In tonight’s bedtime story for kids, we'll be joining Potato and Beans, the rollerskating diner cats, as they learn about a very important holiday - Juneteenth! After some kind passersby tell the cats about the holiday, they set about planning a special Juneteenth Feast. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Speaker 1: Tonight's is a glorious one, and I hope you're all
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Speaker 1: settled in bed with full tummies, otherwise it might make
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Speaker 1: yours rumble. We're heading back to the diner run by
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Speaker 1: our creative couple of cats, Potato and Beans, and there
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Speaker 1: are some wonderful descriptions of feasts and soul food coming up.
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Speaker 1: That's because we're soon going to revisit our favorite roller
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Speaker 1: skating diner Cats on June teenth, as they learn all
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Speaker 1: about this very special holiday. But before we find out more.
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Speaker 1: Let's close our eyes and take a few moments to
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Speaker 1: breathe in and out, in for two and out for four.
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Speaker 1: Snuggle down a little bit more and imagine a sunny
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Speaker 1: summer's day in the valley where Potato and Beans Diner
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Speaker 1: is buzzing with life. This is Potato and Beans Celebrate
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Speaker 1: June teenth, by Susannah McLaughlin, edited by Kofi I do
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Speaker 1: guess it. On this sunny summer's day, a long road
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Speaker 1: that cut through the valley, connecting one far off town
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Speaker 1: to another, was host to a parade of shiny cars
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Speaker 1: and animals of all kinds were cruising past the diner.
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Speaker 1: Customers idly sipping milkshakes by the window watched as they
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Speaker 1: zoomed by. They followed with their eyes as a poodle
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Speaker 1: drove her pink sports car with the top down, wearing
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Speaker 1: elegant sunglasses and a silk headscarf. They chuckled to see
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Speaker 1: a wilderbeast in a rusty truck singing along to country
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Speaker 1: music as his child bopped along in the passenger seat.
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Speaker 1: They marveled at a shiny silver bus driven by a
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Speaker 1: bored looking seal. The flow of cars was unending. It
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Speaker 1: seemed like there were a lot of people traveling this weekend.
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Speaker 1: Every so often a car would slope and pull into
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Speaker 1: the diner's car park, enticed by the bright sign advertising
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Speaker 1: Missus Pigs, fluffy pancakes, and creamy mac and cheese. Within
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Speaker 1: the diner, the two cats, Potato and Beans were working
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Speaker 1: as hard as ever, joking with the customers as they
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Speaker 1: sliced warm pie and topped milkshads with whipped cream. They
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Speaker 1: wiped up crumbs and mopped up spills, scooped ice cream,
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Speaker 1: and poured coffee, making everyone feel welcome with their huge,
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Speaker 1: friendly smiles. In the kitchen, Missus Pig was flipping burgers
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Speaker 1: and scrambling eggs as fast as she could, staying calm
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Speaker 1: and collected amongst the sizzles and steam. Unfazed, she sent
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Speaker 1: a steady stream of hot meals towards the diner and
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Speaker 1: dirty dishes towards the sink, where Ozzie the Octopus was
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Speaker 1: floating amongst the SuDS, scrubbing plates and polishing cutlery all
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Speaker 1: at once. Every one of his eight arms was busy
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Speaker 1: dancing around him, juggling cups and flapping teatowels. Their spirits
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Speaker 1: were high. Every dish that re entered the kitchen came
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Speaker 1: back clean, sent with compliments from the diners. Around lunchtime,
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Speaker 1: a human family came into the car park. Four doors opened,
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Speaker 1: and two parents and two children stepped out, stretching and yawning.
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Speaker 1: The little girl wiped her sleepy eyes, obviously the warm
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Speaker 1: sun and the hum of the car engine had lulled
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Speaker 1: her into a morning nap. They entered the diner, waved
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Speaker 1: the cheery hello to Potato and Beans, and slipped into
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Speaker 1: a booth by the window. Potato zoomed over on her
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Speaker 1: roller skates, smoothing down her apron and straightening her whiskers.
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Speaker 1: It wasn't so often humans stopped by. She approached the
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Speaker 1: table and recounted her usual greeting, Welcome to Potato and Beans,
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Speaker 1: the best diner in the hole of nowhere, where we
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Speaker 1: serve weary travelers with a smile. I'm Potato, and I'll
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Speaker 1: be your server. What can I get you today? The
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Speaker 1: humans beamed back a Potato. Impressed by how professional and
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Speaker 1: warm she was, they knew they had made the right
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Speaker 1: decision stopping by the diner for lunch. They all poured
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Speaker 1: over the menu. Everything looked so good, How could they choose.
