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Speaker 1: Welcome back the Kids Short Stories. Today's stories brought to

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Speaker 1: us by one of our friends, Zoe. Hey Zoe, she

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Speaker 1: left a review on our Apple podcasts about her idea

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Speaker 1: first story, which you can do too, So make sure

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Speaker 1: you hit subscribe and leave a review with your idea

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Speaker 1: for a story and maybe I'll turn it into a

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Speaker 1: spy adventure. Zoe, Are you ready? Let's go? One afternoon,

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Speaker 1: Zoe was busy getting ready for her ballet class later

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Speaker 1: that day. She was so excited because she loved to

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Speaker 1: go to ballet as much as she could. All her

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Speaker 1: friends were there, and she loved her teachers, and it

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Speaker 1: was just so fun. And today was a special day

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Speaker 1: because instead of driving in her parents car like normal,

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Speaker 1: today was a scooter, which meant she got to ride

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Speaker 1: her scooter all the way to ballet class. This was

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Speaker 1: a very special treat because she was very excited to

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Speaker 1: show all her friends her new scooter. And so she

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Speaker 1: was getting everything ready. She got her helmet and her

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Speaker 1: backpack and her ballet shoes and everything that she needed,

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Speaker 1: and then it was time let's go. She hopped on

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Speaker 1: her scooter and zoomed off towards ballet class. It was

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Speaker 1: only a couple of minutes away, especially when she was

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Speaker 1: going super fast, and she was really excited, so she

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Speaker 1: was going as fast as she could by the time

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Speaker 1: she got there. Wait a second, looked a little different.

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Speaker 1: There was a lot of water outside of the building.

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Speaker 1: More than like it looked kind of like there was

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Speaker 1: a pond outside, and there's not normally a pond outside

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Speaker 1: of ballet class. That's very strange. But oh well, I'm

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Speaker 1: super excited, she said, I cannot wait to practice my

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Speaker 1: pirouettes and show everyone my scooter. And so as she

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Speaker 1: walked inside, her teachers were standing there, and there were

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Speaker 1: a couple of students that were there, but some were late,

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Speaker 1: so they weren't there yet. And Zoe was so excited

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Speaker 1: to show them her scooter. She said, guys, check out

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Speaker 1: my scooter. Isn't it so cool? And everyone came over

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Speaker 1: and looked at it. They said, Wow, I wish I

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Speaker 1: had one like that. That's so awesome. So we felt

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Speaker 1: really proud of her scooter. She was really happy, and

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Speaker 1: her teacher said, all right, everybody, I need you to

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Speaker 1: gather around and put these on. She had never seen

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Speaker 1: these before. What in the world. Her teacher said, these

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Speaker 1: are very special. Masks that help you breathe air underwater.

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Speaker 1: Wait a second, so he said, this this is ballet practice, right,

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Speaker 1: this we we're gonna be dancing, right And the teacher said, yeah,

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Speaker 1: this isn't. This is ballet class. It's just gonna be

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Speaker 1: a little different today. All right, are you ready? Everyone

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Speaker 1: put your masks on. Let's go. And the teachers walked

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Speaker 1: into the room, which was surrounded by mirrors, which is

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Speaker 1: normal for ballet, and as everyone got ready, the teacher said,

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Speaker 1: all right, all the maths on. Great, I'm going to

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Speaker 1: open the door and a surprise is gonna come in.

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Speaker 1: Are you guys ready, yeah, everybody said, And just like that,

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Speaker 1: the teacher opened the door and oh my gosh, zo

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Speaker 1: he couldn't believe it. There was water rushing into the

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Speaker 1: room so fast. Everyone was screaming. They couldn't believe it.

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Speaker 1: We get to swim today, Yeah, they were so excited.

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Speaker 1: The ballet classroom turned into a ginormous swimming pool. And

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Speaker 1: best of all, they had these super special breathing masks

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Speaker 1: so that they could stay underwater and breathe. How cool

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Speaker 1: is that? Can you breathe underwater? No? Me neither, And

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Speaker 1: actually yeah, it's kind of like a fish. You're right,

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Speaker 1: fish can't breathe underwater, but we can't. And so as

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Speaker 1: they started swimming around, the teacher said, all right, everybody,

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Speaker 1: so I need you to put on these special heavy shoes.

