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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. This story

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Speaker 1: is about a dog named Princess. She lives on Prince

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Speaker 1: Street and is the smartest dog around. Princess's owners say

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Speaker 1: she is the most beautiful dog on Prince Street, and

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Speaker 1: she humors them, but she prefers not to be judged

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Speaker 1: by her looks. It has been raining for days and

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Speaker 1: the sun is finally shining, and Princess cannot wait to

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Speaker 1: get outside. Once her people leave, heads out to see

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Speaker 1: what the gang is up to. The Princess of Prince Street. Yes,

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Speaker 1: Princess said to herself as she looked out the living

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Speaker 1: room window. The sun is shining finally. After a week

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Speaker 1: of being stuck in the house with only short walks

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Speaker 1: in the morning, she was ready to spend some serious

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Speaker 1: time outside. It had been raining non stop and she

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Speaker 1: was constantly getting the zuumies from being stuck inside, which

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Speaker 1: for her was very embarrassing. Princess was a dog, a

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Speaker 1: Saluki to be exact, and all the humans told her

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Speaker 1: that she was the most beautiful dog on Prince Street.

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Speaker 1: She humored them when they said this, as she didn't

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Speaker 1: want to be judged by her looks, but by the

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Speaker 1: fact that she was very smart and independent. She was

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Speaker 1: also very kind to try and prove how smart she was,

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Speaker 1: she resigned herself to performing tricks for her owners, whom

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Speaker 1: she loved and who loved her back. She would walk backwards, spin,

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Speaker 1: roll over, play dead, and bring her owners whatever they

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Speaker 1: pointed to. They were eventually amazed at how smart she was.

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Speaker 1: But her greatest tricks she kept a secret. Princess lived

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Speaker 1: in an old manor house on Prince Street. It had

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Speaker 1: three stories and was made with old brick. She liked

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Speaker 1: this house as each floor had a large window in

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Speaker 1: which she could watch all the going ons outside, that is,

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Speaker 1: when she wasn't outside herself. But what she loved about

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Speaker 1: this house most of all was that while the front

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Speaker 1: entrance had three heavy doors, the back door had only one,

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Speaker 1: which led to a lovely green garden. That garden, in

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Speaker 1: turn connected to the neighbor's backyard, which led to the street.

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Speaker 1: This door was the subject of one of her greatest tricks.

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Speaker 1: Her owners were both very busy and not often home.

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Speaker 1: Some dogs don't like being alone, but this suited Princess

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Speaker 1: just fine. When the sun was shining, she always found

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Speaker 1: things to do and dogs to talk to. Her owners

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Speaker 1: didn't know this, of course, and were often mystified as

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Speaker 1: to how she could be covered in dirt from staying

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Speaker 1: indoors all day. They had sworn to check the old

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Speaker 1: house for a dirty spot, but never had the time.

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Speaker 1: Of course, they certainly didn't realize that she often left

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Speaker 1: the house or had the ability to do so. They

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Speaker 1: once suspected, but believed that the back door must have

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Speaker 1: been blown open by the wind and dogs being dogs,

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Speaker 1: she must have taken the opportunity to play in the

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Speaker 1: garden on that occasion. Princess wasn't just covered in a

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Speaker 1: little bit of dirt. It had been raining outside, and

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Speaker 1: when she came home she was soaked and muddy. Unlike Princess,

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Speaker 1: her owners don't like the rain or mud, something about

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Speaker 1: it ruining their white sofa, so Princess didn't go out

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Speaker 1: in the rain ever again. Otherwise her owners might learn

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Speaker 1: about her secret. But today, today was a beautiful day,

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Speaker 1: a perfect day. In fact, Princess jumped off the chair

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Speaker 1: at the second floor window, and tail wagging, fiercely rushed

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Speaker 1: to the back door. She stood up on her hind feet,

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Speaker 1: pushed down on the door handle, pushed hard, and opened

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Speaker 1: the door. The door then closed behind her as she

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Speaker 1: walked out onto the back porch that led to the garden.

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Speaker 1: While the garden was surrounded by a high fence, there

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Speaker 1: was an old gate that connected to the neighbor's backyard,

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Speaker 1: which she hurriedly pushed through into the neighbor's garden and

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Speaker 1: eventually out onto the street freedom. Many days, Princess would

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Speaker 1: roam the neighborhood, talking to dogs as she went, smelling

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Speaker 1: all the interesting and too humans disgusting smells. But today

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Speaker 1: she was running towards the park at the bottom of

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Speaker 1: Prince Street, where she was going to meet with the gang.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Sarge, Princess said, beautiful day, isn't it. Sarge

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Speaker 1: was a German shepherd and by sheer size and force

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Speaker 1: of will, the de facto leader of the gang and

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Speaker 1: all the dogs in the city. Not bad, not bad

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Speaker 1: at all, he said in a deep voice. Hi, Princess,

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Speaker 1: isn't it great to see the sun again? Chirped Lucy,

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Speaker 1: a Corgie and definitely the most fun loving dog of

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Speaker 1: the group. Lucy was always running around, partially due to

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Speaker 1: the fact that since she had such short legs, she

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Speaker 1: had to run to keep up with everyone else while

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Speaker 1: they walked. Good morning, Princess, Lulu the labrador, and Pepper

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Speaker 1: the poodle said in almost unison they were an inseparable couple.

