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Speaker 1: and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. It is summertime and

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Speaker 1: Bernice has been at Bobby's house all day. They had

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Speaker 1: only this day to play together before he heads off

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Speaker 1: for summer camp for two whole weeks. Bernice feels like

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Speaker 1: it will be forever before she sees him again. Bernie

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Speaker 1: spends the day at Bobby's house. Squish, squish, squash squish.

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Speaker 1: Bernice's sneakers made funny sounds as she walked up the

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Speaker 1: walkway to her little house. Bobby's mother had just dropped

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Speaker 1: looked behind and saw that she was leaving marks on

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Speaker 1: the walkway from her super wet sneakers. That looks kind

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Speaker 1: of cool. Bernice thought, maybe I should go back and

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Speaker 1: make it look like I arrived with a friend, but

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Speaker 1: tummy took priority. Bernice squishily walked up the front steps

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Speaker 1: Her sneakers were always hard to take off, but now

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Speaker 1: that they were super wet, it was triply hard. Hi, Papa,

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Speaker 1: I'm home, she said. My tummy is sending signals to

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Speaker 1: it's my brain sending signals to my tummy. I can't

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Speaker 1: remember which right now, because I am super starving, and

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Speaker 1: you know where I am, Papa Bear said in his

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Speaker 1: super deep voice. Just and Cookie came running towards her,

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Speaker 1: likes to get wet, right. I tried to get you

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Speaker 1: so it must be true, Bernice said, as she took

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Speaker 1: I was at Bobby's today, Cookie, I'm sorry I couldn't

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Speaker 1: take you with me, but Mama was scared something might happen.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure what that something was, but I'm sure

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Speaker 1: you and I will have lots of fun together this summer.

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Speaker 1: But guess what happened today. I don't think you would

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Speaker 1: like it, but we certainly did. Bobby had a couple

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure what the rules were, but we basically

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Speaker 1: hard to tell because we were both soaked through to

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Speaker 1: the bone. That's what Bobby's mother said, but it doesn't

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Speaker 1: really make sense. How can water touch your bones? Do

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Speaker 1: you know how? Cookie simply started grooming herself as she pard.

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Speaker 1: Bobby is going away to summer camp tomorrow, so today

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Speaker 1: him for two whole weeks, which is basically the whole summer, right,

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Speaker 1: But Papa has promised that we can have lots of

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Speaker 1: Bernice's Tommy made a loud, gurgling noise, loud enough that

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Speaker 1: Cookie stopped licking herself and looked at Bernice. Yeah, that's

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Speaker 1: a sign, Cookie. It means I need to get something

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Speaker 1: Didn't you bake cookies for us today? Papa, look at you,

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear said with a laugh. Bobby's mother said that

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Speaker 1: But I got wet again, and well, now both my

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Speaker 1: But first, why don't you go upstairs to your room

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Speaker 1: are we a restaurant now, Bernie said, as she sat

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Speaker 1: These are mini pea bread stuffed with some goodness inside,

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear replied, goodness like ice cream or cookies. Bernice

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Speaker 1: asked with a smile. Huhh, No, they are stuffed with tuna,

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Speaker 1: curry and stuff like that. You should try some. They

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Speaker 1: eat them all up. So how was your day at Bobby's.

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Speaker 1: You were really excited this morning and left early. Mama

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Speaker 1: said you were ready even before she was. Yeah. I

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Speaker 1: think I might have been the first to wake up

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Speaker 1: knew you were sleeping, Papa, because I could hear your

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Speaker 1: snorts and snores. It sounded pretty funny, Bernie said, with

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Speaker 1: you heard chirping, Papa Bear said, with a smile, A great, big,

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Speaker 1: bear sized bird. Bernie said, with a laugh. I had

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Speaker 1: a good time at Bobby's, Papa. First, we went for

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Speaker 1: Bobby's mother was really strict about wearing helmets and stuff.

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Speaker 1: Bobby's helmet is super cool because it has an alligator

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Speaker 1: so he can still wear it. We chatted for a while,

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Speaker 1: Then Ethan had to go home to pack. He was

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Speaker 1: of the little peta pockets, Papa Bear asked. They are tasty, Papa,

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Speaker 1: but the curry is a little spicy, Bernice said, waving

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Speaker 1: super spicy food, Papa, because it'school. Many of our kids

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Speaker 1: always share our lunches and stuff. But guess what, Papa

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Speaker 1: Bobby has a super secret that I am not allowed

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Speaker 1: you and mama. Of course. When we got back to

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Speaker 1: his place, he wanted to show me his latest experiment

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Speaker 1: in his laboratory. His laboratory is a special corner in

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Speaker 1: but his mother won't let him yet. He tried to

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Speaker 1: his secrets, one of those fancy ones that require a

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Speaker 1: She is super super strict, Papa, he said. She doesn't

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Speaker 1: drone on it that he bought with his allowance and

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Speaker 1: across his room. But it's still super cool. He asked

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Speaker 1: see the end result. But how did you get so wet,

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear asked with a smile. Oh yeah, well, after lunch,

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Speaker 1: which was super yummy mini pizzas and some salad. The

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Speaker 1: So he plugged his nose with his fingers and ate

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Speaker 1: Bobby and I use what we learned in science, Papah, Yes,

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Speaker 1: you and Bobby's study, Papa Bear said with a laugh.

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Speaker 1: After we finished, we had our treat, which was this

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Speaker 1: whole life, Bernice exclaimed. After that, we went out in

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Speaker 1: Then we dried off and played with these super fun

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Speaker 1: That sounds like the best day ever, little Bear, Papa

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Speaker 1: I think so. But I am going to miss Bobby

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Speaker 1: When you finish your snack, why don't you help me

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Speaker 1: cut up some vegetables to put in our salad for dinner. Okay, Papa,

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Speaker 1: as long as I don't have to cut stinky eggplant.

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Speaker 1: Later in the evening, Papa Bear walked into Bernice's bedroom

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Speaker 1: to see that Bernice was already in bed. Wow, you

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Speaker 1: certainly are fast this evening, little Bear. Did you do

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear said, letting out a great, big, loud yawn. Wow, Papa,

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Speaker 1: you comfy and warm, yes, Papa. How about twigg A

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Speaker 1: another great day, Little Bear. Love you, Papa, Love you too,

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Speaker 1: little Bear. Papa Bear gave Bernice a great big hug

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Speaker 1: and a kiss, and she fell fast asleep, and that

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Speaker 1: is the end of our story. Good night, sleep tight

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