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4.12.25 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Radio Eyes during story Hour. As
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a reminder, Radio Eye is reading service intended for people
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who are blind or have other disabilities that make it
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difficult to read prima material. Today we will continue with
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Easter books. Your reader is Diane. We will continue with
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the book The baron Steene Bears and the Real Easter Eggs.
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It was published by Random House and has a copyright
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year of two thousand and two. The authors of the
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book are seen in jan Berens scene. The day of
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the Easter egg hunt, Dawn's bright and early sister, brother
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and dozens of their friends were on the town square
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waiting for Mayor Honeypot to give the signal for the
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hunt to begin. They had bags and baskets of every
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shape to gather the eggs. Brother and sister were especially
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well prepared. They each had a big basket, the better
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to carry the eggs they would find. When the mayor
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gave the signal, it was helter skelter, gather gather here
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an egg there, an egg everywhere, an egg egg. But
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brother and sister had a plan. Instead of hunting where
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the other cups were, they quickly moved to the woods
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at the edge of the square. Here's a red one,
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and a pink one, and a green one, shouted sister
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as she popped the eggs into the shopping bag. And
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here's an orange one, and a yellow one, and a
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lavender one, cried brother as he popped them into his bag.
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A little while later, Brother noticed that sister had become
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very quiet. He turned and starts standing over so still,
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looking into some bushes. And here, says sister, in a
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soft hushed voice that brother could hardly hear. Our five
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tiny blue eggs and a nest deep in the bushes.
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Ever so carefully and quietly, Brother moved into the bushes
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and looked over sister's shoulder at the real Easter eggs,
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And together they watched as one by one, each tiny
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blue egg cracked open and a tiny scraggly wet baby
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robin struggle to climb out. From time to time, the
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mother of father Robin came to the nest with food
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worms and insects. They took terms putting the food in
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the wide open beaks of the baby birds. Brother and
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sister watched for a long time. They hardly moved. It
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was as if they were under a spell. It was
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the most wonderful and amazing thing they had ever seen.
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They missed most of the Easter ey hunt, but since
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every cup got a prize, they got some goodies. For
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the eggs they had already gathered a few chocolate eggs,
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but mostly jelly beans, which they shared with Papa. They
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gave him the black ones. Many of sistern Brother's friends
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won the really big prizes, but that was okay. The
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sugar trimed chocolate eggs and the giant chocolate bunny would
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not only soon be gone, they would leave quite a
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few tummy eggs behind. Sister and brother would never forget
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those baby birds, and the wonder of Easter in his
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message of new life, would stay with them forever. Now
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we will be listening to some Curious George stories, and
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the first book is Curious George Visits the Dentist. It
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was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and it has a
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copyright ear of twenty fourteen. The author of our book
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is Monica Perez. George was a good little monkey and
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always very curious when he visited his neighbor, Missus Ross.
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He was especially curious about her gleaming basket of fruit
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that bright red apple on top looked too perfect to
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be true, and it was. George bent into it and
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discovered that it was hard and sticky and not sweet.
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Oh dear, said missus Ross. That's not a red apple, George.
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It's made of wax. George's tooth began to hurt. You
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should always ask before eating something, George. The man with
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a yellow hat reminded him. By the time he went
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to bed that evening, George's tooth was less sore, but
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the next morning, his tooth was wobbly. His mouth felt
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so strange that George couldn't even enjoy his favorite pancake breakfast.
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We should see the dentists, George, the man said, she
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can make sure that tooth of yours is all right.
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The man explained that the genist was a doctor for teeth,
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but George didn't want anyone to touch his tooth, what
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if it hurt. George walked along the path to the
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dentist's office with his friend, his steps getting slower and slower,
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until he ran off to pick a daisy. That's very pretty,
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said the man, chasing after George. But we have an
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appointment and we shouldn't be late. You'll be a good
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little monkey, won't you? George nodded. He always wanted to
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be good. The waiting room was a welcoming place. There
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were lots of things to see and do. When by
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one the young patients were called away by a woman
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in a white suit, George watched them go through a
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red door, each holding to a grown up's hand. One
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frightened boy was carried in by his mother. George was
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glad he wouldn't have to see the dentist by himself. George,
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you're next, the woman announced. George was sad to put
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down his book, but he was also a little curious
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about where the children were going. Was there a play
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area on the other side. The examining room was not
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filled with toys, but it was still interesting. There was
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a sink and a long chair for lying down. There
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was a stool for the dentist and a light above
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the chair. George was curious why were there two falses
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in the room. Hello, George, I'm doctor Wang. It's nice
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to meet you, she said, Why don't you lie down
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and we'll take a look at your teeth. George sorrow
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of silver gentle exam tools on the counter. They were long,
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shiny and pointy. He hid behind the man. George, would
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you like to try the chair first, the man asked.
