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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: show notes. Enough about that, let's get too today's super

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Speaker 1: Live Ay Lewis story. Mom called Levi as he walked

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Speaker 1: I am right here, answered Levi's mom as she walked

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Speaker 1: into the living room. How was school? But she didn't

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Speaker 1: have to wait long for an answer because the look

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Speaker 1: on Levi's face set it all not great. Levi had

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Speaker 1: been having trouble at school recently with a few older

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Speaker 1: boys who were not being the nicest to him. On

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Speaker 1: the soccer field at recess, they often wouldn't let him

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Speaker 1: play at all, and when they did, they wouldn't pass

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Speaker 1: to him. And would run plays that excluded Levi from

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Speaker 1: the action. Are those boys still giving you problems at recess?

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Speaker 1: Asked Levi's mom if she gave her a son a hug,

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Speaker 1: your dad and I will contact your principal and teach

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Speaker 1: her again. We'll do whatever we can to help you out.

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Speaker 1: We're all on your team, buddy. Those words of encouragement

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Speaker 1: and a great, big hug were just what Levi needed,

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Speaker 1: as his mom could feel his stress from the day

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Speaker 1: Levi dropped his backpack on the ground and hugged his

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Speaker 1: him over to the couch to sit down. Just as

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Speaker 1: she was about to ask him what happened that day specifically,

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Speaker 1: Ivy walked in through the door, and she didn't look

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Speaker 1: much better than Levi. Mom, said Ivy before the tears

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Speaker 1: what's wrong? Asked Ivy's mom as she opened her arms wide,

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Speaker 1: for one more kiddo that needed it. Ivy hugged her mom,

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Speaker 1: about what happened that day, and Ivy didn't need to

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Speaker 1: ask why Levi was crying. She already knew the reason.

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Speaker 1: I was at Rees's today and I was jumping rope

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Speaker 1: with some friends when all of a sudden, I heard

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Speaker 1: some shouting coming from the soccer field, said Ivy as

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Speaker 1: she began to tell her story. I ran over because

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Speaker 1: I knew Levi was playing soccer, and I wanted to

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Speaker 1: make sure everyone was okay. You're very sweet to do that,

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Speaker 1: Ivy said her mom, so proud of her daughter's carrie nature.

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Speaker 1: When I got to the field, I saw Levi standing

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Speaker 1: continued Ivy until Levi interrupted, speaking for the first time

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Speaker 1: Were they arguing over which one could have you on

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Speaker 1: their team, said Levi's mom, hopeful that Levi was finally

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Speaker 1: being included at Recess. No, just the opposite, answered Levi.

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Speaker 1: They were arguing because neither of them wanted me on

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Speaker 1: their team. Well that's just silly, added Levi's mom. You're

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Speaker 1: But since they play in the age group just above me,

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Speaker 1: said Levi. They don't have any room for me on

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Speaker 1: But I love playing soccer so much it would make

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Speaker 1: bad behavior wins, and we can't have that happen. Then

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Speaker 1: I was crying when I walked into the house, asked Ivy. Oh, Ivy,

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Speaker 1: I'm so sorry you weren't done with your story yet,

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Speaker 1: said Ivy, because even though he can be annoying sometimes,

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Speaker 1: and I started to cry, said Ivy. And that's when

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Speaker 1: But today they were just there to make fun of me,

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Speaker 1: it seemed. Ivy went on to explain that the older

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Speaker 1: and that made her feel really bad. I'm not a

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Speaker 1: That's a good way to look at it, replied Ivey's mom.

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Speaker 1: Did you tell them that? Ivy just looked down at

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Speaker 1: Ivy asked her mom. Again. Ivy just shook her head. No.

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Speaker 1: way to resolve, probably, said Ivy and Levi's mom. If

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Speaker 1: which is why they had to talk to those kids

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Speaker 1: and Ivy that even though they may think they're hiding

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Speaker 1: You're both usually so confident and happy, but lately it

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Speaker 1: your dad and I will have to call the school again.

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy both looked up at each other. They

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Speaker 1: but they knew it wouldn't be easy. But situations like

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Speaker 1: and they knew they had to be prepared to handle them, knowing,

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Speaker 1: of course, that their parents and in this case, their

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Speaker 1: teachers and principles were always nearby to help. Mom, Can

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Speaker 1: you and dad give Ivy and I a little time

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Speaker 1: to think about how we could handle these situations, ask Levi.

