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Speaker 1: our show notes. Thank you, hello friends, and welcome to

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Speaker 1: sleep Tight Stories. Bernice is back and in this story

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Speaker 1: she is going to talk to Papa Bear about going

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Speaker 1: to get her eyes checked. Bernice is a little nervous

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Speaker 1: about what might happen when she gets there because Bobby

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Speaker 1: has been telling her stories again. Let's see what Papa

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Speaker 1: Bear has to say. Bernice gets her eyes checked. Good morning,

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Speaker 1: little bear. Are you ready to have breakfast? Papa Bear

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Speaker 1: said as he knocked on Bernice's bedroom door before walking in. No, Papa,

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Speaker 1: not yet. I am looking at my eyes one last

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Speaker 1: time before I go to the eye doctor, Bernie said,

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Speaker 1: as she stood in front of her mirror one last time.

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear said, puzzled, are your eyes going somewhere? They

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Speaker 1: aren't taking a vacation without us, are they? That wouldn't

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Speaker 1: be fair. Oh, Papa, not that, Bernie said, blinking in

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Speaker 1: front of the mirror. I just think they won't look

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Speaker 1: the same after the eye doctor makes me wear glasses

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Speaker 1: or something. And Bobby said they would put some kind

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Speaker 1: of drops in my eye, and then my eyes would

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Speaker 1: look super dark, like a spooky ghost. I like my

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Speaker 1: eyes just the way they are and don't want them

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Speaker 1: to change. But Bobby did say that supersized glasses with

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Speaker 1: dinosaurs on them would look super cool. He said, if

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Speaker 1: I wore glasses, I might look like a scientist. Oh

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Speaker 1: that Bobby, your eyes aren't going to change at all,

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Speaker 1: Little Bear. Every time you go to the doctor or

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Speaker 1: the dentist, Bobby has a funny story. Do you think

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Speaker 1: he is teasing me, Papa Bernice said, folding her arms.

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Speaker 1: I don't think he likes the eye doctor very much.

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Speaker 1: I think you both tease each other. Bobby has a

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Speaker 1: big imagination and a tendency to exaggerate. You know that

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Speaker 1: he likes to scare you a little bit. Going to

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Speaker 1: get your eyes checked is not a big deal at all.

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Speaker 1: It's something we all have to do. Yeah, Bobby does

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Speaker 1: exaggerate sometimes. He's my best friend though, well except for Cookie,

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Speaker 1: of course. After you finish getting ready, come down and

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Speaker 1: have some breakfast. I made some honeycakes for you this morning,

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Speaker 1: and I have some special blueberry honey to go on top,

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear said, as he started walking down the stairs

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Speaker 1: to the kitchen. Sounds super duper yummy, Papa, see you

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Speaker 1: again soon. Bernice put on all her lucky clothes, including

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Speaker 1: her favorite sweatshirt with a dinosaur on it. She was

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Speaker 1: also going to wear her matching dinosaur socks. If she

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Speaker 1: had to wear glasses, she hoped that they would match

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Speaker 1: her shirt and socks. Then she raced down for the

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Speaker 1: yummiest breakfast in the whole wide world. It smells super

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Speaker 1: delicious down here, Papa. I think I might be drooling,

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Speaker 1: and my stomach is making gurgling noises. I guess I

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Speaker 1: must be hungry. It's been so so long since I

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Speaker 1: have had anything to eat, Bernie said, as she rubbed

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Speaker 1: her growling tummy. Have a seat, little bear, and I'll

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Speaker 1: bring you your honeycakes. I made a few extra because

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Speaker 1: I thought you might be hungry this morning, even though

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Speaker 1: you ate a big dinner last night. Yeah, Mama's salad

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Speaker 1: was really nice. It had all the colors of the rainbow.

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Speaker 1: After taking a huge bite of her breakfast, Bernie said,

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Speaker 1: yum me. These certainly are delicious, Papa. I'm glad you

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Speaker 1: like them. I'm these honeycakes just for you, little bear.

