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[English]

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oh

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so

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good morning class i have a question for

you

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can anyone tell me what kind of a frog

good francine but what type of green

gross yes and yes

but do you know what species of frog

this is

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yes julian little babies cat espionage

better known as the bullfrog

very good julian very good julian both

frogs can grow up to eight inches long

that's all

and weigh one and a half pounds and can

live for 13 years 13 years

the principal failed to mention that yep

and best of all they can

jump more than six feet

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i'll get it mrs hogan mueller no

thank you olivia

i'll show that beast who's boss

now i'll have to leave one of you in

charge

whose turn will it be today

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apparently it's olivia's turn

olivia's in charge while i'm gone

francine now you be sure to help olivia

if she needs it

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oh dear he's in the cafeteria

looks like there's a new sheriff in town

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so

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francine

you best turn your horse around and get

on out of town

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if you don't get down from those desks

i'm going to tell

okay it was a little high up for me

anyway

francine mrs hulk and mueller left me in

charge and i'm thinking of making some

changes around here she left you in

charge to keep things in order

not to change things

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now every day at this time we have a

math lesson not in olivia town olivia

town

yep and the first thing we're gonna do

is clean up this town

but we're supposed to do math

we can do math tomorrow

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all right let the cleaning begin

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nice work harold

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root beer saloons looking good daisy

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try to get some of that paint on the

jailhouse you guys

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i demand that you stop this right now

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francine this town isn't big enough for

the two of us you're not kidding

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look at this mess

we're having fun it just looks messy

besides mrs hagenmueller put me in

charge of the class but she told me to

help you if you needed it

and you

need it

ah

my dress

sorry we're picking a town red like

olivia said olivia we're all going to

get into trouble

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here francine if it means so much to you

you can be in charge i don't want it now

everything's ruined

no it's not come on francie and you can

be sure

no thank you

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olivia look

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better do something before they wreck

the whole town

julian throw me a rope

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olivia behind you

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i don't want any trouble bullfrog now

move along

[Laughter]

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if the bullfrog likes small flies that

much i bet he really likes big flies

oscar paint auto paintbrush

hey bull frog look at this fly

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hang on francie and i'll get it

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i know

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thank you olivia

thank you thank you thank you francine

it's just a frog a gross icky slimy

disgusting frog

you deserve to be sheriff thanks

children terrible news i believe the

beast has escaped

it's here

olivia did it i have a way with frogs

kind of how i am with my cat edwin

nicely done olivia

but look at this classroom

i thought i left you in charge when i

was gone you did but a lot happened

first we had to fix up the town then

there was a stampede of giant frogs that

almost crushed everything

but it could have been a lot worse if

francine hadn't helped

really francine well you'll have to tell

me how you did it sometime well it

wasn't that hard hey some other time

francine how about we get this classroom

cleaned up

what do we do first sheriff

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and that's how i saved the town from a

stampede of giant frogs

oh my

it sounds like you had a busy day at

school

it's good to know i can leave you in

charge

mom are you in charge of me

sometimes i wonder if it's not the other

way around

but i love you anyway

i love you anyway too

night olivia

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hmm

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hey

i want a color too these are my brand

new crayons

mom olivia isn't sharing

olivia let ian use five or six of your

crayons i'm afraid he'll break them

he'll be careful you have to learn to

share he can use one

four

seven

three

fine three but let him choose whatever

three he wants

what are you gonna draw

without red there's no point in drawing

i'm gonna finish my puzzle

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i want to help

ian this is my puzzle i thought you

wanted to draw

mom

olivia won't share her puzzle with me

olivia remember what i said about

sharing

i'm gonna read

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i wanna read too

can't you get one of your own books

mom olivia isn't cheering again

you need to take a little break olivia

and go to your room and think about

sharing but mom i bet you wouldn't like

it if you had to share

olivia

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hi olivia's mom i need to share your car

