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Hi, this is Annie today. I live in Dallas, and I would, in my story, I would like a lion, an adventurer named her name, Redley Jones,

and the biggest gumdrop house in the world.

And my birthday is on September 9th.

Thank you.

Tonight's Make-Up Story is a request from a girl named Annie,

who lives in Dallas, Texas, and who will turn six years old in about a week on

September 9th. And so we want to say, happy birthday, Annie. And Annie asked for us, oh, wait,

Joan wants to say. Happy birthday. And Annie asked for us to make up a story that includes a lion, an adventurer named Ridley Jones, and the biggest gumdrop house in the world.

Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was a big girl whose name was Annie.

Annie had a special superpower, which is that all kinds of cats, no matter how big or how small they were, loved to be her friends.

And whatever kind of cat they were, they always wanted to do what Annie said.

And so, one day, when Annie and her family were visiting Africa,

they found a lion, and lions are big cats,

and the lion saw that Annie was a girl who had magic powers,

and the lion came right up to Annie and asked if he could go back to Annie's house in Dallas, Texas with her.

Well, Annie didn't know if lions could go on airplanes. So Annie asked her parents.

Annie's dad said that the lion was too big and it was too scary to go on the airplane. But then,

Annie's mom said that she had an idea.

Her idea was that instead of taking an airplane back from Africa all the way to Dallas, Texas,

they could just take a hot air balloon.

And lions are allowed in hot air balloons,

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