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[Assistant] Like you said, there is no going back after this.


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[Assistant] Like you said, there is no going back after this.


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[Assistant] Like you said, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity.


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[Assistant] Like you said, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity.


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[Assistant] Like you said, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity.


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[Assistant] Like you said, people show their true colors under pressure.


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[Assistant] Most people don't want to hear criticisms of their work.


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[Assistant] Before I go to bed, I usually read a few chapters of a book.


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[Assistant] Before I go to bed, I usually read a few chapters of a book.


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[Assistant] Before I go to bed, I usually drink a cup of chamomile tea.


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[Assistant] Before I go to bed, I usually drink a cup of chamomile tea.


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[Assistant] Before I go to bed, I usually drink a cup of chamomile tea.


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[Assistant] Before I go to bed, I usually text my girlfriend goodnight.


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[Assistant] Before I go to bed, I usually write down my schedule for the next day.


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[Assistant] For the rest of our lives, I promise to.


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[Assistant] For the rest of our lives, I promise to always be on your side.


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[Assistant] For the rest of our lives, I promise to always be on your side.


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[Assistant] For the rest of our lives, I promise to always be on your side.


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[Assistant] For the rest of our lives, I promise to always take out the trash.


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[Assistant] For the rest of our lives, I promise to always take out the trash.


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[Assistant] For the rest of our lives, I promise to always take out the trash.


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[Assistant] For the rest of our lives, I promise to take care of you when you are sick.


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[Assistant] For the rest of our lives, I promise to take care of you when you are sick.


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[Assistant] For the rest of our lives, I promise to take care of you when you are sick.


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[Assistant] For the rest of our lives, I promise to do my best to make you smile.


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[Assistant] Simple little shoots before that for various magazines and stuff and I just remember thinking he was so open to suggestion and everything that he did I thought was great.


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[Assistant] He makes pictures into portraits. And that's what I really loved about the Fearless album. I felt like we made an album where when you flip through the CD booklet, you got to see these portraits of how the song looks in my head.


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[Assistant] This is for the song on my record called Haunted. It's a very intense song. It's, you know, about feeling so completely stressed out and confused and deserted by a relationship that you're absolutely haunted by it.


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[Assistant] My dad's singing voice is a gift from God. It's just, it's, he's really sort of a prodigy.


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[Assistant] Before you reject my olive branch, which is pizza with olives, let me explain.


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[Assistant] Welcome to day 26. So if all has gone well, at this point you've done at least three cases. Today you're going to aim to do another three or six or nine, however many you can go. Today I'm going to give you an additional tip to find partners that you can work with.


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[Assistant] Enter our community that comes with this program. All our students are linked together in an online community and maybe ask around if there's someone in your vicinity. It is wonderful to be able to form Silva groups where you can collaborate with other students and work on case working. It is an incredible way to grow your psychic ability.


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[Assistant] Now, what do you do if you tried this yesterday or today and did not get a hit?


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[Assistant] Isabelle had a remarkable story. So, Jose started training Isabelle on psychic ability at an early age. And Isabelle showed incredible talent.


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[Assistant] Jose knew that she wasn't born with these gifts, she had developed these gifts. Isabel went on to become a medical intuitive at a hospital in Texas. She worked closely with doctors and when a patient walked in through the door, she would scan the patient. The doctor would diagnose the patient but Isabel would sometimes whisper to the doctor,


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[Assistant] You know, you might wanna pay extra attention to that person's left hip. She would sometimes detect information that the doctors may not automatically know of.


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[Assistant] This is what a medical intuitive is and she had a thriving job at a hospital. Now Isabella told me something really interesting. She shared a story with me.


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[Assistant] Let's call him Jim. Now Jim being an Air Force pilot, being a top gun, was a guy who aced everything he did. So he was so disappointed that at the Silva class, he kept getting miss after miss after miss. Other people were getting hits, but Jim kept making misses. But Jim remembered what Jose Silva said.


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[Assistant] Don't give up. Keep practicing. Soon as you get a first hit, celebrate it and more and more hits will happen. Jim, fortunately, following the Silva class, had a friend who was a nurse at a hospital. His friend who was the nurse would come sit with him in the car and share with him information that she had on people who needed healing.


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[Assistant] So she would mention the name, age, gender and location. Jim would attempt to detect what abnormalities they might have with the aim of giving them healing.


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[Assistant] And he mentioned diseased spleen, and he said it was so clear and vivid, he just knew he was right. The nurse confirmed that he got a hit.


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[Assistant] There was one very interesting thing. You see, back then in Silva conferences, Jose Silva did not teach the mental video technique.


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[Assistant] This was the early days before mental video. So back then, Silva graduates would create someone called a tutor or a counselor, an imaginary advisor who might be a historical figure or a fictional character or a relative who had passed on.


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[Assistant] An imaginary figure that they would be able to communicate with.


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[Assistant] When they are asking for help from higher intelligence. We don't use that in this seminar because you've learned the mental video technique directly.


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[Assistant] And it was Othello from the Shakespearean plays. So it is remarkable what you can do when you train your mind in this way. This is why the magic 50 cases are so important. Waking psychic ability is an amazing gift. So today you want to continue with another three cases. Tomorrow, we're further going to refine the approach. Remember,


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[Assistant] Don't worry about the misses, celebrate the hits. And every time you celebrate a hit and you fill yourself with gratitude and appreciation, you're going to get more hits and more hits and more hits. And by the way, do you notice how this technique parallels the technique that I shared with you in an earlier lesson on creating a journal called the magic I witnessed today?


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[Assistant] Every time you celebrate the magic you witnessed today, you will see more magic happening in your life. Go ahead and practice on more cases today, as many as you can, at least three, and I'll see you tomorrow.


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[Assistant] This is a brief introduction to the tool palette. The tool palette is used in quite a few places in patrol, wherever it needs to use the cursor in a window.


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[Assistant] Anytime you see a little red toolbox like this on a tool, the tool palette will be brought up.


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[Assistant] It can be brought up from the home tab. It can be brought up from another tab.


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[Assistant] Depending on what you click on over here, which icon is active, and that's the one with the orangish background, the parameters for that icon are over here in the call out.


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[Assistant] Data you have in your system, some of them might be grayed out like these are up here, but


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[Assistant] Uh, hi, my name is Danny Chambers. I am, uh, the voice of Neeloo. It gets an impact. My, uh, gosh.


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[Assistant] And I didn't see anything suspicious, I was like, okay, so I was gonna go do electrical up at the top of the cafeteria. Uhm.


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[Assistant] And then when I went up, I saw her like in the entryway of the hallway on the right.


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[Assistant] And I was like, oh no. Oh no.


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[Assistant] For the scientist role, if you're trying to see everybody's vitals, uhm, are you limited amount of times you can check?


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[Assistant] So, I found the body near the boiler room. I was- I'm done with my tasks. So, uh, I checked the vitals, and I saw that Kimberly was dead, so I went to go look for her.


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[Assistant] And, uh, I found her by the boiler room. Um, dead. I didn't see anybody coming in or out.


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[Assistant] Well, hello and welcome to this English lesson about advice. It's actually a lesson where I think many of you will see a lot of familiar phrases. There was a little bit of a hint in the thumbnail. If you noticed in the thumbnail, there was an egg and a chick.


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[Assistant] Maybe that's related to an English phrase that we sometimes say to give people advice. And then there was a glass of milk that had fallen over and had spilled and maybe that's related


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[Assistant] To an idiom phrase or saying that we use in English, but this English lesson, I think you will find interesting even if it's just review for you. I think you will enjoy


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[Assistant] The phrases that we are going to look at uhm, and again,


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[Assistant] Learning a language is about learning new things, but sometimes it's about


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[Assistant] Enjoying the things you already know and practicing and reviewing them a little bit. So again, I look forward to teaching you some phrases, proverbs, idioms, whatever you want to call them, things we say in English when we give people advice.


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[Assistant] And I'll tell you which ones we still use and which ones are maybe a little bit old and aren't used as much anymore.


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[Assistant] Don't bite off more than you can chew is the first one. This phrase simply means don't try to do too much work in one day. Don't try to do more than you are able to do when you are doing a job or a task.


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[Assistant] It's related literally, it would mean don't bite something so that you have so much food in your mouth you can't chew it.


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[Assistant] But what we actually mean when we say this is, you know, don't try to do something, uhm, that's beyond your capabilities. A good example would be if you went skiing for the first time.


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[Assistant] And if you went down the little hill to learn how to ski, we call it the bunny hill, that would be a good idea. If when you put the skis on for the first time, you went to the top of the highest mountain, we would say that you would be biting off more than you can chew. So again, when you bite off more than you can chew, you try to do something


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[Assistant] That's beyond your current abilities, uh, to do. It would be like taking an English C1 test when you've only had two or three English conversations in your whole life.


