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Speaker 1: this story. Levi sat in his room, surrounded by a
Speaker 1: sea of markers, crams, and colorful pencils. He loved to draw,
Speaker 1: but never knew that one day his drawings would change
Speaker 1: his whole life. As he sat, he thought about all
Speaker 1: the amazing things he could create, Magical creatures, delicious desserts,
Speaker 1: towering castles, far away galaxies, and so much more. As
Speaker 1: long as Levi had a piece of paper and something
Speaker 1: to draw with, he was happy. On one rainy Saturday
Speaker 1: in particular, he set out to create one hundred drawings
Speaker 1: and fill up every page in his new drawing pad
Speaker 1: his parents had just bought him at the craft's supply store.
Speaker 1: He was determined that by the end of the day
Speaker 1: he would create something truly original and unique, some kind
Speaker 1: of art that the world had never seen before. And
Speaker 1: boy was he right. Ivy, come in here, Levi shouted
Speaker 1: from his room. I need your help with something. Ivy
Speaker 1: trotted in and jumped onto Levi's bed. What is it,
Speaker 1: she said, staring out the window at the rain. I
Speaker 1: need some ideas for things I can draw today, said Levi,
Speaker 1: explaining his one hundred drawings and one day challenge to Ivy. Wow,
Speaker 1: that's a lot of drawings to create in one day,
Speaker 1: but if anyone can do it, you can, Levi said
Speaker 1: Ivy reassuringly. I think you should start out drawing all
Speaker 1: your favorite foods, then all your favorite animals, and then
Speaker 1: all your favorite places.
Speaker 2: That's a lot of favorites, laughed Levi. But it's also
Speaker 2: a good idea. I think I'll start there. Great.
Speaker 1: I can't wait to see what you create, said Ivy
Speaker 1: as she walked out of Levi's room. And if you
Speaker 1: need any more ideas, just let me know. I'll be
Speaker 1: in my room totally redecorating my dollhouse. Levi I picked
Speaker 1: out a brand new marker from his art case and
Speaker 1: got ready to start drawing picture number one. One of
Speaker 1: his absolute favorite foods was a hamburger, especially with pickles
Speaker 1: and ketchup.
Speaker 2: He started off.
Speaker 1: Drawing the bun, then the burger, then some green pickle slices,
Speaker 1: and finally some drippy ketchup. Perfect, he thought to himself.
Speaker 1: That looks good enough to eat. Drawing number one is complete. Next,
Speaker 1: Levi drew a slice of pizza, a mountain of French fries,
Speaker 1: some chicken nuggets, and a big plate of spaghetti and meatballs,
Speaker 1: all his favorite foods. Thinking of all those salty foods
Speaker 1: made him want something sweet, So Levi continued his drawing
Speaker 1: challenge by drying all of his favorite desserts one after another.
Speaker 1: The pages in his drawing pad started to fill up
Speaker 1: with drawings of giant ice cream cones, huge slices of
Speaker 1: birthy cake, oohie gooey chocolate brownies, and a fluffy pile
Speaker 1: of cotton candy. Then Levi drew his favorite animals and
Speaker 1: favorite places, like Ivy had suggested. As he drew lions, giraffes, sharks, dinosaurs,
Speaker 1: the rain fell harder outside. Then, as he started drawing
Speaker 1: pictures of the rainforest the beach in outer space, he heard
Speaker 1: a rumble of thunder. He looked out the window and
Speaker 1: was inspired by the weather. His next drawing would be
Speaker 1: a stormy scene filled with pounding rain drops, swirling wind,
Speaker 1: and crashing lightly. As he drew, the thunder got louder,
Speaker 1: the lighting got brighter. He felt a strange power come
Speaker 1: over him as he drew faster and faster, using all
Speaker 1: the colors in his art set. The page was almost
Speaker 1: completely filled with amazing rainstorm scene when all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: his drawing pad started to glow.
Speaker 2: What is going on?
Speaker 1: Levi thought to himself as he backed away very slowly,
Speaker 1: very interested to.
Speaker 2: See what was going to happen next.
Speaker 1: As he watched, his art supplies began to glow as well.
Speaker 1: Every one of his markers, crans, and colorful pencils took
Speaker 1: on a magical, glittery look as a bolt of lightning
Speaker 1: lit up his room. Then suddenly everything went right.
Speaker 2: Back to normal. Ivy.
Speaker 1: Ivy called Levi. What do you need some more drawing ideas.
Speaker 2: Asked Ivy, walking into Levi's room.
