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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 and off we go vy Rare Stories.

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Speaker 1: There are so many emotions we can feel at any time.

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Speaker 1: We can be happy, confused, stressed, scared, overwhelmed, or even frustrated.

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Speaker 1: These emotions are all totally normal, but the way we

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Speaker 1: process them is very important. Here's a story about one

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Speaker 1: day when Levi and Ivy had to deal with some

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Speaker 1: big emotions of their own. This isn't fair, Levi exclaimed

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Speaker 1: as he ran through the front door after school one day.

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Speaker 1: Whoa buddy, what's not fair? His dad asked, as Levi

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Speaker 1: threw his backpack down on the floor. Tommy got that

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Speaker 1: new dinosaur toy that I wanted for his birthday. Levi

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Speaker 1: began the giant Supersurus with the remote control head and tail.

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Speaker 1: His dad in amazement. Yep, and it also makes the

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Speaker 1: life like dinosaur sounds and even walks and chews fake

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Speaker 1: tree leaves, Levi said as he fran on the couch.

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Speaker 1: I'm just so so mad. I think you're more than that, Levi.

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Speaker 1: I think you're jealous, said Levi's dad sitting down next

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Speaker 1: to him. Jealous What does that mean, Levi asked as

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Speaker 1: he sat with his arms crossed in a scowl on

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Speaker 1: his face. Jealousy is a total normal feeling we get

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Speaker 1: when someone has something we want and can't have it,

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Speaker 1: Levi's dad explained, like when your uncle got that cool

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Speaker 1: and a special burner to boil corn on the cob. Okay, Dad,

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Speaker 1: calm down about the grill, Levi giggiled as he saw

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Speaker 1: it is just a grill, Levi's dad said, I love

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Speaker 1: Now that's a good example of how you should react

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Speaker 1: to your situation. What do you mean, dad, Levi asked? Well,

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Speaker 1: do you like your dino toys? Asked Levi's dad. Of

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Speaker 1: course I do, said Levi, grabbing his favorite t Rex

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Speaker 1: dinosaur that was sitting on the coffee table in front

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Speaker 1: of him. Then why not focus on the toys you

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Speaker 1: you don't have, asked his dad, with a smile, thinking

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Speaker 1: he was really getting through to Levi, because I want

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Speaker 1: that giant supersres yelled Levi. I'm just so mad that

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Speaker 1: I could scream. Do you feel anything else? Asked his dad.

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Speaker 1: Like if Tommy was here right now, what would you

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Speaker 1: do if he had that dinosaur with him, I'd push

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Speaker 1: him out of the way and grab it. Then I'd

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Speaker 1: play with it all afternoon, said Levi. LEVI know, it's

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Speaker 1: important to understand that it's okay to feel the way

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Speaker 1: that you're feeling, but you have to control your emotions,

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Speaker 1: work through them in a positive way, and learn from them.

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Speaker 1: His dad told him, ye Ian, stomping around, pushing someone

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Speaker 1: and being mad won't get you that Supersros toy, and

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Speaker 1: it certainly won't make you feel any better about it now,

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Speaker 1: will it? No, answered Levi. But then he got a

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Speaker 1: sparkle in his eye. But you could buy it for me,

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Speaker 1: and that would make me feel better. Now that's an idea,

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Speaker 1: but it's not the idea we're going to go with today,

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Speaker 1: started Levi's dad. Instead, we're going to learn a lesson

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Speaker 1: about being happy for your friend and knowing that I

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Speaker 1: can arrange a time for the two of you to

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Speaker 1: a chance to play with the supersaus too. All of

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Speaker 1: a sudden, Levi's frown turned into a smile. He loved

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Speaker 1: the idea of having a dino play date with Tommy

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Speaker 1: and asked his dad to plan it. Right then, Levi's

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Speaker 1: to get together the next day. Because it was Saturday,

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Speaker 1: Levi could have not been happier. He thanked his dad

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Speaker 1: he wanted to bring to Tommy's the next day. Now

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Speaker 1: it was Saturday, and Levi was in the room checking

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Speaker 1: along to Tommy's, when all of a sudden, Ivy walked in,

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Speaker 1: looking very happy and excited. Hi, Levi, She said, I

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Speaker 1: can't wait for our tea party this afternoon. I've been

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Speaker 1: thinking about it since you promised last weekend that you'd

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Speaker 1: The more the merrier, who no, leeve I thought to himself.

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Speaker 1: He was supposed to leave for Tommy's house in just

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Speaker 1: he thought. Ivey won't be upset if I break our plans,

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Speaker 1: but he was wrong. I'm sorry, Ivy. I have a

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Speaker 1: said Levi. How about we have our tea party tomorrow

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Speaker 1: or next weekend. Levi went back to dinosaurs, not thinking

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, but I can't miss this plate. It's really important.