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Speaker 1: We sure can, said Levi and Ive's mom. How about

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Speaker 1: you to take a walk? A nice long walk and

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Speaker 1: some fresh air always helps me clear my head so

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Speaker 1: knew their mom was right, and they decided to take

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Speaker 1: by dinner time, called out Levi as here and Ivy

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Speaker 1: of nowhere, Levi said, I'm sorry you cried today. It

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Speaker 1: at all, Levi. Ivy began as she stopped and looked

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Speaker 1: who are calling me names. We didn't do anything wrong,

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Speaker 1: Levi smiled, knowing what a great sister and friend he

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Speaker 1: had in Ivy. That makes a lot of sense, said Levi.

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Speaker 1: Maybe if you and I talked to those kids together

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Speaker 1: how bad they're making us feel. Strengthen numbers. I think

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Speaker 1: it's what it's called, answered Ivey. I think the two

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Speaker 1: already thinking of ways to resolve the issues they were

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Speaker 1: having at school, and as a reward for their smart thinking,

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Speaker 1: they were going to treat themselves with a few rides

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Speaker 1: stumbled upon a hedgerow that they had never seen before. Wow,

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Speaker 1: what is that? Asked Ivy as she stood gnawed the

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Speaker 1: gigantic wall of evergreens. Do you remember seeing that here before,

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Speaker 1: right at the entrance to the park, asked Levi. No,

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Speaker 1: and I definitely think i'd remember seeing something so beautiful

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Speaker 1: and enormous, replied Ivy. The hedgerow seemed to stretch on

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Speaker 1: forever and looked completely impossible to go through. The thick

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy, both being quite curious, decided to take

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Speaker 1: Levi said, do you see that? Ivy knew exactly what

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Speaker 1: he was referring to and called back a giant iron gate.

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Speaker 1: They didn't even need to think a second about what

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Speaker 1: to do next. The two adventurous kids each reached out

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Speaker 1: not in this case. As soon as Levi and Ivy's

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Speaker 1: mean to make you upset, said Levib. Yeah, we just

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Speaker 1: wanted to say hello. So hello. The bashful bunny smiled

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Speaker 1: and tried to say hello, until he was interrupted, this

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Speaker 1: time by the falcon. Well he says hi, and I

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Speaker 1: say hi. And now I guess you too could be

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Speaker 1: on your way, said the falcon. We're all set friends,

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Speaker 1: we don't need any more. Isn't that right, bunny? The

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Speaker 1: bashful bunny just raised his eyebrows as if to say, well,

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Speaker 1: that's what you think. Let's just hold on a second,

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Speaker 1: said Levi to the falcon, trying to be respectful of

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Speaker 1: his friendship with the bunny, but also wanting to make

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Speaker 1: sure that the bunny didn't need help. Maybe the bunny

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Speaker 1: has something to say, Maybe you could let him talk

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Speaker 1: for himself. It's okay to speak your mind and be

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Speaker 1: clear with what you want, said Ivy too. With the bunny,

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Speaker 1: you don't have to let someone else speak for you.

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Speaker 1: The bashful bunny smiled. See me motivated by Levin Ivy's

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Speaker 1: words he popped out his chest. And I'd like to

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Speaker 1: be friends with them, what exclaimed the falcon, looking shocked

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Speaker 1: as if he hadn't heard the bunny speak before and

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Speaker 1: was expecting him to say anything but that. But but

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Speaker 1: but I thought that you and I were friends, said

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Speaker 1: the falcon. We are, began the bunny. But but, but,

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Speaker 1: but that doesn't mean that I can't have other friends. Well,

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Speaker 1: you never said any of this before, chirped the falcon.

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Speaker 1: It's because you never let me talk, said the bunny.

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Speaker 1: But to be fair, I guess I wasn't that clear

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Speaker 1: and honest with you when you did speak for me

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Speaker 1: all those times we were approached by other creatures in

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Speaker 1: the garden who wanted to be friends and you said no.

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Speaker 1: I ah, I should have spoken up. How else would

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Speaker 1: you have known how I felt? Wow, I'm sorry. I

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Speaker 1: thought you wanted it to be me and you, said

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Speaker 1: the falcon to his bashful bunny friend. Can you forgive me?

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Speaker 1: I sure can, said the bunny, And from now on,

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Speaker 1: I'm going to try and be clear and honest with

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Speaker 1: the way I feel. That sounds great to me, replied

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Speaker 1: the falcon, giving the bunny a big hug. After seeing

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Speaker 1: how the bunny handled that situation, Levi gave Ivy a

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Speaker 1: big high five, and then, just like the two other

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Speaker 1: times before, a flower seemed to bloom out of nowhere

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Speaker 1: right in front of Levi and Ivy. As the petals

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Speaker 1: of the flower opened up, they revealed a shiny golden token.