i'll have it back later today

well

maybe tomorrow we'll see but

that's my car i needed to do some

errands

you aren't sharing

mom you really need to learn to share

your things you better go to your room

and think it over

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well have you thought about sharing with

your little brother you mean my little

bother

yes

i thought about it a lot and what did

you decide i decided i don't want to in

that case i think you need to stay here

and think about it a little more

come out in five minutes

you know what edwin

i'm going to go somewhere where there's

no little bother for me to have to share

with

and i'm taking all my stuff with me

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mom i'm taking a trip around the world

okay just remember not to cross the

street

i won't

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wouldn't it be great if we lived in an

exciting exotic place with no little

bothers

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ah no little bothers in sight yes

this is more like it

welcome welcome to my home

ian yeah

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let's go come on where there's no little

bothers

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hmm i think it needs more red

hi olivia hi mrs casey and where are you

off to

i haven't decided yet but somewhere far

far away oh that's nice dear let me help

you get that heavy trunk home

no wait

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hello boys

looking good guys

thanks you're welcome dear

back already

no

hmm

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okay perfect

no little balders anywhere

and i have an ice cream cone all to

myself

excuse me you talk and i really like ice

cream

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hi olivia want to try some lemonade

mmm nice and cold made from real lemons

i'll be right back

mom

can i have some money for lemonade are

you coming back after you get it no well

then i'm afraid you're gonna have to use

your own money

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where are you going i'm coming with you

you can't come with me you're the one

i'm trying to get away from i am not

sharing this adventure with you

[Applause]

i told you to get a drink at that last

oasis

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i bought some lemonade want some

thanks

what are you doing

making the trunk not so heavy

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did you ever notice how grown-ups think

that kids should share everything but

they don't have to share anything

mom and dad share a bedroom

that's different they're married

i wonder how they'd like it if they had

to share all their stuff

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can i help you

we're here to share your house go on

kids and pick out your bedrooms wait a

minute you can't just but this is our

house

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and then they'd have to share their

house and their car and everything

that would be really funny

rule of life number 27 one good thing

about little brothers

sometimes they get how funny you are

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olivia ian dinner

these are for you they're all green

yes my favorite color

thanks olivia

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that was a really good book you should

read it to ian tomorrow night well

even though he might be a little too

young to really appreciate it

good idea olivia okay what are we

reading next

oh i think i've had enough reading for

tonight you could share with dad he

could read me another book

good night olivia

good night mom

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i've never seen so much snow

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exciting news children because of this

unexpected blizzard school has been

canceled for the rest of the day

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does that mean we get to go out in the

school yard and play

no it means you all get to go home early

well i hit the slopes with my cousin

ginger now let's get our things and get

dressed mustn't keep your parents and

cousin ginger waiting

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i wish it would smell like this every

day then we'd never have to go to school

mom if i didn't have to go to school

anymore would i still have to take a

bath

yes

rule of life number 42 if it weren't for

mothers

little brothers would be very stinky

francine julian i spoke with your

parents and you're going to stay at our

house until they're able to get home

from work it could take them a while

with all this snow

i love blizzards a whole day to play

together and i know the perfect game

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welcome to the hotel olivia please come

in and make yourself at home

wow

it's so big oh this is nothing you

should see my other hotels

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i wonder where olivia is

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sorry to keep you waiting

what can i do for you today

i'd like a room in your hotel please me

too

i mean a different room maybe one with

the tv i want a tv too

that shouldn't be a problem

what's that sound you mean the wind

it sounds like a ghost

oh no there are no ghosts at the hotel

olivia please follow me we'll be taking

the elevator

after you

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now

each of the rooms come with fluffy

towels little chocolates on the pillows

and room service

and they make your bed for you i like

the sound of that

we get to eat in our room that's just

one of those things that makes the hotel

olivia the fanciest hotel in the world

this is our stop

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kindly follow me

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this is your room francine

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no offense olivia but i'd like another

