The Oh, Hello Sparkle Friends and Families, this is Lisbeth of Sparkle Stories.

Welcome to the Sparkle Stories Podcast.

In the United States, this is Thanksgiving week.

And so here at Sparkle, we're of course thinking a lot about that and sharing all of our best stories and projects.

Our focus tends to be the power of gratitude, the power of saying thank you.

And so I've picked a story that demonstrates that very experience.

The collection is called Martin and Sylvia giving thanks and this is the very first story in that

collection in which Martin and Sylvia learn the magical power of two very

important words. So listen in and find out what they are.

The story you're about to hear is one of our giant library of nearly 1,500 original stories at Sparkle stories.

That's a lot of stories, a lot of adventures, a lot of wonderful tales and you can enjoy all of them for free for a week go to

Sparkle stories.com and click the button at the top that says start free trial then you can listen to as much as

you like anytime you like. Okay now onto the story part one The Magic Words from the Martin and Sylvia giving thanks collection.

Enjoy. You're going to do you. Martin and Sylvia live in a tall house with lots of windows.

From their second-story loft bedroom, they can see their entire

backyard, with the tall maple and oak trees on one side and the horse fence that borders the Browns Farm. on the backyard and the tip top of the mountains in the distance.

The mountains often remind them of adventures,

because crossing those mountains always meant going to far-off places, like the coast of the ocean or to the big city or south to visit Grandma.

One cool morning in the middle of autumn, Martin and Sylvia's house was busy getting ready for their annual Thanksgiving trip to Grandma's.

It was a long trip.

So they had snacks to prepare and games and books to collect

and pillows and blankets together to make the ride a cozy and enjoyable one.

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