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Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. I'd like

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Speaker 1: to say hello to some friends. Hello to Benson in Alameda.

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Speaker 1: Hello to Noah who is six, and Myra who is

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Speaker 1: eight from Vizag, India. Hello to Mirabel and her little

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Speaker 1: brother Wolfram. Hello to Ellie Maingues, and hello to Ella Tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for your support, it means so much to us.

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Speaker 1: I'd like to say a happy belated birthday to Bouvan

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Speaker 1: who had his birthday on October third. I'd like to

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Speaker 1: wish a happy birthday to a Line who has his

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Speaker 1: birthday on October thirteenth, and to Daniel, who was also

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Speaker 1: turning eleven on October thirteenth. Happy birthday. Also to Lucy,

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Speaker 1: who has her birthday on October fifteenth. A very happy

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Speaker 1: birthday to you all. I hope your day is very special.

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Speaker 1: This story is about Raggedy Anne and one of the

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Speaker 1: dolls that lives in the nursery with her. Raggedy is

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Speaker 1: very angry when she wakes up one morning and sees

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Speaker 1: that a mouse has been in the nursery and has

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Speaker 1: chewed on one of the dolls. Marcella brings her parents

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Speaker 1: to the nursery and they decide to get a kitten

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Speaker 1: to help get rid of the mouse. The kitten, Boots,

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Speaker 1: likes to play, and when the mouse shows up, he

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Speaker 1: plays with him until Raggedy interferes. What will happen to

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Speaker 1: the mouse? Let's listen and see Raggedy Ann and the mouse.

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Speaker 1: Jeannette was a new wax doll, and like Henny the

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Speaker 1: Dutch doll, she could say mama when anyone tipped her

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Speaker 1: backward or forward. She had lovely golden brown curls of

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Speaker 1: real hair. It could be combed and braided or curled

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Speaker 1: or fluffed without tangling. And Raggedy Ann was very proud

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Speaker 1: when Jeannette came to live with the dolls. But now

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Speaker 1: Raggedy Ann was very angry. In fact, Raggedy Ann had

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Speaker 1: just ripped two stitches out of the top of her

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Speaker 1: head when she took her rag hands and pulled her

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Speaker 1: rag face down into a frown. But when she let

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Speaker 1: go of the frown, her face stretched right back into

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Speaker 1: her usual cheery smile. And you would have been angry too,

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Speaker 1: for something had happened to Jeanette. Something or someone had

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Speaker 1: stolen into the nursery that night when the dolls were

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Speaker 1: asleep and nibbled all the wax from Jeanette's beautiful face,

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Speaker 1: and now all her beauty was gone. It really is

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Speaker 1: a shames, sat Raggedy ann as she put her arms

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Speaker 1: around Jeannette. Something must be done about it, said the

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Speaker 1: French doll as she stamped her little foot. If I

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Speaker 1: I will do with him, said the tin soldier, who

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Speaker 1: could be very fierce at times, although he was seldom angry.

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Speaker 1: Here is the hole he came from, cried Uncle Clem

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Speaker 1: from the other end of the nursery. Come see. All

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Speaker 1: the dolls ran to where Uncle Clem was down on

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Speaker 1: his hands and knees. This must be the place, said

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Speaker 1: Raggedy ann We will plug up the hole with something

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Speaker 1: so he will not come out again. The dolls looked

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Speaker 1: around and brought rags and pieces of paper and pushed

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Speaker 1: last night, one of the penny dolls said. You know,

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Speaker 1: when Marcella had me at the table, and it kept

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Speaker 1: me awake. While the dolls were talking. Marcella ran downstairs

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Speaker 1: with Jeannette and told Mommy and Daddy, who came upstairs

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Speaker 1: with Marcella and hunted around until they discovered the mouse's doorway.

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Speaker 1: Oh why couldn't it have chewed on me, Raggedy Ann

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Speaker 1: asked herself when she saw Marcella's sad face. For Raggedy

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Speaker 1: Ann was never selfish. Daddy will take Jeannette downtown with

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Speaker 1: him and have her fixed up as good as new,

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Speaker 1: said Mamma. So Jeannette was wrapped in soft tissue paper

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Speaker 1: and taken away. Later in the day, Marcella came bouncing

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Speaker 1: into the nursery with a surprise for the dolls. It

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Speaker 1: was a dear, fuzzy little kitten. Marcella introduced the kitten

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Speaker 1: to all the dolls. His name is Boots because he

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Speaker 1: has four little white feet, said Marcella. So Boots, the

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Speaker 1: happy little creature played with the penny dolls, scraping them

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Speaker 1: penny dolls enjoyed it hugely. When Marcella was not in

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Speaker 1: the nursery, Raggedy Ann wrestled with Boots and they would