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[Assistant] Practice makes perfect. This is one of my favorite ones that we use when talking about how to get really good at something and it's definitely related to speaking English.


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[Assistant] The more you practice something, the better you get at it. The more you read, the better you get at reading. The more you speak and have English conversations, the more, the better you get at it. So if you want to perfect something, let's say you want to make really good pizza dough.


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[Assistant] You're not going to succeed on your first attempt, but if you practice, if you do it over and over again, eventually you will make perfect pizza dough. So this is advice we give when someone's trying to do something perfectly.


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[Assistant] And they haven't really practiced enough. We would say, hey, you know, practice makes perfect. Maybe spend a little more time practicing.


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[Assistant] Don't count your chickens before they hatch. So this is a really interesting one as well. It means don't expect something to happen.


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[Assistant] And like, don't be sure about something until you actually see the results. Here's a great example.


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[Assistant] I thought I was making $5 an hour and I worked 30 hours. So I thought I would be getting $150 on my paycheck. So I expected $150.


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[Assistant] But on a paycheck there are deductions. You have to pay tax and you have to pay other fees. So I ended up only getting $120. I had counted my chickens before they hatched. I had expected something to happen.


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[Assistant] But, uh, I should have waited to actually see the results. So that's what don't count your chickens before they hatch mean. Uh, let's see here.


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[Assistant] Actions speak louder than words. This is one of my favorite sayings. And it's not so much advice as just a description of how life works. Uhm, the best example of this would be when a politician, when a leader, when someone in government says they're going to do something,


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[Assistant] That's nice, but when they actually do it, that makes you trust them and like them more. If I said to you, I'm going to do eight live streams every day for five days, and then I didn't do it,


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[Assistant] That would break the trust between us. But if I actually, by the way, I'm not doing that. That would be too many live streams. But if you say you're going to do something, that's cool. But then if you actually do it, that makes people trust you more, like you more, and respect you more.


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[Assistant] A penny saved is a penny earned. So, uh, by the way I was going to mention which of these phrases we use.


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[Assistant] You do say these phrases sometimes. You will hear these phrases on TV, in movies. They're not super common though in everyday English. Like, the last time I said a penny saved is a penny earned is probably like six months ago.


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[Assistant] What this phrase means is that if you don't spend your money,


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[Assistant] It's like you've earned more money, right? If you spend all your money, it's gone. But if you don't spend your money, it means you still have it. So it's a little bit like earning extra money. If you make $100 a week and you spend $100 a week,


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[Assistant] You haven't saved any money, but if you make $100 a week and you save $50 a week,


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[Assistant] It's like you're putting $50 away for the future. So, it's a phrase we use to encourage people to not spend money.


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[Assistant] Don't put all of your eggs in one basket. Is this the second chicken related one? When we say don't put all of your eggs in one basket, I've actually used this phrase a few times in the last year by the way. It means don't


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[Assistant] Don't trust one thing or one situation, uhm, for everything that you need. So let's look at what would be a good example of this. Let's say that you have some money.


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[Assistant] And you want to invest that money. Maybe your brother is starting a business, the bank will give you some interest on the money, and you could also buy some stocks on the stock market. If you gave all the money to your brother, you would be putting all your eggs in one basket.


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[Assistant] Which isn't really a good idea. If you gave your brother some money or lent your brother some money and you put some in the bank and you bought some stocks, you would be putting all your eggs in different baskets, which can be a good thing sometimes.


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[Assistant] Don't judge a book by its cover. This guy looks rough and he looks tough and he has his hood on and you might be afraid of him.


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[Assistant] Or to think a situation is a certain way and we judge the book by its cover. Sometimes it's good to just have a few conversations with people and find out that they're actually very nice people and cool to hang around with.


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[Assistant] The early bird gets the worm. So in the morning when there's worms on the ground, the birds who come first get to have the worms. Uh, we do say this phrase, uh, I have used this phrase quite a bit. It basically is used to tell someone that


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[Assistant] If you're first in line, if you get up early to go do something or get something, you will probably be rewarded.


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[Assistant] When people were trying to book an appointment to get vaccinated


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[Assistant] Uh, it's a good thing. Maybe you want to go see a concert. Maybe you want to go see a band that you really, really love. And so you get up at three in the morning to go and sit at your computer to try and buy tickets. You are probably more likely to get a ticket because the early bird gets the worm. Basically it just means if you get up early,


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[Assistant] You're more likely to have success getting what you want.


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[Assistant] And then don't cry over spilt milk. So I use the word spilt. You could also use spilled. I think in British English they would use spilled. Don't cry over spilt milk. Uhm, obviously sometimes when you have water or milk in a glass,


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[Assistant] Sometimes it falls over and it spills. Uhm, what this phrase means though is,


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[Assistant] I backed into another car in a parking lot and my car had a dent in it. I would probably be upset that day, but the next day I would be less upset and then by the third day I would just get it fixed and I would move on.


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[Assistant] But if every day I was still angry and upset and annoyed because I had dented my car, I would be crying over spilt milk. At some point in time, uh, when something happens, you just have to move on. That means forget about it and do new things. Um, and you just need to, um, yeah, move on and forget about it a little bit.


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[Assistant] Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. So this is kind of a funny one, uhm, because we don't have horses anymore, and this is a really old phrase, but it basically means this. If someone gives you something,


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[Assistant] And then when they gave me the car, there were certain things wrong with it. It needed new tires and there were a few other defects.


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[Assistant] If I had bought the car, I might have complained a little bit, but they gave me the car. So I, instead of complaining, I just said thank you. So when you say don't look a gift horse in the mouth, basically what you're saying is don't complain, uhm, if someone gives you something for free.


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[Assistant] I think you could figure this one out. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Basically what this means is if you eat healthy food,


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[Assistant] You won't have to go to the doctor as often, if at all.


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[Assistant] I know for myself when I eat lots of vegetables, when I eat the right amount of food, when I don't overeat, I feel better and I'm healthier. So this basically means that if you eat healthy food, you will be healthier. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.


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[Assistant] Look, before you leap, this is a piece of advice that you give to people when they're making a change in life. Like, let's say someone has a job and they want to work at another company. You might say before you


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[Assistant] You know, switch jobs. You should look before you leap. You should find out a little bit more what that new job is like. Maybe talk to someone who works there. Do some research.


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[Assistant] Let's say you're thinking about taking an online English class. There are a lot of English teachers that offer online courses. You shouldn't just pick the first one that you see. Uhm, you should definitely research. You should look before you leap.


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[Assistant] You should definitely research a few different teachers, uhm, and pick one that you think is best for you.


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[Assistant] Good things come to those who wait. These bears are waiting for fish. They're waiting for salmon. Uh, when you say good things come to those who wait, you're basically saying, be patient.


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[Assistant] For instance, learning a language like English. If you've been studying English for two months, I would say, hey, be patient. It takes a year or two.


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[Assistant] So I would say good things come to those who wait. So it basically means be patient, uhm, do the work.


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[Assistant] But be patient and eventually you will be rewarded. Uhm, I think the same with exercise. Uhm, the more you exercise and the longer you exercise, the healthier you are. So always a good thing.


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[Assistant] That's one of the things that's funny about some of these phrases or proverbs or sayings, uhm, is some of them are things you learn early on when you're learning English, uhm, but they're not always as common as you might think. Uhm, but this basically means if you go to bed on time,


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[Assistant] Uh, and if you get up early, you will be healthy, wealthy, and wise. So you will, uhm, feel great, you will have lots of money, and you will be very, very wise. So very smart and very, uh, wise about the world. But, uh, I don't know if this works.


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[Assistant] Uhm, we'll have to see. I think when I'm 70, I will, uhm, decide whether I believe this or not. I'll wait until I'm old and look back on my whole life and then decide.


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[Assistant] It means that something bad has already happened to someone. So don't say something or do something that makes it worse. So for instance, it can just happen in life. Maybe you get fired from your job.


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[Assistant] And then on the way home to add insult to injury, you get in a car accident. That would be an example of, you know, a bad thing happened and then another bad thing.


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[Assistant] When we give this phrase as advice, what we're saying to people is, you know, if someone has an accident, don't laugh at them. If someone, if something goes wrong in someone's life, don't make fun of them. So don't make the situation worse by doing something that's mean or saying something that's mean.


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[Assistant] Rome wasn't built in a day. Let me make this one bigger. Not sure if you can see Rome. We use this phrase as well to comment on


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[Assistant] A project or task that takes a long time and if someone is


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[Assistant] Being a little bit impatient. So if someone said, I studied English for three weeks and I still can't speak English, we would say, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, Rome wasn't built in a day.


