Welcome to Grandma's House.
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The time we spend together
is one grandma's attempt
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to love and bless in Jesus name.
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The kids you see are not actors.
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Just real kids in
a real neighborhood.
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Like any other they
are the joy of my life.
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Especially when I see the little
seeds I plant begin to sprout.
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If you have an empty place
in your heart, please stay.
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Spend a little
time at Grandma's house.
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This is grandma's house.
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I'm so glad you came over today.
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This is grandpa Stew
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Ha Ha, and we are learning,
we hope, to ride this bicycle
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built for two.
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We've never done it before.
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No! Heh Heh! Grandpa is not
entirely sure about this thing,
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but we are going
to give it a shot.
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And if we can learn to ride it,
we're going over to see somebody
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and invite some
kids to go with us.
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Well come on! Let's go!
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Put your foot on.
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Ready!
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Oh I don't think
this is going to work!
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What do you think? Nope! No way!
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Well I'll tell you what,
if you will take this one back
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to the house I think
I'll get on my regular bike.
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It's a deal!
It's a deal! Alright
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If you're still alive, Okay.
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I think I am going to head over
to Truman's barn, come on guys.
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Ohhhh, so much better.
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Hi, Hi!
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Heh, you want to
come ride with me?
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Yeah sure!
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Come ride, come on.
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Come on you slow pokes.
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Can't catch me!
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Heh you guys, you're
eating my dust, come on!
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Heh grandpa Truman!
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Come on out here, got some
people here I want you to meet.
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Well Heh!
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Come on out!
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What cha guys been doing?
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Well I have been messing around
with some my old bicycles.
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And I'm glad these
guys came out to see them.
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Cool, look at these bikes guys.
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Some of them are pretty rare.
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Look at that!
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Cool, there's no tires.
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That's right it
has a special tire.
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Well tell us about them.
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Okay, the tires for this
one, now how old do you think
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that bicycle is?
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50, A hundred?
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A little more than that.
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Wow! Eighty-two hundred?
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No how about 1880?
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Ohhhhh!
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That's older than
you and me put together.
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Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
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You asked about the tire,
and it's laying right here.
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Does it look like
any tire you ever saw?
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Like a piece of hose!
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And it goes around like this.
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And there's a wire
that went through it.
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You tighten up the wire
and that was a bicycle tire
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in 1880 or 1890.
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That's before cars.
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Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
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You've seen those ones with the
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big high will and
a little tiny wheel?
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Yeah!
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Well that's about the same time.
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That those were invented.
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Now this, in my hand,
that's a bicycle wheel,
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but what's it made out of?
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Wood, it's made out of wood.
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Wood! That's made out
of a piece of ash or oak.
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And the tire on
that, I can show you that.
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Over here on this bicycle.
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See that back tire?
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Okay that went around here, but
it didn't have an inter tube.
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And they glued that on and
then they blew up the tires.
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And then they hoped
the glue held together.
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Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
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So what would happen,
would it ever go flat?
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Oh yeah, they had
lots of problems with that.
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Then they'd have to unglue it?
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Sometimes! Probably heat it up
or melt it off with hot water.
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Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
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Now that bicycle over
there with that tire, that's was
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roughly, ahhh-1920.
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What about the brake?
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The brake, that has one of
the very first coaster brakes
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that were invented.
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Now, this one by the door,
I think that bike was around
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around, 1900.
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1900?
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Yeah you see this
use to have a bell on it.
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And these handles
were made of cork.
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Boy not much left is there?
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No, but it is still there.
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Pretty cool bikes huh?
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I bet you haven't
seen any like those?
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Now this
bicycle, it's a new one.
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New one huh! Yeah!
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That's only about
60 or 65 years old.
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Still wet behind the ears!
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Just almost brand new.
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But that one was made
and sold by Montgomery Ward.
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Out of the catalog?
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I think so, Yeah, and
this was a deluxe bicycle.
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It probably cost $50.00.
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I don't know if you
know what a Carbide lamp is?
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But they didn't have electric
lamps when this was made.
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And this was something
like a coal miners lamp.
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You seen pictures of those?
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Well that's what on
here, it had a reflector.
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Oh cool!
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And you put this
chemical in the bottom of it
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And water dripped down
through and that formed a gas
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Then you light the gas.
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That's how car
lights used to be too.
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How come it has this on it?
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This, why it is to
make it ride smoother.
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You see this when you hit a
bump, then this spring would
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spring and that
was suppose to make it
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ride a little bit smoother.
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Like when the front wheel
of the car goes up and down
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when you hit a bump.
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Kind of the same idea.
