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Speaker 1: That morning, the sky was gray like an iron pot,

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and a thin rain tapped on the windows. But inside

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the warm Cloud Bakery it was sweetly toasty, and the

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air smelled of fresh baked bread. Lily, Ziggy, Sky, and

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Dash had their little hands covered in flour up to

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their elbows. They were making cookies with Grandma Crumbs, the baker,

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with cheeks as red as apples. My cookie looks like

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a wobbly star, laughed Dash, lifting up the dough. And

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mine looks like a chubby little snail, said Ziggy, hopping about.

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Lily was not laughing. She was staring straight at the

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shelf in the back of the shop, and her forehead

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was all crinkled. Look, she said softly. The everyone turned around.

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On the shelf sat a little horse, a spinning top,

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and a cloth doll. But they had all turned gray,

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gray like ash, without a single drop of color. Then,

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right before their eyes, the jam jars lost their red

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and their purple. The curtains by the window turned gray.

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It was as if someone were blowing out the colors

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one by one with an invisible puff. What is happening

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to my bakery, cried Grandma Crumbs, bringing her hands to

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her cheeks. Sky pressed close to Lily. I'm a little scared,

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she whispered. Lily took her hand. I'm here. We won't

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let the colors run away. It was right at that

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moment that from far away, a happy sound arrived. Chew, chew.

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Through the bakery door. Came Toby, the magic train, with

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shiny wheels and smoke that smelled of sugar. Hello, children,

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what a strange gray day. The colors woke and ran away.

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Climb aboard. Now, don't be afraid up on the rooftops

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they must have strayed. The four friends climbed aboard without hesitating.

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Grandma crumbs waved from the door. Bring my colors back home.

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Toby whistled and began to climb and climb, until he

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was running over the rooftops of the town like on

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invisible rails. And there, on top of a chimney, a

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white dove was waiting for them. It was Nina. She

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smelled of powdered sugar, and when she saw them, she

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made a little tune in her throat. Coo, coo, you

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are looking for the colors, aren't you? Chirped Nina, curious,

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turning her head every which way. I saw them. They

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ran away because they were scared of the gray. They

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hid in three places in the town. But you must hurry.

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Why must we hurry, asked Lily. Nina lifted her beak

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toward the sky, because the snow is coming, and if

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the white snow covers the last colors, they will never

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come back. Right then, a light snowflake came dancing down,

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then another. It was starting to snow. Let's go, said Lily,

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and her voice was steady like a rock. Nina flew ahead, curious,

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diving between the chimneys. Follow me, follow me. The first

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color is over there. She took them over a courtyard

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where an old lady had left a basket of red

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apples under a little roof. But the apples were far

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away at the end of a narrow balcony. Quick, let's

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get the red, said Nina, all in a flutter, Hurry, hurry, dash,

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leaned out too fast and almost slipped on the snowy roof. Oops,

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he cried, waving his arms like a windmill. Stop, said Lily.

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If we rush, we all fall. Let's wait. One step

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at a time. They took a breath, Then slowly they

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held hands and made a chain Siggy, who was light

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and quick, stretched out his arm and grabbed an apple.

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Inside the apple glowed a little red light, warm, like

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a tiny ember. We got it, cheered Sky, But the

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snow was falling thicker, and the sky was turning whiter

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and whiter. The second one, the second one, cooed Nina,

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and she flew away fast. She led them to a

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sheltered corner of the town, where in a vase some

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yellow mimosa flowers were still holding on, trembling under the

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snow flakes. Take them, take them quick, said Nina, flapping

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her wings. Sky reached out her hand, but a puff

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of wind blew the flowers higher up on to a branch.

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I can't reach, said Sky, her eyes shiny with tears.

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They are too high up. Dash, who was super fast,

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wanted to jump right away. I've got this one. Jump

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and wait, said Lily, holding him back by his jacket.

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If you jump now, you will slip. Look at the branch.

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When the wind stops, it bends down low. Let's wait

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for the right moment. They stayed, still, holding their breath,

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with snowflakes on their eyelashes. The wind blew, the branch swayed,

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then the wind went quiet, and the branch dipped slowly

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toward them. In that instant, Dash jumped precise like a spring,

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and caught the yellow flowers inside glowed a little golden light,

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like a sunbeam in his pocket. Yay, they all shouted together.

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Two colors caught, but the third was still missing, and

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the snow now covered everything in white. The roof tops

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had disappeared. It was cold. The last one is at

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the market, said Nina, but her little voice trembled a

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blue awning. But I can't see it any more. The

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snow has covered it. They reached the market square. Everything

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was white, silent, without a single color. They looked and looked,

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but there was no trace of blue. Dash sat down

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in the snow, discouraged. It's gone. We lost. Let's go home,

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Ziggy sighed too. Sky lowered her head. Even Nina stopped cooing,

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but not Lily. Lily stayed standing with her fists tight

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and her blue eyes searching the white. Wait just a

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little longer, she said, But Lily whimpered Dash, you can't

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see anything. That's exactly why we wait, she answered. The

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snow stops sooner or later. And when it stops, maybe

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a little corner will peek out. They stood still, one, two,

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three long breaths. The snow slowed down, It slowed some more,

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and then all of a sudden it stopped. A shy

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sunbeam broke through the clouds, and there in the distance,

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under a little pile of snow, a tiny bit of

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blue peeked out, just one corner of the awning. There

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it is, shouted lily. She ran, swept away the snow

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with her hands and pulled out a piece of blue cloth.

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Inside glowed a little light, like a piece of the

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night sky. Three colors, red, yellow, blue. Safe in their hands.

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Quick to the bakery, said Nina, happy and her tune

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came back. Coo coo coo. Toby was waiting for them

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on the roof, puffing sweet smoke. Everyone climbed on, holding

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the three colors like treasures. In a moment, they were

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back in front of Grandma Crumbs. You got them, she said,

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with laughing eyes. Grandma Crumbs took her big bowl of

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magic dough, the one she used used for the most

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special treats now. We mix but slowly, one at a time.

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They put in the little red light and stirred. They

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stirred and stirred. Nothing happened. See it doesn't work, said Dash. Wait,

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said Lily, And after a moment, the dough began to

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warm up, and on the shelf the gray little horse

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took back a little bit of pink on its cheeks.

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They put in the yellow light. They stirred calmly. They waited,

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and the spinning top shone again with yellow and orange.

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They put in the blue light. They stirred. They waited

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just a little longer, and there was the cloth doll

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lighting back up with blue, with green, with every color.

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The jars turned red and purple again. The curtains bloomed

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once more, one color at a time, without rushing. The

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warm cloud bakery became a warm and fragrant rainbow again.

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Outside it was still snowing, soft and white. Inside, everything sparkled.

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We did it, said Sky, hugging Lily. Thank you for

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not giving up. Colors. Don't come back in a hurry,

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said Lily, smiling. They come back if you know how

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to wait. Nina did three happy loops above their heads.

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Grandma Crumbs baked the cookies, and this time they were

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bursting with color. Then came the familiar chew chew. Toby

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was ready to take them home. Well done, children, what

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a lovely quest. Patience is sweet, and patience is best.

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Those who can wait and never shout will watch the

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colors come shining out. Now, climb aboard back home, we

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ride so slow and gentle. Side by side, the four

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friends climbed aboard, waving to Nina and Grandma Crumbs, and

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as the little train puffed softly through the snow, they

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snuggled close to one another, happy and warm, watching the

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town shine once more with a thousand colors.