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Speaker 2: Levi was always happy and fun to be around. He
Speaker 2: was always ready with a joke to make a friend
Speaker 2: laugh and lift someone's spirit. He was encouraging and positive
Speaker 2: and always ready to lend a hand and see things
Speaker 2: from someone else's point of view before reacting to a situation.
Speaker 2: Then one day, something unusual happened. He was having a
Speaker 2: long week at summer camp and his friend Connor dropped
Speaker 2: him an Ivy off on Thursday afternoon.
Speaker 1: He felt well, not himself.
Speaker 2: His attitude was sour, like a double cup of lemonade,
Speaker 2: but without the sugar. Hey, friends, have you ever felt
Speaker 2: that way?
Speaker 1: I know I have.
Speaker 2: His smile was nonexistent, and he just felt off. He
Speaker 2: wore a frown on his face that made him look
Speaker 2: like he didn't want to talk to anyone, and lucky
Speaker 2: for him, I guess walking around with such a negative
Speaker 2: expression on his face made anyone in his path walk
Speaker 2: the other way. Levi just seemed different, so different that
Speaker 2: when he walked in the front door, his dad quickly
Speaker 2: knew something was wrong. Levi, buddy, how was camp, asked
Speaker 2: his dad before looking up and seeing Levi's face. Oh wow,
Speaker 2: judging by your body language, I'm thinking it wasn't.
Speaker 1: Your best day.
Speaker 2: My body language, what do you mean by that? Dad
Speaker 2: snapped Levi as he slammed the door behind him. I
Speaker 2: haven't even said anything, so what language are you even
Speaker 2: talking about? Okay, Levi, first of all, apologize for the
Speaker 2: way you just spoke to me, said his dad. I'm
Speaker 2: here to help you, and it's clear that you're having
Speaker 2: a bit of a hard day. I'm sorry, said Levi quickly,
Speaker 2: as he crossed his arms and the frown on his
Speaker 2: face grew bigger and bigger.
Speaker 1: I'm not having a bit of a hard day. I'm
Speaker 1: having a lot of a bad week.
Speaker 2: As Levi's dad was trying to figure out how he
Speaker 2: was going to handle the situation, as Ivy walked in,
Speaker 2: well actually hind skipped Ivy. She was singing a song
Speaker 2: quietly to herself with a huge smile on her face.
Speaker 2: It was clear to both Levi and his dad that
Speaker 2: she was not having a bad day.
Speaker 1: Hello everyone, tlue do do, saying Ivy as she's spun
Speaker 1: around the living room, wasn't today the best day at camp?
Speaker 2: Levi? It was then that she stopped spinning and looked
Speaker 2: at her brother. It only took a second to realize
Speaker 2: that it definitely wasn't levi best day.
Speaker 1: What's wrong, Levi?
Speaker 2: You look really really, began Ivy, before Levi interrupted her
Speaker 2: mad Well I am, Levi shouted back. Now, Levi, you
Speaker 2: know that's not how we talk to each other, said
Speaker 2: his dad. Please apologize to Ivy. Sorry, said Levi under
Speaker 2: his breath. Ivy could barely hear him, but she knew
Speaker 2: he meant it. She knew he wasn't mad at her,
Speaker 2: and asked his sister. She just wanted to help him
Speaker 2: and figure out what was making him upset. Ivy's dad
Speaker 2: gave her a hug and asked her about her day.
Speaker 2: She filled him in, but didn't go into too many
Speaker 2: fun details because she didn't want to make Levi more upset.
Speaker 2: After all, she clearly had a great day and Levi
Speaker 2: clearly didn't. Well, I'm glad you had a great day,
Speaker 2: said Ivy's dad. I have to talk to Levi now,
Speaker 2: so why don't you go into the kitchen and grab
Speaker 2: a snack? Actually, would you mind if I stayed Levi?
Speaker 2: Ivy asked her brother. I'd really like to help if
Speaker 2: I can. Levi just nodded his head, and Ivy took
Speaker 2: a seat next to him on the couch. Levi, we
Speaker 2: both want to help you work through these emotions you're
Speaker 2: having right now, said Levi's dad. Would you like to
Speaker 2: tell us what's making you so upset? Talking out a
Speaker 2: problem always makes me feel better and often helps me
Speaker 2: solve it.
