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Speaker 1: to celebrate with you. Now onto our story. Bernice has

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Speaker 1: As she tells Papa Bear about her day and why

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Speaker 1: has done it. Bernice has a strict teacher. Hi, Papa

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Speaker 1: and Cookie, I'm home, Bernice said as she came in

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Speaker 1: asked me to tell you to please stop baking cookies

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Speaker 1: way of asking for more cookies, Little Bear. I'll ask

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Speaker 1: know where I am, Papa Bear said in his impossibly

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Speaker 1: thank you for greeting me at the door. My sneakers

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Speaker 1: she grunted trying to open the knot. Cookie simply butted

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Speaker 1: but that's not really helping. Papa says. Some things need

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Speaker 1: said as she petted Cookie. So how was your day?

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Speaker 1: My day was okay. I guess I missed you. Did

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Speaker 1: you are the smartest cat I know, Bernice said, as

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Speaker 1: her and Papa Bear would talk about. Smells super yummy, Papa,

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Speaker 1: Bernice asked, as she went to the sink to wash

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Speaker 1: gooey jam. Surprise, Papa Bear said with a smile. I

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Speaker 1: had a hard time today waiting for you to come

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Speaker 1: Your cookies are always delicious, Papa, But if I had

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Speaker 1: taking the bus, Bernie said as she sat at the table.

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Speaker 1: My belly is making gurgling noises. I can hear your

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Speaker 1: a glass of cold milk, Papa Bear said with a laugh.

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Speaker 1: Down at the table with his cup of tea, He asked,

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Speaker 1: tell me about your day, little bear. There were no

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Speaker 1: tests today that we knew about, and you haven't had

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Speaker 1: much homework lately either. Yeah, it's been super easy lately.

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Speaker 1: and the teacher gives Bobby and me extra work. Bobby

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Speaker 1: in English class, we practiced something different today, Papa, and

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Speaker 1: I'm not very good at it. But Gertrude really is

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Speaker 1: what's that, little Bear? Well? Our English teacher had us

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Speaker 1: practice writing funny letters today. I tried it before, but

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Speaker 1: and the replacement teacher didn't make us practice. This new

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Speaker 1: teacher is super strict and makes us practice writing cursive letters.

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Speaker 1: It is so hard. My cursive e is not really

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Speaker 1: was really really careful. It's a mangled, messy scribble, like

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Speaker 1: Gertrude's looked really nice, all loopy and swirly. The teacher

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Speaker 1: complimented her, but just gave me a stern look. I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure this teacher likes me very much, and Bobby

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Speaker 1: is a bit scared of her too. I haven't met

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Speaker 1: your new English teacher yet. When I was young, you

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Speaker 1: When I was young, we had to practice cursives so

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Speaker 1: much that our fingers would hurt. It's still an important skill,

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Speaker 1: It will help you in a number of different ways,

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Speaker 1: it's kind of fun. Sometimes eating cookies is fun, Papa,

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Speaker 1: but having missus Lawson look at me with her serious

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Speaker 1: and I have read all the English books already, but

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Speaker 1: I just can't imagine having to do more letter writing homework.

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Speaker 1: Why is she so strict, Papa? Sometimes teachers are strict

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Speaker 1: because they want to make sure that all the kids

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Speaker 1: though it might not always feel like it, strict teachers

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear said, yeah, I guess. Oh, and I almost forgot.

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Speaker 1: All the teachers talked about a play. I think we

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Speaker 1: we will all have to participate. Gertrude asked if she

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Speaker 1: could design the sets and stuff. Ethan said he wants

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Speaker 1: know if it will be that kind of story. Another classmate, Kim,

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Speaker 1: because it's not polite. I'm not so super excited about

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Speaker 1: or a wicked wizard, because those words sound so good.

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Speaker 1: Bernice took another bite of a cookie. These are super yummy, delicious, Papa,

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Speaker 1: even better than cupcakes, Bernice said, before drinking a great

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Speaker 1: big drink of milk. I'm glad you like them, but

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Speaker 1: why are they better than cupcakes, Papa Bear asked, Well,

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Speaker 1: today at lunch, we made a new friend, and she

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Speaker 1: really loves cupcakes, Papa. Her name is Coco, and she

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Speaker 1: eats so many cupcakes. I think she always has chocolate

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Speaker 1: frosting on her face. Some of the mean boys call

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Speaker 1: her Cocoa Cupcake, but I don't call people names, except Bobby.

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Speaker 1: She shared some of her cupcakes with us today, and

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Speaker 1: they taste really yummy, but not as yummy as your cookies, Papa.

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Speaker 1: Maybe I can try making cupcakes sometime. It might be

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Speaker 1: a nice change for our afternoon treat, Papa Bear said,

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Speaker 1: as he got up from the table to put some

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Speaker 1: cookies in a box. Yeah, I bet you would be

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Speaker 1: do you have a lot of homework, little bear, Papa

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Speaker 1: Bear asked, just some cursive letters practiced from Missus Lawson.

