In tonight's bedtime story for kids, we’re heading to Betty's bakery, where she and the cubs are preparing bread, cakes and cookies for the day ahead, kneading dough with their little badger paws. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Speaker 1: all the relaxing stories and bonus episodes now coming your
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Speaker 1: way now. A little Birdie tells me that you guys
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Speaker 1: especially like the little relaxation bits before the story, so
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Speaker 1: we'll do one now. But I hope you're not too hungry,
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Speaker 1: because in tonight's story, we're going to be whipping up
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Speaker 1: a whole host of delicious treats in our new friend
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Speaker 1: Betty Badger's kitchen. Yep, we are going to be whisking,
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Speaker 1: kneading and sprinkling to our hearts content with Betty and
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Speaker 1: her special little helpers. So to get prepared, let's start
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Speaker 1: this relaxation with our hands. You can do this wherever
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Speaker 1: you are, although soon enough you will be in bed hopefully.
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Speaker 1: Just open and close your hands really fast, and then
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Speaker 1: stop again. Squeeze them closed and spring them open again
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Speaker 1: really quickly for five four three two one seconds and stop.
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Speaker 1: Do they feel a bit tired? Now, okay, let them
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Speaker 1: just rest, but we're going to try that with our
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Speaker 1: strong arms. So bend and flex your arms a few
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Speaker 1: times quickly, and then stop. Now they should feel a
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Speaker 1: little tired. And if you're not now already, then climb
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Speaker 1: into bed and lie down on your back. Now, shrug
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Speaker 1: your shoulders up to your ears, and as you pull
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Speaker 1: them up, breathe in, and as you release them down
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Speaker 1: breathe out.
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Speaker 2: So up, breathe in, down, breathe out up, down, up, down, up.
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Speaker 1: And sigh as you bring them down and stop.
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Speaker 2: There you go.
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Speaker 1: Now everything's been used and is ready to rest, and
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Speaker 1: you are already to listen to this cozy tale, which
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Speaker 1: is great because it really won't be long until the
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Speaker 1: doors to the bakery opened to customers. This is Betty
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Speaker 1: Badger's Bakery by Alicia Ainslie. Betty Badger's alarm clock gently chimed,
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Speaker 1: and she stirred, rolling over in bed to turn it off.
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Speaker 1: She sleepily opened up her heavy eyes to check the time.
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Speaker 1: It was two o'clock in the morning. Perfect. Two o'clock
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Speaker 1: in the morning wasn't an unusual time for Betty Badger
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Speaker 1: to be waking up. For you see, badgers and nocturnal animals,
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Speaker 1: which means they mainly come out at night, and being
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Speaker 1: nocturnal was perfect for Betty Badger as it meant that
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Speaker 1: she had plenty of time during the night to prepare
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Speaker 1: everything for when her shot opened in the morning. Betty
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Speaker 1: Badger owned the most popular bakery in the whole of
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Speaker 1: Sleepy Forest. Animals and magical creatures from all over journeyed
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Speaker 1: to Betty Badger's bakery with the intention of buying a
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Speaker 1: delicious baked good or two. She had built up a
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Speaker 1: stellar reputation with her delicious creations, and there was always
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Speaker 1: a long queue already waiting outside her bakery door when
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Speaker 1: she flipped over the closed sign to open. Betty worked
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Speaker 1: all the way through the night, baking up a vast
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Speaker 1: variety of sweet treats, fresh pastries, and loaves of bread
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Speaker 1: to delight her customers with. With so many eager customers
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Speaker 1: coming through her bakery door every day, Betty needed to
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Speaker 1: whip up a huge selection of delicious treats. Luckily, Betty
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Speaker 1: had a few eager helpers that assisted her in the
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Speaker 1: kitchen to get everything ready. The children, Ginger, Chip and Lavender,
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Speaker 1: Betty's three little badges, adored helping out their mother in
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Speaker 1: the kitchen, and they were quite the little bakers themselves.
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Speaker 1: Ever since they had been just teeny tiny badger cubs,
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Speaker 1: Ginger Chip and Lavender had shown an interest in baking.
