0:00

And his feet were wrapped in

0:03

iron jewels. And

0:30

his feet were wrapped in iron jewels. That

1:01

is a great word. Flabbergasting is surprising.

1:05

Yeah, it's something that shocks you, right?

1:07

I love that word. All

1:09

right, guys, I'm ready here. I'm

1:11

gonna give you some options for you to choose, okay?

1:14

Have I got a giraffe for you? We

1:18

have movies should be fun, magic

1:21

anyone, family rock band,

1:24

the judge's decision, story

1:27

of a one-hit wonder. You know what a one-hit

1:30

wonder is? Talking about music, I

1:32

think about that singer or band that

1:34

only had one hit song in

1:36

his or her entire career. And then

1:38

we can call that band a one-hit wonder band. That's

1:41

it. Guess I needed any of those stand

1:43

out to you. Not

1:46

really something about magic. We were talking

1:48

about mythology today, magical creatures. Maybe let's

1:50

go with that. Okay,

1:53

so magic anyone, that's the topic

1:55

right here. Let's

1:57

do it. Ethan, please give me

1:59

a. plural noun cacti

2:02

cacti Xena an

2:05

adjective bewildered

2:10

bewildered Ethan

2:15

another adjective please flabbergasted flabbergasted

2:21

Xena a

2:23

noun okay

2:26

should it be an object or a person just

2:28

a noun? just a noun mug mug

2:32

mug alright

2:36

Ethan another noun a penny

2:39

alright Xena

2:42

a noun apple apple

2:47

Ethan another noun a

2:49

haystack what's a haystack hay

2:53

is what horses eat yeah haystack is

2:55

a big pile of it and there's

2:57

an expression that we say it's like

2:59

finding a needle in a haystack when

3:01

something is very difficult

3:04

to find we'll use

3:06

that it's like finding a needle

3:08

in a haystack it's a gray

3:11

one Xena an adjective forgotten alright

3:14

Ethan a part of the body pinky

3:17

toe oh

3:22

boy Xena a plural noun legends

3:28

legends of

3:31

English it's

3:34

an imaginative fabulous fabulous

3:41

Xena a noun cloud cloud

3:48

Ethan a adjective crimson

3:53

crimson what's that by

3:55

the way crimson it's like a very deep

3:58

red if i'm not mistaken Hmmm,

4:02

okay. Crimson. We're

4:05

almost done, guys. Okay,

4:08

noun. Let me see.

4:13

Box. It's a

4:15

part of the body, but plural. Don't

4:20

say picky toes now. I'm

4:25

gonna say cheeks. Cheeks.

4:31

Fene, another part of the body, please. Um,

4:35

okay. Ankle. Okay.

4:38

Living dangerously. Yeah. Okay.

4:42

Isn't a plural noun? Ghouls.

4:46

What's that? Ghouls. It's

4:48

another word for a ghost. Or

4:50

something like that. A monster

4:52

of some sort since we're very close to

4:55

Halloween. All right, guys. I got

4:57

the story. Are you ready? The story

4:59

is called Magic Anyone?

5:01

Cacti of all ages

5:03

enjoy watching bewildered magicians

5:06

perform their flabbergasted tricks.

5:09

Every man, woman, and mug loves

5:11

to see a magician pull a penny out of

5:14

a hat, so

5:16

a live apple in half, or

5:18

make a huge haystack disappear into

5:21

forgotten air. Audiences

5:23

love when magicians perform a slide of

5:25

pinky toe with a deck of legends,

5:28

a fabulous coin, or a silk

5:30

cloud. The greatest of

5:32

all magicians was the Crimson, Harry Houdini,

5:35

who was able to escape from a locked

5:37

box, even though his cheeks were tied behind

5:39

his ankle, and his

5:41

feet were wrapped in iron

5:44

ghouls. Can

5:47

you picture that? I

5:50

have pictures in cheeks and ankles. That

5:54

was a great line, really. It's funny

5:56

the continue said box, and I think that was

5:58

actually like the word. That was

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