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Speaker 1: to sleep Tight Stories. The day has arrived for the

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Speaker 1: school play and Bernice is super nervous. She can't sleep,

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Speaker 1: even after trying her deep breathing exercises. She goes to

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Speaker 1: When Bernice gets home from school, she sits and tells

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Speaker 1: Papa told her it was like the good magic in

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Speaker 1: the bedtime stories. He told her. It was quiet except

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Speaker 1: She just says she breathes heavily sometimes. Hi, Cookie, how

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Speaker 1: With Bernice, Cookie purred louder and curled up closer to her.

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Speaker 1: I can't seem to stay asleep, Cookie. I go to

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Speaker 1: I don't know why. It's just for the kids and

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Speaker 1: should try it again. What do you think? Cookie made

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Speaker 1: think I'd better go ask Papa for help. Bernice slid

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Speaker 1: I don't know, Papa. I think I feel nervous and stuff. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I get nervous sometimes too. I'll walk you back to

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Speaker 1: making you feel the way you do. Thank you, Papa.

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Speaker 1: After tucking Bernice under the covers in her bed, Papa

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Speaker 1: Like you have butterflies in your stomach? Papa. I would

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Speaker 1: Bernice said, with a strange look on her face. I know,

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Speaker 1: little Bear, it's just a figure of speech. Papa Bear said,

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Speaker 1: in a hushed tone. Yeah, I'm just kidding. Sometimes Bobby

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Speaker 1: It's a chance to show others how much you care,

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Speaker 1: Papa Beer said, I do care, Papa. It's a fun play,

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Speaker 1: But you should know that your Mama and I support

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Speaker 1: want you to succeed too. Everything will be okay, thank you, Papa.

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Speaker 1: I hope I don't make any mistakes, Brittany said quietly, yawning.

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Speaker 1: mistakes means you're trying new things and being brave, Papa

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Speaker 1: Bear said, with a bigger yawn. You sound like you

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear said, with a laugh. Are you ready to

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Speaker 1: Are they ready to go back to sleep too? They

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Speaker 1: She is her own cat. Papa, can we have chocolate

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Speaker 1: chip cookies tomorrow for our treat? They are one of

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear replied, sure thing, little Bear, chocolate chip cookies

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Speaker 1: and milk. My yawns are infectious. Bernice whispered with a

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Speaker 1: you too, Little Bear. Hi, Papa, I'm home, yelled Bernice

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Speaker 1: as she ran in the front door of their small house,

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Speaker 1: I think I could smell them all the way from school.

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Speaker 1: They just came out of the oven, Little Bear, and

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Speaker 1: I think they might be super yummy, Papa Bear said,

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Speaker 1: before I eat them all up. As Bernice sat down

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Speaker 1: to take off her sneakers, they weren't as stubborn as before,

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Speaker 1: but the knots were always too tight. Cookie came running

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Speaker 1: around the corner to say hello, Hi, Cookie. You should

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Speaker 1: have seen me in the play today. I made some mistakes,

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Speaker 1: but everyone said the play was good and I tried

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Speaker 1: on my performance. She smiled too, which is just about

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Speaker 1: only the second time anyone has seen her smile. I

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Speaker 1: think maybe she is not as scary as I thought.

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Speaker 1: Cookie rubbed up against Bernice, purring loudly. This was her

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Speaker 1: way of saying she was proud of Bernice anyway. Cookie,

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Speaker 1: Papa is just kidding about eating all the cookies, but

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Speaker 1: am super hungry today from all my hard work. I

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Speaker 1: hope we can chat later, or maybe we can play

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Speaker 1: The cookie smells super duper yummy, Papa, and they look

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Speaker 1: nice too. Thank you, Little Bear. Wash your hands while

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Speaker 1: I put our cookies on the table with some milk.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to hear all about your day today,

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear said, with a great big smile, Sitting down

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Speaker 1: and after taking a great big drink of milk, Bernice said,

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Speaker 1: it was a good day, Papa, and I am thirsty

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Speaker 1: and almost starving. I think, so, how was your performance,

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Speaker 1: Papa Bear asked. Papa Bear had to wait a bit

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Speaker 1: as Bernice took a few bites of her cookie. The

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Speaker 1: teachers said they were proud of us all, so that's

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Speaker 1: pretty good. My performance went really well too. I was

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Speaker 1: which helped a lot. After I got started, it just

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Speaker 1: It was fun to do a play with our class.

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Speaker 1: It's wonderful to hear that you feel happy about the experience.

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Speaker 1: Bear said, with a big smile. After taking a drink

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Speaker 1: of tea, he said, so tell me more. Sorry, Papa,

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Speaker 1: my tummy keeps telling me to finish more cookies. The

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Speaker 1: play went so well, Papa, that missus Lawson smiled at

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Speaker 1: me again. I think this might be only the second

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Speaker 1: time that she has smiled and congratulated me. She may

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Speaker 1: Bobby during the performance got a case of the giggles,

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Speaker 1: and then he just continued with a smile like nothing happened.

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Speaker 1: It was funny, and I think the audience thought it

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Speaker 1: was just a part of the play. Bobby is good

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Speaker 1: at ad libbing. I think that's the word. Afterwards, we

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Speaker 1: all celebrate it. At lunchtime, the kitchen prepared special desserts

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Speaker 1: can't even remember what it was. Ethan brought extra, so

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Speaker 1: he gave me half a sandwich because I was still

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Speaker 1: a bit hungry. It was a peanut butter and jam sandwich.

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Speaker 1: He said he only gets them on special occasions and stuff.

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Speaker 1: It was yummy because the peanut butter was crunchy. That

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Speaker 1: Then we had some classes in the afternoon, but the

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Speaker 1: I talked to her recently, and I think she is

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Speaker 1: not only a good teacher, but also a kind person.

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Speaker 1: You are lucky to be in her class. While you

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Speaker 1: finish your cookie, I am going to start dinner a

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Speaker 1: little early. Okay, Papa, thank you for the delicious cookies.

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Speaker 1: You are welcome, little Bear. It's that time, Papa yonned Bernice.

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Speaker 1: And what time is that, little bear? Papa Bear replied,

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Speaker 1: time for sleep. I am tired tonight, Papa, I was.

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Speaker 1: I'm so tired that Mama had to help me with

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Speaker 1: my bedtime routine. She said, I was walking around like

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Speaker 1: a zombie in those movies I am not allowed to watch. Huh.

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Speaker 1: That's pretty tired. You had a big day and not

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Speaker 1: are going to bed early tonight. Yeah, Bernice whispered with

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Speaker 1: And we are proud of how brave you are. Thank you, Papa.

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Speaker 1: Are you comfy and warm? Yes? How about Twiggle, Wolfy

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Speaker 1: and Madeleine are they comfy and warm too? They are,

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Speaker 1: Bernice whispered, Cookie looks ready to sleep too. Papa Bear said,

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Speaker 1: love you, Papa, Love you too, little bear. Papa Bear

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Speaker 1: gave Bernice a big hug and a kiss, and before

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Speaker 1: was fast asleep. Sweet dreams, Bernice, And that is the

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Speaker 1: end of our story. Good Night, sleep Tight,