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Hello everyone!

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Welcome back to our reading adventure.

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I am your English reading coach, Minhee Teacher.

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I am so excited to explore a wonderful book with you today.

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We are starting a brand-new story called Mercy Watson to the

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Rescue, and today we will look at Part One.

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Let's pretend we are movie directors today.

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When we read a book, we want to see the story happen in our

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minds just like a movie on a big screen.

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Let's look through our camera lens at the very first part of our

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story.

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In our first scene, we see a cute pig named Mercy.

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It is bedtime.

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Mr.

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and Mrs.

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Watson are singing a sweet song to Mercy.

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Mercy is tucked into her own bed, and she feels so happy and

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loved.

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In the second scene, the lights go out.

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The room becomes very dark.

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Suddenly, Mercy is all by herself.

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The warm feelings disappear, and Mercy feels afraid and alone.

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In the third scene, Mercy decides to solve her problem.

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She gets out of her bed and climbs right into Mr.

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and Mrs.

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Watson's bed.

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She squeezes herself right between them.

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Now she feels safe again, and everyone falls fast asleep.

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Let's zoom in closer on Mercy's feelings.

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Why did Mercy leave her own bed?

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When the bedroom gets dark, Mercy feels small and scared.

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The author uses a very special phrase to show us what Mercy is

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thinking about.

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She thinks about hot toast with a great deal of butter.

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Now, why does a pig think about buttery toast at bedtime?

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Let's explain this in a very simple way.

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When the world is dark and quiet, we all get a little bit

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scared.

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We need something to make us feel safe.

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Some children have a favorite soft blanket they like to hold.

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Some children like to hear their mom or dad's voice.

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For Mercy, her safety comes from being close to Mr.

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and Mrs.

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Watson, and thinking about warm, buttery toast.

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Toast is not just food for Mercy.

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It is her comfort object.

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When she thinks of warm toast, she feels the love of her family.

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Warm toast means safety, and warm toast means home.

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Let's look at five useful words from our director's notebook to

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help us talk about this scene.

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Our first word is dark.

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Dark means there is little or no light.

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Think about what happens when you turn off all the lights in

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your bedroom at night.

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It becomes very dark.

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Our second word is afraid.

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Afraid means feeling scared.

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If you hear a strange noise in the middle of the night, you

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might feel afraid.

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Mercy feels afraid when the lights go out.

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Our third word is alone.

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Alone means by yourself, with no other people around.

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Mercy does not like sleeping alone in her room.

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Our fourth word is snuggle.

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Snuggle is a wonderful, cozy word.

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It means to get very close to someone to feel warm and

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comfortable.

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Imagine a tiny puppy curling up in a soft basket.

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That is snuggling.

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Mercy snuggles between Mr.

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and Mrs.

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Watson.

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Our fifth phrase is warm inside.

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This does not mean you drank a cup of hot tea.

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It means you feel happy, safe, and loved in your heart.

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When Mr.

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and Mrs.

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Watson sing to Mercy, she feels warm inside.

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Now, let's practice speaking like real actors.

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I will say a sentence, and then I want you to repeat it right

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after me with a strong, clear voice.

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Are you ready?

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Let's try.

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Mercy feels afraid in the dark.

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She wants to feel safe.

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Toast makes Mercy feel warm inside.

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A song can comfort a character.

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Comfort can be a small thing.

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You did an amazing job repeating those sentences!

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Before we finish our lesson today, I want to leave you with one

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interesting question to think about.

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Mercy needs her family and the thought of warm toast to feel

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safe.

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What about you?

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What favorite object, toy, or routine makes you feel safe and

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warm inside when you feel afraid?

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Think about your answer, and next time we will see what happens

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when the Watson house starts making strange noises in the middle

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of the night.

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Thank you for reading with me today.

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You did a wonderful job, and I will see you in our next lesson.

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Bye-bye!