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Speaker 1: Welcome to Lively Lewis Stories. Buckle up because you're about

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Speaker 1: to join Levi and Ivy on an adventure. All you

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Speaker 1: need is your imagination, and off we go, Vey Rare Stories. Ivy,

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Speaker 1: have you seen my video game controller? Shouted Levi from

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Speaker 1: the living room. Unfortunately for him, Ivy couldn't hear her

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Speaker 1: brother calling because she was watching a cartoon on her tablet.

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Speaker 1: Ivy called Levi again as he walked up the stairs.

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Speaker 1: I need my controller and you had it last. As

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Speaker 1: Levi stopped in front of Ivy's room, she finally looked

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Speaker 1: up and noticed him. What are you shouting about, she asked,

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Speaker 1: looking annoyed because she had to pause her cartoon. My

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Speaker 1: video game controller. I can't find it and you had

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Speaker 1: it last, said Levi, looking around Ivy's room. I saw

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Speaker 1: it downstairs in the kitchen, said Ivy, popping off her

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Speaker 1: bed to stop Levi from rummaging through her things. Remember

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Speaker 1: you brought it in there because mom said you had

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Speaker 1: to eat breakfast and you didn't want to put it

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Speaker 1: down the kitchen. That's right, exclaimed Levi as he ran

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Speaker 1: out of Ivy's room. Thank you. Iven went back to

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Speaker 1: her tablet as Levi grabbed his video game controller that

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Speaker 1: was sitting behind a cereal box on the kitchen table

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Speaker 1: and continued his game in the living room. It was

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Speaker 1: then that Levi and Ivy's mom and dad walked in

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Speaker 1: from outside. It was a beautiful spring day. Actually, it

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Speaker 1: was the first beautiful spring day of the season, so

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Speaker 1: it was extra special. The birds were chirping, the sun

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Speaker 1: the new flowers in the garden. Where are Levi and

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Speaker 1: Ivy asked their mom. They can't possibly be inside on

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Speaker 1: such an amazing day. If I know Levi and Ivy,

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Speaker 1: I bet they're each in front of their own screen

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Speaker 1: side their dad, sounding disappointed. We have to put a

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Speaker 1: stop to that and get them outside, said their mom

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Speaker 1: as she called out their names. It took a minute.

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Speaker 1: Soon Levi and Ivy appeared in the living room. Levi

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Speaker 1: was holding a video game controller and Ivy holding her tablet.

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Speaker 1: What do you need, mom asked Ivy. This is the

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Speaker 1: best part of the cartoon, and I'm super close to

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Speaker 1: to my game, said Levi. Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you,

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Speaker 1: but there will be no screens today, declared their mom.

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy. You can imagine we're not very happy

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Speaker 1: to hear that. They stood there staring at their mom

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Speaker 1: and dad, unsure of what to say. They thought maybe

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Speaker 1: it was a joke in early April Fool's Day prank,

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Speaker 1: But when their mom and dad grabbed the video game

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Speaker 1: controller and the tablet, they knew they were serious. But why,

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy exclaimed, falling dramatically onto the couch. Because

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Speaker 1: you're both entirely too into your games and tablets and screens.

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Speaker 1: You need to just get outside and play and use

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Speaker 1: your imagination, and this is the perfect day to do it,

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Speaker 1: said their mom. But there's nothing to do. They both sighed.

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Speaker 1: Why don't we go for a little walk and see

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Speaker 1: what we can find, suggested their dad. Levi and Ivy

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Speaker 1: reluctantly said yes, thinking there wasn't anything new for them

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Speaker 1: to find in their neighborhood. They walked outside with their

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Speaker 1: They started walking down the street, kicking stones along the sidewalk.

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Speaker 1: They couldn't stop thinking of video games and cartoons. Then,

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden, their dad stopped in front of

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Speaker 1: an old storefront. They had passed it many times before,

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Speaker 1: but didn't know much about it. Their dad explained that

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Speaker 1: it used to be a toy store when he was

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Speaker 1: their age. He would buy baseballs, kites, and all kinds

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Speaker 1: of outdoor toys there when he was young. Then he

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Speaker 1: and his friends would play all day in the sun,

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Speaker 1: having adventures and making up games. This place is pretty special,

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Speaker 1: said their dad. Take a closer look. It's amazing what

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Speaker 1: you can see when you're not behind a screen. He

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Speaker 1: smiled as if he knew something special was about to happen.

