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This is MJ. I'm an author, I'm an artist, I'm an analyzer. You can find all my work at

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Mjmunoz.com. Welcome to Story Over Everything, episode 27. I am trying a lot of new things

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in this episode. I have initiated the author's log where I'm doing a daily recording of the

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writing I've done that day and I will talk to you about it a little bit. And I am also

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using a new editing software and experimenting with it and I'm having a lot of fun just using

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the audio edit and it's going to be, well, anyway, it should improve my process for a lot of things

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and I will be interested to see how that affects not my writing so much, but definitely if it makes

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me more efficient of an editor and a content creator, you know, audio and whatnot that I make,

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then it should also help with, it should help free me up to do more writing. So that's a good

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thing. That's probably something I'll talk about next week. I want to get this episode out very

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shortly so I will not dwell on it too much longer. This is basically the intro. I'm going to drop you

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into my recording that I randomly started last Sunday, July 9th, and then you'll hear other,

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you should be able to hear the shift into different audio contexts or different contexts with me

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recording the audio in different places at different times, on different days after I'd read or

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after I'd done my tenements of writing. And then at the end, I will have the Ava and the Grow Bug

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recording the audio in here with an intro. I had to re-record for reasons that I talked about last

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week actually and I will, I think I'll do better this next week getting maybe, well for sure Grow

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Bug Tales 3 recorded. Who knows what I do beyond that, but hopefully with my efficiency, I'll be

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able to get even more done. So with this intro out of the way, I'm going to go ahead and let myself

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take over from myself and hopefully we will entertain you.

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Author's Log. I'm not even a Star Trek fan but I like that idea. Author's Log. July 9th,

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2023. 0653. The sun is shining. A clear cool day. And my dog is back for me now. Anyway, I just thought

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this might be a little fun extra thing to do so that my story over everything episodes aren't so

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babbly since I'm only writing ten minutes a day. I thought, you know what, I could record what I

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write each day and I could talk about the writing process of it for a couple minutes and that could

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be part of how I do these episodes. I will still include the Grow Bug book readings that I promised

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in episode 26 but episode 27 will feature something a little bit new, a little bit different. Down.

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And here we go. So I only wrote 39 words today. This is not an excuse. This is an explanation. I

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had to look up stuff in my documents. Things were not organized in my documents as I want them to be.

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So I paused my actual writing and I went ahead and I did my research and I corrected my documentation.

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Why didn't I deduct that from my ten minutes a lot of time per writing? I just didn't feel

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good about that. I thought it was better to go ahead and put in the work and not punish myself

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but just show myself, hey if you don't do this right the first time you are going to create

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problems for yourself down the line that affect your productivity and you don't want to do that

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at all. So that's not good. As has become my custom I'm getting interrupted during my recordings

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so I'm coming back now and I'm going to read you my 39 words in just a moment but I want to say

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this week I want to make sure that I am doing different things to help myself out. So I got up

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this morning. I thought it was morning with a kid, Toddler, had to try to walk him back down to

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sleep so I was praying while I was doing that and then after I was free of my little munchkin I went

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ahead and exercised for ten minutes and I was doing some exercise previously but as I've mentioned

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before in my weekly roundup posts which go out on Saturday night before the week is over because

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Sunday is the first day of the week right? I am working on my weight, my health and my fitness.

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So it was a good nice hard challenge a good way to start the day. I did alternating squats and

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push-ups and I did as many as I could for ten minutes I did try to do like 20 at a time and I

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don't know if I got to this 30 of each or like three sets of each or I got to four sets of each.

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I'm not sure. I was definitely weak and winded at the end and then I went out and fed animals.

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You want to get down? Okay, we'll just get near. I fed animals at the end of that and it was

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good. It was cool in the morning so it was refreshing. Yeah, they're eating and they're drinking.

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So anyway, here's my 39 words that I wrote after I spent a bunch of time not writing because I was

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finding information. Actually, the good thing was I started off writing and then I had to pause writing

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because I had to go into the documents to find all my information but if writing is rewriting

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then I can say looking for words is also writing. So anyway, I guess looking through your notes is

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also writing. So here we go. From July 9th, 2023, my 39 words that I wrote in Girlbug Tales, I'm

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still in chapter eight. I'm trying to transition out of chapter eight and get into chapter nine.

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Here we go. Keeper and this is going to be totally out of context for you but I figure this will keep

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context going and it'll be more true to my mandate, my self-imposed mandate of sharing with you my

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journey as an author, artist, and analyzer. So here we go. Keeper grunt, selected grow bug cadets.

