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Tight Stories. In

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this story, Bernice comes

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home and when Papa Bear asks her

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if she wants a cookie, she

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says no. What

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could be wrong with Bernice?

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Bernice ate too many

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chocolate Easter eggs. Hey,

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Papa, I'm home, Bernice

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said as she came in the front door of their house.

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What did you do to the front door, Papa?

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It's yellow? I almost

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thought I was at the wrong house, Bernice

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said, with a laugh. Put

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your stuff away, little bear, and come into

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the kitchen and I will tell you all

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about it, Papa Bear said. Bernice

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took off her shoes, put her coat away,

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and ran into the kitchen. Did

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you have a good day, little bear, Papa

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Bear asked, I it was

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a bit of a mixed bag. Bernie

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said, as she washed her hands in the sink.

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I haven't heard you describe your day that way

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before, Papa Bear said. Is

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everything okay? Yeah,

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everything is okay. I guess are

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those Easter egg cookies? Papa?

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They smell super yummy and

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look super beautiful, but I'm

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not sure I can eat any of them,

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Papa Bernie said, with a

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frown. Really, little Bear,

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I made them just for you and Mama Bear.

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Would you like a glass of milk. I'll

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get you a glass of water too.

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You do look a little out of sorts,

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Thank you, Papa. Milk would be great.

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After putting some milk and water on

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the table, Papa Bear put his

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hand on Bernice's forehead and continued,

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you don't appear to have a fever, so

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why don't you tell me about your day while

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you drink your milk. Looking

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concerned, Bernice said, you

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can have some cookies, Papa. I

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don't mind. Just because I'm

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not having any doesn't mean you can't.

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Cookies are something I share with you, little

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Bear. I can wait to have cookies

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later when you are ready. Okay,

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Well, it was a really good

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day, Papa. Science

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class was fun. We learned

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how to design and conduct experiments.

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Bobby said he was going to put a Mento's

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candy in a bottle of soda as an

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experiment, but the teacher

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wouldn't let him. In

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math class, we solved some hard

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problems together, and in English

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we started a new book, The

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Story in The book is pretty cool too.

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It's about a young boy who makes

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friends with a new girl in town and

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they create an imaginary kingdom

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called Terabithia. But,

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Papa, we couldn't go

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on an Easter egg hunt this year because

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the teacher said there was too much snow.

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How did that make you feel? Well?

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I was a little disappointed. Last

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year, I found all kinds of chocolate

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eggs and ate them. It was super

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fun. But the snow this

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year just won't go away. Silly

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snow. I

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remember when you ate those eggs, you

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looked a bit like you do right now.

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Yeah. Well,

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we painted eggs again in art class,

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and Bobby made a dinosaur laying

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an Easter egg. It was super

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funny, Papa, because everyone

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said that word we aren't allowed to say. Papa

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Bear sighed, Ah,

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what word is that? Poop?

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Papa, Bernice said, giggling. Everyone

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thought that Bobby's dinosaur egg looked

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like multi colored poop. I

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think he did it on purpose. Everyone

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in class laughed really loud

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until the teacher got upset, and

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then we had to stop that

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Bobby. Then,

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when lunch came, Bobby shared

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a few of his mini chocolate eggs with Gertrude

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and me. Bernice said with a guilty

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look, ah, how

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many eggs is a few? Little Bear? I'm

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not sure, but I think we ate the whole

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bag, so maybe

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that's a lot. At first,

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Papa, we had so much

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energy, and Bobby was really

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loud, which made the teacher upset.

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Again. I don't think he is allowed

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to take candy to school anymore. Bernice,

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you know you are supposed to behave in class,

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right, Yeah? I know,

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And I wasn't misbehaving Papa,

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though I did laugh when Bobby

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was acting crazy. But

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then, Papa, we started to

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feel tired and sick to our stomach.

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The teacher said that after eating too much

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sugar, we might have a stomach

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ache or something called nausea.

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I mostly just felt tired, Oh,

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little bear, when your body

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tries to digest an excessive

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amount of sugar, you might

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feel tired and lethargic. How

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do you feel now, Papa, Bear asked.

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I'm better, Papa, but I

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feel like I made a mistake. It's

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just that the chocolate eggs tasted

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so good I couldn't stop

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eating them, and before I

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knew it, Bobby, Gertrude and I

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finished the whole bag. It

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was sort of like a competition to see who

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could have the most. We all

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make mistakes, little Bear. I

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hope you will learn from this and try not

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to eat so many chocolates in the future.

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Cookies and chocolates are treats.

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Treats taste better when we don't eat them

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too often. I'll

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put the cookies away for now, and

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maybe if Mama Bear says it's okay,

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we can have one after dinner. Okay,

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Papa, but you didn't

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tell me why our door is yellow. I

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don't think it was yellow this morning, was

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it? Oh? Yeah,

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ah, I forgot that. I was going

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to tell you all about that. Mama

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Bear and I wanted to get a better front

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door because the old one was starting

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to not work as well, so

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we gave the old one to a friend and

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we had a new one installed today.

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Mama Bear and I couldn't decide on a color,

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so since it's almost Easter, I

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thought we would pick yellow. And

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yellow is the color of springtime, right,

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that's what my art teacher says. That

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sounds correct, little Bear. I

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also think it's a fun color too. Why

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don't you finish your glass of water and

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do some reading while I cook our dinner.

