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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 little boy who is trying to decide

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Speaker 1: if he is ready for Christmas or not. He has

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Speaker 1: written his letter to Santa and gives it to his father,

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Speaker 1: who asks him, what have you done to deserve these things?

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Speaker 1: This makes the boy sit and think about things. Let's

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Speaker 1: see what he does. Am I ready for Christmas? Written

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Speaker 1: by Raina Flowers. I sat on Dad's lap and could

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Speaker 1: hardly wait to tell him all the things I wanted.

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Speaker 1: I want a transforming car, some play Doh of course, red, green, yellow, Oh,

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Speaker 1: bring me the works, cars, track, legos. I need lots

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Speaker 1: and lots of building blocks, more crayon and paper so

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Speaker 1: I can write to you next year. Don't worry about clothes, shoes,

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Speaker 1: or books. Daddy and Mummy always buy that stuff. But

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Speaker 1: don't forget my robot or my gaming system. Okay, I'm done. Wait, wait, wait,

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Speaker 1: video games. Now I'm done. Wow, you are giving Santa

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Speaker 1: a pretty long list, said my dad. I know, but

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Speaker 1: I'm sure he can handle it. Every year, my dad

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Speaker 1: and I practiced me sitting on Santa's lap. I wanted

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Speaker 1: to be completely comfortable when the time came. I hope,

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Speaker 1: so chuckled my dad, but have you upheld your end

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Speaker 1: of the bargain? I sat there with a puzzled look

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Speaker 1: on my face. What have you done to deserve these things,

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Speaker 1: asked Dad. I sat on the living room floor and

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Speaker 1: thought about my morning. I jumped up and ran off.

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Speaker 1: Be back, Dad, I'm back, I screamed as I slid

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Speaker 1: into the living room. Dad was helping my mom and

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Speaker 1: baby sister hang up Christmas decorations. Dad looked around and

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Speaker 1: noticed the chores I had completed. Thanks for completing your chores, son,

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Speaker 1: but that's not enough for Santa to bring you gifts.

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Speaker 1: What I did everything I was supposed to do. I

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Speaker 1: couldn't contain my emotions any longer, and I started to cry.

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Speaker 1: Santa likes people to do things from the goodness of

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Speaker 1: their hearts, not because they want something in return, said Dad.

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Speaker 1: I sat on our front porch and sulked. I couldn't

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Speaker 1: believe that in one year all the rules about Santa

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Speaker 1: had changed. When I looked up, I noticed missus Kelly

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Speaker 1: taking her groceries out of her car. I always helped

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Speaker 1: her with groceries because she lived on the second floor.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, young man. No problem, missus Kelly. I hope

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Speaker 1: Santa brings you all your heart's desires. Merry Christmas, said

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Speaker 1: missus Kelly. Under my breath. I mumbled, I doubt it.

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Speaker 1: Merry Christmas to you, too, missus Kelly. While walking out

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Speaker 1: of missus Kelly's building, I noticed a little girl had

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Speaker 1: dropped her blanket. Without hesitation, I grabbed the blanket off

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Speaker 1: the ground and took off running down the street. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: thank you, thank you. This is her favorite blanket. I

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Speaker 1: don't know what I would have done if she would

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Speaker 1: have lost it, said the little girl's mom. No problem

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Speaker 1: at all. My little sister has a favorite blanket too,

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Speaker 1: I completely understand. As I walked back to my house,

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Speaker 1: a smile formed across my face and I felt warm inside.

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Speaker 1: I did not know why, but I was happy. I

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Speaker 1: ran to tell my parents how I was feeling. But

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Speaker 1: when I opened the door, I noticed my sister was crying.

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Speaker 1: I continued running towards my room, grabbed all the crayons

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Speaker 1: I could find and placed them right in front of

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Speaker 1: my sister. These are for you, princess. Then I kissed

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Speaker 1: her on the forehead. Time to go see Santa, announced Dad.

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Speaker 1: On the ride, all I could think about was telling

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Speaker 1: Santa how happy I was. To my surprise, there wasn't

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Speaker 1: a wait. I ran right up to Santa and sat

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Speaker 1: on his lap. Before he could speak, I blurted out, Santa,

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Speaker 1: I am so happy. Oh Ho, why is that, young man?

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Speaker 1: I looked at him with a puzzled look on my face.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. All I did was help missus Kelly

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Speaker 1: with her groceries, return a favorite blanket to a baby,

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Speaker 1: and gave my sister my crayons. Those sound like great

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Speaker 1: things to be proud about. So what would you like

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Speaker 1: for Christmas this year? I thought long and hard about

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Speaker 1: my answer, Santa, For Christmas this year, I want to

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Speaker 1: feel this feeling all year round and a gaming system.

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Speaker 1: I would also like a gaming system, please, ho Ho.

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Speaker 1: You are the only one that can control your feelings.

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Speaker 1: Remember that also, I will talk to the elves regarding

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Speaker 1: the gaming system. Ho Ho. Merry Christmas, young man. Once home,

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Speaker 1: I helped with the last minute decorations, dressed my sister

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Speaker 1: Santa Anda's reindeer. Once in bed, I drifted off to

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Speaker 1: sleep with happy thoughts in my head. When I woke

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Speaker 1: up the next morning, I still felt happy and warm inside,

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Speaker 1: and I genuinely believed I was ready for Christmas. Merry Christmas,

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Speaker 1: good Night, sleep tight,