Hello! I'm just making a
birthday card for one of my
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friends. Do you like
making your very own cards?
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It's fun! You just need scissors
and glue and markers and
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colored paper. I'll tell you
what, I'll show you how to make
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one in just a minute ok?
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For these kind of cards
you really only need to have
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colored paper and scissors
and the first thing to do is
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choose a color of paper. Now
I think I will use light pink
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and purple, do you think
that they will look ok together?
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I think so, so make a
nice fold going this was,
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rub your fingers good on the
fold and then make a good nice
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tight fold going this way, again
rub your fingers, now this one
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is a little bit harder because
you have to line up this long
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side with the shorter side
and make it into a V shape.
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See how that's the shape
of a V, and then if you have
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scissors that are
nice and sharp do it again,
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because the more folds you have
the more designs you will be
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able to get in the end,
ok, and then you start cutting.
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And you can make little triangle
cuts and you can make little
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curvy cuts, and over on
this side you could make bunch
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of little zig zaggy kind
of cuts, really you can make
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any kind of cuts that you want
because anything that you make
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will end up having a
really pretty design in the end
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once you open it up like
those other ones, and remember
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when you are making cards you
don't just have to wait until
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someone's birthday or something,
you can make a card for
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somebody any time you want.
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It can be just a card to
tell them that you love them
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and that they are your
good friend, or it can be a
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thank you card, I think I
will make this a get well card,
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and it will be for my friend
grandma G, she hasn't been
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feeling very well, there!
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Then when you have
your design made, open it up
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isn't that pretty, all the
little designs, just brush your
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paper aside and then it's
time to glue it down to your
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other color, it's nice to
use two different colors so they
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could contrast.
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I like using a glue
stick because it is less messy
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and it's a little bit easier
to use than some of the other
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kinds of glue, but you can
use whatever kind of glue that
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you have or even scotch
tape will work if you don't
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have glue.
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Remember the idea is that
it's just fun to make it and
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give it to people because then
you can make other people happy,
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then you turn it over
and flatten it down centered
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on the paper and then flatten
it down, isn't that nice?
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and then fold it over
like this real carefully,
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and then make a nice
firm crease and then it's nice
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to write a message
on the inside of it.
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You know I think that I
would like to write her favorite
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Bible verse into this
one, and one of her favorite
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Bible verses is in
I Thessalonians 5:18
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and it says: "In everything give
thanks because that's God's will
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for you." In everything
give thanks because that's God's
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will... It's important to give
thanks, it's important to have
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a happy attitude, did you know
that by having a happy cheerful
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attitude you make
other people happy?
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Did you know that when you
have Jesus' love in your heart
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it can't help but
shine right out on your face.
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Hey! There's my bell basket
I better go see what's there.
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Oh! It's mailman
Kenny, ok, can you come up
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so I can sign it? Great!
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He's coming up with an express
mail for me, I'm glad you will
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get to meet him because he
has become good friends with me
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all the people on our street,
come on in mailman Kenny.
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- Good morning Janice, I've got
this Express mail that you have
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been looking for. - Oh great!
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- I need you to
sign for it please.
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- Ok! I'd like you
to meet my friends.
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- Good morning! - Do
you have time to visit us
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for a minute? - Oh
maybe a couple of minutes
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I'm running just
a little bit ahead.
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- Ok! Here is your
pen so I won't forget
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to give it back to you.
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- Ok! - Tell me
something mailman
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Kenny, every day I see you
carrying these elastic bands.
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Do you collect
elastic bands or something?
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No, not hardly, these I keep
around my mail to kind of hold
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them together and that keeps
it organized in case there's
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something, or I might fall
well this kind of keeps it from
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going in all four
different directions.
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Have you ever fallen down
when you have been delivering
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our mail? - Oh yes!
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Yes, many times. -
Just to deliver our mail,
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can you imagine that?
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Tell me something, every
day I'm watching you go down the
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street with the mail, do you
think people like getting mail?
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- Well sometimes around check
day, yes, but you know when
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they're looking for a check,
but when I'm bringing bills
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they don't like
to see me sometimes.
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- Don't want to get bills,
what about letters from friends?
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- Oh yes! Yeah!
Everybody likes them.
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- I think this is what
this is so I'm happy to get it.
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Do you think any of the
kids watching are to young to
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send a letter through
the mail? Can anyone do it?
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- Any one can sometimes you
have the groups come through
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the post office and they
take a tour and show them how to
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address a letter and
how to put a stamp on it,
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even sometimes they will put
their name and address on there
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and mail it to themselves.
- Mail a letter to themselves!
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- Right! - That
would be kind of fun.
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- They get it the next
day. - That would be really fun!
