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9.26.26 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to Radio Eye's Children's Story Hour. As
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  Speaker 1: a reminder, Radio Eye is a reading service intended for
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  Speaker 1: people who are blind or have other disabilities that make
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  Speaker 1: it difficult to read printed material. Today we will be
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  Speaker 1: reading from various books on fall or autumn. Your reader
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  Speaker 1: today is Diane. Our first story is titled Hooray for
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  Speaker 1: Fall and it was published by NorthSouth Books and It
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  Speaker 1: has a copyright year of 1984 to 2009. And the
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  Speaker 1: author of the book is Kazoho Iwamura. Deep in the woods,
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  Speaker 1: summer was over. Mick, Mike, and Molly were going with
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  Speaker 1: Papa to collect nuts. When they came home, their baskets
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  Speaker 1: were full. Look, Mama, said Mick. We found so many nuts.
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  Speaker 1: Mama had been busy, too. What are you knitting? asked Mike.
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  Speaker 1: It's a secret, said Mama. You'll have to wait and
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  Speaker 1: see when I have finished. That night, the little squirrels
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  Speaker 1: were tired out. They fell asleep as soon as they
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  Speaker 1: went to bed. It's beginning to get cold already, said Papa.
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  Speaker 1: Winter is coming, said Mama. I must hurry. And she
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  Speaker 1: knit it late into the night. The next morning, Mama
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  Speaker 1: called her children. I finished them last night, she said.
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  Speaker 1: Now try on these sweaters. What great red sweaters, said Nick.
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  Speaker 1: Don't we look nice in the same sweaters, said Molly.
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  Speaker 1: I'm stuck, Mac squeaked, and everyone laughed. When they all
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  Speaker 1: had on their sweaters, they went outside into the woods. Hello, birds,
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  Speaker 1: said Nick. Look at our handsome sweaters. Aren't they beautiful,
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  Speaker 1: said Molly. They match. Our mama knitted them for us,
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  Speaker 1: said Mac. Soon it will be cold, but you will
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  Speaker 1: be really warm this winter. said the mama bird. We
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  Speaker 1: are flying south to a warm place, chirped the bird children.
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  Speaker 1: See you next year. Look at the mushrooms, shouted Mick.
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  Speaker 1: They have red sweaters just like us, said Molly. And
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  Speaker 1: they are just like our family too, said Mike. A
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  Speaker 1: mom and a papa and three children. I found some
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  Speaker 1: red berries, cried Mike. Really red berries. The last time
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  Speaker 1: we were here, they were green, weren't they? Asked Mick.
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  Speaker 1: Winter is coming, so they change their clothes just like us,
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  Speaker 1: said Molly. They are as red as our sweaters, shouted Mike.
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  Speaker 1: Even the leaves are red, said Molly. Does everything change
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  Speaker 1: color because cold winter is coming, said Mick. That's it,
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  Speaker 1: said Mike. Everything turns red just like our sweaters. A
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  Speaker 1: little farther on, Bear was eating red persimmon. How can
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  Speaker 1: you eat so many, asked Molly. Don't you get a
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  Speaker 1: tummy ache? She was worried. Oh, no, said Bear. I
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  Speaker 1: need to eat a lot. Bear's sleeping during the winter,
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  Speaker 1: so I have to eat plenty now. Oh, dear, cried Molly.
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  Speaker 1: Look over there. The sky is on fire, Mike shouted.
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  Speaker 1: And sure enough, up in the sky was a great
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  Speaker 1: red glow. Let's climb up to the treetop and see
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  Speaker 1: what it is, said Mike. That night, the little squirrels
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  Speaker 1: couldn't wait to tell Mama and Papa about their day.
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  Speaker 1: The berries are red, said Mike, just like our sweaters.
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  Speaker 1: The leaves are red, said Molly, just like our sweaters.
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  Speaker 1: Even the sky is red, said Mick, just like our sweaters.
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  Speaker 1: That's because winter is coming, said Mama. That's because it's fall,
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  Speaker 1: said Papa. Hooray for fall, said Mick and Mike and Molly.
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  Speaker 1: That night, after the children had gone to bed, Papa
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  Speaker 1: and Mama sat by the stove. What are you knitting now,
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  Speaker 1: Papa asked Mama. Something for you, my dear, said Mama.
