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Hello and welcome to Make-Up. I'm your host, Amanda. Today's story is our final installment of Finn's first day at the Commonwealth Games, in which all three of our teams will compete in a 10

event to Cathlon, we'll start with a quick recap and then jump into the story.

Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was a big kid named Finn who didn't want to go to school.

His mom said he could decide not to go to school after he grew up and got a job, so that's exactly what Finn did.

He built stilts for himself and got a job as the person who decides what games will be included in the Commonwealth

Games. Finn's idea for something new at the games was to have a competition between an

animatronic Godzilla, a real T-Rex, and a million cats. The first competition he held was a game

of Gagaball, which the animatronic Godzilla won by moving into a handstand before he ran out of batteries.

The second competition was speed climbing, which the cats won by doing just what comes naturally to cats, chasing laser pointers, and climbing stuff.

All three competitors made adjustments following the speed climbing event.

The cats, having tasted victory, approached their training with a new spirit of cooperation.

The T-Rex, who felt that fear had affected his performance, focused on visualization, and preparing

himself to calmly face the next event. And Dr. Caldwell's team, having now seen their Godzilla's

battery run out twice, devised a way to replace depleted batteries with a spare instead of waiting

hours for the Godzilla to recharge.

The first day of the decathlon was bright and sunny, and the grandstands were filled with

cheering spectators, many with painted faces, or wearing t-shirts and hats, and holding signs

in support of their favorite contestant. The first event was the 100-meter dash.

Although the T-Rex and the Godzilla were both very fast once they got up to speed, their high body weight

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