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Speaker 1: Live Ay Lewis story. The story you're about to enjoy
Speaker 1: was inspired by Winnie. Thank you so much for your
Speaker 1: amazing idea. With a big vacation to Japan coming up
Speaker 1: in just a few days, you'd think that everyone would
Speaker 1: be really excited. Well, the thing is, they were all
Speaker 1: really excited until everything started to go wrong. And when
Speaker 1: things go wrong at Levi and Ivy's house, there's only
Speaker 1: one person to call, Detective Doctor Dad. But first let's
Speaker 1: find out exactly what happened and if Detective Doctor Dad
Speaker 1: can actually figure out a solution before their big vacation begins.
Speaker 1: It all started about a week before Levi, Ivy and
Speaker 1: their family were going to leave for Japan. It was
Speaker 1: the vacation of a lifetime and they wanted to make
Speaker 1: sure everything went perfectly. To prepare, they watched travel videos online.
Speaker 1: They mapped out all the sites they'd be going to
Speaker 1: each day. They put in translators on their phones to
Speaker 1: be able to talk with people while on vacation, and
Speaker 1: they even took some classes to learn a few common
Speaker 1: Japanese phrases. Everything seemed to be going according to plan.
Speaker 1: Then one day, just about five days before they were
Speaker 1: set to leave, Levi came home from the part crying
Speaker 1: and that was just the start of it all. Mom
Speaker 1: dad called out Levi as he walked in the house
Speaker 1: crying and holding his arm. What's wrong, answered his mom,
Speaker 1: running through the living room. Levi explained how he fell
Speaker 1: off the swings at the park and landed on his arm.
Speaker 1: He said it really hurt and he couldn't move it
Speaker 1: at all. After taking a closer look, Levi's mom decided
Speaker 1: they should go see his doctor. Once there, it was
Speaker 1: decided that Levi sprained his arm and would have to
Speaker 1: keep it in a sling for a few days. Oh no, well,
Speaker 1: I have to wear this sling on vacation, asked Levi.
Speaker 1: I won't be able to go swimming or ziplining or
Speaker 1: do anything fun with a sprained arm. His doctor reassured him,
Speaker 1: telling Levi that if he rested his arm for the week,
Speaker 1: it was very likely that he wouldn't need to wear
Speaker 1: a sling on vacation. Levi was upset that he got hurt,
Speaker 1: but was happy to hear that it probably wouldn't affect
Speaker 1: his vacation. The next day, however, something else happened. Ivy
Speaker 1: came home early from playing at her friend's house, saying
Speaker 1: she had a headache and didn't feel good. Her dad
Speaker 1: took her to the doctor, and they said she likely
Speaker 1: had a little something that was going around and that
Speaker 1: she needed to rest and let it run its course.
Speaker 1: Oh no, said Ivy as her dad drove her home
Speaker 1: from the doctor's office. Am I gonna be sick on
Speaker 1: our vacation or worse? Are we gonna have to cancel
Speaker 1: our vacation because I'm sick? Don't worry, Ivy. The doctor said,
Speaker 1: you should be feeling better in a few days, said
Speaker 1: her dad. It's just funny how you and leeve I
Speaker 1: both had something to happen this week, right before we're
Speaker 1: set to leave on vacation. It's not really that funny, dad,
Speaker 1: said Ivy as she lay in the backseat of the car,
Speaker 1: not feeling her best. Sorry, honey, I didn't mean it
Speaker 1: like that, said her dad as they continued home. Let's
Speaker 1: just hope nothing else happens before we leave in a
Speaker 1: few days. But it wasn't long after they got home
Speaker 1: that something else happened. After everyone was done with dinner,
Speaker 1: Levi went to watch TV, and Ivy headed upstairs to
Speaker 1: read and bed and rest. Since the kids weren't feeling
Speaker 1: their best, their mom decided she would take Buddy, their dog,
Speaker 1: out for a nightly walk, and everything was going fine
Speaker 1: until skunk call. That's mom from the backyard. Hearing a commotion,
Speaker 1: but not knowing exactly what his wife had said, Levi
Speaker 1: and Ivy's dad ran outside to take a look. Gross.
Speaker 1: What is that terrible smell? He shouted as he stepped
Speaker 1: onto the deck. It's me, said Levin Ivy's mom, standing
Speaker 1: by the treehouse holding Buddy's leash as her dog rolled
Speaker 1: around in the grass. Well, actually, it's both of us.
