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10.4.25 - Part 1 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Realized Children's Story Hour. As a reminder,
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  Rayli is a reading service intend for people who are
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  blinder of 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 the character Pedro. Your reader today is Diane. Our
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  first story is Pedro for President, and it was published
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  by Picture Window Books, A Capstone in print. It has
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  the copyright year of twenty seventeen and the author is
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  fran Mannushkin. Chapter one, Running for President, Pedro told Miss Winkle,
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  I am running for president of our class. So am
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  I said Katie wu. Miss Winkle asked them what can
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  you do for our class? I can do magic tricks,
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  said Pedro. I can tap dance, said Katie. Those are fun,
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  said Miss Winkle. But how will you help the class?
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  I don't know, said Katie. I have to think, said Pedro.
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  That night, Pedro painted a poster. His brother Pauco wanted
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  to help. He put his messy hands all over it.
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  I can fix this, said Pedro. He painted Vote for Pedro.
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  I will give you a helping hand. Good work, said
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  his father. You are using your head Chapter two, speechless Pedro.
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  The next day, Miss Winkle said, before we vote tomorrow,
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  Katie and Pedro will each give a speech. You can
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  tell us why you should be president. I'm not good
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  at giving speeches, said Pedro. I am bragged, Katie wu
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  Pedro tried to write a speech. Just then, Roddy threw
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  a pencil at the goldfish bowl. Pedro jumped up and
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  caught the pencil. You saved our fish, cheered Berry, And
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  you found my favorite. Pedro tried to write a speech again,
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  but he saw Jojo looking said what's wrong? He asked,
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  I got a bad grade on my math test, said Jojo.
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  Don't worry, said Pedro. You can do better tomorrow. Maybe
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  I can share you up with a joke. Pedro asked,
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  why a six afraid of seven? Why? Asked Jojo? Because
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  seven eight nine, that's funny, said Jojo. I feel better.
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  That night, Pedro asked his dad, what should I say
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  in my speech tomorrow? Arf barked, Peppy, I can't say that,
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  Pedro joked, Chapter three A team player President. The next
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  day was the election. Katie gave a great speech. Miss
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  Winkle asked Pedro, is your speech ready? No? Said Pedro.
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  Rody yelled, I want a boy to win, and I
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  know what we should do? What, asked Jojo? Roddy said
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  there are more boys than girls in this class. If
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  all the boys vote for Pedro, he will win. That's
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  not fair, said Pedro. You should vote for the best person,
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  boy or girl. That was a wonderful speech, said miss Winkle.
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  I'm voting for Pedro, said Barry, me too, said Jojo.
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  Pedro is a team player. Pedro asked Katie, will we
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  still be friends if I win? For sure? Said Katie,
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  we will always be friends. They shook on it. The
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  class counted the votes. Guess who won? Pedro. I promised
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  to be a terrific president for everyone, he said, and
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  he was our next. Several stories had the character of Barcas.
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  The first book is called Barcas Dog Dreams and it
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  was published by Chronicle Books. It I'll be right, you're
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  twenty eighteen, and the author's Patricia mcclarklcklin. What baby found.
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  Barcas was quiet. He didn't need his food. He didn't
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  play with the baby. He just laid behind the couch.
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  Barcus looked sad, I said, Barcus looks sick, said my mother.
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  My father called the vet. She says, to bring baby too,
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  she is due for a shot. Barcus lay on the
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  back seat of the car. He didn't sit up and
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  make dog noise much as on the window. Baby sat
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  in her cat carrier, looking at Barcas. Barcus wag wagged
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  his tail a bit. When we got to the vet's clinic.
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  He liked dropping the vet. Robin sat down on the
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  floor next to Barcas. He didn't try to wick Robin's
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  face the way he always did. Robin looked in his ears.
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  I think Barcas has an ear infection, she said. He's
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  going to need to take some pills. Robin taught my
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  father how to give Barcus' pills. She put the pill
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  in some cheese and opened Barcas's mouth. She held his
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  mouth shut. After a minute, Barcus swallowed. Bring him back
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  next week, she said. Then rob took Baby out of
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  her carrier and gave her a shot. Baby didn't care.
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  She jumped out of Robin's arms and ran over to
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  be with Barcus. Friends, said Robin with a smile. Every day,
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  my father wrapped the pills and bread or cheese or
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  turkey or ham or peanut butter. Every day Barcus took
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  his pills, then went behind the couch. Then one day
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  he came out from behind the couch. Soon Barcus wagged
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  his tail at me. He played with baby. Barcus was better.