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  Speaker 1: A red scarf, and all winter long, no matter how
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  Speaker 1: cold it got, the squirrel family kept warm in their
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  Speaker 1: red sweaters and scarf. Our next book is titled Autumn,
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  Speaker 1: and it was published by Book Life Publishing. It has
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  Speaker 1: a copyright year of 2018. And the book was written
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  Speaker 1: by Emily DeFrisney. Crunch, crunch. The leaves are changing color
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  Speaker 1: and falling to the ground. It must be autumn. Autumn
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  Speaker 1: is the season of the year. Seasons change when the
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  Speaker 1: weather changes. Every season is different. From summer, autumn, winter
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  Speaker 1: to spring. Autumn weather changes. Have you ever played in
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  Speaker 1: the rain? In autumn, the temperature starts to get colder.
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  Speaker 1: There can be a lot of rain and wind. In autumn,
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  Speaker 1: the days start to feel shorter. This is because there
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  Speaker 1: are fewer hours of light in a day. Autumn clothes.
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  Speaker 1: In autumn, we need to wear warmer clothes and waterproofs
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  Speaker 1: so we do not get wet or cold. We wear raincoat, wellies,
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  Speaker 1: and we have an umbrella. Autumn festivals and celebrations. Americans
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  Speaker 1: celebrate Thanksgiving to give thanks for the harvest. Around the world,
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  Speaker 1: there are many festivals and celebrations in autumn. China celebrates
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  Speaker 1: the Moon Festival. It takes place when the moon is
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  Speaker 1: at its brightest and roundest. Lanterns are lit during the
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  Speaker 1: Moon Festival. The United Kingdom celebrates Bonfire Night by setting
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  Speaker 1: off fireworks and sparklers. Certain festivals in autumn have traditional food.
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  Speaker 1: In America, a roast turkey is served for Thanksgiving. Autumn foods.
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  Speaker 1: Orange pumpkins, green gourds, and yellow squashes all grow well
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  Speaker 1: in autumn. Many different types of squash are in season
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  Speaker 1: during autumn. In the Chinese moon festival, people eat moon cake.
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  Speaker 1: It is a sweet pastry with a thick sweet bean paste.
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  Speaker 1: Autumn plague. In autumn, there are lots of different leaves
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  Speaker 1: to play with. When it rains, there are lots of
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  Speaker 1: puddles to jump in. Plants in autumn. Seeds fall like
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  Speaker 1: tiny helicopters. Sycamore trees shed the seeds in the autumn.
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  Speaker 1: The Chinese lantern plant turns bright orange in autumn. Animals
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  Speaker 1: in autumn. Mist helps us see the spiders. On autumn mornings,
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  Speaker 1: the weather gets misty. Mist is a cloud of tiny
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  Speaker 1: water droplets. In autumn, squirrels collect nuts and seeds. They
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  Speaker 1: dig holes to hide them in. This way, the squirrel
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  Speaker 1: will have food all winter. What comes next? As autumn
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  Speaker 1: comes to an end, the weather gets colder and daytime
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  Speaker 1: gets shorter. Autumn is becoming winter. Our next book is
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  Speaker 1: called Why Is It Fall?, It was published by Enslow Elementary,
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  Speaker 1: an imprint of Enslow Publishers, and it has a copyright
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  Speaker 1: year of 2012. The author is Sarah L. Lotte. Words
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  Speaker 1: to Know. Harvest. The food gathered at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the growing season. Migrate. To move from one place to another. Season.
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  Speaker 1: One of the four parts of the year. Each season
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  Speaker 1: has a certain kind of weather. tilt to lean to
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  Speaker 1: one side. The earth is tilted. What is fall? There
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  Speaker 1: are four seasons of the year. Fall is one of
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  Speaker 1: the seasons. The others are winter, spring, and summer. Each
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  Speaker 1: season lasts about three months. Each season has its own
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  Speaker 1: kind of weather. Fall is cooler than summer, but warmer
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  Speaker 1: than winter. Why do we have seasons? Earth moves around
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  Speaker 1: the sun, One time each year, Earth tilts as it
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  Speaker 1: goes around the sun. The tilt causes more or less
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  Speaker 1: sunlight to fall on different parts of the Earth. As
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  Speaker 1: the amount of sunlight changes, the weather changes. So do
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  Speaker 1: the seasons. Earth's path around the sun. Spring in north
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  Speaker 1: part of Earth. Summer, North Pole tilts towards the sun.
