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Speaker 1: Welcome to Lively Lewis Stories.

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Speaker 2: Buckle up because you're about to join Levi and Ivy

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Speaker 1: All you need is your imagination an.

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Speaker 2: Off we go, Ready, Lars Stories. I'vy hurried to finish

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Speaker 2: her afternoon snack and ran to get her bag for

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Speaker 2: ballet class. Slow down, sweetie, her mom called after her,

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Speaker 2: but nothing could slow Ivy down. All the way to

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Speaker 2: the studio, Ivy talked about how excited she was for

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Speaker 2: her big performance. It was only two weeks away. It

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Speaker 2: sounds like you're gonna need extra practice between now and then.

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Speaker 2: Her mom said, Oh, I already know my part. Ivy

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Speaker 2: assured her mother. Miss Taylor says we need to practice

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Speaker 2: one hour every day, but I don't need to. I

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Speaker 2: guess I'm a natural. Her mother started to say something

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Speaker 2: as they pulled into the parking space at the studio,

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Speaker 2: but Ivy was already unbuckling her seatbelt in a rush

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Speaker 2: to get to class. Once inside, Ivy's mom joined the

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Speaker 2: other parents in a room behind a glass window where

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Speaker 2: they could watch the children and practice. Ivy put her

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Speaker 2: bag against the wall and joined her friend Mia at

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Speaker 2: the bar. Hi Ivy, Mia said, did you practice? Are

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Speaker 2: the new combination. Miss Taylor taught us last week, it's

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Speaker 2: super hard. Ivey nodded, yeah, I practiced a little, it's easy.

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Speaker 2: Within moments, Miss Taylor led the girls through a series

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Speaker 2: of stretches, reminding them to always warm up before they danced.

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Speaker 2: Ivy followed along, but she didn't like spending so much

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Speaker 2: time warming up. She wanted to do all the fun

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Speaker 2: moves without doing the stretches. Finally, it was time to

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Speaker 2: practice their parts for the performance. Mia went first and

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Speaker 2: did a great job pure wedding across the room, you

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Speaker 2: could tell she had put in a lot of work.

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Speaker 2: The other girls also demonstrated their parts as Miss Taylor

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Speaker 2: helped them with their technique. When it was Ivy's turn,

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Speaker 2: she began her routine. However, she missed one of the

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Speaker 2: steps leading to her jump, which caused her to stumble forward.

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Speaker 2: Miss Taylor ran to see if she was okay. Ivy

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Speaker 2: felt embarrassed, but said, don't worry, Miss Taylor, I know

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Speaker 2: my part. Her teachers mild encouragingly, you just need a

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Speaker 2: little more practice and you'll have it down in no time.

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Speaker 2: Ivy heard her teacher's words, but didn't think she needed

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Speaker 2: more practice. At all. She just made a silly mistake

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Speaker 2: and it wouldn't happen again. However, as the class went on,

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Speaker 2: Ivy made more and more mistakes, which caused her to

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Speaker 2: feel frustrated and out of sorts. Miss Taylor, may I

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Speaker 2: go get a drink of water, Ivy asked, wanting to

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Speaker 2: take a break. Of course, Miss Taylor answered, you can

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Speaker 2: fill up your water bottle down the hall. Ivy grabbed

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Speaker 2: She thought about all the mistakes she'd made, but still

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Speaker 2: she stubbornly believed she didn't need to practice as much

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Speaker 2: as the others. In fact, she secretly wished she could

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Speaker 2: rise through the levels without any effort at all. After

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Speaker 2: fieling her water bottle at the fountain, she took her

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Speaker 2: time walking back to the class, daydreaming about being the

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Speaker 2: best ballerina in the world. She pictured herself on a

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Speaker 2: day she would be famous. Suddenly, the lights flickered and

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Speaker 2: a burst of bright light surrounded her. She shielded her eyes,

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Speaker 2: wondering what was going on. When she opened them, she

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Speaker 2: saw something she could hardly believe. There before her very

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Speaker 2: eyes was a floating wand. It was a magic wand.

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Speaker 2: Dazzling and sparkly. The wand was encircled in a rainbow

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Speaker 2: colored dust that swirled around and glistened in the light.

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Speaker 2: At first, Ivy was too mesmerized to touch it, but

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Speaker 2: then she carefully reached out and told of it.

