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Speaker 1: called Maggie's Easter Egg Hunt. Snuggle is a production of
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Speaker 1: up today. Hey friend, it's Tom here. I'm so proud
Speaker 1: and excited to announce that this is the one hundredth
Speaker 1: episode of Snuggle. That's a pretty big milestone, and everyone
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Speaker 1: the future. So thanks again for listening, my friends. Our
Speaker 1: friend Vanessa is reading today's story. We'll be returning to
Speaker 1: Little Kid's neighborhood, where a young girl named Maggie goes
Speaker 1: on a wonderful Easter egg hunt with her friends Jackson
Speaker 1: and Abigail, whom you might have met before. Don't worry
Speaker 1: if you haven't heard Maggie's previous story, though. You can
Speaker 1: enjoy this one now and listen to the first one
Speaker 1: another time before we join Maggie on her springtime adventure.
Speaker 1: Let's get nice and comfy. First, take a big stretch,
Speaker 1: moving your arms and legs around. Then wiggle your fingers
Speaker 1: and toes. Next, take a big, big breath in and
Speaker 1: then let it out nice and slowly. Perfect. And now
Speaker 1: let's meet Maggie at her home where she's about to
Speaker 1: enjoy a fun Easter holiday.
Speaker 2: Today is a very special day for Maggie. She and
Speaker 2: her family are celebrating Easter. Maggie loves Easter for its
Speaker 2: pastel colored decorations, bunny rabbits, delicious chocolate, and Easter egg hunts. Plus,
Speaker 2: Maggie always gets to wear a beautiful dress for Easter. Today,
Speaker 2: she is wearing a light green dress that makes Maggie
Speaker 2: feel like a springtime fairy. The fabric flutters with her
Speaker 2: every movement, and there are even tiny flowers sewn along
Speaker 2: the bottom of the dress. It's the perfect outfit for Easter.
Speaker 2: In the garden, Maggie thinks. Right now, Maggie is helping
Speaker 2: her mommy by carrying a carton of freshly painted eggs
Speaker 2: to the back garden. Maggie had the best time coloring
Speaker 2: eggs this morning. Her mommy helped her make beautiful shades
Speaker 2: of dye from all sorts of plants like blueberries, yellow onions,
Speaker 2: and even cabbage. It was so much to learn about
Speaker 2: all the natural ways dye can be made. Maggie's mommy
Speaker 2: told her that that's how they died many clothes in
Speaker 2: the past. Now, Maggie can't wait to try using natural
Speaker 2: dyes for other fun projects with her mommy, But for now,
Speaker 2: it is nearly time for her family's annual Easter egg hunt.
Speaker 2: Maggie carries the carton of eggs across the dining room
Speaker 2: that leads to the garden at the back of the house.
Speaker 2: The back doors are open wide, and Maggie can already
Speaker 2: feel a gentle breeze and smell the spring flowers as
Speaker 2: she walks closer and closer to the garden. The back
Speaker 2: garden is very cozy. It's surrounded by fluffy green bushes
Speaker 2: that create a natural fence keeping everything inside safe. Right
Speaker 2: in front of those bushes, there are so many colorful
Speaker 2: flowers and plants, and a small pond with fish swimming
Speaker 2: around too. Sometimes Maggie spots a frog hopping onto a
Speaker 2: lily pad for a little nap. Once Maggie is out
Speaker 2: of the house, she can feel the warmth of the
Speaker 2: bright sunshine. Then Maggie looks up and sees her daddy
Speaker 2: placing a second carton of eggs on a wooden picnic table.
Speaker 2: The table is under the shade of a wooden gazebo
Speaker 2: and a big tree. Usually the tree is covered in
Speaker 2: green leaves, but right now there are many pink flowers
Speaker 2: on it. Her mommy said, these are called blossoms, and
Speaker 2: they grow during spring. The gazebo has strong wooden beams
Speaker 2: reaching up to the sky and pretty vines wrapping around
Speaker 2: it like a secret garden. Maggie walks towards her daddy,
Speaker 2: still carry one curtain of Easter eggs. Her daddy takes
Speaker 2: the eggs from her and places them on the table.
Speaker 2: Then he gives her a big smile and a warm hug.
Speaker 2: Behind Maggie, her mommy follows with another carton of colored eggs.