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Speaker 1: As Mom, dad, and the little girl looked over their choices,
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Speaker 1: the little boy turned to Potato. I already know what
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Speaker 1: I want, he said, wisely, pancakes. Potato liked this little boy.
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Speaker 1: He had kind brown eyes and his shiny curls bounced
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Speaker 1: as he spoke, and he picked pancakes, Potato's favorite. They
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Speaker 1: chatted back and forth for a little while, deciding what
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Speaker 1: the best toppings would be, settling on strawberries, banana, and
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Speaker 1: a big scoop of chocolate chips. Potato had suggested he
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Speaker 1: topped them with warm milk and cat biscuits, and the
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Speaker 1: boy had just laughed, thinking she was joking. Potato knew
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Speaker 1: humans didn't like cat biscuits, but she never truly understood
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Speaker 1: why she thought they were delicious. The rest of the
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Speaker 1: family ordered their meals, and Potato skated off to the kitchen,
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Speaker 1: passing their order onto missus Pig. Next, she hurried to
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Speaker 1: the counter and set about preparing the family's drinks. Green
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Speaker 1: tea for Mum, black coffee for Dad, and milkshakes for
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Speaker 1: the kids. Before long, she glided over, tongues stuck out
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Speaker 1: in concentration, balancing the steamy mugs and tall shakes on
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Speaker 1: a tray. As she placed the drinks down, her ears
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Speaker 1: pricked up. The children were talking about some kind of holiday.
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Speaker 1: Maybe that's why the roads were so busy. Ah, excuse me,
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Speaker 1: Potato asked, what is so special about this weekend? I
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Speaker 1: don't know of a cat holiday that's about to happen.
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Speaker 1: Is it a human one? The family smiled at Potato
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Speaker 1: kindly and told her to take a seat. They'd tell
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Speaker 1: her all about it. But glanced around the diner. Everybody
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Speaker 1: had their meals and were munching happily. Beans was at
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Speaker 1: the counter daydreaming. It was the perfect time for a break.
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Speaker 1: She hopped up onto the red cushioned bench, thanking the
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Speaker 1: children for sliding over to make space for her. The
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Speaker 1: family introduced themselves. The children were called Jadda and Caleb,
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Speaker 1: and they all seemed exceptionally friendly. They began to explain
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Speaker 1: about the holiday tomorrow. Caleb said is June nineteenth, and
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Speaker 1: we are celebrating June teenth. Potato wrinkled her brow. It
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Speaker 1: was a lovely name, but what was it? Mum began
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Speaker 1: to explain. June teenth marks the anniversary of the ending
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Speaker 1: of slavery in the USA many years ago for humans,
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Speaker 1: it marks a huge step that was made towards equality.
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Speaker 1: Equality means that everyone should be treated the same, with kindness, respect,
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Speaker 1: and love, no matter who they are or where they
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Speaker 1: come from. Dad added, Potato smiled. That was her motto too,
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Speaker 1: so June teenth is like a reminder. She asked that
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Speaker 1: everyone should be treated kindly. Jada nodded, and it's a
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Speaker 1: day to celebrate being African American and to celebrate love, kindness,
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Speaker 1: and freedom. I guess. Potato beamed. She loved love. What
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Speaker 1: a wonderful holiday. She thought it was brilliant that they
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Speaker 1: would be celebrating their culture. She loved connecting with her
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Speaker 1: own cat culture after all. She wondered aloud whether they
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Speaker 1: should hold a June teenth at the diner, and Caleb
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Speaker 1: nodded with such enthusiasm she thought he may get dizzy.
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Speaker 1: He said that was a great idea and they would
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Speaker 1: tell her just how to do it. In between gulps
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Speaker 1: of milkshake, kyleb and Jadda told Potato about their June
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Speaker 1: teenth plans. They were driving from their home to see
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Speaker 1: their family in a town not so far from here.
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Speaker 1: Mum would drive and Dad would call himself DJ Dad.
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Speaker 1: Picking songs for them to listen to on the journey.
