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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. Every week

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Speaker 1: we celebrate our supporters through shout outs and personal birthday messages.

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Speaker 1: We think this is also a fun way for us

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Speaker 1: to hear about all the amazing places that you our

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Speaker 1: listeners come from. I'd like to say hello to Myles

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Speaker 1: in Bethesda, from mommy and Daddy, who love you so much.

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Speaker 1: Hello to Evie June in Wellsville, Pennsylvania, Love Mommy, Daddy, Cantina,

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Speaker 1: and Disco. They are so proud of you for swimming

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Speaker 1: in Vero Beach, Florida, who is three and rockin' his

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Speaker 1: Vero Beach, Florida, who is five and in kindergarten. Remember

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Speaker 1: each day is a new day, Everly, don't forget to smile.

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Speaker 1: Happy belated birthday to Maggie, Love mommy and Daddy who

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Speaker 1: love watching you grow and are amazed at how awesome

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Speaker 1: belated birthday to Addie in Seattle, who turned eight on

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Speaker 1: You are their bright star and they love watching you

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Speaker 1: come alive on stage. And Happy belated birthday to Ezra

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Speaker 1: from Blissfield, Michigan, who turned seven on April twenty first.

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Speaker 1: From Mama, Dad, Landon, Isaiah and Sibby, who are so

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Speaker 1: grateful for you and love you so much. Happy six

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Speaker 1: Bubby and Sissy love you so much. Happy seventh birthday

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Speaker 1: to Malik from Egypt. You fill everyone's life with so

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Speaker 1: much joy. Stay awesome.

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Speaker 2: We love you.

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Speaker 1: From Dahlia, Yusev and Bowser. And Happy birthday to Claire Elizabeth,

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Speaker 1: who is turning seven on April twenty seventh. Mommy loves

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Speaker 1: you and your night times together, Claire Bear, Happy birthday

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Speaker 1: visit sleeptightstories dot org slash support. We can't wait to

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Speaker 1: celebrate with you. Now on to our story. Bernice is

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Speaker 1: heard that Gertrude's mom is ordering a lot of pizza,

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Speaker 1: Are you excited about Gertrude's party this weekend, Ethan asked

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Speaker 1: some pizza, especially Hawaiian That's my absolute favorite, Ethan said,

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Speaker 1: Pineapple on pizza is the best, but sometimes just cheese

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Speaker 1: who was sitting patiently at the entryway. Hi. Cookie, you

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Speaker 1: heard Mama use it once. Bernice sat down to take

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Speaker 1: Is that your voice I hear, little Bear. Papa Bear

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Speaker 1: sure smells super yummy delicious, Bernice said, as she washed

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Speaker 2: What is it.

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Speaker 1: with a smile. Well, I know it isn't Brussels sprouts,

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Speaker 2: I think it must be cookies. You are correct, it

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Speaker 1: Was it a difficult guess? Papa Bear asked with a laugh.

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Speaker 1: But they are special cookies because these are almond cookies.

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Speaker 1: Bernice said as she sat at the table. One hundred

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Speaker 1: has had an appetite lately, so maybe Gertrude's parents are

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Speaker 1: preparing Papa said with a laugh. Yesh, he's turned from

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Speaker 1: microraptor to a brachiosaurus. Except for carrots, of course, Bobby

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Speaker 2: Do they make carrot pizza? Papa?

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Speaker 1: That would be funny if all Gertrude had to eat

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Speaker 1: about your day, little bear. How do you feel your

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Speaker 1: most of us. But Papa, you won't guess what happened

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Speaker 1: in English class. It was kind of silly. What happened,

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Speaker 2: And when the teacher.

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Speaker 1: you see, there was this boa constrictor. I almost giggled, Papa.

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Speaker 1: It was so hungry that it ate his assignment. We

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Speaker 1: I think we can all be friends. But I don't

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Speaker 1: Bear let out a big sigh. Papa. In science class,

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Speaker 1: don't we have any raccoons, Papa. They seem so cute.

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Speaker 1: I think we might have had some raccoons at one time,

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Speaker 1: They are a very interesting animal and very smart. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think so. At lunchtime, some of the kids did

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Speaker 1: Sounds like you had a fun and full day, Papa

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Speaker 1: Bear said, as he rinsed his teacup in the sink.

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Speaker 1: Can you answer questions if I have any? I would

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Speaker 1: be right here starting dinner. Thank you, Papa. It's that time, Papa,

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Speaker 1: said Bernice. And what time is that, little Bear replied, Papa,

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Speaker 1: the time you tell me a story, silly. Did you

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Speaker 2: I think so.

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Speaker 1: I had a soapy bath, put on clean pajamas, brushed

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Speaker 1: my teeth, and did some stretches. Are you comfy and warm, yes, Papa.

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Speaker 1: How about Twiggle, Wolfy and Madeline? Are they ready for

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Speaker 2: What about you Cookie? Are you ready for a story?

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Speaker 2: And arrest?

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Speaker 1: I think she might be asleep already, Papa. She might

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Speaker 1: even be snoring, Papa Bear said with a laugh. Give

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Papa.

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Speaker 1: Once upon a time, in a world full of magic

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Speaker 1: and fun, there lived a brave little bear named Booboo.

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Speaker 1: She lived in a large castle at the edge of

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Speaker 2: And in this forest there.

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Speaker 1: Were unicorns, fairies, gnomes, and all manner of insects, birds

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Speaker 1: and animals. It was a wonderful place. Her best friend

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Speaker 1: was a young dragon called Kai Kai, and they liked

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Speaker 1: to play as much as they could. The kingdom. They

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Speaker 1: this day, Bubu and Kai Kai were walking towards Bixi's

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Speaker 2: Bubu had been.

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