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10.17.26 - Part 1 · 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're going to
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  Speaker 1: be reading some books about squirrels. And the first one
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  Speaker 1: that I'm going to be reading is called Squirrels Fun Days.
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  Speaker 1: It was written by Lisa Moser and illustrated by Valerie Gorbachev.
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  Speaker 1: It was published by Scholastic Incorporated in 2013. Your reader
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  Speaker 1: today is Patty. So let's begin with Squirrel's Fun Day.
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  Speaker 1: Squirrel was busy, busy, busy. He was going to have
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  Speaker 1: a very fun day. Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, go, go.
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  Speaker 1: Squirrel found Mouse at her tree stump. She was cleaning. Hello, hello, hello,
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  Speaker 1: said Squirrel. Let's go have fun. Oh no, said Mouse.
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  Speaker 1: I can't have fun. I have too much work to do.
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  Speaker 1: Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, said Squirrel. He swished
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  Speaker 1: his tail. I am a great sweeper-upper. I will help you.
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  Speaker 1: He dove into the stump. Mouse closed her eyes. Sweep, sweep, sweep,
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  Speaker 1: yelled Squirrel. Out flew the leaves for Mouse's nest. Sweep, sweep, sweep,
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  Speaker 1: yelled Squirrel. Out flew the fluff for Mouse's nest. Sweep, sweep, sweep,
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  Speaker 1: yelled Squirrel. Out flew the corn for Mouse's meals. Now
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  Speaker 1: can you have fun, asked Squirrel. Mouse looked at the mess.
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  Speaker 1: I will have fun if you stop sweeping, she said. Hooray,
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  Speaker 1: said Squirrel. Follow me, me, me. Where do you go
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  Speaker 1: to have fun, asked Mouse. Fun is everywhere, said Squirrel.
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  Speaker 1: You can have fun here. Squirrel crawled through a log.
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  Speaker 1: You can have fun here. Squirrel ran through the tall grass.
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  Speaker 1: You can have fun here. Squirrel jumped in a strawberry patch.
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  Speaker 1: The illustration here shows the little brown mouse and the
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  Speaker 1: little gray-brown squirrel together out in the strawberry patch. What
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  Speaker 1: about here? Mouse asked. She jumped on some leaves. She
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  Speaker 1: sank in the mud. This is not fun, said Mouse.
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  Speaker 1: I am stuck in the mud. Oh boy, oh boy,
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  Speaker 1: oh boy, said Squirrel. I am a great getter-outer. I
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  Speaker 1: will help you. Squirrel rolled a big strawberry to the
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  Speaker 1: mud hole. I will throw, throw, throw this strawberry to you.
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  Speaker 1: You can stand on it. You can jump, jump, jump
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  Speaker 1: out of the mud. Squirrel threw the strawberry. The strawberry dripped.
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  Speaker 1: all over Mouse. The illustration here shows the squirrel throwing
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  Speaker 1: a giant strawberry and it hits Mouse right on the
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  Speaker 1: head with a splat. I have another idea, said Squirrel.
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  Speaker 1: He held out a long piece of grass. Hold on,
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  Speaker 1: said Squirrel. He pulled Mouse out. I am going to
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  Speaker 1: find more fun, said Squirrel. Do you want to come? No,
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  Speaker 1: thank you, said Mouse. I will stay here. Gotta go,
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  Speaker 1: gotta go, gotta go, go, go, said Squirrel. He skipped
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  Speaker 1: to the pond. Mouse licked Strawberry off her whiskers. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: Two A Bridge for Turtle Squirrel found Turtle at the pond. Turtle,
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  Speaker 1: is that you? he called. Turtle looked at his feet.
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  Speaker 1: Turtle looked at his shell. Yep, it's me. Let's go
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  Speaker 1: have fun, said Squirrel. Do I have to get off
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  Speaker 1: my log? asked Turtle. Yes, said Squirrel. Follow me, me, me.