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- Right! So the important thing
is just to get the address put
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in the right place and the
stamp up in the right place.
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- Right! - Well that's great!
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- What's your favorite
part of being a mailman?
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- Well I think most of the time
being friends with the people
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you deliver the mail to, you
kind of get to be part of their
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family. - How long have you been
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doing it? - Almost 29 years.
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- Twenty nine years, so I bet
you've made some good friends
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over the years. - Right! Yep!
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- Wow that's great, you
must have to hurry on right.
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- Yeah! I'm going to have to go.
- Well thanks for stopping by
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I'm sure that there might
be some kids that want to be
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a mailman or a mail-lady
when they grow up and maybe
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you've been an
inspiration to them.
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- It would be a
good job for them!
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- Well great! Well
thanks for stopping by!
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- Ok! I'll see you tomorrow!
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- Have a good day
and thanks for my mail!
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- You too! - Ok! Bye Bye!
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I wonder what this will
be! Oh! It is a letter from
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my friend! Listen,
I'm going to open this
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and then when we come back
we're going to go meet another
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friend of mine who's really
had to learn a lot about being
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thankful in
everything, so meet you there.
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Hey kids! If you love all
the fun thing you get to do with
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Janice and her
friends, you'll flip over this:
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It's Janice's Activity
Book, loaded with fun this book:
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and more, and
the best part is IT'S
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Let's take a look inside!
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The scripture on this page says:
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Now let's circle the
pictures that are the same!
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That's right! You got the idea!
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There are many more fun
filled activities in this book
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just waiting for you! By
the way did I mention IT'S
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To get your very own copy
have your mom or dad write to:
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Don't wait order yours today!
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Hi! I'm glad you made it here
with us, I'd like you to meet
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my friend Melissa! - Hello!
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and my friend Thad. - Hi!
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You know we saw you
working on the computer Thad
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and that was real interesting,
you can type pretty fast!
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Is it hard? - It's not hard, No!
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- You know Thad, you showed us
some paintings that you had done
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and I would like to be able
to show them to our viewers,
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would you like to see them?
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They are real nice!
This one I think is really
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pretty, I really like the
way the fence shows and the blue
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and the bird in it!
Would you like to look at it
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Melissa? And
then there is this one
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with the little clown,
I really like that one!
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How old were you when
you learned how to paint?
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That was probably a long
time ago, I was probably nine!
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- Nine! How old
are you now? - I'm 14!
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- Fourteen! Wow! So
I understand you are a
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Christian right? - Yes!
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- How so you think that
has helped you with being a
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quadriplegic? -
Well I think reading
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Bible verses and
praying encourages me a lot and
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helps me get
along in every day life.
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- And if you had some advice to
give to Melissa and to give me
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and our television
friends what might be the advice
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that you would give us?
- Probably to do your best
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and pray and ask God to
help you and He'll do it!
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- Yeah! I think you are right!
What other kinds of things
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do you like to do? -
Well I like sports a lot
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I like to watch sports!
- Do you like to go out and
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be with your friends
at school doing that?
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- Yeah! - Do you
mostly watch them,
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or how does that work? - Yeah!
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I watch them! - Well
do you ever play sports
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yourself Thad? - Yeah!
I can use a mouth stick,
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like I used on the computer
and I can use a Nurf ball
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or a ball like that
and shoot at a basket.
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- And you can
actually get it in the basket ?
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- Yes! Sometimes! -
Sometimes, I bet you do it
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pretty often. I think it would
be fun to watch you do that.
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- Would you mind showing
it to Melissa and I and my
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television friends? Ok!
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Well I think that would be
fun, do you want to come outside
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and watch him too? Let's go!
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Well here we are, I'm wondering
how you are going to do this
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Thad, I'm glad Allison
is here to help with this!
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Are you ready to help Allison?
Well let's see what Thad does.
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Can you give
him his mouth piece?
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That was super! Well
this has been lots of fun
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and we really enjoyed meeting
you Thad, and now if you guys
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come with me, we're going to
go see a doctor in his office.
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Let's go!
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- Slip your hand through there
Becky, and your thumb through
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the hole, that's
good. - Hello Dr. Lowe!
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- Hello! - I'd like you to meet
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my friends! - Hi!
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- I see you are putting
something on Becky's arm,
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she doesn't really
have a broken arm does she?
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- No! That's correct! -
What are you doing to her arm?
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- We are putting a cast
on her arm before we do that
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we put some soft padding
inside so that the cast will
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feel comfortable, the cast
is very hard on the outside
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and to hold the bones straight
so they will heal nice and
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straight and to keep the bones
from moving so that she won't
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have any pain. - So
this soft stuff on the
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inside is to
make her comfortable?
