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Speaker 1: back with even more awesome adventures with Levi and Ivy.
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Speaker 1: Live Ay Lewis story. The story you're about to enjoy
Speaker 1: was inspired by Avea, Thank you so much for your
Speaker 1: amazing idea. Ivy excitedly skipped around her room one lovely
Speaker 1: spring day, eagerly preparing for a very special tea party.
Speaker 1: And the reason it was so special was because Levi
Speaker 1: had finally agreed to join her, well sort of. I've
Speaker 1: had asked Levi to tea so many times before that
Speaker 1: she had lost count. But the other day, when they
Speaker 1: were having a race from their treehouse to the garage,
Speaker 1: Ivy met Levi that she could win if I win, Levi,
Speaker 1: you have to play tea party with me this weekend,
Speaker 1: said Ivy as she stretched before the big race. Okay,
Speaker 1: and if I win, you can't ask me to play
Speaker 1: tea party with you for a whole year, said Levi
Speaker 1: with a big smile. They shook on the rules and
Speaker 1: on the count of three, they were off. Ivy was
Speaker 1: so determined to win that she ran as fast as
Speaker 1: she could, faster than she had ever before. Leb I
Speaker 1: couldn't believe it, and before he knew it, the race
Speaker 1: was over and Ivy was asking what kind of tea
Speaker 1: he wanted that weekend. Now that Ivy was sure Levi
Speaker 1: would be at her tea party, she knew that she
Speaker 1: had to make it the best. Ever. That was because
Speaker 1: she wanted her brother to really enjoy it. She thought
Speaker 1: that if she had a great time, then he would
Speaker 1: be more likely to play tea party with her again
Speaker 1: and again. Ivy already had the tea party all planned
Speaker 1: out even before the race began. She would start by
Speaker 1: setting up a little table in her room covered in
Speaker 1: a beautiful tablecloth. She'd fill the table with fresh flowers
Speaker 1: from the garden outside, colorful cloth napkins, with a fancy
Speaker 1: scalloped edge, and of course all of Levi's favorite snacks,
Speaker 1: which all had one thing in common. They were all chocolate.
Speaker 1: Levi loved chocolate, and Ivy figured the more chocolate the better.
Speaker 1: With almost everything planned out in her head, Ivy could
Speaker 1: now concentrate on the most important thing of all, the tea.
Speaker 1: This is a very important part of our story because
Speaker 1: right after her race with Levi, Ivy asked her mom
Speaker 1: if she could take her to the little antique store
Speaker 1: in town. She had some birthday money saved up, and
Speaker 1: she thought she could buy two real porcelain teacups to
Speaker 1: make her tea party extra special. Once she was in
Speaker 1: the store, she looked around. She found lots of old
Speaker 1: teacups with dainty saucers covered in flowers and pretty patterns,
Speaker 1: but none of them were just right. After telling the
Speaker 1: old woman who owned the store what she was looking for,
Speaker 1: the woman told her to wait at the register. She
Speaker 1: had the perfect teacups for Ivy in the back. These
Speaker 1: teacups belonged to my great great grandmother, said the woman
Speaker 1: after she returned to the register. My grandmother used them
Speaker 1: a lot with her mom and my mom, and then
Speaker 1: my mom used them with me. You remind me a
Speaker 1: lot of myself as a child, and I'd love to
Speaker 1: have you borrow them. Wow, exclaimed Ivy as she picked
Speaker 1: up one of the tea cups that the store owner
Speaker 1: had brought out. They were amazing looking. They seemed to
Speaker 1: glisten with every color in the rainbow, and felt like
Speaker 1: they were meant for her. Thank you so much, said
Speaker 1: Ivy as the old woman wrapped up the two teacups.
Speaker 1: But it's very important that you know something very special
Speaker 1: about these teacups, the old woman began to say. They're magic.
Speaker 1: They have the power to transform your tea party into
Speaker 1: something very special or very unusual. You just need to
Speaker 1: watch what you ask for. The tea cups are very powerful.
Speaker 1: Ivy loved the idea of magic teacups, but more importantly,
Speaker 1: she loved the idea of making her tea party the
Speaker 1: most amazing tea parties she could imagine. She knew if
Speaker 1: she did that, Levi would be her tea party partner forever.
Speaker 1: Thank you again, called out Ivy as she followed her
Speaker 1: mom and left the store. Have fun, just remember to
Speaker 1: bring them back when you're done, called out the old woman.