Speaker 1: We just got sprayed by a skunk, I can tell,
Speaker 1: said Levine Ivy's dad. Oh, no, we leave for our
Speaker 1: big vacation in just a couple of days. Do you
Speaker 1: think I'll still smell like this when we leave, asked
Speaker 1: Levine Ivy's mom. I mean I can't get onto a
Speaker 1: plane smelling like this. Don't worry, honey, We'll figure it out,
Speaker 1: said Levin Ivy's dad. You stay outside as far away
Speaker 1: from the house as you can, and I'll check online
Speaker 1: to see the best way to get rid of that smell.
Speaker 1: Thank you, call out Levin and Ivy's mom, as their
Speaker 1: dad stepped back inside, shutting the door behind him. As
Speaker 1: he looked online for a solution, he couldn't to help
Speaker 1: but think it was so odd that Levi, Ivy and
Speaker 1: now his wife all had something happened to them right
Speaker 1: before their vacation that pretty much could have stopped it
Speaker 1: from happening. He started to think there had to be
Speaker 1: a reason why, and after he put together a mixture
Speaker 1: that would help wash away that stinky smell from his
Speaker 1: wife and dog, Levi and Ivy's dad turned his attention
Speaker 1: fully to the bad luck his family seemed to be happy,
Speaker 1: not wanting them to carry that with him on their
Speaker 1: big vacation. He gave it some thought and decided to
Speaker 1: talk to each of them. But before he did that,
Speaker 1: he of course needed to make a quick change. He
Speaker 1: ran upstairs to his bedroom, and after a few minutes,
Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy's dad emerged from his closet wearing a
Speaker 1: white doctor's coat and a Sherlock Holm's plaid detective cap
Speaker 1: because after all, he had to dress the part when
Speaker 1: he transformed into detective doctor Dad. Levi and Ivy's mom
Speaker 1: was still outside washing up herself and Buddy in their
Speaker 1: outdoor shower, so Levi and Ivy's dad had decided to
Speaker 1: start his questioning inside the house. He first sat down
Speaker 1: with Levi and asked him a few questions about what
Speaker 1: happened at the park before he heard his arm. Hey,
Speaker 1: detective doctor Dad, what case are you on now, asked Levi,
Speaker 1: the case of the sprained arm, answered Levi's dad with
Speaker 1: a smile. Can you tell me how you fell off
Speaker 1: the swings? Well, I was just sitting there and then bam,
Speaker 1: I was laying on the ground, said Levi as he
Speaker 1: continued to watch TV. He really didn't seem like he
Speaker 1: was paying too much attention to his dad. LEVI, please
Speaker 1: turn that off and try to think a bit more
Speaker 1: about the park that day, said Levi's dad. Something must
Speaker 1: have happened that caused you to fall off the swing, Levi.
Speaker 1: I thought for a moment and then said, oh, yeah,
Speaker 1: I got an alert on my smart watch that my
Speaker 1: favorite video game was announcing a really cool update this weekend.
Speaker 1: I threw my hands up in the air because I
Speaker 1: was so excited, and that's when I felt, can I
Speaker 1: finish watching my show now? Dad? Levi's dad could tell
Speaker 1: his son was very focused on his show, and lately
Speaker 1: he had been very focused on his smart watch too,
Speaker 1: always looking at it during dinner and even a few
Speaker 1: times in school he had to be told to put
Speaker 1: it away in his backpack. Hmm, thought Levi's dad to
Speaker 1: himself as he walked upstairs to talk to Ivy. She
Speaker 1: was feeling a little better but still needed some time
Speaker 1: to rest. She had been upstairs in her room reading,
Speaker 1: or at least that's what her dad thought. Wow, high
Speaker 1: Detective doctor two, Dad said Ivy with a smile and
Speaker 1: his kneeze. Ivy, I didn't know you had your tablet
Speaker 1: up here, he said as he walked into her room.
Speaker 1: I thought you were reading. I was reading on my tablet,
Speaker 1: but then I got an alert that my favorite show
Speaker 1: had just released a new episode, so I started watching
Speaker 1: that instead. Sorry, said Ivy as she continued to watch
Speaker 1: the show. As her dad sat down in her bed,
Speaker 1: he asked her to put her tablet down and then
Speaker 1: asked her where she thought she may have gotten sick.
Speaker 1: He also asked if anyone she knew was sick. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Claire wasn't really well at the beginning of the week,
Speaker 1: said Ivy. I heard about it right after I had
Speaker 1: lunch at her house. But you always wash your hands
Speaker 1: before you eat, so that's probably not what made you sick,
Speaker 1: said her dad. Well, I do remember that day. It
Speaker 1: was raining, so we were watching this cool dance video
Speaker 1: when her mom brought in our lunches to the living room.