Speaker 2: Maggie's daddy gives Mommy a warm hug too. Just then
Speaker 2: Maggie hears the sound of the garden gate opening. Maggie
Speaker 2: looks back and begins to clap and jump as she
Speaker 2: sees some of her friends from the neighborhood. There's Jackson, Abigail, Lucia, Ahmed,
Speaker 2: and Madeline walking through the gate one after another. Their
Speaker 2: mommies and daddies follow right behind them. They are all
Speaker 2: here for her family's annual Easter egg hunt. Of course,
Speaker 2: Maggie's neighborhood friends come running toward her. Each one carries
Speaker 2: a woven Easter basket in a different color. They all
Speaker 2: look so happy with the sun shining so brightly in
Speaker 2: the sky behind them. Abigail's pink hair bow bounces as
Speaker 2: she runs to Maggie. She says hello and gives Maggie
Speaker 2: a big hug. Her arms wrapped tightly around Maggie's green dress,
Speaker 2: and the two giggle together, happy to see each other
Speaker 2: on this special day. Soon enough, all the children are
Speaker 2: gathered around in a grassy patch of the garden. Their
Speaker 2: mommies and daddies chat together while the boys and girls
Speaker 2: run and play in their Easter outfits. After a little while,
Speaker 2: Maggie looks back at the wooden picnic table to see
Speaker 2: dozens of colorful Easter eggs all snug in their cozy
Speaker 2: paper gardens. It's almost time for the hunt. Maggie thinks.
Speaker 2: She is very excited to search for eggs Maggie wonders
Speaker 2: how many she will find this year. Last year, she
Speaker 2: remembers finding exactly nine eggs. This Easter, she hopes to
Speaker 2: find at least ten. Just then, Maggie's daddy announces that
Speaker 2: it's time to hide the Easter eggs. There are sixty
Speaker 2: of them to hide this year. This is how it works.
Speaker 2: Most of the mommies and daddies hide the Easter eggs
Speaker 2: all around the garden while the children close their eyes
Speaker 2: and face the house. One mommy or daddy will keep
Speaker 2: an eye on the kids, making sure no one sneaks
Speaker 2: a peek at where the eggs are being hidden. First,
Speaker 2: Maggie's mommy had tends her an Easter basket to collect
Speaker 2: eggs in. It's a woven green basket and it matches
Speaker 2: her dress. Then her mommy tells all the children to
Speaker 2: turn around and close their eyes. All six children follow
Speaker 2: the rules perfectly. They all wait quietly, giggling and chatting
Speaker 2: as their parents hide eggs between rows of flowers, underbird baths,
Speaker 2: beside rocks, and in other interesting places in the garden.
Speaker 2: Maggie counts in her hat one, two, three, four. Takes
Speaker 2: just sixty seconds for all the eggs to be hidden
Speaker 2: and for her daddy to say, ready, set go, And
Speaker 2: just like that, all six of the children turn and
Speaker 2: run to begin their hunt. They hold their baskets with
Speaker 2: their eyes wide in search of the colorful eggs. With
Speaker 2: all the pretty flowers in the garden, it can be
Speaker 2: hard to find eggs, Maggie thinks, but she is still
Speaker 2: ready to find as many as possible. She loves these
Speaker 2: kinds of games. Maggie keeps her eyes low to the ground.
Speaker 2: Her eyes move around as she loves looks for eggs. Quickly,
Speaker 2: she sees an orange egg besides some purple tulips. These
Speaker 2: are some of her favorite flowers in the garden. Maggie
Speaker 2: feels so happy when she picks up the orange colored
Speaker 2: Easter egg and places it in her green basket. Now
Speaker 2: it's time to find more. Maggie moves quickly. Only a
Speaker 2: few seconds later, she finds another egg in a grassy
Speaker 2: patch next to the stone pathway. This one is a
Speaker 2: beautiful blue color. Once again, she places it in her basket.
Speaker 2: She now has two Easter eggs. She looks in front
Speaker 2: of her and sees another orange egg. But right when
Speaker 2: she notices it, her best friend Abigail picks it up.
