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Speaker 1: Have you ever said something and then wished you could

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Speaker 1: take it back. Welcome to story Time by Lingo Kids.

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Speaker 1: Today's story is a tale to remind us that words matter.

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Speaker 1: Subscribe or follow us so you never miss one of

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Speaker 1: our episodes. There once was a little boy named Bobby.

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Speaker 1: For most of his life, Bobby spent his days at

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Speaker 1: his mother's hair salon, listening to the lady's gossip. And

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Speaker 1: then he said, did you see her dress? I'm not

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Speaker 1: one to judge, but today Bobby's life changed. It was

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Speaker 1: his first day of school. Bobby met his teacher, Miss Polly.

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Speaker 1: She was short and round, with twinkling eyes and a

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Speaker 1: warm smile. The children sat in a circle to play

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Speaker 1: a game. In the game, one child went around the

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Speaker 1: circle until he tapped another child's head. That child chased

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Speaker 1: the first one, trying to tag him before he reached

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Speaker 1: the empty seat. After a few rounds, a boy tapped

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Speaker 1: Bobby's head. Bobby sprang up and tagged the boy before

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Speaker 1: he could get back to the empty seat. Ha ha,

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Speaker 1: you're slow, the other boy frowned. Now Bobby went around

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Speaker 1: the circle. When he tapped another child's head, Bobby easily

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Speaker 1: made it to the empty seat. Before being caught. He

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Speaker 1: looked around and laughed, what a bunch of turtles. Ha ha

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Speaker 1: ha ha. Miss Polly didn't hear Bobby's unkind words, but

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Speaker 1: the children did, and it made them sad. Suddenly a

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Speaker 1: bell rang it was time for music. Miss Polly had

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Speaker 1: a bin of small drums. She waddled around, handing each

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Speaker 1: child a drum. Bobby leaned over to the girl next

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Speaker 1: to him and snortled, Huh, miss Polly walks like a duck.

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Speaker 1: The little girl glanced at Bobby, shrugged, and started hitting

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Speaker 1: her drum. After music class, the children went to the

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Speaker 1: lunch room. The school cook was scooping soup from a

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Speaker 1: big hot pot. As Bobby got closer, he noticed the

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Speaker 1: cook's face was bright red from the steam. Bobby had

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Speaker 1: an amusing thought, and he shared it with the boy

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Speaker 1: standing in front of him. Look at the cook, He's

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Speaker 1: as red as a lobster. Ha ha. The boy didn't laugh.

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Speaker 1: The cook was a very nice man. He didn't want

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Speaker 1: to hurt his feelings. Bobby got his soup and sat

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Speaker 1: down to eat. After a while, another bell rang. It

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Speaker 1: was time to leave. The children grabbed their backpacks and

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Speaker 1: went outside. Bobby's mother was waiting for him. Hello, Darling, Hi, Mama,

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Speaker 1: tell me about your first day. We played a fun

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Speaker 1: game and I was the fastest runner. The other kids

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Speaker 1: were as slow as tartles. Bobby's mother looked at her

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Speaker 1: son and gently said, you can be proud, but don't

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Speaker 1: put other people down. Please. Bobby hesitated and then continued,

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Speaker 1: we played drums. Miss Polly is short and waddles like

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Speaker 1: a duck. Bobby's mother looked at him with concern. Bobby,

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Speaker 1: that's rude. You need to respect your teachers. Bobby was quiet.

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Speaker 1: When they got home. Bobby's mother started to prepare dinner.

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Speaker 1: As she stirred a pot, Bobby let out a big chuckle.

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Speaker 1: Ha ha, what's so funny today? The school cook made

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Speaker 1: hot soup. His face was red like a lobster. Ha ha.

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Speaker 1: Bobby's mother stopped stirring and put her hands on her hips. Bobby,

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Speaker 1: those words are not nice. They can cause problems. Bobby

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Speaker 1: looked confused. They're just words, like the women gossiping at

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Speaker 1: your salon. It doesn't hurt anyone, right, Bobby's mother shook

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Speaker 1: her head. Words are more powerful than you think. They

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Speaker 1: ate their dinner afterwards. Bobby's mother read him a story

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Speaker 1: and tucked him into bed. Good night, dear, sweet dreams,

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Speaker 1: Good night Mama. The next morning, as Bobby entered his classroom,

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Speaker 1: he let out a yell Ahhhh. All of the children

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Speaker 1: were turtles. What hell? He ran to find his teacher,

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Speaker 1: but stopped with a gasp. There was miss Polly and

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Speaker 1: she was a duck. Ah did my words do this?

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Speaker 1: Bobby had one more place to go, the lunch room.

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Speaker 1: He peeked through the kitchen doors. Sure enough, a red

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Speaker 1: lobster was stirring a pot of potatoes. One of my

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Speaker 1: words done. Never in a million years did Bobby think

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Speaker 1: his words would cause such harm. If he could take

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Speaker 1: back those awful words, he would Just then, he felt

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Speaker 1: a hand on his shoulder. Someone was shaking him. Bobby,

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Speaker 1: wake up, it's time for school. Huh, you were having

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Speaker 1: a bad dream. Bobby sat up and hugged his mother.

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Speaker 1: I'm never going to say mean things about anyone again.

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Speaker 1: Bobby's mother hugged him sweetly and said, You've learned a

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Speaker 1: lot on your first day of school, and now I'm

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Speaker 1: going to make sure the ladies in my salon watched

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Speaker 1: their words also. And with that, Bobby and his mother

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Speaker 1: got ready for the day. We hope you liked the story.

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Speaker 1: Think about the words you say. Do you feel their power?

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Speaker 1: Think about it. Goodbye until next time.