Speaker 1: Welcome to Lively Lewis Stories.
Speaker 2: Buckle up because you're about to join Levi and Ivy
Speaker 2: on an adventure.
Speaker 1: All you need is your imagination an off.
Speaker 3: We go, Ready, Larius Stories. It was the day after
Speaker 3: Halloween and Levi's candy bag was overflowing.
Speaker 2: He had asked his mom and dad if he could
Speaker 2: have a piece of candy after lunch, and they said, okay,
Speaker 2: but just one. Levi, finding a candy loophole in their answer,
Speaker 2: decided if he could only have one piece of candy,
Speaker 2: it would be the biggest one he could find. After
Speaker 2: looking through his candy bag, he found the king size
Speaker 2: chocolate bar that he had gotten from his neighbor.
Speaker 3: It was almost the length of his arm. He slowly unwrapped.
Speaker 2: The chocolate and ate it bit by bit, and after
Speaker 2: eating so much delicious chocolate, he was bouncing off the
Speaker 2: walls with energy.
Speaker 3: Hey Ivy, Hey Ivy, Hey Ivy, Levi yelled over and
Speaker 3: over and over as he ran around the living room.
Speaker 3: Look at me, I can't fly, Levi.
Speaker 2: I don't think that's a good idea, replied Ivy as
Speaker 2: she watched her brother climb up on the back of
Speaker 2: the couch.
Speaker 3: No it's fine, said Levi.
Speaker 2: His parents had stepped outside to start putting the Halloween
Speaker 2: decorations away in the garage, so there was no one
Speaker 2: there to really stop him.
Speaker 3: Levi stood on the couch.
Speaker 2: Spread his arms like they were wings, and leaped into
Speaker 2: the air. Levi no yelled Ivy, but it was too late.
Speaker 3: Levi was mid air and headed right for the wall.
Speaker 2: Bumped his head on his way down to the floor,
Speaker 2: and sat there quiet for a second. LEVI, do you
Speaker 2: need me to go get mom and dad, Ivy asked, no,
Speaker 2: I'm I'm okay. I just bumped my head. I'll be fine,
Speaker 2: Levi replied. Ivy turned around and went back to playing
Speaker 2: with her toys.
Speaker 3: I knew you were going to get hurt, she thought
Speaker 3: to herself. What'd you say? Levi said nothing.
Speaker 2: I was just thinking that I knew you were going
Speaker 2: to get hurt, said Ivy. You never listened to me.
Speaker 2: But I'm glad you're okay. She thought that, Levi asked himself.
Speaker 2: But I'm sure I heard her say it. He didn't
Speaker 2: think too much of it and went to his room
Speaker 2: to lay down for a bit. The sugar rush was
Speaker 2: wearing off and he was getting a bit tired. After
Speaker 2: a little while, Ivy ran in to get him for
Speaker 2: their weekly go fish tournament with mom and dad. Levi
Speaker 2: sat down at the dining room table and picked up
Speaker 2: his cards. Then he heard his mom say, oh great,
Speaker 2: I have three sea horses and two sea turtles. They're
Speaker 2: so cute.
Speaker 3: Mom, you shouldn't tell.
Speaker 2: Everyone what kind of cards you have, Levi said, with
Speaker 2: a giggle. I didn't say anything, Levi. I was just
Speaker 2: thinking how cute the little characters on the cards are.
Speaker 2: Mom replied what Levi thought to himself. She was just
Speaker 2: thinking that, not saying that out loud. But how did
Speaker 2: I hear her? H I have such a bad bunch
Speaker 2: of cards, said Dad.
Speaker 3: No matches at all.
Speaker 2: Sorry, you don't have any matches, Dad said LEVI. What
Speaker 2: how did you know I don't have any matches? His
Speaker 2: dad asked, looking a bit confused. Just a lucky guess,
Speaker 2: said Levi, finally realizing what was going on.
Speaker 3: I can read mine, he thought to himself with a
Speaker 3: huge smile.