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[Assistant] Just be patient, do your lessons, uhm, watch YouTube videos, uhm, eventually you will make progress. But Rome wasn't built in a day.


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[Assistant] Sometimes people are anxious. Uhm, maybe they're at the gym and they lift 10 pounds and then they try to lift 50 pounds. Uhm, you might say, whoa, whoa, you just started lifting weights. Rome wasn't built in a day. Just take it easy. Slow down a bit.


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[Assistant] So we obviously don't work with metal by hand very often anymore in the world, but when you heat up metal, it becomes soft, and that's the best time to hit it with a hammer and change its shape.


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[Assistant] So we use this phrase to talk about in life, sometimes you have to do something at the right moment. You need to strike while the iron is hot. Let's say,


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[Assistant] You did want to work somewhere and you heard that two people just got fired.


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[Assistant] And they're hiring someone. You want to strike while the iron is hot. You want to get your CV or application into that company as quickly as possible. Uhm, so it basically means act


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[Assistant] So this is a funny one for me. This one always makes me laugh. I'm going to teach you two of these right in a row. Too many cooks spoil the broth means if too many people work on the same thing.


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[Assistant] Sometimes it doesn't turn out very good. If 10 people try to build a chair all at the same time, the chair might end up not being built very well.


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[Assistant] So when you say too many cooks spoil the broth, you're saying when too many people work on the same thing, uhm, sometimes that isn't good. Uhm, by the way, broth is like soup.


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[Assistant] It's soup with no noodles, no vegetables. It's just a clear broth. Uhm, we sometimes drink chicken broth at night. Uhm, and it's really, really yummy. The other phrase is this one.


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[Assistant] Many hands make light work. So this is kind of the opposite. Basically what this phrase means is if a lot of people all help


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[Assistant] Many hands make light work means if a lot of people do the same thing the job can be easier. I think it simply depends on the job. There are certain jobs where too many cooks spoil the broth.


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[Assistant] And there are certain jobs where many hands make light work. There are many jobs on the farm


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[Assistant] Where if Jen and I and our older kids all do it at the same time, this phrase would be very, very true.


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[Assistant] Honesty is the best policy. So this is a phrase that's commonly used in business. When you sell something, when you charge people money for a service, uhm, you can be dishonest because you want to make lots of money, but in the business world it's actually considered


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[Assistant] In the long run, honesty is the best policy. If you cheat people, if you steal from people, if you lie to people, eventually that's bad for your business. Sometimes people who lie and cheat and steal when they're running a business have


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[Assistant] It actually helps them for the first little bit, but eventually I would say this, honesty is the best policy, especially in business. If you are honest to people, if you help people, if you provide a good service, people will trust you and they will ask you to do more work for them in the future.


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[Assistant] Where there's a will, there's a way. Here, let me just fire my camera back up for a sec. Where there's a will, there's a way. What this means is that


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[Assistant] If you are determined to do something, if you have decided that no matter what, you are going to accomplish something, you have a lot of willpower, you have a lot of will.


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[Assistant] Where there's a will, there's a way. So maybe you need to do something that's really, really hard. These kids are moving a big bale of hay, but they look very determined. So basically what we're saying is


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[Assistant] If you convince yourself you can do something, you're able to do it.


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[Assistant] Learning English is a very difficult thing to do, but if you have the willpower, if you have a will to learn English, you can do it. Where there's a will, there's a way.


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[Assistant] Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. I think there's a number of variations on this. Uhm, this little animal coming out of the ground is called a mole. In my part of Canada we say don't make a mountain out of a molehill. And it means


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[Assistant] Don't exaggerate something that's happened to you, okay? So let's say I'm driving my car and I go in the ditch but I don't get hurt and the car doesn't


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[Assistant] Like it was the most horrific thing that had happened to me that day. I would be making a mountain out of a molehill. Uhm, so basically what it means is if something bad happens to you, something small, don't talk about it like it was the worst thing in the world that happened to you.


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[Assistant] That's what that phrase would mean. Uh, better late than never.


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[Assistant] This is a phrase that applies to students quite a bit.


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[Assistant] It basically means, let's say you need to do something, and you need to have it done by four o'clock.


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[Assistant] It's late, but it's better to be late than to not do it.


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[Assistant] Sometimes students hand work in a day late and I say, well, better late than never. What I mean by that is I would rather they hand it in a day late.


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[Assistant] Then not do it at all. It is always better to finish something, especially if you're a student, uh, than to not do it at all.


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[Assistant] Put your best foot forward. So this doesn't literally mean that if you're right handed or right footed that you put your right foot forward. It means that you do your best, you


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[Assistant] Uhm, maybe play to your strengths, which means that you do the thing you're best at in a situation. Here's a good example. When you apply for a job,


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[Assistant] Make an impression on people and in a very positive way. Uhm, where am I here?


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[Assistant] Uhm, this is the one that mode was mentioning in the chat. It's better to be safe than sorry. We sometimes shorten it and just say better safe than sorry. Uhm, what this means is there's little things we do in life


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[Assistant] To protect ourselves. There's little things we do in life that are sometimes annoying to remember to do but it's better to do them


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[Assistant] Because if something went wrong, you would feel sad or be sorry. A good example is a seatbelt. Sometimes it's a pain. It's annoying to remember to put your seatbelt on all the time. But if you forgot and then were in an accident and got hurt, you would feel


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[Assistant] Dumb. You would feel sorry. You would be annoyed because you didn't put the seatbelt on. So when you say better, it's better to be safe than sorry, uh, it means you do something even though it might be inconvenient or annoying because you know it's good. So it's better to just do it.


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[Assistant] Don't treat your boss or your parents, uhm, or anyone who


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[Assistant] You know, helps you in life badly because they're the people that either pay you to work for them or give you food or let you live in their house. When someone in life gives you something


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[Assistant] We always say don't bite the hand that feeds you when we, when we mean don't treat them badly. Don't yell at your boss. Don't be rude to your parents. If someone is giving you a paycheck every week, if someone lets you live in their house and feed you like your parents, uh, you should be nice to them. So don't bite the hand that feeds you.


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[Assistant] Don't be mean to someone who's helping you make your life better and not charging you money for it.


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[Assistant] The squeaky wheel gets the grease. So you see four wheels here and one is saying squeak.


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[Assistant] You usually, uh, get help. So I think that you've probably seen this happen either at school or at work. The person who complains the most usually gets the most attention and the most help. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.


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[Assistant] I like this one. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Sometimes in life, uhm, things break and you need to fix it. Sometimes in life, something's working fine.


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[Assistant] But maybe you have a brother or a relative or a friend who just can't help but try to change things. This happens a lot with computers.


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[Assistant] Uh, sometimes when you use a computer it's working fine.


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[Assistant] Don't try to change something, like on a machine, uhm,


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[Assistant] Just because you want to, just leave it. If it's working fine, just leave it the way it is. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And yes, we do use the word ain't in this phrase. At least I do when I say it.


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[Assistant] Sometimes you should not be curious. If you see the joke here, it's a good thing I was only mildly curious. So this cat was a little bit curious and just broke their leg. But this phrase basically means don't ask too many questions in certain situations.


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[Assistant] Uhm, don't try to be involved in certain situations because you might get in trouble or something bad might happen to you.


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[Assistant] Learn to walk before you run. I'm not sure if you can see this. Let me make it a little bit bigger. This is a ski jump hill. And I think when you learn to ski jump, you start on a very small hill and then you slowly try bigger and bigger hills. What this phrase means is this. You can't do something really well.


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[Assistant] You need to learn to walk before you run. You need to do all the little steps. Probably the best example with English would be you need to learn 500 or 1000 English words before you can do anything else in English. You need to learn to walk before you run.


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[Assistant] Always a good way to start learning something new, especially like a language.


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[Assistant] I'm excited because you've now unlocked all of these amazing abilities in you. The trick now is to incorporate this into your daily lifestyle so that you get better and better every single day.


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[Assistant] Now here are some tips on how to make Silva part of your life. I started Silva when I was 14 years old. I'm now 44, so it's been three decades of Silva practice for me, five years of which I was a Silva instructor. And the results it's had in my life has been phenomenal.


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[Assistant] Here's what I recommend in terms of incorporating silver into your lifestyle. Firstly, enter your level every morning when you wake up. That's the best time. The first five minutes when you get out of bed, you are still in a light alpha level of mind, so it's easy to go deep. So wake up, go brush your teeth, use the bathroom, get back on your bed.


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[Assistant] Twice a day is very good. 15 minutes a day is excellent. So you could be going to center once a day for five minutes, or you could be going to center three times a day for 15 minutes. You choose. But as you can see, this is an extremely small investment of time and it's easy to do. Well, the first thing is, relax and go to your center level of mind.


