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[bright electronic music]
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[electronic beeping]
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- Norbert: Got him!
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Hey, Jason, watch this!
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- Jason: All right!
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[electronic beeping]
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Watch out for the spaceship,
Norby!
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Norby, watch out
for the spaceship!
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["Game Over" video game sound]
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I told you.
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- Should've watched out
for the spaceship.
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How many points did I get?
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Great, I win!
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Wanna play again?
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- I think I'm gonna play that
new game, Wizard of Wor, first.
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- We'll have to wait 'til Darth
Vader over there is finished.
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Let's play this one again.
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- No, you always win.
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Anyways, Dad says that we'll be
leaving in a few minutes.
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- Yeah, but we don't know how
to play Wizard of Wor.
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- So?
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Parts of it are probably
like other games we play.
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Just use what we already know
and figure out the rest.
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- You sound like Mrs. Framish.
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She was saying the same thing
yesterday.
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- She was talking about
video games?
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I don't remember that.
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- You know, when she was talking
about reading,
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how you connect what you already
know with what's on the page
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to help understand it better?
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- Jason: Huh?
- Well, something like that.
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Look, Darth Vader's done.
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- Shoot, I'm out of quarters.
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I'll go get some more from Dad.
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You go save the game.
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[electronic video game
sound effects]
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[electronic boops]
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- Storylords?
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I thought it was Wizard of Wor.
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Lexor!
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What are you doing here?
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- I should ask the same of you,
my child.
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Even an apprentice Storylord
must remember his duty
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at all times.
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- What do you mean?
- The ring.
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Where is the ring?
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- Uh, it's in my pocket,
I think, somewhere.
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Here it is.
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It's glowing!
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It's glowing.
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- And has been for two hours.
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You are needed, my child, hurry.
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Thorzuul must be stopped, or
both our planets will be lost.
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- Hey, come back for a sec!
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- Who are you talking to?
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- Uh, just myself.
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- Well, guess what?
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Dad says that we have to go.
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He says that we can play this
next time.
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- That's okay.
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I just remembered something
I've gotta do right away.
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Let's go!
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[groovy electronic music]
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[eerie music]
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Now, read the magic poem
and pedal as fast as I can.
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Thunder and lightning,
trumpets and drums.
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Readers rejoice!
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A Storylord comes!
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[Bike-O-Tron clatters]
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[shimmer]
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Hi!
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Marko?
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My name is Norbert.
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I've come to help you.
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I know you may find this hard
to believe, but it's true.
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I'm an apprentice Storylord sent
here to the land of Mojuste
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to combat the wicked Storylord
Thorzuul.
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It's true, really!
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Cross my heart and hope to die.
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Now, what seems to be
the trouble here?
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Thorzuul, that's not hard
to figure out.
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Gave you the scroll.
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Wanted you perform what was
written on the scroll.
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You couldn't understand it?
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Thorzuul...
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Said he would turn you to stone
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if you didn't perform
as he wished.
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That's Thorzuul for you.
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A real Mr. Nice Guy.
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How long 'til he comes back?
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Twenty-four hours, one day.
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Hmm.
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Let's take a look at the scroll.
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It floats on the wind.
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You stand on the ground.
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If you pull its tail,
it won't make a sound.
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Don't worry, Marko.
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I know someone who can help.
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Meet you back here tomorrow
after school.
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Home.
[shimmer]
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- Mrs. Framish:
The reading today
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is found on page 103
of your reading books.
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So, open your books to page 103.
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But before we talk about
this story,
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does anyone remember what
we talked about yesterday?
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Simon?
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- Simon: About connecting
what's in our head
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with what's on the page
when we read something.
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- Good.
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Do you all remember that?
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Norbert, how about you?
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Something wrong?
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- No, I was just thinking
of a friend
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who needs help understanding
something
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he has to read right away.
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- Well, maybe you can help him
after this class.
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- I sure hope so.
