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Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. This week,

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Speaker 1: we are super excited because we have so many special

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Speaker 1: birthday shout outs to celebrate. Wishing Connor from a Cushnet,

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Speaker 1: Massachusetts and amazing year ahead as he starts second grade. Mommy, Daddy,

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Speaker 1: Graham and Graham's are so excited for you and what

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Speaker 1: luck in first grade. Happy belated birthday to Zoe Danish

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Speaker 1: from New Zealand Auckland. Happy belated birthday to Lilliana from Whittier, California,

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Speaker 1: who turned ten on August second and is enjoying her

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Speaker 1: new school dance and soccer. And Happy belated birthday to

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Speaker 1: her little sister Grace, who turned seven on August sixteenth

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Speaker 1: and is loving school, reading and gaming. Mom and Dad

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Speaker 1: and magical girls. Happy belated birthday to Mason from Lake Stephens,

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Speaker 1: so much, sweet girl. Happy belated birthday to Elsie Farnsworth

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Speaker 1: from Cannes, Australia on August twenty second, from Mom, Dad

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Speaker 1: and Owen who love you so much. Happy belated birthday

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Speaker 1: to Luca from Raydondo Beach, who turned seven and had

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Speaker 1: his first day of Grade two on August twenty second.

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Speaker 1: Mom and Dad love you so much and are proud

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Speaker 1: of your Jedi skills. Happy belated birthday to Ariella from Sebastopol, California,

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Speaker 1: who turned seven on August twenty second. Mommy loves you

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Speaker 1: so so much, sweet girl. And Happy belated birthday to

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Speaker 1: Hazel from Falcon, Western Australia, who turned eight on August

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Speaker 1: twenty third. Mom, Dad and Felix love you very much.

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Speaker 1: Happy seventh birthday to Ziad. Mom and Dad are so

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Speaker 1: proud of the amazing boy and big brother you are becoming.

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Speaker 1: And Happy ninth birthday to Amir. Thank you for being

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Speaker 1: the best role model and big brother for Ziad and Layela.

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Speaker 1: We are so proud of you. Happy eighth birthday to

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Speaker 1: Vincent from Chittingfold, England on August twenty sixth. Mommy, Daddy,

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Speaker 1: Casper and all your teddies love you so much. Happy

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Speaker 1: sixth birthday took Clark from Dallas on August twenty sixth,

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Speaker 1: and Happy belated birthday to his sister Mary Lou, who

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Speaker 1: turned eight on August third. Hope you love your new

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Speaker 1: to Goop and Moose. Your Mama and Papa are very

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Speaker 1: proud of the sweet boys you are becoming. Keep doing

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Speaker 1: great things. They love you to the moon and back.

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Speaker 1: Happy eleventh birthday to our silly, sweet kind and beautiful

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Speaker 1: dancer Menen. Mommy and Daddy love you so much and

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Speaker 1: hope you will have the best day ever. Happy ninth

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Speaker 1: birthday to Eduardo. Your mom, Dad, Bono, and Gunda love

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Speaker 1: you to infinity plus one. You're the most amazing kid.

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Speaker 1: Happy sixth birthday to Logan on August thirtieth, Love Mama

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Speaker 1: and Dadda. They're so proud of who you are and

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Speaker 1: who you're growing. Happy birthday to Lali, who was turning

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Speaker 1: nine on August twenty eighth. Mom, Dad, Kya and Coopy

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Speaker 1: wish you the best fourth grade year ever and love

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Speaker 1: you so much. And Happy fifth birthday to Sal on

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Speaker 1: August thirty first. Love Mama, Papa and Frieda. They are

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Speaker 1: so proud of the person you are becoming. Happy birthday

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Speaker 1: to you all. Now onto our story. Heernice is back

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Speaker 1: has a great first day at school. Hi, Papa and Cookie,

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Speaker 1: I am home, Bernice said as she jumped in the

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Speaker 1: first day at school and it was super awesome. I'm

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Speaker 1: Bear called out in his super deep, warm voice. Bernice

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Speaker 1: Bernice sat down to take off her other sneaker just

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Speaker 1: think you missed me today, didn't you, Bernice said, smiling

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Speaker 1: Today was my first day at school, and I was

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Speaker 1: my classes was kind of boring. Bernice paused, smiling as

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Speaker 1: Cookie purred even louder. Do you ever get nervous, Cookie,

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Speaker 1: mostly excited today, though, because I got to see my

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Speaker 1: friends again. I haven't seen Ethan or Gertrude in so long.

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Speaker 1: They seemed old, But that could just be my imagination,

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Speaker 1: my stomach telling me it's time for a snack again.