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  The pills had worked, but Baby surprised us. She bat
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  at Barcus's pills out from behind the couch. That's a
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  week of pills, said my mother. Barcus did swallow any.
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  I said it was time to take Barcas back to
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  the vet. Barcus sat and looked out the window, his
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  nose on the glass. He was happy to see Robin.
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  She looked at one ear and then the other. You're
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  all better, Barcus, she said. But he didn't take the pills,
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  I said. Baby found them behind the couch. Robin laughed.
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  I guess Barcas got better without them, she said. She
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  led them to the scale. He gained weight while he
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  was sick. How could that happened, she said, I know
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  how it happened, said my mother. Haymm a turkey and
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  bread and cheese and peanut butter, I said. Barcus likes
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  peanut butter much better than pills. He likes peanut butter
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  better than everything, said my mother. Barcus wagged his tail
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  and whirled around. Excited. He barked, I think, Barkus said,
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  peanut butter, said Robin, he did. I said, no more
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  peanut butter. Barcus said, Robin, you'll get fat. Barcus didn't care.
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  He looked Droppin's face anyway, a high note. It was
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  the town's birthday. We carried a picnic basket and a
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  blanket to the park. Barcus walked beside me. There were sparklers,
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  there were balloons. I opened the dog park gate and
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  Barcus ran inside. There were many dogs playing, then with
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  short legs, Rudy the terrier who needed brushing, Molly the
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  great per Lli with curls. A band played a peppy song.
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  Barcus stopped playing and listen. Barcus watched. Barcus wants to
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  play in the band. I said, that's one thing Barcas
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  can't do, said my father. Next, four girls danced on stage.
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  Barcus perked up his ears. He wagged his tail. Barcas
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  wants to dance, I said, too bad, said my mother.
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  There's another thing Barcas can't do. Catch that balloon. A
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  man shouted, Barcas leaped up and caught the string in
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  his mouth. Thank you, thank you, said the man. He
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  handed the balloon to a little girl. She patted Barkas.
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  Good catch, said the man. That's a good dog, the
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  best dog in the world. I said, that's something Barkas
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  can do, but we would all be surprised. There was
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  one more thing Barcus could do. A lady in a
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  fancy dress came on to the stage. The band conductor
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  lifted his baton. The band played. The lady sang, then
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  she coughed. She sneezed. Ooh oh, said my father. She'll
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  never hit the high note. At the end of the song,
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  the lady sang on. She coughed again, she sneezed twice,
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  and then came the end of the song. The lady
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  couldn't reach the high note, but someone could beside me.
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  Barkus stood his nose in the air, his mouth and
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  a little oh. Everyone turned to see where the high
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  note was coming from. It's that dog, someone called a dog.
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  Barkus held the note for so long. I finally patted him.
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  You can stop, Barkas, I said. Barcus stopped. Everyone clapped,
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  even Missus Fillmore clapped and there's another thing Barcas can do,
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  I told my mother and father. The next day, there
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  was a picture of Barcas in the newspaper. Under the
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  picture was written, Barcas hits a high note the very
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  long day. Knock, knock, knock. It was very early when
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  someone pounded on the front door. It was Gin, who
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  had a farm down the road. Where's your father, Nikki,
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  she asked in bed. I said, you're wearing pajamas. My
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  herd's gone, said Gin. My father came out of his bedroom.
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  He was wearing pajamas too. What do you mean gone,
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  he asked. Barcas paid it out from my bedroom. Baby
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  came too. When I got up this morning, the fence
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  was broken. Seven cows and two goats are gone, and
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  bby too. Who's bebe, asked my father her donkey, I said.
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  Barcas's ears perked up. Barcus liked boebe. My father got
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  his wallet and car keys. We'll be back, he said.
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  When your mother wakes up, tell her where we've gone.
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  Barcus and Baby went out the door too. They were
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  happy outside. I was happy to go back to bed, Nicki.
