Shadowing Practice: ✏️ Simple Spelling Made Easy for Kids | Learn to Spell and Write | @Alphablocks - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
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Five little other blocks jumping on the bed One fell off and bumped his head I am...
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B...
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I...
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G...
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Big?
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How can that be?
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I am big!
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I'm as tall as a tree!
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I am...
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R...
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R...
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D...
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Red!
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Why am I red?
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I am red!
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From my toes to my head!
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I am a cat.
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Meow.
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I am a cat.
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Just look at me now.
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In a wig.
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In a wig.
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I am a cat in a wig.
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And I'm red and I'm big.
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I am a big red cat in a wig.
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Excellent.
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I am a big red cat in a wig.
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I am a big red cat in a wig.
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Yes!
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I love it!
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More ben more!
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I am a dog.
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I am a dog.
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I am a hen.
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I am a hen.
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I am a dog.
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Log!
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I am a log, I am a...
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P- E- M- Pen!
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I am a pen...
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A pen?
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A pen...
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Like Ben!
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B- E- Ben?
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I- Is?
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Ben? Is?
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F- A- FAB!
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What a fabulous pen!
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Whoa!
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Bother!
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I can't sleep.
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I wish someone would tell me a bedtime story.
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OK!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Look!
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Bee!
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That's me! But...
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But what is a book?
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Ooh!
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Ooh!
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Ooh! Be careful!
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Ooh!
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Look!
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It's tea!
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Time for tea!
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This is fun!
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Stop being silly! Will do!
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Ooh!
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Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Little Red Riding...
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Hey!
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What have you done with the last word?
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It must have dropped out.
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Disaster!
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Better do something to put it back.
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B...
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O...
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D...
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B-O-D-Hood.
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Try this.
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O-D-Hood.
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Little Red Riding Hood.
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Yes, that's right.
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Well done.
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Hooray!
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Little Red Riding Hood was never, ever bad.
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In fact, she was always...
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Um...
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Cool.
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Cool?
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Are you sure?
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Okay, it's your story.
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One day, Little Red Riding Hood decided to visit her grandmother,
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who lived on the other side of a deep, dark...
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Moon.
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Moon?
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Moon?
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Moon?
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Moon.
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Moon?
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Don't you think wood might be better?
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We like, Moon.
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Er-e-s-t.
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Rest!
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Ready for a rest, Bugs?
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Marching made them sleepy.
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Marvellous!
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My mistake.
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You made it!
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Now you can march with your...
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I might have known.
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Inhale, N.
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Hmm.
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Nature is nice.
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I might need your help to make him move.
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We want to help, too.
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Eh, I know.
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W-e-e-n-d.
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Wind!
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Oh, I know.
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I know.
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I know.
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W-e-n-d.
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Wind!
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It's moving!
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I must make a way across.
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Maybe we can make a bridge.
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B. Eh.
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D. Bend.
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Marvelous!
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You made a way across.
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I'm going to make a way across.
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Maybe we can make a bridge.
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B. Eh.
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D. You made it!
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Magnificent!
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Bravo!
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Ever so clever!
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We can march now to eat my yummy mangoes!
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Nice!
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This is a truly terrible trick.
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Time for our next act.
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Wait!
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We've hardly started.
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We have a trick that will charm you.
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A...tart.
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A tart.
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P...art.
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Part.
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Part of a tart.
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T-R-jar.
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Part of a tart in a jar.
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K-R-car.
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The part of tart in a jar is now.. in a car!
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And that's just the start.
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K-R-cart.
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The part of tart in a jar in a car is on a cart.
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The part of tart in a jar in a car on a cart is on a barn.
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Tremendous!
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The part of tart in a jar in a car on a cart on a barn is now far on that star.
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With your card!
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No way!
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That is my card!
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Jelly books!
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I want my painting to be perfect for Cheese Gallery.
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Please can you help me, Ben?
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Ben!
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Ben, you've got to help us in the gallery.
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That is perfect!
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Go on, C.
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Tell Ben the title. Of course.