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- That's right! -
Even though the outside is
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hard. Well what
are you doing now
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Dr. Lowe? - Well
we're getting ready to
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put on the outer shell,
and it a soft kind of wet roll
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right now.
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- It does, you've
dipped it in water I see.
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What's it called
that you are using?
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- This is some
fiberglass material.
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- Well how does it feel Becky?
- It's going to get a little bit
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warm inside Becky, as it dries.
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- Will this dry up and get hard?
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- This will dry up and get
hard! Want to move you arm back
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a little bit? That's perfect!
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- Then when it gets hard
that's what holds the bones
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in place right? -
That's what holds the bones
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together. Nice and straight!
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Well Becky even though this
is a nice and hard waterproof
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type of covering, you are going
to need to try to keep from
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getting wet, ok, because
the inside of this cast is still
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soft and can get wet quite a
bit and then get really sticky
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and uncomfortable when it gets
wet, now we're going to need to
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let this dry a little bit more
so you just hold your arm still
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like that, while we let
that harden up some more.
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Ok! - Well thank you Dr. Lowe!
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Well you know sometimes
kids are frightened to come to a
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doctor's office and they
might think that getting a cast
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would be scary, and
I'm wondering Becky,
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can you tell the kids what
it was like to get the cast on,
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was it scary for you?
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Not at all, did it hurt? - No!
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- No! Well that's
good news to hear isn't it,
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that it doesn't hurt.
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What did the doctor say
you couldn't do when you
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got this cast on? - Go swimming!
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- Go swimming! Boy we
all like swimming don't we!
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That will be sad to miss
out on swimming won't it Becky?
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But you know what I
think will be fun for Becky,
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she can practice being cheerful
even though she has a cast on
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she can be cheerful and
try to have a happy attitude
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about it. I think I would like
to sign my name on her cast,
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would you like to watch?
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May I do it Becky?
Can I sign my name?
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First signature
on your cast! - Yeah!
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- Ok! Here goes! J-
Oh I'm making it so big
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aren't I? J- A-N-I-C-E-
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There's my name! There all done!
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- Well, it's time to
get your cast off now Becky!
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- Well how are you
going to do that Dr. Lowe?
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- Well we are going to use a
machine called a cast cutter.
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- Ohhh! - And it
looks rather scary
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and sounds very
scary, but it's very safe.
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- Oh good! - There you go!
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Becky we are just about
ready to finish cutting the soft
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inside and let you out and
be free you've been a really
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good patient and holding nice
and still even though it was
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so scary sounding. -
Well thank you Dr. Lowe
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Becky and I have both really
learned a lot and I know that
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my friends at home
have too, thank you.
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- You're welcome!
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Oops! That's better!
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Did you know that one of
the best ways to become a
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good friend of Jesus is by
spending personal time with Him
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every day? Well
adults do that by praying
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and by reading their
Bibles, but if you can't read
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it's kind of hard isn't
it? Or maybe you just like
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listening to tapes, well
here is a fun way to have your
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very own devotions
every morning when you get up.
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Janice has made these Morning-
Time Devotions for her kids
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and for you complete with:
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for more information
have your parents write to:
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You know I was just sitting
here looking at this card
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that I got today, it
says Have a Happy Day!
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It sure brightened
my day to get that card,
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Jesus likes it when we do things
to brighten one another's day.
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We've had a busy day haven't
we, going to see my friend
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Dr. Lowe and my friend
Thad and learning all that we've
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learned about how we want
to be thankful and contented in
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everything that happens to us.
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You know, I have a story about
that, and I was just thinking
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this is such a cozy
evening up here in the attic,
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would you like to get a pillow
and just sit down and listen
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to the story? I'd
like it if you would!
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Are you ready?
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Let's see!
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It was recess at the
little village school,
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and all the pupils were outside
in the bright sunshine playing,
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that is except Mary Gray.
Mary was sitting at her desk
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carefully working on a
difficult math problem,
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after awhile Miss Martin
kindly said Mary you weren't
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here yesterday, were you
sick? I wasn't sick said Mary,
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but I stayed home and
sister Nellie came to school.
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Well said Miss Martin, I
didn't know Nellie Gray was your
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sister, yesterday
was her first day here
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but why didn't you come?
Mary looked sad and almost
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embarrassed as she said, it
wasn't because I didn't want to
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but you see mother can't
spare both of us conveniently,
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and so we're taking
turns coming to school.
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I see said Miss Martin as
she patted Mary on the shoulder.
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Well you better run outside
Mary and get some fresh air,
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you've studied so hard today.
