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Speaker 1: Every year, millions of kids around the world are affected

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by the same devastating words, You're not invited to my

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birthday anymore. Scientists have studied it, experts have debated it.

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Entire recesses have been lost to it. Well, today's story

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solve this global crisis? Almost certainly not. But let's get

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into it. Hellol, story time is really not a glory

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time ratstanding You'll be fine. Follow the whole storyline. Hellol,

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story time, might you have at least one time? No time?

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This is the story of something every kid needs to

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stop doing now. If you happen to be a kid yourself,

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or perhaps you used to be a kid, or maybe

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you're a space alien who has no idea what it's

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like to be a kid, but you've been doing some research, well,

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then you probably already know that sometimes kids say things

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that are not always kind. It could be that they

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make fun of the way you try to eat a

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jumbo five decks her club sandwich, even though seriously, who

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doesn't make a big mess when eating one of those things?

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And haven't we all been teased by a kid for

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wearing clown shoes to school when we couldn't find our

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regular shoes. But nothing feels worse than having a petty

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argument with your friend because they told you their dad

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could lift a car over his head and you were

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all like, yeah, right, And then suddenly your friend is

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telling you you're not invited to my birthday anymore. Well,

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come on, what kind of slimy nonsense is that? But sadly,

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this kind of thing happens every day. Maybe it's even

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happened to you, And if it has, you could probably

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understand why Scarlett did not want it happening to her.

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She hadn't even gotten the invitation yet and she was

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already stressing about it. Scarlet, why do you even want

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to go to Kara's birthday party anyway? Asked her bff Riea,

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Like are you two even friends? Scarlet and Caro were

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not really friends. I mean they knew each other. Sometimes

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they'd say hey, and one time they both wrote on

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the same bus, Rhea, haven't you heard that? Kara? His

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birthday party is gonna be the event of the summer,

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The event of the summer. Ria folded her arms. Oh really,

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and what's gonna be so special about it? Scarlet didn't

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know where to begin. Well, they're gonna have ponies at

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this party, Ria ponies. Ria shrugged with her arms still folded.

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So they're gonna have a splash pad style bouncy castle, Ria,

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a splash pad style bouncy castle. So Ria said again,

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there's gonna be a chocolate fountain, Rhea, a chocolate fountain.

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This was the one that unlocked Rihea's folded arms. Oh man, Scarlet,

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I love chocolate fountains. You just dip the strawberries right

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in it, and it's like, ooh, my mouth is in

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its happy place. She was starting to see why her

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friend wanted to go to this party. But even still,

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this was Kara Frost they were talking about Scarlet. Isn't

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Kara the one who made ten kids crying one day

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and then broke that record the next stay by making

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twelve kids, three adults, and one bird cry in a

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single day. Now, Scarlett was the one folding her arms

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and shrugging. Okay, so maybe she has a little bit

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of trouble being nice sometimes, but don't we all have

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those moments. Yesterday I smacked a mosquito and I didn't

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even say sorry. But Ria knew it wasn't her place

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to judge which parties her best friend went to and

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Scarlett was probably right. Nobody is nice all the time.

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Scarlett told Riha she had to get going. There was

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important business to attend to, like schmoozing with care to

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see if she could earn herself a birthday invitation. When

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she found Kara, she saw there were other kids who

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may have had the same idea. Ah, look at those

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kids following her around like puppy dogs. What a bunch

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of suck ups. Scarlett could hear the kids trying their

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very best. Can I get you anything? Kiara? Would you

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like a sip of my milkshake? Kara? How about a

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foot massage? Kara? Scarlett scrunched up her face in disgust.

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Don't they see how desperate they sound? She then marched over,

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pushed her way through the crowd of kids, and tapped

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Kara on the shoulder. Hi, Kara, my parents told me

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when I turned sixteen, they're gonna buy me a car.

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If you want, I can give it to you. So

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much for not sounding desperate, do I know you? Asked Kara? Well, uh,

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we once rode on the same bus together. No, I'm

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like sitting right next to each other or anything, but

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definitely not more than five or six rows apart. Kara

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spit out her wat of gum she had been showing

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and gave it to Scarlet. This gum has lost all

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its flavor. Take it away. The other kids scowled at Scarlet. Ooh, okay, yeah,

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I can throw this out for you, no problem at all.

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And just remember my name is Scarlett and you and

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I are really good friends from that one time we

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rode on the same bus. Scarlett felt that interaction couldn't

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have gone any better throwing away this girl's gum? How

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could she not get a birthday party invitation after that?

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But no invitation came the next day or the day

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after that. Other kids had started receiving their invitations, and

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that was starting to make Scarlett feel a bit nervous. Listen, Scarlet,

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if you don't get an invitation, you're always welcome to

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come hanging at my house, offered Ria. The girls were

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swinging side by side and chatting away at the park. Thanks, Ria.