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  It was my mother's voice. I sat up in bed,
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  where's your father? He went to help Gen find her
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  lost her. Where are Barcus and Baby? I'll find them,
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  I said, But they weren't outside. They weren't inside, they
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  weren't anywhere. Suddenly we heard noises in the yard. Barcus
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  was there, Baby was there. And so we're seven cows,
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  two goats with bells around their necks, and bb there
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  was a white chicken tooth. My father's car screeched to
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  a halt in front of the house. My father and
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  Jen got out of the car. Oh, thank you all,
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  said Jen. We couldn't find them anywhere. It wasn't me,
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  said my mother. It wasn't me, I said, it was
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  Barcus and baby. Barcus and Baby, said my father. You
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  have your pajamas on, said my mother. Where did the
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  chicken come from? Asked Jen. Isn't it your chicken, asked
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  my mother. Nope, said Jen. But I'll take her home. Barcus,
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  you and Baby can herd. I said, good job. You're
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  the best dog and cat in the world. You are,
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  said Jen. But Barcus didn't hear. Baby didn't hear. They
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  were asleep. It had been a very long day trade about.
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  There was a new dog next door. It was miss
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  Daly's new dog. My sister gave me your dog because
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  she has to travel, said miss Day. That's how I
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  got Barkas, I said, from my uncle Everton Lucky, yes,
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  said miss Day. Does Millie have toys? I asked, a
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  few old stuff animals that smell bad. My sister socked
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  so Milly won't miss her. Barcus and Milly liked each
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  other right away. They played. They swam in the lake,
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  they slept in the shade. When they played inside our house.
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  Baby tried to play too. At first, Milly was afraid
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  of the little animal that wasn't a dog, but soon
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  they played together. Some days Barcas went to Milly's house,
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  some days Milly went to Barcas's house. At night, they
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  both sat in the windows of their houses and looked
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  across the yard at each other. One morning, Barkus came
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  home with Milly's sock. You stole Milly's sock, I said,
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  Barcus borrowed it, said my mother. I'm sure Milly will
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  come over and take it back home. But Milly didn't
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  take her sock back home. She took the stuffed beaver
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  with the flat, shiny tail. The next day, Barkus brought
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  home a warn stuffed rabbit with one ear borrowed. I
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  told my mother, back and forth, back and forth, they
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  went trading toys. Soon all of Milly's toys were in
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  Barcas's basket, and all of Barcas's toys were in Milly's
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  toy tup. It's called a trade about, said miss Daily,
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  A trade about. I said, maybe a little trade about again,
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  And I was right. That very night, when Barkus and
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  Nelly looked out the windows at each other. Barcas had
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  his feaver, Nellie had her sock, a trade about dog dreams.
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  A big storm was coming. My mother bought food and
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  ice and candles. Why ice and candles, I asked. The
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  electricitia might go off when the winds come, said my father.
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  That sounds scary, I said. Storms can be scary, said
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  my mother. But we'll be safe inside. Barcus didn't look scared,
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  I said. Barcus and baby lay in a curled up heap. No,
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  Barcus and baby are not scared, said my mother. It
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  started to rain. You should take Barcas out now before
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  it gets worse, said my father. He went outside to
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  bring the law on chairs in side. Barcus didn't love rain.
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  I had to push him outside. It's only rain, Barcus,
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  I said. But the rain came harder and the wind
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  was strong. My father chased after a chair that was
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  blowing across the grass. Miss Daly came out of her
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  house with Milly. She wore rain hat and coat and
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  carried an umbrella. Milly didn't love the rain either. Miss
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  Daly's hat blew away and her umbrella turned inside out.
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  Then some shingles from Miss Daly's porch roof blew off
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  above us, and a branch fell from our maple tree.
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  My father grabbed Miss Daly's arm. We all ran to
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  our house. Miss Daly looked a little scared. I was
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  a little scared. Miss Daly hung up her coat. I
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  took off my shoes. Barcus and Milly shook water all
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  over us. That made Miss Daly smile. Come sit down,
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  said my mother. You can stay with us until the
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  storm is over, said my father. That's nice of you,
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  said Miss Daily. There was a sudden loud clap of thunder.
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  The lights went out. My father lit the candles, and
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  my mother built a fire in the fireplace. The fire
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  was cheerful. The dogs moved closer to the fire and slept.
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  We ate sandwiches. As the wind shook the house, we
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  would hear small tree branches falling on the roof. I
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  wonder why baby and the dogs aren't scared, I said,
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  they know we will take care of them, said miss Day,
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  And they dream She added Milly yip yip yipped in
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  her sleep. Barcus whined in his sleep. Then he moved
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  his feet as if he were running. They're dreaming about
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  chasing each other on a sunny day, said Missus. Day.
