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Speaker 1: this story? Be two? Let's go one day. Calvin, Flora,

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Speaker 1: and Zachary. We're all playing in their backyard. They were

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Speaker 1: having so much fun when all of a sudden, WHOA,

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Speaker 1: there's a big storm coming. Calvin said, we gotta and

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Speaker 1: inside quick, and they ran inside just before there was

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Speaker 1: a big crash and a big boom. WHOA, that lightning

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Speaker 1: must be close. Gikes. All right, we're gonna have to wait.

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Speaker 1: Oh no, I forgot my shoes Zachary said. He ran

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Speaker 1: back outside. Good thing, it hadn't started raining yet, and

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Speaker 1: he put on his shoes. That was a close one.

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Speaker 1: And as he ran back towards the house, he, oh, no,

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Speaker 1: what what is this? Guys helped me. Zachary, without knowing,

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Speaker 1: had accidentally stepped into quicksand. Oh no, quicksand is so dangerous.

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Speaker 1: If you get stuck in it, it's almost impossible to

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Speaker 1: get out. Calvin, Flora helped me. They ran back outside

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Speaker 1: as the wind and started to blow. Quick. We gotta

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Speaker 1: get some rope, Flora said. They ran over to their

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Speaker 1: garage and looked around for some kind of rope to

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Speaker 1: throw over towards Zachary then pull him out. Uh. Uh,

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Speaker 1: we don't have any rope. What do we do? What

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Speaker 1: do we do? Calvin was very worried. Um, maybe some sticks.

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Speaker 1: Maybe we could get a long stick and reach it

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Speaker 1: out towards Calvin towards uh, what's his name, Zachary? Oh gosh,

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Speaker 1: we almost forgot his name, and we could reach it

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Speaker 1: out towards Zachary, and then Zachary could pull it and

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Speaker 1: me and you, Calvin, we could pull him out. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's get to work, as Calvin and Flora quickly ran

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Speaker 1: around in the forest looking for a long branch. Zachary

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Speaker 1: was slowly sinking deeper and deeper into the quicksand the

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Speaker 1: storm was getting closer. The wind was howling, but the

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Speaker 1: rain had still not begun yet. Zachary was sitting there,

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Speaker 1: stuck in the quicksand he started to think, where in

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Speaker 1: the world did this quicksand come from? Like this? We've

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Speaker 1: seen this quick sand before. Who put it here? Calvin

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Speaker 1: and Florida had finally found a long branch and they

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Speaker 1: ran it over to Zachary very quickly. All right, Zack,

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Speaker 1: hold onto here and we'll pull you out. Are you ready? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm ready, Zachary shouted. All right. On the count of three,

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Speaker 1: let's pull one, two three, Paul. Calvin and Flora pulled

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Speaker 1: with all their might, and Zachary budget a little, but

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Speaker 1: he was still stuck. Uh, all right, let's do it

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Speaker 1: one one more time, is even harder, one two three, Paul,

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Speaker 1: And just like that, pop, pop, Zachary popped right out

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Speaker 1: of the quicksand. But oh no, my shoes are in there. Well, Zachary,

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Speaker 1: I think we're gonna have to leave those there, because

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's any way that you can get

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Speaker 1: those out of there. Look at that, they just sunk

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Speaker 1: all the way to the bottom. They're gone. Oh man,

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Speaker 1: those are my favorite shoes. Zachary said, all right, well,

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Speaker 1: let's get back to the house because, oh no, what

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Speaker 1: just happened. As Floria turned around, all of them could

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Speaker 1: not believe their eyes. The quicksand was not only right

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Speaker 1: there in this little puddle, but it was spreading across

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Speaker 1: the whole yard. How in the world are we gonna

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Speaker 1: looks almost like lava. It's going everywhere. How are we

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Speaker 1: Calvin Um, what do you have any ideas? Mm hmmm,

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Speaker 1: uh well, one idea, we could climb up this tree

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Speaker 1: Are you I don't think so? That sounds too dangerous.

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Speaker 1: We need a different plan, Zachary, Do you have any ideas? Mm? Well,

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Speaker 1: we're running out of time. It looks like the quicksands

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Speaker 1: find a way to get over, maybe, like can we

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Speaker 1: find anything. They ran inside the fort and looked around,

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Speaker 1: but they couldn't find Wait, look at this. Calvin pulled

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Speaker 1: out a big long snow sled that they put in

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Speaker 1: the fort because it wasn't winter anymore and they didn't

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Speaker 1: need it. But maybe we could like sit on top

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Speaker 1: of this sled and someone could push us across really fast,

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Speaker 1: and we could slide across the Quicksand that's actually a

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Speaker 1: good idea. Flora said. You see, if we can disperse

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Speaker 1: our weight and spread our weight out like on this

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Speaker 1: big long snow sled and we go one at a time,

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Speaker 1: maybe we could get across without getting stuck. All right,

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Speaker 1: who's first, Um, I'll go. Zachary said, all right, Zachary,

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Speaker 1: you get on and we're gonna push it across with

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Speaker 1: the sled back to us and we'll go across one

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Speaker 1: at a time. All right, I'm on, I'm ready. Give

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Speaker 1: me a big push, And just like that, Calvin and

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Speaker 1: Flora pushed the sled with Zachary on it across this

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Speaker 1: quicksand and who he made it. He made it to

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Speaker 1: the other side of the quicksand that's amazing, all right, Zachary,

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Speaker 1: go get some rope quick. Zachary had heard that they

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Speaker 1: didn't find any rope in the garage, but oh what

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Speaker 1: about the shed? Yeah, in the shed there were all

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Speaker 1: looked in the shed and there was there's a big

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Speaker 1: long cord that would be definitely long enough. All right.

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Speaker 1: He tied it onto the snow sled and through the

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Speaker 1: snow sled back over to the other side where Calvin

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Speaker 1: and Flora were waiting. The circle that they were standing

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Speaker 1: on that didn't have quicksand was getting smaller and smaller.

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Speaker 1: They're running out of time, all right, Kelvin Flora, do

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Speaker 1: you guys want to get on together? And I'll try

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Speaker 1: to pull you across I don't think that's a good

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Speaker 1: idea of Flora said, you see, if we both get on,

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Speaker 1: then it'll be too heavy, and then we might sink

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Speaker 1: in the quicksand. We gotta go one at a time,

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Speaker 1: but we gotta go quickly. Flora got on first and

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Speaker 1: and Zachary pulled Floor across on the sled across the quicksand.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get it back so we can save Calvin.

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Speaker 1: They threw the sled back over to the other side.

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Speaker 1: Calvin was running out of time. There was almost no

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Speaker 1: grass left. The quicksand was completely surrounding him, and Calvin

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Speaker 1: climbed on and with one big pole, Flora and Zachary

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Speaker 1: The storms here. I think the rain is about to start.

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Speaker 1: We gotta get inside. The three of them ran inside

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Speaker 1: Who that was a close one. Calvin said, yeah, well,

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Speaker 1: and now what do I do about these? Zachary pointed

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Speaker 1: down at his feet. I don't have any shoes. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: they they're a little stinky. Let's go upstairs. And find

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Speaker 1: some shoes that you can borrow until you get some

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Speaker 1: new ones. Let's go the end. What a crazy adventure

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Speaker 1: that Calvin, Flora and Zachary just had. And remember, if

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