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Speaker 2: The Three Giraffes. Once upon a time, there were three

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Speaker 2: giraffes who lived with their mother in the savannahs of Africa.

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Speaker 2: One hot summer day, their mother told them it was

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Speaker 2: time for them to go and find another place to

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Speaker 2: eat and live. There was not enough food in their

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Speaker 2: forest anymore, and she was too old to travel to

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Speaker 2: find new food. The three giraffes packed their bags and

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Speaker 2: got ready to go and find a new home. The

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Speaker 2: first and youngest giraffe was very lazy. He didn't like

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Speaker 2: liked to stay in the shade and eat from the

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Speaker 2: low trees so he didn't have to stretch very far

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Speaker 2: to get his food. When the three giraffes left their

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Speaker 2: mother's house, they decided to walk in a new direction.

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Speaker 2: But the first giraffe didn't want to walk very far

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Speaker 2: to life for food, so he walked over the nearest hill,

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Speaker 2: found a small group of low trees with lots of shade,

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Speaker 2: and decided to make his house there. He invited his

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Speaker 2: brothers to eat with him before they continued walking to

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Speaker 2: find their new homes. They ate and ate and ate

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Speaker 2: until it was nighttime and they went to sleep. The

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Speaker 2: second and middle draft was the shortest of the three drafts,

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Speaker 2: and he knew that he would need to find an

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Speaker 2: area where the trees were not too tall. He and

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Speaker 2: his brother walked for a few hours looking for the

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Speaker 2: perfect spot. The second draft walked over a hill and

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Speaker 2: found the perfect spot for his home. There were a

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Speaker 2: lot of small, beautiful trees that were the perfect height

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Speaker 2: for him, so he built his house in the middle

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Speaker 2: of the trees and asked his brother to stay and

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Speaker 2: have dinner with him. The two brothers ate and ate

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Speaker 2: and ate until it was nighttime and they went to sleep.

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Speaker 2: The next day, the third and oldest draft started walking

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Speaker 2: by himself to find a place for his home. The

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Speaker 2: third brother was kind, smart, and loved to read. He

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Speaker 2: had done a lot of reading about the perfect place

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Speaker 2: to make a home, and he knew what he would

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Speaker 2: need to make a great home. After reading all these books,

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Speaker 2: he knew he would need to find a place for

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Speaker 2: his home that had lots of big trees and was

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Speaker 2: close to water. He searched all day long for the

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Speaker 2: perfect place to make his home. It was getting late

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Speaker 2: when he finally saw the perfect place. He stopped to

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Speaker 2: eat so he could think about where to build his house.

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Speaker 2: He looked around and decided after eating that the corner

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Speaker 2: tree would be the best place to make his home.

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Speaker 2: This tree was very large, and he knew that he

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Speaker 2: could make a home inside the tree. It was hidden,

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Speaker 2: had lots of shade, and it was flat and soft

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Speaker 2: for sleeping. There was also lots of water and other

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Speaker 2: animals living there. He decided to wait until morning to

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Speaker 2: start building his home, so he laid down under the

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Speaker 2: trees to rest one day. A while later, a young

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Speaker 2: This lion was used to having someone find his food

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Speaker 2: you to learn how to look after yourself. He had

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Speaker 2: been looking for something to eat for over an hour now,

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Speaker 2: Just then, the lion saw the first giraffe's house. The

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Speaker 2: might have some food to share. So the lion walked

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Speaker 2: The lion looked very hungry. How could he get away

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Speaker 2: thought and thought of a way to escape. He had

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Speaker 2: second brother's house to tell him what had happened. The

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Speaker 2: cake he had just made and pushed it out through

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Speaker 2: I am sorry, but this is the only thing I

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Speaker 2: have in my house. You are welcome to eat it.

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Speaker 2: The lion looked carefully at the leaf cake and thought

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Speaker 2: He sat down and smelled the cake first. He thought

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Speaker 2: it smelled okay, so he put a small piece in

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Speaker 2: so he had to wait before he could take the

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Speaker 2: second bite. His stomach was growling so loudly that he

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Speaker 2: didn't hear the two giraffes sneaking out the back door

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Speaker 2: and running off to find their brother's house. The lion

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Speaker 2: he decided to go looking for more food. The two

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Speaker 2: hard to find. The two brothers called out to their

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Speaker 2: oldest brother, brother, there is a lion chasing us. Help

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Speaker 2: us please. The third brother came out of his house

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Speaker 2: and led the two brothers to his house. The two

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Speaker 2: don't worry. The lion will never find us here. Let's

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Speaker 2: have dinner together and wait to see what happens. The

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Speaker 2: three giraffes went outside and started eating, talking and laughing,

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Speaker 2: The lion was still very hungry and was getting tired

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Speaker 2: would make a great meal. The lion could see a

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Speaker 2: But while he was looking up, he didn't see that

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Speaker 2: The lion tried to move quickly, but he was so

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Speaker 2: had a knight nice lyon for dinner, snapped. After an

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Speaker 2: hour or so, the three giraffes went out. The third

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Speaker 2: all they could see was a crocodile smiling and sitting

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Speaker 2: by the water. The three giraffes decided that they enjoyed

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Speaker 2: living together, and so they made a bigger house for

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Speaker 2: the three of them to share, and they all lived

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Speaker 2: happily ever after