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9.7.25 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Reis Children's Story Hours. A reminder.
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RADII is a reading service intended for people who are
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blind to have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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read printed material. Today we will be reading from various
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books on the season Autumn. Your reader today is Diane.
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We will continue with the book Off Some Autumn, All
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Kinds of Fall Facts and Fun. It was published by
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Henry Hot and Company and has a copyright year of
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twenty twelve. The author is Bruce Goadstone. Migrating isn't just
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for birds. Ocean waters get cold in the autumn. Dolphins
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and welles also migrate, fouling warmer water currents. Some insects
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migrate too. Monarch, butterflies, grasshoppers, and some dragonflies travel hundreds
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or even thousands of miles to reach their winter homes.
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Some animals don't migrate south, they migrate down. Mountain Goats,
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big horned sheep, and elk that live high in the
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mountains during the summer move down to lower, warmer lands
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in the autumn. Some animals don't move in on them. Instead,
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they stop moving. Many animals become much less active in
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the late fall. Chipmunks, hedgehogs, hedgehogs, bats, frogs, toads, and
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even earthworms hibernate. They seem to be sleeping for a
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very very long time. Their body temperature and heartbeat decrease.
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They live all fat stored in their body. Bears spend
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the cold season in caves, hollow trees, or dens. They
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can sleep for as long as a month, but they
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can also wake up if they are threatened. Before they
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go to sleep, bears prepare their sleeping areas by lining
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them with dried leaves and grasses. These materials help to
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keep out the cold. Animals who stay awake in the
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winter use autumn days to get ready for the code.
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Many animals stay where they are all year round. In
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the autumn, they gather food while it is plentiful. Squirrels, beavers,
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and other mammals store food for the winter. Some mammals,
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like fox, is to grow thicker fur in the autumn.
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This helps them stay warm as temperatures drop. Other mammals,
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like the snowshoe hair and the ermine even change colors.
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Their fur changes from brown to white to blend in
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better with the winter snow. What do people do in
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the autumn, They break leaves into pileand then jump. They
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play soccer. In football, people still play baseball in Autumn two.
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The World Series ends baseball season in October. What will
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you be on Halloween? Halloween comes every October three. First,
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it began as a holiday to bridge the light part
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of the year in the dark part. People wore masks
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and costumes to scareway spirits from the dark world. Today,
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many kids wear costumes to go trigg or treating. Some
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costumes are scary, others are silly. When you put on
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a costume, you get to pretend you are someone or
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something else for a little while. What food will you
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share on Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving started as a harvest festival. Families
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gather together to show they are thankful for the food
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of the growing season. Thanksgiving traditions go back to sixteen
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twenty one. The Pilgrims at the Plymouth Colony wanted to
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celebrate their first successful harvest in a new country. Then
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Whampa nog, an Eastern Native American tribe, joined the festivities,
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which lasted three days. People in the United States celebrate
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Thanksgiving on the four Thursday November. In Canada, Thanksgiving comes
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on the second Monday in October. Finally, the last change
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of autumn arrives. Awesome autumn turns into wonderful winter. Soon
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the cool a fall turns into the code of winter.
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Tree branches are bare. A blanket of fresh snow might
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cover the leaves on the ground. What other changes will
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winter bring? Our next book is called Scarecrow, and it
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was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and it has a
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copyright year of nineteen ninety eight. It was written by
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Cynthia Ryland. His hat borrowed, his suit is borrowed, his
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hands are borrowed, even his head is borrowed, and his
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eyes probably came out of someone's drawer. But a scarecrow's
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life is all his own. It takes a certain piece
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hanging around a garden all day, takes a love of
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silence and air, a liking for long, slow thoughts of
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friendliness towards birds, Yes, birds, crows, grackles, starling's chase, and
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them how they feel about a scarecrow. Ask them how
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they feel about a scarecrow, and they'll say lovely. They
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ignore the pie p in hands and the button eyes,
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and see instead of a scarecrow's best gift, his gentleness.
