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Speaker 1: Welcome to Lively Lewis Stories. Buckle up because you're about

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Speaker 1: to join Levi and Ivy on an adventure. All you

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Speaker 1: need is your imagination an off we go Ribby Larous Stories, Dad, Dad,

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Speaker 1: Ivy called, as she walked towards the kitchen. I need

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Speaker 1: a snack, please, great, tiny, said her dad as he

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Speaker 1: plopped two canvas bags on the counter. I just got

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Speaker 1: back from the farmer's market and I have tons of

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Speaker 1: delicious snacks for you. Cookies, brownies, oo, gooey chocolate cake,

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Speaker 1: smarked Ivy hopefully as she looked through the bags. No, sweetie,

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Speaker 1: I have all kinds of tasty fruit, replied her dad.

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Speaker 1: Would you like a bright red apple, a sunny looking orange,

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Speaker 1: or a crisp hair that one, Ivy said, pointing toward

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Speaker 1: a bright yellow lemon on the table. Ivy's dad picked

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Speaker 1: it up and shook his head. Sorry, Ivy, but lemons

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Speaker 1: buy themselves aren't the best for you. I know they

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Speaker 1: look and smell wonderful, but they're bad for your teeth.

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Speaker 1: And they can make you well, they can make you sassy.

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Speaker 1: Sassy Ivy thought as she held the lemon in her hand.

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Speaker 1: How could a little lemon make me sassy. I'm always nice.

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Speaker 1: Why would I ever act mean or unkind to anyone?

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Speaker 1: But she agreed with her dad, grabbed an apple and

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Speaker 1: ran outside. Ivy's dad put away the fruit and went

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Speaker 1: to see what Levi was up to. Just as he

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Speaker 1: left the kitchen, Ivy strolled back. She was still hungry

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Speaker 1: and wanted to see what else she could snack on.

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Speaker 1: That's when she saw it, a whole cut up lemon

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Speaker 1: sitting out on the counter. Her mom had been getting

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Speaker 1: ready to make lemonade, but she had to leave to

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Speaker 1: make a phone call. Ivy picked up a piece of

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Speaker 1: the bright yellow fruit and stared at it. As she did,

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Speaker 1: she heard her dad's voice echo in her ears. Lemons

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Speaker 1: buy themselves bad for your teeth, and they can make

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Speaker 1: you sassy. Ivy just couldn't take her eyes off the

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Speaker 1: perfect little lemon wedge. She was so curious to see

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Speaker 1: what it tasted like. She thought, how bad could it

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Speaker 1: be if I just have a nibble, I'll even go

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Speaker 1: brush my teeth right afterwards. Also, there's no way it

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Speaker 1: would make me sassy. I'm sweet, little Ivy. And with

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Speaker 1: that thought, she took a little bite of the lemon

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Speaker 1: wedge and then another hour, she said in a funny voice,

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Speaker 1: but tasty. Then all of a sudden, something strange happened.

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Speaker 1: Ivy didn't feel like herself. She felt different, She felt odd,

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Speaker 1: she felt sassy. She threw the lemon wedge on the floor,

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Speaker 1: not caring that it was supposed to go in the garbage.

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Speaker 1: She then stomped out of the kitchen towards her room.

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Speaker 1: Ivy began to play with her dolls, but the story

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Speaker 1: she was making up for them was not her usual.

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Speaker 1: The dolls were mad each other, not saying please or

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Speaker 1: thank you, and just acting plain old rude. As this

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Speaker 1: was going on, Ivy's dad walked by. Hi, Ivy, can

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Speaker 1: I play too? He asked. No, I don't want to

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Speaker 1: play with you. Go away. I just want to be

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Speaker 1: left alone. She shouted at him. Wow, that's not the

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Speaker 1: way we talk in this house. You're not acting like

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Speaker 1: yourself at all. Ivy's dad said, I'm gonna go get

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Speaker 1: your mom. Ivy continued to play, not even paying attention

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Speaker 1: to her dad as he was talking. Levi had heard

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Speaker 1: what was going on and went in to check it out. Ivy,

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Speaker 1: what's up with you? You've never talked that way to dad? Before.

