be
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  a way, said Sam. The three set under the bright
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  sun and silence, thinking of a way to get to
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  the far away pond. I know how to do it,
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  shouted Terrence. See that stick, he said to Sam. Sally,
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  and you will each take an end in your bill
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  and will bite in the middle. Then you can fly
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  to our new home while I hang onto the stick.
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  We can all be together again. The three sat in
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  silence thinking about Terrence's idea. It will work, said Sally.
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  I agree, said Terence. Maybe, said Sam. Sam looked at
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  Terrence and Sally for a few minutes and said, yes,
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  I think it will work. But none of us can
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  talk or open our mouths. No matter what, does everyone understand?
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  Does everyone agree? Yes, said Sally, I agree too, said Terrence.
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  Terence Sam firmly said it is most important that you
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  do not talk or open your mouth. Remember, you can't fly.
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  I understand, said Terence. Within a minute, Sally and Sam
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  each had the stick firmly held in their bills. Sam
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  opened his mouth and bit down on the stick. They
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  were off. Sally Swan and Sam Swan flew side by side,
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  separated by a stick, with Terence Turtle hanging in the middle.
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  It was a very strange but funny sight. As they flew,
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  climbing higher and higher, no one dared talk or open
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  their mouth. Faster and faster, higher and higher, Sally and
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  Sam flew. Terence was terrified as they passed over a town,
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  they could hear the people talking and laughing. Look up
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  in the sky, shouted one boy, What is it? Asked another.
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  As the people looked up, they began to laugh at
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  a strange sight. They laughed, whistled, hooted, and hollered at
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  the silly swans carrying a turtle on a stick. Terrence
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  heard all that noise, but couldn't look down to see
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  what was going on. Ignoring the advice that Sam had
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  given him, he opened his mouth to ask what was happening.
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  Before he could say a word, he was falling and
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  looking up at his flying friends. Oh don't worry, Terence
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  didn't get hurt. You see, they were close enough to
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  their new home. So Terence fell into the big deep pond,
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  but not listening to his two friends could have ended
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  it differently for him. That's all we have time for today,
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  So this concludes the Children's Story Hour for today. Please
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  join us next time as we will read more stories,
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  fables and fairy tales. Thank you for listening, and please
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  stay tuned to the Lexting Herald Leader here on Radio
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