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2.1.25 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Reali's Children's Story Hour. As a reminder,
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  REALI is a reading service intended for people who are
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  blind with other disabilities that make it difficult to read
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  printed material. Today we will be reading from various books
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  on Black Americans. Your reader today is Diane. We will
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  continue with the book Michelle Obama, Get to Know the
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  Influential First Lady, an education Advocate. It was published by
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  Capstone Press, a Keepstone imprint. It has a copyright year
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  of twenty twenty and the author of our story is
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  Lakita Wilson. The next year, Michelle ster Let's Move. The
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  campaign encouraged children to get up and move through exercise
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  in dancing the First Lady saying about healthy foods on
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  Sesame Street. She wrapped about fresh vegetables on YouTube. She
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  who hooped on the White House. Long While in the
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  White House, Michelle's main goal was to keep her daughter's
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  lives private. After years par rock working and traveling far
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  from home, the whole family was finally together under one roof.
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  Michelle's staff knew that her daughter's events came first on
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  her schedule. Malia and Sasha, who were ten and seven
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  years old when they moved into the White House to
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  chores and had a regular bedtime. On January sixth, twenty seventeen,
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  Michelle spoke to the nation as the First Lady for
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  the last time. Her words were meant especially for the
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  youth of America. I want our young people to know
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  that they matter, that they belonged, she said. Led by example,
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  with hope, never fear, and know that I will be
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  with you, rooting for you and working to support you
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  for the rest of my life. November twenty eighteen, Michelle's
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  memoir Becoming was published. It's so seven hundred and twenty
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  five thousand copies its first day and more than ten
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  million copies in the first six months. It seemed that
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  people had missed her inspiring words and wanted to more
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  Obama media misshow and Barack Obama create their own production
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  company in twenty eighteen. Higher Ground, in partnership with Netflix,
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  creates series and movies that promote understanding between people. It
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  also works with Spotify to create an assortment of podcasts
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  and inform, entertain, and inspire. Our next set of stories
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  will be on Valentine's Day, and the first one is
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  called The Twelve Days of Valentine's How Long Until Valentine's Day?
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  It was published by Scholastic. It has a copyright year
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  of twenty seventeen. The author is Jenna Lattuce. On the
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  first day of Valentines, What Sweet Thing did I see?
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  A warm fuzzy hug meant just for me? On the
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  second day of Valentine's What Sweet Thing did I see?
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  Two cups of sparkles and a warm fuzzy hug meant
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  just for me? On the third day of Valentine's What
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  Sweet Thing did I see? Three pink pins, two cups
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  of sparkles, and a warm fuzzy hug meant just for me?
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  On the fourth day of Valentine's What Sweet Thing did
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  I see? Four purple ribbons, three pink pins, two cups
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  of sparkles, and a warm fuzzy hug meant just for me?
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  On the fifth day of Valentine's What Sweet Thing did
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  I see? Five candy hearts, four purple ribbons, three pink pins,
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  two cups of sparkles, and a warm fuzz hug meant
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  just for me? On the six day of Valentine's What
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  Sweet Thing did I see? Six chocolate smelting five candy hearts,
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  four purple ribbons, three pink pens, two cups of sparkles,
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  and a warm fuzzy hug meant just for me. On
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  the seventh day of Valentine's What Sweet Thing did I see?
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  Seven ladies sewing, six chocolate smelting, five candy hearts, four
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  purple ribbons, three pink pens, two cups of sparkles, and
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  a warm fuzzy hug meant just for me? On the
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  eighth day of Valentine's, What Sweet Thing did I see?
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  Eight children writing, seven ladies sewing, six chocolates melting, five
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  candy hearts, four purple ribbons, three pink pens, two cups
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  of sparkles, and a warm fuzzy hug meant just for me?
