1 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. This is 2 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: part two of our story about Red the transfer Student. 3 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: If you listen to the first part, you know that 4 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: Red is going to her new school for the first time. 5 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 1: She has moved to a new place and had to isolate, 6 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: so she is starting late and not looking forward to 7 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: her first day of school. She doesn't like the colors 8 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,639 Speaker 1: she sees around her, and her trip on the bus 9 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: is awful. When Red arrives at school, she goes to 10 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: the principal's office and then finally to her new classroom. 11 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: Red finds her seat near Charlie and then later needs 12 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: to get up and introduce herself to the class. This 13 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: is when things start to go wrong The Transfer Student 14 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 1: Part two. Do you remember a time when you blurted 15 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: out a word that you weren't supposed to or a 16 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: word spoken at an inappropriate time? How did it feel 17 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: and how did people react? Red knew she wasn't supposed 18 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: to say the word that there was a carefully crafted 19 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,559 Speaker 1: story about where she was from. It just came out. 20 00:01:56,400 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: She sometimes just couldn't help herself. But now it was 21 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: too late and the classroom was full of laughter. She 22 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: said it. Still she couldn't understand why everyone was laughing 23 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: at her. Literally everyone was laughing. Even the teacher had 24 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: a smirk on her face. It's like they didn't believe her. 25 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: But she always told the truth. Mars is a place, well, 26 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: there is a town in Pennsylvania called Mars. At least. 27 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: Her mother always told her to be honest, that honesty 28 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: was the best policy. Her father used to always repeat 29 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: so much that Red's eyes would start to roll each 30 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: time she heard it. That honesty is the first chapter 31 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: in the Book of Wisdom or something like that. And 32 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: yet here I am telling the truth and all I 33 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: get is laughter in return. Ugh. Now, class settled down, 34 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: missus Johnson yelled. I'm sure Red is just telling a joke, 35 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: isn't that right? Red? M Yeah, mumbled Red, whose face 36 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: was so rosy that it felt like it was on fire. 37 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: I like to tell jokes. There is no place called 38 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: Mars except in Pennsylvania. Everyone should just forget about it, 39 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: she added, sheepishly. Okay, class, we'll get another opportunity to 40 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: get to know our new classmate during story shay time tomorrow, 41 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: missus Johnson said, with a smirk. Maybe we can all 42 00:03:54,960 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: tell funny stories now, let's open our math books to 43 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: page twenty five and continue where we left off from 44 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: last time. The class collectively groaned and all eyes left 45 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: Red as they all opened their textbooks as dramatically as 46 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 1: they possibly could. Red opened her math book and realized 47 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: that it was all problems she had solved before. And 48 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 1: though math was Red's favorite subject, she found herself daydreaming 49 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 1: and not listening to the teacher at all. She was 50 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:45,799 Speaker 1: thinking back to her life at her former school, her friends, 51 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 1: the grayness, the glorious red soil, the pancakes. Red squirmed 52 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 1: as she daydreamed, why do we have to sit in 53 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: these uncomfortable seats? At her former school, they would all 54 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: sit on comfy cushions in a circle on the floor 55 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: and listen to the teacher as she taught the lesson. 56 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: Then they would solve the problems together as a team. 57 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: She would always sit beside her Ratio and Solomon, her 58 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:29,239 Speaker 1: best friends in the world. They were in every class together, 59 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: would work out the problems together and play in the 60 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 1: outer rings together. The sound of Charlie's sneezing watery mucus 61 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: into the front of his T shirt broke her from 62 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: her Reverie yach at lunch. Red made her way through 63 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: the sea of kids crowding the hallways to the harshly 64 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: let large concrete room where the school forced the kids 65 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 1: to sit and eat. No sun had ever shone on 66 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: the inside of this place as she walked in. There 67 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: were few places left to sit, and by the looks 68 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: on everyone's face, she wasn't welcome to sit by them. 69 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: She could feel the other student's eyes on her and 70 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: hear their whispers Mars funny clothes silly floated through the 71 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: air like the flies she discovered for the first time. 72 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: When she arrived at this new place, she sat alone, 73 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: that is until, without saying a word, Rachel sat in 74 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: front of her. How she managed to sit there without 75 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: spilling her lunch? Amazed, Red