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Speaker 1: So I'm not really important, asked Ivy between sobs. You promised, Levian.

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Speaker 1: Now you're breaking your promise. I'm sorry, Ivy. I didn't

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Speaker 1: know you'd be this upset, said Levi. Just then, Ivy

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Speaker 1: and Levi's mom walked into his room. What's wrong, Ivy,

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Speaker 1: I heard you crying from downstairs, asked her mom. Ivy

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Speaker 1: told her what happened as she grabbed one of Levi's

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Speaker 1: favorite dinosaurs and threw it on the floor. A piece

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Speaker 1: of its tail flew off, in Ivy out the bedroom door. Ivy,

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Speaker 1: talk to me about how you're feeling, said her mom

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Speaker 1: as she followed Ivy into her room. I'm sad, I'm mad,

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Speaker 1: and I'm disappointed, Ivey said, as she continued to cry.

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Speaker 1: I just don't know how to feel. Why does Levi

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Speaker 1: I have to cancel our tea party. I thought he

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Speaker 1: cared about me, but I guess a silly dinosaur toy

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Speaker 1: is more important. Ivy's mom explained that it was totally

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Speaker 1: normal for her to feel the way she was feeling.

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Speaker 1: It's healthy to cry and talk about what's making you upset,

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Speaker 1: but it's never okay to break something in anger or

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Speaker 1: I'm really sorry for breaking the tail on Levi's dinosaur.

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Speaker 1: She told her mom. I don't want Levi to be

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Speaker 1: that you're calming down, said her mom. The best thing

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Speaker 1: see if you can both come up with a positive

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Speaker 1: solution to your problem. So that's exactly what they did.

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Speaker 1: Ivy walked back into Levi's room with her mom close behind. Hey,

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Speaker 1: you're not going to break more my dinosaurs, are you,

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Speaker 1: asked Levi. No, Levi, I'm so sorry I did that.

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Speaker 1: Can I help you fix it? Ivy asked, No, it's okay.

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Speaker 1: I already popped the tail piece back together, answered Levi.

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Speaker 1: And I'm really sorry I can't have the tea party

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Speaker 1: with you today. It's just that dad made a plate

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Speaker 1: new dinosaur toy. He got. I understand, said Ivy, looking

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Speaker 1: very sad. We'll have the tea party another time. Have

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Speaker 1: sat down on Levi's bed. So how are you feeling now,

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Speaker 1: she asked Levi. Not that great, he replied. I really

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Speaker 1: want to play with Tommy's new dinosaur toy, but not

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Speaker 1: if that's going to make Ivy feel bad. I did

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Speaker 1: make that promise to her last week, so I think

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Speaker 1: I know what the right thing to do is. Levi

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Speaker 1: told his mom what he was going to do, and

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Speaker 1: she taught him another word. We may use. When we

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Speaker 1: talk about our emotions. It's called empathy, and it means

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Speaker 1: being able to understand how on what else is feeling.

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Speaker 1: In this case, Levi thought how he would feel if

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Speaker 1: he had planned to do something fun with Ivy and

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Speaker 1: at the last minute she canceled their plans. Even though

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Speaker 1: leeve I really wanted to play with a supersaurus dinosaur,

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Speaker 1: he just couldn't do it if that meant Ivy was

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Speaker 1: going to be so sad. So after Levi talked with

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Speaker 1: his dad and his dad got in touch with Tommy's dad,

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Speaker 1: he went into Ivy's room. She was sitting on the

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Speaker 1: floor with some staft animals around her, playing tea party,

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Speaker 1: although she didn't look too happy. Hi, Ivy, do you

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Speaker 1: have room for one more person at your tea party?

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Speaker 1: Levi asked, sitting down. What do you mean I thought

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Speaker 1: you were going to Tommy's house now, Ivy said, starting

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Speaker 1: to smile. I had Dad switch my plateate with Tommy

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Speaker 1: to tomorrow. After all, I promised you that we would

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Speaker 1: have a tea party this afternoon, Leevi, I said, I

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Speaker 1: brought one of my dinosaurs to join us. I hope

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Speaker 1: that's okay. That's wonderful, exclaimed Ivy, giving her big brother

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Speaker 1: Now that's the kind of emotion I'm fine with, said

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Speaker 1: Levi as he grabbed a cup of tea and a

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Speaker 1: cupcake with Ivy. Did you learn a lesson from this story?

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Speaker 1: A sou what was it? And parents, do your kids

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Speaker 1: have a story idea? Leave a comment on our Apple

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Speaker 1: podcast review page with five stars, the idea, and your

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

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Speaker 1: on their next adventure. Until next time, Thanks for listening.

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