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Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. I'd like

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Speaker 1: to say hello to some friends. Hello to Julian and Charlotte.

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Speaker 1: Hello to Jonah and his brother Noah. Hello to George

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Speaker 1: who is four in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Hello to Scarlet

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Speaker 1: Dolly Pedal in harlow Essex, United Kingdom. Hello to Asha

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Speaker 1: in Washington, d C. Hello to Coraline and Red in Illinois.

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Speaker 1: Hello to Cammi who is seven, Ainslie who is four,

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Speaker 1: and Jamie who is one in Connecticut. And hello to

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Speaker 1: Maya in Sri Lanka. I'd like to say a happy

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Speaker 1: belated birthday to Asha in Washington, d C. Who turned

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Speaker 1: six on January second. I'd also like to say a

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Speaker 1: happy belated birthday to Jonah, who turned six on January fourteenth.

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday to you both. I hope you had a

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Speaker 1: wonderful day. Thank you Julian and Charlotte, Jonah and Noah, George, Scarlett, Asha,

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Speaker 1: Coraline and Reed, Cammy, Ainslie and Jamie and Maya for

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Speaker 1: your support. It's so nice meeting all of you. This

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Speaker 1: is part three of our story about Red. Remember she

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Speaker 1: has told her class that she is from Mars Mars, Pennsylvania.

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Speaker 1: She said quickly. After her day at school, trying to

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Speaker 1: stay away from Charlie. She finally gets home. When Red

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Speaker 1: walks into the house, she sees two mountainous people waiting

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Speaker 1: in her kitchen, dressed completely in black. Mom says Red,

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Speaker 1: we need to talk transfer student Part three. Hi, Mom, uh,

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Speaker 1: what's up? Red said, hesitantly. Read this is miss Misty

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Speaker 1: and mister Shade of the AID Bureau. They are here

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Speaker 1: a few questions. Nothing about these two looked friendly, Red thought,

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Speaker 1: in an abnormally deep voice. The larger of the two

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Speaker 1: spoke first, I read, I'm Misty from the AID Bureau.

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Speaker 1: Are you familiar with the work that we do? Not exactly,

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Speaker 1: Red said, following the scar line from the top of

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Speaker 1: Misty's hair line as it disappeared under her sunglasses. Okay, well,

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Speaker 1: AID stands for aliens in disguise, and we are in

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Speaker 1: charge of security for all people coming from Mars to

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Speaker 1: and a little bit like the Secret Service. Oh okay,

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Speaker 1: Red said, with an eye roll. Sure concierge, Sure you

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Speaker 1: don't look like any concierge. I've ever seen, though I

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Speaker 1: don't think I have actually seen any She thought. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: I have been notified that you have broken protocol with

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Speaker 1: regards to your relocation. Here, Misty continued, without really opening

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Speaker 1: her lips. I am not sure what you mean. Red mumbled, well, okay,

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Speaker 1: to be blunt, you told a group of people that

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Speaker 1: you came from Mars. The room was quiet for an

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Speaker 1: uncomfortable length of time. What how could you possibly know

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Speaker 1: what I was saying? And to whom Red said? Breaking

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Speaker 1: the silence, The center of gravity seemed to shift in

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Speaker 1: looked like he was going to speak. Where the sound

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Speaker 1: was going to come from, Red was not sure, because

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Speaker 1: where a mouth would beyond most people was just a thin,

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Speaker 1: pale line, a line surrounded by muscle. Who has muscles

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Speaker 1: where their lips should be. In an abnormally high pitched

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Speaker 1: shatter glass, mister Shade said, hesitantly, we have the means

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Speaker 1: to monitor the communication of those under the protection and

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Speaker 1: service of the program. You have been listening to what

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Speaker 1: I have been saying, said Red, incredulously. No, not exactly said,

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Speaker 1: mister Shade, how is this even possible. Well, I'm not

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Speaker 1: at liberty to say, but needless to say, we take

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Speaker 1: Red's face turned a brighter shade of red. Red's mother interrupted, Now, Red,

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Speaker 1: We all knew that when we moved here that certain

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Speaker 1: sacrifices would have to be made over the short term,

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Speaker 1: this society. Well, what's next? Listening to my thoughts, mumbled Red,

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Speaker 1: Misty continued, I can assure that everything we do is

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Speaker 1: in your best interest. Red raised her left eyebrow with

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Speaker 1: a look of doubt. Read can you tell us what

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Speaker 1: you said and to whom we need to ensure that

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Speaker 1: we have a convincing story if people should inquire, Misty continued,

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Speaker 1: As you know, few people here on earth know about

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Speaker 1: the Mars project, and for your safety and the safety

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Speaker 1: of others, we have to keep it that way. Is

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Speaker 1: When I was asked to introduce myself in class, I

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Speaker 1: are you sure you only mentioned it this one time.

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Speaker 1: Mister Shade asked, yes, it was a one time mistake,

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Speaker 1: Her mother retorted, well, it's true. If I didn't have

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Speaker 1: a color representing her feeling of having lost. Okay, I

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Speaker 1: think we can deal with this this time. We haven't

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Speaker 1: tracing to ensure no one in your class was convinced

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Speaker 1: enough to tell others. But please read remember your script.

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Speaker 1: Remember how important this program is to many people, said Misty,

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Speaker 1: with a somewhat concerned tone, unbefitting of such an imposing person. Yes, yes,

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Speaker 1: Red said, with a sigh, and just wanting this whole

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Speaker 1: ever arrived in this small town. Thank you for your cooperation,

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Speaker 1: started Misty. We can see ourselves out, finished mister Shade.

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Speaker 1: Miss Misty and mister Shade then made their way out

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Speaker 1: of the kitchen, almost hitting the ceiling light, and with

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Speaker 1: the room seemed to shift. It was brighter and lighter,

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Speaker 1: follow in order to live here safely. We've rehearsed everything

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Speaker 1: always say we all make mistakes, retorted Red, trying in

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Speaker 1: vain to defend herself. Her mother replied in a slightly

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Speaker 1: sure happens here. Moving to this small town is a

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Speaker 1: great opportunity unity for us all. It's a fresh start.

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Speaker 1: The air is clean, there is so much green, and

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Speaker 1: and engineering and your father's work and my work is

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Speaker 1: too important to make more mistakes, said Red's mom, still

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Speaker 1: with a serious tone, with the added look on her

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Speaker 1: wanted to say more, but just as she was about to,

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Speaker 1: Red's little brother came bouncing into the kitchen, hair sticking

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Speaker 1: knows what, and asked anything to eat. I'm starving, Ugh,

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Speaker 1: She let out a big sigh. Oh why did we

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Speaker 1: have to move to this place? Anyway? She thought, I

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Speaker 1: miss my friends and all the fun we used to

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Speaker 1: have on the outer rings, and how creepy those large

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Speaker 1: people were from the AID. Was it really necessary to

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Speaker 1: I know my parents always want the best for me

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Speaker 1: and think I will have more opportunities here in this

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Speaker 1: small place, but I was so happy, And the worst

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Speaker 1: part is that I am not even allowed to talk

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Speaker 1: to my old friends anymore. All this super secret stuff

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Speaker 1: seems so silly. I mean, everyone knows everything about everything

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Speaker 1: almost forever. But something about mis Misty and mister Shade

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Speaker 1: geeky and generally not very muscular. There was nothing really

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Speaker 1: made loud, gurgling noises. She jumped out of bed just

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Speaker 1: come down for dinner. I've got some local blueberry infused

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Speaker 1: honey for the pancakes. Ugh. And that's the end of

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