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Have you ever been told we do something

just because that's the way we've always done it?

In today's story, the people of Snagleton are miserable. Every year, they have

to wear shirts made of scratchy, prickly dried grass to honour the town's founder. They think they

are being tough and brave just like their founding hero was hundreds of years ago. But when Sparky, the

inventor, does a little detective work in an old diary,

she finds out the truth, and it is ridiculous. Today, we're talking about traditions. Sometimes we keep

doing things that are uncomfortable or silly just because we've always done them. For example,

not too long ago,

if a student at school made a mistake, they had to wear a tall, pointy hat called a dunce cap

and sit in the corner. People used to think this tradition made kids try harder, but we soon

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