Speaker 1: Well, yes, but I called you in here to see
Speaker 1: if you saw that crazy lightning we just had, asked Levi.
Speaker 1: I was so busy working on my dollhouse. I didn't
Speaker 1: really notice anything. Why, asked Ivy. It looks like a
Speaker 1: pretty normal rainstorm right now. I guess you're right, said Levi,
Speaker 1: wondering if what he had just seen was all in
Speaker 1: his imagination. Oh and if you need another drawing idea,
Speaker 1: how about draw me some little interior designers that can
Speaker 1: help me make some cool new furniture for my dollhouse,
Speaker 1: said Ivy with.
Speaker 2: A laugh as she turned around and left the room.
Speaker 1: Leve I just sat there for another minute, still trying
Speaker 1: to figure out what had just happened.
Speaker 2: To all his art supplies.
Speaker 1: He wanted to get back to drawing, so he decided
Speaker 1: to pick up a marker and get to it. And
Speaker 1: what happened next was something he could have never imagined.
Speaker 1: He couldn't think of anything to draw at the moments,
Speaker 1: after having already drawn all of his favorite things. Then
Speaker 1: he remembered what Ivy had said before she left his room.
Speaker 1: That's when he started to draw a little creature to
Speaker 1: decorate a dollhouse. He thought Ivy would think that was
Speaker 1: pretty cool, and he was very excited to show her
Speaker 1: the drawing once it was done. But as he drew,
Speaker 1: something strange happened. His markers began to glow, as did
Speaker 1: the lines he drew on the page. He kept drawing
Speaker 1: because he just had to see what would happen next.
Speaker 1: He finished drawing a little funny looking character that was
Speaker 1: setting out furniture inside at a dollhouse, when all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, he heard something.
Speaker 2: Hi, Levi said a little voice.
Speaker 1: Leeve I looked at around his room and at first
Speaker 1: he didn't see anything. Then his eyes landed on his
Speaker 1: drawing pad, and that's when he noticed something very unusual.
Speaker 1: The drawing he made for Ivy of a purple Puffball
Speaker 1: character with wild gold hair and long arms and legs
Speaker 1: decorating the inside of her dollhouse was talking to him.
Speaker 1: What is going on here, shouted Levi in a whisper
Speaker 1: as to not alert anyone in the house to what
Speaker 1: was going on. Hi, Levi, great drawing. I've never looked
Speaker 1: so good, said the purple puffball. You really brought out
Speaker 1: the gold flex in my hair.
Speaker 2: I love it. Who are you, Levi continued to whisper.
Speaker 1: And what are you doing in my drawing pad? My
Speaker 1: name is whatever you'd like it to be. You created me,
Speaker 1: after all, said the purple Puffball. But I have always
Speaker 1: liked the name Flora. Okay, Flora, But what are you
Speaker 1: doing here? And how did you come to life? And
Speaker 1: can I make anything I draw come to life? Asked
Speaker 1: leeve I, getting more and more excited. I'm here because
Speaker 1: you drew me with your magic markers, began Flora. The
Speaker 1: lightning flash you saw when you were drying turned your
Speaker 1: marker's magic. Now anything or anyone you draw will come
Speaker 1: to life. Flora then hopped off the page she was
Speaker 1: drawn on and grabbed one of Levi's markers. Didn't I
Speaker 1: hear your sister say that she was looking for some
Speaker 1: new furniture for her dollhouse, said Flora, Well how about this.
Speaker 1: Flora then took some markers and drew the coolest purple
Speaker 1: couch with a little gold flex all over.
Speaker 3: It.
Speaker 1: Look like anyone you know, asked Flora, pointing to herself,
Speaker 1: as Levi noticed the similarity between the couch and the
Speaker 1: little purple puffball. So love it, said LEVI. Thank you
Speaker 1: so much glad to help. Now get back to drawing.
Speaker 1: The special gift of yours will only last until the
Speaker 1: rainstorm stops, said Flora. Have fun and never stop drawing.
Speaker 1: Levi said goodbye to Flora as she jumped into the
Speaker 1: page and turned back into a drawing and leaving behind
Speaker 1: it three D version of the dollhouse sized couch she
Speaker 1: had created. Amazing, thought LEVI. I need to give this
Speaker 1: to Ivy. He called his sister to his room and
Speaker 1: explained everything that had just happened.
Speaker 2: Yeah right, Levi.
Speaker 1: I don't believe you, but this is the coolest little
Speaker 1: couch ever and just what my dollhouse redesign needs, said Ivy.
