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Speaker 1: our show notes. Thank you, hello friends, and welcome to

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Speaker 1: sleep Tight Stories. In this story, Bernice comes home and

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Speaker 1: when Papa Bear asks her if she wants a cookie,

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Speaker 1: she says no. What could be wrong with Bernice? Bernice

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Speaker 1: ate too many chocolate Easter eggs. Hey, Papa, I'm home,

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Speaker 1: Bernice said as she came in the front door of

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Speaker 1: their house. What did you do to the front door, Papa?

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Speaker 1: It's yellow? I almost thought I was at the wrong house,

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Speaker 1: Bernice said, with a laugh. Put your stuff away, little bear,

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Speaker 1: and come into the kitchen and I will tell you

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Speaker 1: all about it, Papa Bear said. Bernice took off her shoes,

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Speaker 1: put her coat away, and ran into the kitchen. Did

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Speaker 1: you have a good day, little bear, Papa Bear asked,

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Speaker 1: I it was a bit of a mixed bag. Bernie said,

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Speaker 1: as she washed her hands in the sink. I haven't

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Speaker 1: heard you describe your day that way before, Papa Bear said.

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Speaker 1: Is everything okay? Yeah, everything is okay. I guess are

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Speaker 1: those Easter egg cookies? Papa? They smell super yummy and

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Speaker 1: look super beautiful, but I'm not sure I can eat

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Speaker 1: any of them, Papa Bernie said, with a frown. Really,

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Speaker 1: little Bear, I made them just for you and Mama Bear.

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Speaker 1: Would you like a glass of milk. I'll get you

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Speaker 1: a glass of water too. You do look a little

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Speaker 1: out of sorts, Thank you, Papa. Milk would be great.

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Speaker 1: After putting some milk and water on the table, Papa

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Speaker 1: Bear put his hand on Bernice's forehead and continued, you

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Speaker 1: don't appear to have a fever, so why don't you

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Speaker 1: tell me about your day while you drink your milk.

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Speaker 1: Looking concerned, Bernice said, you can have some cookies, Papa.

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Speaker 1: I don't mind. Just because I'm not having any doesn't

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Speaker 1: mean you can't. Cookies are something I share with you,

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Speaker 1: little Bear. I can wait to have cookies later when

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Speaker 1: you are ready. Okay, Well, it was a really good day, Papa.

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Speaker 1: Science class was fun. We learned how to design and

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Speaker 1: conduct experiments. Bobby said he was going to put a

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Speaker 1: Mento's candy in a bottle of soda as an experiment,

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Speaker 1: but the teacher wouldn't let him. In math class, we

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Speaker 1: solved some hard problems together, and in English we started

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Speaker 1: a new book, The Story in The book is pretty

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Speaker 1: cool too. It's about a young boy who makes friends

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Speaker 1: with a new girl in town and they create an

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Speaker 1: imaginary kingdom called Terabithia. But, Papa, we couldn't go on

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Speaker 1: an Easter egg hunt this year because the teacher said

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Speaker 1: there was too much snow. How did that make you feel? Well?

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Speaker 1: I was a little disappointed. Last year, I found all

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Speaker 1: kinds of chocolate eggs and ate them. It was super fun.

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Speaker 1: But the snow this year just won't go away. Silly snow.

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Speaker 1: I remember when you ate those eggs, you looked a

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Speaker 1: bit like you do right now. Yeah. Well, we painted

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Speaker 1: eggs again in art class, and Bobby made a dinosaur

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Speaker 1: laying an Easter egg. It was super funny, Papa, because

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Speaker 1: everyone said that word we aren't allowed to say. Papa

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Speaker 1: Bear sighed, Ah, what word is that? Poop? Papa, Bernice said, giggling.

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Speaker 1: Everyone thought that Bobby's dinosaur egg looked like multi colored poop.

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Speaker 1: I think he did it on purpose. Everyone in class

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Speaker 1: we had to stop that Bobby. Then, when lunch came,

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Speaker 1: Bobby shared a few of his mini chocolate eggs with

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Speaker 1: Gertrude and me. Bernice said with a guilty look, ah,

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Speaker 1: how many eggs is a few? Little Bear? I'm not sure,

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Speaker 1: but I think we ate the whole bag, so maybe

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Speaker 1: that's a lot. At first, Papa, we had so much energy,

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Speaker 1: and Bobby was really loud, which made the teacher upset. Again.

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Speaker 1: I don't think he is allowed to take candy to

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Speaker 1: in class, right, Yeah? I know, And I wasn't misbehaving Papa,

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Speaker 1: though I did laugh when Bobby was acting crazy. But then, Papa,

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Speaker 1: The teacher said that after eating too much sugar, we

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Speaker 1: mostly just felt tired, Oh, little bear, when your body

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Speaker 1: tries to digest an excessive amount of sugar, you might

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Speaker 1: feel tired and lethargic. How do you feel now, Papa,

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Speaker 1: Bear asked. I'm better, Papa, but I feel like I

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Speaker 1: made a mistake. It's just that the chocolate eggs tasted

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Speaker 1: knew it, Bobby, Gertrude and I finished the whole bag.