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Speaker 1: I bet it really hurts his feelings, leeve, I said,

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Speaker 1: trying to be a good big brother and let Ivy

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Speaker 1: know how her actions affected other people. What do you know, Levi,

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Speaker 1: Ivey said, as she tossed her doll at him. Get

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Speaker 1: out of my room. I don't want to play with you,

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Speaker 1: Levi jumped up. He knew something strange was going on

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Speaker 1: and he had to figure out why. As he walked

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Speaker 1: down the hallway, he bumped into his parents. He and

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Speaker 1: his dad explained what was going on to his mom.

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Speaker 1: They knew there must be some reason for the sudden

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Speaker 1: change in Ivy's attitude, but what could it be? Before

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Speaker 1: we go back in there, let's look for some clues,

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Speaker 1: Levice suggested. Good idea, buddy, said his dad. Now, where

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Speaker 1: was the last place I saw Ivy before she started

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Speaker 1: acting this way? Hmm, he thought for a minute. The kitchen,

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Speaker 1: he shouted. Once they got there, they saw their answer

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Speaker 1: sitting on the counter. Oh no, said Ivy's dad, holding

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Speaker 1: up Ivy's chewed lemon wedge. She hasn't been acting strange,

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Speaker 1: She's been acting sassy. I know just what we have

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Speaker 1: to do, said Ivy's mom, running into the cupboard. We

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Speaker 1: need cookies, brownies, and oohey gooey chocolate cake. The only

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Speaker 1: way to stop the sour lemons from making her sassy

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Speaker 1: is by giving her something sweet, just like she used

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Speaker 1: to be. Our sweet little Ivy, said dad, grabbing a

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Speaker 1: bag of cookies. Leve I ran down the hall to

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Speaker 1: get Ivy, just hoping their plan would work. I thought,

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Speaker 1: I said, I wanted to play by myself, Ivy shouted,

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Speaker 1: as Levi I walked into her room. I know, Ivy,

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Speaker 1: but there's something special waiting for you in the kitchen.

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Speaker 1: Mom and Dad need to see you right away. It

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Speaker 1: better be something good, Ivy said, stomping off down the hall.

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Speaker 1: When she got to the kitchen and saw cookies, brownies

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Speaker 1: and cake on the table, she quickly sat down. Move

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Speaker 1: out of the way. Those are all mine, Ivy said.

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Speaker 1: You're not gonna share with us, asked dad, Not even

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Speaker 1: a little bit, asked her mom. I guess if there's

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Speaker 1: anything left when I'm done, you can have some, Ivy said,

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Speaker 1: as she picked up her favorite chocolate chip cookie and

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Speaker 1: took a huge bite. Her mom, dad, and brother Levi

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Speaker 1: I all watched closely and wishing that their plan would work.

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Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden, the look in Ivy's eyes changed.

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Speaker 1: She looked peaceful, happy, and not sassy anymore. It was

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Speaker 1: as if she woken up from a dream. Wow, so

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Speaker 1: many treats, Ivy exclaimed with a huge smile. They look amazing.

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Speaker 1: Are these for me? Thank you so much? But I

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Speaker 1: want to share? Everyone grabs something. She's back. They all cheered.

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Speaker 1: What what just happened? Ivy said? I'm so sorry that

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Speaker 1: I wasn't nice to all of you. Oh it's okay, Ivy.

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Speaker 1: We forgive you, said her mom. Forgiveness and grace are

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Speaker 1: very important, Ivy, and we know it won't happen again,

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Speaker 1: added her dad with a little smile. Just don't ever

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Speaker 1: eat lemons by themselves again. You got it, dad, replied Ivy.

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Speaker 1: And speaking of lemons, how about we all finished making

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Speaker 1: that lemonade, said Ivy's mom. Just make sure you add

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Speaker 1: plenty of sugar. Levi laughed as he munched on a

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Speaker 1: big chocolate brown. Did you learn a lesson from this story?

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Speaker 1: A sou What was it? And parents, do your kids

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Speaker 1: kid's name for a chance to join Levi and Ivy

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Speaker 1: on their next adventure. Until next time, Thanks for listening,

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