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Speaker 1: Watching their mother work so hard every day and enjoying
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Speaker 1: the delectable treats she produced, they had always wanted to
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Speaker 1: learn how to do what she did, so as soon
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Speaker 1: as they were big enough, Betty began teaching them how
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Speaker 1: to bake too. With the help of her three little badges,
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Speaker 1: Betty was able to make dozens of batches of cookies, cakes, breads, pastries, pies,
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Speaker 1: and doughnuts each night. Betty liked to say that the
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Speaker 1: food in her bakery tasted so good because it was
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Speaker 1: made with love, teamwork, and a spring unkle of family magic.
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Speaker 1: So as soon as her alarm went off at two
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Speaker 1: o'clock in the morning. Betty rolled out of bed and
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Speaker 1: prepared to get to work. She brushed her hair and
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Speaker 1: wrapped her yellow pinafore around her waist, and then headed
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Speaker 1: over to her children's room to wake them up. Ginger, Chip,
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Speaker 1: and Lavender all slept in the same bedroom, in their
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Speaker 1: own little bed, side by side. Their bedcovers all had
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Speaker 1: pictures of cupcakes on, and they each had a woven
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Speaker 1: dream catcher hanging above their beds. Betty wondered what wonderful
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Speaker 1: dreams the dreamcatchers had managed to catch that night. Betty
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Speaker 1: gently nudged each of her children in their peaceful beds
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Speaker 1: and whispered, wakey, wakey, rise and shine my little muffins.
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Speaker 1: Ginger and Chip began to stir and stretch their fuzzy
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Speaker 1: little arms above their heads, preparing for the day ahead,
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Speaker 1: but Lavender buried her head beneath her pillow instead. She whimpered,
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Speaker 1: how tired. I don't want to get up. Betty stood
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Speaker 1: back and giggled at her sleepy daughter. Oh that's a shame,
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Speaker 1: said Betty with a smile. I was going to let
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Speaker 1: you ice the sponge cake today, but if you'd rather
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Speaker 1: stay in bed. I'll just do it myself. All of
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Speaker 1: a sudden, Lavender poured the pillow back away from her head,
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Speaker 1: and she shot up out of bed. Lavender loved icing cakes.
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Speaker 1: She adored squeezing the piping bag and designing her own
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Speaker 1: swirls and patterns with the icing. Betty knew that this
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Speaker 1: promise would be enough to get her daughter out of bed.
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Speaker 1: The three little Badgers all brushed their hair and put
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Speaker 1: on their aprons. Ginger wore a sky blue apron. Chip
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Speaker 1: wore a soft green, a Lavender wore a light purple one.
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Speaker 1: Then they all headed to the kitchen that backed onto
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Speaker 1: Betty's bakery. Betty's bakery kitchen was huge. It was the
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Speaker 1: biggest room in their house to accommodate all of the
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Speaker 1: work that went on in it. There was a wall
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Speaker 1: of ovens and a large kitchen island to work at,
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Speaker 1: cupboards upon cupboards full of baking trays and mixing bowls,
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Speaker 1: and several drawers full of utensils like spatchelors, whisks, and
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Speaker 1: rolling pins. The walls were painted a soft yellow, Betty's
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Speaker 1: favorite color, and all of the cupboards were creamy white.
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Speaker 1: A large blackboard was hung up on the main kitchen wall,
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Speaker 1: and on it, scribbled in chalk, was today's bakery menu.
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Speaker 1: The three little badgers stood beneath the chalk board and
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Speaker 1: read the menu. This morning, on top of their usual bakes,
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Speaker 1: they needed to make half a dozen loaves of bread,
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Speaker 1: two dozen raspberry and white chocolate cupcakes, one dozen seeded bagels,
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Speaker 1: and a big cream cake. Ginger, Chip and Lavender all
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Speaker 1: began to buzz with excitement, and they turned to their
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Speaker 1: mother for instruction. What shall we make first, cried Chip
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Speaker 1: with anticipation. Betty looked at her three eager children, then
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Speaker 1: at the board, and contemplated. Betty decided, Ginger, how about
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Speaker 1: you get started mixing the ingredients for the bread dough.
