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Speaker 1: Welcome to Lively Lewis Stories.

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Speaker 2: Buckle up because you're about to join Levi and Ivy

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Speaker 1: Now, let's dive into today's story.

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Speaker 3: Ivy. What's eight plus three?

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Speaker 2: Asked Levi from behind a stack of papers and notebooks. Twelve,

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Speaker 2: asked Ivy, sounding a bit unsure. Give it another try,

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Speaker 2: Levi said, trying to encourage his sister. You've got this. Okay,

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Speaker 2: so eight plus three, Ivy thought out loud as she

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Speaker 2: counted on her fingers. It's eleven, that's right, exclaimed Levi.

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Speaker 2: See I told you you'd get it. How about you

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Speaker 2: skip count by two up to twelve, Ivy asked her

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Speaker 2: brother as she wrote down number facts in her math journal.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I think I've got.

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Speaker 2: This, said Levi, taking a deep breath. He had been

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Speaker 2: working on skip County all.

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Speaker 3: Day two, four, six, ten, twelve. Is that right? So close?

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Speaker 3: Said Ivy.

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Speaker 2: You missed one number between six and ten eight. That's right,

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Speaker 2: said Levi, sounding disappointed in himself. How am I ever

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Speaker 2: going to pass our math test tomorrow? Both Levi and

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Speaker 2: Ivy were getting a little stressed out as they felt

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Speaker 2: the pressure mounting for their big math test the next day.

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Speaker 2: It was an overview of everything they had learned that year,

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Speaker 2: and they had learned a lot. Numbers, facts and equations

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Speaker 2: swirled around in their heads as they sat at their

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Speaker 1: Wow, you two are really he's studying hard, said their

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Speaker 1: dad as he walked in with some cookies. I thought

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Speaker 1: you could use a little break. There's no time for

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Speaker 1: a break now, dad said Ivy. We still have so

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Speaker 1: much to go over before bed. Well, said Levi, reaching

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Speaker 1: for a cookie. How are we going to study if

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Speaker 1: our tommies are rumbling? He makes a good point, said

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy's dad with a giggle as he handed

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Speaker 1: to cookie to Ivy. I guess you're both right, replied Ivy,

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Speaker 1: taking a bite of our cookie. A little break might

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Speaker 1: do us some good. What are some of the things

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Speaker 1: you're studying, asked their dad as he looked over some

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Speaker 1: of the papers that were scattered around the table, adding

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Speaker 1: single digit and double digit numbers. Then there's subtraction. Ivy

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Speaker 1: began a little geometry and some skip counting. We also

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Speaker 1: have to read and work out number sentences and make

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Speaker 1: grafts and charts, added Levi. Oh yeah, there's also a

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Speaker 1: work with number lines and counting money. Wow, said their dad,

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Speaker 1: sounding very surprised. That's a lot of information. I'm really

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Speaker 1: proud of both of you for all the studying you've

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Speaker 1: been doing for your test. I'm sure it will pay

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Speaker 1: off when you get to class tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Levi and Ivy both yawned as he was talking, and

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Speaker 2: it was clear to him that they had reached the

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Speaker 3: You know what, I think. I think you both need

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Speaker 3: to get a good night's.

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Speaker 2: Sleep, said their dad, starting to gather up all the

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Speaker 2: papers and notebooks on the table. Sleep is really important

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Speaker 2: before a big day, and I think you've done all

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Speaker 2: you can. Whatever happens tomorrow on your test, you certainly

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Speaker 2: They knew their dad was right, and they were also

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Speaker 3: Four, six, eight. Going to bed is really great, called

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Speaker 3: out Ivy to Levi.

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Speaker 2: Levi laughed out loud before skip counting his way to bed, too,

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Speaker 2: But he did it.

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Speaker 3: By five, five, ten, what's five more? That is fifteen?

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Speaker 2: Yes, I'm sure, shouted Levy, flopping down on his bed.

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Speaker 2: Good night, my two mass superstars, called out Levi and

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Speaker 2: I do I think we've studied a lot and we're

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Speaker 2: as ready as we can be, said Levi.

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Speaker 3: I kind of wish we could just study a little

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Speaker 1: Me too, replied Levi with an even bigger yawn. But

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Speaker 1: They both giggled a bit as they drifted off to dreamland,

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Speaker 1: a few moments passed before Levi and Ivy opened their eyes.

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Speaker 1: They found themselves standing in a big room. It looked

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Speaker 1: surprisingly like their classroom at school, except there were math

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Speaker 1: posters everywhere. The desks were shaped like plus and equal signs,

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Speaker 1: and the chairs like giant numbers. What's going on here,

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Speaker 1: asked Ivy. We're definitely not in school, and I'm pretty

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Speaker 1: sure we're not awake, said Levi, looking around and trying

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Speaker 1: you think we're having a math dream? Asked Ivy, But

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Speaker 1: the answer she got didn't come from Levi. Your first

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Speaker 1: right answer. We'll see how many more of those you

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Speaker 1: get tonight, said a deep voice from behind them. Levi

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Speaker 1: and Ivy spun around and found themselves staring at someone

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Speaker 1: they had never met before. Who are you, asked Levi?