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Great idea, said doctor Wang. The man lay down, open
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your mouth wide. The dinnisteine one big light down into
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the man's mouth. She took out a small white instrument
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to take a closer look at each tooth. This is
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a mouth mirror. George watched. It didn't look too scary. Next,
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I'll count the teeth, Doctor Wang told George. She picked
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up one of those sharp pointy tools. This is an
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exploor one, two, three, four. Then the man exclaimed owl
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ooh oh, the genist said George ran away. He left
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the exam room and scraried down the hall. There were
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many doors. He didn't know which way was the out.
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He tried one door and walked into another exam room.
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A monkey a little girl cried and jumped off the
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exam chair in excitement as George backed out of the room.
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He continued down the hall, opening doors and disturbing patients.
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In one room, the scared little boy from the reception
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area was crying. George had an idea. He jumped onto
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a table and began juggling packs of gentlefoss. The little
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boy stopped crying and smiled. Next, George leaped over to
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the sink in the middle of the room. He pushed
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a button and the nearby water jets spurted sprain water
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around the room. George squirted water to his own mouth
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and into the boy's mouth too. Next, George decided to
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switch on the overhead lamp, but the lamp tumbled over,
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spilling George safely on the floor. The boy clapped, but ooh, ooh.
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Doctor Wange stood in the doorway. George, you naughty monkey.
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Doctor Wayne said, what a mess you've made. This monkey
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was the only one who could get Tyler stopped crying.
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The boy's mother said, hmm. Doctor Wayne considered. She said,
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it does look like we have some eager young patience.
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And if it weren't for you, George, I wouldn't have
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found the cavity in your friend's mouth. Turns out I
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need to have a feeling. The man with the yellow
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hat said, come on, George, let's both get our teeth checked.
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As soon as doctor Wang looked into George's mouth, she laughed, why, George,
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all you have is a loose tooth. A loose tooth
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sound to worrisome, to George, it's going to fall out soon.
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There's a new permanent tooth right behind. It looks like
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you've been doing a good job brushing your teeth. George
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jumped on his chair. He did. He brushed every night
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and morning. Keep brushing, and don't eat too many sweets.
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The dentists reminded him, you want your teeth to be
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in good shape for the tooth Fairy. George waved goodbye
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to his new friends. He went home with a new toothbrush,
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some dental floss, and instructions for his loose tooth. He
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should bite into as many hard apples as he could,
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as long as they were real. Of course, he decided
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he didn't mind going to Jennist at all. That naughty
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ate a healthy dinner with an apple for dessert. His
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tooth fell out with the second bike. He put his
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tooth under his pillow. The next morning, George found a
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special coin in his tooth's place. When Missus Ross came
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to check on George that afternoon, George prowaly showed her
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his coin from the Toothbairy. Missus Ross laughed and said, well,
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that was a quick way to lose a tooth, But
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I don't recommend it next time. The next book is
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called Curious George Plumber's Helper. It was published by Houghton
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Mifflin Harcourt and has a copyright year of two thousand
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and ten. It's an adaptation by Marcigo, Burke Sachs and
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Praya Garri de Say, based on the TV series Tell
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a play written by Joe Fallon. George loved bath time.
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Today he had a good idea. He took a box
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of new toys into the bath with him, but these
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toys didn't float like his usual bath toys. With bath
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time over, George pulled the stopper. All the water went
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down the drain, and so did the toys. George thought hard.
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Since the toys went away when the water drained, maybe
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they would come back up if he filled the tub again.
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George turned the bathtub faucet. Ooh oh, water began to
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pour from the sink. Instead, water was backing up in
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every sink in the apartment, even in the kitchen. What's
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going on, wondered the man with the yellow hat. Was
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time to call the plumber, mister Auger. The plumber arrived
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from the plunger and his tool belt to the wrynches
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in his toolbox. Mister Auger had some of the best
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tools George had ever seen. George went with mister Auger
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to the basement where the pipes were. Some pipes bring
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water in and some take water out. Mister Auger exclaimed,
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this main valve turns the water on and off the
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whole building. He told George, mister Auger used to wrench
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to close the main valve. Now that the water's turned off,
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he explained, we can check inside the pipes in your
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apartment to find the clock that is causing the problem.
