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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 hello to Bo and Omie, ages nine and seven,

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Speaker 1: from England, and hello to Stellen and his cats Fiona, Buffy,

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Speaker 1: Coconut and Little Dude at be Belated birthday to Ila

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Speaker 1: who turned three on November twenty fourth, and Zaiva, who

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Speaker 1: turned six on December sixth. Abba and Mommy love you

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Speaker 1: so much. Happy belated birthday to Oliver who turned nine

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Speaker 1: on December fourth. Happy ninth birthday, Oliver. We are very

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Speaker 1: proud of you and love you so much. Lots of

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Speaker 1: love from Mommy, Daddy, Jacob, and Tilly. Happy belated birthday

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Speaker 1: to Jamie Offenheim, who turned eleven on December fourth. Happy

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Speaker 1: belated birthday to Farren on Vancouver Island who turned nine

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Speaker 1: on December fifth. Your mom and dad are so proud

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Speaker 1: of you. You are an incredibly creative, funny and caring

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Speaker 1: person and they love you very much. And Happy belated

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Speaker 1: birthday to Matan who turned eight on December eighth. Laton,

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Speaker 1: we are so proud of the person you are becoming.

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Speaker 1: You bring so much light to us and to all

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Speaker 1: those who surround you through your kindness, humor and love.

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Speaker 1: Love your mom Abba and sister Leah. Happy birthday to

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Speaker 1: Harrison from Greenville, South Carolina, who is turning nine on

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Speaker 1: December eleventh. Mommy, Daddy, Jackson and Lawson all love you.

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday to Lucy Peyton of Whitburn, Scotland, who is

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Speaker 1: turning eight on December twelfth. Lots of love from Mommy, Dad, Chilli,

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Speaker 1: Lily and Bunny. Happy birthday to Grace in Buffalo, New

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Speaker 1: York who was turning eight on December twelfth. Happy birthday

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Speaker 1: from Mama, Daddy, Robbie and Brad. They love you very much.

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday to Lucas who goes to Amelia Earhart School

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Speaker 1: in Alameda, who is turning six on December twelfth. Happy

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Speaker 1: birthday to Teddy from Hobart, Australia who is turning six

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Speaker 1: on December thirteenth. And Happy birthday to Evie who was

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Speaker 1: turning ten on December seventeenth. Happy birthday to you all.

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Speaker 1: I hope you have a wonderful day. Shout Outs and

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Speaker 1: support page at sleep tightstories dot org slash support. Thank you, Margarita,

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Speaker 1: our pizza loving cat is back. Libby has just arrived

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Speaker 1: home from school and is freezing. She doesn't like snow

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Speaker 1: lived before didn't have snow. Margarita greets her at the door,

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Speaker 1: pizza as much as before, and so this year Libby

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Speaker 1: has bought some new ornaments for their Christmas tree. They

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Speaker 1: are pizza shaped. I hope Margharita likes them. Margarita and

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Speaker 1: the Christmas Tree. Libby walked in the front door, her

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Speaker 1: sure how she felt about that. Where she lived before

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Speaker 1: way of cold, but every day she shivered and shivered

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Speaker 1: as usual, Margerita greeted her at the door. Hi, Margarita,

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Speaker 1: did you miss me today? Did you keep warm? I've

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Speaker 1: been almost freezing to death, Libby said. Libby tended to

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Speaker 1: exaggerate a little. Margarita me out and butted her head

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Speaker 1: the wet, cold, white stuff. Then she arched her back,

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Speaker 1: before she gets home at dinner time. Libby said, with

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Speaker 1: was always sending home homework. Libby preferred the comfort and

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Speaker 1: They bought premium cat food, which Libby thought was kind

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Speaker 1: so I got us some curry and a fresh pizza

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Speaker 1: had that combination before, Libby asked. It sounds delicious, No, dear,

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Speaker 1: but it's better than always eating pizza. Oh, mom, Margarita

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Speaker 1: Libby's mother replied, tonight, I thought we could put up

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Speaker 1: after dinner, Libby and her mother put up the Christmas tree.

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Speaker 1: had even picked out some ornaments that looked just like

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Speaker 1: Where is Margarita, Libby's mother asked, I haven't seen her

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Speaker 1: Maybe she is in there waiting for me. All the

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Speaker 1: pizzas she had for dinner might have made her tired,

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Speaker 1: Libby said as she walked towards her room. She's not

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Speaker 1: She might have been scared of the tree and is

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Speaker 1: Libby's mother said, as she let out a great, big yawn. Okay,

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Speaker 1: Libby replied. She wouldn't blame Margarita for avoiding the tree

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Speaker 1: her bedroom door open as she went to bed, just

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Speaker 1: Then the sounds escalated into a loud rustling and crackling,

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Speaker 1: finally woke Libby enough to sit up in bed. What's

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Speaker 1: little bells being rung, followed by a light thud thud

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Speaker 1: Libby and her mother arrived in the living room just

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Speaker 1: she led out a deep me out to let Libby know.

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Speaker 1: I'll help you, Libby said, as she quickly waded through

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Speaker 1: Margarita's predicament. Notice what is between her paws? Libby's mother asked,

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Speaker 1: it's those new decorations you picked out, you don't think

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Speaker 1: She yes, those decorations look exactly like little pieces of pizza,

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Speaker 1: and no doubt, Margherita climbed up the tree in order

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Speaker 1: to try and eat them. Libby's mother said, laughing, what

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Speaker 1: a silly cat. After Libby freed Margarita from the mess

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Speaker 1: Let's leave this mess until tomorrow, her mother said, we

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Speaker 1: after dinner, Libby and her mother cleaned up the mess

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Speaker 1: that looked like pizzas. This time, Margarita watched them from

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Speaker 1: She has an appetite greater than you and I combined.

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Speaker 1: There is never a dull moment with Margarita around, and

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Speaker 1: that is the end of our story. Good Night, sleep tight,

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Speaker 1: b blie.