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That's funny, I wrote that wrong. Keeper grunt, selected grow bug cadets, yawn, the ant, and

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babble, the cicada. Whistle, pick gnaw, the termite, and quiver them off. Shush, chose chirp, the cricket,

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and slipped the bumblebee. That left splash as the odd cadet out. Splash is a, okay so that's the

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end of my reading, this is my commentary on it. Splash is the, is a water bug, it's a playful

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character. I've given each of my grow bug cadets, actually each of my grow bug characters basically

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a single personality trait that is like the focus or the lens through which they see the world and

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through which they interact with the world so that it is a little bit easier for me to characterize

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them and I was talking about this with my daughter on a walk yesterday. If you have a character and

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you want to demonstrate who they are, yes I believe that conflict demonstrates character or

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camera rehire, I've said that before in more succinct fashion, character reveals conflict is

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what I say and yeah well she's gonna eat them if we don't take them away, give me the other two,

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come on. Anyway and um, um, shh, you put one in one pocket but give me the other one okay,

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I'm not losing more than one today, thank you, thank you. No you've, I've got bigger pockets

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than you son, there you go, shh it's okay, it's okay, go look for more, go look for more inside.

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Anyway, um, so yeah I think if you have a character who you want to be silly or adventurous or whatever

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I think you need to demonstrate their silliness or their uh adventurist-ness right, I don't know

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if that's the right way to say um say that word but if you won't you know three establishes a pattern,

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I, I said this yesterday, once is an accident twice has happened since uh three times is enemy

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action so how much more so is something that you're trying to do intentionally and to demonstrate

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intentionally that you have to show, you have to establish a pattern just like your analytics on a,

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on a podcast or on uh I don't know Amazon ads or whatever I'm sure um you have to do things a few

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times, there has to be a trial you know one instance of something is not you know does not a data point

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make or does not you know it doesn't make useful data for you, you need to have uh multiple instances

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of something so that it can be truly observed and measured and examined oh I see what you're trying

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to do, go ahead and that's what I think you should do with your characters and I was thinking I don't

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know if there's something as you know simple as a children's book like this is you know four instances

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enough where I show you know one two three uh instances or representations or not representations

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manifestations of a character's inner self and then I do one more to contradict that to like show

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a range in the character oh yeah this is the silly person but they're not silly right now

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and that's a big deal because there are other interactions have been silly and you may not

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have been sure that that's you know is that a one-off thing I don't know why I'm not going to

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belabor the point so um Splash is his silly character and I've given him his uh one moment

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to shine and show demonstrate his silliness by having him talk about them getting eaten

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in kind of a funny way I mean it's not funny and he doesn't think it's funny but it's just it's

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like that nervous laughter that nervous chuckle that little bit of uh you know madness that comes over

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you when you're scared and uh he basically talks about him and his fellow crow bugs getting eaten

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by these things that are coming to their camp to visit them come on son you gotta go they're gonna

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get it they're gonna get it watch out whoa here you go I'll give it back to you here here okay

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this is what I mean by gorilla podcasting I do things as I can how I can and how they come out

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it's uh you know we live in a real world and I'm living a real life and this is what you're

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getting so anyway I'll wrap this up quickly because if I do six or seven of these I don't want it to

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become uh super long and irritating so uh anyway um I shouldn't be telling you about the story I should

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be more telling you about my process I was very disappointed I made it what they call in permaculture

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a type one error where it's an error so bad you basically have to go back and all right you you're

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tempted to go back and rework everything so that you don't have to deal with that error all the time

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because it is a constant trouble to you see what happens let's take it inside come on so anyway you

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want to avoid that type of error and the system that I'm coming up with this uh eight-point

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story arc based system of oh the I'm thinking about calling it the typhoon the writing typhoon

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as part of the writing typhoon you have your cast of characters well established well defined at

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least a a sketch or an outlining of them so that you know how to write them and when you put them

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in different circumstances you know yeah hey you know what they're going to be like and you know how

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to you know demonstrate them or how they're going to react to things based on that key factor and

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again this is a system I'm developing on the fly as I go but I'm not going to go back and develop it

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before grow bug tails is over I have to finish the grow bug tails writing and then I will go back

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and do that before I embark on the next project so so that's that's that and yeah I was walking around

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holding a kid writing on my phone you know one hand come on let's put that away now and it was

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very difficult but it was more difficult you know less because the kid and more because of my own

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lack of planning do you scratch that my own lack of planning it caused me to have to go back into

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my notes and figure out you know on the fly what these characters are like and how to demonstrate

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that and that and how it would affect my older characters who are in charge of the younger

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characters selecting them for a team to do a particular task so that's that that I'm going

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to go ahead and leave off for July 9th is part of a grow bug sorry grow bug tails it's part of a

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okay so this is um this is me coming back for July 10th I had a whopping 60 words put down

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most of them are not actually story they're more outlined for me to write tomorrow because I'm

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using the time I have allotted the best I can and that means that because of my type one error that

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I made you know they referred to earlier I'm not able to write as quickly as I want to so

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my wife thinks it's because I'm dealing with bugs I think it's because I didn't have them I didn't

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have my notes structured well enough for me to know who these characters were before I started

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writing with them uh not that I something I'm opposed to my characters blossoming and growing

