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Speaker 1: Hello there, my name is Kristen Tonight. I have a
Speaker 1: very special story for you. It's about a teddy bear
Speaker 1: who awakens at nighttime and goes out to explore the
Speaker 1: cozy town where he lives with his family. To get
Speaker 1: ready for our story, stretch your arms way out over
Speaker 1: your head and your legs out as long as they
Speaker 1: can go. Yawn and stretch as far as you can.
Speaker 1: Then stop stretching and curl up in a ball as
Speaker 1: small as you can get very good. And now just
Speaker 1: relax and get into a comfy position, close your eyes
Speaker 1: and snuggle in under the covers. This is where our
Speaker 1: story begins. The children were all tucked up in bed
Speaker 1: as snug as could be. The covers were warm around them,
Speaker 1: and the room was dark. Susie was snoring softly and
Speaker 1: Benny was breathing quietly. The toys were all tucked up
Speaker 1: too neatly put away or in the case of Teddy,
Speaker 1: the stuffed bear. Snuggled into bed next to Susie, and
Speaker 1: that is when Teddy opened one eye and looked around.
Speaker 1: He saw the friendly shadows of toys around the darkened room.
Speaker 1: He felt the warm blanket tucked in over him and Susie.
Speaker 1: He heard the soft snore and quiet breathing. Teddy thought
Speaker 1: for a moment, and then he opened his other eye.
Speaker 1: He felt wide awake. Maybe he would go exploring, he thought.
Speaker 1: After all, he was a stuffed Teddy bear and the
Speaker 1: only time he could get up and move around on
Speaker 1: his own was at night when the people were in
Speaker 1: bed and the town was sleeping. Teddy was a small
Speaker 1: brown bear with fluffy fur and a purple velvet ribbon
Speaker 1: tied around his neck, which made him look very nice,
Speaker 1: Susie said. Teddy climbed carefully out from under the covers.
Speaker 1: Then he turned his back and tucked the covers in
Speaker 1: around Susie so she wouldn't be cold while she slept.
Speaker 1: Once Susie was all tucked in again, Teddy looked around.
Speaker 1: The bed was high off the ground for a small bear,
Speaker 1: and Teddy really was a very small bear. Indeed, how
Speaker 1: was he going to get down? After giving it a
Speaker 1: little thought, Teddy had an idea. He took an extra
Speaker 1: pillow and tossed it down from the bed. It landed
Speaker 1: on the floor with a very soft sound. Then Teddy
Speaker 1: took a big breath and jumped down onto the pillow. Swoosh.
Speaker 1: He landed comfortably on the fluffy pillow. He sat up
Speaker 1: and climbed down off the pillow. He tiptoed to the
Speaker 1: door and opened it quietly so as not to wake
Speaker 1: the sleeping children. He closed it softly behind him. Then
Speaker 1: he made his way to the front door of the
Speaker 1: house and did the same thing. He opened the door
Speaker 1: ever so quietly, slipped outside and closed it again very softly.
Speaker 1: It was a little bit chilly outside in the night air,
Speaker 1: but Teddy had thick fur and he felt just fine.
Speaker 1: He looked up and saw the stars shining brightly in
Speaker 1: the dark sky. On one side, the full moon glowed
Speaker 1: silvery white. It was a beautiful sight, and Teddy was
Speaker 1: happy he had decided to explore. After admiring the sky
Speaker 1: for a few minutes, Teddy set out on his adventure.
Speaker 1: He walked down the little street that he lived on
Speaker 1: with the children's family. He headed towards Main Street. He
Speaker 1: knew where that was because Susy had taken him downtown
Speaker 1: before when the family went to get ice cream or
Speaker 1: to do some shopping along Main Street. The town where
Speaker 1: they lived was a very pretty little town, nestled in
Speaker 1: a valley between tall hills. Small wooden houses with big
Speaker 1: porches lined both sides of the street. Each house was
Speaker 1: painted a different color pink, lavender, pale blue, spring, green, yellow,
Speaker 1: and even the aquamarine color of the ocean on a postcard.
