Al i c ei nAu s t r al i a AnAu d i oSt or y#1 TheGoodne wsisthatCaroland Lewisareonabreakfrom sc hool . .
Myt ut orBet hanyhasgoneawayon hol idayfort woweeks.Iwil lmiss Bet hany,butIwil lnotmiss LESSONS.
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ory?’ est sanaudibl ’ What ‘ saysLewis.
ory?’ est sanedibl ’ What ‘ . . saysCarol
Asusual ,t heyspeakatt hesame t ime,butI’ m usedt oit . Wewil lre c ordsoundsandusethosesounds t ot el last ory,Itellthem.
Al i c ei nAu s t r al i a AnAu d i oSt or y#2 CarolandLewisgetveryexc it ed. Ishow t hem how t orec ordsounds usingt heirph onesanddevic es.
Thefirstt hingwerec ordisTil l y snoring.Wehavetocreepupon herwit houtwakingher.Shesnores veryl oudl y,foradog.
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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 . Thesec ondt hingwerec ordist hesea.We rideourbikesdownt ot heb eac h–we t el lourmumsfirst ,andt heymakeusget ourhel met sandpac kourh at sandour real l owedt ogo. sunc ream beforewe’
Thet hirdt hingwerec ordist he t ram goingdownthestreet.
Thenitist imet ogohomefort ea.
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. Iforgott hatt heonl yperson whoknowsBra disme. ‘ Ohnoone, ’Isay,‘ nevermind. ’
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.
Lewispl ayshisrec ordings:
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
LewisandIl ookateac h ot her.Carol ’ sfac et urns brightredasshe burst soutl aughing.
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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.
‘ Okay, ’Isayt ot hem.
‘ What ’ st hest ory?’
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