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  On the ninth day of Valentine's What Sweet Thing did
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  I see? Nine parents helping, eight children writing, seven ladies sewing,
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  six chocolate smelting, five candy hearts, four purple ribbons, three
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  pink pens, two cups of sparkles, and a warm fuzzy
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  hug meant just for me? On the tenth day of
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  Valentine's What Sweet Thing did I See? Ten cupids playing,
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  nine parents helping eight children writing, seven ladies sewing, six
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  chocolate smelting, five candy hearts, four purple ribbons, three pink pins,
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  two cups of sparkles, and a warm fuzzy hug meant
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  just for me? On the eleventh day of Valentine's What
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  Sweet Thing did I See? Eleven cookies baking, ten cupids playing,
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  nine parents helping, eight children writing, seven lady sewing, six
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  chocolate smelting, five candy hearts, four purple ribbons, three pink pence,
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  two cups of sparkles, and a warm fuzzy hug meant
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  just for me. On the twelfth day of Valentine's What
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  Sweet Thing did I See? Twelve friends smiling, eleven cookies baking,
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  ten cupids playing, nine parents helping, eight children writing, seven
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  ladies sewing, six chocolate smelting, five candy bars, four purple ribbons,
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  three pink pence, two cups of sparkles, and a warm
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  fuzzy hug meant just for me. Our next book is
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  titled A Million Virgilia's First Foullentine, and it was published
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  by Scholastic. It has a copyright ear of two thousand
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  and nine. The author is Hermann pear. Amelia Vagilia saw
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  all hearts everywhere. She spied them in the sky, spotted
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  them at the park, and even found them on her
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  French fries. She was surrounded by love. Mom, Where are you,
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  Amelia Vagilia yelled. When she got home from school, I'm
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  in the living room. Amelia Vagilia's mother was playing cards
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  with her friends. Amelia Vigilia loved to play cards too.
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  She picked over her mom's shoulder. Hearts, A whole handful
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  of hearts. Wow, Amelia Vagilia said, Look at all those
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  Valentines her mother friends laughed. Amelia Vadilia said her mother,
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  don't tell them when I'm holding You're holding cards, Mom, said,
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  Amelia Vigilia. Anyone can see that. Amelia Vadilia's mother handed
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  her a brand new jack of cards. Here a present
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  for you, now, skadetto your snack is in the kitchen.
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  Cupcake Amelia Badia couldn't find any cupcakes in the kitchen,
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  just a plate the brownies. She grabbed one and sat
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  down at the table. She put her new deck of
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  cards in her knapsack. She liked them, but she didn't
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  really need them. She already had a bunch of cards
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  to finish before the Valentine's Day party at her school tomorrow.
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  Amelia Vadilia's teacher, Miss Edwards, had made cards for everyone
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  to decorate it home. Amelia Vadilia got right to work.
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  Many of the cards confused her, so she did her
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  best to fix them. She put a bandage across the
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  broken heart, tossed penuts into the envelope with the squirrel,
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  warmed a card up the figure too cool, gave the
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  seal a kiss, and was about to drizzle honey on
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  a bee when her father came in through the back door.
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  Hey daddy, she said, did you know that tomorrow is
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  Valentine's Amelia Viagilia's father kissed her on top of her head.
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  So your mother has reminded me every day this week,
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  he said, with a chuckle. Tell me something I don't know.
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  Amelia Vadilia thought for a second and then said, Teddy
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  lost a tooth at recess. Her dad smiled, Teddy is lucky,
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  he said. Who'll get a visit from the tooth fairy
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  tonight and a visit from Cupid tomorrow. Who is Cupid?
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  Asked Amelia Vadilia. Cupid is the little baby with wings,
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  said Amelia Vadilia's father. He flies around on Valentine's Day
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  and shoots arrows at people when they least expect it.
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  If his arrow hits you, then you'll fall in love
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  with the next person you see what, yelled Amelia Vigilia.
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  Don't tease me, daddy. Babies don't have wings. It's a myth,
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  not a joke, said Amelia Vadilia's father. Now, what should
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  I get for mom? Candy, flowers, jewelry. Yes, at Amelia
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  Viadilia's mother, Ah, like all of the above a million.
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  Vigilia looked up. All she saw above was the light
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  on the ceiling. Why would her mother want want that
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  for Valentine's Day. That night, Amelia Vidilia had the most
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  amazing dream. Cupea's hearts and candy kisses swirled around her.