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They line up on his arms and can chat all day.
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He knows he isn't real. A scarecrow understands right away
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that he has just borrowed parts made to look like somebody.
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But he knows this too, that there is a certain
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wonder going around him. Seeds are being planted, and inside
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them there are ten foot tall sunflowers and mammoth pumpkins
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and beans that just go on forever, and those. Scarecrow
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knows that he can as quickly be turned back into
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straw and buttons as he was turned into me, and
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he does not care. He has been with the owls
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in evening and the rabbits at dawn. He has watched
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a spider work for hours, making a web like lace.
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He has seen the sun tremble and the moon lies still.
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The scarecrow doesn't care what he is made of or
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how long he might last, for he has been a
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witness to life. The earth has rained and snowed, and
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blossomed and wilted and yellowed and greened and vined itself
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all around him. His hat has housed mice, and his
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arms have rested birds. A morning glory has held tight
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to his legs in A worm is living in his lapel.
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There's not much else a person might want, and the
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scarecrow knows this, so he doesn't mind that there's always
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a smile on his face, or that his eyes are
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always open. He doesn't mind being up high. He doesn't
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mind staying there. The wind is brushing his barrowed head,
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and the sun is warming his borrowed hair. Hands, and
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clouds are floating across this button burrowed eyes. The scarecrow
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is thinking his long, slow thoughts, and soon birds will
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be coming by. Our next book is titled Pumpkinheads, and
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it was published by Charles Bridge and it has a
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copyright year of two thousand. The story was written by
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Wendell Minor. October is here. It is time to pick
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a pumpkin. On Halloween. Every pumpkin becomes a pumpkinhead. Some
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are big, some are small. Some may float high in
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the sky, some peak from windows, and some go for
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a hay ride. A pumpkinhead might pretend to be a cowboy,
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or a snowman, or a witch. Some pumpkinheads greet trick
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or treaters, and some scarecrow pumpkin heads can be found
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in the strangest places, but no matter where you find them.
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Pumpkin heads of all shapes and sizes wish you a
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happy Halloween. Our next book is titled Birds and it
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was published by Miguel. It has a copyright year of
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twenty twenty. The author is John Willis. Birds. In this
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book you will learn about what they are, what they do,
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how they change, in much more. Storing food, it is
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false days are not as long, the wind is cold.
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It is time for animals to store food. Acorn woodpeckers
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in California's use Semine National Park, drill hose and trees
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to hide acorns. Birds eat fruits and berries. They also
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find nuts seeds to eat. Birds put their food in
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trees and other places. They will save it for winter.
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A clarks and nutcracker can store one hundred thousand seeds
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each year. Some birds migrate. They leave for places in
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the south. It is warmer there. These birds may travel
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together in groups. Groups of birds are called flocks. Swan
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and geese. Flocks make a V shape when they fly.
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Migrating geese may fly one thy five hundred miles each day.
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Some birds fly for many miles. They stop on the
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way to rest. Other birds stay north and fall they
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do not sing as much as they did in the
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spring and summer. These birds grow warmer feathers. Soon winter
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will be here. It can take a song bird up
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to six weeks to grow its winter feathers. How to
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make pop paper owls supplies an empty toilet paper rows,
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large white paper circles, small black paper circles, small yellow
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paper triangles, small brown paper ovals, and egloustic instructions. Gently
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pushed one end of the toilet paper row into a
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curve to make the owl's head and ears. Glue brown
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oval shapes all over the toilet paper row for feathers.
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To make eyes, glue two large white circles below the
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ears they should be touching. Glue two black circles inside them. Next,
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glue a yellow triangle between the eyes to make the beak.
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Repeat steps one through four with different sizes of rows
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and paper to make different members of your owl family.
