1 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. Have you 2 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:18,479 Speaker 1: ever wanted a pet? What kind of pet would you 3 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: like to have? Today's story is about a little boy 4 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: who wants a pet, but has to find one that 5 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: his mom will also like. He goes to the pet 6 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: store to see what he can find and comes home 7 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: with one he hopes his mom will like. The Sneezing 8 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: Too Can is a story written by Jim Monroe. The 9 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: Sneezing Two Can. Another Saturday morning and I was riding 10 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: my bike headed to town with my hair in a spike. 11 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: I really wanted to find just the right pet, and 12 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: hoping my mom would not get upset. She doesn't like 13 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: snakes or lizards, or cats or hamsters or pigs. No, 14 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: nothing like that. No dogs, fish or turtles, and no rabbits, 15 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: of course, and I'd better not think of ever getting 16 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: a horse. I thought about monkeys and baby goats too, 17 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: and I'm certain a chicken just wouldn't do. So into 18 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: the shop I went looking around, wondering if the right 19 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: pet would ever be found. Two puppies were wrestling a 20 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: shepherd and Collie. There in the tank swam a whole 21 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: school of Molly's three Siamese kittens in a box on 22 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: the floor, and gerbils and ferrets scurried all through the store. 23 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: A seven foot python slithered in a larm crate. Although 24 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: Mom wouldn't like it, I thought he was great. Then 25 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 1: I noticed a cage sitting way in the back. Inside 26 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: stood a bird whose feathers were black, his neck a 27 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: bright yellow, his feet a pale blue, his nose painted 28 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: orange and red and green. Two. What a beautiful bird, 29 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: I said to myself. I wonder why he's back here 30 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: on a shelf. While I stood there, just staring at 31 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: the gorgeous toucan, I felt a tap on my shoulder 32 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: from the old pet store man. He said, son, you 33 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: don't want that big nosed blackbird, because he's got a 34 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: problem that's really absurd. In fact, he does something that 35 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: you just won't believe. That big nosed black bird can 36 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: do nothing but sneeze. Well. I stood there a moment, 37 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: not sure what to do, when all of a sudden, 38 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: that bird went at you. The man checked his watch. 39 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 1: It was a second past ten. He said, in an hour, 40 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: he will do it again. Hour by hour. That bird 41 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: just won't stop. So I placed him here in the 42 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:30,679 Speaker 1: back of the shop. I've tried every cure from far 43 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: and from near, but he keeps right on sneezing. It's 44 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: been over two years. Bottles and bottles of pills big 45 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: and small, and as far as concoctions, well, I've tried 46 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: them all. The man rambled on for thirty minutes. I 47 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: bet about potions and lotions and trips to the vet. Well, 48 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: I thought, and I thought, and then asked the old man, 49 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: how much do you want for the sneezing two can? 50 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: He's been here a long time, so I'll sell him 51 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: half price and the cage will be free. But take 52 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:15,839 Speaker 1: my advice. At night you will want an earplug or two. 53 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: And when he had said that, the bird went at you, 54 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: I glanced at the clock that hung over my head. 55 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: Just after eleven is what the hands read. So I 56 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,559 Speaker 1: paid for the bird, tied the cage to the bike, 57 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: and hoping a two can was something Mom likes. As 58 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: I pedaled home, my stomach started to flip and my 59 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: knuckles turned white from a very tight grip. I walked 60 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: into the kitchen, set the cage on a chair, and 61 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: Mom stopped in her tracks and started to stare, well, 62 00:04:58,040 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: I got him half price. And just look at it 63 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: beak with all of those colors. He sure is unique. 64 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: He's got one small problem, and it's not a disease, 65 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: so don't be surprised when you hear his big sneeze. 66 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: Mom said, yes, that two can is one gorgeous bird, 67 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: but I'm not convinced it's a pet I prefer. But 68 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: I will be fair and I'll give you three days, 69 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 1: and if he can quit sneezing, then I'll let him stay. 70 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: The grandfather clock started chiming a tune. The two can't 71 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 1: sneeze loudly. It was just after noon. Mom said, hearing 72 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: him sneeze can be quite a shock, but it's still 73 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: not as loud as those bongs from the clock. Day 74 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: number two, and I needed a plan, so I put 75 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: fruit and veggies inside a large pan. I fed him 76 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: at breakfast, and I fed him at lunch. All through 77 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: the day he continued to munch The two can ate 78 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 1: cherries and carrots and beans, and apples and corn and 79 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: two tangerines. I tried melons and grapes and celery and peas, 80 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 1: but that bird, like a clock, just continued to sneeze. 81 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: As I crawled into bed, I heard my Mom say, 82 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 1: if he still sneezes tomorrow, you know he can't stay. 83 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: I must leave in the morning. I'll be back afternoon. 84 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,559 Speaker 1: You'd better think of a cure, and it had better 85 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: be soon. The next morning came fast, and I heard 86 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: the loud chimes that too, can sneezed hard at a 87 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: second past nine. Then I got an idea that I 88 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: thought might succeed. So I grabbed all the tools that 89 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 1: I thought I would need. I found the brass, he 90 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: slid it into the lock and removed every chime from 91 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:08,919 Speaker 1: the grandfather clock. I made a shelf for the cage. 92 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: The two can looked great, then removed the glass door 93 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: as Mom came through the gate. She came through the 94 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: hallway and looked at the bird, and her mouth opened wide, 95 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: but did not say a word. Well, the bongs were 96 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: much louder compared to his sneeze. So I took the chimes, 97 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: and I thought you'd be pleased. Then her face began melting, 98 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: and she said with a smile, well, it looks like 99 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: that bird can stay quite a while. Now our clock 100 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: is unique, and the two can is too. It was 101 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: a tick after one, and all we heard was ahch 102 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: and that's the end of our story. Good Night, sleep tight.