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Then mister Auger showed George how to remove a pipe
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joint and drain the bathroom sink. George peeked inside the pipe.
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Mister Auger looked too, but he didn't find a clock.
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Mister Auger unscrewed pipes in the kitchen and using his screwdriver,
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he found the clog George's toys. But how did they
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get from the bathroom to the kitchen. Mister Auger explained
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that water from the bath pushed the toys down the
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pipes until the toy snake got dangled up and stuck.
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The other toys got stuck in the same spot too.
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The water couldn't get through, so it started going up
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other pipes and out into the sinks. After mister Ogar
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tightened the pipes in the apartment, he let George open
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the main valve in the basement. Couldn't believe it. Now
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he knew how to fix a clog. Drained too. After
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lunch the next day, the man asked George to clean
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up because he had to go out. Make sure to
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jump the food out before you wash the dishes and
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the dishwasher, he reminded George as he left, So George
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poured the food down the dishwasher drains. After loading all
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the dishes, George started the dishwasher, water and bubbles started
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oozing out of the machine. George decided there must be
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a new clog in the pipe. He swung into action.
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Using his monkey tools, he closed the main valve in
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the basement just like mister Auger. George unscrewed the pipes
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and checked for clogs, but he didn't find anything. Maybe
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the clog was gone. George reopened the main valve in
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the basement, but upstairs the dishwasher was still overflowing. As
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he walked home, the man with the yellow hat noticed
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that water was pouring off of his balcony like a
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water fault. The man called the plumber right away. The
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food clogged the dishwasher, just like your toys clogged the pipes,
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mister Auger said. George finally understood only liquid should go
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down the drain. That night, when George took his bath,
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he didn't have to worry about clogging the pipes. His
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new bath toy was too big to go down the drain.
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Our next book is Our next books are going to
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be on voices, and our first book is Chatterbox Bear,
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and it was published by Hotter Children's Books and the
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copyright years twenty nineteen. The author of our book is
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Pepa Kernik. Gary was the world's biggest chatterbox. Roar. He
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chatted everywhere to everyone all the time. Roar. He chatted
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in the bath, in the supermarket, and even in the library.
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Roar sh The other bears just wanted some peace and quiet.
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It made Gary feel very sad. Somebody somewhere must like
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chatting as much as I do. So Gary packed his bag,
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patched up his old boat, and set out to find
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someone to chat to. At first, it was plain sailing,
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but soon the sea got choppy, and then the boat
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sprang a week bear overboard. Luckily, Gary spotted a tiny island.
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Hooray Dot. The bird was hopping along the beach when
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she saw Gary. Hello, said Gary, raising his amazing, big
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black eyebrow. Hello, said Dot. But bears don't speak bird,
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and all gary herd was squawk, and birds don't speak bears,
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so all Dot heard was roar. Oh dear, Dot called
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her friends. Maybe they could speak bear, but Gary couldn't
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understand a word. Just then Gary's tomue, he rumbled. I'm
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so hungry, said Gary, wobbling his eyebrow. The birds were baffled.
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Does he want to build a nest? Wonder? Dot? No,
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growled Gary. I really want some lemonade, said Gary, wibbling
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his eyebrow. Has he got an itch guest? Dot no no,
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yelled Gary. And I'm very very hot, said Gary, with
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an enormous frown. Maybe he's trying to fly, suggested Dot.
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No no no, roared Gary. Gary's eyebrow gave a tremendous wibblewobble.
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I just want to chat, but no one understands me,
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and he burst into tears. Dot had been watching Gary
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very carefully and she suddenly loud let out a great squawk.
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Look at his eyebrow, it all droopy and sad. Maybe
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he can tell us other things with his eyebrow. Dot
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handed Gary a stick. He drew his eyebrow shapes in
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the sand next to the picture of what each one meant.
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I know, let's all learn to speak bear, said Dot.
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But first we need eyebrows of our own. Soon there
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were eyebrows everywhere, seaweed eyebrows, leaf eyebrows, fuzzy bug eyebrows,
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string eyebrows, stick eyebrows, worm eyebrows, prong eyebrows. All the
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birds began copying, copying Gary's eyebrow movements, and slowly, but surely,
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they all started to speak the same language. What a discovery.