Speaker 1: Ivy started the video was so much fun that I
Speaker 1: may not have washed my hands before I ate, and
Speaker 1: we had been playing in her room before that, so
Speaker 1: I was touching a lot of her stuff. Hmm, responded
Speaker 1: Ivy's dad as he let his daughter return to watching
Speaker 1: her show. Then he held his nose as he walked
Speaker 1: outside to talk to his wife. Honey, you can stay
Speaker 1: right there in the outdoor shower. I just have a
Speaker 1: few questions to ask you, said Levin Ivy's dad. Can
Speaker 1: you tell me what happened before you got sprayed by
Speaker 1: that skunk. I was walking with Buddy and watching a
Speaker 1: video about how great this new yoga studio is that's
Speaker 1: opening in town, and I didn't see that little stinker
Speaker 1: cross our path, said Levine Ivy's mom. But he certainly
Speaker 1: saw us. Hmm, said Levine Ivy's dad. For the third time.
Speaker 1: After hearing from everyone in his house, he finally knew
Speaker 1: what was going on and had to get everyone together
Speaker 1: to discuss it. I brought you all out here because
Speaker 1: we have to talk, and because I still don't think
Speaker 1: your mom should come in the house yet, said Levi
Speaker 1: and Ivy's dad, fanning the air in front of him
Speaker 1: as they sat on the deck. I agree, mom, said Levi,
Speaker 1: holding his nose. I can't smell anything because of my stuff.
Speaker 1: He knows, mom, So feel free to hang out with me,
Speaker 1: said Ivy with a smile. Okay, let's focus for a second,
Speaker 1: said Levi and Ivy's dad. I have to talk to
Speaker 1: you about all the things that had been happening to
Speaker 1: you in the last few days. Thankfully, Detective Doctor Dad
Speaker 1: figured it all out. Then he went on to tell Levi,
Speaker 1: Ivy and his wife the thing that led to a
Speaker 1: sprained arm, a little cold, and a skunk spray. Hey, guys,
Speaker 1: do you have any idea what that one thing is? Screens?
Speaker 1: Said Detective Doctor Dad. Too much time on your screens
Speaker 1: caused each of you to be distracted and got you
Speaker 1: into those situations that you're in right now. Levi, Ivy
Speaker 1: and their mom all knew Detective Doctor Dad was right,
Speaker 1: they just hadn't admitted it to themselves yet. And since
Speaker 1: all of this happened right before our big vacation, there
Speaker 1: was a chance that any of these situations could have
Speaker 1: caused us to miss it, said Detective Doctor Dad. Thankfully,
Speaker 1: Levi's arm will be better, Ivy's cold will have gone away,
Speaker 1: and your mom most likely won't smell like a skunk
Speaker 1: when we leave in a couple days for Japan. We
Speaker 1: got lucky, Dad, said Levi. I'm sorry I wasn't paying
Speaker 1: attention at the park. I know now that I could
Speaker 1: have hurt my arm a lot more, And now when
Speaker 1: I'm playing outside, I'll leave my smart watch at home.
Speaker 1: Thank you for talking with us, Dad said Ivy. I
Speaker 1: know that I got sick because I was too distracted
Speaker 1: by watching that video at Claire's house to remember to
Speaker 1: wash my hands before eating lunch. I'll make sure it
Speaker 1: doesn't happen again, and I'll play with my friends during
Speaker 1: a play date instead of watching TV. You're getting it small,
Speaker 1: Levi and Ivy's dad looking at their mom, and do
Speaker 1: you have anything to say? Here're right, she said. If
Speaker 1: I was just enjoying my walk with Buddy and not
Speaker 1: watching a video on my phone, I would have seen
Speaker 1: that skunk and I wouldn't smell so bad right now.
Speaker 1: Everyone giggled at this funny smell and thanked Detective doctor
Speaker 1: Dad again. A couple of days passed after the big discussion,
Speaker 1: and the Lewis family was off to Japan on their
Speaker 1: big vacation, and before they left, they added one more
Speaker 1: thing to their big list of vacation fun no screens
Speaker 1: during family time. It turned out to be an amazing
Speaker 1: vacation with no sprained arms, cold, or skunk sprays to
Speaker 1: worry about. Thanks for joining us today. We hope you
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