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[Assistant] The way you show up in the day is going to be remarkably different. You're less reactive, you're more intuitive, you're happier. You're able to deal with complex scenarios and stressful situations with greater ease. Even five minutes changes the way you show up in the day. It's like taking a magic pill that unlocks superpowers within you. But you can go further.


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[Assistant] You can think about goals for your future. Remember, you have a list of those goals on your three most important questions list, but you can also look at things that you need to do today. Maybe it's give an interview. Maybe it's close a sales call. Maybe it's present something to your team. Maybe it's conduct a meeting or maybe it's continue coding on your new app.


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[Assistant] Task for today, but you can also look at task three years into the future. I recommend you do both since the three scenes technique is such a rapid thing to do. Do it once for an outcome you want to accomplish today and once for an outcome in the future. That itself can make an incredible impact on your life.


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[Assistant] Now the next time that you may want to go to center is before you go to bed. Jose Silva suggested before we go to bed, we attempt on working on the health of our family members and our loved ones. So bring the mind.


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[Assistant] Family members, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters, scan them and apply energy healing to them. Don't underestimate the power you have to influence the healing of another human being and then try doing the mental video technique.


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[Assistant] I'm sure that every single day there's something that you could use guidance on, that you could apply the mental video. It could be something small, maybe a small issue where you want to help your son or your daughter. It could be something big, you're trying to raise funds for a new startup.


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[Assistant] To make it easy for you to have access to all of these tools, on the Mindvalley app, we have made all of these meditations available for you.


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[Assistant] So here's the list of meditations that you can access. You can access the short relaxation exercise and the centering exercise. If you want to, you can also retake any of the five projection exercises.


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[Assistant] And we've also made available the alpha sound and the theta sound for you. You may not need it though.


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[Assistant] Because sometimes these sounds can be a crutch. This program has been so deep and so well structured in terms of creating your mind that you by now can get to alpha and theta yourself with a quick countdown.


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[Assistant] I've also made available for you a recording of the mental video technique and the three scenes technique, just in case you need that and you want me to guide you through it. The techniques are so simple, you should be able to do it on your own.


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[Assistant] Many people who finish the online course are excited about taking the seminar because at the seminar you go through another session of reinforcing all of these in your mind and you also get to practice with other graduates.


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[Assistant] It's an easy way to get to your magic 50 cases. If you want to learn more about the Silva seminar, go to mindvalley.com forward slash seminars, forward slash Silva. Thank you for being part of this program.


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[Assistant] Share your results, share your excitement with the community. Don't forget to be supportive and welcome new students who join this community. And you can always connect with fellow graduates in this community to continue your practice. And most of all, continue practicing cases.


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[Assistant] What you're about to see is rough. Very rough. It's rough working with an X, man. Thought it'd be a rough game tonight.


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[Assistant] In your 3D window along with the other things that you have displayed in that 3D window.


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[Assistant] There is also an intersection ribbon. You can come up to the far right, see intersection up at the top. Click on it. This ribbon comes up which gives you


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[Assistant] If you can, you can bring up the player either by clicking here. You can bring it up by in the home tab, clicking on players or in the quick access toolbar.


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[Assistant] When the player does come up, you're over here to the far left, which is the intersection player. This is the step that you're moving through it, and then you use these arrows to move through the information on your screen. In the intersection contextual tab, you can do clip. Clip in front, clip in back.


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[Assistant] When you click on it, instead of having gray or yellow or white backgrounds, the backgrounds for some of the objects that you can put on the face of the intersection turn blue. Even if they're on the display already,


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[Assistant] Correspond to the colors of the icons of the surfaces in the input panel.


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[Assistant] Bringing up the player, this again as I said allows us to move through it for an intersection. We're using the player over here to the left. This is the position that it is currently located. This is the increment. These two inner arrows.


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[Assistant] Just start moving the intersection through the surfaces that you have displayed.


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[Assistant] You do not have to click, it just starts the movement with this increment. To slow down the movement, make this increment smaller.


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[Assistant] The next set of arrows out here with just one arrow and a vertical bar. This one and this one.


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[Assistant] And then the farthest ones out here with the two arrows and the vertical bar, they move all the way to one end, all the way to the other end.


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[Assistant] Again, the intersections are very useful for QC and just looking at your bottle to make sure you know what you have.


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[Assistant] I would be grateful if you could give me some advice.


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[Assistant] Believe it or not, she cannot even cook an egg.


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[Assistant] Believe it or not, she cannot even cook an egg.


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[Assistant] Believe it or not, she cannot even cook an egg.


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[Assistant] Believe it or not, there are people who like this stuff.


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[Assistant] Believe it or not, there are people who like this stuff.


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[Assistant] Believe it or not, there are people who like this stuff.


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[Assistant] What is the point of exploring space? What is the point of exploring space?


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[Assistant] Nate the Great and the Monster Mess. Chapter 1. Dracula's, Frankenstein's, and Werewolves. My name is Nate the Great. I am a detective. My dog, Sludge, is a detective too. Today, Sludge and I had big plans. To do nothing. Suddenly, I saw something. There was a note under the door of my room. It was written in scribbles.


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[Assistant] I knew it was for my mother. She scribbles when she's in a hurry. I read it. Dear Nate the Great, I lost my recipe for monster cookies. It is a long piece of paper. I looked inside the house. Now I must look outside. When I find the paper, I will be back. Love, your mother. I love those monsters, I said to Sludge.


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[Assistant] Strawberry Dracula's, chocolate Frankenstein's, cinnamon werewolves.


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[Assistant] My mother hates the werewolves, but she bakes them for me anyway. I must find that recipe. I, Nate the Great, had never solved a case for my mother. My mother knew where everything was, until now. We will look inside, I said. Perhaps my mother did not look everywhere in the house. I, Nate the Great, liked this case. I could stay home. I would not have to see Rosamund and her four cats.


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[Assistant] I would not have to see Annie's dog, Fang. I can make as many pancakes as I wanted. Chapter two, the long and short of it. Sludge and I went to the kitchen. My mother kept her recipes there. Each short recipe was written on one side of a card.


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[Assistant] Each long recipe was written on one side of a long piece of paper. The cards were in one pile. The papers were in another. My mother liked the cards. They were all neat and clean. She did not like the papers. They were crinkled, wrinkled, and stained with food. The pile of papers was a mess. And it was huge. But I, Nate the Great, had to look for monster cookies.


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[Assistant] The recipe should be easy to find, I said to Sludge. It's the only one with drawings of werewolves, dozens and dozens of werewolves, all crossed out. My mother has never seen a werewolf she likes. I spread every sheet on the floor. I found recipes for foods I had never eaten and would never want to eat, like squash slosh. I found great names like chocolate bumps and pecan plops.


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[Assistant] I found scribbled names that I had never heard of. Like Lemfan. There was nothing listed under that one. And Fig Fizzle. Nothing was listed under that either. There were more pages with scribbled names. Maybe the recipes would be added later. I, Nate the Great, could not find Monster Cookies. Chapter Three. One Big Mess. It was time to think.


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[Assistant] I made some pancakes. I gave Sludge a bone. We ate and thought.


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[Assistant] I knew that my mother had not made monster cookies for a week. Today she discovered that the recipe was gone. So the recipe might have been missing for a week, or less than a week. I turned to Sludge. We will look in every nook and cranny of this house. Look hard. It's for my mother. Sludge and I looked, sniffed.


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[Assistant] Climbed up, bent down, knocked things over, pulled things out, pushed things around. We crumbled stuff, we jumbled stuff. Nothing. I, Nate the Great, say there is a big clue missing in this case. The clue is my mother. We have to find her and ask her questions. Sludge and I walked toward the front door. Ouch! We stumbled over the mess we had made.


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[Assistant] We will clean this up when we get back, I said. Chapter four, Tasty and Lemon. We went outside. Think about where my mother would go, I said. Sludge sat down. No, don't sit and think, walk and think, I said. Suddenly I knew why Sludge had sat down. Fang was up ahead with Annie. I went up to Annie.


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[Assistant] Maybe my mother is adding fang to her list of tasty monsters, I said. I can hardly wait to eat him. That does not help us find my mother. Sludge turned around. Where are you going? I asked. Sludge led the way to Oliver's house. Oliver lives next door. Oliver is a pest. Oliver follows people. Oliver follows animals. Oliver follows the world. Oliver was in his yard.


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[Assistant] Oliver, I said. Did you follow my mother today? Your mother went out today? Oliver said. Oh, fooey. I missed her. Your mother is a great follow. She goes to good places, like the fish store. Oliver collects eels. He likes anything fishy. Oliver, I said. Did you follow my mother this week? Yes, three days ago. It was my favorite follow of the month. Where did she go?