Speaker 1: Teddy once saw, even though the night was dark, Teddy
Speaker 1: could make out the pretty colors and the soft light
Speaker 1: of the moon and the stars, And as he walked
Speaker 1: towards Main Street, he realized there was another source of
Speaker 1: light too. The street lights on Main Street were lit.
Speaker 1: They weren't bright lights, but they glowed with a dim
Speaker 1: yellow light that gave the town a very cozy look.
Speaker 1: Teddy arrived at the corner and turned onto Main Street.
Speaker 1: Under the yellow light, the shops looked warm and inviting.
Speaker 1: Fairy lights outlined each shop, twinkling in the darkness and
Speaker 1: adding to the coziness of the scene. To one side,
Speaker 1: Teddy saw the ice cream shop where Susy had brought
Speaker 1: him with the family one summer afternoon. It was closed
Speaker 1: up for the night, of course, but when Teddy peeked
Speaker 1: in the windows He could see the counters with the
Speaker 1: ice cream lined up in neat little tubs. There was
Speaker 1: green mint, hip and creamy vanilla, yellow lemon and dark chocolate,
Speaker 1: orange sherbet and rosy cherry. Turning away from the ice
Speaker 1: cream shop, Teddy saw the bookstore on the other side
Speaker 1: of main Street. It was closed up for the night
Speaker 1: as well, naturally, but Teddy could see the books displayed
Speaker 1: in its front window. He crossed the empty street to
Speaker 1: look more closely. Books were set up on little tables
Speaker 1: in the window facing outwards so shoppers could easily see
Speaker 1: their covers. There were all sorts of books with all
Speaker 1: kinds of wonderful pictures on them. He could see fairy
Speaker 1: stories and books about knights and princesses and ninjas and heroes.
Speaker 1: He could see books about little children like Susie and
Speaker 1: Benny too, and even a book about a bear who
Speaker 1: looked a bit like Teddy himself. Behind the lovely display
Speaker 1: of books, Teddy saw the rest of the snug little shop.
Speaker 1: There were wooden bookcase lined with so many books Teddy
Speaker 1: could only imagine all the wonderful stories they contained. There
Speaker 1: were comfortable armchairs around the shop too. This was where
Speaker 1: Susie had settled in with Teddy on more than one
Speaker 1: occasion to read him a picture story. Smiling at the
Speaker 1: happy memory, Teddy turned and walked on again. Up ahead
Speaker 1: was the toy Shop, a wonderful store and a favorite
Speaker 1: with Teddy, Susie and Benny. He saw the fairy lights
Speaker 1: twinkling around the big window at the front of the
Speaker 1: toy store, and he could just see the display of
Speaker 1: a fancy electric train. But what was this? The other
Speaker 1: stores were dark inside, closed up tight for the nighttime,
Speaker 1: but the toy store looked as though the lights were on,
Speaker 1: and Teddy could even hear faint sounds coming from inside.
Speaker 1: He hurried ahead to see what was going on. Teddy
Speaker 1: came to a stop in front of the toy store
Speaker 1: and stared inside, his mouth dropped open. For the toy
Speaker 1: store wasn't shut up for the night. No cozy lamps
Speaker 1: glowed on tables around the store. The door stood just
Speaker 1: slightly open in an inviting sort of way. And best
Speaker 1: of all, toy animals and dolls of all sorts were
Speaker 1: standing around the store, talking and laughing together, happily, not
Speaker 1: sleeping at all. There were tall dolls with long hair
Speaker 1: and small dolls with short hair and every sort of
Speaker 1: doll in between. There were action figures with backpacks and
Speaker 1: tools and all types of gear, and there were stuffed
Speaker 1: animals of every description. A long necked giraffe was leaning
Speaker 1: down to talk to a fat rabbit with very long ears.