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- Usually, a book uses many
pictures and words
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to tell a story.
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But there's a special kind
of book
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that tells a story only with
pictures, no words at all.
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That's the kind of book
we're going to look at today.
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Amy?
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- How will we know
what the story is?
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- We'll be able to tell the
story by looking for clues
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in the picture
and thinking about what we see.
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About what the characters
are doing.
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About what they might be
thinking.
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Or saying.
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Where they are.
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All those things.
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I think you'll be surprised
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at how much of the story
you can figure out
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just by looking at the picture.
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Now, let's look
at the title page.
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What do you see?
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Jason?
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- Jason: A kite flying
over a town.
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- Mrs. Framish: Good.
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Now, if I tell you that
this story is called
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"The Kite's Adventure,"
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can you guess
what it's going to be about?
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- It looks like someone
let go of their kite.
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- And now it flies
all over the place by itself.
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- Very good.
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You both looked at the pictures
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and used your imaginations
to figure out the story.
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Now, let's look at the
first page of the story,
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and we're going to do
just the same thing.
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We're going to use
our imaginations
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to connect the clues
we see in the pictures
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with what's in our head.
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What we already know.
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- Just like you connect
two pieces of a puzzle.
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- That's right.
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I think you'll be amazed
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at how much information
you can get
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from just one simple picture.
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- Do we just look at it?
- Yes and no.
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Some of the information
is on the page.
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But a lot of it is in your head.
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Let's take a look
at the first picture
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and I think you'll see
what I mean.
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Now, here's the sun.
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That's one clue in this story.
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What does that tell us?
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- Students in unison:
It's daytime.
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- Mrs. Framish: Good.
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What are some other clues
you might see
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and what do they tell us?
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- It's warm out.
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He's wearing a t-shirt
and shorts.
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- It's summer.
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The leaves are green.
- And the flowers are out.
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- Good.
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So, it's a warm summer day,
and the boy is flying his kite.
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Now, what do you think is going
to happen next?
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Norbert?
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- I think the kite string
will break
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and the kite will fly away.
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- What clues
made you think that?
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- Because you can tell
it's a windy day.
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His hair's blowing in his eyes
and the trees are bent,
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and on the title page,
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it shows a kite flying
by itself.
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- Mrs. Framish: Let's find out
if you're right.
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Very good!
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You got clues from the picture,
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you put them together
with what's in your head,
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and you figured out the story.
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You made connections between
what you saw in the picture
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and what's in your head.
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- [thinking] Holy camoley!
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That's how Marko can solve
his riddle.
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You have to connect
what's on the page
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with what's in your head.
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Listen, it floats on the wind.
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What things float on the wind?
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A bird?
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An airplane?
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A cloud?
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You stand on the ground.
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That's pretty obvious.
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If you pull its tail,
it won't make a sound.
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Couldn't be a bird, could it?
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It can't be an airplane because
you can't pull its tail.
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It'd pull you!
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What else floats
and has a tail you can pull
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while you stand on the ground?
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I think you've got it!
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And just in time.
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[electronic music]
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- Milkbreath.
- His Royal Badness, Thorzuul!
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- Thank you.
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Well, well, well.
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If it isn't our half-pint friend
from the land of the mortals.
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Interfering again, ey?
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- Not interfering.
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Helping.
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- You're about as helpful
as an ant colony at a picnic.
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Milkbreath?
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Our collection shall soon have
two new statues.
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Or should I say one and a half?
[evil laughter]
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Well, Marko,
enough of this idle chit-chat.
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I'm ready for your performance.
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Begin or be stone.
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But--
You can't!
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It's impossible!
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You figured out my riddle.
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- He just connected
what he read on the page
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with what was already in his
head, like any good reader does.
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You...
I'll get you!
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- You'll have to catch me first!
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Home!
[shimmer]
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- [exclaims in frustration]
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[electronic music]
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What are you waiting for?
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Get me out of here!
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[electronic music]