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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. Every week

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Speaker 1: we celebrate our supporters through shout outs and personal birthday messages.

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Speaker 1: We think this is also a fun way for us

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Speaker 1: to hear about all the amazing places that you our

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Speaker 1: listeners come from. I'd like to say hello to Camilla

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Speaker 1: and hello to Rowan. Happy belated sixth birthday to Hudson

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Speaker 1: on April nineteenth, and Happy golden Birthday to Abram on

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Speaker 1: June tenth, both from Nampa, Idaho. Mom and Dad are

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Speaker 1: so proud of you and so thankful for all the

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Speaker 1: adventures they get to experience with you. Happy eighth birthday

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Speaker 1: to Melaura and San Francisco, California on June twenty seventh.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations on finishing second grade and enjoy summer camp. Mom

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Speaker 1: and Dad love you very very much. Happy belated birthday

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Speaker 1: to Ainslie, who turned seven on June twenty first. You

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Speaker 1: are loved so much by Mom, Dad, brother Jamie, and

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Speaker 1: sister Cammy. Happy belated birthday to Emma in Downingtown, Pennsylvania,

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Speaker 1: who celebrated her birthday on June twenty second. We are

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Speaker 1: so proud of the sweet young lady you have become

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Speaker 1: and for all the great things you have accomplished this year.

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Speaker 1: Happy belated birthday to Lulu of San Francisco, who turned

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Speaker 1: nine on June twenty eighth. From your dad and your

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Speaker 1: brother Jackson, who love you so much and are so

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Speaker 1: proud of the beautiful girl you are becoming. Happy belated

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Speaker 1: birthday to an Sheita Pola Muri from India who had

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Speaker 1: a birthday July first. And Happy belated birthday to Maya

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Speaker 1: from Ithaca, New York, who turned eight on July first. Mom, Dad, Simone,

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Speaker 1: Garbo and Void love you so much. Happy fifth birthday

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Speaker 1: to Dreece. Mama, Daddy and Sissy love you so very

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Speaker 1: much and hope you enjoyed your special birthday. Happy sixth

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Speaker 1: birthday to Rain Norton. Mom and Frayne are so proud

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Speaker 1: of you and how you are growing into such a

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Speaker 1: lovely young man. Happy ninth birthday to Sam Carrey. Your parents, sisters,

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Speaker 1: Molly and Coconut love you very much. Happy birthday to

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Speaker 1: Sophie from Philadelphia who is turning seven. Your cousins June

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Speaker 1: and Oliver, and aunt and uncle Nika and Peter love

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Speaker 1: you so much. Happy seventh birthday to Nolan Began in

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Speaker 1: Connecticut from Mom, Dad, Jack, Oliver, Zippy, Peppa, and Da Vinci.

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Speaker 1: They love you, Shmoopy. Happy birthday to Theo who was

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Speaker 1: turning five on the fourth of July listening in with

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Speaker 1: his siblings on Alexander Lane. You are their strong boy.

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Speaker 1: Happy seventh birthday to Cooper in Birmingham, Alabama on July fifth, Mom,

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Speaker 1: Dad and Carson love you very much. And Happy birthday

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Speaker 1: to Nori on July seventh. Mom, Dad and Evelyn want

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Speaker 1: to wish a very happy sixth birthday to their favorite dragon.

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday to you all. Now onto our story. Solomon

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Speaker 1: Owl found mister Frog by the water and plans to

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Speaker 1: eat him, but mister Frog has other plans. Mister Frog

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Speaker 1: Solomon says yes. Mister Frog quickly sows the coat and

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Speaker 1: gives it to Solomon, who looks at it strangely. When

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Speaker 1: Solomon Owl asks why the cot doesn't open up in

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Speaker 1: the front or why it has a hood, mister Frog

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Speaker 1: tells him it is the latest fashion and Solomon should

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Speaker 1: The tail of salt. Solomon Owl Part two. Yes. As

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Speaker 1: Solomon Owl was puzzled. He turned his head toward mister

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Speaker 1: Frog and stared at him for a moment, and then

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Speaker 1: upon the coat again. Mister Frog was most uncomfortable, especially

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Speaker 1: he asked. Solomon Owl slowly shook his head. This is

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Speaker 1: top of it. Oh, exclaimed mister Frog. That's the hood.

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Speaker 1: Knowing that you spend your winters here in Pleasant Valley,

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Speaker 1: Solomon Owl looked relieved at mister Frog's explanation, but there

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Speaker 1: Solomon Owl said that he didn't like that style very much. Well,

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Speaker 1: What's the matter now, mister Frog asked him. I can't see,

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Speaker 1: he said, and I know now that you're not a

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Speaker 1: He began to tug at the coat, but he soon

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Speaker 1: Don't you hear me, Solomon Owl shouted as he struggled

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Speaker 1: Though Solomon couldn't see, he knew that he was in danger,

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Speaker 1: then he did not finish what he was saying. But

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Speaker 1: sew Jasper Jay's new blue suit, while his face wore

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Speaker 1: lucky you came today, said Aunt Polly, because tonight I'm

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Speaker 1: Solomon Owl said, nothing tastes as good as it did

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Speaker 1: Solomon said that as nearly as he could remember, he

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Speaker 1: is a change of food. And it's lucky you came

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Speaker 1: What should I do? Asked Solomon. Owl insects are scarce

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Speaker 1: Hunter's moon, big and yellow and round, was just rising

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Speaker 1: Solomon watched him. The stranger neither moved nor spoke, and

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Speaker 1: at last he felt that he simply must say something. Oooo,

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Speaker 1: But Solomon Owl was not interested in the weather. I

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Speaker 1: the question. Why no, he exclaimed, But now that you

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Speaker 1: and I don't want to disappoint him. At first, Solomon

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Speaker 1: go and get your chick now, he said. There's that

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Speaker 1: man below with the eyes, said Fatty Raccoon. I've been

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Speaker 1: Solomon Owl. Sh Fatty Raccoon held up a warning hand.

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Speaker 1: Solomon saw that it was Tommy Fox, sitting on his

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Speaker 1: suppose Solomon Owl called in a low tone, which was

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Speaker 1: as if he were very hungry. Indeed, and all the

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Speaker 1: while the stranger continued to stare straight at the chicken house,

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Speaker 1: Farmer Green's poultry. It was no wonder that the three

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Speaker 1: If the strange man had only spoken, they might not

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Speaker 1: And that is the end of this part. Good Night,

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Speaker 1: sleep tight,