Speaker 1: And just be careful what you wished for during your
Speaker 1: tea party. Ivy wasn't really listening. She was already thinking
Speaker 1: about her amazing tea party and couldn't wait for the
Speaker 1: weekend when it would finally happen. And after a few
Speaker 1: days of waiting, the weekend had arrived. Ivy was almost
Speaker 1: all set up for her tea party and was ready
Speaker 1: to bring up the tea to her bedroom. She hurried
Speaker 1: downstairs to the kitchen to get her very special teacups
Speaker 1: and a beautiful teapot filled with iced tea. Her day
Speaker 1: couldn't have been going better. That was until she got
Speaker 1: back upstairs. You see, Ivy had left her window open
Speaker 1: because it was such a lovely day, and when she
Speaker 1: opened her bedroom door, she couldn't believe her eyes. Two squirrels, Yes,
Speaker 1: two squirrels, were in her bedroom, gobbling up all the
Speaker 1: chocolate snacks that Ivy had put out for Levi. All
Speaker 1: of his favorites retreats were now gone, and Ivy didn't
Speaker 1: have enough time to go out and get more. Get
Speaker 1: out of here, you little furry chocolate thieves, called out
Speaker 1: Ivy as she ran towards the two sneaky squirrels. The
Speaker 1: little critters hopped onto her bed and then out the window,
Speaker 1: leaning behind nothing but a pile of chocolate crumbs. What
Speaker 1: am I gonna do? Whispered Ivy to herself as she
Speaker 1: quickly saw her chances of having an amazing tea party
Speaker 1: fading away before her eyes. Levi's favorite chocolate trees were
Speaker 1: really important a part of the tea party. What was
Speaker 1: Ivy gonna do now? She put down the teapot on
Speaker 1: her desk, but held the tea cups trying to figure
Speaker 1: out a solution. Then, in a sad voice, Ivy whispered,
Speaker 1: I wish I could get a whole bunch of chocolate
Speaker 1: right now. Then all of a sudden, something truly bizarre happened.
Speaker 1: She felt the rug beneath her feet start to move,
Speaker 1: and when she looked down, she saw that she was
Speaker 1: standing on chocolate. My rug is chocolate, exclaimed Ivy, stunned
Speaker 1: at what she was seeing. Hearing such a strange shout
Speaker 1: coming from a sister's room, Levi ran in to see
Speaker 1: what the chocolate rug commotion was all about, and as
Speaker 1: soon as he walked into Ivy's bedroom, he gasped in surprise.
Speaker 1: How did this happen? Levi called out to Ivy, pointing
Speaker 1: at the rug. It was at that moment that Ivy
Speaker 1: figured it out the teacups. The tea cups are magic,
Speaker 1: answered Ivy. The old woman at the antique store told
Speaker 1: me that something magical could happen while I had them,
Speaker 1: but I never expected anything like this. As Ivy was speaking,
Speaker 1: the tea cups in her hand were turning into chocolate.
Speaker 1: Thinking vast, Levi I knew he had to get his
Speaker 1: mom and dad. He ran downstairs and told them to
Speaker 1: follow him. Quickly, not knowing what was going on but
Speaker 1: wanting to help, they followed Levi upstairs, down the hall
Speaker 1: and into Ivy's bedroom, and by the time they all
Speaker 1: got back, things were really getting out of hand. Ivy's
Speaker 1: room was almost completely chocolate at that point, including Ivy's shoes,
Speaker 1: which had now connected her to the chocolate rug. Unable
Speaker 1: to move and wondering how much time she had until
Speaker 1: she potentially turned into an Ivy shaped chocolate staff, she
Speaker 1: told her mom what the woman at the antique store
Speaker 1: had told her about the tea cups. I made a
Speaker 1: wish that I had lots of chocolate for my tea party.
Speaker 1: After some squirrel snuck into my room and ate all
Speaker 1: the snacks I put out, explained Ivy. I was holding
Speaker 1: the tea cups, and then all of a sudden, my
Speaker 1: rug and now everything else is turning into chocolate. And
Speaker 1: before anyone knew it, Ivy too turned completely into chocolate.
Speaker 1: Still holding the chocolate tea cups, she stood frozen in
Speaker 1: the center of her chocolate bedroom. What are we gonna do,
Speaker 1: mom asked Levi, who was now hiding behind his dad.
Speaker 1: I don't want Ivy to be chocolate forever. Ivy's mom
Speaker 1: quickly reassured her family, including Ivy, that everything would be
Speaker 1: okay and that she had a plan. She told Levi
Speaker 1: and his dad to stay with Ivy as she ran
Speaker 1: to the antique store. She burst through the door, calling
Speaker 1: out for the old woman who owned the store. Luckily,
Speaker 1: there was no one else there at the time. The
Speaker 1: old woman ran from the back room after hearing the commotion,
Speaker 1: and I knew almost instantly what was going on when
Speaker 1: she saw Ivy's mom and the worried look on her face.
