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

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Speaker 1: another story in our series about Bernice the Bear. In

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Speaker 1: this story, it is getting close to the end of

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Speaker 1: the school year and Bernice is getting excited about what

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Speaker 1: she's going to do during the summer. Do you have

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Speaker 1: plans for your summer vacation. Papa Bear gets Bernice all

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Speaker 1: tucked in and tells her a story about Booboo and

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Speaker 1: Kai Kai Bernice and the end of the school year. Papa,

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Speaker 1: I am home from school, yelled Bernice as she walked

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Speaker 1: muddy rubber boots. It was raining outside, so Bernice made

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Speaker 1: I'm in the kitchen, little bear, said Papa Bear, and

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Speaker 1: I have some fresh cookies for you. Bernice loved cookies

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Speaker 1: and milk, so she put away her boots and hung

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Speaker 1: up her rain jacket as fast as she possibly could.

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Speaker 1: It's raining cats and dogs out there today, Bernice said,

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Speaker 1: as she walked into the kitchen. I hope it's not,

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Speaker 1: said her papa, laughing. It is wet outside, but we

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Speaker 1: need the rain so the flowers and the plants can grow.

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Speaker 1: Her Papa continued, and don't forget about the food that

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Speaker 1: grows in the farmer's fields, Papa. It needs water too.

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Speaker 1: We learned about that in science today, the needs of plants.

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Speaker 1: You know that plants need light, air, water, nutrients, and

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Speaker 1: space to grow. I might have heard that before, little Bear,

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Speaker 1: but I'm glad you are helping me learn it again.

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Speaker 1: It sounds very interesting. It was interesting, But Bobby got

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Speaker 1: how his uncle spreads poop on his field. His uncle

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Speaker 1: always has stories, Papa Bear said, with a smile. Guess

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Speaker 1: what I brought home? Asked Bernice. Hm, I'm not sure.

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Speaker 1: Let me think. Did you bring home homework? Not today?

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Speaker 1: Some dirty dishes for me to wash? Yes, but I

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Speaker 1: always bring home that A great big hug for Mama

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Speaker 1: and Papa Bear. You always get that. Well. I am

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Speaker 1: just out of guesses. What did you bring home today?

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Speaker 1: I brought home a tea rex. Bobby gave me his

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Speaker 1: we get married. Until you get married, Papa Bear said,

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Speaker 1: such good friends. We should get married someday. And what

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Speaker 1: did you say, little bear? I told him that I

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Speaker 1: first needed to finish elementary school then we could talk

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Speaker 1: about it. Good idea, little Bear, finishing elementary school is

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Speaker 1: pretty important, Papa Bear said with a smile. And then,

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Speaker 1: of course I have to become a scientist. Does it

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Speaker 1: take long to become a scientist? Papa? It can take

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Speaker 1: some time, little bear, but if you love science, then

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Speaker 1: it won't feel like a long time at all. After

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Speaker 1: you are the best cookie maker, Bernice said, with cookie

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Speaker 1: Thank you, little Bear. I'm glad you are enjoying them,

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear said, as he handed her a napkin to

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Speaker 1: I am allowed to ask guess what questions? It's the rules,

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Speaker 1: said Bernice. Well, it's almost the end of the school year.

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Speaker 1: Soon you will be having summer vacation. I knew that. Papa,

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Speaker 1: Have you given any thought as to what you might

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Speaker 1: want to do this summer, asked Papa Bear. Hm Bernice

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Speaker 1: That sounds like fun. I'm sure we might also take

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Speaker 1: But there won't be any homework, right, no homework, Hugh,

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Speaker 1: said Bernice, relieved. I can't wait to go see Nana.

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Speaker 1: Bernice said with a smile, Yes, Mama, and I can't

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Speaker 1: said Bernice. And what time is that, little bear, replied her, Papa,

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Speaker 1: some stretches. Are you comfy and warm, yes, Papa. How

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Speaker 1: about Twigger, Wolfe and Madeline? Are they ready for a

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Speaker 1: big hug and a kiss, and I'll tell you a short,

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Speaker 1: short story. Thank you, Papa. Once upon a time, in

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Speaker 1: brave little bear named Boo Boo. She lived in a

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Speaker 1: Her best friend was a young dragon called Kai Kai,

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Speaker 1: The kingdom they lived in was full of people who

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Speaker 1: in harmony. Good morning Booboo, Kai Kai said, looking inside

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Speaker 1: those overalls? Good morning, Kai Kai, Booboo said, not surprised

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Speaker 1: at all to see Kai Kai's head floating in the window.