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  Speaker 1: It is summer in the north part of the Earth.
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  Speaker 1: Fall in north part of the Earth. North Pole. ho
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  Speaker 1: tilts away from sun. It is winter in the north
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  Speaker 1: part of the earth. When does fall start? Fall starts
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  Speaker 1: right after summer. In North America, the first day falls
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  Speaker 1: around September 21st. After this day, the days get cooler.
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  Speaker 1: The days also get shorter. The sun gets sets earlier
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  Speaker 1: every day. Why do leaves change color in fall? With
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  Speaker 1: less sunlight, plants make less food. They get ready to
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  Speaker 1: rest for winter. The green part of the leaves that
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  Speaker 1: makes food goes away. Now the leaves show the yellow
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  Speaker 1: and orange colors that were hiding behind the green. What
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  Speaker 1: happens to other plants in fall? In fall, some plants
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  Speaker 1: turn brown and look dead. Their roots are still alive, though.
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  Speaker 1: Like the trees, they will rest all winter. Many plants
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  Speaker 1: make seeds or nuts in the fall. Some of these
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  Speaker 1: seeds and nuts will grow into new plants in the spring.
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  Speaker 1: Acorns are oak tree seeds. What do animals do in fall?
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  Speaker 1: In fall, animals get ready for winter. Some grow long,
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  Speaker 1: thick fur to keep them warm. Others gather food. Bears
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  Speaker 1: eat lots and lots of food in the fall. They
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  Speaker 1: will use their fat for energy as they rest for
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  Speaker 1: the winter. Busy squirrels store nuts to eat later. Why
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  Speaker 1: do animals migrate? Some animals cannot live in the cold
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  Speaker 1: winter weather. So in the fall, they migrate to warmer places.
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  Speaker 1: Geese and other birds fly south. Many kinds of fish
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  Speaker 1: swim to warmer waters. Monarch butterflies fly thousands of miles
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  Speaker 1: to their warm winter homes in Mexico and California. What
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  Speaker 1: do people do in fall? Many farmers pick their crops
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  Speaker 1: in the fall. You may go apple picking or get
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  Speaker 1: a Halloween pumpkin. People all around the world celebrate the harvest.
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  Speaker 1: In North America, many families share a A Thanksgiving feast. Experiment.
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  Speaker 1: Do leaves need sunlight to change colors? You will need
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  Speaker 1: tree or shrub that turns colors in the fall. Ask
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  Speaker 1: an adult to help you find one. Heavy paper and
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  Speaker 1: masking tape. First, in early fall, find a tree with
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  Speaker 1: leaves that you know will turn red or purple. A
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  Speaker 1: flowering dogwood tree, a maple tree, or a burning bush
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  Speaker 1: would work well. Two. find some leaves that get plenty
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  Speaker 1: of sunlight. Do not pick them. Take a piece of
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  Speaker 1: paper to part of each leaf. Three, after the leaves
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  Speaker 1: have changed color, remove the pieces of paper to the
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  Speaker 1: part of the leaf under the paper. Also turn color.
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  Speaker 1: Why or why not? Our next story is called Fall Pumpkins,
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  Speaker 1: Orange and Plump. It was published by Millbrook Press, a
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  Speaker 1: division of Lerner Publishing Group. It's a copyright year of 2012,
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  Speaker 1: and the author of our book is Martha E. H. Rusted.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter one, planting a pumpkin patch. It is spring, but
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  Speaker 1: I am thinking about fall. Let's grow pumpkins in the garden.
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  Speaker 1: We make little hills in the soil. My hands get dirty.
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  Speaker 1: We plant two or three seeds in each hill. Gardeners
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  Speaker 1: leave Lots of space between hills and a pumpkin patch.
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  Speaker 1: Pumpkin vines can grow as long as 30 feet. We
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  Speaker 1: dig moats around the hills, then we water the seeds.
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  Speaker 1: Sunshine warms the wet soil. Later, the seeds crack open.
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  Speaker 1: Tiny roots grow down. Moats around pumpkin hills help the
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  Speaker 1: soil stay wet. Wet soil is good for the seeds.
