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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. Barker is

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Speaker 1: a cute dog who loves his family. Every morning, he

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Speaker 1: runs in circles as it helps him hold on until

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Speaker 1: Susie can take him outside to do his business. Susie

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Speaker 1: thinks this is funny and eats her breakfast before she

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Speaker 1: takes him out because she doesn't understand. One morning, after

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Speaker 1: and Susie is not quick enough. The dog who pooped

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Speaker 1: on the carpet. Even though it was early morning, Barker

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Speaker 1: was running around in circles, which everyone thought was cute. Lately,

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Speaker 1: this had become Barker's morning routine. As soon as his

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Speaker 1: friend Susie woke up and came out to the kitchen,

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Speaker 1: he would spring into action. He did it so often

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Speaker 1: that the carpet in the family room was worn out

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Speaker 1: where he ran. Look, mom, Barker has the zoomies again,

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Speaker 1: Susie yelled as she went to get a bowl of cereal.

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Speaker 1: Barker had tried everything. He tried sitting perfectly still, He

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Speaker 1: tried crossing his legs. He tried counting to one hundred

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Speaker 1: a hundred times, but nothing worked except running in circles.

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Speaker 1: He didn't want to have an accident. That would not

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Speaker 1: be good and it would go against all his training.

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Speaker 1: He was too proud for accidents, so Barker ran around

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Speaker 1: until Susie remembered to take him outside so that he

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Speaker 1: could do his business. Barker was a puppy of indeterminate origin.

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Speaker 1: He looked like a Labrador but had tiger stripes. He

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Speaker 1: was strong and proud like a Doberman, but was as

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Speaker 1: soft as a poodle. Barker lived with his family in

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Speaker 1: a cozy little town called Boneyville, a near perfect place

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Speaker 1: for a young, playful and curious puppy like him to live.

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Speaker 1: There were many parks to play in, friends to meet

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Speaker 1: up with, and, importantly to Barker, lots and lots of squirrels.

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Speaker 1: Barker was a well trained dog, but squirrels were his weakness.

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Speaker 1: He liked nothing more than to chase squirrels up trees

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Speaker 1: whenever he could. One day, he chased a squirrel for

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Speaker 1: over three hours, exhausting himself and Susie, who didn't let

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Speaker 1: him off his leash again. For a whole week. What

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Speaker 1: they didn't realize was that the squirrels played a trick

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Speaker 1: on Barker by taking turns getting him to chase them. Today,

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Speaker 1: it was sunny and warm, which meant a trip to

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Speaker 1: the park with Susie. They spent hours outside, playing much

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Speaker 1: longer than they usually did. Barker got to play with

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Speaker 1: his friends at the dog park, go for a long walk,

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Speaker 1: and even play fetch, and best of all, Barker even

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Speaker 1: got a chance to chase a few squirrels. Barker didn't

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Speaker 1: know that his family had decided to surprise him with

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Speaker 1: a beautiful new carpet for their family room. It was

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Speaker 1: soft and fluffy, just perfect for snuggling, and importantly, it

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Speaker 1: could endure all the running that Barker did in the morning,

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Speaker 1: no more worn out circles. Barker and Susie arrived home starving,

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Speaker 1: but before they ate, Barker immediately noticed the new carpet

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Speaker 1: in the family room. He was overjoyed and couldn't resist

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Speaker 1: the temptation to run and slide on the carpet, leaving

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Speaker 1: paw prints everywhere. This time, the paw Prince would disappear

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Speaker 1: with a simple wipe. His family was happy. He was

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Speaker 1: so happy that they decided to feed him extra food

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Speaker 1: at dinner, which Barker, being a dog, ate as quickly

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Speaker 1: as he could. Seeing that Barker was still a little hungry,

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Speaker 1: Susie snuck a piece of her pizza under the table

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Speaker 1: for him to eat, and again, when her parents weren't watching,

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Speaker 1: she gave him all of her caesar salad. Susie liked

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Speaker 1: pizza more than salad. After eating so much, Barker was

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Speaker 1: the new comfy carpet, and promptly fell asleep. The following day,

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Speaker 1: Barker woke up suddenly. His stomach was gurgling and making

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Speaker 1: funny noises. He didn't feel so well, so he did

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Speaker 1: what always worked before. He started running around in circles

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Speaker 1: on the carpet in the family room. I hope Susie

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Speaker 1: takes me outside soon, he thought, running even faster. A

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Speaker 1: short time later, Susie came out for breakfast and saw

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Speaker 1: Barker running around in circles. Hey, mom, I think Barker

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Speaker 1: is going crazy. He's got the zumis already, she yelled,

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Speaker 1: as she sat down at the table, she heard a low,

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Speaker 1: soft howl, and then another and then another. Uh oh,

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Speaker 1: she said out loud, that's the sound that Barker makes

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Speaker 1: when he does his business outside. Or Barker couldn't hold

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Speaker 1: What a stinky mess, Mom and dad, Susie yelled, Barker

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Speaker 1: has made a huge, stinky mess. I think I need

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Speaker 1: to see what had happened. They weren't angry with Barker,

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Speaker 1: They decided to take Barker to the vet right away

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Speaker 1: to make sure he was all right, and they left

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Speaker 1: the carpet cleaning for later. Barker was upset and sad

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Speaker 1: he had an accident. Good dogs don't have accidents. The

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Speaker 1: vet gave Barker an exam and a little medicine and

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Speaker 1: decided to keep him in the back of the office

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Speaker 1: for a few hours in case he had another episode.

