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Now onto our episode. This is The Singing Sisters. Enjoy!

I'd like to tell you about a friend of mine. I can't see her treehouse from my window,

but I hear her every day. Her name is Fida, and she has a voice that sounds the way sunshine

feels on your face, on the first day of spring. Warm, bright and comforting.

Fida and her sister, Guna, sing together every morning while they make their breakfast

with the window wide open, which means I get to enjoy their sweet harmonies as I eat

my toast and tea. Fida and Guna are 12-year-old twins. Other than the color of their hair,

Guna's bright white blonde and Fida's deep, dark brown, they look almost identical.

But they couldn't be more different. Fida has always been very quiet. When I used to

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