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

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Speaker 1: we celebrate our supporters through shout outs and personal birthday messages.

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Speaker 1: We think this is also a fun way for us

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Speaker 1: to hear about all the amazing places that you our

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Speaker 1: listeners come from. Happy belated birthday to Raleigh and Rip.

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Speaker 1: We miss you and love you very much. From Isabella,

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Speaker 1: Lenny and baby Renee. Happy belated birthday to Indy on

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Speaker 1: the Gold Coast, Australia, who turned ten on July seventh.

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Speaker 1: Your parents and sister Frankie love you so much and

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Speaker 1: think you are a total rock star. Happy belated birthday

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Speaker 1: to Zoe Allen in Orange Park Floor on July twenty first.

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Speaker 1: Mammy loves you so much and truly enjoys the young

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Speaker 1: lady you are becoming. Happy belated ninth birthday to Sadie

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Speaker 1: from Buzzard's Bay on July twenty third. Mama loves you,

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Speaker 1: whatever you say plus one. Happy belated fifth birthday to

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Speaker 1: seb in Halifax, Nova Scotia on July twenty sixth. Love Mama,

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Speaker 1: Dada and Annie. They love you and are so proud

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Speaker 1: of you every day. Happy belated birthday to Asa Wagner

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Speaker 1: in Portland, who turned five on July twenty sixth. From Mom, Dad, Charlie,

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Speaker 1: Pepper and Timber. They love you, little buddy. And happy

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Speaker 1: belated sixth birthday to Emiliano on July twenty eighth. From Isa, Mama, Dada,

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Speaker 1: Sparkle and Gummy. They love you and are so proud

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Speaker 1: of you. Besos. Happy fourth birthday, Wyat and Hello Winny Kate,

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Speaker 1: Love Mom, Dad, Nina and all of your cats. Happy

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Speaker 1: birthday to alistair Chin from Singapore who was turning five

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Speaker 1: on July twenty ninth. Mommy, Daddy and Melody love you

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Speaker 1: very much and hope you have a wonderful birthday. Happy

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Speaker 1: birthday to Zach Franco, who was turning nine on July thirtieth,

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Speaker 1: from your Mommy Yassey. Happy birthday to Isla from Westfield, Indiana,

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Speaker 1: who is turning seven on July thirty first. Your Mom, Kate, Dad, Kirk,

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Speaker 1: and Pops Max and Finn wish you a happy birthday.

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday to Cora on July thirty first, Love Mom,

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Speaker 1: Dad and Carter. Sweet girl, you shine inside and out

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Speaker 1: and they are so proud of you. Happy seventh birthday

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Speaker 1: to Asha and Ada Davis on July thirty first. Dad

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Speaker 1: and Mom love you both so much. Never stop being

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Speaker 1: your goofy fun selves. Happy birthday to Colin from Georgia,

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Speaker 1: who is turning seven years old on August first. From Mom,

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Speaker 1: Dad and Winnie Woozles, They love you so much. Happy

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Speaker 1: birthday to Peter and Saint Louis who is turning five

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Speaker 1: on August first, with love from Gigi and Papa. Happy

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Speaker 1: sixth birthday to every in Vero Beach, Florida on August third,

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Speaker 1: and congratulations on losing your first front tooth. Your smile

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Speaker 1: is the coolest. Keep working hard in school, in gymnastics

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Speaker 1: and having lots of fun. Happy sixth birthday to don

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Speaker 1: Eve from New York City on August fourth. Mommy, Daddy, Miriam,

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Speaker 1: John and Clarissa are so excited to celebrate you and

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Speaker 1: can't wait to see all the fun things you do

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Speaker 1: on this next trip around the Earth. And Happy birthday

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Speaker 1: to Ivy in Chicago, who is turning seven on August fourth.