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  I'm nuts for you, squeaked a giant chocolate squirrel fuzzy
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  sugar bee floated through the air. When Amelia Vadilia woke
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  up the next morning, she was still a little bit
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  sleepy as she was late, and she was late. She
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  jumped into her close, wooked down her breakfast, blew her
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  parents of kiss and raced for the bus quick as
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  a whistle. Come on, slow poke, the bus driver called,
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  you're holding us up. That's impossible. Amelia Vidilia said, I'm
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  not strong enough. She climbed on board and took the
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  special Valentine Steak cards under her seats so they wouldn't
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  get crunched. The Valentine's state party started right after lunch.
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  There were decorations and games and tons of treats. There
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  was a giant cake baked in the shape of a heart,
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  and an enormous bowl of fizzy pink punch. Can I
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  have a little punch? Please? Ask play? Amelia Vadilia gave
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  him a little punch on his arm ow yellow clay.
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  The other kids laughed. Amelia Badilia did not. She was
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  too busy keeping an eye out for Cupid and Tis Arrow.
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  At last, it was time to exchange Valentine's Stay cards.
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  That's when Amelia Vidilia remember what she had forgotten. Her
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  cards were still on the bus. Amelia Badilia was miserable.
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  A million Badillia, You're wearing your heart on your sleeve,
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  said Missus Edwards. What's the trouble. Amelia Viadilia looked at
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  both of her sleeves. She saw stripes, but not hearts.
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  I don't have cards for my friends, she said, I
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  left them on the bus. She put her head down
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  on her desk. She started to cry. The whole class
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  gathered around Amelia Vadilia. Here's what we'll do to make
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  everyone feel better, said miss Edwards, patting Amelia Vigilia on
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  the shoulder. Let's get busy, everyone, Please pick an activity.
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  You can make your own heart box plate, pin the
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  heart on the skeleton, or I can show you a
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  card game called Hearts. I have an idea, shouted Amelia Vigilia.
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  She looked at miss Edwards and smiled. She wiped her eyes.
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  She opened the deck of cards her mother had given her.
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  She took out her markers. It's okay, announced Amelia Vidilia.
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  A few minutes later, I've got Valentine's for everyone. Later
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  that afternoon, Abilia Vadilia found her Valentine's on the bus,
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  right where she had forgotten them. She was thrilled. She
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  leaped off the bus and zoomed down the sidewalk. She
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  held the hard box she made at the party up
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  to the sky and twirled around and around and around.
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  Funk Bull's Eye yelled a boy if he jumped out
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  of the bushes. The boy was Jeremy and he lived
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  on her street. She known him since she was a baby.
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  I'm not a bull, Jeremy, she said, And this is
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  not a nye. You could have broken my heart. I
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  don't want to break your heart, Amelia Vigilia said, Jeremy,
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  Amelia Vigilia didn't believe him. Cross my heart, he said,
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  as he really crossed. It was school fun today. My
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  mom made me stay home because I was sick this morning.
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  You miss Valentine's Day, asked Amelia Vigilia. Now she felt
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  sorry for Jeremy, so sorry that she decided to give
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  him all of her special cards here. Happy Valentine's Day,
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  she said, thanks, he said. Walking away, he turned and
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  blew her a kiss. A million Vidillion made a face.
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  She sure didn't love him, but there was no reason
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  not to like him. When Amelia Vadilia's father got home,
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  Amelia Viadilia and her mother gave him a box of chocolates.
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  He presented a bouquet of flowers to Amelia Adilia's mother
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  and a bracelet to Amelia Vadillia. The bracelet sparkled and
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  a tiny pink heart dangled from it. Thank you, Daddy,
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  said Amelia Vadilia. Now I can wear my heart on
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  my wrist instead of on my sleeve. Hug Time, shout
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  Amelia Vadilia's father, Dougle hug Time shouted Amelia Vadilia's mother,
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  Triple hug Time shouted Amelia Viadilia. It was the greatest
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  family hug ever and a million Vigilia wished they could
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  stay just like that until next Valentine stay. Her next
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  book is titled The Valentine Press and it was published
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  by Marshall Gavin Dish. It has a copyright year of
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  two thousand and four and the author's Nancy Elizabeth Wallace.
