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Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. I'd like

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Speaker 1: Hello to gab Fraus, who is eight years old living

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Speaker 1: in Manila in the Philippines. And hello to Bridger from Camden, Maine.

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Speaker 1: I'd like to say a happy belated birthday to Julia

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Speaker 1: who celebrated her birthday on June ninth and her sister Gianna,

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Speaker 1: to thank Gianna, Johnny and Julia from Chester, New Jersey

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Speaker 1: or their idea that led to the creation of this story.

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Speaker 1: This is a story about a dog named Wilfred. Wilfred

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Speaker 1: is a handsome French bulldog. One day, when he is

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Speaker 1: outside with Gianna being trained, he finds something stinky on

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Speaker 1: the ground and, being a dog, rolls in it. When

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Speaker 1: it is time to go back inside, Gianna knows Wilfred

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Speaker 1: will need a bath, but Wilfrid runs and hides. Will

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Speaker 1: Gianna be able to get Wilfrid clean. Wilfrid the stinky dog.

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Speaker 1: It was a beautiful sunny day and there were white,

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Speaker 1: being trained. Though of course Wilfrid didn't realize this was training,

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Speaker 1: just that for some reason he didn't understand Gianna would

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Speaker 1: give him treats whenever he would do something that he

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Speaker 1: wanted to do. They were in their backyard, as they

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Speaker 1: often were this time of day. Wilfrid loved the backyard

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Speaker 1: because it had many hiding places, interesting smells, and so

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Speaker 1: many things to discover. To a dog his size, sem

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Speaker 1: like the biggest yard in the world. Gianna loved spending

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Speaker 1: time in their backyard too, But though Wilfred and her

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Speaker 1: before they brought home Wilfred that having a puppy in

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Speaker 1: not just lots of love, but also exercise and some training.

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Speaker 1: Gianna's mom emphasized training most of all, because she said

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Speaker 1: she didn't want to have messes all over her clean floors.

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Speaker 1: Her mom liked the house smelling nice and looking sparkling clean.

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Speaker 1: Gianna held the dog treat between her fingers. Wilfrid stared

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Speaker 1: Dogs always seem like they are starving. Gianna decided to

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Speaker 1: she said, using her most confident voice. Wilfrid just stared.

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Speaker 1: His eyes moved from the treat to her face and

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Speaker 1: back again. He did not sit. Sit, Wilfrid, Sit, she said. Again.

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Speaker 1: Wilfrid moved. This time he lay down on his back,

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Speaker 1: but he did not sit. Oh, Wilfrid, Gianna said, with

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Speaker 1: she said, said as he gently took the treat from

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Speaker 1: guess we could play ball for a while, Gianna said

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Speaker 1: out loud. Wilfrid knew the word ball and barked in agreement.

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Speaker 1: Gianna threw the ball to the far left of their backyard,

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Speaker 1: She asked, shaking with excitement. Wilfrid barked in agreement. Here

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Speaker 1: But wait, ball, no, the smell, Well, I must find

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Speaker 1: that smell, thought Wilfrid, and then he found it. Someone

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Speaker 1: is so glorious, Wilfrid thought. Wilfrid come, called Gianna. What

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Speaker 1: Wilfrid grabbed the ball and ran towards Gianna. Good boy,

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Speaker 1: Gianna said, taking the ball from Wilfrid's mouth. Oh no,

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Speaker 1: what's the all over you? And oh what is that

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Speaker 1: Gianna said, as she plugged her nose with her fingers.

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Speaker 1: look so upset? Wilfrid thought, she is so hard to understand. Okay, Wilfrid,

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Speaker 1: He didn't like baths very much, especially since they started

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Speaker 1: using that flowery smelling soap. With one hand, plugging her

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Speaker 1: nose and the other on Wilfrid's collar. Gianna took him

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Speaker 1: that awful smell, Jianna's mother said, as she walked to

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Speaker 1: a little dirty, she said, with her fingers over her nose.

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Speaker 1: Nothing too serious. I'll just give him a bath. Nothing

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Speaker 1: too serious, a bath. Heavens, he really stinks, Gianna. He

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Speaker 1: can't come in through the house like that. I think

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Speaker 1: Can't they just let me go so I can roll

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Speaker 1: so that I will never forget it. Wilfrid thought, Okay, Wilfrid,

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Speaker 1: Why are we here, Wilfrid thought, then, as he got

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Speaker 1: it is. It's a dog in that washer. And and

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Speaker 1: they want to put me in there too. No, no way,

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Speaker 1: her mother called, Wilfrid ran out into the living room

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Speaker 1: why he ran, Mom, I mean, it's like something scared him.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't like bath much, but he's never acted like this,

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Speaker 1: Gianna said, looking a bit puzzled. Oh, Gianna's mom said,

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Speaker 1: know what might have happened that Wilfrid sure is smart,

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Speaker 1: Gianna's mother said, as she started to laugh. What mom,

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Speaker 1: Gianna said as she noticed what her mother was looking at. Mom,

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Speaker 1: that's not funny. Wilfrid probably thinks that that stuffed dog

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Speaker 1: is a real dog just like him, and that we

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Speaker 1: You're right, it's not that funny, but your dog certainly

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Speaker 1: is smart, her mom said, still laughing. He may never

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Speaker 1: friends will start calling him Wilfrid the stinky dog. Gianna said,

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Speaker 1: go in that room again. No way, and no more

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Speaker 1: baths for me, And no matter what they say or do,

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Speaker 1: I will not take a bath. Wilfrid thought to himself, Wilfrid, come,

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Speaker 1: I have your ball? Gianna called ball. No, it must

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Speaker 1: and said, come on, Wilfrid, come on out. It wasn't

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Speaker 1: a real dog in the washer, silly. It was my

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Speaker 1: old stuffed toy dog that you drooled all over. Mom

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Speaker 1: just wanted to make it clean and less stinky. Wilfrid

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Speaker 1: did not move. Try getting him a treat, her mother said.

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Speaker 1: Gianna went and got Wilfrid a treat to try to

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Speaker 1: was getting stinkier. And stinkier by the minute. Here, Wilfrid,

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Speaker 1: here's your favorite treat. Come on out, she said, holding

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Speaker 1: Must not eat the treat, and he stayed under the couch. Gianna,

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Speaker 1: the whole house smells so terrible. It might take months

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Speaker 1: Gianna's mother started going around the house, opening all the

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Speaker 1: waiting for Wilfrid to come out. She was so hungry,

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Speaker 1: so she brought over a bag of crackers and started

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Speaker 1: sound food, Wilfrid thought, as he started drooling and his

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Speaker 1: stomach started growling. He made a slight whimpering sound. Are

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Speaker 1: you hungry, Wilfrid, Gianna asked, would you like some crackers?

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Speaker 1: She said, as she was holding a handful of crackers

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Speaker 1: close to where he was laying under the couch. Look,

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Speaker 1: I promise that I won't take you into the laundry room.

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Speaker 1: I'll take you upstairs and bathe you in our tub.

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Speaker 1: You have nothing to be scared about. It took a

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Speaker 1: few minutes, but Wilfrid slowly came out from under the couch,

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Speaker 1: That's a good boy, You have nothing to worry about,

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Speaker 1: Gianna said, as she petted his head and gave him

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Speaker 1: a big hug. Pee you. I think you both better

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Speaker 1: have a bath, Gianna's mother said with a laugh. So

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