Speaker 1: Welcome to Lively Lewis Stories.
Speaker 2: Buckle up because you're about to join Levi and Ivy
Speaker 2: on an adventure. All you need is your imagination an
Speaker 2: Off we go, Livy Rare Stories. The sun was out,
Speaker 2: the birds were chirping, and it seemed like any ordinary
Speaker 2: summer day, but Levi and Ivy would discover quite quickly
Speaker 2: that this would truly be a day unlike any other.
Speaker 2: Levi and Ivy waited outside in their backyard for their
Speaker 2: friends Halle and Eila. They were coming over to have
Speaker 2: a picnic because it was such a beautiful day. Levi
Speaker 2: and Ivy had helped their mom make some tasty sandwiches
Speaker 2: and even got to pick out their favorite chips for lunch.
Speaker 1: Extra cheesy potato chips.
Speaker 2: They also had a fruit salad, juice boxes, and Halle
Speaker 2: and Ela.
Speaker 1: Were bringing over some homemade chocolate chip cookies.
Speaker 2: As Levi and Ivy waited, they both sat on the
Speaker 2: picnic blanket and stared up at the sky. Fluffy white
Speaker 2: clouds filled the crystal blue sky, and Levi asked Ivy
Speaker 2: if she could.
Speaker 1: See any cool shapes.
Speaker 2: I see it in the clouds, said LEVI, look right
Speaker 2: over there above our house.
Speaker 1: It's being captained by a narwal. I see it, replied Ivy.
Speaker 1: And I see a puppy dog right next to it.
Speaker 1: It's cute and wearing a top pat. I see a
Speaker 1: fire truck, and there was a garraff driving it, giggled Levi.
Speaker 2: Yep, it's right next to that giant cloud sunflower, Ivy laughed.
Speaker 2: And there are two snails dancing on top of it.
Speaker 2: As Levi and Ivy were naming more cloud creations overhead,
Speaker 2: they heard two familiar voices. Halle and Isla are here,
Speaker 2: called out Levi, as he and Ivy jumped up from
Speaker 2: the picnic blanket and ran over to see their friends.
Speaker 2: Those cookies look amazing, said Ivy, taking the plate from
Speaker 2: Hallie and putting it on the table on their deck.
Speaker 1: And guess what kind of chips we got for lunch?
Speaker 1: Levi asked Hallie. Extra cheesy potato chips, called out Levi.
Speaker 2: Those are my absolute favorite, said Hallie. This is going
Speaker 2: to be the best picnic in the history of picnics.
Speaker 1: Thanks for inviting us over, added Ela.
Speaker 2: Hi kiddos, said Levi and Ivy's dad stepping out on
Speaker 2: the deck. It's going to be just a little while
Speaker 2: before we eat lunch. So why don't you play out
Speaker 2: here in the backyard. I'll let you know when lunch
Speaker 2: is ready. Sounds good, dad, said Levi. Levi walked everyone
Speaker 2: over to the picnic blanket and asked if Halle and
Speaker 2: Ila wanted to find cool cloud creations with him and Ivy.
Speaker 1: That would be awesome, said Halle as she looked up.
Speaker 2: I found a cloud the other day and it looked
Speaker 2: just like a whale plane of violin. That's nothing, added
Speaker 2: Ela with a big smile. I saw a cloud that
Speaker 2: looked like a rocket ship being driven by a lion.
Speaker 2: Totally out of this world, Levi and Ivy laughed as
Speaker 2: they all sat back on the picnic blanket and looked
Speaker 2: up at the sky. The clouds drifted by on the
Speaker 2: warm summer breeze, and each kid called out a fun
Speaker 2: cloud creation that they saw.
Speaker 1: Everything was perfectly normal.
Speaker 2: That isn't till Levi asked if anyone else saw the
Speaker 2: cloud up above that was shaped like a dragon. Sure,
Speaker 2: I see it, answered Hallie, Me too, said Island Ivy.