Oh, said Mary I think I will
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stay inside and watch
the others from the window
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I might tear my
dress if I go outside.
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It was then that Miss Martin
realized that Mary had worn
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the same dress every day for
two weeks, it was just a simple
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cotton one, it wasn't fancy or
expensive, but it was carefully
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made, what a thoughtful
little girl she said to herself.
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She doesn't want to make
any trouble for her mother
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and that's why she's
being so careful with her dress.
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I wish there were more
contented children like her.
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The next morning Mary was
absent but sure enough her
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sister Nellie sat in her
desk and Nellie stayed indoors
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during recess
just like Mary did.
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When Miss Martin gently
suggested to Nellie that some
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fresh air would be good
for her, she received the
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same answer that Mary had
given. I might tear my dress.
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That made Miss Martin look
at Nellie's dress and right away
00:20:53.29\00:20:58.70
she saw that it looked just like
Mary's dress, it had the same
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pretty pink flowers on it.
But she noticed that Nellie's
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dress fit as well as Mary's,
why Nellie's was to long.
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Suddenly it occurred to
her that maybe it was the
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very same dress, imagine
that she thought to herself,
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they are so poor that
they have to share a dress,
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and yet I have never
heard either of them complain.
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They always act so contented
and thankful just to be able
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to come to school. In those
days school teachers didn't
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get paid very much and
Miss Martin really needed
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a new pair of gloves, but
as she thought about those two
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girls sharing one dress,
she decided to try to mend her
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old gloves and buy some material
for another dress for the girls.
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She hurried to the only store
in the village and bought some
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cotton exactly like their
shared dress, then she asked
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the store keeper to
deliver it to their home
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without telling
them who it was from.
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Friday morning Mary bounced
into school a little early
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she placed her books in
her desk and then hurried up to
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Miss Martin's desk and
excitedly whispered in her ear,
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Next week Nellie is coming to
school with me and I'm so glad.
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Well that's good news
replied the teacher kindly,
00:22:28.74\00:22:32.26
something happened that mother
didn't expect and now we are
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all so glad that we
both can come said Mary.
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She hesitated for a minute
but then she was so happy that
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she decided to tell the
teacher this little story.
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Their mother was a very
poor sickly widow and all winter
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they had to stay out of school
because they had no suitable
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clothes to wear, but they had
saved their pennies from doing
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chores for the neighbors,
and they were hoping to buy
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each of them a new dress in
the spring so they could come
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to school. Finally they earned
enough money to get a dress
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for Mary and then when they
had nearly earned enough money
00:23:09.49\00:23:13.25
to get a dress for Nellie,
she got sick and the money that
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was meant for Nellie's dress
had to be used to buy medicine.
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Oh said Mary, I felt so bad
that I told mother I wouldn't
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even go to school
unless Nellie could come too.
00:23:30.61\00:23:34.58
But mother said that I had
to because then I could teach
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Nellie what I learned and that
would be better than neither
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of us going to school. Finally
after two weeks I thought of
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a way that we both could
go. I told mother that I would
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come one day and the next
day I'd lend my dress to Nellie
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and then she could come. So
this week we took turns coming
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and we're both so happy,
but do you know what happened,
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and at this Mary's little face
just glowed as she continued,
00:24:00.37\00:24:05.34
last night the storekeeper
dropped off a package of
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material at our house, and
now mother can make a dress
00:24:08.49\00:24:12.15
for Nellie, and we're all so
happy. If only I knew who it was
00:24:12.18\00:24:16.83
that sent the material, I'd
thank them for it, but I don't
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and so I've done all I
can. We got on our knees and we
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thanked Jesus for
it, and oh Miss Martin
00:24:25.09\00:24:28.71
we're all so glad now.
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The following Monday little
Nellie and the new pink dress
00:24:31.11\00:24:36.17
entered the school room with
her sister Mary, her face was
00:24:36.20\00:24:40.95
beaming like sunshine, and she
exclaimed, "I'm coming to school
00:24:40.98\00:24:45.60
everyday and oh I'm so glad!"
The teacher was happy too,
00:24:45.63\00:24:51.06
and do you know every day when
she put on her mended gloves
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she though about the two little
girls who cheerfully shared
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one dress, and then she
felt thankful to be able to help
00:25:01.47\00:25:06.66
Nellie and Mary both
come to school in their
00:25:06.69\00:25:11.46
simple cotton dresses.
And you know that's how
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Jesus wants us all to be,
is happy and cheerful with
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everything that happens to
us, and that's a fun way to be
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because when we have Jesus
love in our hearts, His love
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just shines out on our
face, and I love seeing His love
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shine on your
face. I better go now,
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keep shining
for Jesus. Bye! Bye!
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