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Speaker 1: They were headed to Grandma's house and their cousins Auntie
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Speaker 1: and uncle would be there too. There were no rules
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Speaker 1: on what to do on Juneteenth, Kayleb added. Everyone has
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Speaker 1: their own traditions, but this was theirs. The family would
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Speaker 1: spend the day enjoying being together. They would play games
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Speaker 1: together and Grandma would read them a little something from
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Speaker 1: books written by African Americans. They would listen to music
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Speaker 1: and dance a little, and most importantly, they would eat
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Speaker 1: a feast potatoes. Stomach grumbled at the thought a feast
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Speaker 1: that was perfect the diner could put on a Juneteenth feast.
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Speaker 1: Jada looked excited about the food. A dreamy look came
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Speaker 1: over her as she described the usual dishes on Juneteenth.
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Speaker 1: We eat lots of red foods, she said, to symbolize
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Speaker 1: resilience and joy. At our house. We have strawberry pie
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Speaker 1: and watermelon juice, red beans and red rice, and red
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Speaker 1: velvet cake. We also have some foods that aren't read too.
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Speaker 1: Dad said, we have soul food, food that was traditionally
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Speaker 1: made by African Americans in the South, which has influences
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Speaker 1: from all sorts of places, places that their ancestors came from.
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Speaker 1: It's the most delicious food, including barbecue and corn bread,
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Speaker 1: yams and collared greens. Now Dad's Tommy rumbled as loud
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Speaker 1: as thunder. The kids giggled, and Potato was glad to
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Speaker 1: see Beans emerging from the kitchen with plates piled high
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Speaker 1: with pancakes and sandwiches. Beans delivered the food to their table,
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Speaker 1: and the family tucked into their lunch happily. Potato thanked
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Speaker 1: them for their explanation and hopped down from the bench,
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Speaker 1: leaving them to their lunch. She passed on all she'd
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Speaker 1: learnt to Beans as the two of them sipped a
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Speaker 1: refreshing glass of milk at the counter. Beans nodded along
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Speaker 1: wisely before stating at the end, you're right, we need
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Speaker 1: to hold a Juneteenth feast. Nice work, Potato. That evening,
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Speaker 1: Potato and Beans, Missus Pig and Ozzie got to work.
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Speaker 1: They turned the open sign to closed, took off their aprons,
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Speaker 1: and set to planning. Missus Pig loved soul food and
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Speaker 1: took down her biggest recipe book from the shelf, plopping
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Speaker 1: it on one of the diner tables with a thud.
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Speaker 1: She popped on her semicircle shaped spectacles and poured over
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Speaker 1: the pages, leaning in so close that her snout almost
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Speaker 1: touched the pages. Potato, Beans and Ozzy sat around her
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Speaker 1: pointing out the recipes they thought were the most delicious.
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Speaker 1: Their mouths were watering as they did so, and soon
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Speaker 1: Beans had to bring them each a slice of peach
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Speaker 1: pie to satisfy their tummies. Potato retrieved the cat's best
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Speaker 1: glitter pens, and the four of them set to work
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Speaker 1: writing out special Juneteenth menus to let the visitors know
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Speaker 1: every dish that would be on the menu. They had
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Speaker 1: a race to see who could write the most menus,
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Speaker 1: and Ozzy one Potato complained that the game wasn't fair.
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Speaker 1: Of course, Ozzie won, he had a pen in each tentacle.
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Speaker 1: Missus Pig won the prize of having the best handwriting.
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Speaker 1: She wrote beautifully, and Beans was mesmerized watching the pen
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Speaker 1: dance in her trotter, making beautiful, curly letters all joined
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Speaker 1: up and perfectly punctuated. Next, they moved into the kitchen,
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Speaker 1: washed their paws, trotters, and tentacles, and began preparing their ingredients.
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Speaker 1: Potato was set peeling potatoes as their shared name made
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Speaker 1: her giggle, and she tended to measure ingredients wrong. Beans,
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Speaker 1: on the other hand, was given the task of making
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Speaker 1: the mix for the red velvet cake. Under missus pigs
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Speaker 1: careful guidance. Ozzie began polishing cutlery and dusting off the
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Speaker 1: plates that they kept for special occasions. Luckily, they were
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Speaker 1: decorated with little red flowers, perfectly suiting the Juneteenth color scheme.
