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Speaker 1: Hey, friends, welcome back to Kids Short Stories. If this

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Speaker 1: is your first time hanging with me, my name is

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Speaker 1: mister Jim.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the family.

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Speaker 1: Yes, mister Jim has a whole bunch of podcasts. We

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Speaker 1: have this one here, we have Kids' Animal Stories and

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Speaker 1: Biology Squad. So in your podcast app if you look

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Speaker 1: podcasts will show up. And you don't want to miss

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Speaker 1: out in any of our awesome stories. We do fifteen

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Speaker 1: episodes a week between those three shows, so there's always

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Speaker 1: something new to listen to. Well, are you ready for

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Speaker 1: today's adventure? Me too, Let's go. It was a rainy day.

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Speaker 1: As Wally was leaning up against the window and looking

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Speaker 1: at the rain outside, he was feeling sad, not just

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Speaker 1: because of the rain, but because he was moving today.

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Speaker 1: As his nose wiped across the window, he just was

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Speaker 1: very sad to leave everything here behind. Oh yeah, Wally

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Speaker 1: is a dog and that's why his nose was rubbing

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Speaker 1: on the window. And Wally the dog was moving very

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Speaker 1: far away from where he lived right now. He was

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Speaker 1: moving to London, London, England. Yes, it was a different

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Speaker 1: country from where he lived. And he was very nervous

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Speaker 1: about going to a new place and having to make

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Speaker 1: new friends and go to new places, maybe even a

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Speaker 1: new school, and there was a lot Have you ever

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Speaker 1: had to move before, Yeah, that could be a very

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Speaker 1: exciting time because new things can be fun, but they

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Speaker 1: can also feel a little sad to leave things behind,

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Speaker 1: like to go to a new home. Can sometimes feel

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Speaker 1: hard to make a new house feel like a home.

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Speaker 1: And I think that's what our puppy friend Wally was, Oh,

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Speaker 1: there's gonna be so many new things over there, and

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Speaker 1: I'm kind of nervous to try and make new friends

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Speaker 1: because you know, what if what if they're different? What

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Speaker 1: if I'm different? What if they think I'm weird? And

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but I guess I guess it's time.

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Speaker 1: Wally had packed up his bags and he took a

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Speaker 1: bus to the airport, got in the airplane, and flew

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Speaker 1: across the ocean. This was a very long airplane flight,

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Speaker 1: the longest one that he had ever been on, and

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Speaker 1: the whole way there he was just worried. After several hours,

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Speaker 1: the airplane landed down on the ground. Its wheels squeaked

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Speaker 1: as it touched down on the ground. And the seeds

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Speaker 1: bumped very loudly. Have you ever been in a plane

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Speaker 1: that landed. Yeah, sometimes they can be a little bounce

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Speaker 1: as they land on the ground, but that's totally normal.

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Speaker 1: Wally the puppy was a little nervous because it bounced

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Speaker 1: and was very loud as the plane touched down on

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Speaker 1: the ground, but he was very relieved to finally be

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Speaker 1: out of the air. He grabbed his bags and walked

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Speaker 1: down the steps to get off of the airplane. He

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Speaker 1: looked around and realized, yes, this is a very different

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Speaker 1: place than where I lived before. Wally was not sure

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Speaker 1: And I guess I'll go this way. That's where everyone

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Speaker 1: else is walking. Wally followed a whole crowd of people.

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Speaker 1: I think they were going to the baggage claim area,

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Speaker 1: you know, to get your larger bags. As he walked

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Speaker 1: Wally was just standing there all by himself, but not

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Speaker 1: for long. Hi there, oh, oh, oh, hello, Hi, what's

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Speaker 1: your name? My name's Wally. Hi Wally, my name's Finn.

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Speaker 1: Have you ever come to London before, Finn asked no,

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Speaker 1: here and you're moving here, shouted Finn.

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Speaker 3: That's so amazing.

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Speaker 1: We should totally be friends. I can show you around.

