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<v Speaker 1>That morning, the garden was all white. The snow had

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<v Speaker 1>settled on the tree branches like whipped cream, and every

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<v Speaker 1>branch looked like a freshly decorated slice of cake. Ziggy

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<v Speaker 1>ran outside with his coat on a little crooked followed

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<v Speaker 1>by his four cats, Sophia the little black kitten who

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<v Speaker 1>rubbed her nose on his ankles, Dora the brave tabby,

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<v Speaker 1>and the two brothers pol Do, fat and chunky and

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<v Speaker 1>Milo nimble and leaping. Look, said Ziggy, and with one

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<v Speaker 1>finger he scooped a bit of snow off the branch.

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<v Speaker 1>It looks just like cream. Lily came running, determined as

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<v Speaker 1>always behind her sky Calm walked slowly watching the flakes

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<v Speaker 1>come down. Dash overtook them all with a slide on

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<v Speaker 1>the snow and ended up sitting on the ground laughing.

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<v Speaker 1>The four children started building a snow man, but right

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<v Speaker 1>at that moment they heard a sound they knew well,

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<v Speaker 1>Cheo choo, choo choo. Among the white trees appeared Toby

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<v Speaker 1>the Magic train, with smoke puffing out in round little clouds.

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<v Speaker 1>He stopped in front of them and said in rhyme, Hello,

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<v Speaker 1>dear children, with noses so cold to day A sweet

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<v Speaker 1>new world. I hold a land that dangles upside down,

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<v Speaker 1>where candy grows all over town. The children clapped their hands.

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<v Speaker 1>They all climbed aboard, cats included, and Toby set off

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<v Speaker 1>whistling through the snow. When the doors opened, Ziggy's eyes

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<v Speaker 1>went wide. They had arrived in Meringa Longa, the land

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<v Speaker 1>of sweets. But something was wrong. Why is everyone so sad,

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<v Speaker 1>asked Lily. In Meringolonga, usually everything lived upside down. The

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<v Speaker 1>houses hung from the sky like sugar chandeliers. The rivers

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<v Speaker 1>of syrup flowed upward, and the townsfolk, the little marzipan

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<v Speaker 1>men called sweetlings, walked happily on the ceiling, which for

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<v Speaker 1>them was the floor. But that day the town had

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<v Speaker 1>suddenly turned right side up. Now everything was straight like

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<v Speaker 1>in normal towns, and the sweetlings didn't understand anything any more.

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<v Speaker 1>One tried to pour his chocolate upward and spilled it

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<v Speaker 1>on his feet. Another waved with his feet instead of

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<v Speaker 1>his hands. Another still walked backwards and bumped his nose

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<v Speaker 1>on a lamp post made of cotton. Candy. Ouch ouch,

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<v Speaker 1>ouch went the sweetlings spinning around dizzy. Just then, in

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<v Speaker 1>front of the children, something marvelous appeared a giant soap

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<v Speaker 1>bubble as big as a little house, all shiny and colorful,

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<v Speaker 1>floating in the air without ever popping. Why why, said

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<v Speaker 1>the bubble in a curious little voice. Why is everything straight?

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<v Speaker 1>Why is no one laughing? Why did you come here?

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<v Speaker 1>Why do you have four cats? Why is that one

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<v Speaker 1>so fat? Poldo? The fat cat gave an offended meow. Hi,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Ziggy, said the boy, laughing, who are you. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>the Bubble and I want to know everything, everything, everything,

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<v Speaker 1>she answered, bouncing happily. But now I have a big problem.

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<v Speaker 1>The town turned right side up and the sweetlings don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how to live any more. We have to flip

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<v Speaker 1>it upside down again. And how do we do that?

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<v Speaker 1>Asked Sky in her sweet voice. The bubble grew serious.

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<v Speaker 1>At the bottom of the licorice tunnels, there's the upside

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<v Speaker 1>down bell. If someone rings it, the town goes back

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<v Speaker 1>to its place, but no one manages to get there.

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<v Speaker 1>The tunnels are a dark maze, and every path seems wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>Dash swallowed dark? How dark? Very dark? Said the bubble.