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Speaker 1: Missus Pig had her chef hat on and was stirring
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Speaker 1: and simmering and whisking several pans at once. Potato sidled
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Speaker 1: over and gave her a squeeze. You really are a
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Speaker 1: wonder in the kitchen mar she mewed. When everything was baking, boiling,
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Speaker 1: or bubbling away, the four of them headed back into
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Speaker 1: the restaurant and created a large banner to hang outside
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Speaker 1: on the diner, which wished a happy Juneteenth to any
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Speaker 1: passers by. Once all their preparation was complete, the team
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Speaker 1: said their sleepy goodbyes and headed to their homes. In
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Speaker 1: their nook above the diner, Potato and Beans curled up
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Speaker 1: in their beds and fell asleep as soon as their
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Speaker 1: whiskers hit the pillow. The next day, was just as
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Speaker 1: beautiful as the one that came before it, with the
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Speaker 1: bluest of blue skies, most golden sunshine, and the delicatest
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Speaker 1: breeze which drifted through the window towards the snoozing cats.
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Speaker 1: At the soft, plinky plunky sound of their alarm, the
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Speaker 1: two cats awoke and rolled out of bed. To day
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Speaker 1: was a big day, so they made sure to put
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Speaker 1: extra time into their morning stretches. They arched their backs
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Speaker 1: and flexed their toes, stretching so far that their fur
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Speaker 1: stood on end. They wiggled and flicked their tails, and
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Speaker 1: rolled their necks to the left and to the right.
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Speaker 1: Once their stretches were complete, they donned their aprons and
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Speaker 1: name badgers. Standing in front of the mirror proudly, Beans
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Speaker 1: looked down a little round Potato and smiled. Happy June teenth.
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Speaker 1: Beans wished potato, and Potato wished it to Beans in return.
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Speaker 1: They entered the diner, where Missus Pig was already singing
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Speaker 1: away in the kitchen, and waved to Ozzy as his
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Speaker 1: funny little car pulled into the car park. Before long,
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Speaker 1: the tables had been pushed together and chairs rearranged. The
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Speaker 1: tablecloth had been spread and menus stacked beans, looked at
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Speaker 1: the clock. It was lunchtime. Right on, que cars appeared
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Speaker 1: on the horizon, advancing through the beautiful dusty valley and
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Speaker 1: pulling into the parking lot. The cats jiggled in excitement
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Speaker 1: and Missus Pig beamed. Ozzie pointed out the cars of
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Speaker 1: their regulars and marveled at how many new customers were
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Speaker 1: here too. It seemed the word had spread about their
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Speaker 1: June teenth celebration. As the customers entered the diner, the
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Speaker 1: team handed them a frosty glass of red juice, watermelon, tomato,
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Speaker 1: or strawberry, depending on their preference. Everyone was in high spirits,
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Speaker 1: mingling and laughing with everyone welcomed potato and beans. Missus
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Speaker 1: Pig and Ozzie began setting the food on the table.
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Speaker 1: It was soon laden with dishes and delicious smells filled
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Speaker 1: the diner. There were gasps as the dishes were set down,
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Speaker 1: which made Missus Pig blush with pride. Soon everyone was
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Speaker 1: tucking in, loading their plates with food and gobbling the
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Speaker 1: food down with Gusto Beans laughed to see the post
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Speaker 1: dog tucking into strawberry pie, getting sticky red sauce all
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Speaker 1: over her white curly fur. Sandy the skunk was eagerly
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Speaker 1: sniffing a huge pot of red rice, enjoying the spicy scent.
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Speaker 1: Wafting up with the steam. Ozzie had a piece of
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Speaker 1: corn bread in each hand and was dipping them one
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Speaker 1: by one into a big bowl of beans, taking bites
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Speaker 1: as he went. Satisfied that everyone was having a fantastic time,
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Speaker 1: the cats grabbed their own plates and began building their
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Speaker 1: own little mountains of food. Beans. Heaped a spoon of
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Speaker 1: saucy beans and creamy mashed potato onto her plate, and
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Speaker 1: Potato laughed as she saw it. Look beans, She said,
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Speaker 1: it's us. Beans rolled her eyes at Potato's corny joke,
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Speaker 1: but smiled and said yes. And they compliment each other perfectly,
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Speaker 1: just like the cats ate smoky peppers from the barbecue,
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Speaker 1: mac and cheese and collard greens before tucking into dessert. Soon,
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Speaker 1: Potato too was covered in sticky jam, and Beans was
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Speaker 1: dabbing at her with a napkin. Beans looked around. Everyone
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Speaker 1: had full bellies and happy smiles. She was so happy
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Speaker 1: to have everyone here celebrating love and freedom, showing that
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Speaker 1: they believe in equality too. She took potatoes paw and
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Speaker 1: climbed onto an empty table, hoisting Potato up next to her. Hello, everyone,
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Speaker 1: she called, and the chatter died down as everybody turned
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Speaker 1: to beam up at them. There were animals of all
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Speaker 1: kinds in the crowd, big animals, small animals, animals with
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Speaker 1: straight fur, animals with curly fur, and animals with no
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Speaker 1: fur at all. Animals with tusks, animals with tails, animals
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Speaker 1: with hoofs and trotters and paws. Potato and Beans looked
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Speaker 1: down at them all joyfully. Beans thanked them for coming
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Speaker 1: to their June teenth meal, and Potato told them all
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Speaker 1: she had learned from the human family. Beans told the
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Speaker 1: crowd that they were so pleased to know them all,
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Speaker 1: and that they were so happy to celebrate the fact
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Speaker 1: that we are all the same despite our differences, and
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Speaker 1: we all deserve love, respect, and equality. Everybody cheered and
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Speaker 1: thanked the cats Ozzie and Missus Pig for their hospitality.