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It's called The La La.
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Ooh.
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I can see my capital T.
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But this word looks tricky.
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I wonder what it says.
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The T.
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Oh, it's a T.
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Kraken!
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Cool new sounds!
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So this word is the.
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A capital C!
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Capitals are often in names.
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So what does this word say?
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K-a-t-cat.
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K-a-t-cat.
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K-a-t-cat.
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K-a-t-cat.
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The cat!
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Huh.
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Hard to see a cat.
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Of course it's a cat.
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Can't you see...
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Grumbs!
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Absolutely amazing!
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Tip-top.
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Grand!
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Now let's go.
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Please, Ben, could you possibly help a bit more?
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What?
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Please, Ben, could you possibly help a bit more?
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Ben?
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Lost?
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Terrific!
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Nothing happened!
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My teapot!
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You've lost it!
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Sorry!
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I was having the best day ever.
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The best...
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B...
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A...
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S...
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T...
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Best!
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The best thing would be if I could start this whole day again.
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T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-Tiddleyum-tum-tum-tum-tum.
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No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, oh!
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And a tum-tiddly...
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Wait a minute.
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Where's my teapot?
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I just popped in.
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Sorry.
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Sorry.
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P-O-T-S-Pots.
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My teapot?
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A hundred teapots?
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Thank you s this has been the best day ever
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Have you ever painted with a pot?
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Have you ever tried a...
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Th-p-p-p-pot?
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Spot!
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You made a work of art.
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Just by taking part, you made a difference.
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You don't have to be a winner or a superstar.
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You can change the world just by being who you are.
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S...ss...ss!
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S...ssss! Is something wrong?
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Can't understand why I'm even a letter.
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I make the same sound as my brother.
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Hm...
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Ah...
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Ah!
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Ah...
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P.. lap!
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Can you place your hands upon your lap?
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Raise them in the air and C-a-p-clap
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You can make a noise It's one of life's great joys To make a difference
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You don't have to be a winner Or a superstar You can change the world Just by being who you are
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C-a-p-clap Clap your hands, slap your thigh,
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flap your wings and pretend to fly.
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H. I J-bird.
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I'm a jolly J.
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K. L.
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M. N.
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No. No. N.
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N. N.
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Oh Anyone
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Terribly sorry dot who's next you?
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No, I've just done mine.
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It must be you Oh!
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S-s-s!
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Q-R-S-T-U-V!
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W!
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The exciting X!
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W!
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X!
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Why are we singing this?
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No time to explain now.
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The song must go on.
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W...
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X...
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Y... And me.
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O!
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O, O, O, O, O, O!
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O, O, O, O, O!
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O, O, O, O, O, O!
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh When I'm with O,
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we can ride on the back of a D O DOE A female deer No!
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This garden's a mess, we'll dig it up with a H O HO!
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Just watch out, man, you don't stop your O DOE O!
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O!
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O!
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O!
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O!
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O!
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O!
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O!
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O!
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O!
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O!
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O!
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O!
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O!
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O!
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I am Magic E and when O goes with me, we will fall into a...
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O!
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O!
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O!
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Hope!
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Don't give up hope, grab onto the rope!
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We'll escape on the back of a...
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Mow!
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Mow!
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Time to go.
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Oh!
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Moe!
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Time to go!
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Oh!
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Time to go...
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Oh.
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Home.
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Hello.
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Have you had as interesting a day as I have?
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Aww...
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T-er.
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Ah.
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P. Trap.
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What's a trap?
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Yes!
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You found a trap!
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Er...
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Surprise!
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Total tomfoolery!
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Do you even know what today is?
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Er...
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Fall in a hole day?
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How about get out of a hole day?
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Come on!
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Er... At...
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Rat!
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Terrific!
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Come on, little rat.
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Dig us out of here.
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Dig, Ratty, dig!
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Er...
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That's a very, very small hole.
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Try again.
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T-a-p-ta-p!
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Tremendous!
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We can all have a nice cup of tea.
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No tea?
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Try again.
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R-t-a-t!