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Our next book is called Signs of Autumns and it
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was published by ab Dough and it has a copyright
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year of twenty thirteen. The off of our book is
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Colleen Dawson Seasons. There are four seasons during the year.
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They are called spring, Summer, Autumn, and winter. The weather, plants, animals,
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and daylight hours change during each season. During the year,
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Earth travels around the Sun. This brings some parts of
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Earth closer to the Sun. Other parts of Earth get
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farther from the Sun. Autumn happens in the parts that
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are moving farther from the sun. Did you know in
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the United States it is autumn and September, and Chile
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it is autumn. In March, it starts to get cold.
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In autumn there are more clouds in the sky. Jordan
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and Sydney where their new yellow hats to stay warm.
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There is less daylight in autumn. The sun sets earlier
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each day. Sara flies her kite outside until it gets
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too dark. During autumn, the leaves on the trees change color,
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then they fall to the ground. Did you know Autumn
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is also called fall. Apples are ready to be eaten.
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In autumn. Ashley helps pick some at an apple orchard.
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Her family goes there every year. Geese, stucks and many
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other birds fly south in the autumn. They spend the
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winter in warmer places. This is called migrating. Did you
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know Flocks of geese fly in a V shape and
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the autumn squirrels collect nuts. They save them to eat
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in the winter. It is harder for them to find
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food in the winter. Did you know autumn comes after
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summer and before winter. In autumn, Tristan likes to play
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in the crisp but crunchy leaves. What do you do
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in the autumn autumn activities? Carb a pumpkin, go camping,
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playing leaves, go on a hay ride. Our next book
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is called Celebrating the Mid Autumn Festival and it was
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published by Shine High Press. Has a copyright year of
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two thousand and seven, and the author of our story
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is San Move Tang Auntie, Uncle ma'amo. What brings you
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to our house today? Little May? We're here to celebrate
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a special holiday. We brought you some moon cakes. What
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kind of holiday is it today, Dan, Today's the fifteenth
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day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. We're
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right in the middle of the autumn, so we called
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the mid Autumn Festival. Today the moon is especially around
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and its perfect circle symbolizes the gathering of all the
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family members. Little May and ma'amo. Would you like to
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hear a story about the mid Autumn Festival? Yes, a
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long long time ago, there were ten sons in the sky.
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They were so bright and hot that they scorched the
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earth and nothing would grow everywhere people suffered. One day,
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a powerful archer named hu Yah took his bow and
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shot down nine of the sons to help the people.
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To thank him for his heroic deed, the heavenly Emperor
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awarded him the ex Sller for internal life. But pag Men,
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one of who Has disciples, wanted to wanted it for himself.
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One day, who Ha let his house to go hunting.
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Pay Men stole into who Ha's house and demanded that
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Huha's wife Change hand over it. Not willing to let
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pay Men have it, Change swallowed the elixir herself. As
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soon as she swallowed it, she started flowing to the moon,
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where she remained ever since as an immortal. When Hua
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discovered that his wife had disappeared, he stared up at
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the sky and cried out for her. Then he saw
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a shadow figure just like Change in the moon. Who
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I knew that it was his wife. Who then placed
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fruit and cakes in his garden to pay tribute to
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his wife as a sign of her true devotion. And
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that is why we eat the mooncakes and pay tribute
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to the moon today. What a wonderful story. Dad, Little
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may Mamo, come and help Grannie make the mooncakes. Grannie,
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there are so many things to do here. How to
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make mooncakes. First, soak red beans for two hours. Then
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squeeze out water from the red beans. Prepare the dough
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with flour, egg and water. Oil the plate. Mix the
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sugar and oil to the red bean paste. Break off
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small pieces and put it on the plate. Shape the
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pieces into little balls. Now you are ready to make
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moon cakes. Wrap the dough around the filling and close it.
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Place the moon cake into a mode. Gently shake it
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out of the mode. Bake it in the oven for
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twenty minutes. That three hundred and fifty degrees fahrenheit. Everyone,
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the moon cakes are ready. It's time for dinner tonight.
