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- My child, you must wake!
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My child!
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[Norbert groans sleepily]
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- Lexor,
it's 2:00 in the morning.
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- My child, tomorrow you will
undergo your greatest challenge.
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- But I can't go to Mojuste
tomorrow!
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I've got classes all day.
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And then I have to take Mandy
to the dentist.
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- You won't have to go
to Mojuste.
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It will come to you.
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Good luck, my child.
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[Norbert sighs]
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[electronic music]
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- Are you all finished reading?
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Okay, you may close your books.
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Just leave them on your desks.
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Today, we're going to do
something a little different
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in reading class.
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Over the past year,
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you've learned many ways to help
you understand better
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what you read.
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Let's look at these passages on
the board and try to figure out
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how to use what you've learned
to understand them.
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Angie, will you read
the first passage, please?
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- Angie: "Frank took the bus
to Bill's house.
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"It was large
and very warm inside.
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Bill's cousins lived there too."
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- Thank you, Angie.
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Does anyone have a problem
understanding this passage?
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Jason?
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- I can't tell what the word
"it" stands for.
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- Okay.
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What should you do to understand
this passage?
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- Well, I stop and reread it
to see if I could understand it.
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Then, I check back and see what
the word "it" could stand for.
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- Did you do that?
- Uh-huh.
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I think that "it"
stands for "bus,"
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but when I read the paragraph
that way,
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it doesn't make sense.
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- Mrs. Framish: Could you
show us what you mean, Jason?
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- Well, it would read, "Frank
took the bus to Bill's house.
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"The bus was large
and very warm inside.
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Bill's cousins lived there too."
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I mean, they couldn't live
in a bus.
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Oh, wait a minute!
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I get it.
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"It" stands for Bill's house.
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That way, the sentence
makes sense.
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- Do you all agree with Jason?
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Very good, Jason!
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Well done.
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Now, let's move on
to the second paragraph.
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Norbert, will you read it for us
please?
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- Norbert: The "yach-et."
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I don't know that word.
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- Have any of you seen this word
before?
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- I think I can figure it out,
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or else I won't understand
this paragraph.
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- Tell us what
you're going to do
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to figure out what this word
means.
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- Well, first I'll read on
to look for clues.
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- "The yach-et floated quietly
in the bay.
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"The captain and the crew slept
below the deck.
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The ocean race would start
at dawn."
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I think I know what it means.
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- What clues did you find?
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- Well, first it says
it's floating in the bay,
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so I figured it must have
something to do with the water.
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And then it says it has
a captain and a crew,
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so I knew it must be a boat.
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And then, it says they're all
sleeping on it
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and it's going to be
in an ocean race.
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I've seen pictures of boats
that go on the ocean
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and they're big, so I think
a yachet is a big boat.
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- Very good, Norbert.
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You're right.
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You looked for clues,
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you thought about what
you already know,
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and you figured out
what this word meant.
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- How do you pronounce it?
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- Some of you may have heard
this word before,
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but not seen it.
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It's pronounced "yaht."
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Now, let's go on
to the last paragraph.
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Angie, will you read it for us,
please?
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- "Fred is two years old.
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"He has whiskers.
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"He likes to eat fish.
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"He also likes to chase mice
and birds.
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He only ever says one word."
- Good, Angie.
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Angie, is there something
you don't understand?
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- I'm just trying to figure out
what word he says.
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Oh, I know!
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- Tell us how
you figured it out.
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- Well, first
I reread the paragraph
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to make sure I understood all
the words.
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Then, I looked for clues.
- What clues did you find?
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- It says that Fred is two years
old, but he has whiskers,
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so I figured it wasn't a person.
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Maybe he's some sort of animal.
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Then, it says
he likes to eat fish
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and also likes to chase mice
and birds.
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Well, we've got a cat and that's
what a cat does,
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and the cat has whiskers,
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so I know what the word he says
is.
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Meow!
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- Very good, Angie.
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And I'm very proud
of all of you.
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You're becoming
very good readers.
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You remember to think
before you read,
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and you think while you read,
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making sure that you understand
what you're reading.
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And you remember to use
what you already know
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and what you've learned to help
you understand even better.
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You've all done good work.
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Now, it's about time to go,
so put your books away.
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Who will clean the board?
- I will.
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I have to wait for Mandy anyway.