room this one smells like boy

but this is the room i picked out for

you

i'll take it i already smell like a boy

anyway

kindly follow me

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and this is your room

i love it

now here is the bed

and the window

what's that for uh that's in case you

rot a pet monkey now over here are your

little chocolates and towels and if you

want to be left alone just hang this

don't bother me sign on your door

this is the best hotel ever

excuse me i think i have another guest

sorry to keep you waiting

what can i do for you today

i'd like a room please

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i'm sorry but the hotel olivia is full

all the rooms are taken

no fair

mom olivia says all the rooms in her

hotel are taken

olivia this is a very big hotel i'm sure

you can find a room for your brother

all right

follow me

it's pretty small

oh this isn't your room

this is

the bathtub

go on try it out you'll love the privacy

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and the soaps are free uh i have to use

the bathroom

oh one more thing you have to leave your

hotel room when other guests need to use

the bathroom

never mind i don't want to stay at this

hotel anymore anyway besides i heard

there were ghosts

ghosts

he's making that up francine there are

no ghosts or pesky little brothers at my

hotel

i promise

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are these grilled cheese sandwiches

going to be enough for your guests

hmm

maybe we should give them a pickle too

good idea

and how about a big vanilla cupcake with

pink frosting

i'm out of those at the moment

please

i want the hotel olivia to be the best

in the whole world

hmm

i guess it's a good day to bake pink

frosting right

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here's the sandwich you ordered

i didn't order a sandwich i ordered a

frozen yogurt pop

oh this must be for the guest in room

17. be right back

can i play

not right now ian i'm very busy

here's your sandwich francine

oh good i was getting really hungry and

could you make the bed now i've messed

it up

hey olivia

perry left a gross chew toy in my room

would you come and get rid of it

be right there oh and room service may i

get a glass of milk in just a minute

uh

who turned off all the lights

the store must have knocked the power

out or a ghosted

i told you francine we don't have ghosts

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come on julian i'll take care of that

chew toy now wanna come with us francine

no i'll stay here

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are you sure it was a chew toy you

stepped on positive it had dog slobber

on it and everything

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i just saw it

too where

i don't see anything

i don't want to stay in this hotel

anymore

neither do i olivia mom told me to tell

you she can't finish the cupcakes until

the power comes back on

what's wrong with you guys we saw a

ghost

i told you there were ghosts

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if i do have a ghost in my hotel then

i'm just going to have to get rid of it

[Applause]

what does the ghost oh meter say

nothing so far

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the ghost is up there

maybe i should wait downstairs you know

in case the ghost tries to get away or

something good idea

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i knew

what's going on

ian was pretending to be a ghost and

scaring all my hotel guests

well olivia maybe ian just wanted to

play too

sorry

sorry ian i know how would you like to

be the room service waiter cool

oh good the power's back on

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room service

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julian and francine's parents got home

okay but they said it was okay for them

to spend the night

oh good because i promised everyone that

the hotel olivia has amazing pancakes

for breakfast

i mean

if you don't mind helping me not at all

it sounds like the hotel olivia was a

big success it was but it's not as much

fun as hotel mom

that's very nice to know

good night mom

good night olivia

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i will be the customer in the restaurant

and you can be the waiter

i want to be the customer you can be the

customer after me

okay here's your dinner ma'am

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this is much too spicy take it back

no no no

it's not hot enough take it back

hot but not hot i mean hot but not spicy

here you are

and this is just right okay now you be

the customer

olivia it's time for your piano lesson

i'm sorry sir but the kitchen is closed

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[Applause]

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do

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hello can you hear me yes i need to book

a band for a party i'm planning for mrs

heller

no i do not want it to sound anything

like the music you're hearing

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maybe just a little more practice this

week olivia

no problem miss parker and i love to

practice

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bye bye

thanks again

kids i have a surprise for you two

mother and i are taking you to a concert

saturday night yay

oh boy

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[Applause]