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  Speaker 1: Squirrel ran around the pond. Turtle took a step. Squirrel
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  Speaker 1: ran back. Run and follow me, me, me. Squirrel ran
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  Speaker 1: around the pond. Turtle took a step. Squirrel ran back. Turtle,
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  Speaker 1: you need to run, run, run. Yep, said Turtle. I
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  Speaker 1: am running. Squirrel looked at Turtle. Running around the pond
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  Speaker 1: will take too long. I will help you go across
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  Speaker 1: the pond. I will build a bridge. The illustration here
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  Speaker 1: shows the turtle walking very slowly and the little squirrel
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  Speaker 1: running around in front of him. Squirrel found a lot
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  Speaker 1: of rocks. Watch me build a bridge, said Squirrel. He
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  Speaker 1: threw the rocks in the pond. Plunk, plunk, plunk, plunk, plunk.
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  Speaker 1: Turtle watched the rocks sink. The rocks need to stick
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  Speaker 1: together to make a bridge, said Turtle. Squirrel jumped up
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  Speaker 1: and down. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, I know
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  Speaker 1: just what to do. I will stick them together with mud.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a great mud maker. Squirrel gave Turtle a big
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  Speaker 1: pile of dirt. Hold this. Then Squirrel dumped water on
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  Speaker 1: the dirt. Dirt and water make mud, said Squirrel. Yep,
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  Speaker 1: said Turtle, dripping with mud. I have a plan, plan, plan,
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  Speaker 1: said Squirrel. You build the bridge on this side of
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  Speaker 1: the pond and I will build the bridge on the
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  Speaker 1: other side. We will meet in the middle. Squirrel ran
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  Speaker 1: across the pond. The illustration here shows the turtle. holding
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  Speaker 1: a big pile of dripping mud, and there's Squirrel on
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  Speaker 1: the other side of the pond, holding a small pile
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  Speaker 1: of rocks. Squirrel dug and dug. Then he dumped water
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  Speaker 1: on the big pile of dirt. Oh, good, he said.
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  Speaker 1: I came over to get more mud. Squirrel looked closer. Turtle,
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  Speaker 1: is that you? Turtle looked at his feet. Turtle looked
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  Speaker 1: at his shell. Yep, it's me. How did you get
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  Speaker 1: across the pond? asked Squirrel. I'm not done with my bridge, bridge, bridge.
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  Speaker 1: I am a slow runner, but I am a fast swimmer,
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  Speaker 1: said Turtle. It is good that you went swimming, said Squirrel.
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  Speaker 1: It cleaned you off. You were a muddy mess. Yep.
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  Speaker 1: said Squirrel. And I now need a nap, said Turtle.
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  Speaker 1: He sat down in the sand. Squirrel patted his shell.
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  Speaker 1: Gotta go, go, go, said Squirrel. He ran through the woods.
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  Speaker 1: Turtle fell asleep. The illustration here shows the Turtle all
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  Speaker 1: stretched out on the sunny, shore of the pond and
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  Speaker 1: there goes the squirrel running away behind him chapter three
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  Speaker 1: think backwards squirrel found rabbit near his burrow hello hello
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  Speaker 1: hello said squirrel let's go have fun he jumped in
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  Speaker 1: a pile of pebbles pebbles rolled everywhere Oh, no, said Rabbit.
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  Speaker 1: I can't have fun. It's time for me to eat
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  Speaker 1: grass at the big oak tree. You eat grass at
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  Speaker 1: the same place every day, asked Squirrel. I always do
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  Speaker 1: things the same way, said Rabbit. Well, that's okay, said Squirrel.
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  Speaker 1: We can have fun, fun, fun on the way. Follow me, me, me,
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  Speaker 1: said Squirrel. Rabbit picked up the pebbles. I always leave
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  Speaker 1: a trail. He dropped a pebble on the ground. Squirrel
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  Speaker 1: ran to the meadow. He rolled in the grass. The
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  Speaker 1: illustration here shows the brown rabbit picking up pebbles in
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  Speaker 1: his little arms, and Squirrel has already run away down
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  Speaker 1: through the meadow. Rabbit took a step. he dropped a
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  Speaker 1: pebble step pebble step pebble squirrel said rabbit i'm out
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  Speaker 1: of pebbles oh boy oh boy oh boy said squirrel
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  Speaker 1: i am a great pebble finder I will help you.
