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Speaker 1: in our show notes. Thank you. In this episode, I

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Speaker 1: am going to read the next chapter of Matchbox Dreams.

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Speaker 1: Last time I introduced you to Harper and Remy, and

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Speaker 1: they were just about to go on their first adventure

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Speaker 1: in Dreamland with Titus and Constance. Chapter two Dreamland. Within

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Speaker 1: minutes of falling asleep, Titus was standing on the beach

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Speaker 1: looking out over the ocean. He was so excited to

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Speaker 1: be at the ocean since it was almost four hundred

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Speaker 1: miles from his cottage. Isn't the sea pretty? Said Constance.

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Speaker 1: Titus looked to his right and saw Constance and Evie

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Speaker 1: standing on the beach near him, holding hands and watching

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Speaker 1: the seagulls swooping down over the waves looking for small

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Speaker 1: fish to eat. Constance, how do we get to the ocean,

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Speaker 1: asked Titus, The last thing I remember was putting Harper

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Speaker 1: to sleep in his bed near my pillow. Yep, said Harper,

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Speaker 1: that's what you did right before falling asleep. Now you

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Speaker 1: are in Dreamland. Titus turned around to see Harper and

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Speaker 1: Remy standing right behind them. Harper, how did you get

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Speaker 1: so big, asked Titus. You are almost the same size

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Speaker 1: as me. Well, we didn't get big, you, Constance and

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Speaker 1: Evie got small, said Harper. Whenever you visit Dreamland, you

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Speaker 1: are the same size as your animal friends. Constance said, hey, Titus,

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Speaker 1: Harper is right. Either that or these seashells are gigantic.

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Speaker 1: She let out a giggle and pointed to seashells that

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Speaker 1: were ten times their usual size. So what part of

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Speaker 1: Dreamland are we in, Titus asked Harper. And I live

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Speaker 1: in Puffin Village, which is just over the other side

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Speaker 1: of the dunes behind us, heading east, declared Remy. To

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Speaker 1: the north. Up the coast is the town of Willets,

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Speaker 1: where the Squirrel clan lives. To the south is Ploverville,

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Speaker 1: where the kittens live, and the ocean is To the

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Speaker 1: west is called Shearwater. About fifty miles out to sea

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Speaker 1: is the Beauty island of Sanderling, Home of the Puppies. Hey, everyone,

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Speaker 1: Harper said, do you want to come to our house

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Speaker 1: for tea and cookies? Sure, said Evie. Titus and Constance

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Speaker 1: stared at Evie in confusion. Both said at the same time, Evie,

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Speaker 1: you can't speak yet, you're too young. Remember this is

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Speaker 1: dreamland where everything is possible, declared Harper. With that, everyone

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Speaker 1: started to walk up the dunes towards Harper and Remy's

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Speaker 1: house in Puffin Village. Their home was more of a

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Speaker 1: burrow in the ground than a real house. Imagine a

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Speaker 1: whole village with a village center, a large fountain and

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Speaker 1: shops constructed of boards made from driftwood with water worn

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Speaker 1: glass for windows. Radiating out in all directions from the

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Speaker 1: village center, like a wagon wheel, were white lanes paved

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Speaker 1: with small particles of broken shells and large grains of sand.

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Speaker 1: These lanes went from the village center to the hills

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Speaker 1: that surrounded puff and Village. In the hills were hundreds

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Speaker 1: of little burrows. Each burrow was decorated with colorful shells, glass, driftwood, fences,

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Speaker 1: and other items that had been found on the beach.

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Speaker 1: One borough exceptionally large and ornate caught Constance's attention. Remy,

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Speaker 1: whose house is that, inquired Constance. That house belongs to

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Speaker 1: mister Downing. The mayor of Puffin Village said, the mayor

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Speaker 1: is going up to Willitts this week to meet with

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Speaker 1: the mayor of the Squirrels. Last week, some of the

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Speaker 1: squirrels came to Puffin looking to purchase nuts, and one

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Speaker 1: of the younger squirrels accidentally knocked over mister Springer's nut cart,

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Speaker 1: causing all his roasted nuts to fall in the street.

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Speaker 1: Before mister Springer could catch the youngster, he and his

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Speaker 1: friends took off up the tree and jumped from tree

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Speaker 1: to tree until they were out of Puffin Village. Mister

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Speaker 1: Downing is going to be traveling there soon to meet

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Speaker 1: with the mayor of Willets to collect payment for the

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Speaker 1: soiled nuts. After a ten minute walk, they arrived at

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Speaker 1: Harper and Remy's home. Since the kids were the same

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Speaker 1: size as the mice, they had no trouble entering the

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Speaker 1: house and sitting down at the dinner table. Harper started

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Speaker 1: was still nineteen hundred in dream Land, homes have yet

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Speaker 1: to have electricity. Electricity, invented in eighteen eighty two, didn't

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Speaker 1: when kids in the real world started getting electricity to

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Speaker 1: electric stoves, and electric heaters. Soon the water was boiling

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Speaker 1: and Remy served every one tea while Harper took the

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Speaker 1: a peanut butter cookie. These cookies are great, said Titus.

