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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. The Girl

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Speaker 1: who Missed Christmas. Once upon a time, there was a

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Speaker 1: little girl called Natalie. Natalie was six. She lived in

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Speaker 1: a nice house on a nice street. She had a

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Speaker 1: little brother called Joe and a dog called Marmalade. And

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Speaker 1: most of the time Natalie was happy. She played with

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Speaker 1: her friends, she played with her dog. Sometimes she even

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Speaker 1: played with Joe when he wasn't being annoying. But there

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Speaker 1: was one thing Natalie didn't like getting up. Every morning,

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Speaker 1: her dad would come into her room and say, Mom, Natalie,

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Speaker 1: time to get up, and Natalie would say just one

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Speaker 1: more minute. No, now, you'll be late for school, said Dad,

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Speaker 1: Just one tiny minute. Natalie would say.

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Speaker 2: Please now, Natalie, Oh, it's so warm in bed, Natalie

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Speaker 2: would moan, And so it went on.

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Speaker 1: Every morning. Dad would shout at Natalie to get up,

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Speaker 1: Mom would shout at her, and Armalade the dog would bark,

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Speaker 1: and Joe would already be up, and then Mom would

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Speaker 1: shout at her again and the dog would bark even louder.

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Speaker 1: But Natalie just pulled the cover over her ears. Because

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Speaker 1: Natalie just really, really really hated getting out of bed

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Speaker 1: in the morning. You know, Natalie. One day, you're going

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Speaker 1: to miss something really important because you stay in bed

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Speaker 1: too long, said Dad. As it happened, something very important

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Speaker 1: was about to happen. The nights were getting longer, and

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Speaker 1: the leaves were falling from the trees, and soon Natalie

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Speaker 1: was getting very excited because it was getting close to

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Speaker 1: Christmas and she had so many different things had asked for.

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Speaker 1: She wanted a new game for her Nintendo DS, and

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Speaker 1: a doll that cried real tears, and a new DVD,

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Speaker 1: and lots and lots and lots of things. Of course,

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Speaker 1: she had to rehearse for the school play, except she

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Speaker 1: nearly missed it because she was sleeping in and she

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Speaker 1: had to go and see Santa, but she nearly missed

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Speaker 1: that as well because she didn't want to get out

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Speaker 1: of bed. I just don't know what to do about

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Speaker 1: all this sleeping, said mom, But Natalie didn't care. If

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Speaker 1: I want to stay in bed, why shouldn't I, she

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Speaker 1: decided to herself. So finally Christmas Eve arrived and Natalie

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Speaker 1: could really see Santa. She tried, ever so hard to

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Speaker 1: stay awake as long as she could, but eventually she

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Speaker 1: At one point she heard Dad coming into the room

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Speaker 1: to wake her, but she just rolled over, put the

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Speaker 1: pillow over her head, and went back to sleep again. Finally,

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Speaker 1: she decided she had been so long in bed that

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Speaker 1: it was starting to get boring. She pulled away the

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Speaker 1: pillow and looked towards the window. It was morning. Wow,

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Speaker 1: it's Christmas Day, said Natalie. I'm so excited. She looked

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Speaker 1: towards the end of her bed. But where was the stocking?

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Speaker 1: She wondered. Where had Santa left all his toys. Natalie

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Speaker 1: quite out of breath because she had never jumped out

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Speaker 1: of bed before. Mom, Dad, it's Christmas, she shouted. She

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Speaker 1: glanced around the room. Joe was playing with a new

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Speaker 1: toy car. Mom was folding away some used wrapping paper.

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Speaker 1: Dad was reading a boring looking book with no pictures,

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Speaker 1: in fact, the sort of book Mom gave him every year.

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Speaker 1: And Marmalade the dog was eating something that looked suspiciously

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Speaker 1: like turkey leftovers. Mom, Dad, it's Christmas, shouted Natalie, even

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Speaker 1: louder this time. There was a silence. Everyone looked at her,

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Speaker 1: everyone that is, except Marmalade, who was busy eating turkey.