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  Speaker 1: He ran down the trail and he came back with
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  Speaker 1: a pile of pebbles. Squirrel ran to the waterfall. He
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  Speaker 1: splashed in the water. Rabbit took a step. He dropped
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  Speaker 1: a pebble. Step, pebble. Step, pebble. Squirrel said, Rabbit, I'm
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  Speaker 1: out of pebbles. Squirrel ran back down the trail. He
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  Speaker 1: came back with a pile of pebbles. You are very
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  Speaker 1: fast at finding pebbles, said Rabbit. It is easy, easy, easy.
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  Speaker 1: There is a big line of pebbles behind us. I
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  Speaker 1: pick them up, up, up. The illustration here shows that
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  Speaker 1: squirrel picking up the pebbles quickly. that the rabbit has
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  Speaker 1: just dropped, marking the trail behind him. Oh dear, said rabbit,
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  Speaker 1: you picked up my trail. How will I get home?
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  Speaker 1: His ears trembled, his whiskers twitched. Think backwards, said squirrel.
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  Speaker 1: Rabbit ran in circles. Backwards? Think I cannot, I. Do
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  Speaker 1: not talk backwards, said Squirrel. Think backwards. What did you
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  Speaker 1: see on the way? I didn't see anything, said Rabbit.
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  Speaker 1: I was leaving a trail. Well, I saw a lot
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  Speaker 1: of things, said Squirrel. He ran up a tree. I
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  Speaker 1: see some of them now. I see the wet, wet,
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  Speaker 1: wet waterfall. I see the soft, soft, soft meadow. I
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  Speaker 1: see your burrow. He jumped down. Follow me, me, me,
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  Speaker 1: said Squirrel. The illustration here shows the little brown rabbit
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  Speaker 1: down on the ground and the little squirrel has climbed
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  Speaker 1: high up into the tree where he can see all
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  Speaker 1: these things. We made it, said rabbit. Yes, yes, yes,
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  Speaker 1: said squirrel. Would you like to come with me and
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  Speaker 1: have more fun? Oh, no, said rabbit. I always sit
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  Speaker 1: in the sun after I eat grass at the big
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  Speaker 1: oak tree. Okay, said Squirrel. Gotta go. Gotta go. Gotta go, go, go.
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  Speaker 1: Squirrel danced over the hill. Rabbit sat in the sun.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter Four Celebrate Squirrel bounced in a patch of clover.
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  Speaker 1: Squirrel jumped from tree to tree. Squirrel ran through a
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  Speaker 1: field of flowers. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, said Squirrel.
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  Speaker 1: I will pick these flowers for my friends. We will
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  Speaker 1: celebrate our fun, fun, fun day. Squirrel ran to Mouse's
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  Speaker 1: tree stump. Mouse, I have flowers to celebrate our fun day.
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  Speaker 1: But Mouse was not there. Squirrel ran to Turtle's log. Turtle,
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  Speaker 1: I have flowers to celebrate our fun day. But Turtle
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  Speaker 1: was not there. Squirrel ran to Rabbit's burrow. Rabbit, I
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  Speaker 1: have flowers to celebrate our fun day. But Rabbit was
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  Speaker 1: not there. Squirrel walked home. He thought about Mouse getting stuck.
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  Speaker 1: He thought about covering Turtle with mud. He thought about
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  Speaker 1: picking up Rabbit's trail of pebbles. Squirrel looked at his flowers. Oh, oh, oh,
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  Speaker 1: cried Squirrel. My friends did not have fun. They will
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  Speaker 1: never play with me again. Squirrel ran up to his
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  Speaker 1: nest and hid under the leaves. The illustration here shows
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  Speaker 1: the squirrel high up in the tree, still holding his
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  Speaker 1: bouquet of yellow and red and pink flowers. Squirrel felt
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  Speaker 1: something bump his tail. He looked up. A little seed
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  Speaker 1: flew into his nest. Tink! Squirrel looked down. He saw Mouse, Turtle,
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  Speaker 1: and Rabbit. You were throwing seeds at me because you
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  Speaker 1: were mad, said Squirrel. I am sorry, sorry, sorry that
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  Speaker 1: you did not have fun today. We are not mad,
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  Speaker 1: said Mouse. We are trying to wake you up, said Turtle.
