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Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. I'd like

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Speaker 1: to say Happy birthday to me La, who turns eight

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Speaker 1: on February twenty fifth. Happy birthday to Josephine, whose birthday

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Speaker 1: is on February twenty seventh, and a happy birthday to

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Speaker 1: Phoebe who is turning eight on February twenty seventh. Happy

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Speaker 1: birthday to you all. I hope you have a wonderful day.

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Speaker 1: This is the second and final part about Lucy and

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Speaker 1: her stubby tail. In the last part, Lucy went to

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Speaker 1: the sh shop with her father and met Archie, who

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Speaker 1: encouraged her to go out and play with the other animals.

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Speaker 1: Lucy gathered her courage and went out, but things did

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Speaker 1: not turn out quite as she had hoped. Lucy makes

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Speaker 1: a friend. Lucy came into her house in a funk.

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Speaker 1: She practically dragged herself to her home library, where she

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Speaker 1: found her favorite chair and settled in to read a book.

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Speaker 1: This chair, in this library, with her books, was her

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Speaker 1: safe place, her stress free zone, and she was determined

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Speaker 1: and sleep. She had felt so positive after her conversation

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Speaker 1: with Archibald, her new friend, that her father had introduced

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Speaker 1: her to so positive that after their conversation, she took

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Speaker 1: a deep breath and went outside to play with the cats,

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Speaker 1: dogs and other animals.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure Archie meant.

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Speaker 1: Well, she thought, maybe I'm just supposed to be alone.

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Speaker 1: Why do some kids have to stare at me just

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Speaker 2: Why do I get so stressed when they do?

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Speaker 1: It's only a tail, and other animals come in all

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Speaker 1: shapes and sizes colors. Just like Archie said, it's our

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Speaker 1: differences that make us special. When Lucy had gone outside

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Speaker 1: to play, the other kids weren't mean to her. She

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Speaker 1: just felt that all of a sudden, she was in

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Speaker 1: and all their attention was fixed on her and her

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Speaker 1: stubby tail. It brought back memories of the time her

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Speaker 1: father had made her enter a singing competition when she

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Speaker 1: was just a little kitten. At that time, the lights

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Speaker 1: were turned down, the audience became silent, and there was

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Speaker 1: because she got too nervous and scampered off the stage.

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Speaker 1: This time had felt much the same nervous. She didn't

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Speaker 1: for home. She could tell that they must have been

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Speaker 1: quickly put her troubles aside as she got engrossed in

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Speaker 1: a book, another story with the monkey King. Lucy, come

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Speaker 1: down for dinner please. It's fish taco night, her father,

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Speaker 1: a great, big main cat, yelled from the kitchen. The

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Speaker 2: So how did you like Archibald, Lucy? Did you two

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Speaker 2: get along? Okay, asked her father. Archie was pretty cool.

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Speaker 1: He likes some of the same books as I do,

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Speaker 1: so we have something to talk about. Lucy quietly replied, excellent.

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Speaker 2: I like him. He's smart, friendly, and works hard. The

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Speaker 1: I didn't see you playing outside afterwards. I thought when

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Speaker 1: kids that were outside. Her father continued, Ah, I thought

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Speaker 1: Oh okay, well tomorrow, I'd like you to come to

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Speaker 1: the cream shop with me again, but Dad, Lucy said,

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Speaker 1: I prefer to read at home, Lucy, no negotiating, her

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Speaker 1: father said firmly, with a sense of finality in his voice.

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Speaker 1: Lucy sighed as she took another big bite of her taco.

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Speaker 1: Even tacos didn't make her feel good about going to

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Speaker 1: of cream caramel popcorn. With all the customers in her

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Speaker 1: dad's shop, it was difficult to concentrate on reading. Why

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Speaker 2: She thought.

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Speaker 1: Luckily, where she was sitting it was quieter. Hi, Lucy,

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Speaker 1: Archie said, it's nice to.

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Speaker 2: See you again.

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Speaker 1: Oh hi, Archie, Lucy said, looking up from her book,

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Speaker 1: still reading the Monkey King stories. I see, yeah, they

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Speaker 1: I saw you leave the shop yesterday. Did you get

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Speaker 1: Sure, of course we can talk about books, especially the

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Speaker 1: Monkey King. It's one of my favorites. Are you okay?

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Speaker 1: You see m upset? Archie continued, Well, you know the

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Speaker 1: scene in the second of the series where the Monkey

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Speaker 1: King walks in on the cats eating all the fish,

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Speaker 1: just thought they were going to be in trouble. Yes,

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Speaker 1: was more that the cats were embarrassed to be eating

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Speaker 1: so much after the Monkey King told them not to.

