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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. Every week

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Speaker 1: we celebrate our supporters through shout outs and personal birthday messages.

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Speaker 1: We think this is also a fun way for us

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Speaker 1: to hear about all the amazing places that you our

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Speaker 1: who is ten years old and in fourth grade. A

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Speaker 1: special Happy belated birthday to Olivia, who turned six on

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Speaker 1: February twenty seventh. Mom and Dad love you very much

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Speaker 1: and are very proud of you. Happy belated birthday to Evy,

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Speaker 1: Love Mom, Dad, and Lucy from Mill Valley, California. Related

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Speaker 1: birthday to Wesley in Spokane, Washington, who turned nine on

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Speaker 1: belated birthday to Blaze, who turned six on April third.

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Speaker 1: Happy belated birthday to Wren in Westfield, New Jersey, who

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Speaker 1: Happy belated birthday to Emma, who had a birthday on

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Speaker 1: Happy belated Golden Birthday to Stella in Rogers, Minnesota, who

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday to Amina Fall from New York, who is

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Speaker 1: turning nine Aisa, Mom and dad love you dearly. Happy

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Speaker 1: birthday to Eveline and Octavia from Romania who just turned

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Speaker 1: Elise on April ninth. Mom and Dad love you so

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Speaker 1: much and know this year ahead will be incredible. You

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Speaker 1: who is turning eight on April tenth. Your mother and

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Speaker 1: father love you very much. And are very proud of

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Speaker 1: you to reserve your space. Shall shout out Please visit

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Speaker 1: with you. Now onto our story. Nicole cannot believe that

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Speaker 1: Box in the Barn Part four. By late morning, the

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Speaker 1: Nichole wasn't sure if that was just the effect of

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Speaker 1: But despite the only effort being her presence, the garden

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Speaker 1: all the sweet flowers around her. Nichole could see some

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Speaker 1: Her mother had given her a couple of books to read,

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Speaker 1: Nicole said to a nearby group of paeonies. The paeonies

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Speaker 1: Nicole noticed some strawberries in the distance, getting fatter and

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Speaker 1: This is one special garden, Nicole whispered to herself. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: been sitting here? Anyway? Time certainly goes by quickly when

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Speaker 1: They looked a little like cotton candy, or maybe ice cream.

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Speaker 1: In a corner of the garden, surrounded by trees, tall bushes,

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Speaker 1: Nicholl couldn't believe she hadn't seen it before. What could

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Speaker 1: Nicole said to herself. Why would you have a door

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Speaker 1: used to read with me, she said, as she gave

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Speaker 1: so Nicole called back, I'll be right there, Mom. Lunch

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Speaker 1: her mother had had daily arguments. Since it is a

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Speaker 1: nice day out there, Nicole said, and my garden looks

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Speaker 1: And I made a magical potato salad with cheese. It

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Speaker 1: looks delicious, mom, Nichole said, thinking again that a magical

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Speaker 1: I need your help this afternoon, her mother said, I

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Speaker 1: need to go to town, and I thought you could come

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Speaker 1: with me. I need your help carrying some of the

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Speaker 1: stuff we need to the car. And I thought we

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Speaker 1: could stop for ice cream at that place downtown. You

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Speaker 1: have been asking for ice cream for a while, and

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Speaker 1: there is a place we could sit, which I bet

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Speaker 1: would have wi fi. Nichole had wanted to have some

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Speaker 1: of that ice cream since they arrived, but her mother

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Speaker 1: had been too busy trying to make the old, old

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Speaker 1: rickety house fit for them to live in to spend

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Speaker 1: too much time in the city. But Nichole was more

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Speaker 1: interested in seeing what was behind the door than ice cream.

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Speaker 1: Nichole's mother sensed her hesitation. It is a beautiful day,

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Speaker 1: but why don't we spend time together downtown, sweetie? It

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Speaker 1: will be fun, and think of the trees. Nicole thought

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Speaker 1: could wait until later. It might be nice to spend

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Speaker 1: some time with her mother when they weren't covered in

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Speaker 1: paint or dust from working in this house or arguing

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Speaker 1: while packing boxes for the move. And ice cream would

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Speaker 1: be great. Okay, Mom, I guess I should put on

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Speaker 1: jeans that don't have grass and mudstains. I'll just go

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Speaker 1: get changed and come right back down. Wearing clean jeans,

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Speaker 1: a T shirt, and her now dirty sneakers, Nichole climbed

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Speaker 1: into their suv and as they laughed, looked into the

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Speaker 1: distance at the garden, whose plants, swaying in the breeze,

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Speaker 1: seemed to be waving to her. And that is the

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Speaker 1: end of this part. Good night, sleep tight,