Speaker 2: I bet I got this cool superpower when I bumped
Speaker 2: my head trying to fly off the couch. This could
Speaker 2: be fun, and I think I'll see how well it
Speaker 2: works during this card game. Once the card game started,
Speaker 2: Levi listened closely to what everyone at the table was thinking.
Speaker 2: He was going to know what cards they had and
Speaker 2: make the right choices to win every game and be
Speaker 2: this week's go Fish champion.
Speaker 3: Wow, Levi, you did so well go Fish this week,
Speaker 3: said his mom. Yeah, it was like you could see
Speaker 3: the cards that we had, said Ivy. You weren't cheating,
Speaker 3: were you?
Speaker 1: Uh?
Speaker 3: Uh no? Hey, how about we play.
Speaker 2: Uh rock paper scissors? Levi suggested, trying to change the subject.
Speaker 2: His family agreed, and Levi beat every one of them
Speaker 2: just by listening to them think about which they would
Speaker 2: throw next, rock.
Speaker 3: Paper or scissors.
Speaker 2: You're on a winning streak tonight, said Levi's dad with
Speaker 2: a laugh.
Speaker 3: No more games for you.
Speaker 2: Well that was really fun, thought Levi as he and
Speaker 2: Ivy headed off to get ready for bed. Levi was
Speaker 2: walking past his parents' room when he heard his mom say,
Speaker 2: I need to grab the toothpaste that I bought today.
Speaker 2: It's in the kitchen and there's none left in the bathroom. Well,
Speaker 2: at least Levi thought she said that she was in
Speaker 2: fact just thinking, but either way, Levi heard it and
Speaker 2: went to get the toothpaste. Hey, mom, I grabbed the
Speaker 2: toothpaste from the kitchen. I'm gonna brush my teeth now,
Speaker 2: Levi said, Wow, thank you so much, Levi. You must
Speaker 2: have read my mind. His mom jokingly replied, me read
Speaker 2: your mind? What are you talking about, Levi said, sounding
Speaker 2: very nervous. It's just a saying people use when they're
Speaker 2: thinking something and then someone else happens.
Speaker 3: To do that thing. I don't think you can really
Speaker 3: read my mind, honey, said his mom. Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2: I uh, I can't read your mind, Levi said, feeling relieved. Oh.
Speaker 2: He thought if his mom knew he could read mind,
Speaker 2: that she'd make him go to the doctor. He went
Speaker 2: to bed that night, not totally sure if his special
Speaker 2: superpowers would still be there when he woke up. Either way,
Speaker 2: it was fun while it lasted. When Levi I woke
Speaker 2: up the next morning, he walked into Ivy's room. She
Speaker 2: was looking out the window. I wish my friends could
Speaker 2: play today. I really miss seeing them, Ivy thought to herself.
Speaker 2: Leeve I heard this and knew right away that he
Speaker 2: could still read mine. He knew Ivy hadn't said that
Speaker 2: out loud. He felt bad for a sister, but saw
Speaker 2: this as a chance to make her feel better. He
Speaker 2: ran into her room and told some silly jokes to
Speaker 2: make her laugh. I like that I can read minds, Levi,
Speaker 2: I thought to himself, and not just because I can
Speaker 2: win card games.
Speaker 3: But because I can help people too.
Speaker 2: The day went on, and Levi wanted to see what
Speaker 2: other fun things he could do because he could read minds.
Speaker 2: He went for a walk in his neighborhood and saw
Speaker 2: a lot of people he knew. He listened carefully to
Speaker 2: hear if anyone was thinking anything that he could help with,
Speaker 2: and boy, did he hear a lot. His next door
Speaker 2: neighbor was looking around her yard for a bracelet she
Speaker 2: had lost ball gardening. Levi I heard her wishing she
Speaker 2: could find it, so he stopped to help her look.
Speaker 3: When she found it, she was so thankful for his help.
Speaker 2: A little further down the road, his friend was looking
Speaker 2: a bit down, but wouldn't tell Levi what was wrong.
