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Speaker 1: Welcome to Lively Lewis Stories.

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Speaker 2: Buckle up because you're about to join Levi and Ivy

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Speaker 2: on an adventure.

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Speaker 1: All you need is your imagination, and off we go,

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Speaker 1: Privy Rare Stories. Levi, can you get the mail please?

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Speaker 1: His mom asked.

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Speaker 2: She was busy making dinner, and Levi was playing a

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Speaker 2: game on his iPad. When he didn't answer, his mom

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Speaker 2: asked again, LEVI, can you please go get the mail?

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Speaker 1: Dinner is almost ready.

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Speaker 2: Without hearing what his mom said, Levi answered, uh, sure, Mom.

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Speaker 2: He was so wrapped up in his game he didn't

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Speaker 2: go get the mail. At dinner, Levi hid the iPad

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Speaker 2: on his lap under the table. When his family wasn't looking,

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Speaker 2: he played silently.

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Speaker 1: In between bites. What did you learn at school today?

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Speaker 2: Anything exciting? His dad asked, looking around the table. Ivy

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Speaker 2: answered right away. We learned about the planets. There used

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Speaker 2: to be nine, but now there are eight. Pluto is

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Speaker 2: a planetoid.

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Speaker 1: Hmm.

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Speaker 2: Ivy's dad replied, I still like to think of Pluto

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Speaker 2: as a planet, Poor little Pluto. Ivy giggled at her

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Speaker 2: dad's response, thinking of the little round planet with a

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Speaker 2: sad face, feeling all lonely in the solar system. Turning

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Speaker 2: to Levi, their dad said, what about you? Did you

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Speaker 2: learn anything fun today? Levi looked up quickly, hoping to

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Speaker 2: hide the fact that he was playing his game.

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Speaker 1: I am well, I learned.

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Speaker 2: Because Levi was so distracted he couldn't remember what he

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Speaker 2: learned at school that day. His parents put two and

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Speaker 2: two together. Hand it over, his mom said, holding out

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Speaker 2: her hand.

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Speaker 1: Aw Levi pouted.

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Speaker 2: Reluctantly, handing his iPad to his mom. She put it

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Speaker 2: on the counter and came back to the table. You

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Speaker 2: know the rules, Levi. No iPads at the table, she reminded.

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Speaker 2: Levi nodded, remembering very well of the family rules. Dinner

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Speaker 2: was a time for catching up with each other and

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Speaker 2: sharing all about their day. Still, he wished she could

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Speaker 2: play on the iPad all day and all night. It

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Speaker 2: was so much fun. No more iPads for the rest

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Speaker 2: of the day, his mom said firmly. Later that night,

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Speaker 2: when the kids were supposed to be looking at books

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Speaker 2: before bed, Levi was pretending to read while secretly playing

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Speaker 2: on his iPad he'd grabbed off the counter after helping

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Speaker 2: with the dishes. Coming into his room to say good night,

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Speaker 2: his mom saw the iPad sticking out from the pages

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Speaker 2: of the book Levi was pretending to read. Taking it

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Speaker 2: from him, she said, if you keep playing on that

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Speaker 2: thing without taking a break, you will get stuck inside.

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Speaker 2: Cool Levi replied, I would love to get stuck inside

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Speaker 2: one of my games. That would be super fun. Tucking

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Speaker 2: him into bed and kissing him good night, she informed

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Speaker 2: him he was not allowed to play the iPad for

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Speaker 2: the rest of the week. Mom He complained, what was

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Speaker 2: he going to do all weekend without his games? As

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Speaker 2: he tried to fall asleep, he envisioned being stuck inside

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Speaker 2: his iPad, coming a character in his favorite game and

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Speaker 2: going on all kinds of adventures. I would fight the

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Speaker 2: dragon and win, he imagined. I would use my superpowers

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Speaker 2: to jump over the castle and avoid the dragon's fireballs.

