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[electronic music]

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- Dr. Conyers says you'll be
just fine in a couple of days.

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All you need to do is rest.

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How's your book?

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- It's good, but I just came
to this really weird word.

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I don't know how to say it,
but it's spelled C-O-P-S-E.

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- Mrs. Niesenden: It looks like
it's pronounced "cops."

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- Maybe, but it doesn't mean
the police.

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Listen.

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"Tom ran into the copse and hid.

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"The branches were too thick
and too close to the ground

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"for the dogs to follow.

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He was safe."

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Must be some sort of bushes
or something,

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'cause it talks about branches
and stuff.

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- Sounds good to me.

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- Mandy: Hi, Mom, I'm home!

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Jason's here too.
- Come on up, kids.

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Now, don't get tired out.

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[footsteps]

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- Hi, Mom.
- Hi, Mrs. Niesenden.

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- Hi, honey,
hi, Jason.

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How about some juice?
- Yeah.

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- Okay.

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Hi, Norby.

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Here, this is for you.

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It's from everyone in class.

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- "Get well soon."

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Thanks!

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Holy camoley!

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Ms. Framish even signed it!

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- Excellent!

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- We had a great time
in reading class today.

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We played word detectives again.
- Oh, yeah?

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What was the word?

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- Something we've never
heard of.

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You see...

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[gentle music]

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- Today, we're going to be
word detectives.

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We're going to try to figure out
what a word means

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by finding clues.

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Jason, will you read this
passage for us, please?

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- "Sara looks for peto...

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Peto skies..."

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I've never heard that word
before.

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- Does anyone recognize this
word?

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- Class: No.
- No?

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Let's read on to see if we can
figure out what it means.

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- "They're easy to see.

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"Their blue-gray color shows up
well against the sand.

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"When they're polished,
the gray color becomes lighter.

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Her mother uses them
to make jewelry."

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- Thank you, Jason.

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Can anyone tell me
what this passage is about?

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Okay, then.

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It's time
for the word detectives

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to put on their thinking caps
and look for clues

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that will help us understand
this word better.

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Angie?

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- Well, whatever they are,
you find them on the beach.

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- Mrs. Framish: What clue
tells you that?

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It says that's where
Sara looks for them.

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- Eric: And it says that they
show up against the sand.

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Beaches have sand.

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- Good, Eric.

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Does that sentence tell you
anything else?

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- It says that
they're blue-gray.

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- Good.

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So, now we know that
these are blue-gray

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and that they can be found
on a beach.

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Lance?

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- Well, maybe they're a type
of duck or something.

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- What clues tell you that,
Lance?

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- They're found on a beach.

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- Mrs. Framish: Angie?

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- But it says her mother
makes jewelry from them.

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You don't make jewelry
from ducks.

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[all laugh]

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- I think you found
another clue, Angie.

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What does this tell us
about these?

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- Angie: That they aren't
too big or too heavy,

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or no one could wear them.

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- Good.

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Yes, Jason.

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- Well, maybe it's some type
of stone

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because in the last sentence,

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it says that her mother
makes jewelry from them.

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- Mrs. Framish: Another clue.

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Yes, Lance.

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- Well, it says that
they can be polished.

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You can polish stones.

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- We're finding lots of clues,
aren't we?

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Let's put them all together.

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Angie, will you do that for us?

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- Angie: Well, you find them
on the beach.

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They're blue-gray.

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You can polish them and you can
make jewelry out of them.

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- All right, word detectives.

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There are your clues.

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Can anyone solve
our mystery word?

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Jason.

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- It must be some sort of stone

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that gets washed up
on the beach.

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- Let's see if it makes sense
in the passage

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to think that
this is a kind of stone.

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Angie, will you read the passage
for us?

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- "Sara looks for...
petal skies on the beach.

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"They're easy to see.

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"Their blue-gray color shows up
well against the sand.

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"When they're polished,
the gray color becomes lighter.

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Her mother uses them
to make jewelry."

