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Speaker 1: Welcome to Lively Lewis Stories. Buckle up because you're about

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Speaker 1: to join Levi and Ivy on an adventure. All you

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Speaker 1: need is your imagination an off we Go Revy Rare Stories.

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Speaker 1: Levin Ivy were visiting their grandparents when they decided to

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Speaker 1: take a look in their attic. It was one of

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Speaker 1: their favorite places to explore because every time they went

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Speaker 1: up there they found something new and amazing. It was

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Speaker 1: a little eerie because of all the cobwebs and the

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Speaker 1: creaky sound that the floor made when they walked in,

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Speaker 1: but much more than that, it was exciting and fun,

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Speaker 1: like the time they found their grandparents' old record player.

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Speaker 1: Once they showed it to them, the rest of their

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Speaker 1: visit was one big dance party to what their parents

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Speaker 1: called the golden Oldies. They told Levi and Ivy that

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Speaker 1: was a fun way of saying really good music from

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Speaker 1: when they were younger. Then there was a time they

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Speaker 1: found a tuba and an accordion in the attic. The

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Speaker 1: rest of that visit was spent trying to form a

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Speaker 1: family band. So now they knew there must be more

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Speaker 1: hidden surprises up there, just waiting to be discovered. After

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy finished lunch that day, they decided it

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Speaker 1: was time for another attic adventure. I wonder what we'll

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Speaker 1: find up there today, asked Levi as he opened the

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Speaker 1: narrow little door in the hallway that led to the attic.

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Speaker 1: We could find anything, replied Ivy. Maybe a pirate treasure map,

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Speaker 1: maybe some fancy old clothes, or or maybe a rare

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Speaker 1: antigue worth millions. But no matter what they found, they

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Speaker 1: knew it would be a fun afternoon of exploring. They

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Speaker 1: pulled on the string that turned on the only light

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Speaker 1: in the attic and got a good look around. There

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Speaker 1: and a big leather trunk with clothes sticking out here

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Speaker 1: and there. I bet those are the fancy clothes I

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Speaker 1: was telling you about, said Ivy excitedly. Maybe there is

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Speaker 1: a tuxedo in there, or a beaky burst suit, added Levi. LEVI,

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Speaker 1: come on, don't you think we would know if Grahams

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Speaker 1: or Grams was a beekeeper, asked Ivy. I don't really know.

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Speaker 1: I mean, did you just know that Grams played the

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Speaker 1: replied with a smirk. As they rummaged through the trunk,

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Speaker 1: they threw clothes this way and that, littering the floor

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Speaker 1: all around them. Did you find a beekeeper, suit, asked Ivy.

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Speaker 1: Not yet, said Levi. But what's this? He had a

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Speaker 1: confused look on his face as he pulled out a

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Speaker 1: big boot from the bottom of the trunk, then another.

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Speaker 1: On the side of each boot was a drawing of

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Speaker 1: Mystery boots, said Levi excitedly. Where could these have come from?

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Speaker 1: I think I can help with that question, said a

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Speaker 1: familiar voice from behind them. Levi and Ivy jumped a bit,

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Speaker 1: but they knew in a second who it was. Hi Grams,

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Speaker 1: they said, and Grams too. It's a party now, Ivy giggled.

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Speaker 1: You two really do love exploring our attic, don't you,

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Speaker 1: said Gramps. It's just a lot of old junk collect

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Speaker 1: coolest stuff ever, said Levi. It's like traveling back in

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Speaker 1: time when we look around up here. Yeah, like traveling

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Speaker 1: back a hundred years, said Ivy, before her Grams corrected her. Hey,

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Speaker 1: now we're not that old, Graham said with a chuckle.

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Speaker 1: What did you find today more old records, Gramp asked, No,

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Speaker 1: said Levi, holding up the boots. We found these mysterious boots. Though.

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Speaker 1: As Grahams looked at the boots, a big smile spread

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Speaker 1: he said, with the fondness in his voice. He took

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Speaker 1: Cramps asked Ivy, what did the letters f D stand for?

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Speaker 1: What do you think, he asked his grandkids. Forest detective,

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Speaker 1: asked Levi. I was thinking maybe a farm dentist, added Ivy.

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Speaker 1: Those are both good guesses, very strange, but good guesses,

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Speaker 1: said Gramps. It actually stands for a fire department, and

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Speaker 1: I have them because I used to be a volunteer

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Speaker 1: firefighter when your Grams and I were first married. While

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Speaker 1: cool jobs, being a firefighter was amazing. Both Levi and

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Speaker 1: Ivy sat there in amazement. They couldn't believe their gramps

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Speaker 1: He told them a few stories of exciting nights on

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Speaker 1: important to him that when the volunteer fire department was

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Speaker 1: shed that had caught fire in someone's backyard. Gramps began,

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Speaker 1: a night. Levi and Ivy loved hearing Gramp's stories and

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Speaker 1: police hat with a badge on the front. WHOA, Grams,

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Speaker 1: you were a police officer too, said Levi, putting the

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Speaker 1: glance to grahams in her direction. That's right, Graham answered.

