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Speaker 1: Consul to paper sketching. You are on this page. What

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Speaker 2: Today?

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Speaker 1: Another adventure waits for you, ro Scout and Layla.

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Speaker 1: It's imagination time.

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Speaker 3: And curiosity cold Curiosity come It's a magical place come true.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Adventures of Curiosity.

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Speaker 3: Cald Hello, it's me Ella the Curious. Whether you're joining

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Speaker 3: I'm thrilled to have you here. Welcome back to the

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Speaker 3: Adventures of Curiosity Cove, where each episode we dive into

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Speaker 3: one of my own Ella of the Curious adventures or

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Speaker 3: listen to an original story right here in my cozy treehouse.

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Speaker 3: Picture this. We're nestled among the trees, surrounded by comfy

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Speaker 3: a story about a brave boy who overcame his fears.

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Speaker 3: Are you ready to listen? I sure am, all right,

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Speaker 3: Let's do it the Dragon. This is a story about

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Speaker 3: this story starts with a little boy named Trevor. Trevor

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Speaker 3: But they haven't talked about it for some time. Trevor

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Speaker 4: Uh, hello, was someone just whistling with me?

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Speaker 4: If you were, it was beautiful. I would love to

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Speaker 4: What are you doing?

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Speaker 2: What are you doing?

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Speaker 4: Why are you scaring me?

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Speaker 2: I'm not scaring you. You're scaring me.

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Speaker 3: He had never considered that he was scaring anyone. He

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Speaker 2: Do you not even realize who I am?

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Speaker 4: Um? I don't know too many swamp dragons around these parts.

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Speaker 2: Oh, how dare you?

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Speaker 3: I only look like this because you left me here

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Speaker 4: I left you here.

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Speaker 3: Yes, I'm your fear, Trevor.

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Speaker 2: Nice to see you again. Thanks for leaving me.

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Speaker 4: Wait, you're my fear.

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Speaker 3: The dragon nodded you.

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Speaker 4: You don't look so good.

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Speaker 2: That's because you abandoned me.

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Speaker 4: Abandon you.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, every time you run away from me, I just

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Speaker 4: I had no idea you even existed, of.

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Speaker 3: Course I do. Who do you think was with you

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but I've never seen you during any of those times.

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Speaker 3: The dragon put his head down. Well, I saw you

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Speaker 3: the entire time. Maybe you just started acknowledging. Those scary

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Speaker 3: Trevor and the dragon paused for a second to take

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Speaker 4: I appreciate you being there. Those were really scary moments

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Speaker 4: in my life. I guess I always tried to overcome them.

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Speaker 3: I think that's only natural. But when you leave me

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Speaker 3: too long without acknowledging me, I really I get really

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I see that.

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Speaker 3: Hey, you have to get going.

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Speaker 4: Oh no, I forgot. Oh okay, I have to run. Wait, well,

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Speaker 4: I see you want to get back from school.

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Speaker 3: I think it's going to take a while for me

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Speaker 3: to shrink again.

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Speaker 4: You can shrink.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk about.

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Speaker 3: It on your way home. Oh go. Trevor just made

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Speaker 3: Was it real? Had he made it up in his head?

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Speaker 3: Did he fall and hit his head? He couldn't stop

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Speaker 4: Hey, you've been scaring me for three years. I figured

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Speaker 4: I pressed, Yeah, I figured it out. I've been thinking

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Speaker 4: It was me that made you out to be the monster.

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Speaker 5: So if you keep being scared and keep running from me,

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Speaker 3: You don't want to know. Just promise me you'll always

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Speaker 4: I promise. Well, can I give you a hug?

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