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Speaker 1: He said he was going to run into the hardware

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Speaker 1: store next door, and that Levi and Ivy should take

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Speaker 1: a look through the toy store window while he was gone.

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy didn't quite know what they were supposed

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Speaker 1: and leaned against the glass door that led into the

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Speaker 1: a sudden, the door creaked open. They both looked at

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Speaker 1: The shells were dusty, and the toys looked kind of

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Speaker 1: Levi walked over to a wall filled with sports equipment

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Speaker 1: of a perfect day to play catch, Levi said, with

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Speaker 1: walked over to a display of sidewalk chalk. Wow, they

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Speaker 1: have every color I can think of. Imagine the drawing

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Speaker 1: I could make out side, whispered Ivy to herself. Her

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Speaker 1: eyes sparkled as well, and before they knew it, everything

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Speaker 1: in the toy store seemed to sparkle. Then something even

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Speaker 1: more incredible happened. They heard a voice, but it wasn't

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Speaker 1: their dad. It was the toys. Dolls, action figures, bikes,

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Speaker 1: and pogo sticks all jumped, walked and wheeled over to them.

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Speaker 1: Don't be alarmed, said an action figure, who was dressed

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Speaker 1: it's been so long since any child has looked at

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Speaker 1: us the way that you just did, said a little doll.

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Speaker 1: That sparkle in your eyes is pure magic, and it

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Speaker 1: made us all spring to life. That look in your

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Speaker 1: eyes is the spark of imagination, possibility, and energy, said

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Speaker 1: a bright blue bike. It's like the power of a

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Speaker 1: million sunny summer days and playing outside all day long.

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy looked around as the toy store glowed

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Speaker 1: and shimmered with brand new toys. Your imagination is far

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Speaker 1: better than any video game or cartoon, set a striped

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Speaker 1: kite as it floated through the air in front of

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy. Here, let us show you something. Just then,

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Speaker 1: a world beyond Levi and Ivy's dreams. They stepped out

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Speaker 1: into this unbelievable place and saw towering treehouses, sidewalk drawings

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Speaker 1: up and ready to play. All of this is waiting

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Speaker 1: for you every day, just outside your front door, said

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Speaker 1: the bright blue bike. It's amazing what you can see

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Speaker 1: when you're not behind a screen. Levi and Ivy both

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Speaker 1: looked at each other, knowing they had heard the same

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Speaker 1: walked into the hardware store. You don't think, Ivy began

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Speaker 1: It's time to head back, my friends, to the Little Doll.

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Speaker 1: We just hope you stop by again soon to tell

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Speaker 1: Oh you can count on that, said Ivy. Before they

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Speaker 1: Ivy a bucket a sidewalk chalk. As they stepped back

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Speaker 1: all about what had just happened. As he exited the

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Speaker 1: hardware store, and they ran up to him, each shouted

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Speaker 1: their own part of the amazing adventure they had just

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Speaker 1: had together. Hold on, hold on, their dad said, a

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Speaker 1: then said, I totally believe you. This toy store is magic,

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Speaker 1: and once you go inside, you carry that magic with

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Speaker 1: you always because when you play and use your imagination,

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Speaker 1: anything is possible. It's just like I said, it's amazing

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Speaker 1: He gave them a smile, as if to say he'd

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Speaker 1: seen everything they saw when he was a kid and

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Speaker 1: was happy they saw it too. Levi and Ivy took

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Speaker 1: at the store. From the outside, it still looked deserted

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Speaker 1: and closed, but inside, Levi and Ivy saw their toy

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Speaker 1: the storefront window. Did you learn a lesson from this story?

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Speaker 1: He felt? What was it? And parents, do your kids

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Speaker 1: kid's name for a chance to join Levi and Ivy

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Speaker 1: on their next adventure. Until next time, Thanks for listening.

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