Speaker 1: I guess, said Levi. But it's just one bad thing
Speaker 1: after another.
Speaker 2: He started by telling Ivy and his dad about what
Speaker 2: had happened at the baseball game.
Speaker 1: He played earlier in the week.
Speaker 2: He really had his heart set on pitching, and his
Speaker 2: camp counselor was coaching that day and promised him he
Speaker 2: could pitch. But when Levi and his friends got to
Speaker 2: the field, another counselor was coaching and already had a
Speaker 2: few of his own pitchers lined up. That made Levi upset,
Speaker 2: but it was only one little thing, so he moved
Speaker 2: on pretty quickly, Or at least that's what he thought.
Speaker 1: His mood did affect his game.
Speaker 2: Levi really wasn't into that game after being told he
Speaker 2: couldn't pitch, and that put him in a bit bit
Speaker 2: of a bad mood. Bad mood made it hard for
Speaker 2: him to concentrate, which caused him to not play very
Speaker 2: well on the field and probably didn't help his hitting either.
Speaker 1: He struck out twice.
Speaker 2: The next day. That bad mood carried over, maybe because
Speaker 2: Levi didn't talk about what was bothering him. He started
Speaker 2: his day out with a bit of a frown, thinking
Speaker 2: of the day before and how he didn't get to
Speaker 2: pitch at the baseball game. It was a rainy day
Speaker 2: at camp, which you may think would make any camper upset,
Speaker 2: but not exactly. Levi was excited for a quiet camp
Speaker 2: day and was ready to play air hockey with his
Speaker 2: friends in the main hall. However, when they got there,
Speaker 2: they were met with a big sign on the air
Speaker 2: hockey table that said out of order.
Speaker 1: Sorry. As he read the sign, Levi could feel.
Speaker 2: His face turned red, clenched his teeth tight, and stomped
Speaker 2: away from the table. His friends called after him because
Speaker 2: they wanted to play a board game instead, but Levi
Speaker 2: just sat in the corner and pouted. He looked so angry,
Speaker 2: in fact, that none of his friends even tried to
Speaker 2: go over and ask him to play again.
Speaker 1: They just went to leave him alone.
Speaker 2: The next day, you guessed it, that bad mood showed
Speaker 2: up to camp with Levi again that day. His frown
Speaker 2: was much bigger than the day before, and it was
Speaker 2: obvious to everyone he was unhappy. Levi wasn't feeling very positive,
Speaker 2: as he kept thinking his week was just going to keep.
Speaker 1: Getting worse, and unfortunately he was right.
Speaker 2: That day, Levi's group was in charge of picking afternoon
Speaker 2: snack for the whole camp, which does sound pretty great.
Speaker 2: I mean, who could be mad at snack time? So
Speaker 2: that made Levi think things were finally looking up. The
Speaker 2: choices for snack were s'mores or candy pudding. Levi loved
Speaker 2: candy pudding. That was when the kids could pick any
Speaker 2: candy they wanted to go in their chocolate or vanilla pudding.
Speaker 2: So before voting started, Levi asked his friend Connor and
Speaker 2: Al to please vote for candy pudding. The counselors gathered
Speaker 2: all the kids from Levi's group in the main hall
Speaker 2: and got to voting. Raise your hand if you'd like
Speaker 2: candy pudding for a snack, called out one of the
Speaker 2: counselors as another counted the hands that were in the air.
Speaker 2: Levi raised his hand super high alongside his friend Connor,
Speaker 2: and they gave their vote for candy pudding. His friend Ol, however,
Speaker 2: at the very last minute, didn't raise his hand. Levi
Speaker 2: was shocked and could feel his face starting to get
Speaker 2: read again. He was getting mad.
Speaker 1: What is going on, he thought to himself.
Speaker 2: Al whispered that he was sorry to Levi and then
Speaker 2: raised his hand for smores. So, after the counselors totaled
Speaker 2: up his votes, s'mores won by just one vote. Levi
Speaker 2: was stunned, disappointed, and really upset. However, this time he
Speaker 2: was more upset than he had ever been before the
Speaker 2: week was just getting worse and worse, and he couldn't
Speaker 2: take it anymore. He turned to his friend out and
Speaker 2: did something he had never done before.