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Speaker 1: How did everyone manage the long rainy days, asked Princess.

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Speaker 1: I chewed my owner's coffee table, which they seemed to

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Speaker 1: not be too happy about, said Mickey, the rotweiler. I

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Speaker 1: laid on the couch all day, watching Go Dog Go

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Speaker 1: on Netflix and sleeping ew yond Otto the big bulldog.

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Speaker 1: As we were talking, I noticed a strange looking dog

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Speaker 1: It was hard not to see him, as he looked

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Speaker 1: so very different. His coat was an interesting mix of

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Speaker 1: tiger stripes and leopard spots. He was wiry and shaggy

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Speaker 1: and stood out compared to the many other dogs that

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Speaker 1: were walking by. Sarge noticed him next. Who is that mutt?

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Speaker 1: He gruffly said. Oh, he certainly doesn't look like a purebread.

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Speaker 1: Lulu said, nope, he certainly doesn't look like he's from

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Speaker 1: around here either, agreed Otto. He must be from away. Yes,

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Speaker 1: he's certainly not an islander, said Mickey, as Lucy ran

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Speaker 1: in circles around him, barking happily. Maybe we should invite

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Speaker 1: him to join us to have some fun, said Princess.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if he is from away, shouldn't we be

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Speaker 1: making him feel welcome. Hum. I don't associate with dogs

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Speaker 1: so unfashionable, said Pepper. Besides, our gang is big enough already,

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Speaker 1: added Lulu. All the gang barked in agreement. Well, I

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Speaker 1: don't think that's right. We should be nice to all

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Speaker 1: dogs we meet, no matter if they are like us

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Speaker 1: or not. There is nothing wrong with being new and different,

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Speaker 1: Princess said, I'm going to go over and say hello.

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Speaker 1: The rest of the gang sat and watched with disapproval

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Speaker 1: as Princess trotted over to greet the new dog. Hello,

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Speaker 1: my name is Princess, she said, as she gave him

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Speaker 1: the customary sniff. I saw you sitting by yourself over here,

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Speaker 1: and I thought I might come over and say hello.

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Speaker 1: You are new around here, aren't you. Yes, I am,

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Speaker 1: I arrived just a few days ago, he said, Oh,

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Speaker 1: and I am called Ignacious. By the way, Hi, Ignacious,

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Speaker 1: Nice to meet you, Princess said, with enthusiasm, thank you

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Speaker 1: for coming over to talk to me. It's hard to

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Speaker 1: meet new dogs when you arrive in a new town.

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Speaker 1: Ignacius said, Your friends over there don't seem quite as

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Speaker 1: welcoming as you are. He continued, Oh, don't mind them.

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Speaker 1: They are actually really nice once you get to know them.

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Speaker 1: They just don't see many dogs different from themselves, and

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Speaker 1: sometimes they are scared of the change that the new

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Speaker 1: dogs might bring. They'll come around eventually. Princess said, that

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Speaker 1: big german shepherd doesn't look scared of anything. Ignacious said,

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Speaker 1: with a disbelieving tone, Sarge, huh, he looks that way

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Speaker 1: after years of working for the police. He's actually just

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Speaker 1: a playful poppy inside. So where do you come from, Ignacious?

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Speaker 1: Princess asked, I came from Toronto. Have you heard of it?

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Speaker 1: Ignacious asked, of course I have, Silly everyone knows about Toronto.

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Speaker 1: Toronto is where the famous dog fountain is. She replied,

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Speaker 1: So do you have any plans for the day. No,

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Speaker 1: I don't. My owner's left for the day to go

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Speaker 1: to work. They own a small store over on Queen Street.

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Speaker 1: They didn't realize that they left the window open, and

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Speaker 1: since it was such a nice day, I thought I

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Speaker 1: might go for a walk and explore the city. He said, Well, then,

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Speaker 1: how about I give you a guided tour and I'll

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Speaker 1: introduce you to all the places us dogs find cool,

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Speaker 1: said Princess, enthusiastically. Great. That would be very nice of you,

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Speaker 1: he said, it's my pleasure. Well let's go, then, Princess said,

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Speaker 1: and off they went, and that's the end of the story.

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Speaker 1: Good night, sleep tight, assass