she navigated the difficult bench 76 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: sheets she was reading. In one hand a huge book 77 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: open somewhere near to the end, and in the other 78 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: a tray full of disgusting looking food, which Red guest 79 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: was the chicken nuggets, corn and pears that the principal 80 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: mentioned earlier during announcements. On the side was a huge 81 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: cup of hot tea which looked like it might spill 82 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: at any moment. Be careful, Red said an alarm. Rachel 83 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: said nothing and, judging by the look of concentration on 84 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:44,239 Speaker 1: her face, didn't hear anything. Red said as she sat 85 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: down and continued reading without looking up. Rachel asked, you 86 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: really from Mars, because if you are, I would totally 87 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: believe it. Hmmm, yes, Rachel stuttered, Mars, Pennsylvania. She quietly added, hmmm, 88 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: that's cool. We don't get many new faces around here. 89 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: Most people were born here and few people come here 90 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: on purpose, Rachel said, and we especially don't see many 91 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: with as keen a fashion sense as yours keen fashion sense. 92 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,719 Speaker 1: What's wrong with my clothes? I'll tell you these were 93 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: the most popular fashions on uh in my hometown, said Red, indignantly, 94 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 1: not looking up from her book. Rachel replied, Oh, there 95 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: is nothing wrong with your clothes. They are just different, 96 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: is all. What's wrong with being different? Asked Red. Nothing. 97 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: Being different is great, but not everyone thinks the same 98 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 1: way because they are well, they are different. Rachel said, ugh, 99 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: looking up briefly, Rachel asked, what's that you are eating 100 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:19,359 Speaker 1: for lunch? Handcakes? Glorious pancakes. My mother makes me pancakes 101 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: at least once a day. Red said, with a sparkle 102 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: in her eye. You're lucky. My mother doesn't know how 103 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: to cook. One day she tried to cook spaghetti and 104 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 1: almost burn the house down. Rachel said with a sigh. 105 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: My father tries, but I get tired of nut butter sandwiches. 106 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: She added, Well, I guess we better get back to class, 107 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 1: Red said, in an attempt to change the subject. Red 108 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: walked behind Rachel, amazed that she could continue to stare 109 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: at her book without running into someone as they walked 110 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: together to their next class, English with mister mccaskell. All right, 111 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: mister mccaskell said, we are going to start a new 112 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:18,959 Speaker 1: novel called The Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell. 113 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: But first I have a question for you. What did 114 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 1: one ocean say to the other ocean? He asked. The 115 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: class groaned, Oh, nothing, They just waved. Much to the 116 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: astonishment of the whole class, mister mccaskell included, Red laughed 117 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 1: out loud. Everyone stared at her in silence. Ugh. The 118 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: rest of the day was uneventful. Classes came and went. 119 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: No one asked her where she came from, no one 120 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: looked at what she was wearing. She was happy to 121 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: be ignored, and unfortunately none of her other teachers had 122 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: mister mccaskell's glorious sense of humor. The classes seemed boring, 123 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: with science introducing topics that she had covered years ago. 124 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: And finally the bell rang and it was time to 125 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: get the buss, which would deliver her to the freedom 126 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: of her bedroom. Again. She sat at the back of 127 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,599 Speaker 1: the buss, and again when the boss hit a bump, 128 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 1: she hit her head. Ugh. The bus delivered her to 129 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: the front of her house, which Red thought took an eternity. 130 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: She had to sit close to Charlie again, and she 131 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 1: was thankful she could pull her hoodie down over her face. 132 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: Charlie seemed to be sneezing everywhere. As she got off 133 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: the bus, she noticed that there was a strange black 134 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: car in the driveway government plates. There was a strange 135 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:27,680 Speaker 1: air of seriousness as she walked in the house. Usually 136 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 1: she would go immediately to her room unless there was 137 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: a smell of freshly baked cookies, but she hesitated. She 138 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 1: was curious who might be visiting Red. Her mom called, 139 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: please come into the kitchen. As Red walked towards the kitchen, 140 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: she noticed two mountainous people dressed completely in black suits, 141 00:12:55,800 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: black hats, and wearing black sunglasses. The larger of the two, 142 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: a woman with arms twice the size of Red's legs, 143 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: stood there motionless. The other, a man, stood there with 144 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: a large, forced smile with impeccably white teeth. Red her 145 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: mother said anxiously, we need to talk, and that is 146 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: the end of this part of the story. Good Night, 147 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: sleep tight.