Speaker 1: He yelled at him. Ol what did you just do,
Speaker 1: exclaimed Levi. You promise me you'd vote for candy pudding.
Speaker 1: I am sorry, Levi. I didn't know.
Speaker 2: Oh, it would make you that mad, said Al, backing
Speaker 2: away from Levi because he was getting so loud. Levi
Speaker 2: got so loud, in fact, that his camp counselor walked
Speaker 2: over and had to take Levi away from the group
Speaker 2: to try and calm him down. Levi ended up spending
Speaker 2: the rest of the day playing by himself. He was
Speaker 2: so upset, in fact, that he didn't even eat his
Speaker 2: smores and instead just kept to himself until it was
Speaker 2: time to leave. Levi's counselor even had to give him
Speaker 2: a note for his parents to sign, saying that he
Speaker 2: yelled at another camper that day and that really didn't
Speaker 2: make him feel good. He'd never had a note sent
Speaker 2: home about his behavior before.
Speaker 1: Levi.
Speaker 2: I'm really sorry, said Ivy when Levi was done talking.
Speaker 2: I didn't know you were so upset at camp this week,
Speaker 2: and that was likely because Ivy was in another camp
Speaker 2: group and participating in a bunch of other activities over
Speaker 2: the last few days. She did notice, however, that Levi
Speaker 2: wasn't eating his smores at snack time, but just thought
Speaker 2: maybe he was full from lunch. So that's why I'm mad,
Speaker 2: said Levi. It did feel good to talk about what
Speaker 2: had happened that week, but Levi still didn't feel happy again.
Speaker 2: Ivy and her dad were glad that Levi shared how
Speaker 2: he was feeling and got to work trying to figure
Speaker 2: out the best way to get him back to his normal,
Speaker 2: happy self. Levi is okay to be upset sometimes, said
Speaker 2: his dad. It's okay to be mad and disappointed, but
Speaker 2: the way we choose to deal with those emotions is
Speaker 2: very important. I'll sign that note from your counselor, but
Speaker 2: you have to promise me that we can work together
Speaker 2: to help you find a better way to express yourself
Speaker 2: when you're mad. Levi nodded his head at his dad.
Speaker 2: Then he felt his face get hot like it had
Speaker 2: before when the air hockey table was broken. He knew
Speaker 2: it was getting read too, but then he felt a
Speaker 2: tear run down his cheek. He wasn't just mad, then,
Speaker 2: he was frustrated, and he knew he needed help to
Speaker 2: work through these emotions. Levi felt bad about the way
Speaker 2: he had acted at camp the last few days, and
Speaker 2: he knew he wanted to apologize to Al, his other friends,
Speaker 2: and the camp counselor. But first, leeve I had to
Speaker 2: figure out a good strategy for dealing with these mad
Speaker 2: emotions when they pop up.
Speaker 1: And that's when Ivy stepped in.
Speaker 2: She had experience working through emotions and had something she
Speaker 2: thought would really help Levi. Hey, daddy, do you think
Speaker 2: Levi and I could talk alone for a bit, asked Ivy.
Speaker 2: I think I might have something that can help Levi
Speaker 2: with his emotions. That sounds good to me, said Levi
Speaker 2: and Ivy's dad, how about I go make you both
Speaker 2: a little snack while you talk. Ivy nodded and smiled,
Speaker 2: and Levi gave a thumbs up. He was still feeling down,
Speaker 2: but was really hopeful that whatever Ivy was going to
Speaker 2: show him would work. So, Ivy, what are you thinking
Speaker 2: will help me deal with my emotions when someone makes
Speaker 2: me angry? Asked Levi as he looked at his sister.
Speaker 2: Hold On, I'll be right back, said Ivy with a
Speaker 2: smile as she twirled out the living room. And ride
Speaker 2: up the stairs to her room. Levi waited somewhat impatiently
Speaker 2: because he was still feeling a little bit about everything
Speaker 2: that had happened to him that week. He really hoped
Speaker 2: whatever Ivy had planned would work, but not knowing for
Speaker 2: sure if it would, it wasn't helping his mood. Here
Speaker 2: we go, Levi called out Ivy as she ran back
Speaker 2: down the stairs from her room.