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Speaker 1: Oh there's so many amazing things red buses and big

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Speaker 1: bridges and clarks and London is an amazing place, said

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Speaker 1: Finn the Fox. Finn was so excited he started to

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Speaker 1: run in circles with his big fluffy tail, bouncing into

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Speaker 1: some others that were standing nearby. Oh, I'm so sorry, sorry, sorry,

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Speaker 1: I'm just so excited. I love making new friends. Wally

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Speaker 1: of Finn the Fox, but he was also kind of happy,

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Speaker 1: happy to not be alone anymore, and maybe Finn the

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Speaker 1: Fox would actually be a good friend. Well. Over the

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Speaker 1: next several minutes, Finn started to tell uh Wally even

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Speaker 1: So much talking, in fact, they almost missed their bags,

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Speaker 1: but thankfully Wally reached out and grabbed his and Finn

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Speaker 1: to start right now, can I show you around? Please? Please? Leads, lead, leads.

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Speaker 1: Finn the Fox said he was very excited to make

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Speaker 1: started now. Wally didn't even really have time to remember

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Speaker 1: that he he was once worried and scared about this

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Speaker 1: new place. That's kind of the power of a good friend.

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Speaker 1: Finding a good friend can change almost anything, and being

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Speaker 1: a good friend is pretty magical. Well, the rest of

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Speaker 1: the day, Finn the Fox showed Wally the Puppy the

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Speaker 1: most amazing new things that Wally had ever seen. Ohen,

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Speaker 1: over there, look at that giangnormous bridge, it's called the

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Speaker 1: It's called Big Ben. And wait, the red buses the

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Speaker 1: with me. Wally laughed and followed along as they jumped

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Speaker 1: the Puppy was very tired. This had been one of

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Speaker 1: the most amazing days of his life, and it started

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Speaker 1: and the worstests, but all because Finn the Fox walked

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Speaker 1: over to Wally and said hello. It started an amazing

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Speaker 1: new friendship. You see, Wally and Finn would go on

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Speaker 1: to be the bestest of best friends, a friend that

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Speaker 1: Wally never would have met if he hadn't moved to

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Speaker 1: London in the first place. They would go to school together,

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Speaker 1: time together as best friends. Wow. What an awesome story

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Speaker 1: and a great reminder that sometimes when you see someone

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Speaker 1: that looks like they need a friend, maybe it's me

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Speaker 1: or maybe it's you that should be that friend to them. Well, friends,

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Speaker 1: if you see someone at school, or in the neighborhood

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Speaker 1: or just around that needs a friend, I want you

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Speaker 1: just like Finn the Fox.

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Speaker 3: The end, Hey, friends, I need your help celebrating some birthdays.

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Speaker 3: Drum roll please.

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Speaker 2: Happy birthday. Maya who's turning seven years old. Holy smokes,

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Speaker 2: she loves to dance, is super kind and wants to

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Speaker 2: meet mister Jim and be a part of Spology squad. Well,

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Speaker 2: you're definitely a part of Spiology Squad, and maybe we

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Speaker 2: should hang out sometime. You can definitely stop by HQ

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Speaker 2: with your family whenever, whenever you want. So, Friends, if

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Speaker 2: you're in the area of Charlotte, I'm technically over the

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Speaker 2: border in South Carolina. But Maya, Friends, have your parents

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Speaker 2: send me an email and well, we'll make it happen.

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Speaker 2: You can hang out at HQ for a little bit.

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Speaker 2: But Maya, I'm so glad that we got to celebrate

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Speaker 2: you and your big day on the show. Happy Birthday, Maya.

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Speaker 2: And next up we have Happy Birthday Reagan, who's turning

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Speaker 2: four years old. Reagan loves dinosaur's cooking in the kitchen

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Speaker 2: and is becoming an incredible basketball player. Wow, it's an

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Speaker 2: awesome brother to his sister Rha and friended Jerry and Jerry. Hey, Reagan,

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Speaker 2: I'm so glad that we got celebrated you and your

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Speaker 2: big day on the show. Happy fourth Birthday.

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Speaker 1: And next up we have.

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Speaker 2: Happy Birthday Piper, who's turning eight years old. Piper loves

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Speaker 2: swimming and karate.

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Speaker 1: Going to the movies, and I scream.

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Speaker 2: Wow, well, I hope Piper You're able to do a

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Speaker 2: whole bunch of those things on your very very special day.

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Speaker 2: Happy Birthday, Piper. Well, Friends, I hope you all have

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Speaker 2: a souper go bar day and I will see you

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Speaker 2: on our next adventure. Hi,