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Speaker 1: It was sort of like a competition to see who

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Speaker 1: I hope you will learn from this and try not

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Speaker 1: to eat so many chocolates in the future. Cookies and

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Speaker 1: chocolates are treats. Treats taste better when we don't eat

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Speaker 1: them too often. I'll put the cookies away for now,

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Speaker 1: and maybe if Mama Bear says it's okay, we can

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Speaker 1: me why our door is yellow. I don't think it

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Speaker 1: was yellow this morning, was it? Oh? Yeah, ah, I

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Speaker 1: forgot that. I was going to tell you all about that.

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Speaker 1: Mama Bear and I wanted to get a better front

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Speaker 1: door because the old one was starting to not work

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Speaker 1: as well, so we gave the old one to a

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Speaker 1: friend and we had a new one installed today. Mama

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Speaker 1: Bear and I couldn't decide on a color, so since

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Speaker 1: it's almost Easter, I thought we would pick yellow. And

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Speaker 1: yellow is the color of springtime, right, that's what my

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Speaker 1: art teacher says. That sounds correct, little Bear. I also

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Speaker 1: think it's a fun color too. Why don't you finish

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Speaker 1: cook our dinner. Okay, Papa, it's that time, Papa said, Bernie.

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Speaker 1: And what time is that, little Bear replied her, Papa,

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Speaker 1: the time you read me a story. Are you sure

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Speaker 1: you want me to read you a story? Little Bear?

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Speaker 1: You seemed pretty sleepy after dinner, Papa Bear asked, Of course, Papa,

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Speaker 1: I could stay awake all night if you kept telling

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Speaker 1: me stories. I think I would fall asleep before all

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Speaker 1: night came along. Papa Bear said, with a smile. What

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Speaker 1: kind of story would you like me to tell you

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Speaker 1: this time? Hmmm? I like the stories with Booboo. I

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Speaker 1: think Booboo and Kai Kai are a lot like Bobby

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Speaker 1: and me. And the stories about the unicorn are pretty good.

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Speaker 1: And I like the stories about the magical book, Bertie

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Speaker 1: said with a yawn. Maybe a short silly story about

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Speaker 1: another character in the mystical forest, maybe a fairy. Did

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Speaker 1: you do all the things you need to do before bed?

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Speaker 1: I think so. I gave Mama a great big hug

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Speaker 1: and kiss, I had a soapy bath, and I even

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Speaker 1: did a good job cleaning behind my ears. I put

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Speaker 1: on my comfy pajamas, brushed my teeth, and even did

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Speaker 1: some stretches and deep breathing exercises. You're growing up, little bear, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think so. Will you and Mama miss me? When

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Speaker 1: I am gone, where do you plan on going? I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure yet, Papa. But when I grow up even

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Speaker 1: more and become a famous scientist, I might have to

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Speaker 1: live in my own house because I would have too

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Speaker 1: many books for our house. That's a good point, little bear.

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Speaker 1: Maybe we could add another room to our house just

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Speaker 1: for your books. Then you don't have to leave. Hmm.

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Speaker 1: I'll have to think about it, Papa. It's a big decision,

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Speaker 1: and I don't want to be hasty. Okay, little Bear,

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Speaker 1: Are you comfy and ready for a story? I am.

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Speaker 1: How about Twigger, Wolfy and Madaline? Are they ready for

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Speaker 1: a story? They say they are ready, and I think

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Speaker 1: they are looking forward to it too. Okay, give me

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Speaker 1: a hug and a kiss, and I'll tell you a

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Speaker 1: short story. Thank you, Papa. Once upon a time, in

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Speaker 1: a world full of magic and fun, there lived a

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Speaker 1: young little fairy named Lila. She grew up in the

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Speaker 1: middle of a mystical forest. In this forest were unicorns,

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Speaker 1: other fairies, gnomes, and all manner of insects, birds and animals.

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Speaker 1: It was a wonderful place. The kingdom they lived in

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Speaker 1: the forest, and they all lived in harmony. In the kingdom,

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Speaker 1: there was a small forest village famous for making sweet treats,

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Speaker 1: and it was here where the fairy named Lila lived.

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Speaker 1: Most fairies didn't eat much in the way of sweets,

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Speaker 1: preferring to eat what the mystical forest provided for them,

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Speaker 1: but Lila was different. She had a sweet tooth and

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Speaker 1: loved all kinds of treats, especially chocolate. She would fly

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Speaker 1: all the delicious desserts. She was well known by the

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Speaker 1: candy with them after they finished school. One day, Lila

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Speaker 1: Lila couldn't resist and started eating all the chocolates from

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Speaker 1: the Mystical Kingdom, and many plants, trees, and flowers did

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Speaker 1: those in the kingdom a valuable lesson. Lila always ate

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Speaker 1: stomach was feeling very poor. She realized that she had

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Speaker 1: Lila drank the nectar and felt instantly better. From that

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Speaker 1: day on, Lila learned a valuable lesson about eating too

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Speaker 1: The forest and animals and Lila became great friends often

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Speaker 1: gathered around the magical chocolate tree to share sweets and stories.

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Speaker 1: Lila had learned a valuable lesson about over indulgence and

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Speaker 1: how animals and fairies can come together to help when

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Speaker 1: one of them is in need. And with that, Papa

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Speaker 1: Bear kissed Bernice on the forehead, adjusted her blanket, turned

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Speaker 1: off her lamp, and quietly whispered, I love you, little bear.

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Speaker 1: Good night, and that is the end of our story.

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Speaker 1: Good Night, sleep tight.