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

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Speaker 1: we are super excited because we have so many more

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Speaker 1: congratulations to Amelia in Temple, Georgia, who will be two

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Speaker 1: years off Keemo on September eighth. This means Amelia is

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Speaker 1: officially a cancer survivor. Happy belated birthday to Yukina in Tokyo, Japan. Mama, Papa, Oma,

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Speaker 1: more than you can imagine. Have a wonderful year in kindergarten.

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Speaker 1: Happy belated tenth birthday to Zachi Madoor from Whitby in Wellington,

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Speaker 1: belated birthday to my wonderful, cheerful, smart Tutu in Washington, DC.

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Speaker 1: Love your aunt, who is proud of you for being

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Speaker 1: your schoolwork. Happy belated birthday, Sore and Sally in Albuquerque.

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Speaker 1: Mommy and Daddy love you this much, and so do

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Speaker 1: Little Cheetah. Happy belated fifth birthday, to Jude Love, Mommy,

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Speaker 1: and Mabel all wish you the happiest birthday ever and

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Speaker 1: love you so very much. Happy birthday to Elena from

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Speaker 1: Theo Carlton from Boucherville, Quebec on September eleventh. From Mama, Papa,

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Speaker 1: Billy and your baby brother arriving soon. They are so

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Speaker 1: proud of the brave, creative, strong boy you are and

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Speaker 1: no you will be a wonderful big brother. Happy birthday, Toddie, Mommy, Daddy, Maddie,

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Speaker 1: Jake and Trixie love you very much. Happy fourth Birthday

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Speaker 1: to our very own June Rainbow Bug on September thirteenth,

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Speaker 1: Happy sixth birthday to Sydney on September fifteenth. Mom and

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Speaker 1: you for rocking kindergarten. And Happy eighth birthday to Natalie.

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Speaker 1: Mommy and Daddy love you and so do Mauie, Senible

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Speaker 1: We can't wait to celebrate with you. Now on to

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Speaker 1: our story. It's a windy day outside and Bernice and

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Speaker 1: When Bernice gets inside, she chats with Cookie before making

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Speaker 1: her with. Bernice worries about her friendship with Gertrude. It

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Speaker 1: It's like we're walking through a storm. She tilted herself dramatically,

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Speaker 1: But I guess that goes without saying, right, Bernie smiled

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Speaker 1: you're lucky, you know, not having to wear shoes. Laces

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Speaker 1: I'm all out of patience, Bernie sighed, finally freeing her sneaker.

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Speaker 1: how was your day? Huh that you didn't go outside?

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Speaker 1: If you had, you might have blown away. My teacher said,

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Speaker 1: it's common this time of year, but I don't remember

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Speaker 1: for a belly rub Bernie chuckled, Yeah, I had kind

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Speaker 1: of a strange day today too, at least I think so.

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Speaker 1: You remember my friend Gertrude, right, she's come over for

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Speaker 1: It was kind of sad. I don't really get it,

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Speaker 1: Cookie me out again, stretching contentedly. Frum the kitchen Papa

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Speaker 1: Bear called, I've got some cookies on the table. You

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Speaker 1: Bernice giggled, I think I better go, Cookie. If I

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Speaker 1: don't hurry, there won't be any laught. And you know

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Speaker 1: My stomach might rumble so loud the neighbors could hear it.

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Speaker 1: She dashed into the kitchen. Sorry I took so long.

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Speaker 1: Papa Cookie really needed to talk to me again today.

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Speaker 1: I think she's been a little lonely since school started.

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Speaker 1: You and Cookie are good friends, little Bear. It makes

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Speaker 1: Bear said, setting a glass of warm vanilla milk on

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Speaker 1: the table. Yeah, I think so, Bernice agreed, washing her

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Speaker 1: It's so windy today. I'm just glad you didn't blow away.

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Speaker 1: Taking a bite of her cookie, Bernice grinned. It was

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Speaker 1: one day. Is that okay? Of course he can come over,

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Speaker 1: his tea. Well, sometimes, little Bear, our memories of things

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Speaker 1: like the weather can fade over time. When we're younger,

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Speaker 1: the window as the wind rattled the trees outside. The

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Speaker 1: weather is changing. It's not just you. What do you mean,

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Speaker 1: Bernice asked, pausing mid bite. Over the years, the world's

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Speaker 1: the changes are happening slowly, but things like stronger winds,

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Speaker 1: furrowed her brow. So that's why I don't remember it

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Speaker 1: being so windy. Papa Bear nodded. That might be it.

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Speaker 1: The seasons are still here, but I think it wasn't

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Speaker 1: even me to remember, he paused, before adding, and that's

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Speaker 1: why scientists and weather experts write all this down By

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Speaker 1: Chewed on her cookie. Hmmm, I guess that makes sense.

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Speaker 1: So other than nearly getting blown away, what else happened today,

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Speaker 1: Bernice hesitated for a moment. Your cookies are super yummy today, Papa.

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Speaker 1: I'm really hungry, though maybe not as hungry as usual

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Speaker 1: since I didn't have jim today and I had a

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Speaker 1: big lunch. Are these macadamia cookies? Papa Bear smiled, Yes,

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Speaker 1: little Bear, they are. I added a little spice to

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Speaker 1: your milk too. So no surprise test today? Was your

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Speaker 1: English teacher as strict as usual? No, Papa, the teachers

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Speaker 1: English is fun right now because we get to read

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Speaker 1: new stories. And I think she said we might do

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Speaker 1: a drama, which is fun. Bobby is in my class

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Speaker 1: and stuff. But Papa Bear raised an eyebrow, but Bernice frowned, Well,

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Speaker 1: something kind of happened. There's this new girl at school.

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Speaker 1: She likes basketball, and she's been hanging out with a

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Speaker 1: different group at lunch. They don't really like Bobby, and

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Speaker 1: today Gertrude ate lunch with them instead of us. She

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Speaker 1: have to choose. Papa Bear sighed gently. I'm sorry, Bernice.

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Speaker 1: It's hard when a friend joins a group that doesn't

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Speaker 1: you have to pick sides, but you don't. You can

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Speaker 1: care about both Gertrude and Bobby, even if they're not

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Speaker 1: Bernice nodded, still looking uncertain. I guess I'm worried Gertrude

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Speaker 1: true to yourself, little bear. If you're not comfortable with

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Speaker 1: I'll leave a story on Love you, Papa. I love

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