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as I'm writing them which they are doing but because it's more that I just I want to know who

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they are and I just kind of let my hand wave that away knowing who they were and just trusted

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that I'd be able to get it done but it's turning out to be extra work and I don't like it so

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I'll read you everything I have and then hopefully tomorrow I'll actually be able to use the

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probably two-thirds of what I wrote today to actually write something meaningful and cool

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so here's the actual like narration and then I have notes so narration uh grunt whistle and

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splash looked at each other for no let me start over grunt whistle and shush looked at each other

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for a few moments before whistle invited splash to join him saying splash I think you will round

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up my team nicely uh the joke is kind of and this is a comment not notes the joke is that

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splash is playful and like nobody wants him on the team because he's a little bit of a goofball

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but they all pick teams that make sense by the contrasting personalities of the grow bug cadets

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and they're hoping to have them the clashing personalities ameliorate them their bad traits

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and be able to forge like a you know properly working unit to get done everything that they need

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to get done so in my notes I have this and which is what I'll work off tomorrow shush the comforting

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grow bug keeper secures the grow bugs her job is to take her her job is to take care of the grow

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grubs and she's going to use her two cadets to help her do that whistle the frazzled grow bug

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keeper is going to be securing all the food stores and ready rations for all the grow bugs and all

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the grow grubs and his frazzled nature means that he's kind of on edge and has in mind who you know

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who everybody is how much they need and what's a good provision for them plus maybe backups and

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he knows where things are stored and he kind of organizes that kind of stuff because of that

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aspect of his personality or you know that major aspect of his personality and he's going to have

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he's going to have so you're gonna have splash room yeah he's going to have splash so he'll be

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able to get splashed to like gamify things and make it work to round out whoever the rest of his team

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is at the moment and then grunt who's the salt of the earth grow bug keeper so he's got like a

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good sense of humor and he rolls with things and he's a hard worker he's going to take down the

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structures to increase concealment so my idea is that in the grow bug camp and this is the comments

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now in the grow bug camp they have little structures that they build they're not full on like human

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structures of building you know boxes and bridges and things like that because they're bugs not human

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so they can fly and they can hide stuff away and you know tree holes or whatever um I don't have

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that all worked out but basically they function as close to natural animals as they can but because

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they have like a human type intelligence they can also build structures when it's useful and

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beneficial for them but they can also they construct them in such a way and so deftly and

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cleverly um that they can take them down easily and you know move them if they need to or uh like

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here conceal them or also reconfigure them for bulwarks and whatnot so my next note is that

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whistle and grunts teams will um finish or will fashion bulwarks with materials hump locates so

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while uh shush is taking care of all the grow grubs and like securing the hiding places for

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everybody um which is going to be contributed to with the structures that grunt and his team brings on

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um then after that's done the you know grunt and whistle their teams will go out and collect the

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building materials to secure and fortify everything really nicely and in a concealed way that blends

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in with the environment um that way they're better hid and they're you know armored basically um

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they're like a fortress type thing you know Helms deep if you will uh so that they can survive the

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oncoming assault and that's all I have for today continuing with the author's log on July 11th I

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actually end chapter eight in on July 11th and then I started chapter eight on July 11th so

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I'll just go ahead and read what I have uh let's see glimmer address it addressed to the keepers

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and their cadets cadets listen to your keepers work hard all our lives may depend on your efforts

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lose be with us all dismissed that's the end chapter eight then starting chapter nine um

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I am just going to go ahead and go to my uh my next bit which this was a total of 78 words I believe

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um let's see so I have notes about what they should do I'm still directing myself because

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my type one error and I updated the the notes for this chapter so uh in chapter nine I want to

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show the cadets doing tasks with keepers uh conflict appeals character so sorry so how each team

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so oh so I'll show each team dealing with some issue one for each team then do a fourth section

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with hump and the two cadet uh teams uh getting and setting up the bulwarks so that's my outline

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for this chapter that I'm planning to follow it's a very small outline and it can expand or contract

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as I need it to and here we go so shush shush or shush I don't get it for you I would say that shush

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chirp and slurp hurry to the cradle to prepare for the grow grubs to be taken care of it's important

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for you two to stay calm we don't want to upset the grow grubs shush advised and the soothing voice

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if we have unexpected guests we won't want them to hear our young charges it is our duty to protect

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them I may be a keeper but I am a guardian to these grow grubs as I was to you so again that was

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78 words I was on 11 on the 11th of july I ended it one chapter began another and July 12th uh let's

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see I've got 107 words in and I will go and read those now so um I never thought about that before

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slurp sat down the leaves he held in a tendril of light mean either but it makes sense chirp picked

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up the bundle in her own glowing tendril of light and hauled it into the cradle shush had prepared

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shush came out of the cradle and asked have you heard that ordinary bees are quite the energetic

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workers they can really do amazing things working as a unit slurp well I've never heard of bumblebees

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working in groups like that but I get your point chirp hopped from the cradle hey why don't we work