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  Speaker 1: It keeps them from drying out. Two weeks pass. Look,
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  Speaker 1: I see tiny seedlings. Little leaves grow into thin vines.
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  Speaker 1: The vines spread out. Curly tendrils grab on the other
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  Speaker 1: plants or fences. Pumpkins need long vines to grow. Small
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  Speaker 1: tendrils help the vines spread out. Sometimes gardeners guide the
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  Speaker 1: vines so they grow in the right direction. Chapter two,
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  Speaker 1: flowers and pumpkins. Now it is summer. Look, I see
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  Speaker 1: yellow flowers on the vines. Male flowers have pollen inside them.
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  Speaker 1: Female flowers have a bump. Buzz. Bees spread pollen from
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  Speaker 1: one flower to another. The bump will grow to be
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  Speaker 1: a pumpkin. A pumpkin's female flower opens for only one day.
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  Speaker 1: The flower closes at the end of the day. Little
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  Speaker 1: green pumpkins begin to grow. I water the plants every week.
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  Speaker 1: They start small and grow bigger all summer. Leaves take
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  Speaker 1: in warm sunlight. Sunlight becomes food for the growing pumpkin plant.
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  Speaker 1: Pumpkins take about 100 days to grow. The biggest pumpkins
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  Speaker 1: can gain up to 25 pounds in a day. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: it is fall. Harvest time. Cool air and short days
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  Speaker 1: till the pumpkins to stop growing. Their skin turns orange.
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  Speaker 1: The leaves turn yellow. I'm ready to pick one. Most
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  Speaker 1: ripe pumpkins are orange. But some kinds are green, white, blue,
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  Speaker 1: or red. All pumpkins are green when they first begin
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  Speaker 1: to grow. Chapter three, using pumpkins. Let's make pumpkin pie. Splash.
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  Speaker 1: We wash the pumpkin skin. Chop. We cut up the
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  Speaker 1: pumpkin and bake the pieces. We scoop out the soft
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  Speaker 1: flesh and make a pie. It smells delicious. Yum. Buckskin,
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  Speaker 1: small sugar, and winter luxury are types of pumpkins. It
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  Speaker 1: tastes good in pies. Let's carve a pumpkin. We cut
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  Speaker 1: open the top. We scoop out the seeds. Pumpkins with
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  Speaker 1: lots of ridges have a lot of seeds inside them.
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  Speaker 1: Smooth pumpkins have fewer seeds. We cut out two eyes,
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  Speaker 1: a nose, and a mouth. Don't forget the candle. Yikes,
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  Speaker 1: our jack-o'-lantern looks spooky. I saved some of the pumpkin seeds.
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  Speaker 1: I will plant them next spring. I will think about
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  Speaker 1: my pumpkin patch all winter long. How big will my
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  Speaker 1: pumpkins grow next year? Atlantic Giant and Big Mac's pumpkins
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  Speaker 1: grow really big. The heaviest pumpkin ever weighed was 1,725 pounds.
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  Speaker 1: That is about as heavy as a cow. Our next
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  Speaker 1: book is called All About Fall Weather, and it was
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  Speaker 1: published by AV2 by Weigel. It has a copyright year
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  Speaker 1: of 2020. And the author of our book is Jenna
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  Speaker 1: Lee Gleisner and John Willis. Weather in this book, you
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  Speaker 1: will learn about what it is, what it does, how
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  Speaker 1: it changes, and much more. Cool weather. It is a
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  Speaker 1: fall morning. It is chilly. The National Weather Service is
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  Speaker 1: in Silver Spring, Maryland. It helps people know what the
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  Speaker 1: weather in the United States will be like. Fall weather
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  Speaker 1: is often cloudy and windy. Fall comes after the warm summer.
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  Speaker 1: Temperatures drop. The first day of fall is known as
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  Speaker 1: the fall equinox. It gets cold enough for frost. Frost
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  Speaker 1: forms on grass. Cool weather in fall changes plants. They
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  Speaker 1: stop growing. Leaves fall from trees. Wind blows the trees around.
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  Speaker 1: Oak and beech trees keep their leaves much longer than
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  Speaker 1: many other trees do. Animals feel it get colder. Some
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  Speaker 1: grow more fur. People also feel the weather get colder
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  Speaker 1: in fall. They wear warm jackets. They wear hats and mittens.
