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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. Every week

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Speaker 1: we celebrate our supporters through shout outs and personal birthday messages.

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Speaker 1: We think this is also a fun way for us

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Speaker 1: to hear all about all the amazing places that you

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Speaker 1: our listeners come from. I'd like to say hello to

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Speaker 1: Melody Green, thank you for the great picture you drew

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Speaker 1: of Bernice. Hello to Ellie and Maya in Danville from

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Speaker 1: mom and dad, and Hello to Carson from Savage, Minnesota.

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Speaker 1: Happy belated birthday to Ari, who turned six on February

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Speaker 1: twenty eighth. Mom and Dad love you so much and

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Speaker 1: are so proud of you every day. Happy belated birthday

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Speaker 1: to Jacob in French Valley, California, who turned eight on

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Speaker 1: March third and had a trip to Legoland. Sissy, Mom

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Speaker 1: and Dad love you more and more and more. Happy

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Speaker 1: belated birthday to Oliver from Winston Salem, North Carolina, who

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Speaker 1: turned four on March twelfth. Mom, Dad, Ella, June and

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Speaker 1: Mollie are so proud of you and love you so much.

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Speaker 1: Happy belated birthday to Brooks, who turned five on March thirteenth.

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Speaker 1: You are continuing to be a kind and caring kid.

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Speaker 1: We will love you no matter what, Love Mom, Jay,

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Speaker 1: Loki and Ivy. Happy belated birthday to Nathan from Ireland

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Speaker 1: who had a birthday on March fourteenth. Happy belated birthday

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Speaker 1: to Siana of Northview Drive who turned four on March sixteenth.

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Speaker 1: Your big brother Camillo would like to wish.

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Speaker 2: You a very happy birthday.

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday to Orah, who has a birthday on March eighteenth.

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Speaker 1: Mommy and Daddy love you.

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Speaker 2: You are great. Happy birthday to.

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Speaker 1: Read from Illinois, who is turning eight on March eighteenth. Mom, Dad,

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Speaker 1: Cora and Perry love you so much. Happy birthday to

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Speaker 1: Bruno who was turning five on March nineteenth. Mommy and

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Speaker 1: Daddy and your dogs Kara and Loki are so proud

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Speaker 1: of you and love you so much. And Happy birthday

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Speaker 1: to David in Montana who is turning seven on March

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Speaker 1: twenty second. Mom, Dad, Emory and Nolan love you. Tons

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Speaker 1: and tons, Happy birthday.

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Speaker 3: To you all. Now on to our story.

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Speaker 1: Nicole's mother is upset when she sees Nicole coming from

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Speaker 1: the old barn where she asked her not to go.

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Speaker 1: Nicole wants to go back and see those magical things

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Speaker 1: in the chest again. When she gets back to the barn,

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Speaker 1: the cloak, the key, the mirror, and the compass are exactly.

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Speaker 2: As she left them.

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Speaker 1: The thing that has caught her attention is the packet

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Speaker 1: of seeds Nicole and the box in the barn. Part two, Nicole,

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Speaker 1: I told you not to go out to the barn.

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Speaker 1: The barn is in terrible shape, and I'm scared that

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Speaker 2: And your sneakers.

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Speaker 1: In the past, you would get terribly upset if even

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Speaker 1: a touch of dirt got on them. Now they are

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Speaker 1: stained green, Nichole's mother said, as she ushered her into

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Speaker 3: I was bored, Mom.

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Speaker 2: There is nothing to do in this.

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Speaker 1: Boring place, with its red mud and endless fields of nothing.

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Speaker 1: I just wanted to explore a bit. And besides, the

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Speaker 1: barn is no more dangerous than this old house. This

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Speaker 1: house doesn't even have WiFi, Nicole said, with her arms

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Speaker 2: You kids and Wi Fi.

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Speaker 1: When I was your age, we didn't have all these

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Speaker 1: devices and stuff, her mother replied, And you used to

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Speaker 1: Nicole interrupted. Nicole's mother sighed. The phone company said they

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Speaker 1: Can you help me unpack the bags and then we

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Speaker 2: I got a.

