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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep tight stories. Nicole has

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Speaker 1: The new house is an old farmhouse and her mom

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Speaker 1: The old house is so boring. The only interesting thing

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Speaker 1: Nicole and the box in the barn. Nicole was wandering

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Speaker 1: she did whenever she was super bored, as she was now.

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Speaker 1: The house was big, even bigger than their last one,

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Speaker 1: and was filled with strange corners and shadows that she

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Speaker 1: was sure whispered her songs back to her, though she

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Speaker 1: couldn't quite hear if they were in tune. Her mother

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Speaker 1: was busy unpacking and setting up, and Nicole knew no

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Speaker 1: one in this strange place with red mud and no

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Speaker 1: Wi Fi. Everything was unfamiliar and she missed her old life.

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Speaker 1: I left some pizza on the kitchen counter for you, Nicole,

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Speaker 1: in case you are hungry, her mother said from the kitchen.

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Speaker 1: She sounded happy, like removing me from all my friends,

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Speaker 1: I bet the pizza is as super yucky as this

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Speaker 1: place is, Nicole thought, as she made her way to

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Speaker 2: Taste too bad.

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Speaker 1: Looking out the dirty window in the kitchen, she saw

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Speaker 1: the only interesting thing on their property, an old white

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Speaker 1: mostly gone. Her mom told her never to go in

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Speaker 1: the barn. It's old, rickety and could be dangerous. It

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Speaker 1: might fall down on top of you. But to Nicole,

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Speaker 1: that barn was the most interesting part of the whole move.

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Speaker 2: It was like the.

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Speaker 1: Barn was calling her name, tempting her to go inside.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to Home Hardware to get some cleaning supplies,

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Speaker 1: her mother yelled as she left the house, her steps

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Speaker 1: need anything, Yeah, I need WiFi, Nicholl shouted back. She

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Speaker 1: wanted to say she wanted to go back home, but

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Speaker 1: they had already argued about that, and her mother believed

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Speaker 1: that once a decision had been made, you had to

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Speaker 1: stick to it. Niicole's mother loved adventure and had taken

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Speaker 1: Nicole with her traveling all over the world, which was

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Speaker 1: pretty cool when you weren't in school.

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Speaker 2: Nicole got to ride.

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Speaker 1: Elephants, swing on trees near a beach, and climb high mountains. Well,

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Speaker 1: her mother did the climbing, she just came along for

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Speaker 1: the ride. Before Nicole started school, her best friend was

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Speaker 1: a street dog she named mango because it was her

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Speaker 1: favorite fruit. Then they moved to Montreal and had to

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Speaker 1: leave Mango behind. And now, after making all kinds of

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Speaker 1: Her mother went to the store and nichoal stuffed the

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Speaker 1: what was inside the barn for herself. What was the

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Speaker 1: big deal anyway, It's not like it would fall down

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Speaker 1: The grass was wet and tall and already made her

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Speaker 1: new sneakers look old and used stupid grass. She said

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Speaker 1: out loud, These were my favorite sneakers. The door to

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Speaker 1: the barn was heavy, but it creaked open with a push,

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Speaker 2: Pee you, Nicholl said out loud.

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Speaker 1: She had seen farm animals before and knew their unique

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Speaker 1: It looked like just a simple wooden box, but it

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Speaker 2: It was too.

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Speaker 1: Clean, and the wood looked new. Its hinges and lock

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Speaker 1: suggesting that someone or something had protected it from becoming

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Speaker 1: another relic of the past. Now this is interesting, Nicole whispered.

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Speaker 1: It was as if the box was waiting just for her,

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Speaker 1: contents to her alone. Nicole always had an active imagination,

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Speaker 1: which she developed from all the time she played with Mango.

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Speaker 1: They used to pretend that the only way Nicholl could

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Speaker 1: but Nichole loved him anyway. She walked slowly over to

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Speaker 1: As she reached out, her fingers first touched the intricate carvings,

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Speaker 1: to herself, secretly hoping it was Wi Fi, or at

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Speaker 1: least some books. Her books were in a box somewhere

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Speaker 1: her mother always forgot where her stuff was passed. With

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Speaker 1: if recognizing Nicole as the rightful opener. The hinges whispered

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Speaker 1: softly as the lid lifted, allowing a soft golden light

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Speaker 2: The scent of old.