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Speaker 1: He would often fly up to her bedroom window and

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Speaker 1: if she overslept. I'm dressed in these clothes because today

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Speaker 1: I am going to plant a garden. It's spring, no

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Speaker 1: more cold nights, so it's the perfect time to plant something.

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Speaker 1: Booboo said, that sounds interesting. Can I help you? I've

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Speaker 1: never had a garden before or planted anything. Sure, meet

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Speaker 1: me outside in the back beside our rose garden. Our

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Speaker 1: gardener gave me some space there, but be careful not

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Speaker 1: last time he walked on one of mister Thistle's rose bushes.

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Speaker 1: Not only did he get thorns in one of his feet,

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Speaker 1: the back of the castle, Kaikai asked, so how come

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Speaker 1: while you were visiting your family, I went back into

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Speaker 1: the forest and talked to Bixi, and he told me

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Speaker 1: all kinds of things about plants, how to help them grow,

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Speaker 1: So I borrowed these boots from mister Thistle and thought

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Speaker 1: it would be great to try. How can I help,

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Speaker 1: asked Kai Kai. Well, first, Bixie said, we need to

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Speaker 1: turn over the soil and mix in some of the

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Speaker 1: big rectangular box. It's kind of stinky, Ubu said, as

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Speaker 1: she wrinkled her nose. Since you have great big claws,

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Speaker 1: do you mind if you dig up the soil while

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Speaker 1: I bring over some fertilizer? Not at all. Kai Kai

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Speaker 1: came much time at all, while Booboo brought over some

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Speaker 1: Kai Ki said, well, that wasn't too bad. Do you

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Speaker 1: so that the plants will get lots of heat? No,

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Speaker 1: I think the heat and the energy from the sun

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Speaker 1: might be enough, Booboo said, smiling. What are you going

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Speaker 1: to plant? I'm not actually sure, Booboo said with a laugh.

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Speaker 1: Bixi gave me a bunch of seeds and didn't tell

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Speaker 1: grow well together as long as they had lots of

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Speaker 1: something to eat. How about you take this side of

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Speaker 1: as she handed Kai Kai a handful of seeds to plant.

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Speaker 1: Vixi said that you just need to make a hole

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Speaker 1: then cover them up with some soil. After watching Kai

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Speaker 1: Kai try, Booboo laughed, maybe for you that would be

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Speaker 1: my arms. After they were finished, Booboo watered all the

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Speaker 1: and then sat beside Kai Kai, happy with the work

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Speaker 1: they had done. After sitting for a while, Kai Kai asked,

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Speaker 1: so when do we eat? What do you mean you

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Speaker 1: want to have lunch? Well, you said that these were

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Speaker 1: ready to eat? Laughing, Bobu said, you have to be patient,

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Speaker 1: Kai Kai. Even in a kingdom such as ours, it

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Speaker 1: garden to be fully grown. Oh, Kai Kai said, is

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Speaker 1: belly making loud noises? Do you want to come to

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Speaker 1: my cave and have some lunch while we wait? Sure,

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Speaker 1: Kai Kai, I would love to. Then maybe we can

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Speaker 1: go for a swim in the river afterwards. So Booboo

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Speaker 1: and an afternoon of fun. Can we grow a garden

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Speaker 1: in our backyard, Papa whispered Bernice. Yes, little bear, we

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Speaker 1: whispered Papa Bear. I always try my best, Papa, but

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Speaker 1: I have one question. We can only plant flowers and vegetables, right,

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Speaker 1: not cookies, right, Bernice said with a smile. You are right,

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Speaker 1: little bear. Cookies grow in the oven, but we can

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Speaker 1: grow tomatoes for pizza. Now it's time for you to

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Speaker 1: go to sleep. It's getting late and you need your

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Speaker 1: sleep so you can have the best day tomorrow. Close

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Speaker 1: your eyes, think of yourself safe under your blankets, and

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Speaker 1: dream about all all of the plants that you can

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Speaker 1: grow in our garden. I'm going to dream about growing

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Speaker 1: a garden full of pizza and cookies, Bernice said as

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Speaker 1: she started falling asleep. Love you, Papa, Love you, Boo boo.

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Speaker 1: And that's the end of our story. Good Night, Sleep tight,

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