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Speaker 1: Have you ever tried to sweet talk someone to get

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Speaker 1: what you want? Often being nice gets better results than

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Speaker 1: being mean. Welcome to story Time by Lingo Kids. Subscribe

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Speaker 1: Storytime Today is inspired by a Scottish folk tale about

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Speaker 1: rewarding polite behavior. There once was a mouse named Cheddar

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Speaker 1: as the leader of the mice. He was very bossy,

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Speaker 1: especially when he was hungry, and that was most of

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Speaker 1: the time. I want a snack, Somebody feed me a treat.

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Speaker 1: Cheddar had a sweet tooth, and when the mice found

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Speaker 1: a cookie or piece of pie crust, he would gobble

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Speaker 1: it up without even a thank you. He never shared

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Speaker 1: his snacks, and he never seemed satisfied. His beady little

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Speaker 1: eyes were always looking for more. One day he saw

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Speaker 1: a woman in a bakery. Her name was Clara, and

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Speaker 1: people said her cakes tasted the best because she baked

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Speaker 1: kindness into every mouthful. Clara was as sweet as her cakes.

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Speaker 1: Her good manners had a way of turning a frown

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Speaker 1: upside down. Cheddar didn't care about manners. He wanted cake.

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Speaker 1: He sent the mice to follow Clara as she delivered

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Speaker 1: cakes to parties. And celebrations. At the end of the event,

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Speaker 1: the mice would scurry to the table, but there was

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Speaker 1: never a crumb left. After several failed tries, Cheddar grew frustrated. Rat,

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Speaker 1: I'll never get cake this way. I'll set a trap.

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Speaker 1: He ordered a cake to be delivered to the picnic

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Speaker 1: table in the park. Then he turned to the mice.

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Speaker 1: When Clara sets the cake down, you tie her up.

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Speaker 1: I will eat the cake and we will run away.

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Speaker 1: The mice were too afraid to disobey. The next day,

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Speaker 1: Clara approached the picnic area with her cake box. She

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Speaker 1: looked for the party, but nobody was around. Something told

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Speaker 1: her there was trouble. I think I smell a rat.

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Speaker 1: Just as she put the box on the picnic table,

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Speaker 1: the mice darted out from every direction and wrapped her

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Speaker 1: up with rope. Clara was in shock. Oh my, what

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Speaker 1: is going on with Clara tied up? Cheddar yelled to

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Speaker 1: the mice, what are you waiting for? You ridiculous rodents?

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Speaker 1: Get me the cake. The mice scampered over and pushed

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Speaker 1: the lid off the box. Cheddar jumped in and started

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Speaker 1: to devour the cake. Clara was upset, I have more

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Speaker 1: cakes to deliver. Cheddar looked up his whiskers coated in

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Speaker 1: cake and shrugged. I don't give a rat's tail about that.

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Speaker 1: Clara new kindness was the only way out, so she said,

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Speaker 1: in her sweetest voice, I'm so glad you like the cake.

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Speaker 1: I have a sweeter one ready to be delivered. Take

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Speaker 1: the whistle from my pocket and put it in my mouth.

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Speaker 1: When I blow it, My assistant will come with the

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Speaker 1: other cake. You can take it with you to eat later.

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Speaker 1: Cheddar couldn't resist. He directed a mouse to put the

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Speaker 1: whistle in her mouth, and with a deep breath, Clara

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Speaker 1: blew her whistle. Within moments, a large dog came bounding

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Speaker 1: toward Clara. The mice scattered to hide, but Cheddar was

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Speaker 1: trapped in the cake box. The dog grabbed Cheddar and

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Speaker 1: gently held him in his jaws. Help don't eat me,

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Speaker 1: you big beast. Clara's dog didn't budge as Cheddar squirmed.

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Speaker 1: Clara called out to Cheddar. Life is sweet, don't you agree? Yes, yes,

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Speaker 1: very sweet. And life's even sweeter when it sprinkled with kindness.

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Speaker 1: Don't you think God you are so right? Please? Then, friend,

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Speaker 1: call the mice back to free me and my dog

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Speaker 1: will let you go. The mice returned and gnawed through

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Speaker 1: the ropes. Clara stood up, thank you, that's better. Clara's

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Speaker 1: dog carefully released Cheddar from his slavery mouth. Cheddar wiped

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Speaker 1: off his whiskers and clasped his little paws to his heart.

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Speaker 1: He looked at Clara with sincerity. Thank you. I'm sorry

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Speaker 1: for being so mean and greedy. Now share this cake

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Speaker 1: with the other mice. Cheddar didn't want to share, but

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Speaker 1: he had no choice. Please be my guests. The mice

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Speaker 1: ate every last morsel of cake. They had never been happier.

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Speaker 1: Clara didn't stay mad. It was not in her heart

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Speaker 1: to do so. She picked up Cheddar in her hands.

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Speaker 1: I'll bring you a cake every Saturday, as long as

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Speaker 1: you're polite and share with others. Cheddar nodded in agreement.

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Speaker 1: The mice were thrilled. Life will be so much sweeter

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Speaker 1: with a kind leader. The weekly dessert was just icing

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Speaker 1: on the cake. We hope you liked the story. Can

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Speaker 1: you practice new ways of being nice? Think about it?

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Speaker 1: Goodbye until next time,