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Speaker 2: dot com. And now back to the show. Hello friends,

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Speaker 2: it's mister Jim and welcome back to kid Short Stories.

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Speaker 2: If this is your first time, Hello, my name's mister Jim,

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Speaker 2: and I love story time so much parents. I am

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Speaker 2: a dad of three kids. Me and my wife we

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Speaker 2: live in South Carolina and we love story time. We

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Speaker 2: a screen. Well, today's story comes to us from one

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Speaker 2: of my friends, Slater. Hey Slater, he sent me an

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Speaker 2: and maybe we'll turn it into an awesome adventure. This

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Speaker 1: Me too, Let's go er Pearls Rubble.

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Speaker 2: I've been working on so hard on this tuner.

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Speaker 1: That's final Finnel, full of work.

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Speaker 2: The world.

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Speaker 1: We're love Cotton Tunnel Forever. That was the voice of Tickles,

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Speaker 1: the troll.

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Speaker 2: Tickles lived underground and he was a little troll that

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Speaker 1: I I like cotton candy.

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Speaker 2: To you, what is your favorite color of cotton candy?

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Speaker 2: Or if you could make cotton candy any color, what

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Speaker 2: that sounds pretty amazing, right, Well, unfortunately this story takes

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Speaker 2: A volcano is starting to grow under the ground. A volcano,

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Speaker 2: shouted Slater. Yes, a volcano. You need to evacuate the

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Speaker 2: Cotton candy volcano. Woooo. Everyone erupted into screaming with excitement.

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Speaker 2: As they started to gather it in bags. The ground

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Speaker 2: Everyone was so excited for more, but it was starting

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Speaker 1: Slater, what are we gonna do?

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Speaker 2: I can't even see you. Slater and all of his

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Speaker 2: Slater ran back to his house because he knew this

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Speaker 2: What if it kept shooting out cotton candy like forever

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Speaker 2: sounds amazing, but it's not stopping. Can you pull up

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Speaker 2: this is not good. We're sending you the report now.

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Speaker 2: Slater received the report of the X ray of underground

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Speaker 2: Don dun dull, Oh pearl, this is the prestel of all,

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Speaker 2: said Tickles the Troll. He was so happy to spread

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Speaker 1: O who's that ouch? Who is that? Said Slater. Marlon's

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Speaker 1: Chuck Carls. What a little delongs still are well.

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Speaker 2: I'm trying to figure out how to turn off this volcano,

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Speaker 2: said Slater. Turn it off? What a little talking about?

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Speaker 1: This is the best thing in the whole.

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Speaker 2: Wild world, shouted Tickles. Slater and Tickles then talked for

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Speaker 2: a very long time. Slater was describing how this volcano

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Speaker 2: would now never turn off. Yeah, and you see that's

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Speaker 1: Uh oh wow, that does sound pull.

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Speaker 2: Well, listen off Putson underground, but turn it off the

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Speaker 2: unva turn it back on over a gum.

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Speaker 1: Oh.

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Speaker 2: I'm so sorry, Tickles, said Slater. I know you've worked

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Speaker 2: volcano for good. Wow, Tickles, I know that was so

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Speaker 2: and maybe even the whole world, said Slater. Oh, Laura,

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Speaker 2: bro I'm just don't know what the door with all

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Speaker 2: those cotton candle now, well, I think I have an idea,

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Speaker 2: said Slater. That weekend, Slater tickles and the whole city

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Speaker 2: through a ginormous cotton candy party. They had to do

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Speaker 2: something with all this cotton candy, and so they made

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Speaker 2: a party.

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Speaker 1: Out of it.

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Speaker 2: Whooa, that would be awesome. I wish that happened in

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Speaker 2: my neighborhood. Well, if you ever see a cotton candy volcano,

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Speaker 2: please invite me to the party. The end. Great job,

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Speaker 2: know it. Tima Days, It's time for Coode shout out.

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Speaker 2: I want to say hey to Brennan Reeese from Houston, Texas,

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Speaker 2: our spy team. We could not stop Doctor Stinky Breath

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Speaker 2: without you, my friends.

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Speaker 1: Well, you have a super duper day, and I will

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Speaker 1: see you on our next adventure. And guess what, there's

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Speaker 1: so many more stories. I'll see you over there.

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Speaker 2: Bye.