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Tonight's storytelling is called The Story of An Invitation by Canadian author Lucy

Maud Montgomery. This story is about two girls named Bertha and Grace who are roommates

at a boarding school. They couldn't be more different. Bertha is lively and popular,

while Grace, on the other hand, is shy and serious. She keeps mostly to herself. Despite

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