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Speaker 1: Welcome to Lively Lewis Stories.

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Speaker 2: Buckle up because you're about to join Levi and Ivy

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Speaker 2: on an adventure.

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Speaker 1: All you need is your imagination and off we go

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Speaker 1: Reavey Larous Stories.

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Speaker 3: Hey, they're awesome friends.

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Speaker 1: Guess what.

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Speaker 2: We're super thrilled to share some exciting news with you.

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Speaker 2: show notes.

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Speaker 1: Now, let's dive into today's story.

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Speaker 4: Hey, friends, I'm pretty excited for this story.

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Speaker 2: It is based off of Levi and Ivy's great grandpa

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Speaker 2: and Grandpa, So this story Under the Sea and Up

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Speaker 2: in the Air is dedicated to Grandpa Dale and Grandpafred.

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Speaker 3: Let's jump in.

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Speaker 2: On a weekend not too sunny and not too cold,

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Speaker 2: Levi and Ivy went to one of their favorite places

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Speaker 2: in the world, Grandpa's house. They couldn't stop kicking in

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Speaker 2: their car seats as Mom turned into the driveway. A

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Speaker 2: day with Grandpa was always a fun one. Grandpa was

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Speaker 2: standing on the front porch waving his hands.

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Speaker 4: Hello, Hello, Grandpa.

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Speaker 3: Said Levi and Ivy.

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Speaker 2: As soon as the car stopped, both of them unbuckled

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Speaker 3: Grandpa hugged them back.

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Speaker 2: There's my two little gremlins, less green than I remember, though,

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Speaker 2: we are not green, Ivy laughed at him. Oh, all

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Speaker 2: gremlins are green. Look at this hair, all blonde and sandy.

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Speaker 2: Don't tell me you guys are skimping on your vegetables.

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Speaker 2: We are not, said Levi with a smile. Oh they are,

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Speaker 2: said mom, Carrying their toy bags. What's for dinner, Grams,

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Speaker 2: They all ate a hearty dinner of soup and garlic bread,

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Speaker 2: a Grandpa classic. Afterwards, Levi and Ivy helped Mom and

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Speaker 2: dad load the dishwasher and put the leftovers away. The

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Speaker 2: adults got to talking about boring work stuff, so the

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Speaker 2: they always left at Grandpa's house, but they weren't anywhere.

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Speaker 3: To be seens. Grandpa beckoned them over.

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Speaker 2: Grandma, moved your toys to the bedroom closet, the one upstairs.

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Speaker 2: Think you can find it. I think so, said Ivy confidently.

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Speaker 2: They both loved a good scavenger hunt. Levi and Ivy

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Speaker 2: raced up the stairs and into the bedroom. The closet

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Speaker 2: were waiting behind the door, all except one. Shoot muttered,

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Speaker 2: LEVI are building blocks. They're all the way up there.

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Speaker 2: He pointed to a blue bin on the very top shelf,

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Speaker 2: Ivy studied the closet and saw a pass she could

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Speaker 3: She could make it. I'll get it, she said.

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Speaker 2: Just catch the bin when I get up there, Okay,

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Speaker 2: said Levi. Ivy studied herself in the show before climbing

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Speaker 2: Levi returned with a pillow. Push it on this so

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Speaker 2: it doesn't make a big noise. Good idea, said Ivy.

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Speaker 2: Using all her strength, she pushed the bin over and

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Speaker 3: Levi beamed, nice.

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Speaker 2: Now be careful when you come down, Ivy lowered herself,

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Speaker 2: Are you okay, yeah, said Levi. Next time we should

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Speaker 2: Standing up, Ivy bent over to pick up the trinkets

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Speaker 2: is a funny hat, said Ivy, flipping it over. Let

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Speaker 4: Scared, you didn't I a little?

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Speaker 2: He looked between them. It's a branch of our nation's military.

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Speaker 2: Levi and Ivy looked at each other and shrugged. They'd

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Speaker 2: when I was just nineteen years old. Nineteen, Ivy made

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Speaker 2: Oh quiet, it's an adult, but a very young adult,

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Speaker 2: many of us got in young. On special occasions, we

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Speaker 2: tried hard to remember what she had learned on that

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Speaker 2: same thing, asked Ivy, Not quite, said Grandpa. There are

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Speaker 4: That must have been a huge ship.

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Speaker 2: Indeed it was, Grandpa smiled so big that it was

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Speaker 3: Levi leaned towards Ivy and whispered in her ear.

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Speaker 2: I think that's as big as a blue whale. No, no,

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Speaker 2: said Grandpa. Three hundred meters is about one thousand feet.

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Speaker 2: That means our navy ship was about ten blue whales long.

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Speaker 2: Ten blue whales. Levi and Ivy couldn't believe it. It seemed

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Speaker 2: impossible they could even make ships that big. How many

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Speaker 2: people were on it, LEVI had, Grandpa thought hard. I

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Speaker 2: can't remember the exact number, but there were quite a

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Speaker 2: sometimes for months at a time. Imagine a bunker with

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Speaker 2: Ivy wrinkled her nose. She remembered what Dad's smelly socks

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Speaker 2: smelt like. She couldn't imagine thousands of steinky socks.