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  I dreamed too, I said, mostly good dreams, sunny days
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  and ice cream like Barcus, and Millie, said Miss Day.
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  They're having dog dreams. I like dog dreams, said my mother.
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  Me too, said my father, me too, I said. As
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  it turned out that night, we all dreamed dog dreams.
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  And when we woke the next morning, the wind and
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  rain were gone, and there was the sun. Our next
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  story is titled Barcas the Most Fun and it was
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  published by Chronicle Books. It has a copyright year of
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  twenty twenty one and the author of our book is
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  Patricia mac laughlin. What Barcus knows Barcas is excited. He
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  knows something. Barcus always knows something. My father puts a
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  grill in the car. Barcus knows all about grills. Grills
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  mean hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages. My mother puts tents and
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  sleeping bags in the car. Barcus knows all about sleeping
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  bags and tents camping. There's a tent for you and
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  Barcus in one for your father and me, says my mother.
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  What about baby, I asked. Barcus's ears go up. Camping
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  is not for cats, says my mother. Mister Bailey will
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  take care of baby. Barcas jumps up in the way
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  back of the car. He likes to look out of
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  the back window and wag his tail when we pass cars.
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  Sometimes people wave at Barcas. I climb into the back
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  seat with my fishing pole and three books to read.
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  If it rains, I wave it miss daily As we
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  drive away. Are you all right in the back? I
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  called to Barcus. Whoof I know the sound of that
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  Barcus wolf? He knows something. Barcas has a secret. When
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  we get to our campsite, my mother opens the back
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  door of the car. Barcus jumps out Baby jumps down
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  behind him. That was Barcas's secret. Oh no, camping is
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  not for cats, repeats my mother. But when we put
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  up the first tent, Baby runs inside. Baby likes camping.
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  I say, see, I see, says my mother. But she
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  won't like the water. Water is not for cats. Barcus
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  rows in the sand, sand flies everywhere. Grain Baby runs
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  to the water. She jumps over little waves, shaking the
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  water from her feet. I think baby likes the water too,
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  I say, hmmm, says my mother. Baby will not like
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  nighttime when the owl screech in the trees. But the
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  night inside our tent, Barcus north, I watch baby. Baby
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  sits in the tent screen opening, listening to the calls
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  of owls, and she watches the moon rise over the water.
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  Then baby sleeps. The next day, I do not catch
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  a fish. Barcus runs with Baby, who finds something to chase.
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  My father grills sausages. The day goes by too quickly.
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  The cars packed to go home again. The drive is long.
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  How are things back there, asked my father, looking at
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  me in the rear view mirror. I answer with one
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  of my father's expressions. As expected, I called to him,
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  how are things back there, Barcas, I asked, Wolf is
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  a contented wolf. I peer through the sleeping bags and tents.
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  In the way back. There's Barcas. There's Baby, all curled up.
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  The crazy cows of spring. Barcus stands by our car. Wolf.
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  He knows that every spring we visit my grandparents farm
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  in the hills. When my father opens the way back
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  to put in suitcases, Barcas jumps right in. Smartest dog
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  in the whole world. My father says, Baby jumps right
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  in too, smartest cat too. I say. We drive past
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  many farms. Barcus wags his tail at the cows in
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  the meadows. He wolfs at horses. Then I see it
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  the road to my grandfather Jesse's farm. Grandfather Jess waves
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  to us from the barn door. Barcas races up to him.
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  Jess hugs Barcas, he hugs me. The cows come out
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  into the sunlight. I know them by name, Jane with
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  a star on her face, Flora Nor a door, and
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  Emmy the calf. Then it happens, maybe it is a
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  sudden sweet breeze. The cows kick up their heels, They
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  race around the middle. They run over to the fence
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  and push through, splintering the top rail. Hey yells, just stop.
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  Grandmother Bet runs out of the house and waves it's
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  spring Jess. She calls the cows trot onto the main road.
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  Barcas and I cut across the field to head them off.
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  Baby follows the cow slow down when they see Barcas
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  in front. The cows pass the small pond. Two ducks
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  watch the horses in the middle look up, surprised. The
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  cows go down South Street, headed to the village. Car
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  stops so the cows can pass. The cows pass the school,
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  they pass the post office. Barcas leaves them around the
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  library twice. Green spring grass is growing there, and the
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  cows are happy. Then the cows are tired. Wolf Barcas
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  walks toward the road. The cows follow Barcas back up
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  South Street. The cows walk over to walk over the
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  stone Ridge bridge. They passed the small pond. They turn
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  onto the farm road to their meadow. I hold the
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  paddic door open for them. Jess feeds them grain to
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  thank them for coming home. Happy Spring, just says to
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  the cows. Wolf says Barcas. Barcas is tired. He's worked hard.
