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Speaker 1: Welcome back, friends to short stories for kids. Today's story

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is going to be read by the wonderful sky.

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Speaker 2: It was a dark night and the stars above sparkled

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like diamonds. Everything was calm and peaceful, but Tammy sat

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in her room, sulking, gee, I can't believe it. I'm

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ten years old and mom and dad are getting me

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a babysitter. Tammy's mom and dad were going out for

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the night, and Tammy was annoyed. She couldn't wait until

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she was sixteen. That was when they said she could

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stay home alone. Who were they going to ask to

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look after her now? Apparently this babysitter was a new babysitter,

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one Tammy had never met before. She's come highly recommended.

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Her mom had told her that didn't matter to Tammy,

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though she'd rather have no babysitter at all. There was

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a ding dong at the front door, and Tammy could

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hear her mom and dad greet the babysitter. Then her

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mom and dad called up, We're off now, honey, be

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good for Katrina. Tammy sighed when she heard the front

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door click shut. I better go meet Katrina. Tammy went

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downstairs to meet her babysitter Katrina was standing in the

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living room dressed in all white. Hi, I'm Katrina, the

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babysitter said, you must be Tammy. Tammy nodded and said hi,

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then went and sat in front of the TV and

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switched it on. HM, said Katrina, why don't we do

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something more fun than watch TV? She suggested, like what

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Tammy said with a shrug, how about a board game.

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My favorite board game is Hungry Hungry Hippos. Tammy said,

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but I don't even have it. My friend Martha does,

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but she's out of town with her family. It's a

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good thing I brought my own Hungry Hungry Hippos, right,

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Katrina said, as she pointed next to Tammy. Tammy heard

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a whush sound, and as she turned to where Katrina pointed,

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a brand new Hungry Hungry Hippos sat next to her. Huh,

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Tammy exclaimed, I didn't see that there. Well, we better

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play it, then, Katrina said, with a smile. Katrina and

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Tammy banged away on the backs of the brightly colored hippos.

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Tammy was so fast that her hippo ate all the

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balls and she won. Yay, Tammy cheered, are you hungry? Tammy.

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Katrina asked, you know, if I could have anything, I'd

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love a great big cheese and tomato sandwich, Tammy said.

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Katrina pointed next to Tammy. Tammy heard a whush sound,

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and then next to her was a great big cheese

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and tomato sandwich. Oh, I forgot to say, said Katrina.

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I bought it cheese and tomato sandwich just for you.

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How did you know I liked cheese and tomato sandwiches,

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Tammy wandered out loud. Oh, Katrina said, with a shrug.

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I guess your mom and dad must have told me.

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Tammy looked at the babysitter strangely. She was sure hungry, though,

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and the sandwich was even toasted, just the way Tammy

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liked it. It was delicious, maybe the best cheese and

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tomato sandwich she'd ever had. When she was finished, Katrina asked,

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what do you want to do now? Tammy had an idea.

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She knew something strange was going on. Well, Tammy pondered,

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if I could do anything right now, I'd love a

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pair of sneakers that could make me fly. Tammy quickly

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looked at her right as Katrina pointed in that direction,

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as if by magic, A pair of sneakers with little

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wings on the side appeared there. Oops, said Katrina. I've

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gotta stop conjuring things before people have asked me what

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they want. Ah, Tammy said, I knew there was something

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funny going on. You just made those sneakers appear. Katrina

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pulled a face and shrugged. I guess I can't really

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say I didn't. Tammy pulled her sneakers off and put

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on the odd sneakers with wings on their sides. The

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moment she tied the laces, the little wings started to flap,

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and Tammy rose from the floor and flew around the room. WHOA,

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try and click the heels together, Katrina shouted as Tammy

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whizzed by, reaching out for the lamp shade on the

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ceiling to try and stop her. Tammy clicked her heels

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together and the little wings stopped flapping instant. She fell

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to the floor in a heap ouch. Sorry, Tammy, I

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should have warned you that would happen. Tammy sat up

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and rubbed her head. Hey how'd you do that? Was

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that some kind of magic? Well, Katrina replied, I guess

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it was some kind of magic. How come you know

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magic are you uh a witch? Wow, Tammy said, but

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you don't look like a witch. What were you expecting?

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Should I be all in black with a black cat.

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I don't know, Tammy replied, I've never met a witch before. Well,

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I'm a good witch who goes around doing good things

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for kids. That's why I became a babysitter so I

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can have fun every day, but I try to keep

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it a secret. If everyone knew I was a witch,

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everyone would ask me to use my magic every day. Eventually,

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if I did that, it would take all the fun away.

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Tammy understood she was good at math, and all her

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friends at school would ask her to help them with

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their homework. She would do their homework sometimes just because

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it was easy for her. Eventually, she regretted anyone finding

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out she was good at math. I'm sorry I found out,

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Tammy said. I suspected something was up and only asked

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for flying sneakers to try and trick you. Katrina could

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see that Tammy was sorry, and she gave her a hug.

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I'll tell you what, Katrina said. I might not have

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black clothes or a black cat, but I do have

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a magic broomstick. How about we go for a late

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night fly over the town. Awesome, Tammy cried. Katrina took

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Tammy to the front yard where she had propped her

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broomstick against the porch. Come on, jump on, Katrina said,

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sitting on the broomstick's handle. Tammy grinned and jumped on

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the back. Then magically, the broomstick shot off and up

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into the air, flying high over the town. There were

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stars above them and the twinkling lights of the town below.

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It really was an awesome sight. Everything looked so different

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when you were flying so high. Eventually, Katrina flew the

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broomstick back to Tammy's house and landed on the front

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porch where they had left off. Tammy and Katrina went

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back inside, watched movies together and ate popcorn. Later, Tammy's

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mom and dad came home, and Tammy was very sad

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to see Katrina leave. I hope she behaved, asked Tammy's mom.

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We got on magically, Katrina said, and winked at Tammy.

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From that day on, whenever Tammy's parents went out, Tammy

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would always ask for Katrina to babysit for her. Maybe

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having a babysitter wasn't so bad after all, especially a

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magic one. The end,