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<v Speaker 1>Dark dark, I mean really dark. The children looked at

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<v Speaker 1>each other. Then Ziggy, who could never sit still, took

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<v Speaker 1>a step forward. Let's go and see. The entrance to

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<v Speaker 1>the tunnels was a great arch of shiny licorice. Inside

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<v Speaker 1>the tunnels opened in many directions, like the arms of

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<v Speaker 1>an octopus. The walls were black and glossy, and every

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<v Speaker 1>now and then they glittered faintly, as if they had

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<v Speaker 1>little sleeping stars inside. Ziggy went in first. He took

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<v Speaker 1>three steps, turned right, then left, then right again, and

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<v Speaker 1>found himself exactly back at the starting point. Ah, he huffed.

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<v Speaker 1>We went in circles. He tried another way and another,

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<v Speaker 1>but every time the maize brought him back, as if

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<v Speaker 1>it were teasing him. Lily tried to memorize the turns,

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<v Speaker 1>but there were too many. Sky stroked Sophia to give

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<v Speaker 1>herself courage. Dash stayed close to Milo. I don't understand,

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<v Speaker 1>said Ziggy, sitting down on a sugar step. It's as

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<v Speaker 1>if the tunnels were made on purpose to confuse us.

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<v Speaker 1>The bubble floated beside him. Why why doesn't it work?

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<v Speaker 1>Why do we always take the wrong path? And it

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<v Speaker 1>was that very why that made something click in Ziggy's head. Wait,

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<v Speaker 1>he said quietly. The town lives upside down right. Everything

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<v Speaker 1>here is backwards. The river flows upward. The sweetlings walk

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<v Speaker 1>on the ceiling, so maybe the tunnels are backwards too.

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<v Speaker 1>When I think I should go right, the right path

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<v Speaker 1>is left. When it seems wrong, that's the right one.

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<v Speaker 1>He jumped up, his eyes shining. It was his AHA moment.

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<v Speaker 1>But how do I see things backwards? He asked himself aloud.

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<v Speaker 1>Then he looked at the bubble, all shiny and clear,

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<v Speaker 1>and he smiled the bubble. He shouted. When I look

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<v Speaker 1>inside the bubble from below, I see everything flipped like

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<v Speaker 1>in a mirror. If I go inside and look at

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<v Speaker 1>the reflection, the bubble shows me the path backwards, which

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<v Speaker 1>means the right one. Why how show me? Said the bubble,

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<v Speaker 1>super excited, and she slowly opened to let Ziggy in.

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<v Speaker 1>Ziggy jumped inside. In there, it was soft and glowing,

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<v Speaker 1>like being in a balloon of light, and he was right.

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<v Speaker 1>Looking at the tunnel walls. Through the bubble, everything appeared

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<v Speaker 1>upside down. The paths that seemed wrong reflected seemed right.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll go inside the bubble and roll it along. Ziggy

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<v Speaker 1>told his friends, you follow me with the cats, trust me,

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<v Speaker 1>and so began the funniest adventure of all Ziggy inside

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<v Speaker 1>the bubble leaned to one side and the bubble rolled

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<v Speaker 1>to the right. He jumped to the other side, and

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<v Speaker 1>the bubble turned left. He did somersaults, and the bubble

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<v Speaker 1>zoomed ahead through the tunnel like a big, glowing ball.

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<v Speaker 1>The cats ran behind, Milo made huge jumps, Poldo rolled

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<v Speaker 1>along two because he was too heavy to jump, and

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<v Speaker 1>Dora led bravely at every fork. Ziggy looked at the

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<v Speaker 1>reflection in the bubble and chose the path that seemed wrong,

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<v Speaker 1>and every time it was the right one. The walls

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<v Speaker 1>glittered more, the tunnel grew more beautiful, and the children

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<v Speaker 1>laughed watching Ziggy bounce like a marble inside his mirror bubble.

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<v Speaker 1>But then they reached the deepest tunnel, and there the

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<v Speaker 1>darkness was truly deep. The walls barely glittered any more.

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<v Speaker 1>Even the bubble, which usually gave off a little light,

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<v Speaker 1>grew pale. The bubble, for the first time, stopped asking questions.