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Speaker 1: Hello there young pop. My name is Max. Why are

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Speaker 1: you looking so sad? A much older dog that was

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Speaker 1: sitting in the cage beside Barker asked, Hi, my name

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Speaker 1: is Barker, he said quietly, without looking up. I'm said,

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Speaker 1: because I had an accident. Oh really, it sounds really serious.

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Speaker 1: What kind of accident did you have? Max asked? I

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Speaker 1: kinds of mistakes, is that all? I've pooped so many

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Speaker 1: times on the floor that they used to call me

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Speaker 1: Max Doodoo the poop Ainator. Max said proudly. Really, I

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Speaker 1: thought only bad dogs pooped on the floor, Barker said.

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Speaker 1: After seeing Max become more serious, he continued, Sorry, I

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Speaker 1: mean that's what I had been taught. I don't mean

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Speaker 1: you are a bad dog or anything. Ha ha, don't worry. Look,

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Speaker 1: we all make mistakes. One time, when I was a pup,

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Speaker 1: my family was preparing for a special celebration and there

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Speaker 1: was this delicious cake sitting on the kitchen counter. I

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Speaker 1: can still smell it. It was so good. Well, I

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Speaker 1: hadn't been fed yet that day, and I was unable

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Speaker 1: to resist the smell, so I jumped up to have

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Speaker 1: and crumbs. Wow, did your family get angry at you?

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Speaker 1: I don't think they were very pleased, but they didn't

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Speaker 1: get angry. I did help them clean it up, after all.

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Speaker 1: I seem to remember being better fed after that. There

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Speaker 1: was another time when my family decided to paint their

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Speaker 1: I was young and curious and saw all these cans

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Speaker 1: of colorful paint lined up in the hallway, so I

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Speaker 1: of bright red paint, creating a large puddle that in

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Speaker 1: my panic I stepped into. Running away. I think I

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Speaker 1: left paw prints all over the house. I thought it

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Speaker 1: looked nice, but my family disagreed. Were you punished, Barker

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Speaker 1: asked no, But I learned to be more careful, and

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Speaker 1: I've been spending more time outside since. Max replied, But

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Speaker 1: even outside, you can make some kind of mistake. My

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Speaker 1: family was once working on a beautiful garden, planting flowers

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Speaker 1: thought I would help, but I got a little carried

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Speaker 1: away and started digging up all their plants and rolling

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Speaker 1: around in the mud, creating all kinds of chaos as

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Speaker 1: they tried to stop me. I just wanted to help,

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Speaker 1: but sometimes I just don't know when to stop, at

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Speaker 1: least when mud is involved. And they still weren't angry. Nope,

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Speaker 1: they trained me to keep away from their garden, and

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Speaker 1: I didn't do it again. My point is, Barker, we

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Speaker 1: all make mistakes. It's part of the process of growing

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Speaker 1: into a big dog like myself. You seem to learn

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Speaker 1: from your accidents. I'm not sure what I could do

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Speaker 1: so that I don't poop on the floor again. Maybe

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Speaker 1: you need to find a way to tell your family

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Speaker 1: it's time to take you outside. Fan Emily and I

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Speaker 1: have it down. But in the beginning I used to

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Speaker 1: bark and stand at the door until one of them

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Speaker 1: came and took me for a walk. Maybe you can

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Speaker 1: try that. Just then the vet came in and said, Barker,

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Speaker 1: your family has come to get you, and I see

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Speaker 1: no reason why you can't go home, so let's go.

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Speaker 1: A little guy, it was nice to meet you, Max

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Speaker 1: Barker said as he walked away with the vet. Thank

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Speaker 1: you for all your help. Take care, little Pop, Max replied.

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Speaker 1: Inspired by Max's words, Barker decided to try something different

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Speaker 1: from now on. No more running in circles in the morning,

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Speaker 1: he thought. The following day, the sun was shining and

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Speaker 1: it was sure to be another beautiful day to visit

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Speaker 1: the park. When Susie got up and went to the kitchen,

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Speaker 1: she saw Barker sitting patiently by the back patio door.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Barker, no funny zuomies this morning, Susie asked,

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Speaker 1: as she went to get her cereal. Barker barked, laughing.

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Speaker 1: Susie said, what is it, Barker? Do you see a

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Speaker 1: squirrel outside? As Susie was going to sit down at

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Speaker 1: the table to eat her cereal, Barker barked again, louder

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Speaker 1: this time, and at the same time looked out the

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Speaker 1: patio door. Are you trying to tell me to take

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Speaker 1: you outside to do your business? You are so smart,

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Speaker 1: Susie said, laughing, Okay, little Pop, I guess we don't

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Speaker 1: want another messy incident like yesterday. I'll start taking you

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Speaker 1: outside before I have my morning cereal. From now on,

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Speaker 1: Barker would still run around in circles. But now instead

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Speaker 1: of doing it so that he wouldn't have an accident,

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Speaker 1: he did it to make his family laugh. And that's

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Speaker 1: the end of this story. Good Night, sleep tight. Jon

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