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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep tight stories. After Red's

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Speaker 1: visit with the AID, she and her mom talked about

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Speaker 1: what happened, and Red could see her mom's frustration. Red

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Speaker 1: went to her room and had lots of questions about

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Speaker 1: why they had to move anyways, she decides maybe she

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Speaker 1: needs to do some looking into things after she has

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Speaker 1: Transfer Student Part four. A good night's sleep can change

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Speaker 1: your perspective on anything. Red thought of how her mother

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Speaker 1: would often say this as she woke up before her

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Speaker 1: telling her to come for breakfast. I guess my mother

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Speaker 1: was right, she thought, as she bounced out of bed

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Speaker 1: He sprays water everywhere and always leaves a mess wherever

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Speaker 1: he goes, and Red didn't like wading through it all.

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Speaker 1: After washing and brushing her teeth, Red got dressed in

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Speaker 1: her favorite Unicorn T shirt, leopard print pants, and zebra

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Speaker 1: this new school experience all over again. This time, I

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Speaker 1: am going to approach the day with a positive attitude.

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Speaker 1: Red had a great sleep, but it was full of

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Speaker 1: dreams that changed the way she thought of attending this

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Speaker 1: and new planet. She was back on Mars with her friends,

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Speaker 1: and talking as they often did. They always dreamed of

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Speaker 1: improbable that might be. Most of her friends would never

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Speaker 1: get the chance to leave. Red didn't remember the exact conversation,

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Speaker 1: isn't it terrible how the tiny details contained in dreams

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Speaker 1: friends telling her that if she got the chance to leave,

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Speaker 1: That someday, somehow, they would reconnect again. It was this

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Speaker 1: just as her mother said, Red, it's bread morning, mom.

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Speaker 1: Red said, with a smirk, Why Red, you are up

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Speaker 1: so early this morning and you look so refreshed. Did

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Speaker 1: you have a good sleep, Yeah, it was great. What's

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Speaker 1: for breakfast? I'm almost as hungry as Blue is every

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Speaker 1: waking moment, said Red. This morning we have the usual

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Speaker 1: waffles and syrup, cocoa and juice. I added a dash

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Speaker 1: of cinnamon to the waffles, her mother replied. Red didn't

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Speaker 1: know what cinnamon was, but considering how hungry she felt,

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Speaker 1: as long as it didn't taste like sardines, she would

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Speaker 1: eat it. Sardines tasted so fishy. It's another beautiful day outside,

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Speaker 1: her mother said. The sun is still shining, the grass

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Speaker 1: she said, as she danced around the kitchen listening to

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Speaker 1: some golden oldie playlist. So other than a good night's sleep,

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Speaker 1: what has got you in such a pippy mood this am?

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Speaker 1: I hope you have given some thoughts to yesterday's Before

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Speaker 1: Red's mother could finish, and before she could reply, Red's

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Speaker 1: brother came running into the kitchen, yelling, Mom, Red used

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Speaker 1: all the toothpaste again, and what's for breakfast? I'm starving? Ugh.

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Speaker 1: Red ran out of the house before Blue could cover

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Speaker 1: got to the bus stop just in time, and as

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Speaker 1: runny nose. Just as she positioned herself to squeeze in

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Speaker 1: hit the same speed bump ugh. Arriving at school, Red

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Speaker 1: She took her seat in homeroom and listened as best

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Speaker 1: Principal Burke. Today is Monday, a cohort b day. The

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Speaker 1: interested in joining the Solving a Mystery club that's being

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Speaker 1: led by mister mccaskell. Oh, that might be interesting, thought Red.

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Speaker 1: solving mysteries, and mister mccaskell does have a glue glorious

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Speaker 1: She controlled how loud she laughed at mister mccaskell's jokes.