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Speaker 1: Pages, wildflowers, and something indefinably ancient and mysterious rose from

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Speaker 1: the depths of the box. Inside, she found treasures more

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Speaker 1: valuable than even Wi Fi. First, she saw a red

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Speaker 1: velvet cape folded neatly to one side. She couldn't help,

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Speaker 1: but touch it. It was as soft as a kitten's fur.

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Speaker 1: She picked it up, wrapped it around her shoulders, and

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Speaker 1: immediately felt as brave as a lion, and and as

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Speaker 1: adventurous as an explorer setting sail for unknown lands. In

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Speaker 2: She was Nicole the.

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Speaker 1: Brave, ready to face any adventure that came her way. Here,

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Speaker 1: ye hear ye, she yelled. Nicole the Brave has arrived.

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Speaker 1: If Mango was with her, they would have a lot

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Speaker 1: of fun, she thought. Taking off the cape, she folded

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Speaker 1: it neatly and put it back inside the box. Next,

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Speaker 1: she picked up an old compass. But this wasn't any

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Speaker 1: ordinary compass. Nicole knew this compass must be special. It's

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Speaker 1: needle spun in a lazy circle before pointing towards the

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Speaker 1: back of the barn as if it was saying there's

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Speaker 1: more to discover right over there. That's kind of cool,

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Speaker 1: she said, I guess there are other things to see

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Speaker 1: Wi Fi detector. Then she realized there was probably no

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Speaker 1: Wi Fi when the compass was made. Nicole carefully put

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Speaker 2: The key was made of a metal.

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Speaker 1: That glowed softly, as if it held the light of

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Speaker 1: the stars within it. Nicole wondered what secrets it could unlock.

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Speaker 1: Maybe there was a hidden door in the barn, or

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Speaker 1: perhaps it opened a treasure chest filled with pirate gold.

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Speaker 1: Or maybe it opened a portal that would let her

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Speaker 1: which was just about every door in the house. Next,

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Speaker 1: she noticed a book. The front and spine didn't have

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Speaker 2: The book was full of stories.

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Speaker 1: What kind of stories are hiding in here?

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Speaker 2: She thought? As she opened the book.

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Speaker 1: The pages were soft under her fingers, almost like touching

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Speaker 1: the petals of a flower. The first page had a

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Speaker 1: Nicole imagined the dragon winking at her, inviting her into

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Speaker 1: the story. Wow, I've never seen pictures that look so real,

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Speaker 1: she whispered, turning the page. Each page held a new adventure,

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Speaker 1: castles in the sky, talking animals, and even a pirate

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Speaker 1: when she saw the seeds inside the box. These weren't

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Speaker 1: ordinary seeds. They sparkled like tiny jewels. These must be magic,

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Speaker 1: she thought, gently taking the packet of seeds.

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Speaker 1: Eye, promising candy plants would grow from these seeds. Candy plants,

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Speaker 1: she laughed. That sounds delicious. She could hardly wait to

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Speaker 1: she giggled to herself, picturing flowers with petals made of

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Speaker 1: She envisioned them hanging from candy cane trees, just waiting

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Speaker 1: Nichole picked up a small mirror next its frame, cool

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Speaker 1: and smooth in her hands, Just a mirror, she thought

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Speaker 1: at first glance, But as she peered into it, her

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Speaker 1: eyes grew wide with amazement. Instead of her reflection, she

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Speaker 1: saw tall mountains reaching up to kiss the sky, their

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Speaker 1: she looked at forests aglow with twinkling lights, like thousands

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Speaker 1: of tiny fairies had lit up the trees. Then she

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Speaker 1: saw dragons so through the air, their scales shimmering in

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Speaker 1: the sunlight. Wow, could this be real, Nicole said out loud.

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Speaker 1: Maybe this is some kind of magic mirror that can

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Speaker 1: of seeing if the mirror could take her to her

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Speaker 1: and the mountains. That would be super fun too.

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Speaker 2: Nicole, where are you? That was her mother's voice.

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Speaker 1: How could I have not heard her arriving, Nicole said,

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Speaker 1: as she put the mirror back into the box and

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Speaker 1: gently closed the lid. Tiptoeing across the wet grass, Nicole

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Speaker 1: arrived at the back porch's doorstep and was greeted by

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Speaker 1: her mother. Nicole, I have been looking all.

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Speaker 2: Over for you.

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Speaker 1: You weren't in that old barn, were you? Her mother asked, Well,

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Speaker 1: Nicholl said, looking down at her grass stained sneakers. Maybe,

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Speaker 1: and that is the end of this part good night,

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Speaker 1: sleep tight,