Speaker 2: Levi listened carefully and hurt his friend, thinking how he
Speaker 2: wished he had a nicer baseball mit. Leeve I remembered
Speaker 2: he had two at home, so he ran back to
Speaker 2: get one and share it with his friend. His friend
Speaker 2: couldn't have been happier. The seam scenario happened again with
Speaker 2: the man who ran the ice cream shop, the old
Speaker 2: woman that lived across the street from Levi, and one
Speaker 2: of Ivy's friends. Levi kept hearing their thoughts about them
Speaker 2: needing help with something or wanting something that they didn't have.
Speaker 3: He wanted to help everyone, but it was getting exhausted.
Speaker 2: He decided to go home and play in his room
Speaker 2: for a while, alone with just his thoughts. As he
Speaker 2: was playing and enjoying the quiet, he heard his dad
Speaker 2: laugh and he heard him say, what does a Jack o'
Speaker 2: lantern wear on its face? A pump grin?
Speaker 3: Dad, that's a a bad joke, Levi called out from
Speaker 3: his room. What joke? Said his dad standing in Levi's doorway.
Speaker 2: I was just thinking of my favorite jokes from that
Speaker 2: Halloween Joke book I bought you and Ivy last week.
Speaker 3: They're so funny.
Speaker 2: Oh no, Levi I thought to himself. I can hear
Speaker 2: all of Dad's bad jokes. He thinks about dad jokes
Speaker 2: all the time. This has got to stop.
Speaker 1: Levi.
Speaker 2: I wasn't liking his new superpower anymore. He just wanted
Speaker 2: to go back to being plain old Levi who can't
Speaker 2: read people's minds. He knew he had to tell his parents.
Speaker 2: Even if they made him go to the doctor, he
Speaker 2: knew they could help.
Speaker 3: Okay, Levi, calm down.
Speaker 2: You say you can read people's thoughts, asked his mom.
Speaker 3: You mean you can hear what I'm thinking, said his dad.
Speaker 3: That's so cool. Okay, what number am I thinking of?
Speaker 2: Nine?
Speaker 3: Said Levi. That's right, exclaimed his dad.
Speaker 2: And now three thousand, four hundred and fifty nine, Levi said,
Speaker 2: with a frown. Wow, his dad said, that's right. I'm
Speaker 2: glad you're entertained, but I'm not anymore. Please help me
Speaker 2: stop this, Levi said. Well, if you got the superpower
Speaker 2: from eating a bunch of chocolate and trying to fly
Speaker 2: off the couch, maybe you should just do that again,
Speaker 2: said his dad. Levi's mom looked a little nervous because
Speaker 2: she didn't want Levi to get hurt, but she thought
Speaker 2: it was as good a plan as she could think of,
Speaker 2: so they'd give it a try. Except this time, he
Speaker 2: seemed to fly for a bit, to everyone's amazement, and
Speaker 2: landed swiftly on his feet. Quick, tell me one number
Speaker 2: I'm thinking of asked Levi's dad. Hmm, seventeen, levi I
Speaker 2: said in an unsure voice. Nope, it was ninety eight,
Speaker 2: three hundred and twenty. His dad said, excitedly, you're back.
Speaker 2: Levi was so excited and gave his mom and dad
Speaker 2: I had a big hug. The only thing I'll miss,
Speaker 2: said Levi with a smile is winning to go fish,
Speaker 2: laughed his mom. No, being able to know how you're
Speaker 2: all feeling so I can help out more.
Speaker 3: Levi said.
Speaker 2: That's so sweet, replied his mom. But I'm just glad
Speaker 2: my little Levi is back to normal. Me too, Levi said,
Speaker 2: as he gave his mom a big hug. Hey, how
Speaker 2: did you know I wanted a big hug from you?
Speaker 3: Asked his mom. Hi read your mind, Levi said, with
Speaker 3: a smile. Did you learn a lesson from this story? Hey?
Speaker 3: Fel what was it? And?
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