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- Good.

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Does it make sense to think

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that our mystery word means
a kind of stone?

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Yes, mm-hmm.

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Well, I think you're all
very good word detectives.

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You found a lot of clues.

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And even if no one knew just how
to pronounce our mystery word,

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you figured out enough about it

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to understand the passage
better.

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By the way,
this is what it's about.

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A Petoskey.

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A Petoskey.

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Can you all say that?

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- All: Petoskey.

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- Good.

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It's a kind of a stone
that has coral inside.

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Isn't it pretty?

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You can make jewelry out of
these by cutting them open

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and polishing them.

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Just like Sara's mother.

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- It was really neat.

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I've never seen a stone
like that before.

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[eerie music]

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- Uh, well, thanks
for coming over, Jace.

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- Yeah, thanks.

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- Well, it's okay.

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I'd better be going though.

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Or else my mom would kill me
for being late

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and not letting her know
where I am.

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Call you tomorrow.

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- Okay, bye.
- Yeah, bye.

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- Talk to you tomorrow.

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- My children.

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You must hasten.

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Hurry, scoot, skedaddle,

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and otherwise rush
to the land of Mojuste!

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Thorzuul is at it again.

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Our planet is in grave danger.

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Hurry!

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- Hey, wait!

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I'm sick.

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[sighs]
Oh, great.

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Now what do we do?

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- I can go.

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- By yourself?

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Against Thorzuul?

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- Sure, no problem.

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Tell mom I'll be back
for dinner, okay?

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- Okay.

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Be careful.
- Mm-hmm.

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[footsteps]

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[upbeat electronic music]

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[eerie music]

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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 whirrs]

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[shimmer]

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[shimmer]

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- Gracious, a magic munchkin!

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Where did you come from?

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- I've been sent to help you
by Lexor, the Storylord.

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- Dear old Lexor.

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I haven't seen him
in an elephant's age.

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Anyhow, I'm pleased to meet you,
young Storylord.

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My name is Caroma.

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- My name is Amanda.

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How can I help?

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- It's that evil Thorzuul.

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You heard about
my magic painting.

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- Magic?
- Yes.

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I paint pictures that move.

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Would you like to see one?

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What should I paint a picture
of?

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- A train.

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[train whistles]

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Excellent!

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- Anyhow, when Thorzuul heard
about it, he wanted to see it.

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So he says.

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I think what he really wants

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is an excuse to turn me
into one of those statues.

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Look at this.

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- Mandy: "Dear Caroma,
please paint me a picture

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of a... kestrel."

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A kestrel.

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What's that?
- Who knows?

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- Mandy: "Show it hunting
or just flying.

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"It should have sharp claws
and a sharp beak.

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If I like it, I'll ask you
to paint other, bigger hawks."

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No problem.

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- Gracious, do you know
what a kestrel is?

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- I've never heard of it.

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We can figure it out
from the clues in the letter.

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- What clues?

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- Well, like here.

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It says show it hunting
or flying.

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So, it must be a bird
of some sort.

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- It could be some sort
of flying bug, I suppose.

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- Well, but here's another clue.

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It says it should have sharp
claws and a sharp beak.

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Sounds like a bird to me.

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- Me too.

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But it could be anything
from an eagle to a parakeet.

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Could this be a clue?

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"I'll ask you to paint other,
bigger hawks."

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That must mean that a kestrel
is some sort of a hawk.

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- And if there are bigger ones,
then it must be kind of small.

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[evil laughter in distance]
Better hurry.

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I think I hear him coming
right now.

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[evil laughter in distance]

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[electronic music]

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- [exclaims in frustration]
Milkbreath, get me out of here!

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[motorcycle revvs]

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- And he thought he could get me

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because I didn't know the
meaning of the word kestrel.

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- But he didn't know
that you can use clues

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to figure out the meaning
of a word you don't know,

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even if you've never seen it
before.

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- Would you like me to paint
another picture?

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- Yeah.

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[electronic music]