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Speaker 1: We can talk more later, if you like. I have

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Speaker 1: so many things to share with you. You wouldn't believe

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Speaker 1: all the different food that we had at lunch. Even Bobby,

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Speaker 1: After putting her sneakers away, Bernice grabbed her backpack and

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Speaker 1: Cookie missed me and wanted to chat for a really

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Speaker 1: long time. But I'm super starving and the kitchen smells

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Speaker 1: like the most delicious place in the world. Cookie missed

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Speaker 1: said with a chuckle. Yeah, she's my bestest friend. Did

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Speaker 1: you miss me today, Papa Bernice asked, smiling as she

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Speaker 1: washed her hands in the sink. I always miss my

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Speaker 1: little Bear. I made some super special cookies today for

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Speaker 1: your first day back at school, Papa Bear said, placing

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Speaker 1: a plate of cookies on the table. And I even

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Speaker 1: had time to make some special milk. They look yummy delicious, Papa.

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Speaker 1: What kind are they? Oatmeal cookies with cranberries and white chocolate.

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Speaker 1: So they have the sweetness of white chalkchocolate and the

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Speaker 1: tartness of dried cranberries. So tell me all about your day.

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Speaker 1: You seem pretty happy, so I guess it was a

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Speaker 1: good one, Papa Bear asked, as he sat down with

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Speaker 1: was a super fun day, Papa. I didn't think it

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Speaker 1: would be at first, and I didn't tell you last

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Speaker 1: night because I didn't want you to worry. But I

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Speaker 1: I couldn't sleep at first, but luckily, Bernice yawned, I'm

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Speaker 1: so I knew you must have been sleeping, Papa Bear

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Speaker 1: teased with a smile. Hey, I don't snore, that's your job.

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Speaker 1: so first, I have a new gym teacher, Papa, because

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Speaker 1: or something. I don't quite understand, but I think she

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Speaker 1: will be back to say hello this week. But the

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Speaker 1: new teacher, Papa, is super young, like my age or something,

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Speaker 1: and she has muscles even bigger than yours, Papa. She

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Speaker 1: is super strong. But today, because it was the first day,

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Speaker 1: we just did some stretches and played some fun games

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Speaker 1: and stuff, Bernie said, before taking a break to have

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Speaker 1: a drink of her milk, super yummy milk, Papa. And

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Speaker 1: it was so great to see my friends again. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it feels like I haven't seen Ethan in years or something.

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Speaker 1: And Gertrude was wearing two different colored sneakers and socks today.

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Speaker 1: She said it's her new style or something. She's pretty cool.

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Speaker 1: I think I also made a new friend today. Papa,

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Speaker 1: his name is Ryan, and he transferred in from another

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Speaker 1: I don't really remember. But he was nice and I

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Speaker 1: it was the same gang, though, which is nice. That's

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Speaker 1: good to hear, and it's great to meet new friends.

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Speaker 1: Do you remember when you used to have a hard

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Speaker 1: time making new friends. Now it seems easy for you. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm good at that now, but I'm still quiet. Unlike Bobby.

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Speaker 1: He's loud and chatty, and he was really funny. Today.

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Speaker 1: We all had to stand up in class and say

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Speaker 1: bit nervous since I'm out of practice, but I did it.

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Speaker 1: I said I like science, math, art, and cookies. But

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear sighed, Oh that Bobby. What about your other classes?

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Speaker 1: Any other new teachers? Well, the super strict teacher is back,

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Speaker 1: not even Bobby or Gertrude, but I did. The teacher

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Speaker 1: was really happy with me. Math was kind of boring

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Speaker 1: Gertrude was bored too, and Bobby might have fallen asleep.

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Speaker 1: It's important to pay attention even during review, Little Bear.

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Speaker 1: I know, Papa, but lunch was super cool. It was

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Speaker 1: like everyone brought twice as much food as usual. We

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Speaker 1: and it felt like a fancy restaurant. I had curry

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Speaker 1: taco stuff, some of Bobby's carrots he really wanted to

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Speaker 1: trade for a cookie, and this veggie sandwich with tofu

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Speaker 1: or something. We were all so full, but I still

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Speaker 1: feel starving every time I smell your cookies, Bernice said, grinning.

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear smiled back, that sounds like an exciting lunchtime.

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Speaker 1: It was great, Papa, but I think the biggest change

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Speaker 1: this year is going to be art class. I was

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Speaker 1: kind of disappointed, though, because Bobby doesn't seem as excited

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Speaker 1: about art this time. We usually have so much fun,

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Speaker 1: especially when he paints his funny emojis. Bernice paused, then

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Speaker 1: us a list of what we're going to work on

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Speaker 1: this year, and it sounds like a lot. She began

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Speaker 1: to read from the paper. First, we're going to work

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Speaker 1: on watercolor techniques, acrylic painting and charcoal and pastels. We

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Speaker 1: like Picasso or Georgia al Keefe. And Papa we have

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Speaker 1: to do more drawn, like learning to draw objects with pencils.

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Speaker 1: Bobby said he'd draw anything except carrots. Papa Bear chuckled

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Speaker 1: Once upon a time, in a world full of magic

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Speaker 1: Everyone makes mistakes, Kai Kai. I know you're right, but

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