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Speaker 2: Ivy exclaimed, it's beautiful. I beheld the magic wand with

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Speaker 2: her like a whirlwind of pixie dust. This wand is

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Speaker 2: just what I need, she said aloud, And with that

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Speaker 2: Ivy waved it high in the air and said, I

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Speaker 2: wish with all my heart to be the best ballerina ever,

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Speaker 2: and without having to do the work. At once, a

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Speaker 2: loud swoo che air, along with twinkling sand, swept over

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Speaker 2: Ivy and picked her up off her feet. When she

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Speaker 2: come true. Back in the studio, Ivy quickly hid the

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Speaker 2: Her feet felt light underneath her, and as she danced,

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Speaker 2: leaped and pierre wetted her way through the rest of

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Speaker 2: the practice. Oh my, Ivy, Miss Taylor remarked that drink

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Speaker 2: of water was just what you needed, wasn't it. Ivy

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Speaker 2: smiled and said it sure was, Miss Taylor, it sure was.

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Speaker 2: Over the next two weeks, Ivy didn't practice at all.

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Speaker 2: She didn't need to. Every evening she showed up to

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Speaker 2: One day, she listened quietly as her friends talked about

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Speaker 2: how much extra practice they'd done to get ready for

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Speaker 2: the performance. One girl named Charlotte said, my feet are

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Speaker 2: get stronger and stronger. Another friend named Emma replied, my

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Speaker 2: aunt took me to the city ballet. It inspired me

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Speaker 2: to work even harder at home. On and on their stories,

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Speaker 2: when each of them describing the hard work it took

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Speaker 2: talk about the journey to the top, and she applauded

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Speaker 2: them for their dedication. Then, turning to Ivy, Miss Taylor asked,

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Speaker 2: better dancer? Ivy. Ivy thought about it for a moment.

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Speaker 2: She didn't have a story. All she had was a

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Speaker 2: work as hard as the others, she finally answered. I

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Speaker 2: guess I'm a natural. Her teacher bent down and spoke

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Speaker 2: with both wisdom and kindness. She said, it's nice when

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Speaker 2: things come easy to us, isn't it. But true success

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Speaker 2: comes from hard work. Please keep that in mind, Ivy.

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Speaker 2: After all, I truly want to see you succeed. However,

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Speaker 2: Ivy didn't want to think about hard work. As long

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Speaker 2: at the top of her class, and that's what she

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Speaker 2: cared about the most. Finally, it was the day of

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Speaker 2: and twirled in front of a mirror. Don't make yourself dizzy,

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Speaker 2: her brother, Levi said. He was six and always teasing her.

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Speaker 2: I don't get dizzy, Ivy retorted, I'm a professional ballerina.

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Speaker 2: Uh okay, Levi said, rolling his eyes and walking away.

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Speaker 2: When they arrived at the venue, Ivy ran backstage, where

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Speaker 2: Ivy participated half heartedly, wanting time to pass quickly so

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Speaker 2: Mia whispered, I hope I can make my jump. I'm

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Speaker 2: not nervous at all, Ivy replied confidently. Just as they

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Speaker 2: The lights were brought low when a quiet hush fell

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Speaker 2: over the audience places everyone Miss Taylor called. The girls

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Speaker 2: lined up just as they'd practice, and when Miss Taylor

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Speaker 2: The first half of the performance went great. Ivy and

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Speaker 2: she realized she'd forgotten the magic wand at home. Surely

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Speaker 2: the magic is still with me, she thought, trying to

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Speaker 2: remember the next part of her routine. However, it didn't

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Speaker 2: She did the best she could, but without having practice,

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Speaker 2: the middle of the stage. Oh Ivy, Emma exclaimed, running

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Speaker 2: to help her. Ivy's face was red with embarrassment. She

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Speaker 2: in tears. Miss Taylor hurried to comfort her. It's okay, Ivy,

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Speaker 2: her teacher soothed, but Ivy shook her head. I didn't

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Speaker 2: ballerina without how I mean to do the work. Miss

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Speaker 2: Taylor pulled her close. I understand, my dear, I truly do.

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Speaker 2: But it's the lessons learned through hard work that make

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Speaker 2: you who you are. Does that make sense? Ivy wiped

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Speaker 2: at her tears and nodded, yes, Miss Taylor, it makes sense.

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Speaker 2: Now I'm gonna work extra hard from now on. Together,

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Speaker 2: they walked to the reception area where Ivy's mom, dad,

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Speaker 2: was gonna tease her for falling on stage. However, Levi

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Speaker 2: just handed her a glass of punch and said, one day, Ivy,

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Speaker 2: you will be the best ballerina ever. Did you learn

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Speaker 2: a lesson from this story?

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Speaker 1: A feu? Was it? And? Parents, do your kids have

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Speaker 1: a story idea?

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Speaker 2: with five stars, the idea and your kid's name for

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Speaker 2: a chance to join Levi and Ivy on their next adventure.

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Speaker 2: Until next time, thanks

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Speaker 1: For listening, Come back for more