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Speaker 1: Chip you can start on the sponge mix, and Lavender
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Speaker 1: you can grab the seeds for the bagels. I'll begin
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Speaker 1: whipping up the bagel mixture. The three little badgers all
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Speaker 1: nodded obediently and wandered off to get to work. They
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Speaker 1: all washed their hands with soap at the wash basins
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Speaker 1: and then headed to their respective baking stations, ready to
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Speaker 1: get their paws stuck in. On the way to her station,
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Speaker 1: Lavender paused and asked her mother, I do still get
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Speaker 1: to ic the cake today, right? Betty chuckled and assured
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Speaker 1: her daughter that she would indeed get to ice the
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Speaker 1: cake as promised. Can I sprink all the seed on
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Speaker 1: the bagels? Called out Ginger. Can I dust the cupcakes?
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Speaker 1: Piped up chip. Betty reassured all of her children that
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Speaker 1: they would all get a chance to do the fun
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Speaker 1: decorating tasks too, But first they needed to make the
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Speaker 1: basis of all the food. Ginger picked a large mixing
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Speaker 1: bowl out of one of the cupboards and placed it
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Speaker 1: on the worktop. Then he began to collect all of
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Speaker 1: the ingredients he would need for the bread dough. He
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Speaker 1: needed a bag of flour, some salt and yeast, and
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Speaker 1: a jug of water. The ingredients for bread are surprisingly minimal.
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Speaker 1: Betty always said that it's the kneading and baking process
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Speaker 1: that makes her bread extra special. Betty often liked to
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Speaker 1: add surprise flavors to her loaves of bread, using herbs
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Speaker 1: such as rosemary, thyme, and basil. Plus Her cheesy garlic
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Speaker 1: bread was a big hit whenever she made it. Perhaps
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Speaker 1: today she would make a selection of different flavors for
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Speaker 1: her customers to choose from. While Ginger combined his ingredients
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Speaker 1: in a mixing bowl. Chip collected his ingredients for the
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Speaker 1: sponge mix. The sponge mix would be used for both
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Speaker 1: the cupcakes and the cream cake, so he needed to
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Speaker 1: make a lot of it. He too, needed flour, but
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Speaker 1: he also required sugar, eggs, butter, baking powder, and milk.
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Speaker 1: Cake mix was much more complex than bread dough, and
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Speaker 1: it could often get messy. Luckily, Chip loved getting messy.
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Speaker 1: Chip got stuck into combining his cake mix while Betty
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Speaker 1: made her bagel dough on the other side of the
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Speaker 1: kitchen counter. Betty had been baking for so many years
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Speaker 1: that she was much quicker than her young children. However,
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Speaker 1: she couldn't do it all alone. Her bakery had become
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Speaker 1: too popular. She was grateful for her children's help in
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Speaker 1: the kitchen. As she watched her two sons crack eggs,
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Speaker 1: sprinkle salt, and weigh out the flower, she beamed with pride.
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Speaker 1: Just as Betty was finishing up her bagel dough, Lavender
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Speaker 1: appeared by her side with a basket full of seeds.
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Speaker 1: Here you go, mamma, Lavender said, proudly, placing the basket
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Speaker 1: down on the worktop. The Squirrel's got a good mixture
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Speaker 1: of seats for us today. There are poppy seeds and
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Speaker 1: sesame seeds, plus a few carraway seats. Betty smiled gratefully
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Speaker 1: and replied, those all sound and delicious. They will be
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Speaker 1: perfect on our bagels. Betty placed the basket of seeds
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Speaker 1: to the side next to the bagel dough and walked
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Speaker 1: around to inspect Ginger and chips mixing bowls. Ginger's bread
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Speaker 1: dough was perfectly gooey, and he was in the process
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Speaker 1: of rolling it up into a big ball when Betty
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Speaker 1: walked over. He sprinkled some flour on the kitchen surface
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Speaker 1: and tipped the ball of dough out onto the worktop.
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Speaker 1: It was time to knead the dough. Ginger pushed his
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Speaker 1: palms into the ball of dough, creating a big dip
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Speaker 1: in the center with a satisfying squish. Then he picked
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Speaker 1: up the edge of the dough and folded on top
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Speaker 1: before repeating the motion. Kneading the dough was important to
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Speaker 1: ensure that lots of air bubbles worked there way into
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Speaker 1: the dough. Without lots of air bubbles inside, the dough
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Speaker 1: wouldn't inflate during baking, so it was an important process.