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Terrific!
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Terrific?
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Better than that!
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Tip-top!
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Tally-ho!
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Yes!
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Close your eyes, T!
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Ready?
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Party!
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Party!
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Party!
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Party!
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Party!
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Party!
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This looks like a tricky word.
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I wonder what it says.
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Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh,
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no. Gosh, oh, you made a special sound.
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The sign says no, so that's not the way to go.
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So no is not just a tricky word.
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It's a helpful one too.
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It says, and no means not that way.
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Gosh!
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Another sign!
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G-O-GO!
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G-O-GO!
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Great!
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Oh, you made the special sound again.
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Go is a very special sound.
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It's not just a tricky word.
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It's a helpful one too.
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Go is another helpful word.
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It means go that way.
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Oh, no. Go.
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Go.
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Go.
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Go.
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Terrific.
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My treasured teapot.
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Tea?
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I was turning back to get my tea.
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We'll help you get out.
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Guys, look.
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It says go.
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But what's the next word?
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T. O. To.
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T. O. To.
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A new word.
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The sign says go to and then a star.
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Go to a star.
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Oh, that's a new word.
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Sleeping Beauty by the Alpha Blox players.
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Once upon a time, there was a pretty princess called Elle.
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Look at me.
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I'm so lovely.
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Everyone likes me.
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But not everyone liked Elle.
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One person was particularly jealous of the pretty princess.
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Hello, it is I.
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I said a wicked old witch.
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In need of some help.
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Ha-a-g-hag.
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Bruce!
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There's that impossibly young and incredible princess.
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There's that impossibly young and incredibly lovely L.
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I must get rid of her.
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Spoooooo!
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On this wheel I cast a spell to rid me of that beastly L.
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May she prick her finger, shed a tear, then fall asleep for a hundred years.
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That looks like lots of fun.
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It is.
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Would you like a go?
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No!
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Ow!
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I've pricked my little finger.
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Oh, feeling sleepy.
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And so the pretty princess lay down on a big, comfortable...
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I need something to lie on. Do something.
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Red!
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And as Little Red Riding Hood made her way through the forest, the big bad wolf jumped out.
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Please, try again!
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Who's been eating my porridge?
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Growled the daddy bear.
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No, that's Gordilocks.
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My turn.
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Bed.
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So the pretty princess lay down on a big, comfortable bed and fell fast asleep.
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Zzzz
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 442 sentences and 1721 words to shadow. The speech runs for 22:41. The speaker talks slowly, about 76 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 68% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| terrific adjective | Very strong or intense; excessive, tremendous. | |
| cart noun | /kɑɹt/ | A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than… |
| tricky adjective | /ˈtɹɪk.i/ | Hard to deal with, complicated. |
| helpful adjective | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | Furnishing help; giving aid; useful. |
| trap noun | /tɹæp/ | A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body. |
| clap verb | /klæp/ | To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound. |
| finger noun | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other… |
| trick noun | /ˈtɹɪk/ | Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle. |
| asleep adjective | /əˈsliːp/ | In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. |
| tremendous adjective | /tɹɪˈmɛndəs/ | Awe-inspiring; terrific. |
| barn noun | [ˈbɑɹn] | A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle. |
| superstar noun | /ˈsuː.pəˌstɑː/ | Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity. |
| sleepy adjective | /ˈsliːpi/ | Tired; feeling the need for sleep. |
| prick noun | /pɹɪk/ | A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. |
| bother verb | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drop out verb | To leave (school, a race, etc.) prematurely and voluntarily. |
| fall off verb | To become detached or to drop from. |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). |
| jump out verb | To emerge suddenly. |
| watch out | Used to warn someone of an imminent danger. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have you done · You've lost · has been |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the best |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might be · might have · might need |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was having · was turning |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 24 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/, thigh /θaɪ/
- Long words — get the stress right: incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/, impossibly /ɪmˈpɒ.sɪb.li/, tomfoolery /ˈtɑmˌful.ɚ.i/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like terrific, cart, tricky.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.