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  But that night Mark Barcas won't come inside to sleep.
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  He stays out in the field. He'll keep door company,
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  says Jes, turning off the porch light. The next morning,
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  I hear barcasoof. Barcus knows something. I hear Jess go
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  out the door, baby, and I go out to see what.
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  Barcas knows. Door has a calf, says Jess, happily. Barcas
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  wolf softly, as if telling us, hush, it's a girl,
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  said Jess. Get that's what Barcus and I have named her.
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  What I ask, spring, says Jess. Wolf, says Barcas, and
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  then Barcus lies down in the spring grass and goes
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  to sleep. The most fun Barcus loves fall. He rows
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  in the neat piles of rig leeves, jumping out at Baby.
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  I love fall because I love the parade, Wolf, said Barcas.
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  Barcus knows the ambling of the Calf's parade celebrates all
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  the animals people love. There is a band and baton
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  twirlers and floats. Once I rode on, wondrous is a
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  red leaf. We can't take baby, says my father. You
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  have to have leashes for the animals. You take to
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  the parade. I bought a small cat leash for baby,
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  says my mother. What ask my father? My mother slips
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  the red leash around Baby's neck. She twists and escapes.
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  My father and I laugh. Barcas waits by the car.
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  Baby jumps on Barcas's back and up into the car.
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  Smartest dog, says my father, smartest cat, I add. The
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  parade begins with the horses and their lively coats. A
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  band goes by, children pool wagons of cage chickens, some
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  roosters with colorful red combs, and some silkies white and fluffy.
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  The llamas walk by with their graceful necks. One comes
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  over to touch noses with Barcus. Two large floats passed by,
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  both filled with dogs. The first has good dogs painted
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  on a banner. The second has a banner that says
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  sort of good dogs. Making people laugh and clap. Barcus
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  bark set them all wo woof. The dogs answer back
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  in a din of barking, and then finally comes the calves,
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  wearing wreaths of flowers around their necks. Barcus pulls his
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  leash out of my father's hand and prances next to
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  the band. Baby gets on Barcus's back. The crod cheers,
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  and that is how a photographer takes a picture Barcus
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  and Baby. The pictures in the town newspaper the next day.
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  Beneath the picture is written, Barcus and friends the most fun. True.
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  They did have fun, but I had the most fun
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  of all. A winter's tail. Snowflakes fall as we pack
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  to drive to our cabin. The skis and ski poles
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  are on the car roof. Warm sleeping bags and pillows
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  are in the way back. Barcus jumps right in. Smartest dog,
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  says my father. Baby jumps right in, smartest cat, I add.
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  The snow falls a little harder. As we drive, it
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  begins to stick to the road. The wind begins to blow.
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  There are no other cars on the road. Barcus sighs,
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  he is bored. He flops down and goes to sleep.
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  As we get closer to our cabin, the wind shakes
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  the car. My father has to drive around some tree
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  branches that have been blown down. Soon we see the
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  hill that leads to the cabin will be there just
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  in time. This will be a big storm, says my father.
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  When my father stops the car, Barcus jumps down into
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  a drift of snow. I carry baby tucked in my jacket.
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  Let's go in and start a fire, says my father.
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  Wolf agrees Barcas. The house's cold, no electricity, no heat
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  or stacks of wood by the fireplace. Wolf Barcas knows.
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  My father builds a fire. He sends light across the
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  walls of the cabin. We put down the sleeping bags
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  and pillows in front of the fire. My mother finds oil,
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  lamps and candles. It will be dark soon, too stormy
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  for skiing, says my mother. But what will we do?
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  I ask? You can read one or two or three
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  of your many books, says my father. We'll get out
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  a huge shick saw puzzle, and we'll eat delicious food,
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  says my mother. Wolf says Barcas. We can't grow out
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  out in the wind and snow, says my father. I
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  need lots of grilled chicken and biscuits, said my mother.
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  And I brought frozen corn cops from summer. We'll warm
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  them over the fire. Barcus Wolf's at the fireplace. My
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  father puts more wood on the fire. We will have
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  to finish this story the next time. This conclude our
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  children's story are for today. Please join us next time
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