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  On February fourteenth, Missus Bloom asked, who is our calendar
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  helper today? Me? Said Nina, It's Valentine's Day. She taped
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  a paper heart over the fourteenth. Let's talk about Valentine's Day,
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  said missus Bloom. Would anyone like to share? Valentine's Day
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  is about love and friendships, said Nina, and giving each
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  other cards, added Tyrone. And Candy said Lindsey. My day,
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  Dad gave my mom flowers, said Vanessa. It's about saying
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  and doing nice things, said Miguel. And everybody being everybody's friend. Yes,
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  it's a day to be extra thoughtful in carrying a greed,
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  missus Bloom. But how does celebrate reading Valentine's Day again,
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  she asked. Nobody really knows. It may have started in
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  ancient Rome during a festival held in February, young pit
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  men picked names from and yearn in hopes of finding
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  someone to marry. It may have started with someone named Valentine,
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  who lived long, long ago. There are several stories about Valentine.
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  One story tells how he was kind to children and
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  that he sent a note to a young friend and
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  signed it from your Valentine. Or it may have started
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  because in the old days everyone thought the birds found
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  their mates on February fourteenth. It may have started for
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  all these reasons. But one thing we do know for sure.
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  For hundreds of years, sweethearts have been sending each other
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  notes and cards, gifts and flowers. Missus Bloom pointed to
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  her heart. The heart and feelings go together. We say
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  things like you're my sweetheart, My heart throbs for you.
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  So what shape is a symbol of love? The class
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  news the hearts, they shouted, I'm sure you know who
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  this is, said missus Bloom. The class shouted Cupid, Oh no,
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  not more love stuff grown day. Missus Bloom smiled. Long
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  long ago people also believed that really was a cupid.
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  He shot a magic go nearrow into someone's heart that
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  person would fall in love. Today, Valentine's Day is celebrated
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  in many countries around the world. Astrid giving flowers and
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  baking special cookies, Denmark pressing snowdrops and giving them as
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  a gift, Italy having a feast, England singing psalms, giving fruit,
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  sing sending unsigned cards, Japan giving chocolate candy, United States
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  and Canada giving candy, flowers, gifts, sending cards. Knock, knock, knock.
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  Someone was at the classroom door, come in, called missus Bloom.
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  The Nissa's mom brought in two plates of heart shaped cookies.
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  Nina's dad brought in a picture of pink lemona punch,
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  and everyone gave everyone Valentines. After school, Mina and Pip
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  walked home. When they got to their street, Missus Wonder
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  was hobbling towards them. Happy Valentine's Day, Missus Wonder, They said,
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  oh is it today? Looks like your bags are filled
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  with Valentines. Nina answered, I got one from everybody in
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  my class. I got one from everybody in my class too,
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  said Pip. Did you get lots, missus Wonder? I used
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  to when I was young? She said, well, happy Valentine's Day.
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  She went into her house. Nina and Pip kept walking.
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  I wonder if grown ups get Valentine's said Nina. What
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  if missus Wonder didn't get any. I wonder if Madam
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  Dodie got one, or if mister and missus this is
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  Checker or Big Stewart. They said together, let's make Valentines
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  for them, said Nina. When they got home, they talked
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  Dad about their idea. That's a very thoughtful thing to do,
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  he said. While you're creating Valentines, I'll be in the
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  kitchen cooking something special for supper and dessert. Don't peek,
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  we won't. Mina went and got her art box. It
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  was filled with colored paper, a glue stick and markers,
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  scissors and string, wooden, craft sticks, tape, and a pencil.
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  Pip got his scissors. Can you make a Valentine, Pip
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  asked Mina. Hearts are hard to cut, Mina, just do
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  your best. Pip started cutting. Nina did too. She cut
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  out one big happy heart and wrote on it. Then
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  she cut it into puzzle pieces. A puzzle for missus Wonder,
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  said Nina. She put all the puzzle pieces into a
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  white envelope. Ooh la La, said Nina, have a great
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  idea for Maddam Doty. She cut a large triangle. Then
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  she cut two hearts for wings and cut a blue
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  butterfly body. She pasted the butterfly onto the triangle. Pip
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  held a triangle while Nina taped it on a skinny stick.
