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Speaker 1: Hey friends, I wanted to send you this bonus story

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Speaker 1: this week because we are celebrating New Year's in a

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Speaker 1: few days. Right, Yes, New Year's is such a fun

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Speaker 1: day and New Year's Eve is such a fun night

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Speaker 1: where we get to celebrate with the people we love.

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Speaker 1: Right Yeah. Have you ever wondered what New Year's Eve

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Speaker 1: is about? Me too? Well? I made it a special

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Speaker 1: story adventure just for you. Are you ready for today's adventure?

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Speaker 1: Me too. Let's go a long time ago, in a

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Speaker 1: far away place, lived a tribe of people that carried

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Speaker 1: a very special story. The story of New Year's Eve

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Speaker 1: goes way back, way long before you and I were born.

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Speaker 1: And in this far away place lived this people that

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Speaker 1: their job was to guard the night sky. They were

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Speaker 1: the skywatchers. They had one of the most important jobs

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Speaker 1: in the whole world, and it was to keep our

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Speaker 1: sky clear. Every year, on this one night, the stars

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Speaker 1: would come up and the moon would shine so bright,

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Speaker 1: and it was the skywatcher's job to make sure the

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Speaker 1: evil dragon stayed away. Have you heard of this dragon?

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Speaker 1: He is a very evil dragon. His job is to

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Speaker 1: eat all of the stars in the sky, leaving nothing

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Speaker 1: for us to see and this tribe what their job was.

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Speaker 1: Every year, they would arch up to a mountain to

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Speaker 1: gather a special oil from a wizard that lived on

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Speaker 1: top of the mountain. This oil was good for one year.

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Speaker 1: When they would bring the oil back down, it would

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Speaker 1: allow their candles and their their torches and their lamps

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Speaker 1: to burn a bright flame to keep the dragon away.

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Speaker 1: And it was the job of the bravest people in

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Speaker 1: the whole tribe. Once a year, they would hike up

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Speaker 1: this mountain to meet the wizard and to get the

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Speaker 1: jar of oil that they needed that would last them

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Speaker 1: one whole year. They could not get more than one jar,

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Speaker 1: as the wizard only allowed one every year, And so

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Speaker 1: that year it was Charlotte and Jacob's job. It was

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Speaker 1: their turn to be the brave ones to hike up

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Speaker 1: the mountain to find this wizard with the jar of

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Speaker 1: oil to keep the dragon away. As they put on

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Speaker 1: their hiking boots, Jacob and Charlotte, we're both very nervous.

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Speaker 1: They had never done this hike before. All the older

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Speaker 1: ones in the tribe had done this before, but now

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Speaker 1: it was Charlotte and Jacob's turn. As they looked back

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Speaker 1: and forth to each other, Charlotte said, Jacob, are you sure?

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Speaker 1: Are you sure we should do this? Yeah? Um, well,

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Speaker 1: I'm a little nervous to Jacob said, but we have to.

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Speaker 1: Our oil is almost all gone, which means the flame

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Speaker 1: will go out. If we run out of oil, the

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Speaker 1: flame is gone, the dragon will come and eat the

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Speaker 1: sky m Charlotte and Jacob took three deep breaths and

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Speaker 1: started to hike through the snow. The snow got deeper

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Speaker 1: and deeper the higher they climbed this mountain. They had

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Speaker 1: followed an old, ancient trail that generations before had set

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Speaker 1: in stone to follow. As they hyped up this trail,

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Speaker 1: they looked back and forth, keeping an eye out for

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Speaker 1: the dragon. You see, the dragon was smart. He knew

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Speaker 1: why that flame burned, and so every year he would

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Speaker 1: set out traps to try and stop the people from

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Speaker 1: getting to the wizard to get the oil. The dragon

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Speaker 1: was very sneaky. He would leave out tricks and traps,

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Speaker 1: and so Jacob and Charlotte had to be very careful

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Speaker 1: that they didn't step foot in a trap. All right, Charlotte,