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Will there be any ponies at your house? No? How

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about a bouncy castle? No chocolate fountain? Rio was about

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to say no, but paused. I can melt a chocolate

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bar in the microwave. Does that count. Scarlett continued swinging. No,

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a little girl went skipping past them in the park, singing,

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I got the last invitation, I got the last invitation.

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It felt like a real gut punch. How could Kara

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not have thought to invite the one girl she sat

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kind of close to on the bus one time? Sorry,

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Scarlet said Ria. I really thought you too had formed

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a genuine connection. Scarlett tried to look on the bright side. Yeah,

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but I suppose melting chocolate bars in the microwave probably

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isn't the worst way to spend an afternoon. Rhea was

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squinting her eyes, trying to get a better look at

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something on the other side of the park. Is that

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Kara Frost I'm seeing over there? Looks like she's in

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some sort of trouble. Scarlet and Ria hopped off their

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swings and ran across the park to see what was

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going on. Kara was down on the ground in pain,

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but smiled when she saw the girls running over scarmpit.

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It's you, Thank goodness, Actually it's Scarlet, But what happened

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to you? Kara motioned to her lower half. It's my legs.

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They're too tired to walk anymore. I was literally handing

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out birthday party invitations all day long. No, Lie, I'm

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pretty sure I invited every single person to this party.

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I seriously can't think of one person I didn't invite.

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Scarlet and Ria looked at each other. Well, I'm sure

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I could think of one person you didn't invite, said Scarlet.

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Maybe two, added Ria, can one? If you just help

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me get to my house. I have to get home

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to tell my parents that they need to find a

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pop star to come sing at my party. Ria suggested

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they just call Kara's parents, but Scarlett knew there had

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to be a better way. She helped Kara to her

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feet and then slung the girl over her shoulder. Come on, Ria,

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we're gonna help carry this poor girl home. Riya was

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already jogging back to the Swings. Not we you. I

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don't even know her that well, must never have ridden

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on the same bus together. Well, Scarlett didn't need her

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friend's help. Kara's friendship gave her all the strength and

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power she needed. She just had to ignore all the

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demands Kara kept making, telling her to walk faster. Well, Kara, here,

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we hurt your house, and now that I feel like

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my back will never be the same. I'm gonna put

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you down and see if I can still hobble back

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to my house. Scarlett wasn't terribly surprised when Kara didn't

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thank her, but she was surprised when Kara handed her

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a birthday invitation. You should come to my party, scarm pit.

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I had to uninvite someone today because they wouldn't share

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one of their pretzels with me, So you should come.

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It'll be fun. Everyone's gonna be there. Scarlett tried to

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play it cool. Oh sure, yeah, that sounds all right.

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Suppose I could swing by and check it out. But

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as soon as Kara had gone and side and closed

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the door, Scarlett began dancing all over the place. Party time,

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Party Time, Party Time. She kept chanting it all the

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way back to her house. She chanted it all throughout dinner,

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despite repeated reminders to chew with her mouth closed, and

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she somehow kept the chant going while brushing her teeth

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before bed. At that point, it sounded less like party

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time and more like pulmos home. Perhaps only a dentist

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could have understood what she was saying. At school the

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next day, Scarlett briefly considered making an announcement over the

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school's PA system, just in case everyone wanted to know

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that she had been invited to Kara's party. All right,

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Scarlet began, Rhea out with it already, your entire body

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is vibrating. You got invited to Kara's party, didn't you?

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Scarlet scratched her head. Birthday party. Birthday party, all right,

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the party with the ponies. Yeah, I believe I did

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get an invitation. I think it's okay, Scarlet. I'm not jealous.

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I'm not even friends with the girl. It'd be a

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little weird for me to go to the party of

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someone I barely know. Scarlett wanted to remind her friend

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that she knew Kara very well. Well, Kara and I

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go way back. If you like, maybe I could put

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in a good word for you. Ria declined the offer.

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After all, this wasn't a party she cared about. She

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had microwaveable chocolate waiting for her at home. But even

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without Scarlett's help, Ria got invited to the party. Later

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that day, Ria tell me everything, demanded Scarlett. Did you

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carry her backpack, share your lunch, scrub her armpits. Ria

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insisted she hadn't done anything. Kara had simply found herself

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with an extra in invitation after uninviting another guest. It

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was the third person that day the girls had heard

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about losing their invitation. Scarlet got thinking what if that

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were to happen to her. She did the math. Four

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days until the party. That was only ninety six hours

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of completely avoiding Kara easy. She just hadn't considered the

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scientific law that states the harder you try to avoid someone,

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the more you'll run into them. Scarlett had to go

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through a lot of trouble to avoid being seen, things

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like diving into the janitor's closet, pretending to be a

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potted plant in the middle of the hallway, grabbing some

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poor kid's yogurt cup and smearing it all over her

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face as camouflage. It was like every time she turned

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a corner, Kara was there. That's it, You're not invited

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to my birthday party. Scarlett froze in the middle of

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the school hallway. She had been so close to slipping

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into her classroom. She slowly spun around to face Kara,

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but Kara wasn't even there. Just two little boys. What

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do you mean I'm not invited, one boy said to

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the other, The slightly taller kid said, it means I'm

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mad at you and you're not coming to my birthday.