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  Speaker 1: We want you to come down, said Rabbit. Squirrel ran
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  Speaker 1: down the tree. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, said Squirrel.
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  Speaker 1: You are not mad. Oh no, said Mouse. We had
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  Speaker 1: fun today. I stopped working and ate sweet strawberries. Yep,
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  Speaker 1: I got off my log and played in the mud,
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  Speaker 1: said Turtle. I did something different, said Rabbit. I saw
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  Speaker 1: a pretty waterfall and a soft meadow on my way home.
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  Speaker 1: And I do not need a trail anymore. I know
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  Speaker 1: the way. Squirrel jumped up and down. We have been
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  Speaker 1: making a surprise for you, said Mouse. Follow us. They
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  Speaker 1: climbed to the top of the hill. We made a picnic,
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  Speaker 1: said Turtle. With strawberries, said Mouth, and starlight, said Rabbit.
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  Speaker 1: Squirrel looked around, and friends, best of all. Oh, this
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  Speaker 1: is going to be fun, fun, fun! And now we'll
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  Speaker 1: read another book about a squirrel. This one is called
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  Speaker 1: Earl the Squirrel. The author is Don Freeman. The publisher
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  Speaker 1: is Viking Press, and it was published in 2005. From
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  Speaker 1: the inside front cover. Early one autumn morning, a mother
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  Speaker 1: gray squirrel sat talking with her young son, Earl. It
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  Speaker 1: is high time you went out and learned how to
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  Speaker 1: find acorns on your own, she said. Earl doesn't know
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  Speaker 1: where to begin, but she is determined to begin. make
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  Speaker 1: his mother proud. An all-night search leads Earl to a
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  Speaker 1: cranky owl and a raging bull. But will he ever
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  Speaker 1: find an acorn? With some unexpected help from a trusty
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  Speaker 1: red scarf, maybe so. Earl the Squirrel is brought to
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  Speaker 1: life with the same bold arresting scratchboard art style. don
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  Speaker 1: freeman used in his classic picture book corduroy and now
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  Speaker 1: we'll read the story earl the squirrel early one autumn
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  Speaker 1: morning a mother gray squirrel sat talking with her young
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  Speaker 1: son earl it is high time you went out and
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  Speaker 1: learned how to find acorns on your own she said
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  Speaker 1: but earl didn't know the first thing about finding acorns
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  Speaker 1: So away he sailed to visit his friend Jill. The
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  Speaker 1: illustration here shows Earl sailing through the air as he
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  Speaker 1: leaps down into the front yard of the young girl Jill.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Earl, said Jill. Here is an acorn I
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  Speaker 1: saved for you. Earl was pleased to have found such
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  Speaker 1: a big acorn so quickly. His mother would be happy.
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  Speaker 1: He twitched and twirled his tail, which was his way
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  Speaker 1: of saying, thank you very much. And here's a nutcracker
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  Speaker 1: to help you open it, added Jill. The illustration here
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  Speaker 1: shows Earl the squirrel sitting outside Jill's window on the windowsill,
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  Speaker 1: and she is handing him a big acorn and a
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  Speaker 1: metal nutcracker. Earl scampered home, eager to show his mother
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  Speaker 1: what he had found. But when she saw him, she said, Earl,
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  Speaker 1: come in here this instant. I want to speak to you.
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  Speaker 1: Who ever heard of a squirrel needing a nutcracker? Why,
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  Speaker 1: it's absurd, his mother scolded. You got it from Jill,
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  Speaker 1: didn't you? I'll bet she gave you the acorn, too.