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Speaker 1: I think we're getting closer. Look I can like it

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Speaker 1: looks like the top of the mountains just like right

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Speaker 1: over there. Come on, this looks like a shortcut. Let's

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Speaker 1: go this way, Charlotte said, Wait, Jacob, Jacob, we have

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Speaker 1: got to stay on the trail. The trail set before

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Speaker 1: us in Stone It's it says, we gotta go this way. Well, wait, Charlotte,

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Speaker 1: but there's a shortcut here, and it's it's probably just

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Speaker 1: gonna take like five minutes to go this way. In

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Speaker 1: your way, it's gonna take hours. No, Jacob, we gotta

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Speaker 1: we have to stay on this trail, all right, Well,

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Speaker 1: let me just go check it out real quick. And

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Speaker 1: so Jacob did not follow the trail set before them.

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Speaker 1: He veered off to the right to try and find

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Speaker 1: the shortcut. But the shortcut was a trap set by

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Speaker 1: you okay, Charlotte shouted out. Jacob was not okay. His

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Speaker 1: feet had been trapped by this thorny branch that was

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Speaker 1: I'm coming, I'm coming. Charlotte came and grabbed onto Jacob's

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Speaker 1: I'm so sorry, Charlotte. I shouldn't have gone this way.

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Speaker 1: Let's get back on the trail hurry. But because the

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Speaker 1: think the dragon knows they are close. Charlotte and Jacob

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Speaker 1: the one that they were set out to follow. The

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Speaker 1: further up the mountain, they got the colder, it became. Oh,

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Speaker 1: I'm so cold, Charlotte said, did you did you bring

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Speaker 1: Jacob said. Look over there, that looks nice and warm.

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Speaker 1: Off to the side of the trail was a little

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Speaker 1: bonfire with blankets in a chair. Oh, that looks so warm.

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Speaker 1: Let's go check it out. Wait, Jacob said, Charlotte, we can't.

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Speaker 1: That looks like it could be another trail up, because

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Speaker 1: why in the world would that just be sitting on

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Speaker 1: the trail. That's got to be from the dragon. And

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Speaker 1: Jacob was right hiding right behind that warm fire with

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Speaker 1: the blankets hid the dragon in the shadows. Charlotte and Jacob,

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Speaker 1: We're so smart to not fall for that trap. They

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Speaker 1: kept hiking up the trail further and further, until finally

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Speaker 1: they made it to the top. At the top was

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Speaker 1: been a fire, because there was a little pool of

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Speaker 1: smoke coming out the top of this hut. As Charlotte

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Speaker 1: and Jacob walked towards the hut and stepped inside, the

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Speaker 1: wizard was waiting for them, and he said, why, hullo there,

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Speaker 1: I'm glad that you made it. Here is your jar

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Speaker 1: of oil to protect the sky from the dragon. You

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Speaker 1: will return twelve months from now, not one day sooner,

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Speaker 1: and not one day later. Good luck. The wizard handed

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Speaker 1: Charlotte the jar of oil. She couldn't believe it. They

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Speaker 1: had made it, but now they must get back to

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Speaker 1: the village right away. As they hurried down the mountain

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Speaker 1: as fast as they could, the dragon must have been

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Speaker 1: made aware that they got the oil, because he came

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Speaker 1: out of his hiding space and started to chase them. Run.

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Speaker 1: Charlotte and Jacob run. They finally made it back to

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Speaker 1: their village just in time. They poured the oil just

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Speaker 1: as the flame was about to go out, and as

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Speaker 1: the lane ignited the sky. The dragon streamed in terror,

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Speaker 1: and he raced back to hide in his cave. They

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Speaker 1: had done it. They saved the sky. This big flame

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Speaker 1: will keep the village and the whole world safe for

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Speaker 1: one more year. We must celebrate. Hooray. Charlotte and Jacob

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Speaker 1: have saved the year. Happy New Year's Kid short Stories.

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Speaker 1: Will see you next time on our next adventure by