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We love our eyebrows, said Dot, and we talking there.
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They celebrated with crabcakes and seaweed donuts, Gary's favorite, and
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they drank lovely bubbly lemonade by moonlight. It's a perfect
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eyebrow party. The only thing that made it even more
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perfect was dancing. Come on, Gary, follow our eyebrows and dance,
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said Dot. Gary was the happiest he'd ever been. I
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like to stay here with you he said, wibbling and
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wabbling his eyebrow. You're all such a lovely bunch of chatterboxes.
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Just then the bird spoted something far out at sea.
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It was getting closer and closer. It was a dog. Hello,
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said Gary Woof, said Barry, moving his gigantic mustache. Oh,
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said Dot, Can anyone speak dog? Our next book is
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called Voices in the Park and it was published by
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DK Publishing Incorporated and has a copyright here of nineteen
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ninety eight, and the author of the book is Anthony Brown.
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First Voice. It was time to take Victoria, our pedigree labrador,
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and Charles, our son for a walk. When we arrived
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at the park, I let Victoria off her leash. Immediately,
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some scruffy mongrel appeared and started bothering her. I shoot
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it off, but the horrible thing chased her all over
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the park. I ordered it to go away, but it
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took no notice of me whatsoever. Sit I said to Charles. Here.
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I was just planning what we should have to eat
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that evening. When I saw Charles had disappeared, Oh dear,
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where had he gone? You get some frightful types in
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the park these days. I called his name for what
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seemed like ages. Then I saw him talking to a
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very rough looking child. Charles, come here at once, I said,
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And I'm here, please Victoria. We walked home in silence.
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Second voice, I need to get out of the house.
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So me and Smudge took the dog to the park.
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He loves it there. I wish I had half the
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energy he's got. I fettled on a bench and looked
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through the paper for a job. I know it's a
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waste of time, but you've got to have some hope,
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haven't you. And it was time to go. Smudge cheered
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me up. She chattered happily to me all the way home.
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Third voice, I was home on my own again. It's
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so boring. Then my mother said that it was time
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for a walk. There was a very friendly dog in
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the park and Victoria was having a great time. I
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wish I was. Do you want to come on a slide?
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A voice asked. It was a girl, unfortunately, but I anyway.
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She was great on the slide. She went really fast.
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I was amazed. The two dogs raced around like old friends.
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The girl took off her coat and swung on the
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climbing bars, so I did the same. I'm good at
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climbing trees, so I showed her how to do it.
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She told me her name was Smudge, a funny name,
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I know, but she's nice. Then my mother caught us
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talking together and I had to go home. Maybe Smudge
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will be there next time. Fourth voice. Dad had been
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really fed up, so I was happy when he said
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we could take Albert to the park. Albert's always in
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such a hurry to let off his leash. He went
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straight up to this nice dog and sniffed his backside.
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He always does that. Of course, the other dog didn't mind,
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but its owner was really angry. The silly twit I
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got talking to this boy. I thought he was kind
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of a whimp at first, but he's okay. We played
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on the sea saw and he didn't say much, but
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later on he was more friendly. We both burst out
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laugh and when we saw Albert take in a swim.
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Then we all played on the bandstand and I felt
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really really happy. Charlie picked a flower and gave it
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to me. Then his mom called him and he had
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to go. He looks sad. When I got home, I
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put the flour in some water and made dead a
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nice cup of coco. The next stories are about animals
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called I Found a Frog, and it was published by
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Monkey Pen and the author excuse me. It has a
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copyright date of twenty twenty and the author is T. Albert.
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Even though I have grandchildren of my own, it seems
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like it was only yesterday when I returned home from
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school to find a frog in my bedroom. My mother
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just when I yelled out, I found a frog on
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my bed. Now, she knew that I would eventually find one,
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but she let me discover a wonder nature that people miss.
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You see a little earlier that spring, when I was
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six years old, I saw some little blackfish in a pond.
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Since I didn't have any pets, I went home and
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asked my mother if I could have one. After we
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talked about my catching some of the fish I saw
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and the responsibility of having a pet, she agreed. She
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gave me a bowt told me to catch a few,
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and said that while I was out, she would prepare
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their new home. Off I went. There were so many
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that they were easy to catch. I filled the boat
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and ran home. When I got home, my mother had
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an old fish bow filled with water sitting on the
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corner of my desk. She asked to see the fish.