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Speaker 2: He thought of adventure after adventure as he finally drifted

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Speaker 2: off to sleep. The next day was Saturday, and without

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Speaker 2: the iPad, Levi quickly grew bored. He already done his chores,

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Speaker 2: cleaning his room, vacuuming the living room, and taking out

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Speaker 2: the trash. Ivy was playing with her baby dolls, which

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Speaker 2: sounded super boring. He wandered around the backyard for a

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Speaker 2: little while. Then he went to the family room to

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Speaker 2: watch TV. As he laid on the couch flipping through

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Speaker 2: the channels, something on the shelf caught his eye. It

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Speaker 2: was the iPad, So that's where Mom put it, he

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Speaker 2: thought to himself. Carefully climbing on one of the chairs,

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Speaker 2: Levi was able to reach the iPad and soon get

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Speaker 2: lost in his game. He played and played without a

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Speaker 2: care in the world, as he he had a strange

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Speaker 2: sensation come over him, a whirling and twhirling sensation that

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Speaker 2: made him feel dizzy. Then, as the room started to spin,

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Speaker 2: Levi got sucked inside the iPad.

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Speaker 1: Ah, he yelled.

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Speaker 2: As he peered out from the other side of the screen.

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Speaker 2: He could see the family room from where the iPad

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Speaker 2: laid on the couch he was stuck inside.

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Speaker 1: He panicked.

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Speaker 2: Mom was right, he said, aloud, I played too long

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Speaker 2: and now I'm stuck in here forever. Help help, he yelled,

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Speaker 2: hoping someone would hear him. However, with Ivy busy playing

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Speaker 2: poor Levi.

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Speaker 1: Calling for help.

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Speaker 2: While inside the iPad, Levi tried to have fun like

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Speaker 2: he did vision the night before, but it wasn't fun

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Speaker 2: at all. His video game character, a young Knight, kept

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Speaker 2: running in circles and going nowhere.

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Speaker 1: Being stuck in the iPad was miserable. Help Help.

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Speaker 2: Levi continued to holler. After what seemed like forever, he

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Speaker 1: Levi, what are you up to?

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Speaker 2: Then he heard his sister calling for him too, LEVI,

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Speaker 2: come out, come out wherever you are. She thought he

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Speaker 2: was playing hide and seek. Finally, Levi heard his dad

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Speaker 2: join in, Hey, Levi, where are you buddy? We're starting

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Speaker 2: to worry about you. The family searched high and low,

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Speaker 2: coming in and out of the family room, not noticing

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Speaker 2: the iPad laying on the couch.

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Speaker 1: They looked in his.

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Speaker 2: Bedroom, outside, and everywhere they could think of. Coming together.

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Speaker 2: In the family room, Levi I heard his mom say,

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Speaker 2: where could he be? I'm really starting to get worried.

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Speaker 2: It was at that moment that Levi shouted at the

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Speaker 2: top of his lungs.

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Speaker 1: Help, I'm in here. I'm stuck in the iPad. Ivy

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Speaker 1: was the first to hear him.

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Speaker 2: She grabbed the iPad and saw Levi's panicked face on

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Speaker 2: the screen. Look, she cried, handing it to her dad. Levi,

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Speaker 2: she said, super worried. How on earth did you get

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Speaker 2: in there? I don't know, Levi answered miserably. This was

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Speaker 2: the exact thing his mom had warned him about. I

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Speaker 2: told you this would happen, she said. There has to

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Speaker 2: be a way out. Think, LEVI think. Levi thought about

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Speaker 2: his mom's warning from the night before. He should have

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Speaker 2: listened to her. It wasn't healthy spending too much time

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Speaker 2: like spending time with his family, playing outside, and reading

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Speaker 2: interesting books. At that moment, Levi made a decision. From

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Speaker 2: now on, I won't sneak around to play the iPad.

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Speaker 2: I'll find fun things to do. I don't ever want

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Speaker 2: to be stuck in here again. As he spoke those words,

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Speaker 2: Levi felt the familiar swirling and twirling that he'd felt earlier.

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Speaker 2: In an instant, he was back in the family room

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Speaker 2: with his sisters and parents.

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Speaker 1: Levi.

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Speaker 2: They shouted, hugging him to lightly. I'm so sorry, Levi said,

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Speaker 2: in between high fives and hugs. From now on, I

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Speaker 2: will practice self control, and from that day on, Levi

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Speaker 2: I kept his promise. He enjoyed playing on the iPad

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Speaker 2: for a short bursts of time while also having so

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Speaker 2: much fun with his family and friends.

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Speaker 1: After all, he realized that people were much.

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Speaker 2: More important than video games.

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Speaker 1: Did you learn a lesson from this story? A sou

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Speaker 1: what was it? And parents, do your kids have a

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Speaker 1: story idea?

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Speaker 2: chance to join Levi and Ivy on their next adventure.

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Speaker 1: Until next time, Thanks for listening. Come back for more