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like we're our own little beehive that's all I have for that and you'll have to wait to hear what I'm

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gonna write for July 13th I got 107 words on July 13th no 97 words July 13th one beehive team coming

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up slurp spun in place scooping up leaf litter and tossing it to chirp I wasn't ready leaves covered

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most of chirp she shook them off and glared this will work trust me okay ready ready catch slurp

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threw a tightly packed bunch of leaves which chirp mostly caught chirp dropped the pile and worked

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out now you catch it slurp managed to catch the bundle with hardly a part falling to the ground

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take this he threw it back so hard and fast that chirp had to jump to catch it

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this is MJ I'm an author I'm an artist I'm an analyzer you can find all my work at mjmonus.com

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this is a recording of Ava in the radiant rescue this is part of the grow bug tales series and this

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is book two it was originally called Ava in the grow bug and yet I for some reason well I changed

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the title because this is a better title and I hope you enjoy the story let me know what you think

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about it sleep tight sweetie was the last thing Ava heard for a long time before she tried to go to

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sleep dad had fluffed her pillow mom had tucked her in and she was cozy but she just wasn't sleepy

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enough she had learned by now that sleep tight meant stay in bed and don't get out but it was

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hard to stay in bed it was hard to go to sleep she wasn't a baby anymore and she knew mommy and

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daddy were still awake she wanted to be with them Ava whispered to herself sleep sleep sleep

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skitter skitter thump screech Ava bolted up and looked at the window her eyes danced around as

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they tracked a wild flashing and glowing she threw off the covers and ran to the window a strange bug

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flapped glittery wings frantically and scrambled all over the glass something else banged against

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the glass to help a small voice cried out Ava slid the window open a few inches and the bug

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flitted in close it close it the voice cried out frantically Ava froze for a moment then slammed

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it shut a rapid tapping on the glass made her shrink back the little bug flew to the window

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sill and fanned out its wings for a few moments it glowed with a warm golden light and the tapping

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from outside slowed down Ava could just see a small set of glinting eyes on the other side

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of the glass the eyes turned away as the light grew stronger with a bright flash the tapping stopped

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and the mysterious bug quietly folded up its wings the light slowly fading

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in stunned silence Ava watched the bug she didn't want to blink would it vanish if she didn't keep

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looking thank you for helping me you you're welcome Ava mumbled please speak up what are you she

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whispered if you want to be heard you need to speak up Ava frowned then whispered loudly

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they want me to be asleep right now soon enough dear what is your name i'm Ava and what's your

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name bug please to meet your acquaintance Ava please note that i am not a bug i am a grow bug

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thank you very much my name is swoosh i ask that you do remember that and the floor creaked outside

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Ava's door and her father called in i hope you're still in bed hide you've a croaked in a horse whisper

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he opened the door and saw her standing by the window how many times he trailed off were you scared

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she nodded he smiled and softened his tone let me help you get back in bed sweetheart

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he picked up Ava and tucked her in spray she asked he scanned the room for a few moments and

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saw the bottle by the window is that why you were up she blinked here you go he said the bottle next

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to her and pat at her hand you're safe with us he kissed her on the forehead and closed the door

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behind him as he left what is that swoosh the grow bug flitted over to the bottle my shadow spray

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your what swoosh jumped back and glowed dimly we made it keeps the shadows away oh i see

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the glow bug flitted close to Ava's face and said that's good but you really ought to call it an

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anti-shadow spray because it is made to keep them away but it is a spray for shadows Ava

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protested her brow wrinkling yes dear but it doesn't sound that way you feed your cat cat food don't you

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yes Ava answered well no wonder that shadow was at your window it probably wanted to take your

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spray that it thought was for it you mean the shadows are real Ava squeaked of course they are

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why else did you have that anti-shadow spray swoosh chuckled i was scared but mommy and daddy made

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it better they helped me make this magic spray i practiced spraying shadows and we snuggled and

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prayed and it was all a game i wasn't supposed to be afraid anymore oh dear the grow bug said

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quietly there was a shadow outside why was it by my window what does it want with my spray

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Ava pulls her covers up dragging swoosh near now Ava the grow bug said slowly there is a shadow

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no need to two there are two shadows rattle rattle scrape stand back Ava swoosh bolted to the window

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glowing again shadows squished and squeezed and spread fingers between the window and frame

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one set of hands forced the window open just enough a shadow bat swatted the grow bug away

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shadow spiders ooze down from the ceiling spray them Ava swoosh called from the floor

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Ava grabbed the bottle squeezed her eyes shut and covered the closest shadows with glittery

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sweet smelling mist they withered and fled new shadows grew larger and crept towards Ava

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Ava before they could grab her the grow bug rocketed up from the floor glowing brighter than before

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Ava cowered as swoosh shone above her Ava covered her eyes it's okay now Ava she looked and saw

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the grow bug blinking faintly as it fell to the floor she scooped up swoosh and held her close

