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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. The Sneezing

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Speaker 1: Too Can is a story by Jim Monroe. If you

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Speaker 1: Hello to may Rose, Hello to Ruby and Tiffany from Texas.

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Speaker 1: Hello to Cash, who is five years old and lives

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Speaker 1: in Snellville, Georgia. And Hello to Quinn and Lulu from Bend, Oregon.

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Speaker 1: to us. Have you ever wanted a pet? What kind

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Speaker 1: of pet would you like to have? Today's story is

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Speaker 1: about a little boy who wants a pet, but has

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Speaker 1: to find one that his mom will also like. He

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Speaker 1: goes to the pet store to see what he can

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Speaker 1: find and comes home with the one he hopes his

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Speaker 1: mom will like. The Sneezing Too Can Another Saturday morning,

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Speaker 1: and I was riding my bike headed to town with my

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Speaker 1: hair in a spike. Really wanted to find just the

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Speaker 1: right pet, and hoping my mom would not get upseted.

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Speaker 1: She doesn't like snakes or lizards or cats, or hamsters

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Speaker 1: or pigs. No, nothing like that. No dogs, fish or turtles,

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Speaker 1: and no rabbits, of course, And I'd better not think

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Speaker 1: of ever getting a horse. I thought about monkeys and

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Speaker 1: baby goats too, and I'm certain a chicken just wouldn't do.

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Speaker 1: So into the shop I went looking around, wondering if

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Speaker 1: the right pet would ever be found. Two puppies were wrestling,

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Speaker 1: a shepherd and collie. There in the tank swam a

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Speaker 1: whole school of Molly's three Siamese kittens in a box

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Speaker 1: on the floor, and gerbils and ferrets scurried all through

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Speaker 1: the store. A seven foot python slithered in a large crate.

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Speaker 1: Although Mom wouldn't like it, I thought he was great.

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Speaker 1: Then I noticed a cage sitting away in the back.

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Speaker 1: Inside stood a bird whose feathers were black, his neck

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Speaker 1: a bright yellow, his feet a pale blue, his nose

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Speaker 1: painted orange and red and green too. What a beautiful bird,

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Speaker 1: I said to myself. I wonder why he's back here

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Speaker 1: on the shelf. While I stood there, just staring at

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Speaker 1: the gorgeous toucan, I felt a tap on my shoulder

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Speaker 1: from the old pet store man. He said, son, you

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Speaker 1: don't want that big nosed blackbird because he's got a

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Speaker 1: problem that's really absurd. In fact, he does something that

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Speaker 1: you just won't believe. That big nosed blackbird can do

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Speaker 1: nothing but sneeze. Well I stood there a moment, not

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Speaker 1: sure what to do, when all of a sudden, that

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Speaker 1: bird went at you. The man checked his watch. It

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Speaker 1: was a second past ten. He said, in one hour,

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Speaker 1: he will do it again, hour by hour. That bird

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Speaker 1: just won't stop. So I placed him here in the

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Speaker 1: back of the shop. I tried every cure from far

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Speaker 1: and from near, but he keeps right on sneezing. It's

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Speaker 1: been over two years. Bottles and bottles of pills big

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Speaker 1: and small, as far as concoctions, well, I've tried them all.

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Speaker 1: That man rambled on for thirty minutes. I bet about

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Speaker 1: potions and lotions and trips to the vet. Well, I thought,

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Speaker 1: and I thought, and then asked the old man, how

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Speaker 1: much do you want or that sneezing too can He's

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Speaker 1: been here a long time, so I'll sell him half

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Speaker 1: price and the cage will be free. But take my advice.

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Speaker 1: At night you will want an ear plug or two.

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Speaker 1: And when he had said that, the bird went at you.

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Speaker 1: I glanced at the clock that hung over my head.

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Speaker 1: Just after eleven is what the hands read. So I

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Speaker 1: paid for the bird, tied the cage to the bike,

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Speaker 1: and hoping a too Can was something Mom likes. As

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Speaker 1: I pedaled home, my stomach started to flip and my

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Speaker 1: knuckles turned white from a very tight grip. I walked

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Speaker 1: in the kitchen, set the cage on a chair, and

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Speaker 1: Mom stopped in her tracks and started to stare, well,

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Speaker 1: I got him half priced, and just look at that

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Speaker 1: beak with all of those colors. He sure is unique.

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Speaker 1: He's got one small problem and it's not a disease,

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Speaker 1: so don't be surprised when you hear his big sneeze.

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Speaker 1: Mom said, yes, that too can is one gorgeous bird,

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Speaker 1: but I'm not convinced it's a pet I prefer. But

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Speaker 1: I will be fair and I'll give you three days,

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Speaker 1: and if he can quit sneezing, then I'll let him stay.

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Speaker 1: The Grandfather clock started chiming a tune. The two can

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Speaker 1: sneezed loudly. It was just afternoon. Mom said, hearing him

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Speaker 1: sneeze can be quite a shock, but it's not as

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Speaker 1: loud as those bongs. From the clock. Day number two,

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Speaker 1: and I needed a plan, so I put fruit and

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Speaker 1: veggies inside a large pan. I fed him at breakfast,

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Speaker 1: and I fed him at lunch. All through the day

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Speaker 1: he continued to munch the two can ate cherries and

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Speaker 1: carrots and beans, and apples and corn and two tangerines.

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Speaker 1: I tried melons and grapes and celery and peas, but

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Speaker 1: that bird, like a clock, just continued to sneeze. As

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Speaker 1: I crawled into bed, I heard my mom say, if

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Speaker 1: he still sneezes tomorrow, you know he can't stay. I

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Speaker 1: must leave in the morning. I'll be back after noon.

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Speaker 1: You better think of a cure, and it better be soon.

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Speaker 1: The next morning came fast, and I heard the loud

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Speaker 1: chimes that too, can sneezed hard at a second past nine.

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Speaker 1: Then I got an idea that I thought might succeed.

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Speaker 1: So I grabbed all the tools that I thought I

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Speaker 1: would need. I found the brass key, slid it into

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Speaker 1: the lock, and removed every chime from the grandfather clock.

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Speaker 1: I made a shelf for the cage the two can

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Speaker 1: looked great, then removed the glass door. As Mom came

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Speaker 1: through the gate, she came through the hallway and looked

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Speaker 1: at the bird, and her mouth opened wide, but did

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Speaker 1: not say a word. Well, the bongs were much louder

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Speaker 1: compared to his sneeze, so I took out the chimes,

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Speaker 1: and I thought you'd be pleased. Then her face began melting,

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Speaker 1: and she said with a smile, well it looks like

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Speaker 1: that bird can stay quite a while. Now our clock

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Speaker 1: is unique, and the two can is too. It was

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Speaker 1: a tick after one and all we heard was ah

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Speaker 1: ah ah chew, And that's the end of our story.

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Speaker 1: The Sneezing too can by Jim Monroe. Good Night, sleep Tight,