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  Speaker 1: Fall weather gets colder and colder. Soon winter will be here.
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  Speaker 1: In the United States, the last day of fall is
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  Speaker 1: usually on December 20th. or 21st. Wind spinner craft. Make
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  Speaker 1: your own wind spinner. Supplies, paper plate, pencil, marker, scissor, string. Instructions. One,
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  Speaker 1: start at the outer edge of the paper plate. With
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  Speaker 1: your pencil, draw a spiral inward toward the middle. Two,
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  Speaker 1: draw your favorite objects on the plate with markers. Three,
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  Speaker 1: use your scissors to cut along the pencil line. Four,
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  Speaker 1: Poke a small hole in the center of the plate. Five,
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  Speaker 1: pull the string through the hole. Tie a knot in
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  Speaker 1: the end. Six, hang your spinner outside and watch it
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  Speaker 1: spin in the winds. Our next book is called We
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  Speaker 1: Harvest Pumpkins in the Fall. And it was published by
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  Speaker 1: Cherry Lake Publishing. It has a copyright year of 2013.
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  Speaker 1: And the author is Rebecca Felix. Fall season. Fall arrives.
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  Speaker 1: Weather gets colder. Many fruits become ripe. Pumpkins grow. Pumpkins
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  Speaker 1: are a fruit. They start as blossoms. They grow on vines.
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  Speaker 1: All summer, pumpkins grow. They are ready to harvest in fall.
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  Speaker 1: They are cut from the vine. Color and size. Pumpkins
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  Speaker 1: grow in many colors. Many are orange. Pumpkins grow to
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  Speaker 1: many sizes. Bree found a big pumpkin. Kay goes to
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  Speaker 1: a pumpkin patch. She takes pumpkins home. Food and fun.
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  Speaker 1: Pumpkin is used in many foods. Jack makes pumpkin pie.
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  Speaker 1: James carves pumpkins. He cuts shapes. He puts lights inside.
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  Speaker 1: Winter arrives. Pumpkins are a fun part of fall. What
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  Speaker 1: season comes next? Our next book is called Signs of Autumns,
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  Speaker 1: and it was published by Epto Publishing Company. It has
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  Speaker 1: a copyright year of 2013, and the author of our
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  Speaker 1: book is Colleen Dolphin. Seasons. There are four seasons during
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  Speaker 1: the year. They are called spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
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  Speaker 1: The weather plants... Animals and daylight hours change during each season. Autumn.
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  Speaker 1: During the year, Earth travels around the sun. This brings
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  Speaker 1: some parts of Earth closer to the sun. Other parts
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  Speaker 1: of Earth get farther from the sun. Autumn happens in
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  Speaker 1: the parts that are moving farther from the sun. Did
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  Speaker 1: you know in the United States it is autumn in September?
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  Speaker 1: In Chile, it is autumn in March. It starts to
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  Speaker 1: get cold in autumn. There are more clouds in the sky.
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  Speaker 1: Jordan and Sydney wear their new yellow hats to stay warm.
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  Speaker 1: There is less daylight in autumn. The sun sets earlier
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  Speaker 1: each day. Sarah flies her kite until it gets too
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  Speaker 1: dark outside. Did you know autumn is also called fall?
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  Speaker 1: During autumn, the leaves on the trees change color. Then
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  Speaker 1: they fall to the ground. apples are ready to be
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  Speaker 1: eaten in autumn. Ashley helps pick some of them at
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  Speaker 1: the apple orchard. Her family goes there every year. Did
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  Speaker 1: you know flocks of geese fly in a V shape? Geese, ducks,
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  Speaker 1: and many other birds fly south in the autumn. They
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  Speaker 1: spend the winter in warmer places. This is called migrating.