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Speaker 1: Ginger laughed. Kneading dough, it felt like play dough in
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Speaker 1: his hands, and he delighted in the motion of squishing
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Speaker 1: and folding, squishing and folding over and over again until
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Speaker 1: it was just right. When Ginger believed the dough to
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Speaker 1: be ready, he rolled it up into a big ball,
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Speaker 1: placed it back inside the mixing bowl, and covered it
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Speaker 1: with film. I've made the bread dough, declared Ginger, and
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Speaker 1: Betty patted him on the back. Now the dough would
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Speaker 1: need to be left to rise for an hour or
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Speaker 1: so before they could tear it up into smaller chunks
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Speaker 1: to make loaves of bread. Baking was all about patients.
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Speaker 1: The bread dough and the bagel dough would need to
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Speaker 1: be left alone to rise for a while before they
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Speaker 1: could be baked and finished, so in the meantime the
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Speaker 1: Badgers could all focus on making the cakes. Chips. Cake
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Speaker 1: batter was ready to go, and so the other Badgers
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Speaker 1: set about preparing the next steps. Lavender took a couple
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Speaker 1: of cupcake trays out of the cupboard and placed them
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Speaker 1: on the worktop. Then she placed a wrapper in each
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Speaker 1: cake tin. Ginger grabbed two large cake tins from another
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Speaker 1: cupboard and lined them with baking paper while Betty collected
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Speaker 1: the white chocolate chips and raspberry pieces. Betty assisted Chip
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Speaker 1: in pouring out some of the cake batter into the
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Speaker 1: two lined cake tins that would be used to make
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Speaker 1: the cream cake, ensuring none got spilt or wasted. Then,
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Speaker 1: when those tins were full, she began to add the
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Speaker 1: white chocolate chips and raspberry pieces to the remaining batter
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Speaker 1: in the bowl. She gave it all a good mix
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Speaker 1: up with a wooden spoon, sloshing the mixture around the
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Speaker 1: bowl with expertise, and then they all set to work
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Speaker 1: dividing the remaining batter between the cupcake wrappers. Ginger Chip
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Speaker 1: and Lavender each used a big tablespoon to scoop out
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Speaker 1: the white chocolate and raspberry mixture from the bowl and
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Speaker 1: dollop it into each cake wrapper until there was nothing left.
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Speaker 1: When the mixing bowl was empty and the cake tins
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Speaker 1: were all filled, Betty looked at her three little badgers,
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Speaker 1: who all had mischievous grins on their faces. She paused,
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Speaker 1: smiled and laughed. All right, then, you can now lick
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Speaker 1: the spoons right on. Cue. Ginger Chip and Lavender all excitedly,
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Speaker 1: cheered and licked the leftover batter off their wooden spoons,
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Speaker 1: giggling with glee as they did. They loved making cakes
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Speaker 1: together purely for this reason. The sweet, sticky batter was delicious,
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Speaker 1: and they licked up every last bit off their spoons.
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Speaker 1: Betty switched on the ovens and lined up the cake
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Speaker 1: tins ready to go inside. Betty always handled the ovens
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Speaker 1: whilst the kids cleaned down their baking stations to prepare
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Speaker 1: for the next steps of their morning baking. Once the
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Speaker 1: cakes were in the oven, they all washed up the
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Speaker 1: bowls and spoons and wiped down the kitchen worked up together.
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Speaker 1: Lavender put extra bubbles into the washing up ball and
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Speaker 1: had lots of fun playing with them. While she cleaned,
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Speaker 1: She scooped up a big handful of white bubbles and
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Speaker 1: spread them across her chin. She turned around to her
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Speaker 1: brothers and declared, Hey, look have got a beard. Ginger
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Speaker 1: and Chip started to giggle deliriously and wanted to have
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Speaker 1: her go too. Chip picked up some bubbles and placed
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Speaker 1: them on his head. Look, I have a hat, he announced,
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Speaker 1: and they all laughed. Then Ginger gathered up some bubbles
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Speaker 1: in his hands and blew them everywhere, announcing that he
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Speaker 1: had created magic. The three little badgers all laughed hysterically
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Speaker 1: at their mischievousness, and Betty watched on from the other
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Speaker 1: side of the kitchen with a smirk. Meanwhile, Betty divided
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Speaker 1: up the bagel dough into round pieces, poked a hole
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Speaker 1: in each, and put them in a big pan to
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Speaker 1: boil while she set to work on the loaves of bread.
