1 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. I'd like 2 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 1: to say hello to Ava and Emma. Hello to Daisy 3 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:24,959 Speaker 1: from Sydney, Australia who is nine years old. Hello to 4 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: Ruby May, Hello to Gemma who lives in East Vancouver, Washington. 5 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: Hello to ray L from Herber, USA, Hello to Eva, 6 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: Hello to Aubrey who is nine, Hello to Addie, and 7 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: hello to Hudson, Nolan and Evelyn. I'd like to say 8 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: a happy belated birthday to Olivia Tully from Waukeshaw, Wisconsin, 9 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: who had a birthday January twenty fifth. 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Jake keeps staring out the 32 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: window and sees several things he thinks are very suspicious. 33 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: The next morning, when his parents say they are going 34 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: over to greet the new neighbors, Jake tries to convince 35 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: them otherwise. Jake's new neighbors, Jake looked out the bay 36 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: window of their house and noticed a great, big truck 37 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: parked across the street in their old neighbor's driveway. Hey, Jennifer, 38 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: what's that big truck doing in old mister McDonald's house's driveway? 39 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: Are they doing something bad? Jennifer came into the living room, 40 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: looked out the window and said, it's a moving truck. 41 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: You don't remember saying goodbye to mister McDonald before he 42 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: moved to his new condo across town. Oh yeah, I forgot, 43 00:03:55,160 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: Jake said, you have such a bad memory. These are 44 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: likely our new neighbors moving in. Jennifer walked away, punching 45 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: Jake in the arm as she walked by. Hey, he said. 46 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: It was Saturday and Jake usually went to play with 47 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: his friends in the neighborhood, but after he got home 48 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: from swimming practice, his mom went and saw the mess 49 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: in his bedroom. Now he had to first tidy his 50 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: room before he could go anywhere, which was why he 51 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: was down in the living room watching people unload the 52 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: truck across the street. Jake was an expert in a 53 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: million different things, including leaving chores to the last possible moment. 54 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: What is that they're carrying in? He said to himself. 55 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: It looks like a coffin. Maybe our new neighbors are vampires. Hey, Jennifer, 56 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: I think the new neighbors might be vampires, Jake yelled. 57 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: Didn't Mom tell you to clean your room, she replied. 58 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: Just then, a black suv with tinted windows pulled up 59 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 1: in front of the house. Ooh, what's this, Jake mumbled. 60 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 1: Maybe the new neighbors are secret agents or spies. Hey, Jennifer, 61 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 1: I think our new neighbors might be super vampire spies 62 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 1: or vampire secret agents. They just pulled up in a 63 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 1: super creepy car. Jennifer returned to the living room from 64 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 1: the kitchen, where she was trying to do some homework. Look, 65 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: stinky head, you better get to your room and start 66 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: cleaning up. Mom and dad will be home soon from 67 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 1: buying groceries, and if Mom sees you are procrastinating again, 68 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 1: you might not get outside for the rest of the weekend. 69 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: I'm I'm a big boy and I can do what 70 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:08,119 Speaker 1: I want. Just then, Jake and Jennifer's mom and dad 71 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: drove into the driveway. Well gotta go talk later, Jake said, 72 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,799 Speaker 1: as he ran out of the living room to his bedroom, 73 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: where he promptly started picking up his stinky socks off 74 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: the floor. The next morning, Jake walked into the kitchen 75 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: to have breakfast. Half in a daze. He sat down 76 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: at the table with a PLoP. He grabbed a box 77 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: of his favorite cereal and filled his bowl with super sweet, 78 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 1: brightly colored balls. You are looking tired this morning, Jake 79 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: was swimming practice that difficult yesterday. No, I'm tired because 80 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: of all the hard labor I had to do to 81 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: tidy my room. It took me hours and hours and hours. 82 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: Yeah right, you are tired because you were up late 83 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: last night looking at the new neighbors out of your 84 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: bedroom window. Jennifer said, as she walked into the kitchen. 85 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: Are you spying on me? Jake asked, spy on you? 86 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: I don't have time to spy on you, stinky head. 87 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: You left your door open and I could see in 88 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 1: when I got up to use the bathroom. Okay, okay, 89 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: you two. Speaking of our new neighbors, we are going 90 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: over to welcome them to the neighborhood later this morning. 91 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,119 Speaker 1: You both should come with us. You can't go, mom, 92 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: The new neighbors seem very suspicious, Jake said, Here we go. 93 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: Jennifer said, rolling her eyes. Okay, Jake, why do you 94 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: think the new neighbors seem suspicious. His mother asked, well, 95 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: first I thought they might be vampires because of the 96 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: large they took into their house. But then when they 97 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: pulled up in a black suv, and only secret agents 98 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: drive black SUVs, you know, I thought maybe they might 99 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 1: be some kind of vampire Secret agents. Jake said, with 100 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: as much conviction as he could muster. Oh, Jake, you 101 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: certainly have an active imagination. His mom said, that's not 102 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: all Mom, I now think they might be aliens. You see, 103 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: last night I heard strange noises coming from the direction 104 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: of their house, so I looked out my window and 105 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: saw all these strange lights and shapes coming from one 106 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: of their bedrooms. So that means they must be aliens. 