Speaker 2: But the more the kids watched the cloud dragon, the
Speaker 2: more they realized it was no normal cloud creation. While
Speaker 2: all the other cloud shapes they saw lasted for a
Speaker 2: moment or two before being pushed away by the light breeze.
Speaker 2: The dragon remained unchanged and kept moving right towards them.
Speaker 2: The other cloud creations weren't very detailed at all, and
Speaker 2: changed shape quickly as they moved across the sky. The
Speaker 2: cloud dragon, however, was very detailed and seemed to be
Speaker 2: getting more detailed the longer they.
Speaker 1: Looked at it.
Speaker 2: In fact, it was getting bigger as well, and seemed
Speaker 2: to even be dropping out of the sky. At that point, Levi, Ivy,
Speaker 2: Halle and Eland jumped off the picnic blanket and ran
Speaker 2: up into the treehouse in the backyard. They thought it
Speaker 2: would be a good place to get a better look
Speaker 2: at the cloud Dragon, but also it could be a
Speaker 2: good place to hide as well. Isla was the last
Speaker 2: one up the ladder, and Levi closed the treehouse door
Speaker 2: behind her. They all ran out to the treehouse porch,
Speaker 2: and that was when they found themselves.
Speaker 1: Nose to nose with the cloud Dragon.
Speaker 2: It was standing on the grass in Levi and Ivy's backyard,
Speaker 2: and its giant head reached up as high as the
Speaker 2: tallest branches in the tree. It was huge and now
Speaker 2: no longer just looked like a fluffy white cloud creation.
Speaker 2: There in front of them was an enormous, bright, colorful,
Speaker 2: and thankfully smiling.
Speaker 1: Happy dragon.
Speaker 2: Levi, Ivy, Halley, and Islah could sense immediately that the
Speaker 2: dragon meant no harm and was quite friendly. They were
Speaker 2: excited and amazed at what they saw. They didn't quite
Speaker 2: know what to say. Thankfully, the dragon did.
Speaker 1: Hello, my friends, my name is Cirrus.
Speaker 2: I was named after the wispy, feathery clouds that you
Speaker 2: see in the sky, said the dragon, smiling. Usually I
Speaker 2: just drift along up here, but every once in a while,
Speaker 2: when I see kids searching the sky for cloud creations,
Speaker 2: I'll stop down to say hello. So hello, whoa, whispered
Speaker 2: Levi in amazement. This has got to be the best
Speaker 2: picnic I've ever had. You can say that again, added Hallie,
Speaker 2: A real dragon. We're right here in your backyard.
Speaker 1: No one's gonna believe this.
Speaker 2: Ivy and Islah both reached out to touch the dragon's sparkly,
Speaker 2: shimmering scales. Each scale seemed to glisten with all the
Speaker 2: other colors of the rainbow. It was the most marvelous
Speaker 2: and colorful thing they had ever seen. I'm Levi, this
Speaker 2: is my sister Ivy, and here are our friends Halle
Speaker 2: and Ailah, Levi said, introducing everyone to the dragon. I
Speaker 2: have a million questions for you, like where do you live?
Speaker 1: What do you eat? Do you breathe fire? Can you
Speaker 1: fly us around the neighborhood? Will you turn back into
Speaker 1: a cloud soon? Uh?
Speaker 2: What do you do when there's a storm? And are
Speaker 2: you hopping up in the sky so close to the sun?
Speaker 1: Wow?
Speaker 2: Hold on there, Levi, giggles, Cyrus, you weren't kidding when
Speaker 2: you said there was a million questions for you, were you?
Speaker 2: I'd be happy to answer them all, but it could
Speaker 2: be a lot more fun for you to fly with
Speaker 2: me back to Silipia where I live and get the
Speaker 2: answer for yourself, and I'll have you back before your
Speaker 2: picnic lunches are ready. Levi, Ivy, Halle, and Isla didn't
Speaker 2: need much time to overthink this answer. They all blurted
Speaker 2: out yes, please together and Cyrus rode with excitement. This
Speaker 2: will be so much fun, Sarah said as he dipped
Speaker 2: a wing down toward the treehouse porch, making a bridge
Speaker 2: for the kids to walk across and sit on his back.