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Speaker 1: And where are we? I'm sorry, how rude of me.

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Speaker 1: I'm mister minus, and this is MathLand, the man said,

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Speaker 1: with a grin. Didn't you say something about wanting a

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Speaker 1: little more time to study before your big test tomorrow?

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Speaker 1: Well here's your chance, However, if you don't answer my

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Speaker 2: Levi and Ivy moved closer toward each other. They remembered

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Speaker 2: saying they wanted to study more, but actually they knew

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Speaker 2: it would be better to get some sleep.

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Speaker 3: So what were they going to do.

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Speaker 2: They tried to see if they could wake themselves up

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Speaker 2: by giving each other a quick pinch on the arm,

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Speaker 2: but that didn't work. Maybe we can just leave through

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Speaker 2: here and magically be back in our room, said Ivy,

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Speaker 2: pointing at the classroom door. So she gave it a try,

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Speaker 2: with Levi close behind, but they quickly found out that

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Speaker 2: the door led to another classroom, than another, and another.

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Speaker 2: I think we'll really have some fun learning about math,

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Speaker 2: said mister Minus.

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Speaker 3: After all, that test is a pretty big deal tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: But our dad said that he was proud of how

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Speaker 2: much we studied, and't that all we need to do

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Speaker 2: is our best tomorrow?

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Speaker 3: Said Ivy.

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Speaker 2: But don't you want your best to be a perfect score,

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Speaker 2: asked mister Minus. Well, I do I want to get

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Speaker 2: one hundred percent, whispered Levi to Ivy.

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Speaker 3: Me too, replied Ivy.

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Speaker 2: Maybe we can answer a few questions and then we

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Speaker 2: I know we can get them all right if we

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Speaker 2: just worked together and remember everything we studied. Levi believed

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Speaker 2: his sister was right, and they agreed to answer all

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Speaker 2: of mister Minus's questions.

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Speaker 1: Very good, Levi and Ivy, said, mister Minus, stepping toward

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Speaker 1: the chalkboard. Who can answer this question? What's eight plus three? Ivy?

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Speaker 1: You've got this, said Levi, smiling at his sister. Ivy

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Speaker 1: looked a little nervous because she had just gotten that

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Speaker 1: question wrong when they were studying. You can do it, Ivy,

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Speaker 1: whispered Levi. Twelve right, asked Ivy. That is wrong. The

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Speaker 1: correct answer is eleven, said mister minus. Looks like two

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Speaker 1: more wrong and you'll be here for a bit. What

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Speaker 1: do you mean two more wrong? Asked Levi. Oh, did

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Speaker 1: I forget to mention that, just like baseball, you get

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Speaker 1: three strikes and you're out four. I guess three wrong,

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Speaker 1: and you're in in math class with me. That is.

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Speaker 1: But if you get three in a row correct, then

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Speaker 1: you're off to dreamland and can get some rest before

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Speaker 1: your big test. Levi and Ivy knew that they didn't

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Speaker 1: want to spend another minute with mister minus, so they

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Speaker 1: knew they had to get all the questions right. From

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Speaker 1: this point on, Levi, it looks like you can take

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Speaker 1: the next question, said mister minus. Skip count by twos

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Speaker 1: from two to twelve. Levi took a deep breath. He

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Speaker 1: had been having trouble with skip counting and was feeling

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Speaker 1: especially nervous. Now, okay, it's two four six ten twelve,

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Speaker 1: said Levi, sounding a bit unsure. This is all so wrong.

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Speaker 1: The correct answer is two four six eight ten twelve,

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Speaker 1: said mister minus. Looks like just one more wrong answer

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Speaker 1: and I'll have some students joining me for a midnight

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Speaker 1: math session.

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Speaker 3: I'm sorry, Ivy, whispered LEVI. I can't believe I got

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Speaker 3: that wrong again.

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Speaker 2: It's just because we're letting mister minus make us nervous,

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Speaker 2: said Ivy, reassuringly. Our teacher, mister Martin, never makes learning

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Speaker 2: scary and he never makes me feel nervous. We just

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Speaker 2: have to remember what he taught us and we'll be okay.

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Speaker 3: That's right.

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Speaker 2: We just need to stay called, think the problem through

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Speaker 2: before we answer, and work as a team, said Levi.

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Speaker 2: Are you two done talking so we can get to

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Speaker 2: the third and possibly final question of the night, asked

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Speaker 2: mister Minus, sounding a bit annoyed.

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Speaker 3: Yep, we're definitely ready for you now.

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Speaker 2: Said Ivy confidently, as she smiled at Levi. Okay, who

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Speaker 2: can skip count by fives to twenty, asked mister Minus,

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Speaker 2: with a smug grin on his face, just before Levi

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Speaker 2: could raise his hand, I've called out, I can. She

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Speaker 2: had remembered the song Levi sing before bed and recited

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Speaker 2: it in her head. Five ten, what's five more? That

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Speaker 2: is fifteen? Yes, I'm sure that would be five ten fifteen,

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Speaker 2: said Ivy, looking right at mister Minus. Would you like

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Speaker 2: me to do any more twenty twenty five, thirty thirty five? No,

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Speaker 2: that will be quite enough, said mister Minus in a

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Speaker 3: You got it right.