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Ava poked at the grow bug and asked are you okay swoosh said nothing she poked again and

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whined swoosh shadow birds whooshed in through the window encircled above them Ava closed her

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hand around the grow bug to protect it and screamed out go away shadows she sprayed at the

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shadows above them she shouted again and kept spraying she sprayed and sprayed until she

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chased the shadows out the window she gently set swoosh down then closed and locked the window

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Ava heard two terrible screams from down the hall go Ava swoosh said weekly Ava wheeled

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around and ran to her parents bedroom as fast as she could she opened the door and saw their window

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wide open she heard more screaming and yelling outside she ran to the window and saw her parents

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clutched in two large talons Ava ran back to the grow bug and told her what happened

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Ava said I'm too tired Ava I can't get up swoosh answered but you have to help me Ava pleaded

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I need more time Ava you can fight the shadows but I can't you already have but I'm so scared

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fear is your enemy don't let it control you Ava hesitated for a few moments then said

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you can't fly but I can run I'll take you to my mom and dad and you can stop the shadows

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Ava darted around her room getting ready to face her biggest challenge yet

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boots check jacket check backpack check flashlight check shadow spray check grow bug check

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are you sure the shadows are this way Ava asked keep going Ava we're getting closer

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I can feel it what do you feel the shadows what do they want fear why for food

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Ava's heart leapt as she saw her parents trapped and helpless mom dad I'm here now it's gonna be okay

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hisses and whispers spit from shadow mouths Ava pointed her flashlight at the shadows and sprayed

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them be brave be brave be brave she chanted over and over again the little shadows fled

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and the big one cried ferociously I knew you could do it Ava swoosh cried triumphantly she

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popped out of the container and glowed more brightly than ever now Ava let's do this together

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in a moment the grow bug and the girl were gone an angelic golden giant stood opposite the shadow

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Ava and the grow bug had transformed together to fight the darkness the shadow howled and

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sprouted a riot of arms and mouths and animal shapes it lunged towards the golden giant

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a light bloom from the center of the giant's chest it's shown forth mightily destroying the

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shadow as if it had been nothing the golden giant caught Ava's parents in one enormous hand and

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brought them close to her chest back home Ava snuggled in bed with her mom and dad the grow bug

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kissed Ava's forehead and flew out the window Ava smiled in her sleep from that night on Ava would

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sleep well because she knew she was not alone and she knew she could be brave thank you for

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listening to that reading please check out my other grow bug tales projects I will be updating them

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with some regularity and I will be letting you know in each of these posts where there's or when

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there's going to be a launch campaign crowdfunding campaign to get all the illustrations done for

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the five grow bug picture books and then well also there's going to be the release of the

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chapter book which is which will not have illustrations except for the cover and maybe a

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chapter heading or two but I'm not quite sure on the details yet so stay tuned for more information

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on that anyway thank you for your time and attention I hope you're well this is MJ signing out

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this is MJ I'm an author I'm an artist I'm an analyzer you can find all my work at MJMenus.com

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this is a recording of Ava in the Radiant Rescue this is part of the grow bug tales series and this

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is book two it was originally called Ava in the Grow Bug and yet I for some reason well I changed

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the title because this is a better title and I hope you enjoy the story let me know what you think

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about it sleep tight sweetie was the last thing Ava heard for a long time before she tried to go to

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sleep dad had fluffed her pillow mom had tucked her in and she was cozy but she just wasn't sleepy

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enough she had learned by now that sleep tight meant stay in bed and don't get out but it was hard

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to stay in bed it was hard to go to sleep she wasn't a baby anymore and she knew mommy and daddy

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were still awake she wanted to be with them Ava whispered to herself sleep sleep sleep

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sleep skitter skitter thump screech Ava bolted up and looked at the window her eyes danced around

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as they tracked a wild flashing and glowing she threw off the covers and ran to the window

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a strange bug flapped glittery wings frantically and scrambled all over the glass something else

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banged against the glass too help a small voice cried out Ava slid the window open a few inches

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and the bug flitted in close it close it the voice cried out frantically Ava froze for a moment

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then slammed it shut a rapid tapping on the glass made her shrink back the little bug flew to the

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window sill and fanned out its wings for a few moments it glowed with a warm golden light

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and the tapping from outside slowed down Ava could just see a small set of glinting eyes

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on the other side of the glass the eyes turned away as the light grew stronger with a bright

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flash the tapping stopped and the mysterious bug quietly folded up its wings the light slowly fading

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in stunned silence Ava watched the bug she didn't want to blink would it vanish if she didn't keep

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looking thank you for helping me you you're welcome Ava mumbled please speak up what are you

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she whispered if you want to be heard you need to speak up Ava frowned then whispered loudly

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they want me to be asleep right now soon enough dear what is your name i'm Ava and what's your

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name bug please to meet your acquaintance Ava please note that i am not a bug i am a grow bug