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Speaker 1: When the speech was over, Ozzie flicked on the stereo
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Speaker 1: and the diner was filled with music. The animals spent
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Speaker 1: the afternoon dancing, playing games, and enjoying themselves. Beans got
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Speaker 1: into a very competitive game of dominoes with Missus Piggs's husband,
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Speaker 1: mister Hogg, and the two sat in a corner playing
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Speaker 1: match after match until eventually they had to agree that
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Speaker 1: they were both winners. Potatoes spent hours dancing enthusiastically with Ozzy,
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Speaker 1: wiggling and shimmying to disco tunes, waving her furry paws
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Speaker 1: in the air. Ozzy was a fantastic dancer with exceptionally
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Speaker 1: fluid movements, rhythmically waving his tentacles and pirouetting on his
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Speaker 1: roller skates. Missus Pigg spent her time sitting at a
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Speaker 1: table with one of their regulars, a sheep named Barbara,
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Speaker 1: and the two hooted with laughter for hours, slapping their
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Speaker 1: knees and wiping away tears. It was wonderful to have
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Speaker 1: everybody together. As the celebration roared on, the sky outside
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Speaker 1: became streaked with pink before darkening to inky blue and
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Speaker 1: becoming decorated by twinkling stars. When the last animal left
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Speaker 1: the diner and the last dish had been cleaned, Potato
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Speaker 1: and Beans bid a fond farewell to Ozzy and Missus Pig,
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Speaker 1: congratulating them on such a wonderful celebration. The four of
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Speaker 1: them agreed that they wished they could keep dancing all night,
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Speaker 1: but then Ozzy yawned. Next, Missus Pig yawned, Then Potato yawned,
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Speaker 1: and Beans yawned too. It was time for bed. As
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Speaker 1: they got ready for bed, Potato and Beans couldn't stop
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Speaker 1: smiling sleepy smiles, even when they brushed their teeth. Beans
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Speaker 1: took her bath first, and then Potato hopped in the tub,
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Speaker 1: using extra soap to clean the sticky jam from her fur.
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Speaker 1: Since it was June teenth, Potato selected the most vibrant
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Speaker 1: strawberry soap from her collection and covered herself in the pink,
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Speaker 1: frothy bubbles. She looked at her reflection in the shiny
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Speaker 1: tap and laughed. Next, the cats used a warm, toasty
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Speaker 1: hair dryer to make their fur dry and fluffy and
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Speaker 1: put on their pajamas. Beans wore a smart pajama suit
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Speaker 1: in pink stripes, and Potato wore a fluffy onesie and
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Speaker 1: fuzzy blue socks. Once clean and fluffy, the two cats
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Speaker 1: wrapped up in their cozy blankets and as they did
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Speaker 1: every night, looked at the stars. Beans looked up at
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Speaker 1: the stars and said she was thankful to have such
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Speaker 1: wonderful friends and that She was grateful that there was
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Speaker 1: kindness in the air. She was glad that people had
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Speaker 1: been learning that we should all be treated kindly, no
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Speaker 1: matter our differences. Potato thought about the children at the
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Speaker 1: diner and smiled. I'm grateful for Jadder and Caleb, she said,
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Speaker 1: And I am thankful that they taught us about June teenth.
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Speaker 1: Potato and Beans held paws and smiled. Happy June teenth,
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Speaker 1: Potato said, Happy June teenth, Beans replied. The two cats
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Speaker 1: climbed into bed and curled up for cozy. It wasn't
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Speaker 1: long before Potato was softly snoring and Beans was dreaming
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Speaker 1: of warm milk.