Speaker 1: This will help you out, for sure.
Speaker 2: Ivy stood in front of her brother, holding an antique
Speaker 2: mirror that her grandmother had given her about a year before.
Speaker 2: A mirror, asked Levi, sounding a bit annoyed, What am
Speaker 2: I supposed to do with that?
Speaker 1: It's for self.
Speaker 2: Reflection, answered Ivy self.
Speaker 1: What, asked Levi?
Speaker 2: That's exactly what I said to Mom when she told
Speaker 2: me about self reflection when I was sad and having
Speaker 2: a rough week at school, said Ivy, looking into the mirror.
Speaker 2: This mirror really really helped me work through those emotions,
Speaker 2: and now I have this as a tool to help
Speaker 2: when I'm feeling sad. I always know I have you
Speaker 2: and Mom and Dad to talk to, but sometimes I
Speaker 2: like to try and work things out by myself. It's
Speaker 2: a really good feeling to control your emotions and not
Speaker 2: let them control you.
Speaker 1: That all sounds great, Ivy.
Speaker 2: But what is self reflection asked Levi, again, still not
Speaker 2: totally convinced that the old mirror would help him. First off,
Speaker 2: it's a great way to work through feelings, sad, mad
Speaker 2: or frustrated, began Ivy, mom told me self reflection means
Speaker 2: to look at things that have happened that are causing
Speaker 2: you to feel the way you do, and learn from them,
Speaker 2: like asking what could you have done differently change the outcome,
Speaker 2: or would it have helped to look at the situation
Speaker 2: from another person's point of view.
Speaker 1: Okay, so how does the mirror fit into all of this?
Speaker 2: Asked Levi, sounding a little more interested in what.
Speaker 1: Ivy had to say.
Speaker 2: And that was the best part of the whole self
Speaker 2: reflection journey, because the mirror Ivy held in her hands
Speaker 2: was magic.
Speaker 1: It's a magic. The mirror is magic, exclaimed Ivy.
Speaker 2: It will show you your true emotions reflected to you
Speaker 2: as a color, and then you can watch as the
Speaker 2: things you do either make that color get brighter or
Speaker 2: help it to fade away, bringing you.
Speaker 1: Back to your usual happy, positive self. Magic whispered Levi.
Speaker 2: Now this is the kind of thing he was interested in.
Speaker 2: He and Ivy ran out to the treehouse and got
Speaker 2: ready to conquer those angry emotions. Levi made himself comfortable
Speaker 2: on a bean bag chair and took the mirror from Ivy.
Speaker 2: He looked at his reflection in it and nothing happened. Great,
Speaker 2: another thing to be mad about, grumbled Levi. Then as
Speaker 2: he went to hand the mirror back to Ivy, he
Speaker 2: saw something something red, and that red thing was him
Speaker 2: my face.
Speaker 1: It's it's it's red, shotted lee I, almost dropping Ivy's mirror.
Speaker 2: She did her best to calm her brother down, telling
Speaker 2: him that the color change was part of the process
Speaker 2: and explaining to him.
Speaker 1: What was happening.
Speaker 2: Levi calmed down, your face looks like a bright red
Speaker 2: tomato when you looked in the mirror, because there's the
Speaker 2: same people use when they feel angry or mad, they
Speaker 2: say they're seen red, explained Ivy. Yep, I'm definitely seeing
Speaker 2: red now, Ivy, how do I stop it?
Speaker 1: Shotted Levi, sounding a little scared. I don't like this.
Speaker 1: I want to change it back right now.
Speaker 2: Ivy could tell that Levi was getting mad as he
Speaker 2: held up the mirror and looked like he was going
Speaker 2: to throw it. But if he did that and the
Speaker 2: mirror broke, he may be the color of a tomato forever,
Speaker 2: and even worse, he may never learn how to deal
Speaker 2: with his angry emotions. Ivy knew she had to act
Speaker 2: fast to save the mirror and help Levi. Hey, friends,
Speaker 2: this is the end of part one. Stay tuned soon
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