107 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 1: Jennifer asked, it looks just like what I saw on 108 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: that show on TV that's a cartoon. They make stuff up. 109 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: You're such a dork, Jennifer said, laughing, Well, their clothes 110 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 1: look different too, Jennifer, Stop calling your brother names. Their 111 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: mother said, I think we will take a chance that 112 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 1: they are not vampires, spies or aliens from another planet 113 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: and go over and be friendly. But Mom, and is 114 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: your cereal? Jake, you don't have to come. But I 115 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: hear they have a young boy your age. You should 116 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 1: be nice and introduce yourself. He might not have any 117 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: friends yet, and it would be good if you had 118 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 1: a new friend close to home and no more watching 119 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: that show on TV, she said, as she gathered up 120 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: the welcome basket she planned to give the new neighbors. 121 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: Later that morning, Jake watched his mom, dad, and stinky 122 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: sister walk across the street to say hello to the 123 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 1: new neighbors. Oh no, Dad is shaking their hand. Mom too. 124 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: That can't be good, he said aloud to himself. No, 125 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: they are going inside their house. What if they step 126 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: on a teleportation pad and are sent to their whole planet. 127 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: Jake paced the floor waiting for his parents and sister 128 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: to return. He looked at his watch. It's been fifteen 129 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: minutes already. What could they be doing for so long? 130 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: He paced some more, looked at his watch and saw 131 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: it had been twenty minutes. They must have been turned 132 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: into aliens too, or are on the alien's home planet, 133 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: he thought, as he finally sat on the couch. Just then, 134 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: there was a knock at the door. Jake looked out 135 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: the window. It was the boy from the family should 136 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: he answer? This time, the doorbell rang. Jake went to 137 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 1: the door and said, Hello, can I help you? My 138 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,679 Speaker 1: name is Lucas. I just moved in across the street, 139 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: and your parents suggested that I come over and get 140 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: you so that you could join them, he said quietly. 141 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: Jake cautiously opened the door. Hi, I'm Jake, he said, 142 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 1: with a look of suspicion. You don't have to come over. 143 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: Your parents thought you might be lonely, and my mom 144 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 1: and your mom sent me to see if you would 145 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: like to join us for pie and ice cream, Lucas said, 146 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:43,559 Speaker 1: as he started to walk away. Jake wasn't sure if 147 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: it was the offer of pie and ice cream or 148 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 1: the sincerity of Lucas's request, but he said, uh, sorry, 149 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: just a minute, I'll come with you. They walked across 150 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: the street and into the front door of Lucas's house. Hey, geek, 151 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 1: you decided to leave Dreamland and join us, Jennifer said 152 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: from the living room. Jennifer Her mother said, I'm so sorry. 153 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: They tease each other constantly. It's fine. I used to 154 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: do the same thing to my younger brother when I 155 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 1: was her age, Lucas's mother said, Lucas, why don't you 156 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 1: take Jake into the kitchen and you two can have 157 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 1: some pie. I left the ice cream on the table, 158 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: Lucas's mother said. They sat at the table, eating their 159 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: pie and ice cream in silence until Jake said quietly, so, 160 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: what brings you to Charlottetown. My mother got a new 161 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: job here, and my father had always thought of moving 162 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,319 Speaker 1: to Prince Edward Island since he visited as a kid. 163 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 1: Lucas replied, Oh, that's cool. Where did you move from, 164 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 1: Jake asked, as he took another bite of pie. We 165 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: lived in North York. Seeing that Jake looked confused, he added, 166 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: that's a part of Toronto. Oh, I haven't been to 167 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: Toronto before. Montreal is the farthest we have gone. My 168 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: parents don't like big cities much. So what is there 169 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: to do around here, Lucas asked, Not too much, really, 170 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 1: I spend much of my free time swimming with the 171 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 1: Blue Fins, hanging out and making lego and stuff. I 172 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: was thinking of trying out for the Blue Fins, Lucas said, 173 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: you swim, Yes, I swam with my school team, but 174 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 1: haven't been that serious. You certainly should try out for 175 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: the blue fins. Our coach is good and we certainly 176 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: could use more swimmers, Jake said, I'm supposed to go 177 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: on Monday to try out during one of your practices. 178 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 1: I'm sure you would have no problem making the team. 179 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: Jake said, I also make and collect lego. I haven't 180 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: unpacked all my sets yet and some are probably in pieces, 181 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: but I could show you some of my collection. That 182 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 1: would be great, Jake said. Jake and Lucas spent the 183 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: next hour hanging out in Lucas's room, where they discovered 184 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: they had much in common. They both loved swimming, making lego, 185 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: reading the same books, and liked many of the same movies. Later, 186 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: after they had finished their visit, Jake, Jennifer, and their 187 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: mom and dad walked across the street. As they reached 188 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: their front door, Jake's mother said, that wasn't so bad. 189 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: You shouldn't let your imagination color your opinions of others, Jake, 190 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: be open to new people and you might make interesting friends. Yes, Mom, 191 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 1: I don't know. Mom. I think I might have turned 192 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: into a vampire alien from outer space, Jennifer jokingly said 193 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: as she chased Jake into his bedroom. And that's the 194 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: end of our story, good Night, sleep tight.