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Speaker 1: That afternoon, a soft rain was falling outside the window,

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the kind that goes tap tap on the glass. They

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could not run in the garden, so Dash, Ziggy, Lily,

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and Sky went up to the attic. The attic was

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a room at the very top of the house, full

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of old boxes, dusty hats, and forgotten things. So boring

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to sit still, said Dash, who was fast as lightning

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and could not stay seated even for one minute. Then

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his eyes lit up. I have an idea. Let's make

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a race track. In a flash, they dragged the big

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boxes into a row. Ziggy stacked them up to make

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hurdles to jump over. Lily rolled out an old rug

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to make the lane. Sky set three hats on the floor,

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one big, one medium, and one small. These are the

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finish lines, said Sky in her sweet voice. Dash took

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off running right away, jumped the first box, tripped on

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the second, and ended up with his head inside a

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giant hat. I can't see anything, he laughed, spinning around

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like a top. The others laughed so hard they could

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barely breathe, and it was right at that moment that

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they heard a familiar sound, chew choo, chew chew from

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behind the boxes popped out a shiny little train, its

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wheels spinning merrily. It was Toby, the magic train. Toby

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whistled happily and said, hello, my friends, all set to play,

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we'll run and race the whole bright day. I'll take

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you where the valleys gleamed with golden trails, a shining dream.

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The children clapped their hands and hopped aboard. Where are

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you taking us, Toby asked dash, But the little train

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only whistled and set off through the boxes down a

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tunnel of light. When it stopped, the children stepped off

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with their mouths wide open. They were in a huge valley.

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High above their heads. So many shooting stars crossed the sky,

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leaving golden trails. Those trails lit up the valley like

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the big lights of a stadium. How wonderful, whispered Lily.

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But something was strange. The valley was full of little folk,

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small soft creatures with long ears. But they were all

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sitting on the ground, dull and sad. Nobody was playing,

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nobody was laughing. Why are you so sad? Asked sky.

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Coming closer, one little creature sighed, Our valley is special

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because it has an echo. Do you know what an

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echo is. It's when you shout a word and the

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mountain sends it back to you. If you say hello,

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the valley answers hello, Hello, Hello. But now it doesn't

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answer any more, said another little creature. When we shout go,

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no well done comes back without someone to cheer for us,

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we lost the wish to run. Dash frowned. A valley

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with no races seemed like the saddest thing in the

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whole world. Just then they heard a terrible clatter boom, clang, ton,

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ton ton. Something was rolling down the hill shrieking. It

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was a little pot, a dented little pot that banged

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its lid like a drum and bounced along hopping. It

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smelled of freshly made pancakes, a smell so good it

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made your mouth water. The little pot stopped by flipping

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upside down, spilled all its batter on the ground and

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made a big yellow splotch. Then it set itself upright

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and cried, I am Drummer, and I have a splendid plan,

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a talking pot, laughed Dash, and one that can cook

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all by itself. Of course, said drummer, all proud, I

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make the best pancakes in the valley. Too bad, I

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always spill them. But I have a plan. I'll organize

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the great relay. Do you know what a relay is.

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It's a race where you don't run alone. You run

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a little bit, then you pass a stick to a

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friend and he keeps goin for you. That way, the

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whole team wins together. Horay, shouted Dash. I love to run,

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I'm in. But organizing the relay with Drummer was a

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very funny disaster. First, Drummer wanted to give the start. Ready,

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set go, he shouted, and in all the excitement, he

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banged his lids so hard that the lid shot up

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into the air like a frisbee, flew over Ziggy's head

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and got stuck hanging on a branch. My lid, shrieked Drummer,

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rolling after it and bumping into a rock. Ouch ouch ouch.

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Ziggy jumped, climbed up and got the lid back. Got it,

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he said, But when he brought it back, Drummer hugged

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it and knocked over another pot of batter, this time

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all over Lily's shoes. Now I smell like a pancake,

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laughed Lily, shaking her foot. They tried to run anyway,

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Dash took off like a rocket, jumped the hurdles made

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of round stones. But not one of the little folk

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wanted to run after him. They all stayed sitting sad.

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It's no use, said a little creature. The valley won't

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cheer for us anyway. Without the well done, there's no

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fun in it. Dash stopped. He was sweaty and a

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little out of breath. He looked at the dull little folk.

