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Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. I'd like

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Speaker 1: to say happy birthday to Gabriella Flitt, who is turning

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Speaker 1: seven October twenty seventh. A very happy birthday to you, Gabriella.

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Speaker 1: I hope you had a special day. This is another

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Speaker 1: Halloween story for you to enjoy. In this story, a

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Speaker 1: little girl named Booby is scared about going out trick

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Speaker 1: or treating on Halloween. She worried about ghosts, which is werewolves,

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Speaker 1: and everything else. She finally decides to dress up in

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Speaker 1: her costume and try to go out. When something happens

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Speaker 1: and she feels so much better. She goes out trick

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Speaker 1: or treating and tries her best to fill her Halloween

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Speaker 1: pumpkin to the top. Booby's Scary Halloween by Cam Draper,

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Speaker 1: illustrated by Lynn Draper. A spooky black cat sat in

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Speaker 1: the shade beneath the old oak tree across the lawn.

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Speaker 1: It was a crisp autumn day, filled with radiant sunshine.

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Speaker 1: Clouds calmly drifted across the sea blue sky, and every

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Speaker 1: now and then a gentle breeze lifted orange, yellow and

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Speaker 1: brown tinted leaves up and around, swirling, twirling, and whistling

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Speaker 1: them down and around the cobblestone street. The air was

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Speaker 1: crisp and fresh. It felt just like it should for Halloween.

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Speaker 1: Hearing from the corner window of a red brick house

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Speaker 1: named Booby. She wore her favorite hot pink unicorn shoes

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Speaker 1: and her golden pigtails bounced back and forth while she

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Speaker 1: watched her two sisters play in the autumn leaves. Ellie

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Speaker 1: dressed in deep purple raked leaves, while Kayleee, with a

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Speaker 1: silly side pony, rustled and bustled about the swings hat

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Speaker 1: screeched and creaked as the eerie looking black cat lurked

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Speaker 1: it's supposed to be spooky, kooky, and a little bit scary.

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Speaker 1: Booby pondered a bit and wasn't so sure if she

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Speaker 1: could go parading through the dark, gloomy streets this Halloween night.

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Speaker 1: What if there were hordes of ghosts and goblins that

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Speaker 1: Or what if the wicked witch flew through the dark

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Speaker 1: sky on a broomstick to snatch up Little Booby and

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Speaker 1: whisk her away, or perhaps a frightening werewolf would chase

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Speaker 1: her down and gobble her up. Booby felt her knees

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Speaker 1: jitter and twitter just thinking of all these crazy, odd critters.

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Speaker 1: Booby couldn't go. She absolutely wouldn't go, But then again,

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Speaker 1: she certainly had to go. How else would she fill

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Speaker 1: her plump orange pumpkin with delightfully delicious Halloween treats chocolates, caramels, bubblegum,

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Speaker 1: lollypops and candy corn, oodles and oodles of sugar coated

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Speaker 1: goodies She would pour right down her gullet faster than

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Speaker 1: a bullet. Little Booby's mouth watered as she licked her

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Speaker 1: heavenly treats. How could she possibly miss this marvelous night,

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Speaker 1: even if it was full of fright. Booby sat back

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Speaker 1: and sighed, and she just wanted to cry. What would

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Speaker 1: could or should she do? Out of the corner of

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Speaker 1: her eye, Booby noticed the malevolent looking black cat prowling

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Speaker 1: be the wicked witch's spooky black cat. Was it coming

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Speaker 1: to gobble up her sisters? It all seemed so bleak.

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Speaker 1: As Booby shyly peeked through the window, the shabby feline

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Speaker 1: black fur stood up like sharp, jagged spikes. The cat's

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Speaker 1: back at her sisters. It licked its fangs like it

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Speaker 1: was going to scarf them down. Booby froze solid like

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Speaker 1: What should she do? Who? Frantically Booby bolted down the

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Speaker 1: As Booby ran toward her sisters, she stumbled, then bumbled,

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Speaker 1: in Unison, You've demolished our magnificent mound of leaves. There

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Speaker 1: that covered poor little Booby. After all the commotion, the

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Speaker 1: villainous black cat had suddenly disappeared. As the girls ran

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Speaker 1: inside the house, Mama Kay was prepping for the night's festivities,

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Speaker 1: decorating and adorning the home with Halloween ornaments. Baked goodies,

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Speaker 1: of scrumptious candies. The smell of fresh cookies filled every

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Speaker 1: nook and cranny of the house. Even the scary hairy

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Speaker 1: a scent of Mamakay's cooking and perhaps nibble on a

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Speaker 1: as they inspected the tasty treats cookies and caramel covered apples.

