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Speaker 1: I'd like to say thank you very much to Lucia,

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Speaker 1: who is seven years old, for submitting this story idea.

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Speaker 1: This is a story about two cats named Pepper and Luna.

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Speaker 1: Their owners have gone out for the day and Pepper

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Speaker 1: is ready for some fun. Pepper goes looking for Luna

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Speaker 1: to play, but she does not want to play. She

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Speaker 1: is sad. Pepper tries to figure out how she can

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Speaker 1: help Luna feel better. Let's see what happens Luna and

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Speaker 1: Pepper Part one. Lah, Lah, we'll be back soon. Don't

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Speaker 1: get into any trouble while we are gone. And the

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Speaker 1: door shut. Okay, they have left. Now it's time to

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Speaker 1: run around, jump up on the chairs, the beds, and

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Speaker 1: maybe the kitchen table. And I don't know. The possibilities

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Speaker 1: are endless, said Pepper. As she ran from one room

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Speaker 1: to the next as fast as she possibly could. Luna, Luna,

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Speaker 1: where are you? Pepper? Loved her family very much, but

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Speaker 1: whenever they left the house, she and Luna could talk

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Speaker 1: and play in their way. They would play when their

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Speaker 1: family was home, of course, but they had to do

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Speaker 1: so without revealing to them their special talents. How would

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Speaker 1: they react if they knew we were so smart and

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Speaker 1: could communicate so well. Someday they might be able to

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Speaker 1: teach them cat language, but until then it was best

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Speaker 1: to keep it secret. Besides, it's very enjoyable to be pampered.

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Speaker 1: But where was Luna? Luna would sometimes hide and suddenly

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Speaker 1: jump out and attack when you least expected it, But

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Speaker 1: after running everywhere around the house, no attack happened. Luna,

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Speaker 1: where are you? Pepper slowly walked into the living room

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Speaker 1: at the ready in case this was some elaborate ploy

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Speaker 1: to catch her when she wasn't prepared. Luna was sitting

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Speaker 1: didn't look like her normal self. Hey, Luna, what's wrong?

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Speaker 1: Why don't you want to play well? Luna sighed, I

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Speaker 1: feel kind of sad today. Sad? Why would you feel sad?

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Speaker 1: It's such a beautiful day outside, and the sun is

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Speaker 1: coming in the window. Our family is out for the day,

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Speaker 1: and we have so much fo to eat. What could

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Speaker 1: possibly make you sad? Well, I've been having bad dreams

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Speaker 1: lately and I can't stop thinking about them. Oh, I

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Speaker 1: don't like bad dreams either, But I know what might

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Speaker 1: cheer you up. How about we order some sushi. You

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Speaker 1: love sushi, right, or would fish pizza make you feel better?

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Speaker 1: Asked Pepper. No, I don't think so, Luna said. Are

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Speaker 1: you sure I know the password to their phone? Luna

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Speaker 1: shook her head. Okay, I know, I know. How about

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Speaker 1: fish flavored ice cream? That would definitely make you feel better,

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Speaker 1: Pepper said. Luna still didn't perk up. Luna and Pepper

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Speaker 1: were sisters and the absolute best of friends. They both

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Speaker 1: had thick, plush co and beautiful green eyes. You wouldn't

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Speaker 1: be able to tell them apart except that Pepper was

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Speaker 1: black and Luna gray. Being so close meant that they

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Speaker 1: each knew each other's moods very well, and Pepper knew

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Speaker 1: that Luna must really be down. Wow, you must really

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Speaker 1: be feeling sad if you refuse our favorite foods, Pepper

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Speaker 1: said as she climbed up the couch to sit beside Luna.

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Speaker 1: So what is in these dreams that is making you

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Speaker 1: so sad? Well? Do you remember when we were adopted?

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Speaker 1: Luna asked, yes, of course, it was one of the

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Speaker 1: happiest days in my life, right up there with when

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Speaker 1: that bully tomcat Digby fell into a bucket of water.

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Speaker 1: Well before I was in the shelter and found our

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Speaker 1: still so many there, but they were scared and hid

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Speaker 1: when the kind people came to help us. I just

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Speaker 1: keep dreaming about how they don't have all the comforts

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Speaker 1: we have, a loving family, so much food to eat

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Speaker 1: and ah, and I guess it really bothers me. I

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Speaker 1: had forgotten how difficult it was in the beginning, Pepper said.

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Speaker 1: said Luna. Is there anything I can do to help you?