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Speaker 1: And these special heavy shoes will help you stay at

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Speaker 1: the bottom instead of floating to the top, which is

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Speaker 1: going to be really important for what we're about to do.

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Speaker 1: And everyone said okay, and they put on these special

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Speaker 1: the bottom of the pond. It's a good thing we're

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Speaker 1: wearing these masks, Zoe said, or else this would not

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Speaker 1: be very fun. I would have to hold my breath

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Speaker 1: for very long, and that would be a lot of work.

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Speaker 1: So I'm glad I have these masks. And just then

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Speaker 1: it and pretty soon what is that. Oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: it's an octopus and fish. Wow. Out of the door

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Speaker 1: came swimming and octopus and fish and seahorses and all

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Speaker 1: kinds of creatures and even a shark and a whale. Ah.

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Speaker 1: The teacher said, all right, everybody, these are our special

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Speaker 1: dancing guests. Everyone say hi, uh, do really are you serious.

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Speaker 1: They waved at the creatures and they waved back. What

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Speaker 1: are these like friendly animals? The teacher said, yes, Zoe,

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Speaker 1: they are specially trained for ballet. The shark, the whale,

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Speaker 1: the octopus and all the fish and the seahorses. They're

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Speaker 1: actually really really good at ballet, and so I've invited

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Speaker 1: them to dance with us and so we can have

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Speaker 1: a fun time. Uh is this safe? Are they friendly? Yes?

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Speaker 1: The teacher said. All the animals are very nice, and

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Speaker 1: sometimes they get a little hungry, so we have to

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Speaker 1: remember two give them a special snack if they get

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Speaker 1: too hungry, or else they might nibble on our shoes

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Speaker 1: or our hair. That would hurt, so let's not let

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Speaker 1: that happen. Okay, all right, everyone line up, get ready.

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Speaker 1: Let's practice our purouets one two three, one two three

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Speaker 1: And the teachers started going through all the practices and

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Speaker 1: it was amazing. All the animals, all the fish and

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Speaker 1: the shark and the whale and the octopus and the seahorse.

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Speaker 1: They were incredible. Have you ever seen a ballet practice before? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's super fun and really cool to watch, and these

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Speaker 1: animals were actually very good. Zoe couldn't believe it. It

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Speaker 1: seems like they've been doing this a very long time,

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Speaker 1: because they this was not their first time. But all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, the whale he started, Oh gosh, he's

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Speaker 1: licking his lips. Oh when his belly just started rumbling.

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Speaker 1: What do you think that means? Does that mean he's

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Speaker 1: getting hungry? Teacher, teacher, excuse me? Zoe said, Oh, not

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Speaker 1: right now, Zoe, we're still practicing. Hands down. Zoe didn't

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Speaker 1: know what to do. The whale was getting closer to

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Speaker 1: the teacher. Oh my gosh, I hope the teacher doesn't

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Speaker 1: get eaten. Wait where are those snacks? So we ran

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Speaker 1: over and grabbed one of those whale snacks the teacher

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Speaker 1: had talked about, and she threw it towards the whale,

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Speaker 1: and the whale gave a big smile to Zoe after

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Speaker 1: he chomped it all down. Who I guess she really

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Speaker 1: was hungry as a he said, I'm glad to meet

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Speaker 1: the teacher. That would have been crazy. And then the

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Speaker 1: class continued on and they had such a fun time,

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Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, Zoe heard Zoe, Zoe, Zoe,

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Speaker 1: wake up, wake up. Zoe opened her eyes and, oh,

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Speaker 1: my gosh, what time, is it? Her? I said, it's

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Speaker 1: time to get ready to go to class. You just

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Speaker 1: fell asleep on the couch, and it's time to go

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Speaker 1: get your scooter. Oh my gosh. Zoe couldn't believe it

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Speaker 1: it was time to go, she had Was that all

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Speaker 1: a dream? Oh my gosh, that was a really cool dream.

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Speaker 1: But I gotta go to ballet class. See you later, guys.

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Speaker 1: By the end,