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Speaker 1: Thank you. This story was written thanks to ideas from

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Speaker 1: our listeners Josie is eight and Laura and all those

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Speaker 1: into this story. Thank you. This story is about a

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Speaker 1: little girl named Lucy who loves to play Minecraft. Lucy's

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Speaker 1: mom tells her it is time to get ready for bed,

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Speaker 1: but Lucy is busy playing Minecraft and doesn't want to stop.

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Speaker 1: Lucy puts down the game and gets ready for bed,

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Speaker 1: but just can't stop thinking about the game. Will her

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Speaker 1: chickens be okay? She decides to have one more quick

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Speaker 1: look just to make sure Lucy and the unicorn. Lucy

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Speaker 1: had just planted another garden outside her beautiful house made

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Speaker 1: of brick. When her mother called from the kitchen to

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Speaker 1: tell her it was time to start bedtime. But Mom,

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Speaker 1: I just planted my garden and I haven't fed my

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Speaker 1: cows or chickens, and I really need to have more chicks.

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Speaker 1: Her mom entered the living room and said, your garden

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Speaker 1: and animals can wait until tomorrow. But Mom, Lucy replied,

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Speaker 1: Her mom said. Lucy loved bedtime, the stories and tickles,

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Speaker 1: but sometimes she just felt like playing Minecraft forever. In Minecraft,

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Speaker 1: most importantly, she could raise and care for animals. Lucy

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Speaker 1: loved animals, especially sheep, cows, chickens, pigs, cats, donkeys, rabbits,

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Speaker 1: and dogs. She didn't like creepers much, though they ruined everything.

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Speaker 1: Whenever she played Minecraft, it seemed like she was the

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Speaker 1: mom tucked her into bed, read her a book, and

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Speaker 1: as she left, asked Alexa to play her a story

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Speaker 1: from one of her favorite podcasts, but Lucy couldn't stop

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Speaker 1: thinking about her animals. Would the chickens be okay without her?

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Speaker 1: She decided to look just one more time to make

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Speaker 1: to the sounds of her dog barking and panting. Lulu

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Speaker 1: fed him a bone he gave her hearts. Her iron

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Speaker 1: Daylight meant it was time to check on her animal

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Speaker 1: and crops. Lucy raced out her wooden door into the

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Speaker 1: and pumpkin and all were growing so nicely. Next, she

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Speaker 1: The baby pigs were so cute. Though she created fences

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Speaker 1: She fed her pigs some potatoes, which they loved, and

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Speaker 1: so she told Lulu to stay, and off she went.

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Speaker 1: As she crossed the bridge, she saw something bright in

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Speaker 1: Though it was daytime, you could still see it. It

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Speaker 1: What could it be? Should she go to investigate? Well,

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Speaker 1: thought the light should have been. Except the light wasn't there.

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Speaker 1: Surely she went in the correct direction, she thought, Where

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Speaker 1: Just as she thought about going back to her house,

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Speaker 1: Could she make it in time, she wondered. She was

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Speaker 1: but each time she thought she should almost be where

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Speaker 1: be moving. This time, she changed course to where she

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Speaker 1: was this very moment. It worked. After only a short period,

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Speaker 1: running over hills, tall grass and trees, past sheep and

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Speaker 1: At this distance, it looked like a horse, but its

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Speaker 1: moved closer, she saw something else amazing. It had a horn,

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Speaker 1: a single horn on its head. Could this really be

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Speaker 1: what it looks like? A unicorn? She covered the final

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Speaker 1: distance across the grass in a flash. Hello are you

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Speaker 1: I am a unicorn, it said, you talked, Lucy exclaimed.

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Speaker 1: I am constantly talking to them almost every day. She said.

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Speaker 1: My name is Lucy, by the way, and I have

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Speaker 1: nice to meet you. The unicorn said, I've been following

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Speaker 1: Lucy said, almost out of breath. I'm so sorry about that.

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Speaker 1: I like to keep moving, and seeing as the sun

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Speaker 1: and they are so cranky sometimes that running into them

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Speaker 1: have so many questions, like what do you eat? Are

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Speaker 1: Can I be your friend? Lucy said, all in one

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Speaker 1: big breath. Just then the sun set and the sounds

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Speaker 1: the unicorn replied Lucy, and the unicorn went in the

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Speaker 1: interior of the house was very simple. There were some

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Speaker 1: have any apples or cake or cookies. But first, why

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Speaker 1: That is, if you don't mind showing me where you live.

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Speaker 1: Unicorn added, that's a great idea, and yes, I would

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Speaker 1: She replied Lucy, climbed in bed and asked, would you

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Speaker 1: mind telling me a story. I always listen to stories

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Speaker 1: have nice dreams. I would be happy to the unicorn said,

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Speaker 1: I'll share with you one of the stories my mother

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Speaker 1: The moonlight fades from flower and tree, and the stars

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Speaker 1: is sung, and the fairy feast is done. The night

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Speaker 1: wind rocks the sleeping flowers and sings to them soft

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Speaker 1: and low. The early birds ere long will wake. Tis

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Speaker 1: time for the elves to go, And before the unicorn

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Speaker 1: As she walked down the stairs, rubbing her eyes, she

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Speaker 1: called out to her mother, Mom, I was on the

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Speaker 1: most interesting adventure and met a new friend. Really, her

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Speaker 1: mom said, I can't wait to hear all about it,

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Speaker 1: and that's the end of our story. Good night, sleep

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