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Speaker 1: On the shiny coin was the word clarity. Levi grabbed

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Speaker 1: the coin. You've done it again, exclaimed Eldon. You've completed

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Speaker 1: your third quest. You helped the bashful bunny express himself

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Speaker 1: and learn that honesty is the only way for others

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Speaker 1: to know how you're truly feeling and what you truly want. Congratulations,

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Speaker 1: only one quest left to complete. Levi and Ivy were

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Speaker 1: so proud of themselves for completing three quests so quickly,

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Speaker 1: but it also made them feel sad that there was

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Speaker 1: only one quest left to complete. It meant their time

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Speaker 1: in the Garden of Friends would be soon, but they

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Speaker 1: decided to focus all of their energy on that last

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Speaker 1: quest and worry about going home after they completed it.

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Speaker 1: Eldon walked Levi and Ivy over to a small, gentle stream.

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Speaker 1: They each took a seat and looked around to see

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Speaker 1: which new garden friend was in need of some help.

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Speaker 1: They looked and looked until they finally saw a tiny

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Speaker 1: hedgehog nibbling on a gigantic cookie. Thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for this cookie, mumbled the hedgehog with a mouthful of cookie.

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Speaker 1: It's delicious. He was talking to a chipmunk who did

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Speaker 1: not look so happy. That was my last cookie, the

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Speaker 1: chipmunk shouted, before she turned and walked away. I'll make

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Speaker 1: you a new batch some day, I promise, replied the hedgehog,

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Speaker 1: still nibbling on the cookie, as he passed by a

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Speaker 1: turtle sitting on the edge of the stream. Hey turtle,

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Speaker 1: sorry to say, but the binoculars I borrowed from you

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Speaker 1: kind of well broke, said the hedgehog. Broke, but you

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Speaker 1: said you'd take really good care of them. They were

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Speaker 1: a birthday gift, said the turtle, sounding sad. And I've

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Speaker 1: been waiting here for you for over an hour. You

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Speaker 1: said you'd be here right at four, but it's such

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Speaker 1: a nice day. I'm sure you didn't really mind sitting

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Speaker 1: here and waiting a bit longer for me. And about

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Speaker 1: your binoculars, I'm sure I can rustle up a new

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Speaker 1: pair for you. Bye. Tomorrow next week, tops, said the

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Speaker 1: hedgehog as he continued to meander through the garden. Levi

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Speaker 1: and Ivy looked at each other and immediately knew the

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Speaker 1: hedgehog was the last garden friend they had to help. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 1: they knew how to deal with him because they had

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Speaker 1: seen so many people like this before, the kind of

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Speaker 1: people that don't value other people's feelings, things or time.

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Speaker 1: Excuse me, called out Ivy. Can we talk to you

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Speaker 1: for a minute? Who me? I'm terribly busy and have

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Speaker 1: lots of things to do. I couldn't possibly stop and talk,

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Speaker 1: replied the hedgehog. Are you on your way to steal

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Speaker 1: another cookie without asking? Or break another friend's binoculars? Ask Levi,

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Speaker 1: what do you mean, asked the hedgehog, not used to

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Speaker 1: being talked to you that way? Well, I think you

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Speaker 1: need to learn a little bit about empathy and focusing

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Speaker 1: on others feelings, not just your own, said Ivy as

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Speaker 1: she motioned for the hedgehog to join them on a

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Speaker 1: fallen log. Did you ever think how you would feel

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Speaker 1: if you had just made a batch of delicious cookies

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Speaker 1: and there was only one left, and then out of nowhere,

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Speaker 1: a hungry little hedgehog popped up and ate it, asked Levi, Well, ines, uh,

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Speaker 1: I guess I never really thought about it that way,

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Speaker 1: answered the hedgehog. Or did you ever think how you

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Speaker 1: would feel to lend a brand new gift, like maybe

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Speaker 1: a pair of binoculars to a friend and then never

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Speaker 1: get them back because the friend broke them? Asked Ivy.

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Speaker 1: We I I mean, I guess I never thought of

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Speaker 1: that either, said the hedgehog, now feeling bad about the

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Speaker 1: way he treated his turtle and chipmunk friends. Oh no,

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Speaker 1: they must be really mad at me. Right, they may be,

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Speaker 1: but they have a right to explained Ivy. You weren't

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Speaker 1: being very nice to them. You totally disregarded their feelings

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Speaker 1: because you weren't being empathetic. That means seeing things from

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Speaker 1: their point of view, added Levi. Oh wow, you're right,

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Speaker 1: replied the hedgehog. I've got to go talk to my friends,

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Speaker 1: but not before I get a new pair of binoculars

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Speaker 1: and a fresh batch of cookies to drop off. Levi

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Speaker 1: and Ivy helped the little hedgehog with his tasks, and

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Speaker 1: before long they were watching as he apologized to his friends.