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[Assistant] Oliver looked proud. He opened a box. He took out a card.


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[Assistant] I know who I follow and when I follow them and where they go, he said. I have a card for everybody. Let's see. Nate the Great's mother. Thursday, 2 PM. She spoke to Annie. She looked at Fang. She took a long piece of paper out of her pocketbook. She scribbled something on it. It was probably her grocery list. She went to the supermarket next. She looked at the paper.


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[Assistant] Then she took a jar of cinnamon from a shelf. She stared at the jar. She put it back. She bought chocolate, strawberries, and a lemon. A lemon, I said. Was she really going to make lemon fang cookies? What happened next, I asked. She went to the store, Oliver said. She took more long papers from her pocketbook, looked at them, and bought lots of fish.


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[Assistant] Aha, I said. More long papers. They cannot be grocery lists. They must have been recipes. At the fish store for fish dishes. At the supermarket for monster cookies. What did she do next? I don't know, Oliver said. I had to go home and feed my eels.


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[Assistant] I must go to the fish store, I said. I must follow you, Oliver said. I know it, I said. Chapter six, something fishy. Sludge and I walked to the fish store. Oliver followed us. Rosamund and her four cats were there. Rosamund was buying tuna. Here, she said to the man behind the counter, is some paper to wrap my tuna in. You wrapped my fish in it two months ago.


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[Assistant] But the other side hasn't been used. Just turn the paper over and use the other side. The paper was stained, rumpled, and crumpled, and smelly. The man made a face. But he wrapped the tune in the paper. I recycle everything, Rosamund said. But fish paper is the best. I, Nate the Great, was disgusted to hear that. I went up to Rosamund. I did not want to do that.


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[Assistant] Have you seen my mother? Or her recipe for monster cookies? I asked. Rosamund looked mad. I saw your mother a few minutes ago.


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[Assistant] She asked me if I had seen her recipe. Now you're asking me questions? You always ask me questions. From now on, I will charge for my answers. Rosamund was strange. Now I, Nate the Great, had to be even stranger.


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[Assistant] Well, from now on, I, Nate the Great, will charge you for my questions, I said. Rosamund shrugged. Okay, no charge, she said. The answer is that I have not seen your mother's recipe, and I don't know where she went after I saw her. For that you wanted money, I said. Rosamund hugged her tuna package.


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[Assistant] Well, when I answer your questions, I have to think hard, I have to breathe harder, my toes tingle, my cats get hungry, my-


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[Assistant] It was just the way my mother scribbled her short recipes on her cards. Sludge sniffed the card. Was he thinking what I was thinking? Chapter seven, crossed out werewolves. Sludge and I rushed home. We have solved the case, I said. I opened the front door, we tripped. We'll clean up soon, I said, but first we use our clues.


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[Assistant] We know that my mother had the recipe when she went to the supermarket three days ago. She almost bought cinnamon there. But she didn't. My mother really hates cinnamon werewolves. So she must have decided not to bake them anymore.


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[Assistant] That meant she didn't need all those crossed out werewolves. I, Nate the Great, say that without them,


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[Assistant] The Monster Cook cook recipe was short enough to write on a card.


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[Assistant] So when my mother got home, she copied the recipe from the piece of paper onto a card. She threw out the paper. Then she forgot that the recipe is now on a card. I went to the pile of cards. I thumbed through them fast. I knew I would find monster cookies. Sludge wagged his tail. He knew it too. I looked once. I looked twice. I looked three times. Sludge stopped wagging.


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[Assistant] The recipe is not on a card, I said. I should have known that my mother knows what she is looking for, a long piece of paper. I opened a cupboard. There was plenty of cinnamon. My werewolves were safe. We have to keep looking for my mother, I said. Chapter eight, The Right Place.


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[Assistant] Sludge and I rushed to the door. Thud, bump, thump. We fell down. We will clean up this place soon, I said. Sludge was tired of hearing that. We sat there. It's hard work being a detective, I said.


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[Assistant] I have to think about what I am looking for and who I am working for. I am working for my mother. I know that she does not lose things. She puts things in the right place. The right place for that recipe was with the other papers. She must have put it in there three days ago. So why wasn't it there? Sludge didn't know. Neither did I, Nate the Great. What was important in this case?


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[Assistant] Was it important that my mother had scribbled something on a long piece of paper after she saw Fang?


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[Assistant] Was it important that she bought chocolate, strawberries, a lemon, and lots of fish? Fish could not have anything to do with monster cookies. Still, there was a clue at the fish store. I, Nate the Great, felt it in my bones, and up my nose. It had something to do with Rosamund's fish paper. Chapter 9, A Scribble Among Scribbles. Get up, I said to Sludge. We have the clues we need.


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[Assistant] Fish paper and lemon. Sludge and I made our way back to the kitchen. I looked at the paper spread over the floor. I found the sheet that had lemfan scribbled on it. The paper was stained, wrinkled, and crinkled. Just like Rosamund's fish paper. Because it had already been used on the other side. To make cookies. I turned the paper over. I, Nate the Great, read what I knew I would read.


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[Assistant] Monster cookies! There it was. How to make strawberry draculas?


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[Assistant] Chocolate Frankensteins and Cinnamon Werewolves. This case is solved, I said. Here is what happened.


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[Assistant] She scribbled a note to buy lemon on the back of the Monster Cookies recipe. Lemfan. Short for Lemon Fang Cookies. After she shopped and came home, she put the recipes back on the pile.


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[Assistant] But because she had scribbled on the back of the Monster Cookies recipe, it was turned down instead of up.


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[Assistant] The next couple of days, my mother used other recipes from the pile. The pile became very messy. Today, my mother was ready to make the cookies. She went to the pile. She was in a hurry. She thumbed through lots of recipes and scribbles, like lemfan, a scribble among scribbles. My mother passed it by, just the way I did. If the paper had been blank, I would have known it was the wrong side. I, Nate the Great,


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[Assistant] Say that in this case, nothing would have been better than something. I heard the front door open. I clutched the monster cookies recipe. I had a big surprise to show my mother. I heard a scream.


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[Assistant] I was glad that I did not hear a thud or bump or a thump. Sludge looked scared. Aye, Nate the Great.


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[Assistant] Now knew that I had one more surprise for my mother than I wanted.


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[Assistant] Sludge and I were very busy for the rest of the day, cleaning.


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[Assistant] If your well section has the wrong template, it's very easy to change to a different one.


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[Assistant] You simply display the well section in the window toolbar of the well section.


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[Assistant] The template is listed right here.


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[Assistant] If you don't like that, come back over, click this again, change to another tip.


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[Assistant] If you've created a template in one well section that you really like and you want to use it in a different well section, well,


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[Assistant] I am a detective. My dog, Sludge, is a detective too. This morning, we do not have any cases to solve.


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[Assistant] We were eating breakfast and listening to the radio.


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[Assistant] I was eating pancakes. Sludge was eating a bone.


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[Assistant] There is not much news on the radio, I said to Sludge. Sludge kept crunching his bone. Suddenly I heard something.


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[Assistant] A giant turkey is sitting on a car in a supermarket parking lot. The people inside the car cannot get out. There is panic in the parking lot. Do you believe that? I asked Sludge. Sludge looked puzzled. I heard a knock at the door. I got up and opened it. Claude was there. Claude is always losing things. He is one of my best clients. I found something, he said.


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[Assistant] You found something? I asked. Yes. Tell me about it, I said. Well, Claude said.


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[Assistant] I was walking in Deering Woods about three hours ago and I found this really big turkey. Big feathers, big feet, big everything. He started to follow me, but then I lost him. So, can you find him?


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[Assistant] Actually, I believe I can, I said. But why would you want him? Well...


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[Assistant] That turkey made me think about Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Day is terrific.


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[Assistant] Perhaps the turkey has a different opinion about that day, I said. Besides, this is summer. Thanksgiving Day is months away. I still want that turkey, Claude said. I found him, and I am very proud of that. I, Nate the Great, understand. Good work. Thank you, Claude said. Now, how can you help me?


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, say that your really big turkey is in a supermarket parking lot.


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[Assistant] You are a great detective, Claude said. Sludge looked at me. He knew I was not a great detective in this case.


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[Assistant] Sludge and I heard about the turkey on the radio, I said. The radio? Claude said. I found a famous turkey? I am even better at finding than I thought. My radio is still on, I said. Let's listen. Claude, Sludge and I stood by the radio. Soon we heard.


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[Assistant] The giant turkey has fled the supermarket parking lot. Be on the lookout. Do not approach him. He is feathered and dangerous. Claude groaned. He's gone again. Yes, I said.