Speaker 2: They look at each other and giggle before continuing their
Speaker 2: hunt for the most Easter eggs. Maggie spots a yellow
Speaker 2: one lying in the dirt of a potted plant and
Speaker 2: a purple one on the ground beside it. Both go
Speaker 2: straight into her basket. Maggie counts four eggs in her
Speaker 2: basket now. Then she sees a beautiful butterfly dance across
Speaker 2: the garden. She follows it. Maggie is surprised to see
Speaker 2: a blue Easter egg just below the leaf where the
Speaker 2: butterfly lands. How magical, Maggie thinks. Soon she sees two eggs,
Speaker 2: one orange and one yellow, laying among some bright yellow flowers.
Speaker 2: Maggie almost mistakes the eggs for flowers because their colors
Speaker 2: are so similar, but she is not fooled today. She
Speaker 2: places them in her basket one at a time. She
Speaker 2: now has seven eggs in her basket. Maggie is already
Speaker 2: feeling very happy with how many eggs she has found
Speaker 2: so quickly today. She passes off med and Lucia as
Speaker 2: she walks across the stones toward a small tree with
Speaker 2: white blossoms on it. Then she sees an orange egg
Speaker 2: tucked between the roots of the tree. Found you, Maggie
Speaker 2: says out loud. Eight eggs and counting. Maggie hopes she
Speaker 2: will find at least two more eggs during today's special
Speaker 2: Easter egg hunt. She walks for a moment, looking up
Speaker 2: and down and around, but she sees no eggs, only
Speaker 2: flowers the bright blue sky, green plants than trees. Then
Speaker 2: she focuses there is a green egg in the grass.
Speaker 2: She quickly picks it up just as Jackson notices it.
Speaker 2: She sees Jackson's basket is full of eggs. It looks
Speaker 2: like he has more than she does. But that's okay.
Speaker 2: Maggie just wants to find ten eggs after all, and
Speaker 2: guess what, now she has nine. She only needs to
Speaker 2: find one more egg. Maggie walks along one of the
Speaker 2: edges of the garden where the pretty green bushes are.
Speaker 2: She hasn't seen many of her friends on this side
Speaker 2: of the yard yet. Just then she spies two eggs.
Speaker 2: One sits on a leafy branch and the other is
Speaker 2: in the dark brown dirt just below the bush. She
Speaker 2: bends down and places both into her green basket. Maggie
Speaker 2: looks down and begins to count her eggs one, two, three, four,
Speaker 2: all the way up to eleven eggs. Maggie can't believe
Speaker 2: she has found so many. Just then her daddy blows
Speaker 2: his horn. This means that the Easter egg hunt is
Speaker 2: over all. The children gather in the center of the
Speaker 2: garden holding their woven baskets full of colored ecks. Maggie
Speaker 2: looks around to see all her friends with happy expressions
Speaker 2: on their faces. They have all had so much fun
Speaker 2: searching for eggs today. She wonders if Jackson will the
Speaker 2: most eggs In the end, the parents help the children
Speaker 2: count their eggs. Lucia has seven eggs, Abigail has nine,
Speaker 2: and Ahmed has ten. Then Madeleine counts twelve eggs and
Speaker 2: Jackson counts eleven. Maggie has eleven Easter eggs. Two. That
Speaker 2: means Madeleine found the most Easter eggs this year, and
Speaker 2: Maggie and Jackson have tied for second plates. But these
Speaker 2: egg hunts are all for fun. All of Maggie's friends
Speaker 2: will get to celebrate together with cake and fresh juice.
Speaker 2: This year, Maggie's mommy made carrot cake. Maggie got to
Speaker 2: lick the white frosting off the spoon this morning as
Speaker 2: her mommy was making it. It was so good. Their
Speaker 2: mommies and daddies congratulate them on finding so many eggs
Speaker 2: so quickly. Then they invite all the kids to come
Speaker 2: sit at the picnic table. The cartons of eggs have disappeared,
Speaker 2: and now the big carrot cake sits in the middle
Speaker 2: of the table. There are six chairs and six plates
Speaker 2: with slices of cake on each one. There is also
Speaker 2: juice beside every plate. All the children laugh with excitement
Speaker 2: as they take their seats. Maggie sits next to Abigail
Speaker 2: and Lucy Yeah. Quickly, she and her neighborhood friends pick
Speaker 2: up their forks and begin to eat carrot cake. After
Speaker 2: a perfect day of Easter egg hunting in the garden,
Speaker 2: what a special day it has been.
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