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Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. Easter is

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Speaker 1: coming and I wanted to share an Easter story with you.

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Speaker 1: In this story, Paul and Lisa are looking for Easter eggs,

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Speaker 1: but they think the Easter bunny has forgotten them. They

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Speaker 1: search all around for eggs and find some wonderful baskets

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Speaker 1: and something else. The Easter Rabbit family. Two children, Paul

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Speaker 1: and Lisa, were wandering about in the country on Easter Day.

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Speaker 1: They said sadly to one another, has the Easter bunny

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Speaker 1: quite forgotten us this year? For three hours they tramped

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Speaker 1: about and hunted for eggs in every corner of the

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Speaker 1: fields near the big forest. Suddenly Paul found a huge egg.

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Speaker 1: He called to Lisa to come at once to see it,

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Speaker 1: and she trotted along towards him, carrying a pretty little

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Speaker 1: nest filled with Easter eggs in her hands, which she

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Speaker 1: had also found. The children were very happy. It was

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Speaker 1: such a lovely sunny day, and they were so delighted

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Speaker 1: with their treasures. However, they did not give up, and

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Speaker 1: soon each of them found an Easter rabbit made of

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Speaker 1: the most delicious chocolate. Then Lisa discovered an egg, which

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Speaker 1: she called an April fool's egg, for when she tried

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Speaker 1: to lick it to see what it tasted like, she

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Speaker 1: found that it was made of soap. Oh, do come

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Speaker 1: and see what a heap of eggs I've got, said

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Speaker 1: Paul in tones of delight. Then little Lisa jumped up,

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Speaker 1: and see those two beautiful big nests filled with Easter eggs,

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Speaker 1: and two lovely silver baskets beside them. Oh, how exquisite.

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Speaker 1: The Easter bunny is too, too good. He is a darling.

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Speaker 1: Did you ever see such beautiful things as he has

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Speaker 1: given us? I can hardly hold mine? Neither can I,

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Speaker 1: said Paul. But look over there, Lisa, there are two

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Speaker 1: large baskets. I expect they are meant for us. How

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Speaker 1: very convenient we can put all our things into them.

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Speaker 1: Let's go and fetch them at once, said Lisa. Do

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Speaker 1: you see that pretty bush with silver palm buds on it?

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Speaker 1: Over there? She continued, We will go and pick a

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Speaker 1: few twigs from it and tie them onto our baskets

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Speaker 1: with some grass. Then they will look more eastery. If

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Speaker 1: only we knew where the Easter bunny lives, they said

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Speaker 1: somewhat sadly, we could go and call on him at

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Speaker 1: once and thank him for all his kindness to us.

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Speaker 1: Oh but just look, Paul, said Lisa excitedly. There is

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Speaker 1: something written on the rocks over there. Perhaps the Easter

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Speaker 1: Bunny lives there. Paul, you can read a little. Do

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Speaker 1: see if you can make out what is written. Paul read,

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Speaker 1: Come along, run, we will knock at the door, said

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Speaker 1: Lisa joyfully. So they went up to the rock and knocked.

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Speaker 1: Come in, said a clear voice. They went in and

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Speaker 1: turned to the door on the right from which the

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Speaker 1: voice had come. They entered a comfortable room, and there,

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Speaker 1: on a cozy easy chair there sat mister Easterbunny, who

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Speaker 1: had just put on his glasses to examine the eggs

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Speaker 1: which his son, who was about seven years old, had painted.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, dear, mister Easterbunny, we have come to thank

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Speaker 1: you for the lovely eggs, said the children. Dear dear,

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Speaker 1: said mister Easterbunny. You found them, of course in your

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Speaker 1: garden or alas. No, we have no home. We are orphans.

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Speaker 1: The people in the orphanage did not treat us kindly,

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Speaker 1: so we ran away and mean to seek our fortune

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Speaker 1: in the wide world, said the children. Then we were

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Speaker 1: fields over there. Dear me, so you are orphans, Well,

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Speaker 1: then perhaps you would like to stay here with us

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Speaker 1: and learn painting and housekeeping, said mister Easter Bunny. Oh, yes, indeed,

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Speaker 1: we should simply love to, answered the children. But where

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Speaker 1: is your wife? Perhaps she will be able to teach

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Speaker 1: us to be of some use in the household. Well, well,

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Speaker 1: my wife is in the kitchen, cooking cabbage and carrots

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Speaker 1: and making a famous salad, oh, said both the children.

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Speaker 1: May we help her dress the salad. Certainly, my wife

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Speaker 1: will be very pleased to find that you can be

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Speaker 1: so useful. There, just opposite in the passage is a

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Speaker 1: door that leads into the kitchen, where my wife is busy.

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Speaker 1: The children followed his directions and went into the kitchen,

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Speaker 1: and there sat missus Easter Bunny. Good morning, Missus Easterbunny,

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Speaker 1: said the children politely, curtseying and bowing. We have come

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Speaker 1: to help you in the household, and to stay with

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Speaker 1: you till we are grown up. But now please let

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Speaker 1: us make the salad. Well, that is very kind of you.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure to want to help me, said Missus Easterbunny,

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Speaker 1: and the children set to work at once. After this,

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Speaker 1: the children helped her every day in the kitchen in

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Speaker 1: the morning and in the afternoon. They learned to paint

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Speaker 1: from mister Easterbunny. They painted the eggs smoothly and prettily,

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Speaker 1: and they learned how to read and write. For the

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Speaker 1: Easter Bunny is educated, you must know, and far more

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Speaker 1: intelligent than ordinary hares. When they grew up and went

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Speaker 1: out into the world again, Paul became a cell celebrated

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Speaker 1: artist and lived in the artist colony at Kronberg, and

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Speaker 1: little Lisa moved nearby and became an exemplary chef. But

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Speaker 1: their best friends throughout their lives were always mister and

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Speaker 1: Missus Easter Bunny. And now I'm going to share a

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Speaker 1: famous poem called Peter Cottontail. Here comes Peter Cottontail hopping

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Speaker 1: down the bunny trail, kippetee hoppity Easters on its way,

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Speaker 1: bringing every girl and boy baskets full of Easter joy

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Speaker 1: things to make your Easter bright and gay. He's got

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Speaker 1: jellybeans for Tommy, colored eggs for sister suit. There's an

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Speaker 1: orchid for your mommy, and an Easter bonnet. Two. Oh,

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Speaker 1: here comes Peter cottontail hopping down the bunny trail. Hippity hoppity,

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Speaker 1: Happy Easter Day. Here comes Peter cottontail hopping down the

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Speaker 1: bunny trail. Look at him, stop and listen to him.

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Speaker 1: Say try to do the things you should. Maybe, if

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Speaker 1: you're extra good, he'll roll lots of Easter eggs your way.

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Speaker 1: You'll wake up on Easter morning and you'll know that

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Speaker 1: he was there because you find those chocolate bunnies that

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Speaker 1: he's hiding everywhere. Oh here comes Peter cottontail hopping down

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Speaker 1: the bunny trail. Hippity hoppity, Happy Easter Day, Happy Easter,

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Speaker 1: good night, Sleep tight. O A.

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