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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. Today's story

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Speaker 1: is called be Big Beatrice's First Day of first Grade,

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Speaker 1: written by Katie Kaiser. Today is Beatrice's first day of

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Speaker 1: first grade, and she is so excited. She has waited

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Speaker 1: and dreamed about this day all summer long. Beatrice meets

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Speaker 1: a friend who goes to school with her. She hopes

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Speaker 1: that her friend Benjamin will help her to be less afraid.

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Speaker 1: Let's see how her day goes.

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Speaker 2: Be Big.

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Speaker 1: Beatrice's first day of first grade. The day had finally arrived.

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Speaker 1: Beatrice had waited and wanted and dreamed all summer long

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Speaker 1: for this. It was the first day of first grade.

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Speaker 1: In honor of first grade, she put on her favorite

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Speaker 1: blue tutu. Beatrice sat down for breakfast in the little

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Speaker 1: kitchen in the tiny apartment in the gigantic city where

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Speaker 1: she lived. With each spoonful, Beatrice thought more and more

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Speaker 1: about what first grade would be like. What if my

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Speaker 1: teacher isn't nice? What if I get lost? What if

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Speaker 1: something goes wrong? You can't wear your tutu to school, Beatrice.

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Speaker 1: You're not a kindergartener anymore, said Beatrice's brother. Beatrice had

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Speaker 1: worn her blue twoto every day that summer. It was

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Speaker 1: her favorite thing in the world. What she didn't want

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Speaker 1: to stick out either. Beatrice took off her tout and

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Speaker 1: threw it in the toy bin. Just then, out of

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Speaker 1: the corner of her eye, Beatrice saw something move. She

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Speaker 1: looked up to find a tiny butterfly lying right through

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Speaker 1: her window. I said the butterfly.

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Speaker 2: I'm Benjamin.

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Speaker 3: I got lost in your garden and I can't find

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Speaker 3: my friends. May I stay with you until I find them.

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Speaker 3: Beatrice couldn't bear the thought of the tiny butterfly all alone,

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Speaker 3: and first grade wouldn't be so scary with a secret

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Speaker 3: friend by her side. Of course, you can come with

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Speaker 3: me to first grade, she said.

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Speaker 2: Off.

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Speaker 1: Beatrice went to first grade with Benjamin following close behind.

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Speaker 2: The first day of first.

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Speaker 1: Grade was going pretty well for Beatrice until it was

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Speaker 1: time for read a loud circle. Beatrice was confused about

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Speaker 1: something the teacher had read, so she wanted to ask

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Speaker 2: But I'm afraid to sound silly, She whispered to Benjamin.

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Speaker 3: What if your classmate says the same question, be big?

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Speaker 1: Raise your hand high, said Benjamin. So Beatrice raised her hand.

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Speaker 1: When it was time for arts and all the other

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Speaker 1: children were busy working. I have an idea for a drawing,

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Speaker 1: but I'm afraid it won't look right.

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Speaker 2: She whispered to Benjamin.

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Speaker 1: What if you're drawing inspires others, be big? Draw something

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Speaker 1: you love, said Benjamin. So Beatrice drew her blue to too.

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Speaker 1: On the playground, a few children were starting a game

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Speaker 1: of Leapfrog, and Beatrice wanted to play too. But I'm

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Speaker 1: afraid they won't want to play with me.

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Speaker 2: She whispered to Benjamin.

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Speaker 1: What if you're the person who makes the game complete?

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Speaker 2: Be big?

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Speaker 1: Jump into the leap frog fun, said Benjamin. So Beatrice

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Speaker 1: jumped in. The first day of first grade was over.

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Speaker 1: It turned out to be a very good day for Beatrice.

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Speaker 1: Let's go home, Benjamin, Beatrice said. On their walk home,

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Speaker 1: Beatrice noticed that Benjamin looked sad. What is wrong, Benjamin,

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Speaker 1: Beatrice asked.

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Speaker 3: I had a.

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Speaker 1: Wonderful first day of first grade with you, but I

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Speaker 1: miss my friends, Benjamin said, just as he was interrupted

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Speaker 1: by voices coming from the garden. Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, Beatrice. Look,

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Speaker 1: you helped me find my friends, said Benjamin. I am

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Speaker 1: happy you found your friends, Beatrice said, thank you for

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Speaker 1: going to the first day of first.

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Speaker 2: Grade with me.

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Speaker 1: Benjamin, You're very welcome, Beatrice. I am glad you decided

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Speaker 1: to be big today. Remember it's ok to be afraid

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Speaker 1: and be yourself anyways.

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Speaker 3: Chances are you're not alone.

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Speaker 1: Benjamin said as he gave Beatrice a kiss goodbye. The

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Speaker 1: next morning, Beatrice went to her second day of first

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Speaker 1: grade wearing her blue tutu.

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Speaker 2: And that is the end of our story. Remember you

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Speaker 2: too can be big. Good night, sleep tight.

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Speaker 4: Away, tidy, blame building good ting you off.

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Speaker 2: My mind is getting me.

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Speaker 4: And you slipping into my dream. Slip into my dream.

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Speaker 4: The morning's filting. I've had just felty, frozen, hard, melting

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Speaker 4: river change, but forever thing hard frame, things still scar

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Speaker 4: The oak tree