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Teddy Story Chapter Two, Lucas's

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first slide. Hello?

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Have you ever been to a theme park?

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With the Crazy noise and the distant screams

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and bells and whistles and loud bangs

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and cloud like sticks of sugar

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filled candy floss, mmmm

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candy floss. Oh, the smells of popcorn

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and food and metal and more food! Mmmmmm food

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- What’s your favorite food?

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You don't have to say. You can think of if you like. OOH!

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God choice! Did you know what I love?

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Yes I. Love. Chocolate. Mmmm chocolate! In

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the next chapter after this one, we go to a house

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made entirely. That means

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completely and utterly

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aaall of it made entirely of chocolate.

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I might eat it before I'd tell it

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to you. Not

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sure it's possible to eat an actual bit of story.

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Not even with my crazy imagination.

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But. I can try! Ooohhh chocolate!

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Anyway, where was I? Oh yes. Have

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you ever been to a theme park or seen

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one in a film or on tele or with a really

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very exciting high and twisting rollercoaster

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and thought, I want to go on

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that! It looks scary, but truly fun

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and amazing and you can hear

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people screaming and happiness and actual

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terror, which means they are also very,

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very scared. And how

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high and how fast

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it goes - If you watch it, it will

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almost certainly make your tummy

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tickle if you ride it. Can you

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tickle your tummy? Tickle, tickle, tickle.

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Marvellous. Well, that

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tickly giggly feeling is exactly

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how Lucas felt when he

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‘plinked’ out the other side of

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the portal. ‘Plink’. Do you remember what happened in

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the last chapter? Lucas jumped on his bed

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three times and with the full jump

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at 12:04 followed his fluffy teddy

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through a portal, a magical door

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to another place in space

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and time. It took minus three seconds to him

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to come out and through the portal

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opening which snapped shut

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tight behind him. If you had a telly in the 1980’s

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and switched it off, it would look like that

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behind him. Black sparkly

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oval to a tiny circle of bright

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light... To nothing. Zzsssccczzzhhhmmm Yes!

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And it was minus three seconds since he jumped through.

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So technically, which means according

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to the facts, he came out of

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it before he went in.

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How Fun! So he came through saying,

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wait for me, landed

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on his feet and found he was repeating the

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last few words and actions he had said and done at the end

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of the last chapter, but in slow motion

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as if he was wading and speaking through

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mud, if that makes any sense

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- can you remember what they were? The

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words he said? See, Lucas

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found himself in his own thoughts, but also unable

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to change what he was physically doing and saying

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out loud - almost as if he was

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moving now through very thick custard,

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mmmm custard. It was the strangest of feelings

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Indeed.

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He found himself jumping ridiculously

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slowly on the spot:

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once, twice, three times the sound of

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it all exaggerated too

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like a - a

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cartoon sound effect - boiyoiyoiyoinggg - and could see that when

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he finally leapt forward, he would find himself

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at the very tippy top

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of the most exciting

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looking yellow bottomed silver

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sided mirror slide he had

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ever, ever seen.

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He looked up at some words in bright, glowing

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light bulbs on a fancy red sign

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right above his head. It read ‘Slide

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of happiness to adventure’ with

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white light bulbs flashing around

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the edges. He had a little bit of

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a bout of deja-vous,

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which means feeling like you have done or said

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something before, if that makes any sense at

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all. Have you ever had that feeling? Well,

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it's called Deja Vu, which means feeling

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like you've done or said something

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before. Have I already.... Said

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that? I think. I think I have.

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Back to Lucas who by now

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had jumped once up and down.

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‘Why not’ bouncing once ‘It won’t hurt will it?

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He said again, bounced twice, thrice,

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which means three times. He took a

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deep breath and loudly whispered,

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‘Wait for me, Teddyyyyyyy’, as he launched across the

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entrance to the slide, and

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under the fancy, flashy

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red sign, and landed

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feet first, bottom second on a worn

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hessian sack, those rough feeling sacks like you get

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on those helter skelters at fairgrounds. He deftly fell

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on his bottom. His hands

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automatically finding two velvet feeling

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cord handles - velvet being a lovely soft feeling material,

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see if you can find some, and feel it when you're out with

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someone fun, and you'll see what I mean about how lovely it feels.

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And...the sack... The sack. Started to move gently

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downwards, down the slide -

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slowly at first, and then

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vwwwhhnmmmmm seem to jerk to life, propelling

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him so fast down this

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wonderous slide. So whizzy woo fast,

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that his hair stuck up like a

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mad scientist! He really needed a haircut,

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he thought to himself, as he saw his reflection in

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the sides of the slide, as

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he whizzed down. As soon as the sack really started

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to move, a further bit of red

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velvet material appeared out of the bottom of the sack,

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and seem to roll upwards towards him

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like a gentle sea wave and tuck

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him in gently with care. With the speed his

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hands tightly held the two velvet rope handles at the side

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of the Mat and

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whoooosssszzzhhh. He began the

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most exhilarating, which means truly

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most exciting indeed ever, ever,

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ever ride on this crazy

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fun slide. He first went downwards,

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and then upwards, and then spun

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backwards and upside down and roundabout. There were spirals and strange

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bumping stairs of all angles,

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this way and that,

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and all Lucas could do was shout ‘Woohooo thiisss isss awesommmme’ and

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live completely in the moment,

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enjoying himself. Have you ever done that?