Speaker 1: A stuffed tiger was leaning against a shelf of building toys,
Speaker 1: laughing with a fluffy cat, and other groups of stuffed
Speaker 1: animals were mingling all over the shop. Teddy couldn't wait
Speaker 1: to go in and find out what was happening. He
Speaker 1: reached out and gently pushed the door open. It swung
Speaker 1: in easily, and Teddy walked into the warm shop. A
Speaker 1: doll with curly hair and a stuffed penguin were standing
Speaker 1: near the door. They looked over curiously when Teddy walked in. Welcome,
Speaker 1: said the doll in a friendly voice. Come on in,
Speaker 1: added the penguin with a big smile. Teddy walked over
Speaker 1: to them, smiling too. He wanted to ask what was
Speaker 1: going on, but luckily he remembered his manners. First, I'm Teddy,
Speaker 1: he introduced himself. After the doll and the penguin had
Speaker 1: introduced themselves too, Teddy asked what was happening. The doll,
Speaker 1: who was a very friendly sort of toy, explained that
Speaker 1: it was a toy party. Once a year, when the
Speaker 1: moon was full and the stars were shining brightly, all
Speaker 1: the toys woke up and had a party while the
Speaker 1: town was sleeping, she explained, And this was that night.
Speaker 1: Well you can probably imagine that Teddy was very excited
Speaker 1: to hear that he was a small bear and this
Speaker 1: was his first toy party. And what a party it was.
Speaker 1: There was hot chocolate served by an old stuff fowl
Speaker 1: who made sure everyone got an extra marshmallow. There was
Speaker 1: hot buttery popcorn in a big popcorn cart where anyone
Speaker 1: could help themselves to as much as they wanted, and
Speaker 1: Teddy wanted a lot. There were games and jokes and
Speaker 1: all kinds of toy fun. All the little animals and
Speaker 1: dolls and action figures had a lovely time. Finally, after
Speaker 1: a long night full of fun, Teddy began to yawn.
Speaker 1: He noticed some of the other toys were starting to
Speaker 1: yelln too. Teddy began to think of the cozy bed
Speaker 1: and how good it would feel to snuggle up next
Speaker 1: to Susie under the warm covers. He began to think
Speaker 1: of what fun it would be to whisper all about
Speaker 1: the party to Susie as she slept. And so he
Speaker 1: went around the store and said goodbye to all the
Speaker 1: wonderful toys he'd met that night. He gave them hugs
Speaker 1: and promised he would see them at the next toy party.
Speaker 1: Then he made his way out the door into the cool,
Speaker 1: starlit night. Other toys were leaving as well, waving as
Speaker 1: they headed off in different directions down the street. Teddy
Speaker 1: waved too. Then he walked to his own little street
Speaker 1: where he lived with his own little family in their
Speaker 1: own cozy house. When he got to the house, he
Speaker 1: opened the door as quietly as he could and stepped inside.
Speaker 1: Then he padded softly to the children's room and slipped
Speaker 1: in with hardly a sound. When he got to the bed,
Speaker 1: where Susie was still snoring softly, Teddy paused and thought
Speaker 1: for a moment. Then he went and got some clothes
Speaker 1: from the clean laundry basket nearby. He piled up the
Speaker 1: clothes on top of the pillow he had dropped before
Speaker 1: his big adventure. Then he climbed up on the pillow
Speaker 1: and all the way to the top of the pile
Speaker 1: of clothes. From there he could just barely reach up
Speaker 1: and pull himself onto the bed. Teddy crawled under the
Speaker 1: warm covers and tucked them in. Snug around himself and Susie.
Speaker 1: He snuggled in as close as could be and whispered
Speaker 1: in Susie's ear. He told her all about the wonderful
Speaker 1: toy party as she slept peacefully, snoring softly. Then he
Speaker 1: sighed happily, closed his eyes and drifted off into a
Speaker 1: deep sleep. He dreamt of the cozy town at night,
Speaker 1: and all the toys gathered in the warm glow of
Speaker 1: the toy store beneath the shining stars. The general MM people,
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