Speaker 1: Now, hold on tight and off we go. Cyrus leapt from.
Speaker 2: The ground and flapped his gigantic wings only once before
Speaker 2: he was high in the air above Levi and Ivy's house.
Speaker 2: The kids looked down at the house and the neighborhood
Speaker 2: got smaller and smaller. Before they knew it, they were
Speaker 2: sailing above the clouds on Cyrus's back, heading toward what
Speaker 2: looked like an island in the clouds. They were so
Speaker 2: impressed with everything that they were seeing that it took
Speaker 2: them a moment to realize that Cyrus had turned back
Speaker 2: into a cloud dragon.
Speaker 1: No more shimmering scales, just soft, fluffy clouds. There it is,
Speaker 1: called out, Cyrus. That's where I live Selipia. Isn't it beautiful?
Speaker 1: It looked like something out of a daydream. Everything was
Speaker 1: made of clouds.
Speaker 2: Levi, Ivy, Halle, and Islah didn't know what to say,
Speaker 2: but they couldn't wait to explore the cloudy island with Cyrus.
Speaker 2: He touched down gently in a cloud field. Each of
Speaker 2: the kids jumped off his back. Wow, called out Hallie.
Speaker 2: It's like being in an enormous cloud bounce house. This
Speaker 2: is incredible, giggled Isla as she and Ivy bounced around
Speaker 2: the field.
Speaker 1: That's one of the best parts of living up here
Speaker 1: in Sillipia.
Speaker 2: Super bouncy all the time, said Cyrus. The view is
Speaker 2: pretty incredible too. There's some really amazing things to see
Speaker 2: up here. You see, it's not just cloud dragons that
Speaker 2: live in Sillipia. All the cloud creations that you see
Speaker 2: live here too. Just as Cyrus said that, Levi looked
Speaker 2: over to see a cloud boat floating along being captain
Speaker 2: by a norwalll.
Speaker 1: Hey, that's the cloud boat I saw just before Halle
Speaker 1: and Isla came over, exclaimed Levi.
Speaker 2: And as Aila and Ivy played in the field, Ivy
Speaker 2: looked up to see a giant cloud sun flower from
Speaker 2: earlier and still had two snails dancing on top of it.
Speaker 2: And there's the cloud fire Check being driven by a giraffe.
Speaker 2: And I think I drove by your house earlier, added Cyrus.
Speaker 1: And there's that cute little puffy dog wearing a hat.
Speaker 2: The kids were loving their adventure high in the clouds.
Speaker 2: Cyrus was showing them around Sillapia and everyone was having
Speaker 2: a great time. That is until some storm clouds started
Speaker 2: to roll in. Don't weary, friends, said Cyrus. Here, hide
Speaker 2: under my wing. It looks like there's a little storm
Speaker 2: rolling through. But don't worry. Storm clouds are really quite nice.
Speaker 2: We need them to bring rain to feed plants and
Speaker 2: fill streams. Here's my friend Nimbus. Now. Nimbus looked like
Speaker 2: a gigantic gray horse. His face was very stern and
Speaker 2: powerful looking, not at all like Cyrus, whose face was
Speaker 2: kind and gentle. Cyrus introduced Nimbus to everyone. He said hello,
Speaker 2: but turned away quickly to get back to the rainstorm.
Speaker 1: Oh no, said.
Speaker 2: Levi to Ivy, Hally, and Ilah. If it's going to rain,
Speaker 2: then that means we can't have our pick nick. All
Speaker 2: the kids looked really upset. Syrus, is there anything we
Speaker 2: can do to stop the rainstorm from happening so we
Speaker 2: can still have our picnic?
Speaker 1: Asked Hallie.
Speaker 2: The only thing that will stop the rain is making
Speaker 2: Nimbus smile, answered Cyrus. If he's happy, he'll head back
Speaker 2: into the clouds and wait for another time to storm.