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[Assistant] Well, I was eating popcorn in the woods, Claude said, and I dropped some along the way, and he ate it. Then he started to follow me. I gave him more popcorn until I didn't have any left. He still followed me. That's when I knew he liked me. But later on, when I turned around, he was gone. Will you take the case? I can't, I said.


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[Assistant] Nate the Great does not take cases that everybody else is on. The whole town must be looking for this turkey. Oh, Claude said. He seemed sad. Sludge put his head on my lap. He looked sad too. I patted Sludge. You want this case, don't you? I said. Sludge wagged his tail. Chapter two. Sludge is a sniffer, Claude said.


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[Assistant] I could use a sniffer on this case. A detective sniffer. Claude pulled a white feather from his pocket. He put it near Sludge's nose. I picked this off the ground in the woods, he said. It must have come from the turkey. Sludge sniffed the feather. I, Nate the Great, was thinking. This was Sludge's chance to work alone, and he wanted this case.


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[Assistant] You can do it, I said to Sludge. You are a dog. You are a detective. You are great at being both. Sludge led Claude out the door. Chapter three. The telephone rang. This quiet day was no longer quiet. I picked up the receiver.


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[Assistant] I hope you are on this case, a voice said. It was my cousin Olivia Sharp.


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[Assistant] I am calling about the turkey, Olivia said. What? I said. You heard about him in San Francisco?


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[Assistant] Actually, the news is national. I am on my way to help. But, I said, Olivia hung up. Olivia does not like to hear buts. She was determined to come. What was she up to? Olivia usually has more cases than she can handle. Why would she take time out for a turkey? Chapter four. Let me introduce myself. My name is Olivia Sharp.


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[Assistant] My friends call me Olivia. My enemies call me Liver. I have an owl named Hoo.


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[Assistant] We live in a penthouse at the top of Pacific Heights in San Francisco. With my chauffeur, Willie, my housekeeper, Mrs. Fridgeflake, and my folks.


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[Assistant] But my folks aren't home much. Right now they're on vacation on Nantucket Island. And me?


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[Assistant] I was sitting in my office looking out the window.


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[Assistant] Watching the fog as it hung over Alcatraz in the bay. I was waiting for business. I'm a special kind of detective. An agent for secrets. But business was slow. I'd hit a dry spell. I was bored. Maybe it was time for me to take a vacation. I called Willy.


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[Assistant] Pack your bags, order the plane. We are going to join my folks in Nantucket. I hung up.


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[Assistant] My folks own a private airplane. Willie is a pilot, as well as a chauffeur.


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[Assistant] I walked out my room and closed the door behind me.


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[Assistant] Goodbye, slow business. Hello, fast vacation, I said. Mrs. Fridgeflake helped me pack my bags. Willie brought the limo around.


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[Assistant] I watched the clouds go by and ate a watercress sandwich that Mrs. Fridgeflake had packed. There wasn't much to do.


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[Assistant] I got tired of looking at clouds. I turned on the TV. I kept changing channels. Dull. Dumb. Ho hum. I switched to the news.


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[Assistant] There was a picture of a giant turkey sitting on top of a car in a supermarket parking lot. I turned up the sound on the television. I heard the word panic. I heard, catch him! Catch him! I sighed. Poor bird. This turkey was having a worse day than I was. Suddenly, he disappeared from the screen. If I were that turkey, I wouldn't stick around either. What city was this happening in?


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[Assistant] I had missed that part of the story. I looked closer at the screen. I kept looking. I knew that parking lot.


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[Assistant] I knew that supermarket. And suddenly, I was back in business. I made a quick phone call. Then I went up to Willie. Change of plans, I said.


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[Assistant] Back to San Francisco, boss, he asked. Not exactly, Willy. I was just talking to Nate the Great. I think we should drop in on him. He needs help with a turkey. Chapter six. I, Nate the Great, heard a knock at my door. What now?


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[Assistant] Sludge and Claude were off on a case. Olivia was on her way from San Francisco.


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[Assistant] Meanwhile, I was having a good, quiet time again. I was reading a book. There was no more knocking. There was pounding. Somebody out there was in a hurry. I opened the door. Olivia was standing there.


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[Assistant] You're here? I said. Where did you call me from? Olivia stepped inside.


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[Assistant] I was up in the air, she said. Willie and I flew into town. We hired a limo, and he's out there cruising for clues. Now, let's talk turkey.


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[Assistant] Sludge is looking for the turkey, I said. And sludge will find the turkey. I believe in him. Olivia crossed her arms. Now, listen carefully, she said. Birds are my specialty. That poor turkey is in trouble.


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[Assistant] I need a list of your friends for my turkey search team. Wait a minute, I said. My friends are not detectives.


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[Assistant] Names please, she said. I shrugged. Well, there's Oliver next door. He always follows people, and he can show you where to find Rosamond and Annie.


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[Assistant] There's also Claude, but he's already looking for the turkey with sludge. Where are they looking?


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[Assistant] Olivia tossed her boa into the air.


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[Assistant] She wears that boa just about everywhere.


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[Assistant] Not so fantastic, I said. Claude also lost the turkey.


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[Assistant] The minute I left Nate's house, someone started to walk behind me.


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[Assistant] I knew who it was, Oliver the follower. I turned around. Nobody follows Olivia Sharp, I said. I follow everybody, Oliver said. How about a turkey, I asked.


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[Assistant] I need a search team to help me look for a turkey. You mean that famous turkey? I can't join the team. I haven't seen him, so I can't follow him. I would like to follow you, I said to Rosamond's house. Follow me?


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[Assistant] Oliver and I were standing in front of Rosamond's house. I was trying to figure out exactly what I was looking at. I saw a sign in the front yard.


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[Assistant] Rent a pet, a nickel an hour. I saw a table. A girl was sitting behind it. She looked very strange. Four cats were crawling over the table. They looked strange too.


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[Assistant] That's Rosamond, Oliver said, and her four cats. Oliver walked away. I walked up to the table. Hello, I said.


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[Assistant] I'm Olivia Sharp and I'm forming a search team to look in Deering Woods for the famous turkey. I would like you to join. Rosamond pointed to her cats.


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[Assistant] I am running a business here, she said. I can't leave. In fact, I have even more pets to rent. They're not here right now. Meanwhile, would you like to rent one of my cats? Plain hex, little hex, big hex, or super hex?


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[Assistant] Choose. They are all fine choices. I am a bird person, I said.


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[Assistant] Birds? Rosamond said. I'll be renting birds.


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[Assistant] I started to fidget with my boa. I had traveled hundreds of miles for this? I had to rethink my situation. Oliver didn't want to join the team. Rosamond didn't want to join the team. And right now, I had no team to join. Can you tell me where Annie lives? I asked.


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[Assistant] You won't have to go there, Rosamond said. I see her and her dog Fang down the street. Annie and Fang go everywhere together. I flicked my boa at Rosamond and left. Chapter 9 I walked up to Annie and Fang. Hello, Annie said. You must be Nate the Great's cousin from San Francisco. How did you know? Well, he told me about the boa.


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[Assistant] I haven't seen any others around here. Good observation. Olivia Sharp here. I'm Annie, and this is my dog, Fang. I looked at Fang. He was big.


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[Assistant] What a pretty dog, I said. Suddenly, Annie got excited. Oh, you really think so?


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[Assistant] I immediately knew that he was perfectly named.


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[Assistant] I must be going. I see my limo coming to pick me up.


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[Assistant] I patted fang on his head. A good three inches from his fangs. Then I left and got into the limo.


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, was eating more pancakes.


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[Assistant] I missed having Sludge sitting by me, eating a bone. I had to think. Sludge was off trying to help Claude find a turkey. Olivia was off trying to find the turkey too. I, Nate the Great, was just sitting here. Waiting and waiting. I do not like to wait. But this wasn't my case. Still, I was curious. What was going on with that turkey?


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[Assistant] I finished eating and turned on the radio. There was no turkey news. I turned on the television. A reporter was speaking.


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[Assistant] Where is this wild, weird turkey? Nobody knows. Could this be the turkey who once ate the entire ant population and one half of the corn supply of Portland, Maine? Hmm. I, Nate the Great, had never heard of a turkey who fit that description. But I kept watching the screen. A picture of the turkey flashed on.


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[Assistant] He was moving fast, and now so was I. That turkey had given me a clue.


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[Assistant] Dear Mother, I am not on a case. Sludge is, Olivia Sharp is. They are on a turkey hunt I do not want to go on. But, now I have to go on my own hunt.


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, can't wait. I will be back. Love, Nate the Great.


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[Assistant] I rushed out. I saw Oliver in front of his house.


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[Assistant] Have you seen my cousin Olivia? I asked. Oliver nodded. Yes, he said. She asked me to be on her turkey team, but I can't. I showed her where Rosamond lives. Then I went home.


