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This week our story is called Dancing Areas about a girl and her Tennessee Trotten horse

and their dancing competition.

Dancing Areas by Chelsea Makla and narrated by me, Chelsea Makla.

Areas had always dreamt of winning the annual Tennessee Horse Trot competition.

Her and her owner Anna had been working months on their competition dance.

A Tennessee horse trot is a special horse movement unlike any other.

It looks like a dance but it's really just a horse trotting in a special way.

Areas loved to dance especially when Anna brought her music to practice.

The two of them would have a great time dancing around the arena like they were both in their own

world on cloud nine. The big competition was today and Areas could hardly wait.

Anna made her look awesome too. She braided Areas main and added ribbon and glitter to make her

feel pretty plus her favorite bow. She even got a brand new saddle with purple on it and

his favorite color. You see Anna and Areas have been partners practically Anna's whole life.

The first time Anna ever rode a horse was with her mother on Areas. Areas wanted to make her proud.

Anna came to give Areas a carrot and a pep dog. All right Areas, we got this. I believe in you,

you're the best Tennessee trotter out there. So let's go out there and show them what we got.

We're going home with the ribbon today and Anna then gave Areas a big hug. They settled up and

Anna put her helmet on. It was time to get in line to perform for the judges. Anna and Areas had

their own sense of style. So their songs were a mashup of all kinds of music, mostly Anna's

favorites. Not just country music, which is typically what most writers will do and what most

judges have heard. When it was time to perform, Areas stood tall and Anna smiled big, hugging Areas

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