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My name is Anthony. I live in Virginia. I turn six on October 22nd. I like a story about a train station, a train, and a tree that's about to grow.

Thank you.

Tonight's make-up story is a request from a boy named Anthony, who lives in Virginia and who turns six years old in a couple weeks on October 22nd.

And so we want to say, happy birthday, Anthony.

And Anthony asked for us to make up a story that includes a train station, a train, and a tree that's about to grow.

Once upon a time, a long time ago, there lived a boy whose name was Anthony.

Anthony had a toy train set in his house, and there was an on switch and an off switch,

and a fast button and a slow button, and the train could go forwards, and it could also go backwards.

The train even said, choo-choo!

But it always stayed on its track.

There was one time when Anthony unplugged his train from the wall with his parents' help,

and he disconnected all of the wires with his parents' help,

and then the train still worked,

even with no electricity.

And Anthony was really curious about how his toy train worked without electricity.

He couldn't figure out that mystery when he had dinner that night and after dinner when he went to sleep.

The next morning, Anthony woke up and when he looked around all of the pictures and all of the paintings

and all of everything was missing from the walls.

And all you can see on the walls of Anthony's house were train tracks.

And Anthony knew what must have happened.

He told his parents that while he was sleeping, the toy train that he had, the one that went even if there was no electricity,

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