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  Speaker 1: That girl is making you into the most spoiled squirrel
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  Speaker 1: in the world. Now take that nutcracker right back. The
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  Speaker 1: illustration here shows Earl leaping from the branch over onto
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  Speaker 1: the lawn of Jill's house and the nutcracker is in
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  Speaker 1: his hand. You're back so quickly and you didn't want
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  Speaker 1: the nutcracker? well never mind i have an extra special
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  Speaker 1: present for you and she tied a beautiful red scarf
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  Speaker 1: neatly around earl's furry neck i really made it for
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  Speaker 1: my doll she said but he wanted you to have it.
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  Speaker 1: How proud Earl was of his scarlet scarf. The illustration
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  Speaker 1: here shows Jill inside her room, looking out the window,
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  Speaker 1: holding her doll, whose appears to be a little boy
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  Speaker 1: doll in overalls and a hat. and she has placed
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  Speaker 1: the red scarf around Earl the Squirrel's neck. Back home
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  Speaker 1: he sailed with his tail all unfurled, and when his
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  Speaker 1: mother saw the scarf, she said, Earl, come in here
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  Speaker 1: this instant. I want to speak to you. Who ever
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  Speaker 1: heard of any of us needing something around our necks
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  Speaker 1: to keep warm? His mother fussed. Now that girl has
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  Speaker 1: done it, You are the most spoiled squirrel in the world.
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  Speaker 1: Earl knew his mother was right. That night after supper,
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  Speaker 1: he tied his scarf into the shape of a sack.
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  Speaker 1: While his mother slept, out he crept. Earl wanted to
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  Speaker 1: show her that he could find an acorn on his own.
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  Speaker 1: All night long, Earl searched in the bright moonlight. under rocks,
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  Speaker 1: up in trees, and inside empty old mole holes without
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  Speaker 1: finding one single solitary acorn. The illustration here shows Earl
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  Speaker 1: digging around in the ground, and he has his red
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  Speaker 1: scarf tied like a pack, attached to the stick, and
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  Speaker 1: he has it over his shoulder, ready to put acorns
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  Speaker 1: in there if he could find any. By morning, Earl
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  Speaker 1: was very tired. In fact, he was all worn out.
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  Speaker 1: His ears were getting cold. He tied the scarf around
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  Speaker 1: his head. That's better, he said to himself. Maybe that's
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  Speaker 1: an old squirrel hole for me to sleep in, thought Earl.
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  Speaker 1: And here the illustration shows a tall tree with a
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  Speaker 1: large hole in the trunk and Earl climbing up. But
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  Speaker 1: look who was inside. Oh, excuse me, said Earl. I
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  Speaker 1: didn't know you lived in here. Who did you think
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  Speaker 1: lived here? hooted the great horned owl loudly. And who
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  Speaker 1: ever saw a squirrel wearing a scarf? My friend Jill
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  Speaker 1: gave it to me, Earl said proudly. By the way,
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  Speaker 1: could you tell me where I might find an acorn?
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  Speaker 1: An acorn, hooted the great horned owl? Why, certainly, there's
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  Speaker 1: a giant oak tree right over there full of acorns.
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  Speaker 1: But I wouldn't go anywhere near it if I were
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  Speaker 1: a squirrel wearing a scarlet red scarf. The illustration here
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  Speaker 1: shows that owl in his hole in the tree pointing
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  Speaker 1: out the big, giant oak tree. Conrad the bull would
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  Speaker 1: not like it one bit. You know what bulls do
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  Speaker 1: when they see red? They get awfully mad. But Earl
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  Speaker 1: didn't hear a word the owl had said about the bull,
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  Speaker 1: because he was already halfway over to the tree. And
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  Speaker 1: look who was snoozing there so peacefully. Conrad! The illustration
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  Speaker 1: here shows the big bull asleep. under the oak tree,
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  Speaker 1: and Earl the squirrel perched nearby on a fence post.
