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Speaker 1: Welcome to Lively Lewis stories. Buckle up, because you're about

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Speaker 1: to join Levi and Ivy on an adventure. All you

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Speaker 1: need is your imagination an off we go, Ready, rare stories,

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Speaker 1: so wiggily, so loose, so annoying. Levi thought to himself

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Speaker 1: as he moved his stubborn tooth back and forth with

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Speaker 1: his finger. Why won't this thing just fall out already?

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Speaker 1: It had been about a week now and one of

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Speaker 1: Levi's baby teeth had become loose. And it wasn't just

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Speaker 1: was excited at first, but as it became more and

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Speaker 1: get a little nervous. Since it was almost ready to

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Speaker 1: could forget about whistling, that's for sure. He was getting

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Speaker 1: more and more nervous thinking about what it would feel

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Speaker 1: like when it finally fell out. Would it hurt, would

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Speaker 1: it bleed? Would it happen when he was eating or sleeping,

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Speaker 1: lost forever? And if that happened, would he still get

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Speaker 1: tooth to leave under his pillow? So many questions and

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Speaker 1: so many nervous thoughts spun around in his head. Levi's

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Speaker 1: parents always told him that it was good to talk

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Speaker 1: He just wanted this part to be over and to

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Speaker 1: get to the tooth fairy gift. Mom. I'm a little

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Speaker 1: scared about my tooth falling out, said Levi to his

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Speaker 1: mom as she was planning flowers in the backyard. I

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Speaker 1: don't want it to hurt. And I was wondering if

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Speaker 1: that's easy and pain free. Oh, absolutely, honey, said Levi's mom.

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Speaker 1: The best way to get a loose tooth out is

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Speaker 1: eating a crunchy apple. Works every time. Just sink your

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Speaker 1: baby tooth will be stuck in the apple and you

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Speaker 1: won't even feel it pop right out. Levi did like

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Speaker 1: that sounds like it could work, said Levi with a smile.

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Speaker 1: Then how about I get you an apple right now,

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Speaker 1: I don't think right now is gonna work for me,

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Speaker 1: said Levi, sounding a bit nervous and getting up to leave.

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Speaker 1: What are we talking about, asked Levi's dad as he

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Speaker 1: walked outside. Levi told him his problem, and without any hesitation,

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Speaker 1: Levi's dad said he knew without a doubt the best

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Speaker 1: string and a doorknob. It's all you need, said his dad,

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Speaker 1: thought LEVI. That did seem like a pretty cool way

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Speaker 1: like a pretty good idea too, said Levi. Great, let's

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Speaker 1: go right now and get that tooth out, said Levi's dad. Now,

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Speaker 1: where did I put that ball as string I had

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Speaker 1: Have I ever given you bad advice before? Asked his dad.

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Speaker 1: Levi just giggled and reminded his dad of the time

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Speaker 1: he suggested that they mixed nachos and chocolate pudding together, because,

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Speaker 1: maybe nacho pudding wasn't the best idea I ever had,

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Speaker 1: but my loose tooth drag has never failed me, said

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Speaker 1: his dad, reassuringly. I'll definitely think about it. Mom and Dad.

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Speaker 1: Then he asked if he could go across the street

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Speaker 1: He had just lost one a few days earlier. Levi

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Speaker 1: got to Devon's house and saw that he was playing

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Speaker 1: definitely asked the right person, said Devin. I didn't even

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Speaker 1: Levi in a confused tone. That doesn't exactly sound quick.

