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Speaker 1: Welcome in everyone to Lively Lewis Stories. That's right, We're

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Speaker 1: back with even more awesome adventures with Levi and Ivy.

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Speaker 1: join the Lively Lewis crew. All you need is your

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Speaker 1: imagination and we go. I can't make you see were

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Speaker 1: our show notes. Enough about that, let's get too Today's

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Speaker 1: super Live a Lewis story. The story you're about to

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Speaker 1: enjoy was inspired by Carter. Thank you so much for

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Speaker 1: your awesome idea. Levi and Ivy ran into the school

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Speaker 1: from the playground, catching up with some friends as they

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Speaker 1: walk down the hall. Did you hear the new art

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Speaker 1: teacher starting today? Said one of Levi's friends. Cool. I

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Speaker 1: wonder what they'll be like Levi? And why was Levi

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Speaker 1: and Ivy's school getting a new teacher in the middle

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Speaker 1: of the year. That was because Missus Gillis, the kid's

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Speaker 1: current art teacher, was leaving to have a baby, which

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Speaker 1: left the class needing a teacher. I hope the new

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Speaker 1: teacher lets us build with clay, said one of Levi's friends.

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Speaker 1: Missus Gillis said, we could do clay sculptures next month.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure whoever takes over will have to follow whatever

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Speaker 1: class work plan missus Gillis leaves behind, said Ivy. But

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Speaker 1: maybe they'll do some awesome new stuff too, like stuff

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Speaker 1: let us paint a mural on the cafeteria wall. Maybe

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Speaker 1: and feet, laughed one of Ivy's friends. Maybe the new

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Speaker 1: teacher will let us use space lasers to carve metal

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Speaker 1: and make our own art rockets, said Levi, making his

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Speaker 1: friends laugh even harder. Then, all of a sudden, they

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Speaker 1: felt like someone was standing right behind them, and they

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Speaker 1: were right. One by one, they all turned around and

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Speaker 1: found themselves looking at a tall man with brown hair

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Speaker 1: your art ideas, said the man. I really love all

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Speaker 1: ideas in. It was then that Levi, Ivy and their

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Speaker 1: I'm mister King, said the man. I'll be your new

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Speaker 1: know we're going to have a great time together. The

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Speaker 1: kids all took turns saying hello to mister King. Then

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Speaker 1: met up with Missus Gillis. He would work with her

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Speaker 1: the art supplies are. Wow, he seems really cool, said Ivy.

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Speaker 1: I think he really liked my Space laser art idea,

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Speaker 1: said mister King. I've hidden some things in it, and

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Speaker 1: Because the right dog hasn't found me yet, said mister King.

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Speaker 1: Found you as one of Levi's friends. I'm pretty sure

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Speaker 1: Ivy asked Levi what animal he wanted to paint for

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Speaker 1: too much, said Ivy over breakfast that morning. I mean,

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Speaker 1: just paint your favorite animal and finish it already. I

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Speaker 1: don't know, Ivy, what mister King said, just keeps playing

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Speaker 1: over and over in my head, answered Levi as he

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Speaker 1: to find me. There's always lots of animals at the park,

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Speaker 1: suggested Levi's dad. How about we take a walk down

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Speaker 1: That sounds like a good idea, said Levi. But at

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Speaker 1: Levi I really did want to finish his portrait. He

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Speaker 1: certainly didn't want his first homework assignment for mister King

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Speaker 1: to be marked as incomplete, but he also wanted it

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Speaker 1: It sounded like wrestling in the bushes. Levi waited excitedly

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Speaker 1: and find me. As Levi watched and waited, the wrestling

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Speaker 1: And without another thought, Levi knew at that moment which

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Speaker 1: said Levi as he got up and went over to

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Speaker 1: where his new adorable furry friend came from, the little

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Speaker 1: puppy hopped around excitedly, playing with Levi and wagging his tail.

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Speaker 1: I would really love to paint a portrait of you,

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Speaker 1: But how would I ever do that when you won't

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Speaker 1: stop moving around? Giggled Levi. The puppy was full of energy,

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Speaker 1: The little puppy took one last look up at Levi

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Speaker 1: so he followed after him. Levi followed the puppy as

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Speaker 1: little one. Don't ever run off like that again, said

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Speaker 1: the old lady to the excited puppy. Levi quickly said

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Speaker 1: hello and asked if it was possible for him to

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Speaker 1: she had been out looking for him. Well, of course

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Speaker 1: you can paint this little puppy, said the little old lady,

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Speaker 1: And if it's not too much trouble, would you mind

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Speaker 1: Then she went to explain that her golden retriever had

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Speaker 1: just had puppies and she would be giving all of

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Speaker 1: to keep them all. She knew that the little puppy

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Speaker 1: and love. Levi agreed, saying he would be happy to

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