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Speaker 1: That afternoon, Dash, Ziggy, Lily and Sky were in the

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garden playing at being frogs. They hopped from one cushion

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to another, puffed out their cheeks, and went croak croak,

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laughing till their tummies hurt. Dash was the fastest of all.

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He made super long jumps, but every now and then

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he landed on his bottom by mistake and rolled on

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the grass like a ball. I'm the frog champion of

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the world, he shouted, and the others burst out laughing.

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The sky was gray and a little lazy, with slow

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clouds that seemed to be yawning. Then all of a sudden,

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a cheerful whistle rang out. Chuff, chuff. It was Toby,

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the magic train, puffing his way in among the flowers.

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He stopped beside the children, rang his little bell and said, hello,

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little friends, with your hearts light as air, climb up

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beside me. I'll take you right there to a big

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round square where the day feels so bright, where one

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little smile is a treasure of light. The children clapped

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their hands and jumped aboard. Toby whistled happily and set

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off among the clouds. The wind ruffled everyone's hair, and

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Dash held his arms wide open, as if he were flying.

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When the little train stopped, the children climbed down and

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stood open mouthed. They had arrived in a huge square

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all round, with a fountain in the middle that went

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bloop bloop. On a sign above it was written Ring Square,

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and the fountain was called Gurgily Fountain. The sky, meanwhile,

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was painting itself orange, pink and purple, like a picture

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just finished. A gentle wind whispered among the leaves, as

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if telling a secret. But something was wrong. The people

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were walking round and round with long faces, grumbling. A

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lady with a shopping bag walked back and forth. Where's

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my house? It was here just a moment ago, she said.

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A man with a hat scratched his head. A little

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boy was crying because he couldn't find his door. What's

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going on, asked Lily, who was brave and wanted to

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understand right away. Just then, from behind a sign, a

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sparrow came fluttering out, but he didn't fly straight. He

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went zigzag, crooked like a leaf gone wild. Watch out,

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watch out, he chirped and crash. He smacked into a

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lamp post and fell flat on his tummy. Right in

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front of sky. He smelled wonderful, like freshly baked bread.

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What a lovely smell, said Ziggy, sniffing. I sleep on

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top of the baker's oven, explained the sparrow, getting up

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all ruffled. I'm Pepe, the chattiest sparrow in the square.

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I know everything about everyone. I'm a most well informed

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little bird, Dash tilted his head. Well in what well

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informed means? I know lots of news, said Peppe, puffing

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out his chest. Who eats what? Who sneezes? Who lost

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their hat? But then Peppe lowered his wings ashamed. But

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to day, I made a big mess. While I was

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flying and gossiping, I wasn't looking where I was going,

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and I bumped into all the street signs. I made

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them spin, fall, mix up, and now Sun Street is

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where Moon Street used to be, and nobody can find

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their house any more. Every One looked at the signs.

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They were a tangle, crooked and jumbled, some upside down.

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Let's put them back, said Lily, determined. But when they tried,

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they realized it was impossible. Nobody remembered which sign went

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where any more. The more they moved them, the more

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mixed up they got. The people grumbled louder and louder.

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The air had become heavy, like a wet blanket. Dash

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scratched his head. Then his eyes lit up. I've got

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a silly idea, he shouted. What if instead of fightin

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with this square, we played inside it. Let's do the

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great smile obstacle race? The race to what, asked Sky quietly,

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A circus race, said Dash, already hopping about. You jump

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over the fountain, you roll under the benches, you walk

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balancing on the edge. Whoever laughs and joins in, we

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walk them all the way to their right street. Because

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there's one thing I know, when you laugh, your head

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goes back in place. Ziggy clapped an, I'll build the course.

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Lily grabbed an imaginary whistle. Sky ever so sweetly began

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inviting the sad people one by one with a smile.

