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Speaker 1: But one day a new student arrives and she is

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Speaker 1: things change a little for George, George and Charlie. George

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Speaker 2: To bed at night, he had a set.

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Speaker 2: In fact, his.

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Speaker 1: I see it, mommy, he said, with a laugh. Maybe

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Speaker 1: George was economical with his conversations. George liked to get

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Speaker 1: There had been sixteen times this year that they arrived

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Speaker 1: Frank said, did you sleep well last night? It was sufficient,

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Speaker 1: though he knew his pictures weren't beautiful. Do you still

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Speaker 1: a math question for you, Frank said, Let's pretend Rosso's

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Speaker 1: We always give rosso a fifteen percent tip. The original

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Speaker 1: Frank laughed, Well, I hear your teacher coming, so I

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Speaker 2: Have a nice day, George, Frank.

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much, Charlie said. My name is Charlie.

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Speaker 2: What is your name?

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Speaker 1: Yes, George, he said as they walked together towards the

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Speaker 1: Charlie asked, that's okay. I can talk enough for both

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I put some strawberry jam in it for fun.

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Speaker 1: In fact, it's my favorite thing in the whole wide world.

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Speaker 1: the world's problems through math, George replied, bring order to

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Speaker 1: Though George still didn't talk much, they both learned a

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Speaker 2: This day was different.

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Speaker 1: Charlie didn't come to school the next day. Charlie didn't

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Speaker 1: while eating pizza from Rosso's, George's mother noticed that he

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Speaker 1: of days, you don't seem to be as energized as

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Speaker 1: everything isn't going okay at school, he replied. Charlie is homesick. Oh,

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Speaker 2: He was three years old.

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Speaker 1: Are you sure, Georgie, his mother asked yes. George and

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Speaker 1: Even so, she was still wearing colorful gym pants, a

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Speaker 1: come for a visit, Charlie's mom said. Charlie took one

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Speaker 1: look at George's hair and its blue stripe, and her

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Speaker 1: face lit up with a huge smile. Surprising George, she

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Speaker 1: I feel better already, George replied simply, I am happy

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Speaker 2: The the looting, the