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<v Speaker 1>Our guest reader today is Christina and she will be

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<v Speaker 1>reading today's story Oliver.

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<v Speaker 2>In outer Space. Late one night, Oliver was in his bedroom,

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<v Speaker 2>staring out into space at a collage of sparkling stars

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<v Speaker 2>through his telescope. Oliver was a curious boy who often

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<v Speaker 2>wondered what was out there in all the swirling galaxies

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<v Speaker 2>and clusters of light. He had posters of spaceships from

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<v Speaker 2>real life and movies, and dreamed of far away worlds.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes Oliver would ride his bike around the little town

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<v Speaker 2>where he lived, thinking there must be more to the

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<v Speaker 2>universe than everything he knew. One day, Oliver hoped he

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<v Speaker 2>could be an astronaut and fly up into the sky

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<v Speaker 2>and experience space for himself. How odd it would be

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<v Speaker 2>to be so far away from the Earth and look

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<v Speaker 2>back at it as another ball of light in the sky.

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<v Speaker 2>Oliver had big dreams, but at eight years old, he

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<v Speaker 2>had to wait until he was grown up to fulfill them.

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<v Speaker 2>That was such a long time. He sure wished he

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<v Speaker 2>could do something important and exciting, especially with space. All

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<v Speaker 2>he could do was watch the universe through his telescope

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<v Speaker 2>and dream. It was nearly ten o'clock and Oliver yawned boy,

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<v Speaker 2>he was tired. Then through the little eyepiece he noticed

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<v Speaker 2>a star brighter than any of the others, a burning,

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<v Speaker 2>blistering star that sparked, and that little embers of light

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<v Speaker 2>whoa gasped Oliver. The sparkling star got bigger as it

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<v Speaker 2>came nearer to the telescope's lens. It became so bright

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<v Speaker 2>that Oliver had to pull away from the eyepiece. As

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<v Speaker 2>he did out through his window, the shooting sparkling star

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<v Speaker 2>whushed over his house and landed with a mighty thud

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<v Speaker 2>in the woods beyond his backyard. No way, Oliver exclaimed.

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<v Speaker 2>Oliver thought about what he should do. It was school

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<v Speaker 2>early in the morning. He shouldn't really, Oliver snuck out

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<v Speaker 2>of his house, grabbing his bike from the porch. He

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<v Speaker 2>pedaled fast, making it past his backyard and into the

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<v Speaker 2>woods beyond. He turned the little light on his handlebars

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<v Speaker 2>as he entered the bike trail into the woods. It

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<v Speaker 2>was very dark and all he could see were scary

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<v Speaker 2>looking trees and brown leaves lying all over the ground.

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<v Speaker 2>Then in the distance he could see an odd glow

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<v Speaker 2>emanating from beyond some thick bushes. That must be, he thought,

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<v Speaker 2>Oliver quickly peddled in the light's direction. He couldn't use

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<v Speaker 2>his bike anymore as the terrain was too filled with

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<v Speaker 2>weeds and vines. I'll have to go on foot. Oliver

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<v Speaker 2>ran and jumped over any obstacles, making sure he didn't fall.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he found it. Wow. There in a crater in

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<v Speaker 2>the ground, surrounded by smoke, was a golden, glowing meteor.

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<v Speaker 2>With trepidation, he moved closer to the glowing meteor, being

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<v Speaker 2>careful he didn't fall into the crater it created. On

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<v Speaker 2>closer inspection, and Oliver gasped, it wasn't a rocky looking

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<v Speaker 2>meteor like he'd seen in pictures in a movie. It

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<v Speaker 2>was perfectly smooth, like an oversized bowling ball, glowing like

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<v Speaker 2>a tiny sun. What is it? Asked aloud. Suddenly, from above,

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<v Speaker 2>a bright blue spotlight being down on him. Oliver looked

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<v Speaker 2>up to where it was coming from. Then, as if

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<v Speaker 2>by magic, the golden glowing orb began to lift up

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<v Speaker 2>into the sky, zooming towards the center of the light. Slowly,

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<v Speaker 2>Oliver noticed his feet were beginning to shift from the ground.

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<v Speaker 2>He was floating up into the sky along with the

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<v Speaker 2>golden glowing sphere. Whoa Oliver yelled as he shot up

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<v Speaker 2>in the air, moving closer to the light. Suddenly, the

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<v Speaker 2>light was all around him. Everything went dark. Where am I?

