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Speaker 1: Welcome Back Friends to short Stories for Kids.

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Speaker 2: The Magic Paint Brush of Wonderland. One rainy day, Don

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sat in her bedroom painting a picture of a cat

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in the Big Sketch book her mom had bought her.

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The cat was a mix of white and ginger and

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had a big smile on its face. Boy Don really

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wished she could have a cat of her own, but

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her mom was allergic. How unfair. If Don had a cat,

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she would love and cuddle the cat all day long.

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As Down went to finish painting the cat's eyes, she

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realized she'd run out of black paint. Oh no, she

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couldn't paint the whiskers and pupils. Down searched around and

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couldn't find another black paint. What could she do? Dawn

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went downstairs unhappy. There had to be something somewhere she

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could use for the painting. As she searched the drawers

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and cupboards around the house, she soon realized there was nothing.

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How disappointing. Then Dawn heard something at the front door.

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She ran to it to see what it was. There

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was a flyer pushed under the door jam. Dawn picked

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it up and read it. Ever run out of paint? Well,

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never again with our new, super duper all new space

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aged Wonderbrush. You'll have all the colors you'll ever need

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with a single brush. And if you want a free

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trial of Wonderbrush, fill in the coupon below and we

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will send you your very own Wonderbrush. Wonderbrush. Dawn gasped,

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that sounds great. She ran to the kitchen, grabbed a pen,

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and filled out the little coupon at the bottom of

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the flier. Then she ripped the coupon off, ran to

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the mailbox at the corner of the street and posted it.

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How long will it take? Probably weeks, maybe a month,

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Don sighed, At least she tried. She walked back home,

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and the second she closed the door behind her, the

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doorbell rang ding dong. Don opened the door and a

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delivery man stood there holding out a package. Special delivery,

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he exclaimed. Don took the package. No way it could be.

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Thank you, the delivery man said, and walked off down

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the street. Don shut the door and ripped the package open.

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She couldn't believe it. It was the Wonderbrush. It was

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here already, but how could that be? She only posted

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the coupon less than ten minutes ago. Don couldn't explain it,

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but she wasn't complaining. She ran upstairs and unwrapped the

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wonder brush from its plastic wrapper. It looked like a

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normal brush, like the one you would use to paint

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a house, But when you pressed a button on the side,

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it became smaller and thinner, just right for a cat's whiskers. Awesome,

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Dawn exclaimed. Then if you pressed another switch, you could

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change the brush's color. That's great, Dawn cried with joy.

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She painted the cat's eyes and whiskers with the wonderbrush

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and stood back to inspect her work. The big, ginger

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and white cat looked perfect. Then, to Don's amazement, the

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cat turned and looked at Dawn. And even more amazing

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was that he spoke, Hi, Don, Thanks for the whiskers.

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Don's mouth fell open. You can speak, Are you alive?

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But you're a painting. When you use wonderbrush, everything you

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paint becomes real, said the cat. The cat turned and

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jumped from the pages of the sketch book and landed

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in Don's lap. She stroked the cat. He certainly felt real.

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Why don't you call me whiskers, said the cat. I

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think it's quite a fitting name. Sure, said Don. The

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cat jumped up on the bed. But my mom is

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allergic to cats, Yes, said Whiskers, But I'm a painted cat.

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I bet you she'll never be allergic to a painted cat.

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Maybe not, Don said, with a shrug. Can I paint

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anything and it will come to life? Not just come

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to life? Say, for instance, if you painted a new bike,

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you could peel it from the page and write it

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in reality. Wow, Don gasped, I could use a new bike.

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Don painted a brilliant pink bike with the wonderbrush and

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then reached in and ripped it from the Suddenly she

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had a bright, brilliant pink bike standing next to her.

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As real as she was. This is super the best ever,

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Don cried. But what did she really need? She could

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paint random things all day long, but could she think

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of something that would really be helpful and make a difference.

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Don remembered that there were some woods near her school,

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and she always thought that the birds there could use

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some little bird houses in the trees. Don quickly painted

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all the bird houses full of birds in a picture

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of the trees next to her school. All of a sudden,

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there was a knock on her window, and Don ran

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over to see what it was. A bird was there,

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floating up and down. Don opened her window and the

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bird began to speak.

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Speaker 3: We just wanted to say thanks for the houses. They

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are going to be great. This when when it gets cold,

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you can talk to Don.

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Speaker 2: Said, of course, said the bird.

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Speaker 3: Once you start using magic, you can see and hear

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all sorts of things. Really, you can see and hear

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how things really are. Everything has a voice if you listen.

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The bird flew off and Don closed her window. Don

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picked up the wonderbrush and inspected it.

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Speaker 2: It's magic, she said, of course it is, said whiskers,

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and the bird is right now. You can hear all

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the animals in the world. Don thought about this. She

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truly loved animals more than anything. She could use the

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wonderbrush for selfish things she wanted, but with the power

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of the Wonderbrush, she could do lots of good for

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all the animals that didn't have a voice. So Don

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decided to do some more paintings. She painted that all

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the animals at the zoo had huge, vast spaces to

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live in, not just cramped little ones. That all the

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wheels in the ocean could be free and happy, and

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that all cats and dogs worldwide would always be protected.

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Don had a big heart, and with the magical Wonderbrush,

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she could share her love with everything that needed it.

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That night, when her mom came home, she saw Whiskers

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sitting on her bed. What is he doing in here?

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Her mom said, he's my friend. Dawn quickly replied, you

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know I'm allergic. If I sneeze in the next ten seconds,

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he'll have to go. Her mom counted down from ten, ten, nine, eight, seven,

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Please don't sneeze, Please don't sneeze, six, five, four, three,

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please please please please two one. Her mom didn't sneeze. Yeah, okay,

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Her mom said he can stay. Whiskers gave a great

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big meow and Dawn laughed, and from that day on,

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Whiskers and Dawn painted picture after picture to make the

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world a better place.

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Speaker 1: The end