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[Assistant] I must go to Rosamond's house, I said. I must follow you, Oliver said. Chapter 12


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[Assistant] I saw Rosamond sitting behind a table in her front yard. There was a sign on the table. Rent a pet, a nickel an hour.


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[Assistant] Rosamond's cats were crawling all over the table. I could see that Rosamond was in business again.


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[Assistant] I wanted to walk away, but I walked up to her.


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[Assistant] You have a new business, I see. Yes, Rosamond said. Pets need a change now and then. Sort of a vacation, just like the rest of us. So, I rent them out by the hour.


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[Assistant] There is not much to choose from, I said. Only your cats. Rosamond held up a piece of paper. Well...


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[Assistant] I'm also taking orders. Here is a list of all the creatures I can supply.


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, did not want to read Rosamond's List.


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[Assistant] What I wanna know, I said, is where I can find Olivia Sharp. Oh.


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[Assistant] Her, Rosamond said. She laughed without renting even one of my hexes. Then I saw her talking to Annie and Fang, and then she went off in a limo. This was not good news.


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[Assistant] Olivia was cruising the streets looking for the turkey. I would never be able to catch up with her.


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[Assistant] Is there anything else you can tell me? I asked Rosamond. Well...


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[Assistant] She wanted me to be on some kind of turkey team. But I am busy here.


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[Assistant] Anyway, I already have a turkey on my list. Rosamond pushed the piece of paper into my hand. It's an alphabetical order.


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, know that sometimes, detectives have to do strange things. This was one of those times. I had to look down at Rosamond's list. It was alphabetical alright. I found turkey between scorpion and vulture.


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, was getting nowhere.


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[Assistant] Are you telling me that you can get these creatures? Rosamond side.


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[Assistant] Well, the vulture might be a problem. Where would you get a turkey? There are no turkey farms around here. Rosamond smiled. Her smiles are strange. Everything about her is strange.


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[Assistant] Well, I asked Annie's brother Harry, who asked Esmeralda, who asked Finley, who asked Pip, who asked a friend who owns a turkey that was given to her by her uncle. What does the turkey look like?


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[Assistant] His bag and plump and white and cheery. Rosamond grinned.


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[Assistant] I plan to charge 10 cents an hour for him. So you've seen this turkey? I asked.


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[Assistant] Not exactly, Rosamond said. But Pip's friend told Pip, who told Finley, who told Esmeralda, who told Harry, who told me, that that's what the turkey looks like.


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[Assistant] So, where is this turkey? I asked. Rosamond shrugged. He is very late. He should have been here by now. The anteater is late too. The anteater? Top of the list, Rosamond said.


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[Assistant] Do you know who owns this turkey? I asked. No. But I can ask Harry, who can ask Nevermind, I said.


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[Assistant] Do you know where this turkey lives? Yes, near Deering Woods, in a house on Kenwood Street.


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[Assistant] I don't know which house. Thank you for the information, I said. I walked away. Wait! Rosamond called. Is sludge available for rent? I walked faster. Chapter 13


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, was now on a case, whether I wanted to be or not. I knew things, but not enough.


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[Assistant] I knew that Kenwood Street was a long, long street. I knew that I did not want to go to every house on it. I walked to Lowell's feed and pet supply store. I went up to a man behind a counter. Do you sell turkey food to a house on Kenwood Street?


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[Assistant] Turkey food, the man said. Everybody's talking turkey today.


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[Assistant] Right, but I'm asking about a specific house. Oh.


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[Assistant] That's private information, the man said. I can't tell you that. I, Nate the Great, needed that information. How could I get it? I smiled.


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[Assistant] Your turkey food must be very good, I said, because that Kenwood Street turkey is big and plump and white and cheery. The man smiled.


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[Assistant] Why, yes, you noticed. We have wonderful food here.


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[Assistant] Well, I guess it's easy to forget a street address, and hard to forget what good food we sell.


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[Assistant] My friend, the address is 58 Kenwood Street.


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[Assistant] Thank you, I said. Thank you, the man said. I walked out of the store.


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[Assistant] Sometimes a detective can get information just by giving information. I hurried over to 58 Kenwood Street. Should I go up and knock on the door? No. I walked around to the side of the house. Would I get a surprise?


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[Assistant] No. I saw just what I thought I would see. A large white turkey inside a wire fence. And outside, looking very happy, was sludge. Chapter 14.


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[Assistant] I was so glad to be back in the limo. Cool and comfortable. Nobody following me. No cats for rent. And no fangs.


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[Assistant] All in all, really, really cool. But, I had no search team.


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[Assistant] And Willy had bad news. Well, actually, Willy had no news. Whoever said that no news is good news didn't know what he was talking about. Willy looked glum.


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[Assistant] I drove around, Miss Olivia, he said, but I didn't see anything that looked like a turkey. I leaned back in the soft leather seat. Not to worry, Willie, I said, we don't give up easily. So, where to, boss?


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[Assistant] Into the woods on foot, Willy. You and I will go up and down every path. Sounds like a plan, Willy said.


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[Assistant] Willie drove down a few streets and around a corner and parked. We went into Deering Woods. There were paths. And paths. And paths. So many choices. Ugh.


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[Assistant] It would have been terrific if my team plan had worked out, I said. Willy knocked some dirt off his shoes. Extremely terrific, boss. Chapter 15


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, took a bone out of my pocket.


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[Assistant] Good work, sludge, I said. You found the turkey.


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[Assistant] Sludge wagged his tail and started to eat the bone. I examined the wire fence. It had a big patch in it.


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[Assistant] The turkey must have escaped through what had been a hole in the fence. Then he came back. I turned to Sludge. Where is Claude? I asked. Sludge got up and walked to a path. I followed. Sludge put his nose in the dirt. I see, I said.


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[Assistant] Turkey tracks going away and coming back and dog tracks coming.


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[Assistant] You follow the turkey tracks here. And you left dog tracks beside them. Triple tracks for Claude to follow. Very good work. But why isn't he with you?


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, didn't have to ask that question. I already knew the answer. Claude had lost sludge.


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[Assistant] And Sludge knew that if he went back to look for Claude, he would mess up the tracks.


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[Assistant] If he took another path, he would leave dog tracks going away from this place. Not a good idea. So he was waiting here. Sludge started to bark. And bark.


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[Assistant] Sludge. You bark, and then I'll call Claude's name. That will make two loud sounds. Ready, set, go!


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[Assistant] Sludge barked, and I called. Claude!


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[Assistant] Now we have to go hide behind some trees, I said. Sludge and I ran into the woods. Watch for Claude, I said. We peered out from behind the trees. Nothing was happening. We waited. Then, Sludge's ears perked up. We peered out again. Nothing. Suddenly, we saw Claude. Claude saw the turkey. Claude jumped into the air.


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[Assistant] I found you! I found you! He yelled. I, Nate the Great, smiled.


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[Assistant] Claude was no longer a loser, at least for today. Sludge's ears perked up again. We heard voices.


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[Assistant] Olivia, with her boa, dragging in the dirt, and Willy, huffing and puffing, staggered out of the woods. Chapter 16 Olivia walked up to Claude. Claude was yelling, I found the turkey! Olivia looked at the turkey.


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[Assistant] You found that turkey? She asked.


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[Assistant] Yes, I did, Claude said. You even saw me do it. Yes, I did, Olivia said. And so did Willie here. Willie nodded. Olivia wiped her face with her boa.


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[Assistant] You must be Claude, she said. And that turkey in the yard looks like a fine turkey. Nice looking.


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[Assistant] And he probably has very good manners, and is, all in all, a very wonderful turkey.


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[Assistant] Then Olivia stamped her foot and raised her voice.


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[Assistant] But he's not the turkey I've been looking for!


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[Assistant] Sludge and I stepped out of the woods. Congratulations Claude, I said. I turned to Olivia. I have been trying to find you. I have something important to tell you. Which is?


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[Assistant] I found out that there were two missing turkeys. And Claus is not the one you were looking for.


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[Assistant] I didn't find out until I turned on the television and saw the famous turkey.


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[Assistant] Its feathers are dark green and dark red and other colors. Claude had shown Sludge a feather from the turkey he found. It was white. Olivia picked up her boa.


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[Assistant] Just a little setback, she said. But that won't stop Olivia Sharp. See you later. Olivia turned to go. Willy followed her. Then he turned around.


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[Assistant] I dusted off my boa before I got back into the limo.


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[Assistant] Then I relaxed in the seat and sipped orange juice and a cheese and crackers. I took off my shoes and wiggled my toes. It felt good. I was ready to resume my hunt.


