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Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep

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tight stories. Do

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you like to use your imagination and

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go to far away beautiful places

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Flippy does. Flippy

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spends her time with her bestest

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friend, Evie, but when

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Evie is sleeping, Flippy

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likes to go on adventures using her

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imagination. Where

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is Flippy going to go tonight? Flippy

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the Walrus? It

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was finally Flippy's favorite

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time of the day,

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the time she got to get cold and

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warm with her bestest friend

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in the whole wide world, Evie.

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It was bedtime, and that meant

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snuggles and stories and

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like every night, as soon as

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the lights went out, Evie

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would soon be fast asleep, but

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not Flippy. Flippy wouldn't

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go to sleep right away. Even

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though Flippy was soft and cuddly

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and a little bit squishy, she

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was no ordinary stuffed

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animal. Whenever

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her best friend went to sleep at night,

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Flippy would lie there using her

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imagination to go on

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adventures all over the world.

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Flippy was a very special

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stuffed walrus.

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Flippy lived with her best friend in a

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place with wide open spaces,

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huge mountains, and beautiful

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forests. Though

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she didn't know for sure, she

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heard that some really cool animals

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lived there too, like bears,

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elk, bison, and

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even wolves. She

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heard her family talk about geysers,

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hot springs, and even a

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giant canyon. Flippy

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hoped that one day she would be able to

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see these places with Evie.

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Snort, snort, snort. Flippy

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knew that Evie must be fast asleep

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if she was starting to make her quiet

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snoring noises. While

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Flippy was happy to live with Evie

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and her family, she did sometimes

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long for adventure, any

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kind of adventure, to

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see places outside her imagination

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and far away from her home. She

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thought maybe she might visit her relatives

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in the Arctic Circle, but

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she felt that that might be too

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cold. She

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also thought about visiting the Pyramids

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of Egypt, the Great Wall

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in China, the taj Mahal

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in India, or

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maybe going swimming in

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the Great Barrier Reef. Swimming

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in a warm ocean sounded really fun,

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because Flippy knew she was

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a great swimmer. Blippy

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once held her breath for almost

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thirty minutes, so she knew

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she could swim underwater. Flippy

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had yet to see these places, but

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she had tried. As

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she cuddled with Evie, she remembered

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the one day when Evie had gone out

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for the day, and she was a little

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bored. She

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didn't really understand where Evie

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went and why she didn't take her

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with her. She

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had heard her family talk about school

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teachers and having fun

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learning, but why

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couldn't Flippy do that too. I

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think I will go to one of the places

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I have always wanted to visit,

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the Arctic, where all my relatives

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live, she thought. Would

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it really be as cold as she thought?

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But first I must find

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the door that everyone leaves the

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house through. Flippy

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had heard her family say that when you

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leave through the door, you should close

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it behind you. She didn't

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understand why you couldn't leave the door

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open. If the door

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was closed, how could friendly bears

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come in to visit. So

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that day, after Evie gave

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her a hug and she heard everyone

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leave, Flippy mustered

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all her bravery and began

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her journey. Right from Evie's

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cozy bedroom, she

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carefully maneuvered through a forest

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of fluffy pillows on the bed, pretending

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they were icy trees. Flippy

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waddled off the bed and fell

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to the floor, but it didn't

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hurt because Flippy was squishy

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and could squish.

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Flipper by Flipper. Flippy

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waddled across the bedroom floor,

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imagining it to be the vast

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frozen tundra of the Arctic, using

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her front flippers to push herself

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forward and dragging her

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hind flippers behind her. The

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more she imagined the floor to be

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like the Arctic, the colder

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she got, so she stopped

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imagining it for a while so

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that she could warm up a little. As

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she waddled, Flippy encountered

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obstacles along the way, like

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a towering stack of books that

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became her very own treacherous

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mountain range. She

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climbed up and down,

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pretending she was conquering the snowy

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peaks. Then

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she ventured through a maze of toys,

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using her imagination to navigate

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the icy caves and treacherous

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crevices. As

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time ticked by, Flippy

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encountered friendly stuffed animals

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that joined her Arctic adventure. Together,

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they braved imaginary blizzards

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and crossed pretty hen frozen

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rivers. It

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was cold and the journey

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was super long, but Flippy

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was determined she was

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brave too, just like Evie.