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thank you very much my name is swoosh i ask that you do remember that and the floor creaked outside

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Ava's door and her father called in i hope you're still in bed hide Ava croaked in a horse whisper

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he opened the door and saw her standing by the window how many times he trailed off were you

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scared she nodded he smiled and softened his tone let me help you get back in bed sweetheart

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he picked up Ava and tucked her in spray she asked he scanned the room for a few moments

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and saw the bottle by the window is that why you were up she blinked here you go he said the bottle

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next to her and patted her hand you're safe with us he kissed her on the forehead and closed the

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door behind him as he left what is that swoosh the grow bug flitted over to the bottle my shadows

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spray your what swoosh jumped back and glowed dimly we made it it keeps the shadows away

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oh i see the glow bug flitted close to Ava's face and said that's good but you really ought to call

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it an anti-shadow spray because it is made to keep them away but it is a spray for shadows

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Ava protested her brow wrinkling yes dear but it doesn't sound that way you feed your cat cat food

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don't you yes Ava answered well no wonder that shadow was at your window it probably wanted

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to take your spray that it thought was for it you mean the shadows are real Ava squeaked of

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course they are why else did you have that anti-shadow spray swoosh chuckled i was scared but mommy

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and daddy made it better they helped me make this magic spray i practiced spraying shadows and we

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snuggled and prayed and it was all a game i wasn't supposed to be afraid anymore oh dear the grow bug

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said quietly there was a shadow outside why was it by my window what does it want with my spray

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Ava pulls her covers up dragging swoosh near now Ava the grow bug said slowly there is a shadow

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no need to two there are two shadows rattle rattle scrape stand back Ava swoosh bolted to the window

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glowing again shadows squished and squeezed and spread fingers between the window and frame

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one set of hands forced the window open just enough a shadow bat swatted the grow bug away

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shadow spiders ooze down from the ceiling spray the mava swoosh called from the floor Ava grabbed

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the bottle squeezed her eyes shut and covered the closest shadows with glittery sweet smelling mist

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they withered and fled new shadows grew larger and crept towards Ava before they could grab her

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the grow bug rocketed up from the floor glowing brighter than before Ava cowered as swoosh shone

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above her Ava covered her eyes it's okay now Ava she looked and saw the grow bug blinking faintly as

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it fell to the floor she scooped up swoosh and held her close Ava poked at the grow bug and asked

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are you okay swoosh said nothing she poked again and whined swoosh shadow birds whooshed in through

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the window encircled above them Ava closed her hand around the grow bug to protect it and screamed

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out go away shadows she sprayed at the shadows above them she shouted again and kept spraying

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she sprayed and sprayed until she chased the shadows out the window she gently set swoosh down

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then closed and locked the window Ava heard two terrible screams from down the hall

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go Ava swoosh said weakly Ava wheeled around and ran to her parents bedroom as fast as she could

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she opened the door and saw their window wide open she heard more screaming and yelling outside

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she ran to the window and saw her parents clutched in two large talons Ava ran back to the grow bug

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and told her what happened I'm too tired Ava I can't get up swoosh answered but you have to help me

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Ava pleaded I need more time Ava you can fight the shadows but I can't you already have but I'm so

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scared fear is your enemy don't let it control you Ava hesitated for a few moments then said

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you can't fly but I can run I'll take you to my mom and dad and you can stop the shadows Ava

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darted around her room getting ready to face her biggest challenge yet boots check jacket check

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backpack check flashlight check shadow spray check grow bug check are you sure the shadows are this

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way Ava asked keep going Ava we're getting closer I can feel it what do you feel the shadows what do

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they want fear why for food Ava's heart leapt as she saw her parents trapped and helpless mom dad

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I'm here now it's gonna be okay hisses and whispers spit from shadow mouths Ava pointed her

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flashlight at the shadows and sprayed them be brave be brave be brave she chanted over and over

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again the little shadows fled and the big one cried ferociously I knew you could do it Ava

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swoosh cried triumphantly she popped out of the container and glowed more brightly than ever

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now Ava let's do this together in a moment the grow bug and the girl were gone

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an angelic golden giant stood opposite the shadow Ava and the grow bug had transformed

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together to fight the darkness the shadow howled and sprouted a riot of arms and mouths and animal

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shapes it lunged towards the golden giant a light bloom from the center of the giant's chest it's

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shown forth mightily destroying the shadow as if it had been nothing the golden giant caught Ava's

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parents in one enormous hand and brought them close to her chest back home Ava snuggled in bed

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with her mom and dad the grow bug kissed Ava's forehead and flew out the window Ava smiled in

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her sleep from that night on Ava would sleep well because she knew she was not alone and she knew

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she could be brave thank you for listening to that reading please check out my other grow bug

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tales projects i will be updating them with some regularity and i will be letting you know in each

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of these posts where there's or when there's going to be a launch campaign a crowdfunding campaign

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to get all the illustrations done for the five grow bug picture books and then well the also