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Dash went first to set the example. He ran toward

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gurgily fountain, took a huge leap and splash. Instead of

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jumping over it, he landed right inside bottom first. He

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came out, dripping with a leaf on his nose. Number

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one complete, he said, very seriously. A little boy giggled

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just a tiny bit, but he giggled. Then it was

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time to roll under the benches. Dash threw himself down

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and rolled super fast, but Pepe wanted to copy him.

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The sparrow took a run up, went crooked as always,

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and Thump glided straight on to Dash's tummy just as

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he was coming out. They both ended up with their

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legs in the air, paws and wings up like two

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flipped over pancakes. At that point, a little old lady

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with a shawl burst out laughing, ha ha ha. She

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laughed so hard her shawl trembled, and suddenly she stopped,

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looked up and said, but that's my balcony with the

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red geraniums. My house is right there, and she ran

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happily toward her door. Dash jumped up in a flash.

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Did you see? She laughed and found her house. It works,

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and so the race went on funnier and funnier. Lily

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played the tight rope walker on the edge of the fountain,

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arms wide open, and every time she was about to fall,

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she made the silliest face. Ziggy had built a bridge

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with two planks and walked across it, wiggling his bottom

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like a penguin. Sky led the shyest people by the hand,

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and with her gentle voice she said, come you try too,

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we'll laugh together. But half way through the race it

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seemed a total disaster. The more the people ran, the

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more they mixed up and bumped into each other. A

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gentleman tripped over peppe. Two children crashed into each other, laughing,

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but ended up far from home. The good mood began

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to wobble, and someone started grumbling again. It's not working

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any more, said Lily, worried. Dash stopped out of breath

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for a moment. He was afraid he'd got it all wrong.

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Then he looked at the happy old lady on her

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balcony and understood. We mustn't run around randomly, he said,

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we have to laugh together. When we all laugh at

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the same time, we see each other better. So Dash

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invented the silliest jump of all, the wet frog super jump.

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He took a run up, jumped up high, did a

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somersault in the air, and landed sitting in the fountain again,

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splashing water everywhere, with his tongue out and his eyes crossed.

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It was too much. The whole square burst out laughing together.

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Ha ha ha. The grown ups laughed, the little ones laughed.

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Even the wind laughed as it whispered among the leaves,

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and in that magical moment laughing, the people stopped running

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and looked around with new eyes. Hey, I know you.

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You're my neighbor. So my house is near yours, said one.

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And that's the bench where I sit every evening. My

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house is right behind it, said another. Laughing, Everyone began

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swapping clues and remembering one after another. The townsfolk found

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their doors. The lady with the shopping bag hugged her

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door handle. The boy who'd been crying was now jumping

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for joy on his door mat. The gentle wind, happy,

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blew a little harder and spun the sign, which, as

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if by magic, went back to the right place. Sun

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Street went back to the sun. Moon Street went back

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to the moon. Pepe flew above the square, proud from

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to day, I'll fly straight as an arrow, I promise,

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he chirped, And right after crash, he smacked into the

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ring Square sign and fell flat on his tummy. But

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this time he laughed too, and the whole square laughed

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with him. Sky came up to dash with eyes shining

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with happiness. Did you see one smile changed the whole day,

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Dash smiled, all wet and messy haired. Yes, when your

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head is confused, a laughing heart always finds the way home.

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The sun had almost set now, and the sky was

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a thousand colors. That was when the friendly whistle sounded again,

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Chaff chaff. Toby the magic train had come back to

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fetch them. He opened his doors and said, what a bright,

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laughing square, What a wonderful day. One smile chased the

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muddle and sadness away. Climb up, little ones, for the

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joy that it brings. Whoever laughs finds their way home,

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and it sings. The children waved goodbye to Pepe and

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all the smiling townsfolk, and climbed aboard the train. As

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Toby puffed among the colorful clouds. Dash looked out the window,

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still laughing, and he thought that the next day, maybe

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he'd invent an even sillier race.