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And now we're ready for today's story.

Tonight's MakeD Up Story is a request from a family that has a three-year-old named

Louis, who is about to turn four years old on July 6th, and before his birthday, there

are going to be some fireworks.

And the story request is also for Xander, who's six years old, and their baby

sister, Sese. They requested a story about a dinosaur and a worm, and we're going to add a dragonfly

to the story. Once upon a time, there was a big boy whose name was Xander. Zander had a lot of kids in his

family. He had a younger brother named Louis and a baby sister named Sese. And Xander liked to play in playgrounds so much. His favorite part of playgrounds

sometimes were the slides, and sometimes Xander's favorite part were the swings. And he and

Louis would take turns playing on the playground.

And another thing that they also like to do for fun was playing with cars and planes.

Sese was just learning how to play.

Well, one day, Xander told his parents that he and Louis wanted to see some dinosaur bones. And Zander and Louis and Cese's mama said,

well, we're gonna have to go on an expedition to hunt for dinosaur bones.

Well, why about to go to the museum?

And Zander said, well, why can't we just go to the museum? And

Xander's brother, Louis, said maybe because the museums are closed. And Xander and Louis's

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