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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Kids Short Stories. Hello friends, If this

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Speaker 1: is your first time listening, welcome to the family. My

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Speaker 1: name is Mr Jame and my wife and three kids.

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Speaker 1: We live in South Carolina and we love turning your

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Speaker 1: ideas into awesome adventures every day. Parents. This has been

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Speaker 1: a phenomenal way that our family is able to decrease

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Speaker 1: our screen time, which I'm sure you understand that battle Well, friends,

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Speaker 1: are you guys ready for part two of this Christmas adventure?

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Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go. It was a beautiful day and

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Speaker 1: Jane and Henry were just waking up. As Jane stretched

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Speaker 1: put our Stanta letter in the mail last night. You

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Speaker 1: a panic. What Jane, what did you say? Grab your

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Speaker 1: Sandle letter? Hurry The mailman is on his way. You

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Speaker 1: should have seen how fast Harry raced and jumped out

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Speaker 1: As Jane and Harry pitter patterned their steps all the

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Speaker 1: in the distance. He was getting closer, and just in

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Speaker 1: time they reached the mailbox. They put their letters in

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Speaker 1: the mail and put the flag up. Have you ever

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Speaker 1: put something in the mailbox before? What are the really

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Speaker 1: important things that you need on an envelope or for

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Speaker 1: something to get mailed? Yeah, you need the address of

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Speaker 1: where it's going that needs to go on the envelope.

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Speaker 1: So they put the address for the north Pole. And

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Speaker 1: is there something else on there? Oh? Yes, the stamp.

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Speaker 1: If it doesn't have a stamp, the mailman won't take

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Speaker 1: it to where it needs to go. So you always

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Speaker 1: have to put a stamp on every envelope that you

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Speaker 1: want to mail. Harry, I forgot my stamp. Wait, just

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Speaker 1: don't let the mailman leave. Jane raced back to the

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Speaker 1: Shouted Jane. Uh yeah, there's one in my office, shouted

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Speaker 1: Jane took off, running as fast as she could. Who

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Speaker 1: She was able to catch up to that mail truck

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Speaker 1: in no time. Here here, here's my letter, said Jane,

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Speaker 1: said Harry. I tried my best to stop the mailman,

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Speaker 1: but he said he was in a hurry too. It's okay.

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Speaker 1: I'm just glad that we got our letters both delivered.

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Speaker 1: That means it'll make it to the north Pole just

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Speaker 1: in time, said Jane. All right, let's go grab some breakfast,

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Speaker 1: last one, there's a rotten egg, said Harry, as the

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Speaker 1: loved going Christmas shopping for friends and family, and especially

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Speaker 1: As they played the message they couldn't believe their ears. Jane, Harry,

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Speaker 1: We've never seen anything like this before. Good Luck, overned out.

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Speaker 1: Wait a second, all the stores are closed due to robberies,

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Speaker 1: said Jane. What in the world happened? As Jane and

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Speaker 1: a very special mission for them. As they pulled up

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Speaker 1: people that were very upset. As they walked towards the

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Speaker 1: Mr Robinson, Hey did your store get robbed last night?

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Speaker 1: Said Jane. Oh hi, Jane, Hi, Harry, Yes, unfortunately my

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Speaker 1: I don't understand what in the world could have caused

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Speaker 1: all this? But yes, why what did you hear about it?

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Speaker 1: Said Mr Robinson. Well, we're actually here to ask if

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Speaker 1: you have any video evidence. Do you have any surveillance

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Speaker 1: Said Harry. Oh, yes, yes, of course, I was just

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Speaker 1: showing the authorities this video here. Yeah, they didn't recognize anyone,

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Speaker 1: but this is the video of the suspect. As Mr

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Speaker 1: the video play, they couldn't believe their eyes. Is that

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Speaker 1: Mrs Donaldson? Wait a second, Mrs Donaldson was their teacher

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Speaker 1: at school. What in the world was she doing robbing

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Speaker 1: stared at each other. They couldn't believe it. Uh. Mr Robinson, Yes,

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Speaker 1: we we actually do know who that is. And uh,

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Speaker 1: we're we're gonna go talk to her and see if

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Speaker 1: there's a misunderstanding. We'll let you know what we find.

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Speaker 1: Oh that would be great. Uh yeah, just let me

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Speaker 1: know whenever you learn. Uh, stay safe, kids, said Mr Robinson.

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Speaker 1: Jane and Harry jumped back on their bikes and rode

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Speaker 1: over to their teacher's house. Mrs Donaldson had been their

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Speaker 1: nicest lady in the whole school. There's no way that

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Speaker 1: she would have been the thief in all this. As

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Speaker 1: Jane and Harry pulled up to the door, they knocked

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Speaker 1: three times. Yes, who is it hi, Mrs Donaldson. It's

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Speaker 1: it's me Jane. And it's my brother Harry too. Oh hello,

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Speaker 1: what brings you here this morning? Are you feeling okay?

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Speaker 1: Said Harry. No, I'm actually not. I've I've been asleep

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Speaker 1: sure why. But what is it that you two needed? Well, um,

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Speaker 1: this doesn't make any sense, but there's a video of

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Speaker 1: you robbing the store last night. Robbing the store. There's

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Speaker 1: no way I've been asleep all night. I know, Mrs Donaldson.

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Speaker 1: It sounds crazy, but we saw it ourselves. It was

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Speaker 1: really you, said Jane. Do you know if you sleep

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Speaker 1: walk at night? Maybe? No, why I've never slept walk

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Speaker 1: in my entire life. Uh, well, I guess it does

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Speaker 1: explain this. As Mrs Donaldson opened up her garage door,

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Speaker 1: Jane and Harry couldn't believe their eyes. Her garage was

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Speaker 1: night before. Oh well, at least I know who to

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Speaker 1: call and return all these things to thank you. Mrs

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Speaker 1: Donaldson closed the door and Jane and Harry walked away.

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Speaker 1: Holy smokes. Mrs Donaldson seriously robbed that store last night,

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Speaker 1: said Jane. I know, I can't believe it either. She's

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Speaker 1: probably never been on the Nauty List before, but this

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Speaker 1: said Harry. You're right. Oh no, poor miss Donaldson. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure she didn't mean it. She doesn't even remember it.

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Speaker 1: How in the world did that happen. Meanwhile, up at

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Speaker 1: the secret lab, ha ha ha ha, Wow, great job,

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Speaker 1: Purple need Is. I love the results that we are seeing.

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Speaker 1: It looks like your plan is working. I don't understand

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Speaker 1: how are you getting these people to steal and rob

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Speaker 1: stores without some even knowing while past I think it'd

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Speaker 1: be best if we didn't talk about it, just in

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Speaker 1: case the spy team is listening in. It'll be just

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Speaker 1: alan secret sounds perfect. Oh no, Doctor Sticky Breath and

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Speaker 1: his team are actually getting closer to ruining Christmas for everybody.

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Speaker 1: I hope our spy team is going to be able

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Speaker 1: to save the day because we're running out of time.

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Speaker 1: I'll see you tomorrow on the next chapter. Great job,

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Speaker 1: you listened all the way to the end, and you

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Speaker 1: know what time it is. It's time for kid shout out.

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Speaker 1: I want to say hey to Leah from Winnipeg, Owen

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Speaker 1: in the Kids Short Stories, family and on our spy team.

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Speaker 1: We could not stop Dr Stinky Breath and his crew

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Speaker 1: without you, my friends will I hope you have a

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Speaker 1: super duper day and I will see you on our

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Speaker 1: next adventure. By