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Looked and with a big smile said, tadpos Wow, you
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are in for surprise. I asked what she meant, and
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she just said that I would have to wait and see,
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but to watch my fish carefully for a few weeks.
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I know somewhere changing. Mom, I yelled with excitement, Come here,
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my fish are growing legs. She came into my room, looked, smiled,
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and told me to keep watching. After several more weeks,
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there were so many changes, Mom, I yelled with excitement,
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Come here, my fish are growing front legs and their
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tail is going away. A week or so later, when
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I got up, I was amazed there were more changes.
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My fish didn't have tails, their legs were bigger, and
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they didn't look like the little blackfish I had caught
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earlier in the spring. That day, when I returned home
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from school, is when I yelled out I found a
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frog in my bed. Surprised, yelled, mom, you watched a
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miracle right before your eyes. A fish changed into a frog.
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Off I went. Our next story is called Terence Turtle's
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New Home and it was published by a Monkey Pin
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and has a copyright ear of twenty twenty. The author
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is T. Albert on a huge mountain in a big forest.
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There was a medium sized metal and a small pond.
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And this small pond lived Terrence the turtle and his
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two best buddies, Sam and Sally Swan. Oh you may
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think it, ah, that a turtle and swans were buddies,
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really true friends, But I assure you they were. Every
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day the three of them would search the pond for food,
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swim together, and play games and tell stories on the shore.
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When it got dark, Sam and Sally would return to
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their nest under a large tree, and Terence to his
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din on the shore by their tree. One year, there
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was very little ring and the pond began to dry up.
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The three friends were concerned and talked about what they
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should do. We should stay here, said Terrence. The rain
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always comes and the pond has been our home since
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we were born. I don't think the pond the last,
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said Sally. I think we need to find a new home,
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said Sam. And Sam flew away in search of a
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new pond. After several days, Sam returned to find the
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pond almost dry and his friends not doing well at all.
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Sam Terrence shouted excitedly, we are so glad to see
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you the pond is almost dry, Sally is hungry and scared,
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and my shell is starting to crack. Did you find
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a new home? Yes, said Sam. It is a beautiful
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but far away, and I don't know how we'll get there.
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The three talked for a long time. Then Terence said
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I will stay here and dig deep into my den,
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and the two of you, my two true friends, fly
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to your new home. No, shouted Sally, we will all go.
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There has to be a way, said Sam. The three
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sat under the bright sun in silence, thinking of a
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way to get far away pond. I know how to
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do it, shouted Terrence. See that stick, he said to
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Sam Sally, and you will each take an into your
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bill and I will bite it in the middle. Then
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you can fly to our new home while I hang
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on the stick. We can all go together again. The
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three sat in silence thinking of Terrence's idea. It will work,
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said Sally. I agree, said Terence, Maybe, said Sam. Sam
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looked at Terrence and Sally for a few minutes and said, yes,
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I think it will work. But none of us can
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talk or open our mouths. No matter what. Does everyone understand?
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Does everyone agree? Yes? Said Sally, I agree too, said Terence. Terence,
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Sam firmly said, is almost important that you do not
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talk or open your mouth. Remember you can't fly, I understand,
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said Terence. Within minutes, Sally and Sam each had the
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stick firmly held in their bills. Sam opened his mouth
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and bit down on the stick. They were off. Sally
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Swan and Sam Swan flew side by side, separated by
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a stick, with terence turtle hanging in the middle. It's
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a very strange but funny sight. As they flew, climbing
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higher and higher, no one dared talk or open their mouth.
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Faster and faster, higher and higher, Sally and Sam flew.
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Terence was terrified. As they passed over town, they could
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hear the people talking and laughing. Look up in the sky,
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shouted one boy, what is it? Asked another. As the
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people looked up, they began to laugh at the strange sight.
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They laughed, whistled, hoo did and hollered at the silly
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Swans carrying a turtle on a stick. Terence heard all
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the noise, but couldn't look down to see what was
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going on. Ignoring the advice that Sam had given him,
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he opened his mouth to ask him what was happening.
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Before he could say a word, he was falling and
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looking up at his flying friends. Oh don't worry, Terence
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didn't get hurt. You see, they were close enough to
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their new home. So Terence fell into the big deep pond.
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But not listening to his true friend could have ended
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it differently for him. This concludes the Children's Story Hour
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for today. Please join us next time as we will
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read more stories, fables and fairy tales, and thank you
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