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Speaker 1: That was me yesterday. I just couldn't get over the

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Speaker 1: we're going to start asking all kinds of questions. So

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Speaker 1: I got nervous and went straight home, said Lucy, how

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Speaker 1: did that make you feel? Archie asked, not so great.

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Speaker 1: But reading helps me with just about everything. Yes, reading

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Speaker 1: is great for all kinds of things, especially as an escape.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes when I read, I actually start to think, think

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Speaker 1: I am in the book itself, in some far off

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Speaker 1: place or on another planet. With books, you can travel

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Speaker 2: The universe is.

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Speaker 1: A bit far away for me these days, Archie laughed, Lucy,

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Speaker 1: I think you should be proud of yourself. You made

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Speaker 2: You tried.

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Speaker 1: We can't always succeed on our first try. You just

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Speaker 1: need to realize that you are special just the way

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Speaker 1: you are, and when you really believe that, then others

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Speaker 1: will too. I think you should just keep trying and

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Speaker 1: don't let this one setback get you down. My mother

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Speaker 1: used to always say, when at first you don't succeed,

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Speaker 2: Archie added with a smile.

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Speaker 1: I think I might have heard my father say that

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Speaker 1: once or a hundred times.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to go help your father at the cash,

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Speaker 1: but I'll be back over to talk more about the

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Speaker 1: Monkey King when I'm on break. Okay, sounds great. As

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Speaker 1: Lucy was just getting back into reading her book, she

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Speaker 2: Hi there, the.

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Speaker 1: Labrador said, inquisitively. Uh. Hello, Lucy looked up her cheeks

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Speaker 1: a little red I think I remember seeing you yesterday.

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Speaker 1: A bunch of us were playing outside when you started

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Speaker 1: seem to run away. I hope I didn't scare you.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes when I play ballgames, I get a little intense.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, you didn't scare me.

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Speaker 1: I just uh I decided to go home and continue reading,

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Speaker 1: Lucy said quietly.

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Speaker 2: Cool.

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Speaker 1: Reading is fun. My name is Luna. By the way,

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Speaker 1: can I sit while I finish my frozen cream? So?

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Speaker 2: What is your name? Asked Luna.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Oh my name is Lucy, she said, still

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Speaker 1: a little red faced. So do you live in this neighborhood, Lucy,

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Speaker 1: I don't see you outside very often, Luna said, with

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Speaker 1: a mouthful of frozen cream. Yes, I just live across

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Speaker 1: Our door is the green one. Wow, that's cool. You

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Speaker 1: since the game we were playing needed another player, and

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Speaker 1: we were one animal short. I was about to ask

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Speaker 1: didn't get a chance to invite you. Oh sorry, I

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Speaker 1: was kind of wondering why you were all looking at me.

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Speaker 1: Lucy said, yeah, we were sizing you up to see

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Speaker 1: who would get you on their team. Cats are faster

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Speaker 1: than us dogs. Oh I guess us. Cats can be

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Speaker 1: pretty quick at times, Lucy said, with some relief. Luna

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Speaker 1: I like this place, but sometimes I don't think they

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Speaker 1: I had a short tail like a corgie. Why in

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Speaker 1: the world would you want that. You have such a

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Speaker 1: glorious long tail, Lucy said, with some surprise. It would

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Speaker 1: I think having a long tail has some disadvantages, Like

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Speaker 1: I've lost count of the number of times some big

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Speaker 1: least a dozen times. I tell you, I've never thought

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Speaker 1: long tail would be the best. Well, I guess there

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Speaker 1: are two sides to everything. I mean, I like my tale,

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Speaker 1: and if I am bored, I can chase my taiale

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Speaker 1: could be, Lucy said, laughing. Well, how about coming out

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Speaker 1: to play the ballgame we were playing yesterday, Luna said with.

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Speaker 2: A big slurp, finishing her drink.

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Speaker 1: As she was considering, she looked in Archie's direction and

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Speaker 1: saw him giving her an encouraging smile. Okay, sure, Luna,

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Speaker 1: I'll join you, but I'm not sure how good I

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Speaker 1: am at the game. Ah, don't worry about that. We'll

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Speaker 1: teach you the rules, and besides, we just play for fun. Okay, Well,

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Speaker 1: then let's go, and that is the end of our story.

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Speaker 2: Good night, sleep tight