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Speaker 1: and today's story comes to us from one of our friends, Aaron. Hey, Aaron,

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Speaker 1: he sent ustin as idea for a story, and you

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Speaker 1: Stories dot Org. Send us to your idea and may

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Speaker 1: will turn into an awesome adventure. Are you ready for

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Speaker 1: this one? Me too? Let's go. Aaron just woken up

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Speaker 1: and stretched and was getting out of bed because today

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Speaker 1: it was Saturday, one of his favorite days of the week,

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Speaker 1: because that meant he had he had more options of

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Speaker 1: what he was able to do that day. And today

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Speaker 1: he is gonna clean up his room and catch up

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Speaker 1: on some of the things that he'd been putting off.

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Speaker 1: But he really liked doing. He really liked having a

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Speaker 1: clean room because clean rooms help you find everything a

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Speaker 1: lot faster, and it's a lot easier to play when

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Speaker 1: you don't have everything all laying around, And so he

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Speaker 1: was working really hard to put everything away nice and organized,

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Speaker 1: and Aaron was really good at that. Hey, Aaron, it's

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Speaker 1: time for breakfast. Come on downstairs. Oh good. Aaron ran

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Speaker 1: that was delicious, Thank you so much. Aaron put on

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Speaker 1: It was pretty cloudy, but it wasn't too cold and

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Speaker 1: outside for a little bit to take a break from

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Speaker 1: cleaning his room. But then all of a sudden, m hmmm,

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Speaker 1: that Aaron was on the animal rescue spy Kid team.

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Speaker 1: His job was to protect all the animals in his area.

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Speaker 1: And when the beeper went off, that man somebody was

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Speaker 1: in trouble. When he ran back to his paper, he

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Speaker 1: read the message and it said, Aaron, we need your help.

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Speaker 1: There was a kitten walking around and he has unfortunately

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Speaker 1: gotten himself very stuck in some sticky mud. And the

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Speaker 1: sticky mud it's very dangerous. So when you're over there

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Speaker 1: sticky mud. Aaron shouted, sticky MUDs like the worst. It's

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Speaker 1: it's almost like worse than quicksand because it's so sticky

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Speaker 1: And so what was it? What was it? He had

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Speaker 1: There was a special plant that he had to find

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Speaker 1: that was like the juices from that plant he could

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Speaker 1: and he couldn't remember, Oh, yeah, it's the leaves off

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Speaker 1: the purple pokey plant. Yeah, the purple pokey plant. You

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Speaker 1: Some of the plants have been known to eat creatures.

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Speaker 1: those chopper plants. Hurry run. Aaron ran in dove towards

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Speaker 1: the pokeyes, and he grabbed some of the leaves off

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Speaker 1: the purple pokey plant. But then that scary chopper plant

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Speaker 1: Aaron put leaves in his backpack and carefully crawled away.

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Speaker 1: That was a close one. Holy smokes, Oh my gosh.

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Speaker 1: All right, well, he continued his exploration up to the mountain,

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Speaker 1: definitely getting closer. You see, Aaron had very good ears.

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Speaker 1: He could hear a creature from miles away, but this

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Speaker 1: I'm here to help you. Don't worry me. As Aaron

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Speaker 1: had something magical in them that would get anything sticky off,

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Speaker 1: and she heard. Do you know what it means when

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Speaker 1: a kitty purrs? It means she's very happy. As Aaron

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Speaker 1: walked down the rest of the mountain, he had an idea, Oh,

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Speaker 1: I wonder, kitty, do you have a home? And the

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Speaker 1: kitty shook her head. No, perfect, I've always wanted a kitty.

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Speaker 1: Aaron shouted, all right, kitty. Your name is now m Sticky,

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Speaker 1: that sound fun? And the kitty shook her head yes,

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Speaker 1: and she was so happy. Air and had saved the day.

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Speaker 1: He saved this little kitty from that sticky mud. And

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Speaker 1: And oh and I need to finish cleaning my room.

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Speaker 1: You'll be a perfect helper for me. Let's go. Aaron

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Speaker 1: went home and cleaned up the rest of his room

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Speaker 1: with his new best friend, Sticky the Kittie. The end