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[Assistant] I needed to find that turkey. I really, really like birds. Not only do I own an owl, but I have also owned a turkey and some other feathered creatures. I definitely know turkeys well. That's why I know I'll find this one.


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[Assistant] After all, I'm a detective, and I deal with a lot of secrets. But now...


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[Assistant] I had to think about a turkey's secrets. Get into his mind.


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[Assistant] How much was really going on in there?


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[Assistant] I'd read that there are vast empty spaces in a turkey's brain.


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[Assistant] I'd also heard that there are small empty spaces in there.


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[Assistant] Sludge and I walked home. I turned on the television to check on the famous turkey. I hoped Olivia would be the one to find him. But he was still missing. A reporter was making an announcement.


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[Assistant] I turned off the television. Sludge and I went into the kitchen. I made pancakes and gave Sludge another bone. I liked having him there while I ate. I thought about the turkeys. Two turkeys missing at the same time in the same town.


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[Assistant] Two very big turkeys missing at the same time in the same town. What seemed logical? Only one turkey was missing. That's what I had thought. That's what Olivia had thought. But sometimes, when everything seems to fit, you still have to look for what doesn't fit. In this case, it was feathers. Sludge and I finished eating. We left the kitchen. I turned the television set back on.


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[Assistant] And there was Olivia on the screen staring me in the face. Chapter 19.


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[Assistant] Olivia was sitting on top of a limo and the famous turkey was beside her.


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[Assistant] The turkey looked happy, stuffed and groggy. A reporter came on the screen. A man was standing next to her. I knew that man. The reporter said,


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[Assistant] I have here Mr. Lowell from Lowell's Feed and Pet Supply Store. Mr. Lowell, is it true that Olivia Sharp, presently sitting on the limo behind us, walked into your store and purchased $1,864.74 worth of turkey food? Mr. Lowell gave a sly grin. Then he said, We never.


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[Assistant] Ever give out private information to anyone about our customers. Mr. Lowell looked proud.


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, rolled my eyes. Then the reporter turned to Olivia.


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[Assistant] And now here, we have Olivia Sharp of San Francisco, who, with the help of her chauffeur, Willie, caught the turkey that has been driving this town crazy.


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[Assistant] Olivia, is it true that you rode around in this limo while you sprinkled 300 pounds of turkey food in special places that you knew would attract a turkey? And then, after only 10 minutes, you found the turkey greedily gobbling away?


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[Assistant] Olivia flipped her boa. It looked clean on television. Then she said, That is a professional secret.


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[Assistant] I used my great knowledge of birds and what they like. But I can say this, I took this turkey on as my client. I did what I knew was best for him. He was hungry and he was hiding out. That is not a good lifestyle for a turkey.


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[Assistant] Now he has a full stomach, and a great future.


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[Assistant] Say there are some cases that never close.


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, am a detective. This morning I did not have a case to solve. I woke up late.


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[Assistant] I stretched. My dog Sludge stretched. We looked out the window. The sun was shining. The birds were singing. A tortoise was eating.


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[Assistant] A tortoise was eating the flowers in my garden.


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[Assistant] I do not own a tortoise. Sludge does not own a tortoise. Sludge and I rushed out to the backyard.


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[Assistant] The tortoise started to eat a petunia. A bite here, a bite there.


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[Assistant] He started to eat a daisy. A bite here, a bite there.


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, like to look at flowers. Soon there would not be any flowers to look at. I stared at the tortoise. He was green. He had a thick shell and a big appetite. He did not have any teeth, but he did good work without them. I knew I must take him away. But what would I do with him?


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[Assistant] You must live somewhere, I said. You must have an address and a telephone number.


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[Assistant] I knew that a tortoise can live for a very long time.


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[Assistant] This tortoise could be a hundred years old. He should know where he lives by now. He started to crawl away. Slowly. Very, very slowly. Was he on his way home?


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[Assistant] Have never taken a case for anyone who is green and has a thick shell.


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[Assistant] But I must find out where you live and take you there.


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[Assistant] I got dressed. I wrote a note to my mother. Dear Mother


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[Assistant] I am on a green case. I am helping a tortoise. I hope the case moves faster than he does. I will be back. Love, Nate the Great.


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, got a box. I put lots of holes in it. Then I put the tortoise in the box.


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[Assistant] I am taking you home, I said, wherever that is. Where was his home? I was thinking. This tortoise is slow. Perhaps he did not crawl very far from home. Perhaps he lives near here. But he knows how to find food.


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[Assistant] He could have been crawling and eating for days. He could have eaten his way from the other side of town. This tortoise could live anywhere! I spoke to Sludge.


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[Assistant] We rushed to Rosamond's house with the box. We walked up the front steps.


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[Assistant] Sludge sniffed the steps, step by step. I bent down to see what Sludge was sniffing. It was a trail of crumbs. They led to the front door. Sludge scratched on the door. Rosamond opened it.


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[Assistant] She was holding two crumbling cupcakes. Her cats, little hex, plain hex, big hex, and super hex, were eating crumbs from the floor.


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[Assistant] I have brought over a lost pet, I said.


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[Assistant] Bye, thank you, Rosamond said. She opened the box and saw the tortoise.


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[Assistant] This is not a cat, she said. It is green and has a shell. I do not want it.


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[Assistant] This is not a gift, I said. I found this tortoise and I am looking for his home. Do you know anybody who has lost a pet?


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[Assistant] I heard that Claude lost something, Rosamond said.


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[Assistant] But I don't know what it is. Claude is always losing things.


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[Assistant] You are losing your cupcakes, I said. They are turning into crumbs.


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[Assistant] These are tuna fish cupcakes, Rosamond said. Want some?


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, had not eaten breakfast. I was hungry. But I was not THAT hungry.


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[Assistant] Sludge was licking up the crumbs. It was time to leave. I said goodbye to Rosamond. Sludge sniffed his way down the steps. Then we went to Claude's house. Claude opened the door. I stared at him. There was something missing. He was not wearing a sock on his left foot. Have you lost a tortoise? I asked.


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[Assistant] No, Claude said, I've lost my sock. Do you know anybody who owns a tortoise?


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[Assistant] I know that Pip and Oliver and Esmeralda and Annie do not own a tortoise, Claude said. They do not have my sock either. Can you look for it?


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, am on a case. I must find out where a tortoise lives.


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[Assistant] My case is bigger, Claude said. My sock is size eleven and a half. I cannot look for it, I said.


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[Assistant] I will give you a clue, Claude said. The sock matches the one on my right foot. Good idea, I said.


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[Assistant] Sludge and I walked away. Claude yelled after us.


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[Assistant] If you find my sock, and it doesn't look as good as my right sock, I don't want it. I need a match!


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, needed some pancakes. Sludge needed a bone. We went home.


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[Assistant] I took the tortoise out of the box. He crawled around the kitchen. Slowly. Very, very slowly.


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[Assistant] I made pancakes. I gave Sludge a bone. The tortoise looked at me. Was that a hungry look? You are full of flowers, I said. He kept looking. I gave him a piece of pancake. He took a little bite.


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[Assistant] Your owner must wonder where you are and when you are coming home, I said. You are one tardy tortoise.


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, ate a pancake and thawed. I needed a clue. What did I know about this tortoise?


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[Assistant] Did he have any friends or relatives? How about hobbies?


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[Assistant] I knew that he liked flowers, crawled very slowly and kept his secrets. That was it.


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[Assistant] This tortoise was never going to get anywhere.


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[Assistant] He was never going to be president of the United States or captain of the track team. He was just a pet, like sludge. Hmm, suddenly I knew what to do and where to look.


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[Assistant] This case is almost solved, I said to Sludge. I know who would know where this tortoise lives.


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[Assistant] I picked up the tortoise and put him back in the box. Let's go, I said.


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great and Sludge, rush to the veterinarian with the box.


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[Assistant] Tortoises must come here just like most pets do, I said. There should be a record of where this tortoise lives.


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[Assistant] We walked into the waiting room. It was full of dogs, cats, and people.


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[Assistant] The cats were meowing. The dogs were barking.


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, did not want to look at Fang's tooth. I'm here on a case, I said. I opened the box.


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[Assistant] They do not meow. They do not bark.


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[Assistant] This place is not for reptiles, birds, goldfish, goats, pigs, wolves. How do you know? I asked.


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[Assistant] Because, they thought Fang was a wolf the first time I brought him. That's when I found out who doesn't get in.


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[Assistant] I, Nate the Great, sat down next to a noisy cat.


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[Assistant] This case was going slower than the tortoise. This case had come to a dead end. There was only one more thing I could do.


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[Assistant] I could get the name of a reptile vet and go there.


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[Assistant] And walk into a waiting room filled with rattlesnakes, boa constrictors, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and other creepy creatures. Some of them have sharper fangs than fang.