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Speaker 1: Hello, friends and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. Happy belated

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Speaker 1: birthday to Maya who turned eleven on October thirteenth. Happy

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Speaker 1: belated birthday to Anacamedrano who was a second grader at

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Speaker 1: Happy belated birthday to Ryland Heller in Nebraska who turned

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Speaker 1: twelfth on October twenty Second. Happy birthday to Finley Rose

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Speaker 1: four on October twenty third. Happy birthday to Brielle from Madison,

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Speaker 1: birthday to Sloan from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who is turning seven

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Speaker 1: on October twenty fourth. Happy birthday to Claire from Vienna,

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Speaker 1: Virginia who has a birthday on October twenty sixth. From

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Speaker 1: They all love you to pieces and are so excited

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Speaker 1: about your odter themed seventh birthday. Happy birthday to Tanner

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Speaker 1: Your parents, Eric and Caroline and your big brother Derek

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Speaker 1: love you immensely. And Happy birthday to Rachel from Danville, California.

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Speaker 1: You are a great pianist. Keep practicing. We hope you

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Speaker 1: have a great birthday. Love Mom, Dad, Lena and Scratchy Bunny.

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Speaker 1: tightstories dot org slash support. Thank you. It was going

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Speaker 1: to be a spooky day at school and Bernice was

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Speaker 1: super excited. The kids were dressing up and having a party.

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Speaker 1: Bernice gets her costume finished and takes a picture with

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Speaker 1: Cookie to show her friends. When the day is over

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Speaker 1: and she's getting ready for bed, she asks Papa Bear

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Speaker 1: to tell her a spooky story, but to make sure

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Speaker 1: it is not too spooky, as it is time for

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Speaker 1: her to go to sleep and she is tired. Papa

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Speaker 1: Bear says okay and starts his story. Papa Bear tells

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Speaker 1: her niece another not so spooky story. Today was a

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Speaker 1: spooky day at Bernice's school, and she was super excited.

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Speaker 1: All the kids would dress up in their favorite characters

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Speaker 1: or scary costumes and there would be a party and

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Speaker 1: a special spooky lunch. The whole morning would be devoted

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Speaker 1: to creating the costumes, led by the art teachers. Then

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Speaker 1: in the afternoon there would be ghost stories and performances.

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Speaker 1: Bernice wanted to get a head start on her costume

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Speaker 1: because she wanted to help the other kids, and because

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Speaker 1: important part of her costume was going to be Cookie,

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Speaker 1: her cat, and she wasn't old enough to come to

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Speaker 1: on her makeup, Bernice walked into her bedroom, where Cookie

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Speaker 1: she saw Bernice, she seemed a little bit scared. Cookie,

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Speaker 1: it's me. You don't need to be scared. I know

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Speaker 1: I look super scary with this costume on, but even

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Speaker 1: on the inside, Bernice said as she walked towards where

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Speaker 1: Cookie was standing with her back arched up high. Cookie

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Speaker 1: wasn't convinced until Bernice started scratching behind her ears, and

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Speaker 1: then she wasn't scared anymore. See Cookie, it's me, your

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Speaker 1: like I do. I'm going to take you downstairs with

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Speaker 1: me if that's okay, because I want Papa to take

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Speaker 1: my costume this year. Cookie replied with a purr. Bernice

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Speaker 1: feather so light, turn this moment into pure delight. Wiggily

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Speaker 1: bright may our magic moments shimmer with light. After twirling

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Speaker 1: her magic wand, Bernie said, I put a spell on you,

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Speaker 1: Papa Wow, what happens now, Spooky witch? Do I turn

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Speaker 1: into a large pumpkin? Papa Bear asked, no. My spell

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Speaker 1: book says that this spell means that the cookie jar

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Speaker 1: a moment. I thought I couldn't bake special spooky cookies

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Speaker 1: today because I was a pumpkin. Papa Bear said, with

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Speaker 1: Spooky cookies are too important. Bernice said, laughing, can you

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Speaker 1: my costume with Cookie. She is an important part of

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Speaker 1: Mama Bear asked me to take your picture before she

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Speaker 1: went for her run. Why don't you come into my

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Speaker 1: study and stand in front of the bookcase. It will

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Speaker 1: make it look like the witch is standing in front

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Speaker 1: of her library full of magic spells. Bernice stood in

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Speaker 1: in her arms. Your costume looks really great, Bernice, Papa

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Speaker 1: Bear said as he took her picture. Yeah, I think so.

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Speaker 1: I made it all by myself, but with Mama's help.

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Speaker 1: Of course. She helped me sow and did my makeup.