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Speaker 1: With gifts in hand, the hedgehog told them how he

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Speaker 1: learned about empathy and how he should have thought how

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Speaker 1: he would feel if he was in their place. The

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Speaker 1: chipmunk and the turtle both thanked their friend, so happy

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Speaker 1: for the positive change that Levi and Ivy had helped

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Speaker 1: him make. And for one final time, a flower seemed

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Speaker 1: to bloom out of nowhere right in front of Levi

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Speaker 1: and Ivy. As the petals of the flower opened up,

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Speaker 1: they revealed a shiny golden token. On the shiny coin

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Speaker 1: was the word empathy. Ivy grabbed the coin. You've done

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Speaker 1: it again, exclaimed Eldon. You've completed all four quests. You

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Speaker 1: help the hedgehog learn about empathy. Now you have learned

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Speaker 1: all you need to know to return to your world

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Speaker 1: and fix the situations you were in today. Congratulations, I

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Speaker 1: am so proud of you. Although they were sad to leave,

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy thanked Elden for all he did for them.

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Speaker 1: They also thank the bees, the ants, the raccoons, the fox,

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Speaker 1: the bunny, the falcon, the hedgehog, the chipmunk, and the

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Speaker 1: turtle because they knew they couldn't have learned all the

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Speaker 1: valuable lessons they did if it hadn't been for their

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Speaker 1: new garden friends. I can't wait to see how you

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Speaker 1: use all that you've learned here to help you back home,

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Speaker 1: said Eldon. Good luck, and please know that we will

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Speaker 1: all be cheering you on from the garden. You have

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Speaker 1: all the tools you need to make your situation at

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Speaker 1: school better use them to help yourself, and you will

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Speaker 1: help others as well. Thank you so much, Eldon, exclaimed

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy. As they reached the gigantic iron gate

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Speaker 1: that first led them into the Garden of Friends, they

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Speaker 1: wave goodbye one last time before stepping back through into

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Speaker 1: their normal world. Once back by the park, they turned

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Speaker 1: around to see the hedgerow and the gate were both gone,

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Speaker 1: taking Eldon and all their garden friends away too. Knowing

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Speaker 1: what they had to do and holding the four golden

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Speaker 1: coins from their garden quests, Levi and Ivy felt courageous.

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Speaker 1: They felt that they deserved respect and could get it

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Speaker 1: by showing clarity in their words and their actions and

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Speaker 1: addressing situations to help themselves and the other people involved,

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Speaker 1: and in doing so, they would hopefully teach others about

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Speaker 1: empathy and how they should always ask this one question

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Speaker 1: before they act. How would I feel if this were

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Speaker 1: happening to me. Ivy and Levi returned home for dinner,

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Speaker 1: once again full of confidence and looking like the old

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy that their parents remembered. They were ready

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Speaker 1: to talk to those kids the next day at school,

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Speaker 1: and no matter what came their way during those interactions,

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Speaker 1: they knew Eldon and their other garden friends had given

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Speaker 1: them all the tools they needed to fix the problem.

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Speaker 1: The next day, at school, Levi and Ivy each approached

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Speaker 1: the kids they had made them upset the day before.

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Speaker 1: Using all they learned, they help those kids to see

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Speaker 1: how their words and actions were hurtful and made them

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Speaker 1: feel bad. Both groups received the information the same way,

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Speaker 1: surprise to how much of an impact they had on

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Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy and so sorry forever making them feel

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Speaker 1: bad in the first place. Levi and Ivy talked about

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Speaker 1: it the whole way home, how the lessons they learned

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Speaker 1: and the garden worked, and how they should really share

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Speaker 1: what Eldon taught them with other kids at school, hopefully

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Speaker 1: creating an environment where everyone respects each other. So the

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Speaker 1: very next day, Levi and Ivy asked their teacher if

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Speaker 1: they could form a school club teaching the lessons of courage, respect, clarity,

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Speaker 1: and empathy. Their teachers loved the idea, and that day,

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Speaker 1: the Garden of Friends Club was born. Thanks for joining

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Speaker 1: us today, We hope you enjoyed the story and learned

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Speaker 1: a little something too. And since we know everyone has

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Speaker 1: their own story, we'd love to hear yours. If you

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Speaker 1: have an idea for a Lively Lois story, leave a

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Speaker 1: Lively Lewis story with you