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  Wi La a flag from Madam Doty, said Nina. Mister
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  missus Checker, love playing games instead of tic tac tall,
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  said Nina. Kid going, I will make them ticktock carts.
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  Nina took a piece of pink paper and a piece
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  of purple paper. She folded the pink paper in half
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  and then half again. She cut out four pink hearts,
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  then four more pink hearts. She did the same thing
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  with the purple paper. Next, she measured a square and
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  cut it. Then she took some more purple and pink
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  paper and cut out four skinny strips to fit the square.
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  Pip helped hold the paper strip straight while Nina flew
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  them in. Mister and Missus Checker are going to love
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  playing this game, said Nina. She put five pink hearts
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  and five purple hearts and the square into a big envelope. Now,
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  said Nina. Time to deliver puzzle for missus wonder flag
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  from a damn dodie tic tac toe, I mean heart
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  for mister and Missus Checker and for Big Stewart. Pip
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  held something in his hands behind his back. These are
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  not good hearts, Nina, can I see, Nina asked. Pip
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  put some of his hearts on the table and stuffed
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  the rest into his pocket. They are my practice hearts.
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  Mina thought for a minute, that's okay, Pip. You were
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  busy helping me. Do you have an idea, Mina, he asked,
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  I'm thinking. She said, you have extra hearts. Mina said, Pip,
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  we can make we can make a mobile, she shouted.
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  Mina got two craft sticks in strength from her eyebox.
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  Holding the sticks in an ax, she wound string around
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  and around the middle. Next she cut four pieces of
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  string the same length. She and Pip take two purple
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  hearts and two pink hearts to the strings. Then Nina
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  tied the strings to the ends of the stick. Now
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  they had a mobile for Big Stuart. We'd better carry
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  this Valentine, said Nina, so it doesn't get all tangled.
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  They loaded Pip's wagon. We're the Valentine expressed, said Nina,
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  delivering valence tines to missus Wander and Madame Dody and
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  mister and missus Checker and Big Stewart. Have fun, said Dad,
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  But hurry along, it's getting close to supper time. Happy
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  Valentine's Day, missus wonder a hard shaped puzzle for you. Oh,
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  how clever, how nice? Thank you. Nna and Pip. At
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  the next house, Pip buzz the buzzer. Madame Dody opened
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  the door and he handed her the flag. Happy Valentine's Day.
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  Happy Valentine's Day to you mea niece, Madame Dodeie waved
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  her flag. Mercy Bookooh, Mina claimed the bell. At the
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  third house, Well look who's here, said mister Checker. Mina
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  said Valentine Express, delivering a game for you and a
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  pretty mobile for the missus, said mister Checker. Oh, said
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  Missus Checker. I will hang in the kitchen. You are
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  filling our home with hearts and love. Thank you sweet neighbors,
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  but started Pip. Mina grab Pip's hand, But we'd better
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  be going. At the end of the Checker's path, the
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  Valentine's Express stopped Mina's side. Missus Checker loved our mobile.
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  But now we don't have a Valentine for Big Stuart.
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  What will we do? Mina asked Pip. I'm thinking, said Nina.
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  Do you have an idea Mina. Pip asked, I'm still thinking.
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  She's then she said, if only we had your heart's Pip,
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  They're in my pocket, Mina. He said, they are good.
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  She said, now we need to find a big twig.
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  Pip found one ear tree. He brought it over to Mina.
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  Mina gently pushed Pip's hearts onto the small branches. Wow,
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  said Pip. I like it. The Valentine Express was making
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  deliveries again. Ding Dong dong, what do we have here,
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  asked Big Stewart. Come in, Mina and Pip. What a
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  creative valentine? Dick Stewart put his Valentine in the vase
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  on the mantle. It's perfect, he said, It's the arts
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  of friendship. Then Nina and Pip and the Valentine Express
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  headed home. Happy Valentine Stay. This concludes our Children's Story
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  Hour for today. Please lease 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 Lexing
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  Era Leader on Radio I