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After what felt like days of

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trying super hard, she

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only made it to the door of the

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room Flippy

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had yet to really do much walking,

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instead relying on Evie to take

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her to most places. She

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was a little surprised at how slow

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she was. Flippy

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had forgotten that as a walrus

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she wasn't really suited to walk

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very far on land. Walruses

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were better suited for swimming and

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more comfortable in the water. Finally,

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after what felt like an entire fire

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day's journey, Flippy

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reached the entrance to Evie's house.

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The door stood tall and

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imposing. Blippy

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mustered all her strength and pushed

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against the door, but

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it wouldn't budge.

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She tried again. Still

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the door would not open. No

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wonder bears never came in to visit.

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The door was too strong and heavy.

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Flippy quickly realized that she couldn't

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go on and adventure to the Arctic,

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but that was okay. She

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tried her best and had an adventure

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on the way. She

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had her imagination, and with her

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imagination, she could travel

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all over the world. Snort,

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snort, snort, Evie

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snored again. Now

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that Evie was asleep, it was

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time to decide where she would travel

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tonight. Last

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night, after listening to a story,

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Flippy had traveled to a distant world,

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or at least it sounded like it was really

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far away. It

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was a place with red mud, white

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sandy beaches, and some kind

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of special ice cream.

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Flippy loved ice cream, even

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though she only had it once. She

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had taken a bite of Evie's when she wasn't

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looking, and it was really

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delicious, much

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better tasting than the raw fish that

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her relatives ate, she guessed, though

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she hadn't eaten raw fish before.

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Tonight, she thought she would fly somewhere

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high up in the sky, because

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cause why not. Walrusk

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can fly too if they want to. Flippy

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thought she might explore close to home

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and leave far off destinations

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for another night, So

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she closed her eyes tight and

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let her imagination take flight.

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Flippy felt a gentle breeze, lifting

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her up high up

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in the blue sky, amongst the

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clouds, and higher and faster

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than the birds. She

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found herself flying above beautiful

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mountains and could see the

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snow capped peaks stretching

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far and wide

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like a blanket of white frosting on a

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cake that Evie once had. The

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memory of that cake made Flippy's

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mouth water and almost

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made her forget how to fly, causing

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her to dip a little, but

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she recovered, and as Flippy

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soared higher, she spotted

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a herd of graceful elk, their

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antlers pointing up toward her like

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they wanted to tickle her belly.

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She had seen pictures of them,

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so she knew what they looked like, but

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because she was using her imagination,

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some of them had colors like a unicorn.

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The way they ran through the green meadows

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looked like they were playing or

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maybe dancing. To Flippy, were

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they playing soccer? She

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giggled as she watched them for a while

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from above. Next,

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Flippy glided over a crystal clear

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river that wound its way

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through pretty valleys. She

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saw beavers busily building

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their cozy lodges along

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the river bank and fish

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leaping in the crystal clear water.

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Blippy thought that it would be fun to jump

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in the water and race with fish,

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but tonight was for flying,

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so she might come back and swim another

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time. As

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she continued flying, a

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bald eagle came up to fly beside

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her for a while and winked

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a hello. Flippy

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imagined the eagle could fly faster

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than her, but she tried

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to keep up As the eagle sped

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ahead, continuing on its

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way. As

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she continued, she saw colorful

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geysers that erupted in

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bursts of steaming water. She

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flew down a little closer so that

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she could see the rainbows that

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formed from the steam.

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It was beautiful. Flippy's

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journey through the sky continued as

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she spotted even higher mountains.

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Slippy flew up higher and higher

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until she reached the tallest peak

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she imagined herself. Perched there

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for a while, the wind gently

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brushing against her fluffy fur, and

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the whole world stretched out below

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her. She

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took some great, big belly breaths,

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which helped her relax even more.

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As the sun began to set, painting

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the sky with orange, pink,

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and purple hues, Flippy

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knew it was time to return home.

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With a final leap of her imagination,

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she slowly descended back

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into Evie's room, landing

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softly beside her on the bed.

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After using her imagination, Flippy

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felt tired and ready

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for sleep. She

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snuggled up closer to her best

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friend and felt comfy and

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warm.

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Where should I go tomorrow night? She

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thought? Maybe I could

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visit the Mystical Forest, a

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planet outside the solar system,

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or a land where the sheep jump over

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the moon. As

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she was thinking about where she might travel

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next, she got sleepier

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and sleepier until

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she fell fast asleep,

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and that is the end of our story. Good

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night, sleep tight,

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nan

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Un.