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<v Speaker 1>She stopped trembling. I'm I'm a little scared, she whispered,

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<v Speaker 1>it's too dark. Ziggy felt his heart pounding hard in

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<v Speaker 1>his chest. He was scared too. His legs trembled a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit. He stopped. He took a breath, and then

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<v Speaker 1>he said something true. I'm scared too, Bubble, he said quietly.

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<v Speaker 1>My heart goes thump, thump, thump. But you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>We're not alone. There's me, you, Lily, Sky, Dash, and

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<v Speaker 1>four brave cats. Let's go slowly, I mean, let's go

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<v Speaker 1>calmly together, one step at a time. Sky came close

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<v Speaker 1>and took his hand. Let's go together, she said sweetly.

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<v Speaker 1>Lily stood on the other side. Determined. Dash scooped Milo

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<v Speaker 1>into his arms, and Sophia climbed onto Ziggy's shoulder, purring,

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<v Speaker 1>and so all together, with hearts pounding but feet moving forward,

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<v Speaker 1>they took that step into the dark one, two, three,

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<v Speaker 1>and after the third step, at the end of the tunnel,

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<v Speaker 1>a golden glow appeared. It was the upside down bell,

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<v Speaker 1>hanging from the ceiling and shining like a star that

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<v Speaker 1>had fallen there by chance we made it, cried the bubble,

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<v Speaker 1>turning bright and cheerful again. Why because we were scared,

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<v Speaker 1>But we went on anyway, how wonderful. But the bell

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<v Speaker 1>was up high, upside down, hard to reach. Ziggy didn't

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<v Speaker 1>think twice. He rolled the bubble right under the bell,

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<v Speaker 1>took a running start, jumped, grabbed onto a branch of sugar,

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<v Speaker 1>and with a perfect somersault, struck the bell with his feet.

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<v Speaker 1>Ding Dong, Ding dong. The sound spread through all the tunnels.

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<v Speaker 1>The walls glittered all at once again, like a thousand

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<v Speaker 1>little stars lighting up, and then with a soft rumble,

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<v Speaker 1>the whole town of Meringa Longa flipped over once more.

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<v Speaker 1>The houses went back to hanging from the sky. The

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<v Speaker 1>rivers began flowing upward again, and the sweetlings, one after another,

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<v Speaker 1>took a big tumble and found themselves walking happily on

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<v Speaker 1>the ceiling, just the way they liked, back to upside down. Hooray,

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<v Speaker 1>laughed the sweetlings, pouring their chocolate the right way and

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<v Speaker 1>waving with their hands. One of them even did a

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<v Speaker 1>somersault of joy and landed face first in a cake.

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<v Speaker 1>The children came out of the tunnels, laughing, covered in

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<v Speaker 1>sparkling sugar. The bubble walked them all the way to

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<v Speaker 1>the surface, asking a thousand happy questions. Why did you win,

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<v Speaker 1>Why were you brave? Why will you come back to

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<v Speaker 1>see me? We'll come back, promise, said Ziggy, Hugging the

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<v Speaker 1>soft bubble outside, waited Toby the magic train with smoke

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<v Speaker 1>in little clouds. The children climbed aboard, waving to the

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<v Speaker 1>sweetlings hanging from the sky and Toby, before setting off

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<v Speaker 1>set in rime in the dark. Your hearts were beating fast,

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<v Speaker 1>but side by side you made it at last. Being

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<v Speaker 1>brave won't chase the shivers away. It's feeling afraid and

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<v Speaker 1>going anyway. The little train whistled and set off among

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<v Speaker 1>the sugar clouds, carrying the children home to the snow

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<v Speaker 1>white garden. And that night, before falling asleep, Ziggy looked

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<v Speaker 1>out the window at the branches covered in cream and smiled,

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<v Speaker 1>thinking of the bubble that saw everything backwards, because he

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<v Speaker 1>had learned something important. Being brave doesn't mean not being afraid.

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<v Speaker 1>It means being afraid, taking each other by the hand

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<v Speaker 1>and taking that step anyway.