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it's about time for you to begin piano

lessons ian

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i'm going to call miss porker and for

you tomorrow

oh

he has a real gift

isn't that wonderful watch this i can

play with my eyes closed

oh that's my boy

waiting for the mail today olivia i have

a package for you send to siberia please

sorry olivia i can't accept any packages

that may contain little brothers

rule of life number 52 if your mom is

having a baby and she asks you whether

you want a brother or sister that does

not mean you're really gonna get the

kind you asked for

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olivia we need to discuss your actions

today first of all

it simply isn't practical to mail your

brother to siberia sweetie let's look at

the financial aspect it's uh thirty two

dollars a pound times ian's weight uh

comes to

one thousand one hundred twenty dollars

plus uh insurance

that's uh yeah almost fifteen hundred

dollars now

i know sometimes you're not thrilled

with your little brother william is my

little brother ian is my little father

nice yeah but nonetheless he is part of

your family and family is very important

i don't think you'd really want him to

be lost forever

oops look what i did

help me clean this up olivia

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would you mind taking the children to

the grocery store and picking up a few

things

i've typed up a list for you

this party i'm organizing is taking

forever to come together

don't forget anything

no not you elise i was talking to my

husband now what sort of cake were you

thinking about

chocolate

no darling i'm talking to

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it oh how elise this one gosh i got it

hey wait for me

oops

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grab those watermelons

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oh

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well

maybe not

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father you left ian in the store

huh

one two

oops i must have

i saved ian he's going to be eternally

grateful to me

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thanks a lot olivia you're very welcome

were you scared no i wasn't scared and

if i had been lost for five more minutes

the manager was gonna give me a whole

box of chocolate bars

you missed our house dad oh you're right

i don't understand how you could have

forgotten one of the children

uh next time maybe you should write

their names on the list of things to

bring home from the store

anyway the good thing is olivia is the

one who told me i had forgotten him i

think she's over being jealous

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oh

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[Applause]

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[Applause]

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come on

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i'm really proud of you for telling

father that ian was missing thank you

and are you proud of me for helping

carry in the groceries yes and are you

proud of me for protecting william from

the rolling watermelons the rolling

never mind and are you proud of me for

being smart and funny and fashionable

olivia

sometimes you really wear me out

but i love you anyway

i love you anyway too

guess what i decided to take up the

violin well that's really

wonderful

and then all the other instruments in

the orchestra and after that i'm going

to learn to be a conductor

today miss porcran said i was playing

louder than ever before

good night olivia

good night

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lemons lemons

water water

sugar sugar

spoon spoon

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fresh squeezed lemonade everyone's gonna

want to buy some of this i know i would

if i had any money

don't worry ian lemonade makers get it

for free

after i set up my lemonade stand

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nice sign thank you julian i've dreamed

of opening my very own lemonade stand my

whole life

that's a long time

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olivia's lemony lemonade stand is open

for business

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now i need you to be totally honest

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isn't it delicious oh

sour

well lemonade's supposed to be sour not

this sour

but you know some people like sour i

like sour pickles

how sour can it be

okay

it's a little sour i better fix this

before customers get here you mean like

mrs haagenmuller

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ian go fill this cup with sugar and

bring it back

say please please now hurry

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mom where's the sugar

in the cabinet next to the salt

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here's the sugar

are you sure that's enough

julian i've been helping mom make

lemonade practically my whole life

good morning mrs hogg and mueller would

you like a cup of my lemony lemonade

yes please oh

there's nothing more delightful than a

delicious glass of lemonade on a hot

summer's day i made it myself i helped

well then i'm sure it will be quite

refreshing

in fact i'll take two

what do you think

too

salty

wow i've never seen her face do that is

your lemonade sour

yep that's why i call it olivia super

sour lemonade i love anything super sour

i love anything super super sour then

you both come to the right place

oh salty it tastes like ocean

ian you gave me salt not sugar how was i

supposed to know they're both white this

one is my super sour kind of salty but i

have two other pictures of super sour

lemonade coming right up

francine strawberry lemonade get your

strawberry lemonade here

try my fresh strawberry lemonade it's

pink and yummy and unsalted

hello olivia love your outfit it's so

yellow

would you like some strawberry lemonade

no thank you i have my own lemonade

stand oh i didn't know you had a

lemonade stand you sure you don't want

some

no thank you i'll take it

i'll be right back with more paper cups

everybody i had no idea it would be such

a hit

this stuff is pretty good

i don't want a lemonade stand anymore

anyway but olivia you wanted one your

whole life i mean i don't want just a

lemonade stand anymore

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it's olivia

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where the food is delicious and