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Scarlet's heart broke for the shorter of the two boys.

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He looked crushed fellas fellas fellas. What could possibly be

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so bad that you would uninvite your friend like that?

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The taller boy explained a Scarlet that his friend had

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told him he had a dog in a school bag,

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but wouldn't let him look. Scarlett had a hard time

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believing that. She grabbed the bag and looked for herself.

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Nothing but a half eaten sandwich with an old band

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aid stuck to it. All right, So, first of all,

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it wasn't cool that your friend made something up. But

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we also don't need to be holding party invitations over

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our friends to get them to do what we want.

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That's not cool either. If he doesn't want to show

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you what's in his bag, he shouldn't have to, and

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trust me, you do not want to look in that bag. Anyways.

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It felt good helping these kids out, but it felt

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even better knowing it hadn't been care saying that to her.

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Three other times that day, Scarlett heard those words again,

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I'm not inviting you to my birthday. One little guy's birthday,

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she found out, wasn't even for another ten months. Was

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he really gonna hold onto a grudge that long just

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because his friend had refused to stop making some annoying

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buzzing sounds bzap, bzap, bzap. But then there was little

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miss fardy pants who purposely kept trying to fart on

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her friend. Scarlett didn't even blame the one girl for

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wanting to uninvite her. She wouldn't have wanted someone like

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that stinging up her birthday party either. What a relief

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it was when Friday finally rolled around. It was the

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last day of school before the party, Scarlett just had

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to avoid seeing Kara one last scarmpit. I finally found you.

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You're a hard one to find. You know that I

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saw a potted plant that looked like you, and the

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other day there was a broom in the janitor's closet

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with the same face as yours. But I don't think

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i've seen you once. Scarlett rapidly blinked her eyes a

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bunch of times. Well, yeah, how strange that we've never

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crossed paths. She really wanted to get this conversation over with,

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Hopefully Kara was just checking in to see if she

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was still coming to her party, so scampit. Scarlett clenched

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her jaw. You're not invited to the party anymore, is

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what I need you to tell your friend Ria. For me,

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I do it myself. But I just don't want to, Scarlett.

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I had not expected this. Wait, I can't do that

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to her. She's my best friend. And that's when Kara

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doubled down on the sliminess. Well, if you're not gonna

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tell her, then I guess you're not coming to my

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party either. In that moment, three things simultaneously flashed through

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Scarlett's head, ponies, chocolate fountains, and splash pad style bouncy castles.

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What didn't come to mind were Riha's feelings. Okay, fine,

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I'll tell her. I'll tell her. I'm sorry, man, I'll

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tell her. That's what I thought, said Kara, spinning around

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and walking see you at the party tomorrow, Tata. Scarlet

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didn't move from her spot for nearly ten minutes. Moving

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mean she was gonna have to do something about this.

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She tried, weighing her options. The first option was to

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just walk up to Rhea and say it, so, hey, Ria,

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there's this funny thing I've got to tell you. The

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second option was to say nothing and hope that Kara

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hadn't been keeping very good track of who she had

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already uninvited. For reasons that only made sense to Scarlet

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at the time, she decided to go with the second option.

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At two in the afternoon the next day, she arrived

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at Ria's house so they could walk to the party together.

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When she saw her friend come to the door, her

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stomach started doing that uncomfortable thing it does when it

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somehow knows you've made the wrong decision even when your

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brain doesn't. Scarlet, do you think I look over dressed

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for this party? What's a kid supposed to wear to

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go pony riding and splash pad style bouncy castle bouncing

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while also not wanting to worry about getting chocolate on

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their outfit? Without thinking, Option one spewed out of Scarlet's mouth.

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You're not coming. I mean I want you to come,

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but Kara said you can't come, And I'm so sorry Ria.

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Ria's faced the thing where you try to act like

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you're not upset when really everyone can totally tell that

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you are. Oh well, remember how I didn't really want

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to go to the party anyway. This actually works out

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better now we can make our own fun here. Scarlet

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wasn't liking that Ria had just said our own fun. Well, Ria,

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I'll actually still be making a brief appearance at this party,

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just a real quick drop in to give Kara a

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piece of my mind. She needs to know that this

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is not okay, and I won't be staying there for

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a minute longer than two hours and fifty nine minutes.