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Then he looked at the sky full of shooting stars,

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and he thought. He thought of when he ran back

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home and his mom, Kate would shout, go, Dash, you're

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the best. Those words put wings on his feet. That

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was what was missing here, not the echo. What was

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missing was someone to cheer first. I figured out the trick,

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shouted Dash, and his eyes shone like the stars. The

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valley doesn't answer because nobody starts. We all wait for

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some one else to cheer. But if I start, maybe

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a chain will begin. He turned toward the saddest little creature,

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the one sitting apart with its ears down. Dash took

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a breath and shouted, with all the voice he had,

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go you're so strong. I'm cheerin for you. The little

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creature jumped. Nobody had shouted something kind to it for

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such a long time, its ears stood up. Then little

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by little it smiled, and that smile gave it such

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joy that it stood up, turned to its neighbor and shouted,

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go run, you're the best. And then the most beautiful

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thing happened. The neighbor smiled and passed it on to another,

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and that one to another, just like the relay stick.

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The cheering passed from creature to creature, from voice to voice,

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like a but tawn flying from hand to hand. It works,

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shouted Lily, Kindness gets passed on, just like in a relay.

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Now the whole valley was shouting cheers. And then the

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little miracle happened. The mountain woke up when a little

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creature shouted run, the valley answered, run, run run. The

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echo was back. The echo, the echo is back. Everyone

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jumped for joy. Now they really could do the great

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hurdle relay dash was in the front row. Fast as

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the wind, they set off, with everyone cheering. Ziggy jumped

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the hurdles with his long legs. Lily never gave up,

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tough as always, Sky ran along, smiling and passed the

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baton gently. It was the fun unniest noisiest race any

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one had ever seen. Drummer, all excited, wanted to run too,

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and of course he spilled his batter right in front

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of Dash, who slipped, slid on his bottom, and landed

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smack against the finish line of hats, which rained down

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on his head one after another, the big one, the

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medium one, and the small one. Hi won and I

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got dressed too, laughed Dash. Under the pile of hats,

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the shooting stars shone brightly, the lids flew, the valley

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boomed with well done, and everyone laughed, holding their tummies.

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When the party calmed down, Sky noticed something in a corner.

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A tiny puppy was curled up all alone. He wasn't scared,

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he was just sad. What's wrong, Sky asked him, sitting

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down beside him. I can't sleep, said the puppy in

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a tiny voice. At night, I have bad dreams, and

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then I'm afraid of the dark. I really wish I

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had a nice dream. Sky was touched and her heart

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grew warm. She looked at her friends. Can we do

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something for him? Dash had an idea right away. The

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shooting stars they carry dreams. If we put one in

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a box, we can give em a glowing dream to

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keep close at night. They ran to grab one of

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the boxes from the attic, the ones Toby had brought

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along with them. They waited for a shooting star to

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come down low, and Ziggy, with a huge jump, caught

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it in mid air. They put it in the box.

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The box began to glow with a golden light. Warm

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and gentle Sky tied it closed with a bow and

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handed it to the puppy. Here it's a glowing dream.

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When you're afraid of the dark, open the box just

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a little. The light of the stars chases the bad

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dreams away. The puppy opened the box, a soft light

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lit up his little face, and for the first time

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in a long time, he smiled. He snuggled up, closed

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his eyes, and fell asleep, peacefully hugging his box of stars.

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The whole valley went oh with tenderness, and the valley

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answered sweetly, Oh oh, oh, did you see, said Dash softly,

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so as not to wake the puppy. One kind word

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woke up another, and then another. Kindness is like a relay.

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All it takes is for some one to start, and

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it never stops. It was time to go home, they said,

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good bye to the happy little folk, and to Drummer,

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who waved them off by spilling his last batter all

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over his own wheels and rolling away as happy as

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could be. Toby the Magic Train was waiting for them

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with sparkling wheels. When they were all aboard, he whistled

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and said, what wonderful children, so kind and so bright.

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One little smile fills the world with light. Kindness is

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a race that we all run together. Start it yourself,

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and it lasts forever, and among the golden trails of

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the shooting stars. The little train carried them back home,

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while outside the rain had stopped and the sky was

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filling up with tiny lights.