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  Speaker 1: In autumn, squirrels collect nuts. They save them to eat
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  Speaker 1: in the winter. It is harder for them to find
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  Speaker 1: food in the winter. Did you know autumn comes after
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  Speaker 1: summer and before winter? In autumn, Tristan likes to play
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  Speaker 1: in the crisp, crunchy leaves. What do you do in
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  Speaker 1: the autumn? Autumn quiz. Let's read each sentence below and
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  Speaker 1: decide if it's true or false. One, the weather changes
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  Speaker 1: during each season. True or false? False. Two, there's less
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  Speaker 1: daylight in the autumn. True or false? Three, leaves stay
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  Speaker 1: the same color in autumn. True or false? Geese fly
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  Speaker 1: north for the winter. True or false? Five, squirrels collect
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  Speaker 1: nuts in the autumn. True or false? The next set
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  Speaker 1: of books are about the character Fiona. And the first
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  Speaker 1: book is called Meet Fiona the Hippo. It was published
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  Speaker 1: by Zonder Kids. which is a trademark of Zondervan. It
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  Speaker 1: has a copyright year of 2020. And the author of
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  Speaker 1: the book is Donald Wu. Meet Fiona. She's a hippo.
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  Speaker 1: That is short for the word hippopotamus. Fiona lives at
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  Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Zoo. When Fiona was born, she was so tiny.
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  Speaker 1: Fiona weighed 29 pounds. That is very small for a
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  Speaker 1: baby hippo. Many people helped Fiona grow strong. Doctors, nurses,
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  Speaker 1: and zookeepers all helped. This group is called Team Fiona.
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  Speaker 1: Just like other babies, Fiona had to drink milk from
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  Speaker 1: a bottle. As Fiona grew bigger, she liked to eat
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  Speaker 1: other food. Fiona loved to eat lettuce. She also loved
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  Speaker 1: to eat pumpkin, watermelon, and pineapple. Fiona had to learn
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  Speaker 1: how to walk. Her helpers watched her as she tried
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  Speaker 1: again and again. You've got this, Fiona, people would cheer
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  Speaker 1: as she took baby steps around the room. When Fiona
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  Speaker 1: was strong enough, Team Fiona helped her learn to float.
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  Speaker 1: Fiona had her very own pool. She had her very
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  Speaker 1: own pool noodles, too. You've got this, Fiona, people would cheer.
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  Speaker 1: She loved to float in the nice warm water. Team
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  Speaker 1: Fiona taught her how to move in her little blue pool.
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  Speaker 1: Fiona learned fast. Soon she could move and play in
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  Speaker 1: the huge pool. Fiona looked so small when she was
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  Speaker 1: with her mommy and daddy. Fiona grew and grew. Every
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  Speaker 1: time Fiona learned something new, like how to dive, people cheered.
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  Speaker 1: You've got this, Fiona. And she did. Now Fiona loves
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  Speaker 1: to play in the water with the little fish and
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  Speaker 1: with her very big mama. Fiona looks out the window
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  Speaker 1: of their pool. She looks like she is smiling. She
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  Speaker 1: loves to roll, dive, and chase her mom in the water.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes Fiona and her mama just take naps in the
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  Speaker 1: water too. People came from near and far to the
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  Speaker 1: zoo when Fiona was a baby. They all wanted to
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  Speaker 1: see the little hippo. Everyone loved to see Fiona wiggle
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  Speaker 1: her ears, snort, and play. Soon Fiona was famous. Fiona
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  Speaker 1: got lots and lots of mail from people called fans.
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  Speaker 1: Fans are people who love and support Fiona and want
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  Speaker 1: her to keep growing. Now Fiona is very healthy. She
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  Speaker 1: is getting bigger and stronger. Team Fiona is happy. They
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  Speaker 1: watch her as she plays in the water and eats
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  Speaker 1: good food. Hippos like Fiona grow up to be very big.
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  Speaker 1: Someday Fiona might weigh more than your family car. And
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  Speaker 1: Fiona will have a huge mouth. She will also have
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  Speaker 1: very big teeth and tusks, just like her mama. Even
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  Speaker 1: when Fiona is all grown up, people from all over
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  Speaker 1: the world will still love her, and the people will cheer.
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  Speaker 1: You've got this, Fiona. Five hippo facts. One, hippos are mammals. Two,
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  Speaker 1: hippos spend most of the day in the water. Three,
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  Speaker 1: hippos can hold their breath for five minutes underwater. Four,
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  Speaker 1: hippos live in groups called bloats. A baby hippo is
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  Speaker 1: called a calf. This concludes the Children's Story Hour for today.
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  Speaker 1: Please join us next time as we will read more stories, fables,
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  Speaker 1: and fairy tales. Thank you for listening and please stay
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  Speaker 1: tuned for Lex and Harold Leder on Radio Eye.