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Speaker 1: What was that, Ivy asked proudly. I said you got

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Speaker 1: it right, mister Minus said, raising his voice. Great job, Ivy,

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Speaker 1: said Levi, giving her a high five. Okay, Levi, this

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Speaker 1: question is for you, began mister Minus. If Ivy had

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Speaker 1: nine donuts and you took three of them, how many

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Speaker 1: donuts would she have left? Hmmm? I love donuts, so

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Speaker 1: I might take more than three, giggled Levi. But if

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Speaker 1: I only get three, then my answer would be leeve.

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Speaker 1: I took a minute to think of the answer in

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Speaker 1: his head, but he's still looked confused. Ivy suggested that

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Speaker 1: he use the chalkboard to draw out the donuts, and

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Speaker 1: that really helped. The answer is six donuts, said Levi.

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Speaker 1: Confidently they knew they had the answer right and could

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Speaker 1: tell that mister Minus was getting more and more upset.

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Speaker 1: So was that right, too, asked Levi. Yes, mister Minus

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Speaker 1: said in an annoyed tone. I guess it looks like

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Speaker 1: one more question right, and we'll be off to dreamland

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Speaker 1: and you'll be skip counting by yourself for the rest

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Speaker 1: of the night, said Ivy with a smirk.

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Speaker 2: Well we'll see about that, said mister Minus under his breath.

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Speaker 2: As he tried to come up with the toughest question

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Speaker 2: he could think of. Ivy called out, what's eight plus three?

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Speaker 2: You have three seconds? Hey, that's not there, exclaimed LEVI.

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Speaker 2: Why does she have a time limit? Because I make

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Speaker 2: the math rules, snapped mister minus three two. But before

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Speaker 2: what do you think that answer is? If you guessed eleven,

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Speaker 2: you're right it's eleven, she shouted, eight plus three equals eleven.

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Speaker 3: Oh no, proclaimed mister Minus. That's right.

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Speaker 2: Levi and Ivy jumped up and down with excitement, so

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Speaker 3: So when do we leave?

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Speaker 2: Asked Ivy. In all their excitement, they didn't notice at first.

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Speaker 2: How sad mister Minus look. Mister Minus, what's wrong?

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Speaker 3: Asked Levi?

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Speaker 2: Oh, forget it. You don't really care anyway. No one

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Speaker 2: from me too, said mister Minus with a frown. I

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Speaker 2: didn't mean to make you anxious or nervous. I just

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Speaker 1: Just then, the door to the classroom magically opened up

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Speaker 1: But even though they could have skipped right back in

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Speaker 1: You know, mister Minus, I kind of want to do

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Speaker 1: a bit more skip counting, if you don't mind, said Levi.

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Speaker 1: Maybe by tens this time, and I could use a

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Speaker 1: bit more practice adding double digit numbers, said Ivy. Do

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Speaker 1: you think you could help me? Mister Minus looked so happy,

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Speaker 1: grin off of his face. Well, of course I can help.

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Speaker 1: Math is kind of my thing, he said with a

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Speaker 1: a few questions, Levi and Ivy began to yawn, and

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Speaker 1: mister Minus knew they had to go. Thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for staying a bit longer with me, said mister Minus.

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Speaker 1: I hope you see now how much fun math.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, mister Minus.

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Speaker 2: We'll never forget you, and we'll certainly use everything we

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Speaker 2: learned here tonight on our test tomorrow, said Levi and

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Speaker 2: morning arrived quickly, and Levi and Ivy couldn't have been

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Speaker 2: more ready for their math test. They ate a good

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Speaker 2: It seems so real, said Levi. I know, added Ivy.

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Speaker 2: class instead of mister Martin. Sorry to say, kids that

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Speaker 2: mister Martin is sick today, said their principal.

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Speaker 3: Does that mean no math test? Shouted Levi. We studied

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Speaker 3: literally all night, added Ivy.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, you'll still have your tests, said their principal.

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Speaker 2: You'll just have a substitute teacher. I'd like to introduce

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Speaker 2: you all to who do you think is gonna be?

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Speaker 3: Mister Minus?

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Speaker 2: Levi and Ivy's jaws dropped as mister Minus walked into

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Speaker 2: their classroom. Hello everyone, he said with a smile, looking

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Speaker 2: at Levi and Ivy. I hope we're all ready to

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Speaker 2: have some fun with numbers today.

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Speaker 3: Did you learn a lesson from this story? Ah soul?

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Speaker 3: What was it?

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Speaker 1: And parents, do your kids have a story idea?

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Speaker 2: Leave a comment on our Apple podcast review page with

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Speaker 2: five stars, the idea and your kid's name for a

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Speaker 2: chance to join Levi and Ivy on their next adventure.

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Speaker 3: Until next time, Thanks for listening, Come back for more