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Speaker 1: It's Christmas, isn't it, said Natalie more quietly. Now you

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Speaker 1: mean it was Christmas? Said Dad. You slept right through,

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Speaker 1: said mom. We tried to wake you, said Dad. But

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Speaker 1: but but, said Natalie. I told you you'd miss something

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Speaker 1: We got loads of food and loads of presents, and

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Speaker 1: I missed it, wailed Natalie, and she started to cry

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Speaker 1: and cry and cry. Orrie, said Dad. It also means

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Speaker 1: you didn't get any presents from Santa. But don't worry.

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Speaker 1: There'll be another Christmas next year. It's not fair, wailed Natalie.

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Speaker 1: But I always told you you'd miss something important if

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Speaker 1: you didn't get out of bed on time, said Dad.

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Speaker 1: Now help me clear away all this wrapping paper. But

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Speaker 1: and she didn't know how she could wait for a

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Speaker 1: whole year now. It so happened that it was still

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Speaker 1: just coming up, though it was still quite dark at

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Speaker 1: that very moment. Santa was just trudging his way across

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Speaker 1: He was very tired, and so were the reindeer because

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Speaker 1: all the children. But even though he was tired, he

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Speaker 1: said Santa. I wonder what's wrong with that girl? Maybe

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Speaker 1: she didn't like her presence, said Rudolph, who was hungry

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Speaker 1: some food. Kids Today, no gratitude, We better see, said Santa,

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Speaker 1: and so he pulled the sleigh down into the park.

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Speaker 1: What's the matter, asked Santa. But Natalie was so upset

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Speaker 1: she just kept crying and her eyes were so full

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Speaker 1: of water she couldn't see anything. Huh, She's probably upset

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Speaker 1: because she only got one Nintendo, ten pollypockets, and a

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Speaker 1: dozen Barbie dolls, said Rudolph. Kids Today when I started

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Speaker 1: wood and an orange. The stuff you have to carry nowadays,

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Speaker 1: it's hardly surprising. My back hurts. Didn't you like your presence?

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Speaker 1: Said Santa. Natalie rubbed her eyes and then looked up.

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Speaker 1: Ah Santa was sitting right next to her. Oh my,

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Speaker 1: she said, is it you? Sh said Santa. You see,

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Speaker 1: I'm not really supposed to show myself to children. We'll

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Speaker 1: be in trouble for this, moaned Rudolph. I told you

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Speaker 1: we should have gone straight home. But Natalie gave Santa

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Speaker 1: and now I've missed it. Oh dear, Oh dear, said Santa.

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Speaker 1: Then he looked towards the house. We've still got a

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Speaker 1: few things left in the sack, he said, So go

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Speaker 1: inside and check the fireplace in your bedroom in a

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Speaker 1: few minutes. But but, but just go, said Santa. So

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Speaker 1: said Rudolph, Because that's overtime, that's what it is. I'll

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Speaker 1: need an extra carrot for that. Oh come on, you

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Speaker 1: lazy animal. Said Santa. And then Natalie came back into

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Speaker 1: the house. She couldn't believe her eyes. Jingle bells was playing,

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Speaker 1: everyone was wearing hats, and her mom had reheated some

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Speaker 1: turkey and made some fresh roast potatoes. We thought we'd

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Speaker 1: restart Christmas, said Dad, just for you, and Natalie jumped

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Speaker 1: fireplace in her bedroom there was a stocking bursting with presents.

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Speaker 1: There was a doll with real tears, Princess on a

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Speaker 1: white pony, a game for her Nintendo, and finally, after

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Speaker 1: she had opened all the other presents from Santa, there

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Speaker 1: was one special gift from Dad, an alarm clock. So

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Speaker 1: for the rest of the day, Natalie had the best

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Speaker 1: Christmas ever. And do you know what. Couple of weeks later,

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Speaker 1: it was the first day of a new term. Dad

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Speaker 1: came into the bedroom. Wake up Natalie. Time to go

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Speaker 1: to school, he said. Then he looked around Natalie, he said,

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Speaker 1: sounding worried. Natalie, but he couldn't see her anywhere, and

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Speaker 1: he heard a voice from downstairs, so he rushed down

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Speaker 1: had made breakfast for everyone. I'm never going to be

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