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Ria looked at her side eyed, So basically our staying

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until one minute before the party ends. Look, it's okay

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if you still want to go, Scarlet, don't worry about me.

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I'll be fine here on my own. Scarlet hugged your

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friend and thank you. It wasn't more than a ten

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minute walk from Ria's house to Karas, but Scarlet still

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tried to hurry. Maybe she'd get to be the first

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in line to ride on a pony. Along the way,

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she kept passing other kids she knew from school. Many

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of them had long faces and were just moping along.

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When she stopped to ask, they all told her the

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same thing. They had been uninvited from the birthday party

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and weren't sure what to do with themselves. Now, well,

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that's too bad. But if you're looking for something fun

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to do, head on over to Ria's house. She's melting

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chocolate bars in the microwave. She kept mentioning this to

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everyone she passed. You don't need ponies or chocolate fountains.

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I'm sure you'll be able to make your own fun

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just fine. Kara's house had so many birthday balloons out

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front you couldn't possibly mistake it for anything other than

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a party or maybe a clown's house. Kara answered the

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door before Scarlett had finished knocking. She was holding a

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strawberry that had clearly been dipped in a chocolate fountain.

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Looks so good, Scarlet had to push her tongue back

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into her mouth. Thanks for coming, Scarmpit. The ponies are

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out back. You can be the first one to take

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one for a ride. Scarlett had been dreaming about this

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for weeks. Through one of the windows, she could even

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see the splash pad style bouncy castle. It was even

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bouncier and splashier than she had imagined. Kara, she started out,

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I am I'm sorry, but I think I'm on inviting

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myself to your party. She then wondered if she should

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have used the tone of voice everyone uses when they

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say it. Let me try that again. I'm uninviting myself

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to your party. Scarlett walked back down the front steps

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without saying another word. When she got back to Rhea's house,

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there seemed to be quite a crowd gathered inside. Scarlett

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hadn't realized how many people she had told inside. Music

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was playing, and most people's faces were covered in melted chocolate.

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There weren't any ponies or bouncy castles, but there was

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a lot of laughter and silliness and signs of people

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having fun. After some time, one of the guests stopped

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the music and announced that Kara was approaching the house.

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Everyone watched to see what Rio was going to do.

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Was she locked the door and tell everyone to hide. Nope,

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she let Kara come right in. Maybe she wanted to

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see if Kara had learned a lesson and was here

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to apologize. Kara did say sorry, but maybe not the

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right kind of sorry. Hey everyone, So it turns out

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I kind of uninvited everyone, and now the only people

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at my party are my parents, and they're not exactly

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the pony riding bouncy castle type, So all of you

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are reinvited to my party. Sorry that you got stuck

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at this lousy party. What is that anyway? Microwaveable chocolate?

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So who's coming with me? Scarlett was the only one

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who stood up, and then immediately tried to play it

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off like she was stretching before quickly sitting back down.

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None of you want to come to my party? Well?

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Should I just bring the ponies over here? Then a

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bunch of kids cheered for that idea. One of them said,

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you can bring the ponies, but you're not invited to stay. Ria,

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who was the host of the party, corrected him. We

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don't need any ponies or bouncy castles. We were having

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plenty of fun without that stuff. Kara turned around to leave,

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But you're welcome to stay. Kara continued, Rhea. We won't

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uninvite you because you didn't tie someone's shoelaces for them,

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or because you told someone you had a dog in

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your school bag when actually it was just a sandwich

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with a band aid stuck to it. And we won't

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uninvite you because you still have loss to learn about

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being a good friend. You can just come here because

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today everyone's welcome here. Scarlett could not resist making one

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important amendment to that. But we mightn't invite you if

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you're purposely going around farting on people that can really

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stink a party up. But Kara hadn't heard what Scarlett

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had said. She was already busy stuffing her face with

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microwave chocolate. The end. That's the story, And here is

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your question of the week. Other than microwave chocolate bars,

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what do you enjoy seeing at birthday parties? Thanks to Scarlet,

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Rhea and Kara, and shout out to Otus and Oliver

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from Wallingbar, Australia, Zoe Case and Jemma McKay from Wyuku,

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New Zealand, along with their pet cat mother Shabooboo, Maye

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Rose and Mariam from Ottawa, Canada, Adam from Illinois in

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the USA, Catherine, Roxana, Alexia and Scarlet from Pasadena, Maryland,

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Audrey Elliott, Violet and Monty from Australia, Avery and her

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cat Nugget from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Olivia Rose from Buckeye, Arizona,

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Leonard from Maine, and Aiden Page and Jamie with their

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two cats, Tyson and Mittens from Kitchener Ontario, thanks for

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listening and I'll catch you on the next one.