Speaker 2: But what could possibly make a cloud happy? Asked Ivy
Speaker 2: to the group. I know food makes me happy, said Levi,
Speaker 2: Me too, said Halle, especially extra cheesy potato chips. And
Speaker 2: as she said that she took a few of them
Speaker 2: out of her pocket. You have potato chips with you,
Speaker 2: asked Levi, sounding rather surprised. Well, when you mentioned you
Speaker 2: had them, I saw them sitting on the table in
Speaker 2: your deck, and I couldn't help myself, said Halle, nibbling
Speaker 2: on a chip. Cyrus looked over at her and said,
Speaker 2: these deal look really good. Maybe we should try give
Speaker 2: a Nimbus one.
Speaker 1: It can make him happy.
Speaker 2: Everyone agreed it was worth a try, and Cyrus called
Speaker 2: Nimbus over.
Speaker 1: Muddy.
Speaker 2: You want, Cirrus can't just see I'm getting ready to storm,
Speaker 2: Nimbus said, sounding annoyed. You look a little hungry, and
Speaker 2: you can't make really good storm on an empty stomach,
Speaker 2: said Cyrus. Why not try one of these chips? Well,
Speaker 2: I am a little hungry, answered Nimbus. One chip won't hurt.
Speaker 2: Nimbus grabbed a chip and popped it into his mouth.
Speaker 2: It only took a second for the scowl on his
Speaker 2: face to turn into a huge smile. These are amazing,
Speaker 2: cried Nimbus. Holly handed him the rest of the chips
Speaker 2: from her pocket. I'm just too happy to storm now,
Speaker 2: said Nimbus with a smile.
Speaker 1: I guess I'll just have to wait until tomorrow. Have
Speaker 1: a great day, everyone, and thanks for the chips.
Speaker 2: Nimbus drifted off and Cirrus, Levi, Ivy, Halle, and Ailah
Speaker 2: all cheered with excitement. It looks like the picnic is
Speaker 2: back on, said Cyrus, and speaking of picnics, I.
Speaker 1: Should be getting you back home.
Speaker 2: Well. They all wanted to get back to their picnic. Levi, Ivy, Halle,
Speaker 2: and Island knew they would miss Cyrus and Syllopia, but
Speaker 2: they knew they had to go. They all hopped on
Speaker 2: Cyrus's back and off they flew towards Levi and Ivy's backyard.
Speaker 2: As Syrus watched the kids climb back into the treehouse,
Speaker 2: he saw that they all looked a bit sad. Don't
Speaker 2: look sit down, kids, said Cyrus reassuringly as he got
Speaker 2: ready to head back to Syllopia. There are plenty more
Speaker 2: sunny days left when I'll be drifting past your house.
Speaker 2: Come from myself, pulp down to say hello again. Just
Speaker 2: always keep an eye out for me when you're outside.
Speaker 2: Cyrus leapt from the ground and flapped his gigantic wings
Speaker 2: only once before he was high in the Arab of
Speaker 2: Levi and Ivy's house.
Speaker 1: Levi, Ivy, Halle, and.
Speaker 2: Eilis stood in the treehouse, all smiling, knowing they would
Speaker 2: see their friend the dragon again.
Speaker 1: Kids, time for your picnic.
Speaker 2: They heard Levi and Ivy's dad call out as they
Speaker 2: made each of their way down the ladder.
Speaker 1: Looks like he got lucky.
Speaker 2: I thought it was going to storm there for a minute,
Speaker 2: said Levi and Ivy's dad, but then all of a sudden,
Speaker 2: this dorm clouds rolled on and the sun popped out again.
Speaker 2: I wonder how that happened, Levi, Ivy, Hallie and Isla
Speaker 2: all looked at each other with knowing smiles.
Speaker 1: We know how, said Levi with the giggle. Extra cheesy
Speaker 1: potato chips.
Speaker 2: Did you learn a lesson from this story? Ah?
Speaker 1: South, what was it?
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