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Let's eat in the courtyard. We'll set up the table outside.
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Little Maya ma Mo, would you like a taste of
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greenies mooncake? Yes, there's eight of us. I'll cut the
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cake and take pieces. Let's celebrate tonight. Our family is
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gathered together. Goodbye, Uncle, Auntie and Ma'amo, see you soon.
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Our next stories are about the holiday Halloween that happens
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to be in the fall in Our first story is
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titled Celebrate Halloween with Pumpkins, Costumes and Candy and it
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was published by National Geographic. It has a copyright year
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of two thousand and seven and the author of our
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book is Deborah hellening Man. In Autumnus, the days get
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shorter and the nights grow longer. We get ready for Halloween.
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October thirty first is the big day we celebrate with pumpkins,
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costumes and candies. People in the United States, Canda, and
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the British Isles and other countries celebrate Halloween. It comes
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from an ancient holiday long long ago. Celtic people who
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lived in Ireland, Scotland and England had their most important
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holiday around October thirty first. It was called Swallowing. The
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Celts believe that on this night, people who had died
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crossed over into the other world. The Celts lit bonfires
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to help the dead make their journey. Many centuries later,
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the leader of the Catholic Church, the Pope, named November one,
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All Saints Are All Hollows Day. Hollow is the word
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for saint. The night before All Hollows Day was called
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All Hollows Eve. This was shortened to Halloween. The Pope
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and other church leaders wanted Halloween to be a holy night,
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but Celtic traditions remained, and over the years more customs
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were added. People put out food and drink for wandering
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spirits or ghosts, and for other spooky creatures said to
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be about children and adults started dressing up as those
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creatures and doing tricks so they could get goodies to
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Since Halloween falls during harvest time, customs from harvest festivals
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also became part of Halloween. That's why we go apple picking,
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drink apple, say Bob for apples, decorate with gourds, visit
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pumpkin patches, and go on hay rides. We carved pumpkins
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into jack o' lanterns too. This tradition comes from an
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old legend about a man named Jack. Jack died, but
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he wasn't good enough to get into heaven. He was
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doomed to wander the earth at night forever, so he
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carved a large turn up and put a lighted coal
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in site so he could see where he was going.
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The turnip with a lighted coal was a lantern. The
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Jack of the lantern legend comes from England, but in
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many places we've carved pumpkins instead of turnips. We get
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ready for Halloween for weeks. We decorate our homes and
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our schools with pictures of ghosts and witches and blackcats
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and jack o lanterns. We buy candy to give it
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out to trick or treaters. We plan our trick or
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training route, and we plan what we will be on Halloween.
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We buy or make costumes for trigger treat night and
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Halloween parades and mass grade parties. What will you be
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this year? A goblin, a ghost, a superhero, a princess,
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a which a scary cat? On Halloween Day, we have
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so much fun. We march in Halloween parades around our schools,
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in towns. At school, we seen Halloween songs, play games,
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put on play and have parties. As darkness comes, we
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put on our costumes and head outside with other Halloween creatures.
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We knock on doors, we say trigg or treat. Our
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friends try to guess who we are. They give us candy.
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We say thank you and go on our way. We
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also trick or treat for Unsif an organization helps poor
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children around the world, We bring a special box with
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us and ask our friends and neighbors to contribute money.
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Then we bring our boxes into school. Our teacher make
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sure the money goes to you and sef We go
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to Halloween parties too. We dress in costumes. We try
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to guess who our friends are. We play games, sing songs,
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and listen to scary stories. We go on ghost walks
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and visit haunted houses. We have fun and don't get
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too scared. It's all pretend. Halloween is the time to
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get a little scared, get dressed in a costume, and
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have a lot of fun. Boo more about Halloween, just
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the facts. Who celebrates it children and adults around the world,
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but especially the United States, Canada, and the British Isles.