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Speaker 1: Your Mama and I just had oatmeal this morning. Before

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Speaker 1: she left for work. Thank you, Papa, I could share

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Speaker 1: it with you if you like. It isn't fair that

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Speaker 1: That's okay, little Bear, but thank you for offering, Papa

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Speaker 1: Bear said, with a smile. So what time are we

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Speaker 1: going to the eye doctor today? Bernice asked. Your appointment

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Speaker 1: we shouldn't be at the doctor's office long, so you

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear said. After finishing another huge bite of honeycakes.

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Speaker 1: Bernice asked, do carrots help your eyesight? Papa? Should I

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Speaker 1: eat like a bag of carrots every day so that

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Speaker 1: But I'm not sure they really give him farts like

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Speaker 1: his snacks which had carrots in them, and he didn't

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Speaker 1: other fruits and vegetables. Eating lots of good foods like

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Speaker 1: this will help. I think Bobby is referring to the

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Speaker 1: myth that carrots can dramatically improve your eyesight. Many many

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Speaker 1: years ago, British pilots used to say that they could

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Speaker 1: What about cookies, Papa Bernice said, laughing. Does eating lots

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Speaker 1: of cookies help your eyesight? Ha? Ha, Well, Papa Bear said, laughing,

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Speaker 1: get my eyes checked at the eye doctor before, Papa?

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Speaker 1: I can't remember. Is this doctor as nice as the

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Speaker 1: one who hit my knee with the rubber hammer? Bernice asked, Haha,

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Speaker 1: you make that sound so serious. Yes, this eye doctor

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Speaker 1: is very nice. Mama and I go to her office

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Speaker 1: as well. It's been a while since you've been there,

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Speaker 1: so maybe you forget There aren't needles and stuff, are there, Papa.

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Speaker 1: I don't like getting needles very much though. The nurse

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Speaker 1: at school does this trick where she says there is

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Speaker 1: see she puts the needle in your arm and you

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Speaker 1: don't really notice. No, there are no needles. All that

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Speaker 1: will happen is that we will go in and talk

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Speaker 1: to the nice person at the desk and maybe wait

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Speaker 1: a little while. Then someone will take you to a

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Speaker 1: room to perform some tests. One of these tests is

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Speaker 1: kind of silly because the machine they use blows a

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Speaker 1: and the resistance to the puff is measured to determine

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Speaker 1: the pressure blowing air on my eyeball. Papa, that doesn't

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Speaker 1: sound nice. Does it hurt a lot? Bernice was starting

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Speaker 1: to get concerned. It doesn't hurt, little bear. It's just

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Speaker 1: a little strange or silly. They might do other tests

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Speaker 1: perceive color. Next, I think the eye doctor will ask

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Speaker 1: you to read letters on a chart from a distance.

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Speaker 1: This test checks how well you can see at various distances. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I know that one, Papa, because the nurse had me try.

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Speaker 1: This is the test that I failed, which made me

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Speaker 1: kind of sad. I don't like failing tests, I know.

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Speaker 1: But it's not about passing or failing. We just want

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Speaker 1: to make sure that our eyes are healthy. It's important

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Speaker 1: see things clearly. Depending on this test, the doctor might

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Speaker 1: use another tool placed in front of the eyes. Then

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Speaker 1: she will flip between different lenses to find out which

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Speaker 1: combination works for you. Then do I get to wear

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Speaker 1: dinosaur glasses? Papa Bernice asked, um, let's see what the

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Speaker 1: doctor says first. If you need glasses, we can see,

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Speaker 1: but they have available at her office. Papa Bear said, Okay, Papa,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't sound scary to me, but I bet all

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Speaker 1: these tools and machines will be interesting. Sounds like they

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Speaker 1: are I scientists looking to solve a mystery, Bernice said, surprised.