Speaker 1: I don't know where you got it, but thanks so much.
Speaker 1: Ivy walked out of Levi's room, leaving him to wonder
Speaker 1: what or who he should draw next. Then, all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, he had a great idea to create a
Speaker 1: dragon covered in sparkling glitter with icy blue wings and
Speaker 1: a silver horn. However, his mom had to put all
Speaker 1: of his glitter markers on the top shelf of his closet,
Speaker 1: and there was no way he could reach them without
Speaker 1: asking for help. They always made a bit of a mess,
Speaker 1: which is why his mom put them up so high.
Speaker 1: Since he couldn't reach them, he'd have to ask his
Speaker 1: mom or dad for help, and then they could make
Speaker 1: sure he didn't make a big mess. But Levi really
Speaker 1: wanted to create this glitter dragon on his own and
Speaker 1: quickly thought.
Speaker 2: Of a way to solve his problem. He would just
Speaker 2: draw a solution.
Speaker 1: This u should just happened to be a giraffe named
Speaker 1: Stretch that could reach the highest shelf in his closet
Speaker 1: with no problem at all. Once Levi was done drawing
Speaker 1: his towering new friend, he watched as Stretch leapt off
Speaker 1: the page in the drawing pad and right into his room.
Speaker 1: What can I help you with? Levi asked Stretch, nearly
Speaker 1: bumping his head on the ceiling. Hi there, Stretch, Could
Speaker 1: you please grab that orange box on the top shelf
Speaker 1: of my closet, please, asked Levi. Sure a thing, said Stretch,
Speaker 1: as he reached the markers with eave. Oh, glitter markers
Speaker 1: my favorite. Here you go and have a fun drawing.
Speaker 1: Then Stretch hopped back into the drying pad page.
Speaker 2: As Levi waved goodbye.
Speaker 1: Levi didn't waste any time getting to work on his
Speaker 1: glitter dragon. His magic markers glided across the page as
Speaker 1: little by little the amazing creature took shape. When he
Speaker 1: was done with the outline, Levi was ready to fill
Speaker 1: his drawing with his glitter markers. He used different colors
Speaker 1: of blue to make the wings look like shimmering ice.
Speaker 1: It looked just how he had imagined it, and on
Speaker 1: the page he made sure to include himself dressed as
Speaker 1: a knight holding the dragon in his hand. He did
Speaker 1: this for a very important reason. He knew from drawing
Speaker 1: Flora and Stretched that if he drew the character with
Speaker 1: something else, it would determine its size. Flora was drawn
Speaker 1: inside a dollhouse, so when she jumped off Levi's drawing page,
Speaker 1: she was small, because only something small can fit in
Speaker 1: a dollhouse. However, when Levi drew Stretch, he didn't draw
Speaker 1: anything else on the page. That meant when Stretch came
Speaker 1: to life, he would be the size of a real drafe.
Speaker 1: Levi knew he wanted his dragon friend to be small
Speaker 1: enough that he wouldn't make a big mess. After all,
Speaker 1: his mom was not the biggest fan of glitter. Once
Speaker 1: Levi added the few decorations to this dragon drawing, his
Speaker 1: new magical friend began to flap his wings and flew
Speaker 1: right off the drawing page and onto Levi's shoulder. Hello, Levi,
Speaker 1: howled the little glitter dragon. It's so great to be
Speaker 1: out of that drawing pad and flying around. Hi, buddy,
Speaker 1: said Levi. Do you like how you look like how
Speaker 1: I look? I love how I look, replied the little
Speaker 1: glitter dragon zooming around Levio. I've never looked better. Well,
Speaker 1: if I'm honest, I've never looked like anything before because
Speaker 1: you just created me.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much.
Speaker 1: Then lee By had a very important question to ask
Speaker 1: his new friend. All the other characters I drew only
Speaker 1: stayed around for a minute or two, Levi began, do
Speaker 1: you think you could stay.
Speaker 2: A little while longer? And we could play together. I
Speaker 2: think that sounds like a great idea, replied the little
Speaker 2: glitter dragon. By the way, do I have a name?
Speaker 1: Levi? I thought for a moment and said absolutely.
Speaker 2: Didn't you hear me say it before? Your name is Buddy.
Speaker 1: Sounds like a perfect name to me, said Buddy as
Speaker 1: he flew by the window and then suddenly stopped.
Speaker 2: What's wrong, Buddy asked Levi.
Speaker 1: Well, you know how your markers are magic only when
Speaker 1: the rainstorm is going on.
Speaker 2: Buddy asked Levias. He nodded his head.