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Speaker 1: When your grandfather was volunteering at the fire station, I

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Speaker 1: was volunteering at the police station in the Canine Division.

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Speaker 1: I thought finding that old record was pretty cool, but

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Speaker 1: that's nothing compared to finding out all these amazing things

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Speaker 1: that your grandparents did when they were younger, said Ivy.

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Speaker 1: Graham went on to tell Levi and Ivy a story

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Speaker 1: about how she trained a search and rescue dog that

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Speaker 1: nearly forgotten about until Graham's used all she had learned

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Speaker 1: in the whole state. She went on to tell many

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Speaker 1: was safe and protected. It was an amazing experience, and

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Speaker 1: I kept that hat all these years to always remind

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Speaker 1: top of her head. How many more surprises does this

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Speaker 1: trunk have for us? Laughed Levi as he reached in

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Speaker 1: Ivy almost speechless. Is that a gold medal for gymnastics?

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy said together. They couldn't wait to find

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Speaker 1: out who won this amazing trophy. That's mine, too, said Graham.

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Speaker 1: Now it's not an Olympic gold medal, but I did

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Speaker 1: high school, which was pretty good back then. It's pretty

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Speaker 1: good right now too, exclaimed LEVI. Can you still do gymnastics?

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Speaker 1: Oh I don't know, Levi. I haven't tried in a

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Speaker 1: very long time, said grahams. But when I was at

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Speaker 1: something to see on the balance team. I won that

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Speaker 1: medal for trying a beam routine that no one had

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Speaker 1: ever competed in in competition at the time. I worked

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Speaker 1: felt to stand up and receive that medal. She could flip, roll, twist,

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Speaker 1: and tumble with the best of them, Graham said, proudly,

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Speaker 1: putting the medal around Graham's neck with a smile. Next

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Speaker 1: Ivy decided they should look in there. She slowly pulled

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Speaker 1: brittle piece of tissue paper and revealed another jaw dropping surprise.

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Speaker 1: Please tell me that's what I think it is, Ivy

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Speaker 1: squealed with excitement. If you think it's a dinosaur fossil,

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Speaker 1: then you'd be correct, replied Grams. More specifically, an imprint

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Speaker 1: I helped with a fossil dig in Montana. So my

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Speaker 1: Grams is a paleontologist, Levi said, reaching for the fossil. Well,

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Speaker 1: it wasn't my main profession, but I've always been fascinated

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Speaker 1: paleontologist with a dig many many years ago, said Grams.

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Speaker 1: He let me keep the horn print as a gift.

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Speaker 1: I'm so glad you found it. I've been meaning to

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Speaker 1: donate it to the Natural History Museum so others can

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Speaker 1: enjoy it too. At this point, Levi and Ivy felt

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Speaker 1: and they were really, really cool. How about one more

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Speaker 1: surprise before we head downstairs for some ice cream? Ask?

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Speaker 1: I don't know what could possibly be more exciting than

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Speaker 1: what we've discovered so far, but let's do it, said Levi. Yep,

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Speaker 1: I'm ready, said Ivy. Grahams then got up and walked

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Speaker 1: top and revealed a board showing different cloth belts in

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Speaker 1: many different colors. There was white, orange, blue, yellow, green, brown,

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Speaker 1: are they, Graham asked Levi. No, they're not, Grahams replied Grahams.

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Speaker 1: Are you a ninja, asked Ivy with white eyes. Graham

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Speaker 1: laughed and put down the wooden case. No, I'm not

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Speaker 1: a ninja, sweetie, but I did earn my black belt

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Speaker 1: in karate a long time ago. It was tough, but

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Speaker 1: very rewarding. And now if I need help in the

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Speaker 1: wood shop, she can break a board in calf with

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Speaker 1: their hand, joked Grahams. But seriously, I'm really proud of

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Speaker 1: your Grams. She's pretty amazing. You're not too bad yourself,

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Speaker 1: said Grahams, giving Gramps a smile. You too, are both

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Speaker 1: really unbelievable, said Levi. Yeah, I hope I do half

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Speaker 1: Ivy added, it's all about trying new things, helping others,

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Speaker 1: and working every day toward being the best person you

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Speaker 1: can be, said Grahams. I couldn't have said it better myself.

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Speaker 1: Grahams nodded now to celebrate our amazing lives and our

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Speaker 1: two amazing grandkids. Why don't we go have a little

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Speaker 1: ice cream? And with that, Levi and Ivy followed their

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