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Speaker 1: Rotisserie chicken and some salad and your favorite cookies for dessert,

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Speaker 1: Nichole swore the house was telling her to leave and

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Speaker 1: movies she had watched at her friend's house. They weren't

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Speaker 1: Nichole would be happy to take the house's advice. Eventually,

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Speaker 1: Her room was the first her mother had painted, so

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Speaker 1: Nicole replied. Nichole could hear her mother sigh, I'll need

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Speaker 1: It was supposed to take Nichole all morning to finish

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Speaker 1: She had put her clothes away and decorated a bit,

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Speaker 1: inside that chest, she thought to herself. After closing the heavy,

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Speaker 1: her mother's biggest fear, her sneakers were no longer white,

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Speaker 1: but a mixture of green, red, and brown. Well, so

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Speaker 1: much for these sneakers. Just then she led out a scream.

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Speaker 1: she could hear the sounds of more scurrying above her

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Speaker 1: It was still clean. Unlike the rest of the space,

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Speaker 1: as if recognizing Nicole as its rightful owner. The lid

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Speaker 1: lifted with ease, revealing its contents to her curious eyes.

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Speaker 1: The cloak, the mirror, the key, and the compass. Everything

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Speaker 1: was as she had left it the day before. But

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Speaker 1: it was the seeds that she was most interested in.

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Speaker 1: In Montreal, she and her mother had had a small

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Speaker 1: garden in their backyard. It was kind of fun, and

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Speaker 1: that they grew there. Maybe she could have one here too.

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Speaker 1: Nicole liked gardening almost as much as she loved painting.

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Speaker 1: The seed packet looked really old, like something from a movie.

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Speaker 1: The paper was soft and kind of brown, and it

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Speaker 1: with it, so she was. The bottom part of the

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Speaker 1: were shiny. Must be magic seeds like the bean's jack haat.

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Speaker 1: Maybe if I plant them, I will grow a beanstalk

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Speaker 2: Up in the sky.

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Speaker 1: Nicole laughed. She was only half joking with herself. She

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Speaker 1: had such an imagination that she kind of believed anything

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Speaker 1: But what she could read looked pretty interesting. Candy plants,

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Speaker 1: it read. That sounds more interesting than carrots or the

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Speaker 1: local favorite potatoes. Nichole carefully tucked the package of seeds

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Speaker 1: She started to walk around the farm, looking for the

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Speaker 1: Wouldn't it be funny if these were really magic seeds

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Speaker 1: and a garden full of candy and chocolate grew, she laughed.

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Speaker 1: My friends back home would probably fly down to sea.

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Speaker 1: Nicholl didn't have much of a sweet tooth, but she

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Speaker 1: that looked like it had seen better days. But something

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Speaker 1: get foggy, but only around that piece of land. Nikole

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Speaker 2: Even though it looked all.

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Speaker 1: Messy and full of weeds from far away, up close

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Speaker 1: leaving behind a soft, welcoming red earth. A few patches

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Speaker 2: Just then, she.

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Speaker 1: Heard her mother's car come up the long driveway. Oh,

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Speaker 1: she's back already, Nichole thought she hadn't even started her garden. Quickly,

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Speaker 1: she tucked the packet safely into her pocket and went

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Speaker 1: to meet her mother. Nikole, you won't believe how busy

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Speaker 1: the stores were, her mother said, as she entered the house,

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Speaker 2: And other things.

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Speaker 1: Nikole, smiling for the first time since they left home,

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Speaker 1: couldn't wait to share her discovery. Mom, I found the

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Speaker 1: most perfect place for a garden, just like in Montreal.

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Speaker 1: She led her to the window and pointed out towards

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Speaker 1: her special spot. I'm going to make a magical candy

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Speaker 1: garden there. Her mother leaned over the sink to look

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Speaker 1: out the window, her eyes scanning the unkept area.

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Speaker 2: Nicole was pointing.

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Speaker 1: At that place, it looks a bit uh wild, honey,

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Speaker 1: Are you sure? It might take a lot of work

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Speaker 1: to clear the weeds, But it's different up close. It's perfect, really,

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Speaker 1: and I'm going to plant magic seeds, Nicole insisted, her

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Speaker 1: imagination already painting the barren plot with vibrant candy plants.

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Speaker 1: Smiling at her daughter's excitement, her mother nodded, Okay, my

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Speaker 1: imaginative gardener, I can't wait to see this magic candy

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Speaker 2: What makes these seeds magical.

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Speaker 1: Though they're going to grow into candy plants, Nicole replied

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Speaker 1: Into silence, a gentle breeze blew through the garden. Could

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