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Speaker 3: Did it smell bad? Oh? Grandpa made a whistling noise.

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Speaker 4: Oh, who it smelled her horrendous.

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Speaker 2: Think of the steinkiest, moldiest cheese and the stinkiest, sweatiest laundry.

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Speaker 2: said Ivy. I couldn't sleep if it smelled that bad,

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Speaker 2: said Levi. I couldn't either, Grandpa confessed, So I did

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Speaker 2: a little trick. Levi and Ivy leaned forward in anticipation.

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Speaker 2: Grandpa grinned. On the deck of the ship, the winds

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Speaker 2: blew so cold they'd make your nose run, but not

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Speaker 4: That's genius, said Levi.

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Speaker 3: I thought so too, said Grandpa.

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Speaker 2: Suddenly, the three of them heard footsteps coming up the stairs,

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Speaker 2: and soon after Dad appeared in the doorway.

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Speaker 4: Oh, I didn't realize we were having a meeting.

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Speaker 2: In the closet. Grandpa's telling us about the navy. Ivy said, proudly,

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Speaker 2: he slept under planes. Dad laughed, that's mighty resourceful. Sometimes

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Speaker 2: you have to be resourceful in the military, isn't that

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Speaker 2: right Grandpa?

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Speaker 3: Oh yes, yes, Dad thought.

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Speaker 2: the military. He worked in a submarine, a boat that

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Speaker 2: goes deep down into the water. They'd have to sometimes

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Speaker 2: stay down there for a long time. Did they see

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Speaker 2: lots of fish, asked Ivy. Dad chuckled. Probably on the

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Speaker 2: way down, lots of fish saw them. But they didn't

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Speaker 2: Ivy raised her hand. Why were they down there then?

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Speaker 2: To protect the country of course, died, patted Grandpa's back.

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Speaker 2: Just like the sailors protect above the seas, someone has

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Speaker 2: and dandy down there. They lived super close together, and

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Speaker 2: that would be so hard, said Levi. I think I'd

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Speaker 2: be okay, said Ivy, as long as I have my iPad. Well,

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Speaker 2: before there were iPads, they had to entertain themselves in

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Speaker 4: They'd play lots of games, card.

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Speaker 3: Games, board games, you name it.

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Speaker 2: But for sure they had to find ways to make

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Speaker 2: for the submarine folk, Grandpa said with a nod. Being

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Speaker 2: all the fish and ocean life would be a dream

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Speaker 2: come true. But if a submarine really had no windows

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Speaker 2: and the sailors couldn't leave, it didn't seem so dreamy.

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Speaker 3: After all, those.

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Speaker 2: Men were very brave and very resilient for making that sacrifice.

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Speaker 2: Dad and Grandpa stood up, dusted off their pants. Well,

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Speaker 2: I think it's time we go downstairs.

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Speaker 3: Don't forget your choice. They scooped up.

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Speaker 2: Their building blocks, even though their minds were still on

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Speaker 2: Grandpa and Dad's stories. When they spilled their blocks onto

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Speaker 2: building a large ship with miniature block planes. Look, he said, pointing,

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Speaker 2: this is where Grandpa slept.

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Speaker 3: Ivy held up her.

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Speaker 4: Figure, and this is the submarine that our other grandpa

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Speaker 4: went in.

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Speaker 2: She made splashy noises. Down we'd go, oh, Levi laughed along.

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Speaker 2: He could picture them now, those tall, strong men in

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Speaker 2: their white hats and Ivy, He said, what did the

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Speaker 2: to know. The two of them borrowed mom's phone and

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Speaker 2: researched some pictures. Their clothes were very distinguishable. Lots of

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Speaker 2: didn't look as if they would come off easily. That's cool,

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Speaker 2: said Levi, and their curiosity didn't stop there. For the

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Speaker 2: rest of the night, Levi and Ivy researched new videos

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Speaker 2: about the Navy and learned more about what they did.

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Speaker 2: They saw videos of men working on the ships and

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Speaker 2: A museum, said Mom. Where They have a ship in

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Speaker 2: San Diego that gives tours, said Ivy. It's called the

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Speaker 2: USS Midway. Mom's mouth opened wide, Oh, the Midway, I've

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Speaker 2: heard of that. Yes, of course we can go. I'm

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Speaker 2: It was gigantic, just like Grandpa had said, and it

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Speaker 3: Their tour guide took them across.

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Speaker 2: The sailors had to be agile and strong to go

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Speaker 2: it was just like the ones they used in submarines.

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Speaker 2: See that, he pointed to the little dots. Those are

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Speaker 2: said Levi. Maybe it's a big blue whale, said Ivy.

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Speaker 2: That made the whole tour group laugh. At the very end,

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Speaker 2: Levi and Ivy took pictures with Mom and Dad on

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Speaker 3: Did you learn a lesson.

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Speaker 4: From this story a so what was it?

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Speaker 1: And parents, do your kids have a story idea?

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Speaker 2: Leave a comment on our Apple Podcast review page with

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Speaker 2: five stars, the idea, and your kid's name for a

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Speaker 2: chance to join Levi and Ivy on their next adventure.

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Speaker 4: Until next time, thanks for listening. Come back for more