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Speaker 1: Welcome in everyone to Lively Lewis Stories. That's right, We're

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Speaker 1: back with even more awesome adventures with Levi and Ivy.

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Speaker 1: our show notes. Enough about that, let's get too Today's

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Speaker 1: super Live Way Lewis story. One Chili fall day, Levi

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Speaker 1: was playing in his front yard as he waited for

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Speaker 1: his sister Ivy. He decided to get some sidewalk chalk

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Speaker 1: and draw on his driveway. He started by making a

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Speaker 1: drawing of himself. He was in a magical forest, surrounded

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Speaker 1: by animals with all shapes and sizes. The drawing grew

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Speaker 1: and grew before Ivy made her way outside. Levi I

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Speaker 1: was hoping that drawing and playing outside would help with

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Speaker 1: played outside all day, then maybe he would finally get

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Speaker 1: a good night's sleep. You see, for the last couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks, every time Levi laid down in bed, he

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Speaker 1: that would wake him up, and once he was up,

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Speaker 1: to help him get to sleep and stay asleep. Calming music,

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Speaker 1: soon Levi would find out the answer to his sleep

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Speaker 1: problem was in the dream he was having. That's a

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Speaker 1: really cool drawing, said Ivy once she made her way outside.

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Speaker 1: Is that the forest from your dream? Yes, Yon, Levi.

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Speaker 1: He had told his sister and his parents all about

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Speaker 1: the dream he kept having over and over again the

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Speaker 1: last couple of weeks. It was set in a magical

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Speaker 1: sound of a waterfall and a nearby babbling brook. His

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Speaker 1: Levi would then see it clearing up ahead. It was

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Speaker 1: Levi would then settle down to read his book and

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Speaker 1: finally not be so tired all day. The fox in

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Speaker 1: Levi's dream was very playful and very very energetic. He

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Speaker 1: After a while, Levi even felt tired in his dream,

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Speaker 1: Levi looked a bit defeated and frustrated with his current

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Speaker 1: Since they had no problem with that, Levi I knew

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Speaker 1: After sipping a nice warm glass of milk, he turned

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Speaker 1: you're Levi, right, exclaimed the fox as he bounced from

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Speaker 1: He hoped by settling and being calm with his tone

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Speaker 1: didn't work at first. Jefferson continued to run around, not

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Speaker 1: listening to Levi. At all, So, how about we played

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Speaker 1: time of year, said Jefferson, trying to hold back you on.

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Speaker 1: How about we just hang out here and talk for

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Speaker 1: a bit, ask Levi. I don't like sitting still, answered Jefferson.

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Speaker 1: Let's just go have some fun like always. Leevi knew

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Speaker 1: going to say, asked Levi? If you sit still, you

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Speaker 1: stared at Levi. How did you know, asked Jefferson, walking

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Speaker 1: replied Levi. That's because I haven't been able to sleep

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Speaker 1: because of you me, answered Jefferson, standing surprise, What did

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Speaker 1: I do? That's when Levi explained to the little fox,

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Speaker 1: how playing all the time in his dream was very fun,

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Speaker 1: but it was just too much at night time. Bedtime

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Speaker 1: is quiet time, calm time, relaxing time, began Levi. We

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Speaker 1: I didn't want to hurt your feelings. You always seem

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Speaker 1: But I really can't do it anymore. I need to

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Speaker 1: get some sleep, and so do you. How do you

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Speaker 1: know what I need to get so sleep, said Jefferson

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Speaker 1: with a yawn. I'm just doing great, always full of

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Speaker 1: highly doubt that, considering you need to be up all

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Speaker 1: couldn't keep pretending anymore, okay, said Jefferson. You're right, I'm

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Speaker 1: to tell Levi how he had just moved to the

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Speaker 1: One day, while he was getting ready to go to sleep,

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Speaker 1: he saw Levi. Jefferson was so excited to see a

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Speaker 1: a great sleep, replied Levi. I feel great. Here's to

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