Speaker 1: Something happened with the teacups, didn't it, asked the old woman,
Speaker 1: already knowing the answer. Ivy's mom nodded her head. You
Speaker 1: have to come with me right now and help my daughter,
Speaker 1: pleaded Ivy's mom. I'll explain everything on the way. The
Speaker 1: old woman turned over the clothes sign on the front
Speaker 1: door as she followed Ivy's mom outside. In no time,
Speaker 1: they were back at Ivy's house and the old woman
Speaker 1: followed Ivy's mom up to her bedroom. Oh my, said
Speaker 1: the old woman, unable to control her shock at seeing
Speaker 1: a chocolate world in front of her. Can you help her,
Speaker 1: asked Levi. Thankfully, I can, said the old woman, as
Speaker 1: she walked toward Ivy and touched the tea cups in
Speaker 1: her hand. Who did she do this for? Oh? What
Speaker 1: do you mean, asked Levi. Who did Ivy want all
Speaker 1: this chocolate for? The old woman answered, the tea cups
Speaker 1: will grant one wish made by the person holding them,
Speaker 1: if the wish is sincere and it will benefit someone else. However,
Speaker 1: sometimes things just get out of hand. It was me,
Speaker 1: said Levi, stepping forward. We were having a tea party
Speaker 1: today and she wanted me to really love it. Chocolate
Speaker 1: is my favorite snack. She wished for more after the
Speaker 1: snacks she put out got eaten by squirrels. That is
Speaker 1: quite the story, said the old woman. But now that
Speaker 1: I know that turning Ivy from chocolate back to her
Speaker 1: old self will be easy, I just need your help, Levi.
Speaker 1: Levi agreed immediately and waited to hear what he could do.
Speaker 1: I need you to place your hand on the tea
Speaker 1: cups and tell Ivy that you don't need chocolate to
Speaker 1: enjoy this tea party, the old woman began. Tell her,
Speaker 1: all you need to have a great time is her,
Speaker 1: but you have to mean it. It seems to me
Speaker 1: that Ivy really wanted you to enjoy this day. You're
Speaker 1: her big brother, and she loves spending time with you.
Speaker 1: I think you can see that now. Levi reached out
Speaker 1: and touched the chocolate teacups in Ivy's hand. I love
Speaker 1: spending time with Ivy too, and even though tea parties
Speaker 1: aren't totally my thing, I was excited to hang out
Speaker 1: with her today and see what it was all about,
Speaker 1: Ivy told the old woman. And that was before I
Speaker 1: knew there would be chocolate. I just want Ivy back
Speaker 1: so we can have our tea party together, no chocolate needed.
Speaker 1: And without even knowing it, leve I had just broken
Speaker 1: the magical spell cast by the teacups. Everyone watched it.
Speaker 1: First Ivy's rug turned back to normal, then the tea
Speaker 1: cups she was holding in her hand, then her shoes,
Speaker 1: her room, and finally her Ivy, you're back, exclaimed Lee
Speaker 1: by giving a sister a big hug, quickly joined by
Speaker 1: his parents. Ivy, still holding the teacups, hugged her family
Speaker 1: before noticing the old woman from the antique store. I
Speaker 1: think these belonged to you, Ivy said, with a little smile,
Speaker 1: handing her the teacups. Thank you for letting me borrow them,
Speaker 1: but I'm going to stick to using our regular teacups
Speaker 1: from now on. The old woman smiled and took the
Speaker 1: cups from Ivy. Thank you so much for helping me,
Speaker 1: said Ivy, giving the old woman a hug. The old
Speaker 1: woman smiled and turned to Lee Ivy's room. That was
Speaker 1: until Ivy called out to her. Would you like to
Speaker 1: stay for our tea party? Asked Ivy, you too, mom
Speaker 1: and dad, I'd love to have you all here. Everyone agreed,
Speaker 1: especially Levi, and after gathering up some more snacks from
Speaker 1: the kitchen, Ivy welcomed everyone to her tea party. It
Speaker 1: was so much fun, and even though there were no
Speaker 1: chocolate snacks, Levi had the best time of all. He
Speaker 1: agreed to another tea party the next week, but this
Speaker 1: time he would put it together for Ivy. Levi made
Speaker 1: sure to promise his sister that he wouldn't borrow any
Speaker 1: teacups from the antique store, and he definitely wouldn't invite
Speaker 1: any snacky squirrels to join them. Thanks for joining us today.
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