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there's going to be the release of the chapter book which is which will not have illustrations

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except for the cover and maybe a chapter heading or two but i'm not quite sure on the details yet

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so stay tuned for more information on that anyway thank you for your time and attention i hope

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you're well this is mj signing out this is mj i'm an author i'm an artist i'm an analyzer you can

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find all my work at mjmoneywest.com this is a reading of grow bug tales harmony and the fight

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for freedom which is the third book in the grow bug tales picture book series there is a sixth book

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which is not a picture book it's a chapter book that i am currently writing i'm about halfway

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through and i will continue to release updates on story over everything as i uh as i make updates

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which i'm chipping away at every day adding or i'm adding to it every day uh so anyway this

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is going to appear in an episode of story over everything and i might have it also as i stand

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alone as a bonus episode on the story over everything feed and you can find it at the

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website mjmoneywest.com which will be linked in the show notes if you're hearing this on the

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podcast and if you don't know about the podcast and you're finding it on the website there's a

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podcast check it out you might like it so in a moment i will go ahead and start reading the story

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this is the longest of the grow bug tales picture books and i'm glad i'm self publishing these because

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the links are kind of all over the place but i feel like i wrote each book at the link that needed

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to be so here we go grow bug tales harmony and the fight for freedom written and read to you by mj

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monios all hail her royal highness harmony of harmonia thunder the lioness lady with peach

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rimmed spectacles as the procession made its way down the promenade harmony left from her throne

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tumbling twirling and swinging through the series of obstacles bars and apparatus set up by her

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dutiful knights of harmonia the crowd cheered and clapped she bowed happy to accept the adoration

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until her eyes fell to a stick in the mud night propped against a rail staring off into space

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harmony balanced on the rail and put on her best pouting face after a few moments the half-hearted

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night bellowed a hearty was ah and another chorus of praise rang out back in suburbia

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you weren't looking dad harmony called to her father as he stared at his empty plate

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don't use that tone with your father young lady harmonies mother chided her

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i might be late i need to hurry harmonies dad kissed his wife and daughter he collected his

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things and turned to leave he turned back and said i love you sweetie but you need to learn

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that you aren't the only one who matters we all need to have the chance to be heard or helped or

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left in peace sorry i need to go i'm already excited to head home he flashed a toothy grin then left

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harmony dreamt once more of the kingdom of harmonia after feasting playing snacking dancing

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and tea time with cake harmony rang a bell that sat on her table where is my dessert she asked with

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her nose up and chin forward your highness and i asked with a slight tremble dessert she demanded

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i haven't had the chance to make it yet and i don't appreciate your tone the lady cook night

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answered wiping her hands on her apron so you don't like my tone harmony bolted up and jabbed

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her butterfly scepter toward cook night there it is again cook replied and don't you know it's rude

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to point cook didn't finish a beam from the scepter struck her and she spun on her heels and

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then marched back to the kitchen muttering as she went your highness a knight asked send out a

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messenger harmony responded all of harmony is to report here for a pie eating contest cook

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night will be baking 100 dozen pies every day for the next 100 years unsure voices called out hail

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harmony as knights and ladies cautiously looked about the room anyone who doesn't like it can help

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cook harmony huffed and sat with her arms and legs crossed still holding her scepter which glowed

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menacingly back in suburbia happy to see me harm harmony's brother called to her dex harmony ran

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to her big brother and wrapped her arms around him all right that's enough of that let go he

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said patting her on the head she stuck fast and looked up at him with pleading eyes he

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grown what do you want let go i won't let go until you give me my presence she exclaimed what presence

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he scoffed the ones in your bags she bounced in place and potted the bags this is my stuff

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just the essentials no gifts no toys no candies harmony wind not this time kid i didn't think you

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needed anything well you should have i'll die if i don't get some new toys soon candy would be nice

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too you just don't get it you're such a spoiled baby dex spat and pushed past her to go settle into

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his room well you're just a big dummy she stamped and sputtered at his back whatever don't say whatever

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harmony went to bed angry that night but in harmonia she was free of her stuffy older brother

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and was having a great time she played new games and did new feats and everyone was having so much

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fun barum barum thunder claps startled the merry band kakoo lightning seemed to split the sky

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harmony saw a figure moving where lightning stabbed down from clouds she dashed to the site and saw

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a strange night she had never seen before greeting stranger where do you come from what do you seek

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asked one of the knights of harmonia after a long silence harmony said welcome to my kingdom stranger

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night we love to laugh and play come and join us a while to find out if you will stay after another

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silent i have seen your games stranger night told harmony sometime later and i have a brand new one

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for you a new game harmony leaned forward on her throne it's called usurper one of us will seek

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this he held up a beautiful crown she had never seen before oh indeed since you rule here the crown

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starts out with you i have to find it take it to the town square and put it on there if i do the

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crown is mine and i win i can tag your knights to freeze them out or have them help me when do we