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Speaker 1: Her science and math classes weren't that challenging, but even so,

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Speaker 1: she thought some review would be a good thing. Walking

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Speaker 1: After lunch, Red kept her positive attitude as she looked

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Speaker 1: forward to the after school club. Finally, the school bell rang,

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Speaker 1: and off she went through the labyrinth of hallways that

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Speaker 1: I read, are you here to join the Solving a

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Speaker 1: Mystery Club? Mister mc caskell asked, yes, I think so,

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Speaker 1: stumbled Red. I mean I'm interested in joining if I can.

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Speaker 1: Ha ha ha, Yes, of course you can. I'm just

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Speaker 1: why don't you all introduce yourselves to Red. You've all

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Speaker 1: been taking classes together for a while now, but Red

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Speaker 1: is a new addition to our Maplewood family, I read,

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Speaker 1: said Rachel, peering up from her book at mister mccaskell.

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Speaker 1: We are in home room together and have had lunch

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Speaker 1: in the cafeteria, she added, preceded by a great big sneeze.

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Speaker 1: Charlie wheezed out. I read, my name is Charlie, and

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Speaker 1: in case you forgot, you always sit beside me on

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Speaker 1: the bus to school, and we had lunch together in

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Speaker 1: the cafeteria. How could I forget? I still have the

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Speaker 1: a cold coming on. Red thought. Next to introduce herself

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Speaker 1: was a girl with impossibly red hair and a face

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Speaker 1: full of freckles. Read immediately liked her. Hi, my name

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Speaker 1: is Alexa, but you can call me Lex. I don't

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Speaker 1: think we take any classes together, I read. My name

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Speaker 1: is Kurt. Let me know if you need anyone to

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Speaker 1: That's where I spend most of my time. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: said Red, who was amazed at just how strong Kurt looked.

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Speaker 1: Her arms looked larger than Red's legs. She thought, all right, then,

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Speaker 1: it looks like no one else is coming this afternoon.

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Speaker 1: If you know any one else who might be interested,

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Speaker 1: please invite them to come along. The more the merrier

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Speaker 1: many hands make like work, said mister mc caskell. To day,

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Speaker 1: I don't have anything in the way of activities for

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Speaker 1: us to do. My hope to day was to see

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Speaker 1: instead of talking about our goals or what exactly we

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Speaker 1: will be doing, I thought I would first give you

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Speaker 1: your first assignment. Now, Alexa, I don't want to see

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Speaker 1: that eye roll or hear you sign Kurt. This isn't homework.

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Speaker 1: I just want to give you time so you can

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Speaker 1: decide what we do together, continued mister mccaskell. So what

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Speaker 1: I would like you to do before we meet again

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Speaker 1: next Monday is think of a mystery you would like

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Speaker 1: bring that idea with you next time. We can then

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Speaker 1: decide as a group which idea we would like to

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Speaker 1: start with, and I can help you with your research.

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Speaker 1: Any kind of mystery, Rachel asked. The only restriction is

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Speaker 1: that it can't be too big. We aren't going to

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Speaker 1: be able to unlock the mysteries of the cause. All

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Speaker 1: And then, suddenly, because sometimes inspiration arrives just like that,

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Speaker 1: and now she might have the help of all the

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Speaker 1: members of the Solving a Mystery Club to do it.

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Speaker 1: As she walked in the door, her mother called out,

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Speaker 1: I Read, I bake some waffle cookies. For you. Come

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Speaker 1: and have one and tell me about your day. Read

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Speaker 1: walked in the kitchen, grabbed a cookie, and said to

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Speaker 1: her mother, I had a great day, mother, I think

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Speaker 1: I am going to really like it at this school.

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Speaker 1: Just then Blue raced in saying he was starving and

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Speaker 1: stuffed three cookies in his mouth at the same time. Ugh.

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Speaker 1: And that's the end of the transfer Student for now.

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Speaker 1: We hope to bring back more stories with Red and

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Speaker 1: the solving a mystery club in the future. If you

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Speaker 1: like the Transfer Student, let us know. Thank you. Good night,

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Speaker 1: sleep tight, h