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Speaker 1: to say hello to Lucy Patten, who is seven from Whitburn, Scotland,

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Speaker 1: on October first, and happy birthday to McKenna May from

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Speaker 1: California who is turning seven on October first. A big

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Speaker 1: tightstories dot org slash support Thank you. Little Timmy loves

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Speaker 1: to read and wishes more than anything to get more books.

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Speaker 1: He asks his grandfather to take him to the library

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Speaker 1: My dear Timmy, have magic. They take you places, introduce

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Speaker 1: He offered them to Tinkle, who ate them one by

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Speaker 1: you like them, Tinkle, Timmy said, as he went to

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Speaker 1: stroking his mane gently. Timmy said, oh, Tinkle, I don't

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Speaker 1: in time. I might have been too ambitious. What if

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Speaker 1: we've come all this way for nothing. I just wanted

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Speaker 1: more books and an adventure. But now I'm not so sure.

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Speaker 1: Was his dream of reaching the barley Brook Library just

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Speaker 1: a fantasy? Was he too hasty? Or was there still

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Speaker 1: hope in their quest? And that is the end of

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Speaker 1: this part. Goodnight, sleep tight.