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<v Speaker 2>He thought? An orange light came on. He was in

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<v Speaker 2>a room surrounded by strange looking computers and contraptions, and

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<v Speaker 2>the room wasn't square, it was saucer shaped. Oliver gulped,

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<v Speaker 2>am I in a yep? A voice, said a flying saucer.

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<v Speaker 2>Oliver turned to a little boy with blue skin and

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<v Speaker 2>green hair, who looked no older than he did. And

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<v Speaker 2>you must be yep, said the boy, again, an alien.

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<v Speaker 2>But to me you're the alien pink skin and brown hair.

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<v Speaker 2>How odd I suppose we're both aliens to one another,

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<v Speaker 2>Oliver said. Universe is a big place, said the boy,

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<v Speaker 2>lots of different types of people all over the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>My name is Gray and I come from the Milky Way.

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<v Speaker 2>He held his hand out and Oliver shook it. My

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<v Speaker 2>name is Oliver and I come from Earth. Oliver thought

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<v Speaker 2>about this for a moment and said it doesn't rhyme

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<v Speaker 2>as well as yours doesn't have to. My friend, Gray said,

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<v Speaker 2>with a grin. All that matters is you're a hero.

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<v Speaker 2>You found the solar night's sun the what Gray's side

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<v Speaker 2>I forgot. You're an earth man. You don't know about

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<v Speaker 2>solar night's suns. Well, a solar night's sun is a

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<v Speaker 2>little sun that we set up on planets. We put

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<v Speaker 2>a solar night's sun there, and all kinds of things happen,

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<v Speaker 2>good things. This one fell off of our mothership and

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<v Speaker 2>we were looking for it, and ye, you found it.

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<v Speaker 2>That means you can come up and I'll show you

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<v Speaker 2>how it works and give you a tour of the galaxy.

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<v Speaker 2>Oliver couldn't believe it. They flew in Gray's flying saucer

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<v Speaker 2>up through the clouds and into outer space. They whizzed

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<v Speaker 2>past the Moon and around Mars and headed for the

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<v Speaker 2>Milky Way. The colors in space were dazzling bright reds, pinks,

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<v Speaker 2>and blues. No telescope could do justice. Too Soon they

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<v Speaker 2>arrived at a little planet spinning on its own. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the line, Gray said. Here, press this button, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>pointing to a green, glowing button. Oliver clicked the button,

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<v Speaker 2>and at the back of the ship, the solar Night's

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<v Speaker 2>Sun shot out into space and hovered above the planet.

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<v Speaker 2>Then the solar night Sun started to beam bright rays

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<v Speaker 2>to the planet's surface, and as if by magic, the

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<v Speaker 2>entire surface started to grow with beautiful flowers and trees,

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<v Speaker 2>creating a green paradise. You know how many insects and

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<v Speaker 2>animals will one day live on that planet, Gray said,

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<v Speaker 2>all because you found the solar night's sun and sent

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<v Speaker 2>it back into space. All of a sudden, Oliver felt

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<v Speaker 2>very important. He felt bigger than just a boy from

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<v Speaker 2>a little town who dreamed of space. He understood that

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<v Speaker 2>the planet would be home to many creatures, and it

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<v Speaker 2>made him happy to know that they could live there

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<v Speaker 2>in safety and peace. All because of him. Gray took

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<v Speaker 2>Oliver on a tour of the galaxy, flying around planets

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<v Speaker 2>and shooting past stars. The Earth was just as he imagined,

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<v Speaker 2>a tiny bright light in a sea of space. Oliver

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<v Speaker 2>seemed to understand everything a little better. It didn't matter

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<v Speaker 2>if you were on Earth or in space. It was

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<v Speaker 2>kindness that counts. Gray dropped Oliver home on Earth, waved goodbye,

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<v Speaker 2>and then flew off back into space. When Oliver went home,

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<v Speaker 2>he looked through his telescope and zoomed into the planet

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<v Speaker 2>he'd helped create with a sullen night sun. It didn't

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<v Speaker 2>matter if you were on Earth or in space. You

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<v Speaker 2>always have to do good things wherever you are in

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<v Speaker 2>the galaxy. The end