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Speaker 1: I'm still not an expert at doing those things. Well,

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Speaker 1: honeycakes this morning for you. Why don't you have a

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Speaker 1: Papa Joining Bernice at the table with his coffee, Papa

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Speaker 1: Bear asked, so, why did you change your mind about

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Speaker 1: your costume, little Bear? I seem to remember you talking

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Speaker 1: about being a brontosaurus this year. Yeah, that was Bobby's idea.

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Speaker 1: they want to be, Papa Bear replied. Then, I thought

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Speaker 1: I would be a ghost like last year, but Cookie

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Speaker 1: gave me a great idea. She's very creative. I thought

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Speaker 1: and has a magic cat that can talk and cast

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Speaker 1: spells too. That's a great idea, little Bear and Cookie.

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Speaker 1: Bobby liked the idea too, though he was a little disappointed.

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Speaker 1: He said he was going to dress up as a

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Speaker 1: a new costume with his mama, and you will never

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Speaker 1: don't think I can guess, Papa Bear said, bracing himself

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Speaker 1: for the silliness he is getting dressed up as the

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Speaker 1: it's getting late, little bear, you need to finish your

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Speaker 1: You wouldn't want to miss this special day. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be super fun, Bernice said, as she stuffed a

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Speaker 1: to get dressed for outside. Ha ha ha. You certainly

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Speaker 1: are an excited little spooky witch. Bernice couldn't answer because

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Speaker 1: on her sneakers. The witch she was dressed as wore

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Speaker 1: white sneakers with splatters of color paint on them. Bye, Papa,

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Speaker 1: buye cookie, my bus is here. That night, after eating

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Speaker 1: with lots of fresh vegetables because Mama Bear said she

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Speaker 1: needed to eat something healthy today, Bernice liked vegetables, but

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Speaker 1: You certainly had a great day, little bear. You were

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Speaker 1: Are you ready to get cozy in bed? I did

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Speaker 1: my routine, Papa, but my stomach still feels a little

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Speaker 1: bit giggly, so I think I will need a story.

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Speaker 1: Bobby says he was going to stay up all night

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Speaker 1: if he can wash off all the brown paint from

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Speaker 1: his face. Ha ha. Yeah. The art teacher was a

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Speaker 1: little upset at him for putting brown paint all over himself,

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Speaker 1: but Bobby said it was for his art. His poop

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Speaker 1: costume was very popular, Papa, almost as popular as Gertrude's

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Speaker 1: cat costume. Gertrude and I even teamed up for some

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Speaker 1: and I was the magical witch. I'm glad you had

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Speaker 1: a great day. Can you tell me a story tonight, Papa?

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Speaker 1: A booboo and Kai kai story. Well, we could try

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Speaker 1: a spooky one. I don't know, little bear. Are you

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Speaker 1: sure you want a spooky story before bed. Hmm, you're right, Papa,

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Speaker 1: maybe just a tiny bit spooky and not super spooky. Okay,

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Speaker 1: are you comfy and warm? Yes, Papa. How about Twigger,

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Speaker 1: Wolfy and Madeline are they ready for a story too?

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Speaker 1: I think they are. How about you Cookie? Are you

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Speaker 1: ready for a story too? Cookie was already asleep beside

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Speaker 1: Bernice and all her other friends. Okay, give me a

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

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Speaker 1: spooky 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: brave little bear named Boobu. She lived in a large

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Speaker 1: forest were unicorns, fairies, pixies, gnomes, and all manner of insects,

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Speaker 1: birds and animals. It was a wonderful place. Her best

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Speaker 1: friend was a young dragon called Kai Kai, and they

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Speaker 1: liked to play as much as they could. The kingdom

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Speaker 1: they lived in was full of people who lived in

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Speaker 1: the meadows, those who lived in the hills, and those

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Speaker 1: On this day, Bubu and Kai Kai were at Bixi's cottage,

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Speaker 1: where he was going to tell all his after school

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Speaker 1: to whisper in Booboo's ear. I don't like super scary stories.

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Speaker 1: hot drinks, Bixy said he would share and the sweets.

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Speaker 1: Kai Kai, you are a big dragon. What could you

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Speaker 1: be scared of? You would be surprised, Kai Kai said, sheepishly.

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Speaker 1: Don't worry, it's not going to be scary. Bixy doesn't

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Speaker 1: have a scary bone in his body. Okay, did everyone

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Speaker 1: get a hot drink and some cookies before Kai Kai

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Speaker 1: finished them, Bixi said, laughing to the group that had

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Speaker 1: held his classes. Kai Kai's face couldn't turn red, but

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Speaker 1: it would be blazing red if it could. All right,

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Speaker 1: then I will start our story. I will first start

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Speaker 1: as scary as these stories, he whispered. Madrigal might not

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