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Speaker 1: he was very angry and walk sideways until he was

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Speaker 1: close to Raggedy Then he would jump at her and

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Speaker 1: over and over they would roll their heads, hitting the

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Speaker 1: But Raggedy Ann was very glad to have Boots sleep

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Speaker 1: with her, even if he was heavy, and when Boots

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Speaker 1: She had a new coating of wax on her face,

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Speaker 1: and she was more beautiful than ever. Now By this time,

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Speaker 1: Boots was one of the family and did not cry

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Speaker 1: at night. Besides, Boots was told of the mouse in

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Speaker 1: the corner and how he had chewed on Jeanette's wax,

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Speaker 1: so he promised to sleep with one eye open. Late

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Speaker 1: that night, when Boots was the only one awake, out

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Speaker 1: popped a tiny mouse from the hole. Boots jumped after

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Speaker 1: the mouse and hid against the toy piano and made

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Speaker 1: the keys tinkle so loudly it awakened the dolls. They

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Speaker 1: mouse in his mouth. My, how that mouse was squeaking.

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Speaker 1: Raggedy Ann did not like to hear it squeak, but

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Speaker 1: she did not wish Jeannette to have her wax face

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Speaker 1: chewed on again either, So Raggedy Ann said to the

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Speaker 1: go out in the barn and live where you will

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Speaker 1: not destroy anything of value? I did not know, squeaked

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Speaker 1: the little mouse. This is the first time I have

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Speaker 1: ever been here. Aren't you the little mouse who nibbled

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Speaker 1: Jeannette's wax face. Raggedy Ann asked no. The little mouse answered,

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Speaker 1: I was visiting the mice inside the walls and wandered

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Speaker 1: out here to pick up the cake crumbs. I have

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Speaker 1: three little baby mice at home down in the barn.

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Speaker 1: I have never nibbled at any anyone's fox face. Are

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Speaker 1: you a mama mouse? Uncle Clem asked, yes, the little

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Speaker 1: mouse squeaked, and if the kitten will let me go,

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Speaker 1: I will run right home to my children and never

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Speaker 1: return again. Let her go, Boots. The dolls all cried,

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Speaker 1: she has three little baby mice at home. Please let

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Speaker 1: her go. No, sir, Boots growled, this is the first

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Speaker 1: At this the little mamma mouse began squeaking louder than ever.

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Speaker 1: If you do not let the mama mouse go, Boots,

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Speaker 1: I shall not play with you again, said Raggedy Ann.

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Speaker 1: Raggedy will not play with Boots again, said all of

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Speaker 1: the dolls in odd tone. Not to have Raggedy play

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Speaker 1: with them would have been sad, indeed, But Boots only growled.

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Speaker 1: The dolls drew to one side, where Raggedy Ann and

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Speaker 1: Uncle Clem whispered together. And while they whispered, Boots would

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Speaker 1: This he did until the poor little mama mouse grew

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Speaker 1: so tired it could scarcely run away from Boots. Boots

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Speaker 1: Before he would catch it, for he knew it would

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Speaker 1: not escape him. As she watched the little mouse crawling

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Speaker 1: not keep the tears from her shoe button eyes. As

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Speaker 1: Boots started to spring after the little mouse again, raggedy

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Speaker 1: Ann threw her rag arms around the kitten's neck. Run

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Speaker 1: Mamma mouse. Raggedy Ann cried as Boots whirled her over

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Speaker 1: Ann took her arms from around Boots, the kitten was

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Speaker 1: very angry. He laid his ears back and scratched Raggedy

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Speaker 1: Ann with his claws, but raggedy Ann only smiled. It

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Speaker 1: did not hurt her a bit where raggedy was sewed

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Speaker 1: together with a needle and thread. And if that did

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Speaker 1: not hurt, how could the scratch of a kitten. Finally,

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Speaker 1: Boots felt sad and went over and lay down by

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Speaker 1: the hole in the wall in hopes the mouse would return.

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Speaker 1: But the mouse never returned. Even then, Mamma Mouse was

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Speaker 1: out in the barn with her children, warning them to

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Speaker 1: dolls then went to bed. And Raggedy had just dozed

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Speaker 1: It was Boots. She felt a warm, little pink tongue

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Speaker 1: caress her rag cheek. Raggedy Ann smiled happily to herself,

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Speaker 1: where Boots had curled up beside Raggedy Ann and was

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Speaker 1: purring himself to sleep. Then Raggedy Ann knew she had

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Speaker 1: been forgiven for rescuing the Mamma mouse, and she smiled

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Speaker 1: herself to sleep and dreamed happily of tomorrow. And that

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Speaker 1: is the end of this story. Good night, sleep tight