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Speaker 1: Bernie sighed with a frown on her face. When you

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Speaker 1: are ready to take a break, you can take this

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Speaker 1: box of cookies to our neighbor, Missus Jones. Papa Bear said,

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Speaker 1: I'm ready to take a break now, Papa Bernany said, smiling, haha,

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Speaker 1: practice your cursive first, little bear. Papa Bear said, with

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Speaker 1: a laugh, it's that time, Papa said, Bernice, And what

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Speaker 1: time has that? Little bear? Papa Bear asked, It's time

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Speaker 1: to see who can yawn the most and maybe get

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Speaker 1: a few Papa hugs. Bernice said with a great big yawn.

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Speaker 1: I think I will win that competition, Papa Bear said

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Speaker 1: with his own Papa Bear sized yawn. Your yawns certainly

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Speaker 1: are the biggest, maybe the biggest in the whole wide world.

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Speaker 1: Bernie said, with yet another yawn. This might not be

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Speaker 1: the best game, little bear, I might fall asleep before

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Speaker 1: I can even give you a hug. You could sleep

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Speaker 1: on the floor beside me, Bernice said, with a smile

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Speaker 1: and a yawn. Oh, I couldn't do that, little Bear.

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Speaker 1: You snore too much and I won't be able to sleep. Hey,

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Speaker 1: I don't snore, that's your job, Bernice said, with a laugh. Okay,

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Speaker 1: did you do all the things you need to do

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Speaker 1: before bed? I think so. I had my bath, bushed

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Speaker 1: took a few big breaths to blow away the sillies.

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Speaker 1: That's what Mama calls it. But Papa, I still don't

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Speaker 1: think I did a good job on my curse of writing,

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Speaker 1: and I am worried that strict Missus Lawson might be upset.

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Speaker 1: One day at a time, little bear, Focus on your

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Speaker 1: writing when it's writing time, Focus on big yawns when

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Speaker 1: it's sleepy time. Anyway, you know you will improve, Papa

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Speaker 1: Bear said, Did you ever have a strict teacher? Papa

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Speaker 1: Bernice asked, yes, I had more than one. Did I

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Speaker 1: ever tell you about my third grade teacher, Missus Whittaker,

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear asked. She was known as the strictest teacher

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Speaker 1: at my elementary school. Her eyes were sharp like an eagle's,

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Speaker 1: and it seemed like she could see everything all at once.

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Speaker 1: Bernice giggled, I think I have a teacher like that.

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Speaker 1: She can see everything Bobby does, no matter what Bobby thinks.

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Speaker 1: That she has eyes in the back of her head.

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear smiled and continued. Missus Whittaker was very strict

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Speaker 1: about her rules. Her number one rule always give your

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Speaker 1: best effort. She believed that whether it was small homework

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Speaker 1: assignment or a big class project, doing your best was

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Speaker 1: what really mattered. The classroom was always so quiet you

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Speaker 1: could hear a pin drop. Papa, was she ever nice?

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Speaker 1: Bernice asked. She was tough but fair. I realize now

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Speaker 1: that she cared deeply about us, so she pushed us

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Speaker 1: to do our best. I remember one day I forgot

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Speaker 1: my lunch at home. I was so hungry I couldn't

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Speaker 1: even think straight. What did Missus Whittaker do, Bernice asked, Well,

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Speaker 1: she noticed I wasn't eating during lunchtime. She walked over

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Speaker 1: and quietly placed half of her sandwich on my desk

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Speaker 1: without saying a word. It was just a simple ham sandwich.

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Speaker 1: But it was the best I'd ever had. Really, she

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Speaker 1: sounds nice. One day, I was really struggling with my

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Speaker 1: math homework. The numbers just danced around the page, making

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Speaker 1: no sense at all. Papa Bear laughed, I could help

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Speaker 1: you with your math homework. Papa, I'm super good at math,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, little Bear. At the time, I was so

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Speaker 1: frustrated that I wanted to give up, but Missus Whittaker

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Speaker 1: stayed with me during break time. She explained everything slowly,

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Speaker 1: making sure I understood. She showed me that with a

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Speaker 1: bit of patience and effort, I could solve any problem,

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Speaker 1: no matter how tangled it seemed. Daddy, she sounds like

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Speaker 1: a nice teacher, Bernice said, with the biggest yawn. Yet

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Speaker 1: she was. Papa Bear agreed. She taught me about kindness, perseverance,

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Speaker 1: and the importance of doing your best. Those lessons have

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Speaker 1: stayed with me all my life. Maybe Missus Lawson is

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Speaker 1: the same as your teacher, Papa Bernice whispered as her

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Speaker 1: eyes got heavy, I think she is, Little Bear. With that,

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear kissed Bernice on the forehead, adjusted her blanket,

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Speaker 1: turned off her lamp, and quietly whispered, I love you,

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Speaker 1: Little Beart, I love you too, Papa, and that is

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Speaker 1: the end of our story. Good Night, sleep tight.