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Speaker 1: Welcome sleep Tight Stories. Today, I am going to read

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Speaker 1: two stories written and illustrated by Marie Louise Gay, a

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Speaker 1: Canadian author, with permission of Groundwood Books. Stella, Star of

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Speaker 1: the Sea. Stella and Sam. We're spending a day at

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Speaker 1: the seashore. It was Sam's very first time. Isn't it beautiful?

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Speaker 1: Sam asked Stella. It's very big, said Sam, and noisy.

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Speaker 1: Stella had seen the sea once before Sam was born.

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Speaker 1: She knew all its secrets. Is the water cold? Asked Sam?

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Speaker 2: Is it deep?

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Speaker 1: Are there any sea monsters? The water is lovely, said Stella,

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Speaker 1: and not a sea monster in sight. Come on in, Sam,

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Speaker 1: h not right now, said Samam Where do starfish come from,

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Speaker 1: asked Sam. From the sky, answered Stella. Starfish are shooting

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Speaker 1: stars that fell in love with the sea. Weren't the

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Speaker 1: stars afraid of drowning, asked Sam. No, said Stella. They

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Speaker 1: all learned how to swim.

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Speaker 2: What is this, asked Sam.

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Speaker 1: It is a moonshell, said Stella. It comes from the moon.

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Speaker 1: What is this asked Sam. It is an angel wing,

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Speaker 1: said Stella. It comes from an angel and this, asked Sam.

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Speaker 1: It's a shark's eye, said Stella. Do you think there

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Speaker 1: are sharks in the sea, asked Sam. Have you ever

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Speaker 1: seen one? Just a little one, said Stella with an eyepatch.

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Speaker 1: Are you coming, Sam? Not just this minute, said Sam.

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Speaker 1: Come see, Sam, said Stella. I found a seahorse. Does

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Speaker 1: a seahorse nay? Asked Sam. Does a seahorse gallop? Yes?

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Speaker 1: Cried Stella. And you can ride a seahorse bareback. Come on,

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Speaker 1: come on in, Sam, Not right now, said Sam. Let's

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Speaker 1: dig a very deep hole, said Stella. Why, asked Sam.

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Speaker 1: What for? Where will we end up in China? Answered Stella.

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Speaker 1: Are we there yet?

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Speaker 2: Asked Sam.

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Speaker 1: Let's go fishing, Sam said Stella. Maybe we'll catch a catfish.

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Speaker 1: Does a catfish purr?

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Speaker 2: Asked Sam?

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Speaker 1: Does a dogfish bark? Does a toadfish croak?

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Speaker 2: Asked Sam.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, sighed Stella. I'm going swimming. Does a

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Speaker 1: parrotfish swim? Asked Sam? Where does it fly and squawk?

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Speaker 1: Does the sea touch the sky?

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Speaker 2: Asked Sam?

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Speaker 1: Do boats sail off the edge? Where do waves come from? Why?

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Speaker 1: Sam yelled Stella. Are you ever coming in? Yes?

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Speaker 2: Said Sam.

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Speaker 1: Stella. Princess of the sky Stella cried Sam. Stella, Look,

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Speaker 1: the sky is on fire. No, it isn't, Sam, said Stella.

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Speaker 1: The sun is just going to sleep. Why is it

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Speaker 1: so red? Asked Sam. Can't you see it's wearing red pajamas. Pajamas,

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Speaker 1: asked Sam. Like mine, of course, said Stella. And when

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Speaker 1: the moon rises, it wraps the sun up in a

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Speaker 1: big starry blanket. Where does the sun sleep, asked Sam.

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Speaker 1: On a bed on a fluffy cloud, said Stella. And

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Speaker 1: every morning the sun jumps into the sky like this,

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Speaker 1: except when it rains, said Sam. Yes, said Stella. Then

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Speaker 1: the sun sleeps in. I know. Let's camp outside tonight,

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Speaker 1: said Stella. Outside, said Sam. Won't it be cold and dark?

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Speaker 1: We will have blankets and a flashlight. Won't there be mosquitoes?

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Speaker 1: Whispered Sam? Or giant moths?

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Speaker 2: Come on?

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Speaker 1: Sam called Stella. Listen, cried Sam. Was that a wolf?

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Speaker 1: Wolves don't croak?

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Speaker 2: Sam?

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Speaker 1: That was a tree frog? Is a tree frog as

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Speaker 1: big as a wolf? Asked Sam. It is so tiny

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Speaker 1: you could put it in your pocket. There's no room

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Speaker 1: in my pocket, said Sam. It's full of cookies. Tree

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Speaker 1: frogs love of cookies, said Stella. Here this is perfect.

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Speaker 1: We'll see the moon coming up over the lake. Does

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Speaker 1: the moon live in the lake, asked Sam. Does it swim? No,

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Speaker 1: it lives in the sky, answered Stella. With the stars.

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Speaker 1: Can the moon fly? Then? Does it have wings? The

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Speaker 1: moon floats in the air, said Stella, like a balloon.

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Speaker 1: Who's holding the string?

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Speaker 2: Asked Sam.

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Speaker 1: Ooooooo, who's that?

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Speaker 2: Whispered Sam.

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Speaker 1: That's an owl, said Stella. He wants to know who

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Speaker 1: we are. I'm Sam, called Sam, and she's Stella. Look

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Speaker 1: how fast those bats can fly, said Stella. Don't they

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Speaker 1: get caught in your hair? Asked Sam. No. Bats are

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Speaker 1: afraid of people. They won't come near us. I'm not

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Speaker 1: afraid of bats, said Sam, not at all. Are you

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Speaker 1: going to catch one with your butterfly net? Oh? No,

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Speaker 1: said Sam. I'm going to catch a shooting star. You'll

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Speaker 1: have to be quick as lightning, said Stella. It'll be easy,

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Speaker 1: said Sam. The grass is full of stars. Those are fireflies,

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Speaker 1: said Stella. They light the way for all the other bugs.

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Speaker 1: Do they burn? Asked Sam. No, they tickle. Do you

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Speaker 1: want to hold one? Sam? I think I'd rather watch

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Speaker 1: it fly, said Sam.

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Speaker 2: Eh who turned off the moon, cried Sam.

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Speaker 1: I can't see there's a cloud in front of the moon. Sam.

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Speaker 1: But look now, there's a raccoon family, whispered Stella. Why

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Speaker 1: are they wearing masks?

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Speaker 2: Asked Sam.

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Speaker 1: Are they robbers? No, they are going to a costume party,

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Speaker 1: said Stella. There must be a million stars, cried Stella.

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Speaker 1: That's the Big Dipper, and there's the Milky Way. Isn't

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Speaker 1: it beautiful?

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Speaker 2: Sam?

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Speaker 1: It looks like the moon spilled a glass of milk,

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Speaker 1: said Sam, A really big one. And that's the North Star.

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Speaker 1: It tells you where the North Pole is. So if

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Speaker 1: a polar bear gets lost, it can find its way,

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Speaker 1: asked Sam. Of course, said Stella, if it follows that star.

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Speaker 1: But what if I get lost, asked Sam. You can

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Speaker 1: follow me, said Stella. How come you know so much

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Speaker 1: about the stars? Stella? Last summer Grandma told me all

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Speaker 1: about them. Now, whenever I see stars, I always think

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Speaker 1: of her. I always think of Grandma when I smell flowers,

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Speaker 1: said Sam. I miss her, said Sam. Let's go see

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Speaker 1: her soon, said Stella. Yes, added Sam,