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  Speaker 1: Earl hopped up on top of the bull's burly back.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't see Conrad's long, sharp horns. All he saw
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  Speaker 1: were acorns galore. Who's that tickling my shoulder? The big
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  Speaker 1: bull smoldered. Earl didn't see Conrad's nose. All he saw
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  Speaker 1: was a great way to reach the acorns. And all
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  Speaker 1: Conrad saw was Earl's scarf. Just then Conrad got awfully mad.
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  Speaker 1: With one flying leap, Earl escaped up into the tree.
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  Speaker 1: But his scarf had come untied. The illustration shows Conrad
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  Speaker 1: the bull, very, very mad. He's charging now toward the tree,
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  Speaker 1: just as Earl leaps up into the tree. But that
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  Speaker 1: red scarf is sailing down behind him. The scarf slipped
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  Speaker 1: off his neck and it dropped. Quick as a flash,
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  Speaker 1: Earl reached down and snatched his scarf. Don't you dare,
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  Speaker 1: my beautiful present, he shouted. Conrad snorted and charged with
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  Speaker 1: all his might. He charged right into the tree, and
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  Speaker 1: his horns got stuck. He pulled and yanked until he
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  Speaker 1: shook poor Earl out of the tree. The illustration here
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  Speaker 1: shows Conrad the bull with his horns stuck into the
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  Speaker 1: tree trunk. and poor Earl the squirrel is falling down,
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  Speaker 1: holding that red scarf tightly in his hand. Poor Earl
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  Speaker 1: fell out of the tree, along with hundreds of acorns. Bonk!
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  Speaker 1: One fell right on top of his head. Thank you, Mr. Bull,
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  Speaker 1: said Earl politely. I didn't mean to put you to
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  Speaker 1: all this trouble. I needed only one acorn, but I
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  Speaker 1: guess I'll take two. Tomorrow I'll be back for more.
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  Speaker 1: The illustration here shows Earl the squirrel now wearing his
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  Speaker 1: red scarf around his neck, holding one acorn in his
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  Speaker 1: little hand and staring deep into the eyes of Conrad
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  Speaker 1: the bull. whose horns are still stuck in the tree.
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  Speaker 1: After tying two acorns in his scarf sack, Earl threw
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  Speaker 1: it over his shoulder and hurried back home as fast
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  Speaker 1: as he could scamper. Conrad grunted and groaned until at last,
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  Speaker 1: with a powerful yank, he freed his horns from the tree.
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  Speaker 1: Down the hill he reeled head over hooves until he
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  Speaker 1: was out of sight. When Earl arrived home, he presented
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  Speaker 1: one of his acorns to his mother. She saw it
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  Speaker 1: and said, Earl, come in here this instant. I want
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  Speaker 1: to speak to you. Once inside, his mother took a
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  Speaker 1: bite of her ripe acorn. My, my, this is the
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  Speaker 1: most delicious acorn I have ever tasted. How did you
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  Speaker 1: find it? Oh, my lucky scarf helped me, said Earl happily.
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  Speaker 1: After his mother finished her acorn, he went outside to
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  Speaker 1: pay Jill a visit. On the windowsill, sitting very still,
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  Speaker 1: was Jill's doll. After taking out the acorn, Earl tied
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  Speaker 1: his scarf around the doll's neck. Here, sir, I don't
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  Speaker 1: think I need this anymore. Then Earl gave his tail
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  Speaker 1: an extra twirl. And before he swept away, he left
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  Speaker 1: the acorn for Jill. The next night, the moon was
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  Speaker 1: full and Earl returned to the giant oak tree. Thanks
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  Speaker 1: to Conrad, there were plenty of acorns scattered on the
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  Speaker 1: ground for tomorrow. But tonight, Earl scrambled, scampered up to
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  Speaker 1: a high branch and picked one just for himself. And
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  Speaker 1: the illustration here shows Earl high up in the oak
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  Speaker 1: tree eating a juicy acorn. This concludes the Children's Story
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  Speaker 1: Hour for today. Join us next time as we will
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  Speaker 1: read more stories, fables, and fairy tales. And thank you
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  Speaker 1: for listening. And please stay tuned for continued programming on
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  Speaker 1: Radio Eye.