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Speaker 1: Pepper asked, I'm not sure. I'm sure the bad dreams

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Speaker 1: will go away. Eventually, Pepper started pacing back and forth, thinking,

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Speaker 1: thinking about what she could do to help Luna feel better.

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Speaker 1: Then it came to her, by helping those in need.

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Speaker 1: Not only could we help those other cats, it would

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Speaker 1: Thought Pepper. Luna, I have an idea, but I don't

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Speaker 1: know how to do it. Pepper said, what's your idea?

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Speaker 1: Luna asked, what if we could help those cats in

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Speaker 1: a home? Pepper said, do you think we could? Luna asked, well,

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Speaker 1: I think we could try, and if we don't at

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Speaker 1: least try, we will never know. I think if we

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Speaker 1: a safer place. Pepper said, it's a great idea, but

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Speaker 1: there is only one problem. What we are inside this

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Speaker 1: I have an answer to that problem. When I was

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Speaker 1: was open. If we crawled out that window and down

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Speaker 1: to the street, then we would have no problem finding

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Speaker 1: our way to where they are. It would be a

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Speaker 1: bit of a journey, an adventure, but I bet we

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Speaker 1: could do it well. As you said, If we don't try,

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Speaker 1: we won't know. But there is another problem. What's that?

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Speaker 1: Pepper asked, Well, our family is out for the day,

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Speaker 1: so we don't have a lot of time. We don't

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Speaker 1: want them to think that we left them, that we

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Speaker 1: ran away, because that would make them feel so sad,

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Speaker 1: and I wouldn't want that. They are too nice to us.

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Speaker 1: I think that means that we should be very quick.

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Speaker 1: Then let's get started. So Luna and Pepper ran to

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Speaker 1: a cat can. Then they slowly opened the window screen

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Speaker 1: so they could get outside, walked onto the ledge and

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Speaker 1: They slowly walked across the branch to the trunk of

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Speaker 1: the tree, and from there it was an easy climb

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Speaker 1: down to the grass. Luna and Pepper's claws were excellent

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Speaker 1: for climbing, and they were excellent climbers. Now all we

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Speaker 1: have left to do is to go to where we

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Speaker 1: first lived and get back before our family gets here.

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Speaker 1: Pepper said, well, that sounds easy. Enough, at least in theory.

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Speaker 1: But do you know where that is? I'm not sure

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Speaker 1: I remember exactly. Yeah, that's a good point, but I

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Speaker 1: do remember that there were a lot of seagulls nearby,

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Speaker 1: the sound of water, great smelling food, and places for

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Speaker 1: people to walk, right, I remember that, So that must

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Speaker 1: mean that where we lived was near the water, perhaps

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Speaker 1: the waterfront. I have heard our family talk about going

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Speaker 1: for a walk along the water many times, and we

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Speaker 1: can't be too far away because I've seen a few

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Speaker 1: seagulls in the neighborhood when I have been sitting at

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Speaker 1: the window. Since we have so little time, I think

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Speaker 1: it might be best to ask for directions, or we

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Speaker 1: Let's go the Luna and Pepper looked both ways, walked

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Speaker 1: where they saw a number of dogs. Contrary to what

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Speaker 1: many people think, dogs and cats mostly get along really well,

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Speaker 1: so they were confident that they would be willing to help.

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Speaker 1: Arriving at the park, Luna walked up to a big,

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Speaker 1: sat on a bench and drank her coffee, and asked, Hi,

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Speaker 1: their friend, I'm wondering if you could give us some

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Speaker 1: directions to the waterfront. The waterfront, let me think I

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Speaker 1: haven't been there in a long time, not since my

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Speaker 1: human used to go for walks with a friend she

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Speaker 1: they didn't remain friends for long. Hmm, if you run

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Speaker 1: towards that high church steeple in the distance, I think

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Speaker 1: you should be going in the right direction. At least

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Speaker 1: that's the direction we used to go on our walks,

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Speaker 1: said the giant dog. You know, I think I have

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Speaker 1: seen the two of you looking out the window of

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Speaker 1: a house just up the street. What would make you

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Speaker 1: he continued, Well, we just want to help other cats

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Speaker 1: who aren't as lucky as we are, so we thought

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Speaker 1: and see if we could help them find a home.

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Speaker 1: Replied Pepper, Well, that certainly is very nice of you.

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Speaker 1: I wish you the best of luck. It sounds wonderful.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, and thank you very much for your I

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Speaker 1: hope you have a nice day, Luna said, I hope

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Speaker 1: to see you both again. Safe travels. So Luna and

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Speaker 1: start of their day long adventure. And that is the

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Speaker 1: end of this part. I can't wait to see what's

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