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Speaker 1: Esther's mother has the book and is spending some time

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Speaker 1: thinking about her husband and all the memories that are

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Speaker 1: Magical Book of Dreams Part ten. That night, while everyone

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Speaker 1: The emotions she felt still ranged from sadness to anger,

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Speaker 1: forth the most foolish of emotions, hope. She decided to

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Speaker 1: They would discover what secrets the book held. Together as

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Speaker 1: to read to her, Where Elf magic is real and

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Speaker 1: problem is, head Master, Eiland boomed. The headmaster's voice brought

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Speaker 1: Esther turned more pages until she came to text and

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Speaker 1: told me the location of this portal was a long

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Speaker 1: It would only reveal its secret by the breath of

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Speaker 1: a deserved viewer. I have been blowing on the map

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Speaker 1: I have I guess a further seven cycles journey to

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Speaker 1: Shirewood if I can find a unicorn or dragon to

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Speaker 1: give me passage. By that time, I hope to figure

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Speaker 1: out what makes one worthy of it revealing its secrets.

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Speaker 1: At that moment, Esther stopped reading, further, unfolded the map,

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Speaker 1: decision was being made. Nothing happened until but a few

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Speaker 1: symbol of all, the portal to the unknown realm. And

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Speaker 1: that is the end of this part. Good Night, Leap

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Speaker 1: Tight