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Speaker 1: Can I have another? Please? I like this tea. What

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Speaker 1: is it called? Asked Constance. You may have as many

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Speaker 1: cookies as you want, Titus, said Remy. After all, it

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Speaker 1: is your dream, Constance. This is dandelion tea. We use

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Speaker 1: the whole dandelion, petals, stems, roots and all to make

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Speaker 1: the tea. One dandelion will last us over a month,

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Speaker 1: even if we drink it every day. After everyone had

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Speaker 1: all the cookies and tea they could eat and drink,

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Speaker 1: they got up to look around the house. Titus had

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Speaker 1: six cookies, Constance had three, and little Evie surprised everyone

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Speaker 1: by eating eight cookies. Now that Evie could speak, her

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Speaker 1: favorite words were more please. First, they descended a rickety

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Speaker 1: staircase made of wood planks and driftwood to the root cellar.

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Speaker 1: Since they did not have electricity, Remy brought a candle

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Speaker 1: with her made from bees wax and an old yo

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Speaker 1: yo string. The cellar was large and damp, and in

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Speaker 1: between the roots were shelves lined with all kinds of

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Speaker 1: yummy looking jars of food. There were jars of cherries

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Speaker 1: floating in a reddish liquid, peanut butter, grape jelly, and

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Speaker 1: cans of peas, corn and string beans. And there were

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Speaker 1: burlap bags of every type of nut you could think of.

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Speaker 1: From the root cellar, they ascended to the ground floor,

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Speaker 1: where the kitchen, library, and living room were. They continued

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Speaker 1: From the bedroom window, they could see an old sailing

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Speaker 1: ship parked in the backyard. Harper, why do you have

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Speaker 1: a ship in the backyard, asked Titus. A few years

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Speaker 1: ago there was a large storm and a wave brought

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Speaker 1: the ship all the way over the dunes to our

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Speaker 1: back yard, said Harper, do you want to go aboard?

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Speaker 1: Without a word, but with shouts of glee, all three

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Speaker 1: of the children rushed down the stairs and were climbing

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Speaker 1: the ladder to get aboard the ship. The ship had

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Speaker 1: and the captain's quarters in the back. This is great,

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Speaker 1: said Titus. All the charts and furnishings are still here.

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Speaker 1: What happened to the captain and crew, We don't know,

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Speaker 1: said Remy. The ship washed up here like you see it,

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Speaker 1: and we were never able to locate the owner. Do

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Speaker 1: you think we can sail it to Sanderling Island some

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Speaker 1: day to see the puppies, asked Constance. Sure. All you

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Speaker 1: have to do is dream about it when you are

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Speaker 1: here some night, and the ship will be ready to go,

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Speaker 1: responded Remy. Titus, Constance, and Evie spent the rest of

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Speaker 1: the time exploring the ship. Below the deck, there were

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Speaker 1: a galley to cook food, and a large area under

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Speaker 1: the deck stocked with all kinds of food and provisions

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Speaker 1: for a long trip. Titus climbed all the way to

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Speaker 1: into the crow's nest. From there he could see all

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Speaker 1: of puff and village and how the village did in

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Speaker 1: fact look like a wagon wheel, Harper. Do you think

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Speaker 1: this used to be a pirate ship? Asked Titus. It

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Speaker 1: could have been, answered Harper. We did find some treasure aboard,

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Speaker 1: which is now hidden in one of the caves up

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Speaker 1: in those hills. Can we go looking for treasure to day,

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Speaker 1: Titus asked, excitedly. We should probably make that a different dream,

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Speaker 1: responded Harper with a soft chuckle. It is a long walk,

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Speaker 1: and we will need to have supplies to take with us.

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Speaker 1: Just as Titus was checking out the deck, he heard

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Speaker 1: an alarm go off. Titus turned to Harper and asked

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Speaker 1: him why an alarm was going off. That is your

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Speaker 1: alarm at home, telling you to wake up so you

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Speaker 1: can get ready for school, said Harper. But I don't

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Speaker 1: want to leave, protested Titus with a pout. I like

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Speaker 1: it here in dreamland, and there is so much to see.

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Speaker 1: What about Constance and Evie? Do they have to wake

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Speaker 1: up too, No, said Remy. They don't know school yet,

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Speaker 1: so they can stay longer. Just as Titus was about

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Speaker 1: Constance and Evie too, so that they would have to

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Speaker 1: to see what his mom had prepared for him for

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