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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: below in our show notes. Now, let's dive into today's story.

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy returned to the year twenty twenty three

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Speaker 1: with jackets full of snow. Mom almost didn't recognize them,

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Speaker 1: holding the hand over her heart. Sorry, Levi was still laughing.

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Speaker 1: It was getting too cold, and Levi threw a snowball

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Speaker 1: at me. Ivy complained, well, I had to. Levi reasoned

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Speaker 1: it was the ice age. I had to throw at

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Speaker 1: least one snowball. Mom shook her head. Her two quirky

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Speaker 1: time traveling kids always got into Shenanigan's wherever they went.

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Speaker 1: At least they kept their coat zipped. Up and made

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Speaker 1: it home in one piece. Is the watch okay? Asked mom.

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Speaker 1: Ivy dug through all her coat pockets and eventually found

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Speaker 1: the time traveling watch. It's here. Mom nodded along. That's good.

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Speaker 1: So where are you two going next? Mmm? Somewhere beachy,

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Speaker 1: said Levi. I'm still cold. We should go somewhere a

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Speaker 1: lot warmer. What do you think, Ivy? Let's do it,

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Speaker 1: said Ivy. The two of them disappeared upstairs and returned

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Speaker 1: wearing their swimsuits. Levi was a scatter of blue and

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Speaker 1: green dots, while Ivy's was a bright bubblegum pink. They

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Speaker 1: also had their beach towels tucked under their arms. All right,

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Speaker 1: said mom. You remember the rules? Levi and Ivy nodded.

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Speaker 1: No talking to people, no calling, attentions to ourselves, no

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Speaker 1: interfering with time, good, said mom. Be home by dinner. Oh,

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Speaker 1: they would definitely be home by then. Who would want

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Speaker 1: to miss dinner? Levi put the watch in his palm

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Speaker 1: and thought of a beach they could go. With all

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Speaker 1: the time at their fingertips, they could literally go anywhere

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Speaker 1: within any timeframe. Levi thought hard, what's taking you so long?

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Speaker 1: Ivy said, impatiently. I want to go to the beach,

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Speaker 1: ssh said Levi. Let me think you're taking too long,

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Speaker 1: Just let me do it. No, Ivy's wiped for the watch,

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Speaker 1: but Levi had pulled back in the nicotine. He thought

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Speaker 1: quickly about the beach, the warm sunsets, and the west coasts.

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Speaker 1: Before Ivy could take the watch, take us to the

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Speaker 1: west whoa, said Ivy, accidentally bumping into him. The spell

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Speaker 1: was incomplete, and before they knew it, they were already

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Speaker 1: being dragged into a time wormhole. Stars and circles whirled

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Speaker 1: Ivy muttered Levi, dusting off his knees. Look what you

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Speaker 1: They stood up and gathered their now dusty beach towels.

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Speaker 1: There wasn't a beach in sight. All around were miles

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Speaker 1: It was windy too. Their calves were being bristled by

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Speaker 1: dirt particles and scratchy sand Levi said, Ivy, where did

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Speaker 1: you take us? I was about to say the West coast.

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Speaker 1: But you didn't let me finish. If they weren't in

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Speaker 1: the West coast, then maybe, just maybe they were in

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Speaker 1: said Ivy. We need a beach with cool winds. Take

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Speaker 1: us to the west coast. Levi pulled out the watch.

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Speaker 1: I think we broke it. Ivy quickly took the watch

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Speaker 1: Unfortunately that turned out to be the least to their worries.

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Speaker 1: From behind a great rock mountain, they heard the pounding

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Speaker 1: a big, tough woman. You weren't really gonna hurt them,

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Speaker 1: What were you doing wearing that peacock feather? Get up?

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Speaker 1: Levi was honest, we're time travelers. The woman tipped back

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Speaker 1: never heard a term so crotchety. Dancing through time you is, yeah,

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Speaker 1: and we need your help, said Levi. Our watch is broken.

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Speaker 1: Levi held it up to the woman, hoping that it

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Speaker 1: if you don't want to be wolf chow. Ivy breathed

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Speaker 1: a sigh of relief. Thank you. I'm Ivy and this

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Speaker 1: is Levi. What's your name? The woman spat on the ground,

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Speaker 1: What does that mean? Oh? That was all my spelling

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Speaker 1: test last year, Levi said, I think it means joyful

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Speaker 1: Jane was a good horse rider because she had no

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Speaker 1: problem going fast. Jane took them to the cabin not

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy new clothes to change in two, although

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Speaker 1: they were five times too big. Just keep rolling them,

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Speaker 1: said Jane. Yep, just like that. Ivy did as she

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Speaker 1: was told. Levi put on his new hat, and caught

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Speaker 1: a true Westerner. Now, thank you for the clothes, said Levi,

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Speaker 1: But we really need someone to help fix our watch.