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Speaker 1: When the bagels were ready, she placed them on a
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Speaker 1: baking tray and called out to her children, if you
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Speaker 1: want to sprinkle the seeds on top, then your need
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Speaker 1: to dry your hands and clean up those bubbles on
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Speaker 1: the floor. The three little badgers did as they were
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Speaker 1: told and raced over to the bagels to finish them off. Together,
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Speaker 1: Lavender brushed egg yolk over the tops of them, and
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Speaker 1: Ginger and Chip sprinkled the seed mixed from the basket
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Speaker 1: over the top. To finish the bagels, Betty placed them
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Speaker 1: all on a baking tray, lit up another oven, and
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Speaker 1: placed them inside. Lastly, Betty added a few finishing touches
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Speaker 1: to the loaves of bread, sprinkling herbs and cheese over
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Speaker 1: the tops of their doughey creations and then placed them
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Speaker 1: in a separate oven. Betty instructed each of her children
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Speaker 1: to watch over the varying baked items through the oven
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Speaker 1: doors to ensure none of them burnt. Ginger was in
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Speaker 1: charge of the bread, Chip in charge of the cakes,
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Speaker 1: and Lavender was in charge of the bagels. While her
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Speaker 1: children carefully watched over the differing cakes and breads in
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Speaker 1: the oven, Betty whipped up a bowl of icing and
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Speaker 1: filled up a piping bag with frosting. She checked the
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Speaker 1: clock on the wall. It bred five o'clock. They had
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Speaker 1: just enough time to allow the cakes to cool and
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Speaker 1: decorate them ready for the shop opening. As soon as
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Speaker 1: the cakes and loaves of bread had baked to perfection,
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Speaker 1: Betty lifted out each tray with a pair of ovengloves
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Speaker 1: and placed them on the cooling racks. Chip gazed at
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Speaker 1: the sweet smelling cupcakes adoringly and sniffed the air with longing,
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Speaker 1: but Betty reminded him, don't you go taking one. They
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Speaker 1: will all be very hot fresh from the oven. We
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Speaker 1: need to let them cool down while they're baked. Goods cooled,
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Speaker 1: the whole family set to work dusting, sweeping, and wiping
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Speaker 1: down Betty's bakery. The quaint little shop was only small,
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Speaker 1: so it was easy to clean, and they had it
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Speaker 1: finished in next to no time. Betty gazed around her
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Speaker 1: precious shop with pride. She couldn't wait for her customers
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Speaker 1: to see what they'd been baking all through the night.
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Speaker 1: Returning to the kitchen, the air was filled with the
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Speaker 1: mouth watering scent of freshly baked bread. Instinctively, Betty, ginger Chip,
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Speaker 1: and Lavender's bellies all rumbled with desire. But these loaves
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Speaker 1: of bread weren't for them. They were for Betty's customers,
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Speaker 1: and they still had a lot to accomplish before the
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Speaker 1: bakery opened. Once the cakes had all cooled down, ginger
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Speaker 1: Chip and Lavender picked the cupcakes out of the trays
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Speaker 1: by their wrappers and placed them on the worktop to
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Speaker 1: be iced. At the same time, Betty carefully extracted the
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Speaker 1: two round slabs of sponge cake from their tins and
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Speaker 1: placed them down to be iced. Lavender rushed to her
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Speaker 1: mother's side enthusiastically and whispered, remember, she said, I get
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Speaker 1: to ic the cake to day. Betty passed a spatulor
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Speaker 1: to Lavender and replied, yes, I did. Let's get to
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Speaker 1: work then, whilst Ginger and Chip worked together to ice
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Speaker 1: the cupcakes. Betty and Lavender coated the top of one
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Speaker 1: of the large sponges with butter cream and strawberry jam,
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Speaker 1: and then they placed the other circle of sponge on top. Next,
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Speaker 1: they set to work spreading white icing all over the
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Speaker 1: top and sides of the two tiered cream cake. They
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Speaker 1: delicately slathered the icing on with gentle motions of their
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Speaker 1: spatchelors and ensured that no spot of sponge was uncovered.
