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ory?’ est sanaudibl ’ What ‘ saysLewis.

ory?’ est sanedibl ’ What ‘ . . saysCarol

Asusual ,t heyspeakatt hesame t ime,butI’ m usedt oit .

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Al i c ei nAu s t r al i a AnAu d i oSt or y#2 CarolandLewisgetveryexc it ed.

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Whenwepl aybac kt he rec ording, Carolhassett hevol umeupt oohigh,andt his wakesTil l y,whot henst art sb arking.Sowe rec ordTil l ybarkingaswel l .

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Thet hirdt hingwerec ordist he t ram goingdownthestreet.

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Al i c ei nAu s t r al i a AnAu d i oSt or y#3 ‘ I’ veal readyrec ordedt hesoundof ’It el lt hem Bradskat eboarding, whenwegett oget hert ol ist eningt o ourrec ordingst henextmorning.

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Who’ sBrad?’‘ t heysay.

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Ipl ayt hem t heot herrec ordingsI’ ve made:t heke t t l eboil ing,the

c l oc kinmyparents’bedroom t ic kingveryl oudl y–how dot heysl eep wit ht hatrac ket ?–andmydad

eat ingc risps.Heletmeputmy pl ayerrightbesidehisc heekt omake t hatrec ording.

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akookaburrasinging; at oil etfl ushing;ababy c rying. ‘ Wheredidyougett hat Iask. baby?’

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‘ Itbel ongst ot hepeopl ewhol ive behindus,ac rosst hegardens, ’ saysLewis. ‘ Thatbabyc riesa l lt het ime, ’ saysCarol .

Al i c ei nAu s t r al i a AnAu d i oSt or y#4 Carolpl aysherrec ordings,orshoul d Isay,rec ording,asshe’ sonl y managedt omakeone:t hesoundof

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Lewispic ksupCarol ’ sphone,findst he fil e,andpresses‘ del et e’ .

‘ Okay, ’Isayt oLewis,‘ what soundsdowehave,andhow can weuset hem t ot el las t ory?’

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Carolget supofft hefl oorandsit s besideus.

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‘ What ’ st hest ory?’

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