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear replied, that's very smart. I haven't thought of

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Speaker 1: it that way before. The doctor and the technicians are

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Speaker 1: trying to solve the mystery of your vision and ie health,

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Speaker 1: just like scientists. I bet it will be just like

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Speaker 1: science class, except I will be the subject this time

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Speaker 1: and not the scientist. Bernice said she was more interested

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Speaker 1: in going to the eye doctor. Now. I think it

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Speaker 1: may be they start with a big question like how

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Speaker 1: clearly can Bernice see? Next, they use their tools and

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Speaker 1: machines to look closely at your eyes. Observing how you

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Speaker 1: react to light and follow moving things, kind of like

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Speaker 1: gathering clues in a detective story. After collecting their clues,

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Speaker 1: they make a guess, maybe thinking perhaps glasses could help

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Speaker 1: you see better. This guess is their way of forming

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Speaker 1: a plan based on what they've seen. Then it's experiment time.

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Speaker 1: Depending on the results of the previous tests, you'll get

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Speaker 1: to try out different lenses to see which ones make

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Speaker 1: your vision super sharp. In the end, they'll tell us

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Speaker 1: their big discovery, sharing how we can make sure your

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Speaker 1: eyes are the best they can be. That sounds kind

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Speaker 1: of cool, Papa. When I get older, maybe I can

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Speaker 1: be an eye doc instead of a world famous scientist.

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Speaker 1: You can be whatever you want to be, Papa Bear replied.

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Speaker 1: After you finish your breakfast, remember to wash the sticky

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Speaker 1: sauce off your hands. Okay, Papa, I am going to

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Speaker 1: brush my teeth again too, so that the eye doctor

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Speaker 1: doesn't smell honeycakes on my breath. I don't want her

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Speaker 1: to feel bad that I had such a yummy breakfast

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Speaker 1: and they may just have had normal stuff. It's that time, Papa,

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Speaker 1: said Bernice. And what time is that, little Bear? Papa

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Speaker 1: Bear replied, it's time for a whole bunch of big

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear hugs. Did you do all the things you

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Speaker 1: need to do before bed? I think so. I had

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Speaker 1: my bath, brushed my teeth, and picked out the clothes

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Speaker 1: I will wear for school tomorrow. Wow, you are super

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Speaker 1: organized tonight. Are you happy with the result of your

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Speaker 1: eye exam? Papa Bear asked, well, Papa, the eye doctor

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Speaker 1: was nice and stuff, but the office was kind of serious,

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Speaker 1: and there weren't any books or toys in the room.

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Speaker 1: I don't need toys much anymore. And I think Twigger

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Speaker 1: was disappointed that I didn't take her with me. Not

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Speaker 1: all doctor's offices are colorful and fun, but doctor Matheson

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Speaker 1: was very nice, I thought. Papa Bear said, yeah, she

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Speaker 1: was nice, but I am kind of disappointed. Papa. Bobby

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Speaker 1: and I talked all week about what kind of glasses

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Speaker 1: thought glasses would look super cool and if Bobby got

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Speaker 1: a pair, we could be like twins. He could wear

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Speaker 1: scientists wear in the movies. Except the doctor said I

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Speaker 1: should wait and use some eye drops first. The doctor

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Speaker 1: said that your eyes are healthy and your vision doesn't

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Speaker 1: require you to wear lenses yet, but it was close,

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Speaker 1: so she recommended we take some eye drops for a

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Speaker 1: while and come back to see her soon. Whether you

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Speaker 1: wear glasses or not, you will always look super cool. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I do look cool, Papa, no matter if I wear

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Speaker 1: glasses or not, Bernice said, with a yawn. Seems like

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Speaker 1: a little bear is sleepy. Yeah. School was kind of

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Speaker 1: exhausting today, Papa. We worked super hard and it makes

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Speaker 1: me tired, Bernice said, with a smile that turned into

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Speaker 1: another yawn. Haha, okay, are you comfy and warm, yes, Papa.

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Speaker 1: How about Twigger, Wolfy and Madaline are they ready to

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Speaker 1: sleep too? I think they are. And what about you, Cookie?

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Speaker 1: Are you ready for a nap? Papa Bear asked, starting

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Speaker 1: to yawn too. Cookie simply started purring. Give me a

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Speaker 1: big hug and a kiss, Papa Bear said, crying hard

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Speaker 1: not to yawn again. I love you, Papa. I love

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Speaker 1: you too, little Bear. And that is the end of

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Speaker 1: our story. Good night, sleep tight. The ba the ba,

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