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Just enjoy that actual time and that

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actual place and that

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moment - try and do it more because

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good times they pass so quickly, perhaps

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like the first time listening

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to this story. Haha

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I can but hope! Lucas started to wonder if

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this brilliant, brilliant, super duper ride

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would ever stop. Before him stood

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two loop the loops and in the distance he saw a boy

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that looked like

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him in dinosaur pajamas, scream ‘Woohoo’

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off to his left and disappeared downwards at

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the same time as another boy who

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also looked like him, but even older next

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to what looked like his

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actual teddy having a deep conversation that went

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something along the lines of

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‘But if the toy soldiers take the

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giant’s money from the castle, then - then what would the three bears use to

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melt down to make beautiful golden gates!?’ This didn't make any sense - any sense at all. And then....he felt a gentle

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furry tap on the shoulder,

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Oh dear! Gasp! Went Lucas. ‘How old are you now?’ Asked his teddy, or a version of

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his Teddy from somewhen, speeding

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and sliding along backwards, directly

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above Lucas, actually upside down

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and looking very excited... As another

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teddy whizzed across and through

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them both shouting ‘Hellooo Lucas! If this is

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your first time, Hold on tight!’ Lucas was

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so disoriented now, which means

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he was all very confused as to what was up and what was down

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and what was real and what had happened

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and would happen, that he lost his grip on one of the rope handles

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of the sack, as the slide bank steeply

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to the right, and the force of the speed he was going

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meant he couldn't pull his hand back down to the handle and

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grip it. And this all happened just at the

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moment he started to ascend. That

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means go up! A very

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steep incline, which also means something

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going sharply upwards like... Up a hill or a loop the loop! ‘Teddyyyyyy!’

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He shouted, ‘Teddy

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I’ve lost, I’ve lost my grip on the handles - and I - I can’t hold on and

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I’m about to go up a very steep incline like a hill or a loop the loop or something and I’m going to fall

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ouuuuuut’ he shouted quite desperately, which meant afraid

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and quite scared kind of way. He looked

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up and Teddy had gone,

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and Lucas continued to gently panic

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and quickly ascend. You remember, that means

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go up, yes?

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In the first of the loop the

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loops...for yes. Now,

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as he rose up the first

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loop, the loop.....force at at

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least 30 miles per hour....Lucas

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could see there was not only

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one but

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five huge, massive loop the loops in

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a row ...GASP -

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how exciting! How scary! How exhilarating -which means - as I'm sure you remember, truly very supremely, amazingly exciting!

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‘Teddyyyyyy!’ He shouted, and looked

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about trying to bring his flailing arm back

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down to hold the sack handle, but,

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he was going so fast, it was so hard to

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do anything! As he looked to his left, he swore he

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saw his big sister, Maisie in the

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distance, squealing with happiness, sliding down into

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a fuzzy looking spongy tunnel

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really, really fast. He squinted his eyes,

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and she disappeared veering sharply off

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to the right and into the fuzzy looking spongy tunnel

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with a ‘WOOHOO!’ And then from nowhere, Maisie and

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Teddy appeared right next to Lucas,

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on the widest part of the widest part

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of the widest part of the slide, which

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was wider than you being

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your widest 10 times - go

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on! Stretch your arms out and imagine

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10 of those widths. Mmhmm! That was

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how wide this widest of

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wide parts was. They all squealed with excitement

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together as the three then separated

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into three separate loop the loops and got

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to the very tippy top

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of peaks, which means point where

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it's at It's highest - and Maisie Shouted, ‘On your way down use gravity to help you findnyour hsnfle again

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First

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Timer - don’t worry - nothing bad can happen In here.

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It's all about forces’

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and with that she disappeared directly upwards

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with her Teddy Tucked In and nestled into

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her hessian sack, which was lined

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with lovely deep purple velvet

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blankets, and embroidered in gold with the

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words ‘Queen Maisie, Minister of fun!’

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Well, said Lucas, ‘All about

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forces? What does that mean?’ Just as his head was

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forced backwards with the

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speed, fffsheewww! Lucas thought about what Maisie had said

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and wasn't sure what else to do. Then saw another

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version of teddy waving at him just below who shouted, ‘Just relax Lucas, enjoy the ride! Gravity does its thing!’

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And

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it did. Gravity is hard to explain

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and a...real Scientist could explain it properly, but

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essentially - which means... Listen carefully and I'll

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try and give you the important need to know stuff

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- it’s the force we know of that

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helps us - and things -

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stick to our planet we live on.

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Without gravity we might well just all

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ping off into space... And lovely as that might be for

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a few minutes. I'd rather think we

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would get very cold and

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miss things like eeeww, like lying on a warm beach with

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a nice cold drink orrrr Having Ball Games in the

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park with friends or snuggling in

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bed with our Teddy’s and maybe a hot

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water bottle under our

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warm duvet. Ohhhh you should

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be asleep right now, Lucas suddenly thought

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and instead he was having the ride of

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his life, on this

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humongous -

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which means massive, huge, gigantic,

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amazing slide! What a lucky sausage! Mmm sausage!