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Speaker 1: To finish off their creamy creation, Betty helped Lavender decorate
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Speaker 1: the top of the cake with perfect pretty patterns using
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Speaker 1: a piping bag. They held the bag together and twisted
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Speaker 1: and squeezed it to splurge frosting shapes around the top
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Speaker 1: edges of the cream cake. When it was finally finished,
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Speaker 1: it looked like a work of art. Ginger and Chip
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Speaker 1: were equally as proud of their cupcake creations. They added
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Speaker 1: the finishing touch to their frosted cupcakes by tapping multicolored
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Speaker 1: sprinkles onto them, and stood back to admire their handiwork,
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Speaker 1: giving each other a high five. Betty observed all of
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Speaker 1: the beautiful baked delights they'd made as a team this
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Speaker 1: morning and clapped her hands together with delight. Well done,
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Speaker 1: my little badgers, she cried, quitted it yet again. The
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Speaker 1: customers are going to love what we have made for
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Speaker 1: them today. They all carried out the loaves of bread, bagels, cupcakes,
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Speaker 1: and the big cream cake together into the bakery, stocked
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Speaker 1: the shelves, and filled the cabinet. Gazing at all of
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Speaker 1: the various delicious baked items in the shop cabinet, Betty
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Speaker 1: smiled and said, I think we worked so hard tonight
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Speaker 1: that we should enjoy a little of this for ourselves.
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Speaker 1: Betty took one loaf of bread off the shelf and
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Speaker 1: then turned to her three little helpers. She gestured to
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Speaker 1: the pretty iced cupcakes and whispered, go on, you can
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Speaker 1: each have one for your hard work. Inure, Chip and
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Speaker 1: Lavender all leapt for joy and picked a cupcake each
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Speaker 1: from the shop cabinet. They didn't waste any time getting
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Speaker 1: stuck into them and gobbled them up within seconds. As always,
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Speaker 1: they were absolutely delicious. The three little badgers licked their
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Speaker 1: fingers clean and thanked their mother.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 1: Betty announced, clapping her paws together, let's open up. Lavender
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Speaker 1: opened up the rolling blind that covered the large front
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Speaker 1: window to the bakery and gasped as the sunlight streamed in,
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Speaker 1: lighting up the room. Already there were animals queuing up
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Speaker 1: outside the bakery door waiting to come inside. Wow, Mamma,
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Speaker 1: Lavender exclaimed, you have lots of customers already. Ginger responded,
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Speaker 1: that's because mamma is the best baker in Sleepy Forest.
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Speaker 1: Betty smiled proudly and added, we all are the best
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Speaker 1: bakers in Sleepy Forest. I couldn't do it without your help.
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Speaker 1: Betty gave her children a big hug and then walked
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Speaker 1: over to the shop door. She unlatched the lock and
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Speaker 1: turned the sign hanging on the door to open. She
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Speaker 1: glanced over her shoulder back at her little Badger's and whispered,
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Speaker 1: you all go have fun now. I will take it
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Speaker 1: from here. With that, Ginger, Chip and Lavender walked back
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Speaker 1: into their house to enjoy the rest of the morning
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Speaker 1: before having a much needed rest, and Betty opened the
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Speaker 1: door to her bakery and greeted her first customers of
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Speaker 1: the day. Welcome to Betty Badger's Bakery, she announced to
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Speaker 1: her customers. The customers all stepped inside and browsed the
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Speaker 1: scrumptious treats on display with a collection of audible gasps, oohs,
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Speaker 1: and ahs. Betty stepped behind the counter, cleaned a smudge
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Speaker 1: of icing sugar off her pinafore, and smiled as she
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Speaker 1: asked her first customer, so, what would you like today