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Tonight, we'll be reading a tale from Hans Christian Anderson's

fairy tales called The Bell.

In a village, everyone can hear the sounds of a mysterious bell.

The town's people set out to find the source.

Hans Christian Anderson, a Danish writer,

is known as one of the world's classic storytellers. Let's get cozy. Close your eyes. Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths. The bell.

people said the evening bell is sounding, the sun is setting, for a strange wondrous tone was heard in the narrow streets of a large town.

It was like the sound of a church bell, but it was only heard for a moment, for the rolling of the carriages and the voices of the

choices of the multitude made too great a noise.

Those persons who were walking outside the town,

where the houses were further apart,

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