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So with no fear of having heard several

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Teddy's telling him and his big sis say things

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were going to be okay

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because ‘gravity’, he relaxed and enjoyed the ‘whooshh’ feeling on his ears.

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On the way down on this loop the loop, the

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forces and the angle of the slide made all of

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Lucas's weight behave differently and from a flailing

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arms stuck up and behind him and

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almost a sense of flying

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and weightlessness at the top of the loop the loop, he

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went to a heavy speeding projectile

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- which means very fast perhaps even dangerous moving

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object - and on the way

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down or whooshing and neeeeoowwwinggg and well

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going super, super, super, amazingly excitingly

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fast. The forces at work finally

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made everything including his arm heavier,

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and it was now pushed downwards. He shifted

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further forward into the sack lining, his feet

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pushing against the downward facing edge of it.

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He took his chance to grab the soft velvet rope

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handle with his left hand. Remember how

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to find your lefthand?

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And whooshed along the bottom curve on the first loop and back

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up to the second. Lucas had never felt so

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exhilarated, which means very, very excited and

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petrified too - which means

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very, very scared - at the

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same time in his life. Only a

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few minutes ago, he'd been in bed asleep in the

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hot July morning, in his bedroom, in his

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Nice House listening to his dad snoring, and

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now here he was ...on a super

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fast, amazing, fun slide ride, seeing

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all sorts of strange things, not knowing

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when, how or even if the ride

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ever stopped. For all he knew he would be on it

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forever. Although he didn't see

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any grownups on the side.

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Maybe their bottoms were too big for the thin bits,

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huh!? One of which was coming up,

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‘Whhhheeeooooooofffff’ said Lucas as he looped he loop for

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the second time, but crushed into the back of an

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older looking

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Maisie. ‘Do you mind?!’ She shouted. ‘There is

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such thing as slide

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etiquette, You

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know!’

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‘Ittsss My first time sisssss!’ Lucas managed, still shocked to

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see her here. ‘Oh well. Have you not read your manual?’

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Manuel? No, what’s a Manuel - isn’t he from Fawlty Towers?

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Did your Teddy not brief you? ‘No, there wasn’t time! What and where’s the manual?’ Well whereas the book explaining how to use something, just ask for it. You can ask for anything, but remember your manager gets cross. Yes. The sacral riding and she has the name and I'm in Hacienda and four, five, six. It looks like you're going to say anything you want to work. What happens if I forget? Of course you might see on the iphone, cleans my license chocolate cake with sweets or wouldn't. It's not too much. Probably instantly. The top layer of in Sacramento was in Rosa from horizontal to vertical. That means from lying down, flat to standing up and the kind faith formed in the folds of Hacienda. Beautiful soft, warm voice said to me in the face, smile then disappeared and the Hesi and surface changed with a blue sparkly flash into a steel silver vertical surface and a little door shutter went up revealing summer chocolate cake on a red and white patterned plate with sweets on top and a folded Napkin in a triangle next to it.

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Exclaimed Lucas, so I can order anything.

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You just remember your manners. Thank

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you Deanna. Four, five, six at Msi.

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And with that she wisdom police

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go from the Yummy, moist chocolate

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cake. Chocolate.

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This podcast is making me hungry.

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Lucas, stop for a second. He was a little bit hungry

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too, and he thought it wouldn't hurt to at least

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try to ask for something yummy. I'm

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49, married, I have

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some cookies.

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Please, please, please,

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please. Very much. He

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had it just to make sure he was being polite enough

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and yes, as he had seen macy's

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hacinsack top layer peel back from horizontal

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to vertical position his dead

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now too, revealing it kind man's

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face in the wrinkles of the face

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form to smile and in a very deep, warm,

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velvety voice said

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Lupus, like eating

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them now so it doesn't

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melt or no,

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that's a good tip and

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he watched as the face disappeared in

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its place, melted into a tiny

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Easter egg box sized steel

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door which opened up to reveal

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the most round and perfect chocolate

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chip cookies and Lucas had ever

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seen on a pattern red and white

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striped plate with two Napkins

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in triangles. Lucas

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took the plate onto his lap and put his finger

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on the cookie. Still.

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He said the

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door in the Hesi material disappeared and

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we arranged itself back to the kind of manned

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space. Lucas

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score for a second. Can

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I see the manual

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please at

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the beginning place? I

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think so. I haven't touched my cookie yet,

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but this thank you. Can

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face again disappeared and the small steel vertical

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door appeared once more. This time there

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was a lift and flashing button that said

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manual to the lefthand side,

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Lucas guests, he had to press it, didn't

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even notice he was on the fourth through the loop.

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What happened next? Truly surprised

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Lucas and made him cry out in shock

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and excitement. Wonder

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if you will be surprised and shocked to. You'll

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have to wait for chapter three to hear

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that. I do hope you remember

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your p's and q's in your real life. That

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means pleases and thank yous because

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nothing is as the saying goes.

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episode is called the

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