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Speaker 1: Also good luck Ivy in starting lower elementary. Happy birthday

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Speaker 1: to you all. Now onto our story. Solomon Owl lives

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Speaker 1: good for Solomon until Farmer Green gets involved. The Tail

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Speaker 1: of Solomon Owl Part seven. In the woods, there was

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Speaker 1: like Reddy Woodpecker sometimes annoyed Solomon a good deal by

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Speaker 1: Jay came hurrying up just then. He had heard ready

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Speaker 1: Solomon was so pleased by the argument that followed between

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Speaker 1: in broad daylight before. After what happened when he came

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Speaker 1: but it was not so. Having once viewed Solomon's red cap,

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Speaker 1: But he saw before too long that he would have

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Speaker 1: Solomon Owl fought it was a great puzzle to know

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Speaker 1: just how to outwit Reddy Woodpecker, and Solomon almost gave

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Speaker 1: He would take his daytime naps somewhere else. Solomon spent

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Speaker 1: What pleased Solomon most, however, was this nobody knew about

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Speaker 1: reason for not laughing when he met Solomon Owl. Of course,

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Speaker 1: Solom Owl had always lived to have some fun. As

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Speaker 1: Reddy had explained, for a long time, he had knocked

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Speaker 1: and hammered and pounded at Solomon Owl's door, but for once,

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Speaker 1: Solomon's great pale face did not appear. Where's the fun?

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Speaker 1: Reddy's friends had wanted to know, after they had waited

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Speaker 1: hearing Reddy Woodpecker's friends were no more polite than he was,

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Speaker 1: and they began to tease him. You didn't hammer loud enough,

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Speaker 1: again and rapped and rapped until his head felt as

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Speaker 1: if it would fly and his neck began to ache. Still,

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Speaker 1: into something very like an argument or Reddy Woodpecker lost

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Speaker 1: many not so nice remarks passed back and forth. Somehow,

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Speaker 1: Reddy felt that it was all Solomon Owl's fault because

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Speaker 1: he hadn't come to the door. Of course, Reddy had

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Speaker 1: no way of knowing that all the time, Solomon Owl

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Speaker 1: at least a little of what had happened. And Owl

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Speaker 1: Each day he grew rounder than ever, until his friends

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Speaker 1: But his size never worried Solomon Owl in the least.

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Speaker 1: When he became too big for his doorway in the haystack,

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Speaker 1: it was a simple matter to make the opening larger,

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Speaker 1: much simpler than it would have been to make himself smaller,

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Speaker 1: and that was another reason why he was delighted with

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Speaker 1: an end to his lazy way of living. One day,

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Speaker 1: the sound of men's voices awakened him when he was

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Speaker 1: Scrambling to his doorway and peering slyly out, Solomon saw

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Speaker 1: a sight that made him very angry. A wagon stood

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Speaker 1: alongside the haystack, and on it stood Farmer Green and

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Speaker 1: his hired man. Each had a pitchfork in their hands,

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Speaker 1: with which he tore great forkfuls of hay off the

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Speaker 1: stack and piled it upon the wagon. Solomon Owl knew

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Speaker 1: then that his fine hiding place was going to be spoiled.

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Speaker 1: As soon as the horses had pulled the load of

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Speaker 1: on top of it, Solomon Owl crept out of his

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Speaker 1: squeeze inside his old home in the Hollow Hemlock, and

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Speaker 1: for the time being he had to sit on a

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Speaker 1: But to his surprise, Reddy Woodpecker troubled him no more.

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Speaker 1: Reddy had drummed so hard on Solomon's door in the

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Speaker 1: effort to wake him when he wasn't there, that aunt

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Speaker 1: Polly Woodchuck told him he would ruin his bill if

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Speaker 1: he didn't watch out, and since the warning thoroughly alarmed him,

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Speaker 1: Reddy stopped visiting the hemlock grove. In time, Solomon Owl

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Speaker 1: grew to look like himself again, and people never really

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Speaker 1: that he always hooted angrily whenever anybody mentioned Farmer Green's name.

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Speaker 1: And that is the end of our story. Good Night,

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Speaker 1: sleep tight.