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- Mrs. Framish:
Thank you, Norbert.
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I'll be back in a few minutes.
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Class dismissed.
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- Bye.
- So long.
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- Mrs. Framish: What are you
gonna do
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after school today, Mary, hmm?
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- Norby, hurry up.
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We can't keep the dentist
waiting for us.
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- I'm hurrying, I'm hurrying.
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- Mandy: That's weird.
- What is?
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- Mandy: There's a motorcycle
outside
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that looks exactly
like Thorzuul's.
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What would he be do--
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- Announcing direct from his
castle in the land of Mojuste,
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his Royal Badness,
the one and only Thorzuul!
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- Greetings, earthlings!
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- Mrs. Framish is not gonna like
this.
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- But-- but--
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- One more "but"
and you'll be a billygoat.
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[Milkbreath laughs]
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I've come here to challenge
both of you to a duel.
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A duel to the finish.
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If you win,
you'll never see me again.
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But if I win, you will be
permanent exhibits
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in my statue collection.
[both chuckle]
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Milkbreath, the envelope,
please.
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If you think you're such
good readers,
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try to make sense out of these.
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You have three minutes.
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Milkbreath, guard the door.
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- How can we do this
without our Storylord gloves?
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- The Storylord power
is not in the gloves.
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It's in our own brains.
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Come on,
we don't have much time.
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- Mandy: "The smallest,
the falconet,
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weighs barely two ounces."
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- Norbert: "That's like the
difference
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between you and an elephant."
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- Mandy: "Hawks and their
relatives vary in size."
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- Norbert: "Its largest cousin,
the harpy eagle,
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can weigh more than 15 pounds."
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- This doesn't look good.
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- Two minutes.
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- Well, if it's a paragraph,
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then it must have
a topic sentence.
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- Yeah, let's look for a main
idea of all of these sentences.
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- Mandy: Well, some of them
say stuff about birds,
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and one says something about
an elephant.
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- Norbert: But they're all about
different sizes.
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That's what this one's about.
- Mandy: Make it number one.
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- Norbert: Hmm, what's next?
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[stopwatch ticks]
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- One minute.
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- Can't be the one
about the elephant.
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That wouldn't make sense.
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- The only one that fits
is the one about the falconet.
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It must be some sort
of a small hawk.
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- Thirty seconds.
[giggles]
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- Put the one about the elephant
next.
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- Is that right?
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"Hawks and their relatives
vary in size.
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"The smallest, the falconet,
weighs barely two ounces.
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"That's like the difference
between you and an elephant.
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Its largest cousin, the harpy--"
- Hold it, hold it!
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If we left it like this,
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then the word "its" would stand
for the word "elephant,"
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and the elephant's largest
cousin couldn't be a bird.
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- Norbert: Then "it" must stand
for this word!
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If an eagle's its cousin,
it must be a bird too.
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You're right!
- Thorzuul: Four, three...
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- Mandy: Finished.
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Read it, Norby.
- Thorzuul: Two, one.
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- "Hawks and their relatives
vary in size.
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"The smallest, the falconet,
weighs barely two ounces.
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"Its largest cousin,
the harpy eagle,
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"can weigh more than 15 pounds.
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That's like the difference
between you and an elephant."
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- I don't believe it!
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- Your Royal Badness,
would you like some warm milk?
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[Thorzuul growls]
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- You've won!
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You've beaten me!
[roars in anger]
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[zap]
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[Thorzuul wails]
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- Your Royal Badness?
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[Milkbreath cries]
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- Norbert, what's going on here?
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[shimmer]
- Lexor!
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- We needed you
about five minutes ago.
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- No, my children.
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You didn't need me.
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You have become Storylords
on your own.
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And as long as you keep using
what you've learned
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to help you understand
what you read,
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you will never have to fear
the ignorance of those
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such as Thorzuul.
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- Well, I guess we should
thank you or something.
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- No, don't thank me.
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Thank your fellow Storylord
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who's worked undercover
here on Earth
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to help you and others like you
become full-fledged Storylords.
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- Who?
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[shimmer]
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Mrs. Framish?
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A Storylord?
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- Holy camoley!
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- Mandy: Oh, wow!
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I never knew
you were a Storylord.
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- Norbert: Holy camoley!
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[Thorzuul laughs]
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[electronic music]