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Speaker 1: But thanks for the suggestion. It really works. I'm proof

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Speaker 1: of that, said Devin. How about we just play a

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Speaker 1: game of basketball right now. I bet we could knock

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Speaker 1: not right now anyway, said Levi, but I'll let you

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Speaker 1: the sidewalk. Hi, May say, have you ever had a

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Speaker 1: loose tooth? Levi asked, sure. Have I just lost my

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Speaker 1: second tooth last week. May answered, smiling and showing Levi

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Speaker 1: Levi asked. I'm a little nervous about my loose tooth

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Speaker 1: best way to take it out. Any suggestions. I do

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Speaker 1: have a suggestion, said May. I got a piece of

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Speaker 1: paper towel, grabbed a hold of my tooth, put on

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Speaker 1: unique way to remove a loose tooth, replied Levi. Hey,

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Speaker 1: why don't you come to my house now. I'll put

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Speaker 1: I I actually have to get home right now, said Levi,

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Speaker 1: walking back towards his house, but I'll let you know

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Speaker 1: if I changed my mind. Thanks for the suggestion, Levi.

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Speaker 1: I now had a lot of different things to think about,

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Speaker 1: but he didn't feel like being pressured to do any

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Speaker 1: but you know they would do the trick. A cookie's

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Speaker 1: a cookie, right. Levi sat down at the kitchen table

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Speaker 1: difficult to enjoy his cookie. I just wish this tooth

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Speaker 1: would fall out already, Levi said to himself. I just

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Speaker 1: want to look down and see my little tooth sitting

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Speaker 1: And at that moment, leeve I heard a little sound

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Speaker 1: He looked down, and to his surprise, there was his tooth,

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Speaker 1: He ran to show his parents, who were both so

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Speaker 1: happy for him. So was it an apple, asked his mom.

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Speaker 1: I knew it would work, No way. It was my

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Speaker 1: doorknob trick, insisted his dad. Actually, Mom, and Dad, it

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Speaker 1: was the Levi Stale cookie trick, he said, with a giggle.

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Speaker 1: Just a few bites into mom's chocolate chip cookies and

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Speaker 1: felt himself waking up. What's that, Levi thought to himself

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Speaker 1: as he felt something moving underneath his pillow, and that's

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Speaker 1: when he saw her, the tooth Fairy. She was so

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Speaker 1: tiny and so sparkly. She wore a white dress with

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Speaker 1: top of her little head. Hello, Levi, she said in

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Speaker 1: a sweet, quiet voice. I'm sorry if I woke you up.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations on losing your first tooth. It's really great. Thanks

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Speaker 1: so much, exclaimed Levi in a whisper, careful not to

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Speaker 1: I'm meeting you. I'm actually really glad she woke up,

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Speaker 1: said the tooth Fairy. Since your tooth was ready to

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Speaker 1: fall out any minute. I was watching you today. I

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Speaker 1: saw you get all kinds of advice on how to

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Speaker 1: remove your loose tooth. Lots of people were trying to

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Speaker 1: their way. Only I was very proud of you for

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Speaker 1: And in the end, you did things your own way

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Speaker 1: and that little tooth popped right out. Thank you, said Levi.

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Speaker 1: That means a lot you trusted yourself, and that's so important,

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Speaker 1: leave your gift. Good night, Levi. I'll see you when

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Speaker 1: you lose your next tooth. Good night tooth theory beyond,

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Speaker 1: LEVI see you again. Levi fell back to sleep, and

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Speaker 1: and when he did, he couldn't believe what he saw.

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Speaker 1: It was a chocolate chip cookie, but not just any

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Speaker 1: chocolate chip cookie. It was the best ch becoln chip

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Speaker 1: cookie he had ever eaten. As he gobbled down the

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Speaker 1: last few crumbs, he smiled and remembered what the tooth

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Speaker 1: fairy had told him. He was proud of himself, too,

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Speaker 1: happy he figured out what worked best for him, and

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Speaker 1: happy that everyone else had figured out what worked best

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Speaker 1: for them. So, friends, trust your instincts and remember it's

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Speaker 1: okay to find your own way of doing things. Just

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Speaker 1: stay true to your unique self. Did you learn a

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Speaker 1: lesson from this story? A solf? What was it? And? Parents?

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Speaker 1: and your kid's name for a chance to join Levi

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Speaker 1: and Ivy on their next adventure. Until next time, Thanks

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Speaker 1: for listening. Come back for more