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start she asked as soon as you wish your highness he answered and handed the crown to an attendant

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stranger night laughed as he placed the crown on his head now it's my time to reign

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ha ha games over stranger night let's play again give me the crown harmony approached

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no i don't think i will he chuckled then pointed at her knights freeze her

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harmony twisted and weaved but was quickly overwhelmed she stood frozen and stranger king

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plucked the scepter from her hand good game kid stranger king raised the butterfly scepter high

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who will follow me he called a few drew close the scepter grew into a staff he stabbed the

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ground spreading cracks the crowd gasped and more people drew near some froze and others

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shrank back so be it he said walls of flame blazed from the cracks and divided the people

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further frozen in place and trapped behind fiery walls harmony watched helplessly as

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harmonia changed the bright colors soft edges and warm atmosphere gave way to stone and steel

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and flame and smoke okay everyone let's unfreeze on the count of three harmony called to her subjects

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one two three she grunted and strained and sputtered she rolled her eyes from side to side to see who

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was there with her no one she liked playing with all that well she strained to turn her head but to

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no avail all harmonians report she commanded silence i rule all of you so you have to answer me

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murmurs sounded from around and then someone said you lost your crown you have no power

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you can't force us to listen to you anymore so we won't why should we you never listen to us

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other voices agreed and then all were silent

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the monotony of far off noises was broken by footballs harmony didn't see but it sounded

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like toad night with a robotic ring to his voice called out to her fellow prisoners and said

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unlike some rulers stranger king is wise and merciful anyone who wants to leave this place and

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and join him is welcome to come with us and led yourself to his service and you too can become

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a stranger night we are strong we are free we are a stranger he croaked the flame wall parted

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and harmony heard sighs of relief and voices of assent everyone but her had been freed from their

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frozen shackles hail stranger king toad nights shouted hail stranger king the others answered

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without a word they left her harmony felt so alone i'm sorry everyone i guess i'm not better

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than stranger night harmony confessed to no one then she had a good cry it will be all right

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you'll see a woman's voice soothed her so you messed up that's good milady it's the only way to

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really learn i'm still learning as hard as that is to admit a man chuckled cook night and stick in

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the mud night stepped in front of her and each took a hand harmony was free three of them hugged

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and she cried with happiness and relief thank you harmony sniffed poof i knew you could do it kiddo

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though i thought you never might a new voice said from out of nowhere who are you harmony

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gawked at the bright butterfly flitting about there's no time for that wait yes there is sorry

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i have been trying to get to you for days thank heaven i finally broke through i wonder what

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happened i'm a grow bug and i'm here to help you can call me wisp nice to meet you wisp my name

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is harmony and these are my parents i think harmony answered a bit confused greetings we're in a bit

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of a time crunch here wisp continued what does a grow bug do will you grow giant and beat up

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stranger night for me harmony asked hopefully that's not how this works kid i can help you but

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you have to put in the work harmony nodded okay wisp lend me your power i shone around harmony

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and she transformed into butterfly armor and burst through the flame wall freeing herself and her

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steadfast nights harmony reached the top of the tower with cook and stick in the mud they dashed

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off to hold back the knights of stranger while harmony confronted stranger king as they dashed

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attacked and parried harmony thought only of freeing the others from this greater evil they

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locked weapons and harmony said i was wrong to force everyone to play my way you making everyone

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into copies of yourself is wrong too it's the same thing everyone needs to be free to follow

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their own dreams and take their own path whether we like it or not you would let them choose a

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foolish path when you know better you really are a silly child stranger king slipped his staff through

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her defense catching harmony and flinging her to certain doom as she fell she had a thought

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and wings unfolded from her back she flew at stranger king yelling harmony a kick and with a

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crash she knocked him deceptor and crowned to the hard stone both instruments of power

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shattered sparks streaming from them how could you beat me he strained to ask i may be a child

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but we're always changing and growing you never know when we'll surprise you

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sorry harmony cut into the conversation at the breakfast table what her dad asked i'm sorry for

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being such a brat lately harmony said sweetheart her mom reached out and touched her hand i know

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dex is going today and i want to make it a good day for him and you too mom and dex sat back in

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his chair he smirked and said you're really growing up harm harmony smiled and said okay everyone get

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ready for a lovely day brought to you by yours truly she curtsied and giggled back in suburbia for good

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harmony and the grow bug chatted while she rode down the street on her bike

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harmonia had been nice but seeing real people going about their lives and knowing that they all had

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the potential to chase after their dreams filled harmony with hope after the nightmare they had

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all gone through so there will be no more crazy dreams like that wisp harmony asked at least not

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anytime soon around here and i'll have to be off to you kid well that's too bad but you'll come back

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if there's more trouble right i'm sure you can handle most anything coming your way but if anything

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too wild happens you know what to do i know harmony said wisp the grow bug shot up into the sky and

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harmony rode on and that is the end of the story i hope you enjoyed that

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