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Speaker 1: How about a magical monster cookie, Mamachay asked. Ellie and

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Speaker 1: Kaylee scrambled to grab a marvelous, mouth watering cookie, Chomping

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Speaker 1: away bite after bite, The girls filled their bellies. As

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Speaker 1: She was full of fret and frown The mere thought

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Speaker 1: saw Booby whimpering and said, why, Booby, don't you want

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Speaker 1: Mama Kay, what if they want to eat me in

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Speaker 1: my sissy's hole. Mama Kay smiled and said with glee,

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Speaker 1: There's nothing to fear, my little dear. It's Halloween night,

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Speaker 1: A super duper time to shine so bright, a night

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Speaker 1: to celebrate and dress up as your hero, A night

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Speaker 1: to stuff your tummy with butterscotches and bubblegum too, packing

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Speaker 1: It was time to carve the giant orange pumpkin into

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Speaker 1: especially those that attempted to trick or treat at her house.

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Speaker 1: Mamackay held the carving knife and sliced and diced away.

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Speaker 1: The three girls dug deep down into the pumpkin as

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Speaker 1: the innerds oozed through their fingers like squishy orange slime,

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Speaker 1: to Mama Kay added one last tweak and twist to

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Speaker 1: finally complete. As the sun began to sink ever so

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Speaker 1: rapidly rummaging through her toy box. Booby through stuffed animals

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Speaker 1: Should she go as a magical unicorn dazzled with glittering

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Speaker 1: here it is, Booby thought to herself. She knew exactly

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Speaker 1: what she would be the most brilliant costume of all.

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Speaker 1: The costume had big, flappy green wings, long gnarly claws,

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Speaker 1: Booby would go as a dinosaur bird. It's what she

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Speaker 1: always wanted to be. Mighty, mighty and brave she would be.

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Speaker 1: As she slid into her bright green dinosaur suit, Booby

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Speaker 1: mysterious feeling. A scratching noise echoed through the walls of

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Speaker 1: her room. Scratch, scratch, scratch, scratch. A cold chill filled

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Speaker 1: the air. Oh my gosh, what could it be. Booby's

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Speaker 1: eyes searched and explored the bedroom top to bottom and

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Speaker 1: then bottom to top, gazing far and wide. All of

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Speaker 1: a sudden, there it was. Booby froze solid. She couldn't

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Speaker 1: green eye stared right at Booby. Once again, it was

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Speaker 1: the black cat. Oh no, A cold chill crept up

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Speaker 1: Booby's legs, all the way up her neck, into her hair,

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Speaker 1: down her nose, and all the way to her toes.

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Speaker 1: It was too late now, ferocious cat was lunging through

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Speaker 1: and forth, up and down, as if it was taunting

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Speaker 1: the little dinosaur beard. The cat licked its white fangs

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Speaker 1: like a vampire. Booby squeezed her eyes shut and took

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Speaker 1: straw and curtain call? Would she ever get to fill

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Speaker 1: her pumpkin with her favorite chocolate and pink bubblegum? Wait

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Speaker 1: a second? What was that she felt on her leg?

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Speaker 1: The eerie feeling in the room suddenly disappeared. In fact,

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Speaker 1: it felt warm like the sun and soft like a

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Speaker 1: fluffy cloud. And what was that sound? Was it a

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Speaker 1: Kaylee say, Booby, where did you find that cuddly kitty?

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Speaker 1: What a sweet first trick or treat? Booby slowly opened

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Speaker 1: but the cat didn't appear to be evil anymore. Booby

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Speaker 1: was stunned. The cat was purring and stirring all around.

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Speaker 1: It appeared that Booby had made a new friend, and

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Speaker 1: most of all, she didn't feel scared anymore. She was

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Speaker 1: ready to take on Halloween night without the least bit

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Speaker 1: determined to fill her pumpkin full and tight. All of

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Speaker 1: the scary ghosts and goblins and all the werewolves and

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Speaker 1: witches wouldn't be able to give Booby a scare, not

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Speaker 1: even on a dare. Booby's brave Halloween good Night,