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A holidays dress up in costumes and eat treats is
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on October thirty first. The main celebration is one day
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and evening, though sometimes activities are held on the weekend
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year October thirty first, the ritual is trigger treating, wearing
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costumes and carving pumpkins, and food is candy and ironly
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in other countries. In the Bridge Ales, a favorite game
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is snap Apple. You can play it too. You can
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use apples or donuts. You want to use a string
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enough for the apples or donuts for each player and
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an adult to help you. First, you wash the apples.
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You tie strings around the apples, hang strings around the celling,
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a doorframe, tree branches, or even a clothesline. Make sure
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the apples hang low enough for you and your guests
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to reach them. You want a game to be really hard,
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tie a blind folt around each person, put your hands
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behind your back, have an adult shout go, and everyone
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tries to take a bite of the apple or donut
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without using their hands. The first person take a bite
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of the apple or donut wins. The Day of the Dead.
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In many parts of the world, people observe another holiday
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that falls in your Halloween, the Day of the Dead.
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This holiday is celebrated on November first and second, and
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is also All So's Day, which is observed by Catholics
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and other Christians. In Mexico, the Day of the Dead
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is very important. Is a daytallnor people have died both
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wrote recently in Long Ago. People in other Latin American
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countries celebrate this special day too, so do people in
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the United States, especially in places where there are many
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people of Mexican heritage. On the Day of the Dead,
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people visit the graves of their dead loved ones. They
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decorate the gravesite with beautiful flowers, especially merrygoats, and floor
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arrangements made for this day. Some people also make delicious
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food and put it around the grave site. Is believed
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that the dead eat the spirit of the food, but
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then the living enjoy the delicious food that is left.
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Some people also make an altar in their homes or
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in churches with offerings to the dead. This is called
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an o Friend Day or offering. They place flowers, candles, incense,
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holy cards, crucifixes, skulls, other icons, and some food on
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the altar. Some people believe that the offerings will draw
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the dead back to life so they can enjoy their
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family and the pleasures of being alive. After a prayer,
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people dance, feast and party all over Mexico. People selling
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by toy skeletons who are dancing or playing guitar are
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riding horseback with beautiful young women. Children get candles in
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the shape of skulls. The day of the day is
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both a serious religious holiday and a fun non religious one.
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Most of all, this time when people say that death
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is part of life, we will not be scared of death.
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Our next book is called Minerva Luise on Halloween and
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it was published by Dutton Children's Books, a division of
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Penguin Young Reader's Group. It has a copyright year of
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two thousand and nine and it was written by Janet
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Morgan Stoke their Nova Luise loved it. In the fall,
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when the Pumpkins came for a visit, she sit with
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them and watched the farmers who never stop working even
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for a minute. It was one of her favorite things
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to do, but she wasn't sure if the pumpkins enjoyed
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it as much as she did. This will be fun,
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she said. The farmers are plant in a garden, a
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rock garden. Everyone is helping. These two are bringing over
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a hoe and a rake. Here's a farmer with a shovel,
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but he looks too skinny to dig. And this one
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has some flowers to plant and a watering can. They've
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all been working so hard. Look they're drinking to the
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bottom of their water bucket. Oh hello, did you put
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up the new curtains. I just love the blackbirds on them.
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Oh my, what happened here? What's gotten you guys so
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fired up? Oh that don't worry, that's just the laundry,
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although laundry usually stays on the clothesline, doesn't it. Wait,
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it's not laundry, it's farmers and they're bringing feeding bucks
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to the door. Look they're getting corn. I love corn.
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Where's my feed buck bucket? Now? If I can just aha,
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I got it? Ding dong trigg or treat wow corn.
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This is great and it's the sweetest corn ever. Try some.
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Did you hear that, lady farmer? She said, I had
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such a clever costume, but I'm not even wearing one.
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This concludes the children's story iur for today. Please join
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us next time as we will read more stories, fables
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