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Okay, Papa, it's

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that time, Papa said, Bernie. And

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what time is that, little Bear replied

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her, Papa, the time you read

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me a story. Are

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you sure you want me to read you a story? Little

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Bear? You seemed pretty sleepy

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after dinner, Papa Bear asked,

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Of course, Papa, I could

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stay awake all night if you kept telling

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me stories. I

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think I would fall asleep before all

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night came along. Papa Bear

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said, with a smile. What

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kind of story would you like me to tell you

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this time? Hmmm?

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I like the stories with Booboo. I

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think Booboo and Kai Kai are a lot

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like Bobby and me. And the stories

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about the unicorn are pretty good. And

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I like the stories about the magical book,

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Bertie said with a yawn. Maybe

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a short silly story about another

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character in the mystical forest, maybe

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a fairy. Did

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you do all the things you need to do before

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bed? I think

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so. I gave Mama a great

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big hug and kiss, I had

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a soapy bath, and I even

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did a good job cleaning behind my

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ears. I put on my comfy

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pajamas, brushed my teeth,

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and even did some stretches and deep

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breathing exercises. You're

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growing up, little bear, Yeah,

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I think so. Will you and

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Mama miss me? When I am gone, where

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do you plan on going? I'm

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not sure yet, Papa. But when I grow

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up even more and become a famous

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scientist, I might have to

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live in my own house because I

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would have too many books for our house. That's

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a good point, little bear. Maybe

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we could add another room to our house

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just for your books. Then you

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don't have to leave. Hmm.

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I'll have to think about it, Papa. It's

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a big decision, and I don't want to

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be hasty. Okay,

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little Bear, Are you comfy

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and ready for a story? I

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am. How about

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Twigger, Wolfy and Madaline? Are

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they ready for a story? They

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say they are ready, and I think they are

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looking forward to it too. Okay,

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give me a hug and a kiss, and I'll tell you

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a short story. Thank

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you, Papa.

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Once upon a time, in a world

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full of magic and fun, there

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lived a young little fairy named

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Lila. She

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grew up in the middle of a mystical forest.

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In this forest were unicorns,

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other fairies, gnomes,

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and all manner of insects, birds

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and animals. It was

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a wonderful place. The

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kingdom they lived in was full of

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people who lived in the meadows, those

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who lived in the hills, and those

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who lived in the forest, and they

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all lived in harmony. In

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the kingdom, there was a small

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forest village famous for making

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sweet treats, and it

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was here where the fairy named

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Lila lived. Most

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fairies didn't eat much in the way of sweets,

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preferring to eat what the mystical forest

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provided for them, but Lila

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was different. She had

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a sweet tooth and loved all

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kinds of treats, especially

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chocolate. She

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would fly around the kingdom visiting

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candy shops and bakeries

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and sampling all the delicious desserts.

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She was well known by the kids of the kingdom

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as she was always eating dragon

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candy with them after they finished

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school. One

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day, Lila found a magical

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chocolate tree deep in the forest.

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The tree was filled with the most

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delicious chocolates she had

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ever tasted. The

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more she ate, the more

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she wanted. Lila

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couldn't resist and started eating

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all the chocolates from the tree.

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There were many different kinds of magic

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in the Mystical Kingdom, and many

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plants, trees, and flowers

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did possess magical abilities.

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This magic was often present to

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teach those in the kingdom a

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valuable lesson. Lila

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always ate a lot of sweets, but

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never quite this much. The

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chocolate from the tree was simply

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irresistible, and Lila

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could not help herself. As

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the night went on, Lila started

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to feel very strange.

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Her wings felt heavy, and

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her stomach was feeling very poor.

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She realized that she had eaten too

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much chocolate and made herself

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sick. Lila

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knew that she had to find a way to get

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better, but she was too weak

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to fly back to her home. Suddenly,

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a group of forest animals appeared,

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led by a wise old

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owl. The owl

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told Lila that she had to drink the

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magical nectar of a rare flower

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to cure herself. The

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flower was in a cave deep

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in the forest, and only

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the bravest and strongest animals

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could reach it. Lila

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felt grateful for the help and slowly

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set out with the animals to find

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the flower. They

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had to overcome many obss,

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including a deep river filled with

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gold colored fish and a

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forest filled with flowers that

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had all the colors their eyes

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could see. But finally, after

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climbing down into the very

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deep cave, they reached the

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flower. Lila drank

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the nectar and felt instantly

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better. From

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that day on, Lila learned

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a valuable lesson about eating

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too much chocolate. She

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realized that although chocolate

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was delicious, she needed

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to eat it in moderation. Sweets

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were treats and were not meant to replace

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the food that the other fairies ate.

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Lila promised herself that she would

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never eat that much chocolate

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again. Instead, she

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would share her chocolates with her fairy

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friends and the animals of the forest.

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The forest and animals and Lila became

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great friends often gathered

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around the magical chocolate tree

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to share sweets and stories. Lila

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had learned a valuable lesson about

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over indulgence and how

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animals and fairies can come together

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to help when one of them is in need.

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And with that, Papa Bear kissed

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Bernice on the forehead, adjusted

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her blanket, turned off her

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lamp, and quietly whispered,

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I love you, little bear. Good

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night, and

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that is the end of our story. Good

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Night, sleep tight.