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Oh I think these
are really cool bikes.
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Wow, I sure had fun today.
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Whatcha think
about the bikes boys?
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Aren't these cool? Yeah!
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Hey Truman, one
more thing before we go,
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Okay!
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You've gotta fantastic
dog that does a special trick.
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Can you show these boys?
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What an all
American tree-climber does?
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That's exactly right.
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Okay! Tree-climbing dog.
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Here Jill, go get
into the tree for the boys.
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Get in the tree!
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There she goes.
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Go get into the tree.
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Good girl,
that's my tree-climber.
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Yeah,
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I think I'll
give you a head start.
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Okay!
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Think you can beat me
back to grandma's house?
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Yeah! Catch our dirt.
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Catch your dirt?
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Oh what a challenge!
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Alright I'll give you a head
start and I'll catch up later.
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They think they can beat
me, they haven't got a chance.
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Hey kids, I'm going to
take out after them in a second,
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butcha know what?
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Before I do, I want
you to get a piece of paper
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and pencil ready, and I want
you to write down my address.
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Cause I'd love hearing from ya.
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So here it is.
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I'm out of here.
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He kids, grandma Neil
would love to hear from you.
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She loves to get pictures,
drawings and anything else
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you may want to send her.
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She also answers each one
of your letters so get your pen
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ready and write
down her address.
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Okay? If you want to write
her a letter address it to:
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Grandma also
loves to get emails at:
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Here we are just
you and me together
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for our heart to heart time.
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This is the best
part of the day for me.
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I hope you like these
quiet minutes we have at
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the end of our
visits as much as I do.
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I've been thinking
about wheels all day.
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And more than just
wheels, but related things
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like rings and circles.
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I like some
circles better than others.
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And I'm sure you do too.
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I like bicycle tires and Yo-Yo's
and rings around the moon.
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I love circles and waves
after you through a pebble
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in the pond.
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I wonder, what
are your favorites?
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I'll let you in
on a little secret.
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The circles I like best are
the ones you can't actually see.
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But you can tell where they've
been and where they are now.
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And you can even guess
where it might go next.
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Have you ever heard the song
about a boy who drew a small
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circle around himself?
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It was so small
there wasn't room for
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anyone else in his circle.
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He put up a wall
all around his heart
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so nobody could hurt him.
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But then no one
could love him either.
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Since he wouldn't let
anyone inside to love him,
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he just got lonelier and
angrier and hurt all the more.
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But nearby somebody else
was busy drawing circles too.
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When she
realized she was lonely,
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she drew a big
circle around herself
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and she invited God inside.
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They talked and laughed
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and the girl
learned that God is a
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very loyal friend.
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Well this gave
her courage to draw
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a bigger circle.
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Big enough for more people.
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One day she
looked up and she saw
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that her circle had grown so big
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that it bumped right
up against the circle
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of the boy who
was sad, and angry.
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She really wanted to be
friends and help him but,
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He just glared at her
over the top of his wall.
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She didn't know what to do.
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So God bent over and
whispered something in her ear.
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Shhhhh, like that!
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When she heard the
secret she laughed to herself
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and she started
drawing another circle.
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It was an even bigger circle.
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She drew it so big
that the hurting boy
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was inside of it.
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It wasn't easy at
first, it took some time to
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for the boy took even
part of his wall down.
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But he got curious.
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And pretty soon he had a
whole big circle of friends.
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Then he started drawing
really big circles around
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other lonely people.
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This is just
what happened to me.
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I didn't realize God
was in my circle at first.
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But one day when I
really needed a friend,
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I noticed He was there.
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After a while I felt better,
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and I drew a bigger circle.
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And then a bigger one.
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Now my circle has
been drawn around you!
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Every time my
circle gets bigger,
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I get happier.
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Everybody in my
circle gets happier.
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And we all laugh with
God as our group hub just
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gets bigger and bigger.
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We all get closer together.
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And we love each other more.
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And the best part
is, God is right in the
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middle of our circle.
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In fact, I think I can
see a happy tear in His eyes.
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Has He welcomed
you home to His heart?
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He has wanted you for so long,
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and His circle is a
very good place to be.
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I'm sorry I have
to say goodbye now.
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But I'll have sweet dreams
just knowing that God and I
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have drawn a beautiful
circle that takes you in.
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Now it is your turn to
draw a circle around God
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and someone else
who needs a true friend.
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I can't wait for you
to write and tell me who
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your new friend is.
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And all about how
you drew a circle of love
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to take them in.
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Never forget how
much God and I love you!
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You are very precious to us.
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Till the next time, bye!
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