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Speaker 1: Do you know anyone here who could help. I ain't

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Speaker 1: nobody gonna help you with a twaddle like that, Jane

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Speaker 1: said gruffly. But honestly, your best chance is to join

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Speaker 1: have to get back. Our mom's making dinner, Calamity. Jane

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Speaker 1: leaned forward in her chair. Is that right? Well, tell

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Speaker 1: me about this here future. I'd love to hear some more.

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Speaker 1: Who runs the West in your time? Is it loudless?

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Speaker 1: Levi looked at Ivy. Uh, not really. A lot of

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Speaker 1: people follow the rules. When the light turns red, all

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Speaker 1: Jane was looking at them funny, until suddenly, like a hawk,

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Speaker 1: and tried listening to More horses were coming, had said Jane.

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Speaker 1: Quick Now, Levi I grabbed Ivy and the two of

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Speaker 1: She crouched down beside the two of them. Don't you

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Speaker 1: rummaging through things glamity. Jane leaned and studied the intruders. Well,

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Speaker 1: i'll be she said, it's the kid. Levi poked his

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Speaker 1: He seemed younger than Jane, maybe a teenager, but certainly

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Speaker 1: said Levi. I'm a kid. Jane scoffed. You ain't never

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Speaker 1: seen a kid like this. He ain't just any outlaw.

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Speaker 1: both clutched each other and waited. Men were yelping in

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Speaker 1: I don't think calamity means joyful, Levi. I'll fancy y'all

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Speaker 1: get quite a dime off you kid, Jane was saying.

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Speaker 1: Now now, said a male sing song voice, we don't

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Speaker 1: need to rerun into no pauses now. Levi and Ivy

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Speaker 1: heard you, all right, Billy the kid? No good lyning

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Speaker 1: and cheating out law trying to steal too. How's that

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Speaker 1: going for you now, chucklehead, not dandy, Billy the kid admitted.

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy crept out of the room until Billy

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Speaker 1: but that still didn't solve their time traveling problem. Ivy

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Speaker 1: was the first to ask, your name's Billy, right? Do

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Speaker 1: you know anyone who can fix our watch. Billy looked

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Speaker 1: at them. I ain't never seen a watch like that,

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Speaker 1: and you ain't never gonna again, said Jane, Not while

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Speaker 1: you're rotten in the goose gow. Put that thing away, Abby,

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Speaker 1: Ain't no one gonna believe you, Tom Jumpin' Ivy side

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Speaker 1: All hope was starting to dwindle, but Levi didn't want

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Speaker 1: he tried one last time to get them home, Take

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Speaker 1: us home. Then, for a split second, all of them, Levi, Ivy, Jane,

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Speaker 1: and Billy were in the Lewis house. Mom was still

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Speaker 1: Billy looked like they'd just seen a ghost. Ivy opened

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Speaker 1: they were back in the wild West, back in Jane's cabin.

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Speaker 1: Based on everyone's faces, the little time jump into the

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Speaker 1: future wasn't just a figment of imagination. Did you see that?

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Speaker 1: Said Billy? I I think I Jane's couldn't finish her sentence.

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Speaker 1: By golly, Ivy, you was right. I ain't never seen

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Speaker 1: said Leviyan, that was our mom. We really need to

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Speaker 1: get home now, Calamity. Jane wasn't so quick to diminish them.

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Speaker 1: got to geet you kids home. Billy the kid squad

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Speaker 1: We just really need to get home, Billy. The kids

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Speaker 1: to be remembered, fine, said Ivy. Just take us to

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Speaker 1: know works this, said Jane, He's right here. Inside a

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Speaker 1: Billy was cackling with laughter. Suddenly, a robe came out

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Speaker 1: I think he wants to help us, said Ivy. Ivy

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Speaker 1: Be nice, Jane, I think they can fix our watch.

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Speaker 1: I don't see hal Jane grumbled. The natives led them

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Speaker 1: started to light the bark on fire. Levi lunged forward. No, don't,

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Speaker 1: soon the bark was entirely engulfed in flames. The watch

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Speaker 1: reluctant smile. Well what do you know? You got something right?

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Speaker 1: said Levi. Sorry about Billy the kid getting away, Oh

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Speaker 1: the down would have been nice, But I'll be fine.

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Speaker 1: Old Billy knows not to come near my place. No more,

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Speaker 1: Calamity Jane a big hug. Thank you for all your help, Jane.

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Speaker 1: missed home more. Take us home. In the next moment,

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Speaker 1: around Mom. We're back. Mom, we're back. Mom looked confused. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Dad too. Oh it was amazing, Dad, we went somewhere

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Speaker 1: Levi smiled as he listened to his sister retell the story.

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Speaker 1: Every once in a while, he would remember Billy, the kid,

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Speaker 1: this story? Ay? South? What was it? And? Parents, do

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Speaker 1: and Ivy on their next adventure. Until next time, thanks

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Speaker 1: for listening. Come back for more