Speaker 1: Well it looks like the rain is stopping, and I
Speaker 1: only see a few little flickers of lightning in the distance. Well,
Speaker 1: let's not waste any more time, then, said Levi as
Speaker 1: he showed Buddy all of his toys. They played together
Speaker 1: as the weather outside changed from a steady downpour to
Speaker 1: a light rain to a misty shower. They built a
Speaker 1: block castle to gather, complete with a moat.
Speaker 2: And a drawbridge.
Speaker 1: They made paper crowns for each other, and of course
Speaker 1: played knights and dragons, except this time the knight and
Speaker 1: the dragon were friends.
Speaker 2: Levi. The rainstorm looks like it is.
Speaker 1: Almost over, said Buddy, flying back to the window. I
Speaker 1: think I can even see a rainbow popping out from
Speaker 1: behind those gray clouds.
Speaker 2: Levy walked to the window and looked out as well.
Speaker 2: Buddy was right.
Speaker 1: Levi knew his little glitter Dragon would be leaving soon
Speaker 1: and that his markers wouldn't be magic for very much longer.
Speaker 1: Sad he would miss his new friend, Levi asked Buddy
Speaker 1: if he would draws him something that he could look
Speaker 1: at and always remember the amazing day that his markers
Speaker 1: turned magic absolutely, Levi said, Buddy, grabbing a few markers
Speaker 1: while they are still magic. But I wanted to be
Speaker 1: a surprise. Okay, okay, said Levi. I won't look at
Speaker 1: it until you're gone. Buddy rushed to compete his drawing
Speaker 1: as the last rain drop fell outside Levia's window.
Speaker 2: I'll never forget you, Buddy.
Speaker 1: Said Levi as his little glitter Dragon hopped back onto
Speaker 1: the drawing page. And I'll never forget you, Levi replied, Buddy.
Speaker 1: Just remember the magic is always inside these markers. You
Speaker 1: just need a little rainstorm to bring it out. So
Speaker 1: keep an eye on the sky for gray clouds, and
Speaker 1: I know I will see you soon. Levi wave goodbye
Speaker 1: to Buddy with a smile, truly feeling like he would
Speaker 1: see him again. Then all of a sudden, rays broke
Speaker 1: through the gray clouds, and the light from the rainbow
Speaker 1: was so bright that it filled Levi's room with a
Speaker 1: soft glow. When the glow faded away, Buddy was back
Speaker 1: on his page again, just to drawing and that Levi
Speaker 1: had created. Then, as Levi looked at his drawing of
Speaker 1: Buddy and stretched and Flora, he was anxious to see
Speaker 1: what his little glitter dragon had drawn for him. But
Speaker 1: before he turned the page, Levi wondered, would there really
Speaker 1: be a drawing there from Buddy? Was everything that just
Speaker 1: happened in his imagination? Maybe none of his drawings actually
Speaker 1: had come to life. Buddy wouldn't know for sure unless
Speaker 1: he looked, So Levi counted to three and turned the page.
Speaker 2: That's when he saw it.
Speaker 1: And amazing glitter filled pictures of him and Buddy standing
Speaker 1: over a gray rain cloud, as Buddy telling him yet again,
Speaker 1: keep an eye on the sky for great clouds, and
Speaker 1: I know I'll see you soon. Just then Ivy walked
Speaker 1: into Levi's room. The rain finally stopped. Do you want
Speaker 1: to go outside and look at the rainbow with me,
Speaker 1: she asked. And by the way, how did your one
Speaker 1: hundred drawings a one day challenge go? As she asked,
Speaker 1: Ivy reached down and picked up Levi's drawing pad. You
Speaker 1: definitely drew a lot of great pictures, but it doesn't
Speaker 1: look like a hundred, said Ivy.
Speaker 2: That's okay, answered Levi. I love the drawings I did create.
Speaker 1: And I had the best time drawing them. I think
Speaker 1: I'll keep working to fill this drawing pad when the
Speaker 1: next rainstorm keeps us inside for the day. Sounds like
Speaker 1: a good plan, said Ivy. But for now, let's go outside.
Speaker 1: Ivy ran out of Levi's room as he followed behind,
Speaker 1: leaving his drawing pad open on his bed to the
Speaker 1: drawing Buddy had created.
Speaker 2: And from that day on.
Speaker 1: Levi always made any rainy day and art day sitting
Speaker 1: in his room creating wonderful magical characters with his little
Speaker 1: glitter friend Dragon Buddy. Thanks for joining us today. We
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