everything is served with super sour

lemonade

come on we've got work to do

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welcome to olivia's restaurant

if i'm cooking and julian's walking

around with a towel on his arm what are

you doing it's my restaurant my job is

to walk around and sing and make sure

people are having fun

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customers ian start cooking julian start

doing weird stuff

good afternoon daisy

hello harold welcome to olivia's

restaurant do you have a reservation um

no

i guess i can fit you in

follow me

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the cracker and banana appetizer is very

good tonight your waiter will be right

with you to start here are two cups of

olivia super sour salt-free lemonade

mmm really sour

i can hardly move my tongue

i'm supposed to tell you this is today's

special fruity cereal nuggets with gravy

yum

i'll be right back with the main course

uh spaghetti and raisins

this is the best restaurant ever

hi oscar hi otto

i hope this table is okay

rule of life number 52 never seat your

customers under an angry squirrel with

acorns oh no we like it it's cool

unless they insist

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look mom i'm a chef

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excuse me do you have any sour pink

grapefruit jelly beans no sorry but we

do have olivia super sour lemonade no

thank you how about pink marshmallow

watermelon kebabs they only eat or drink

pink food

pink food

that's the one thing we don't have

two glasses of your strawberry lemonade

extra pink please you finally want to

try my lemonade olivia

it's for some of my customers at my

restaurant

they only eat or drink pink food

oh

but i am kind of thirsty can you make it

three

this is really good francine

thank you but running a lemonade stand

isn't as much fun as i thought

having a restaurant is lots more fun

even if it is kind of messy

i don't mind messy sometimes

why don't we become partners

it'll be olivia's restaurant featuring

francine's pink strawberry lemonade

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if you're tired of the same old box of

juice then come to olivia's restaurant

home of francine strawberry lemonade hit

it

olivia

the francie's pink strawberry lemonade

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well that's it for tonight

please

just one more

olivia this is a cookbook

i know

honey it could take all night to read a

cookbook

that's okay

how about we save it for tomorrow

well

all right

good night sweetie good night mom

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you

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
question /ˈkwɛstʃən/ B1	noun - a sentence worded or expressed to elicit information
species /ˈspiːʃiːz/ B2	noun - a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
babies /ˈbeɪbiːz/ A1	noun - very young children
espionage /ɪˈspiːənɑːʒ/ C1	noun - the practice of spying or using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.
bullfrog /ˈbʊlfrɒɡ/ B1	noun - a large, aquatic frog of North America.
inches /ɪntʃɪz/ A2	noun - a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot.
principal /ˈprɪnsɪpəl/ B1	noun - the person with the highest authority in a school.
charge /tʃɑːrdʒ/ B1	noun - the responsibility of taking care of someone or something.
apparently /əˈpærəntli/ B1	adverb - according to what is apparently known or believed.
sheriff /ʃɛrɪf/ B1	noun - a chief law enforcement officer in a county.
boss /bɒs/ A2	noun - a person who has authority over others.
demand /dɪˈmænd/ B1	verb - insist on or require something as a right.
mess /mɛs/ A2	noun - a dirty or untidy state.
stompede /ˈstæmpid/ B2	noun - an act of rushing or trampling.
ruined /ˈruːɪnd/ B1	adjective - completely destroyed or damaged.
cleaning /ˈkliːnɪŋ/ A2	noun - the act of making something clean.
jailhouse /ˈdʒeɪlhaʊs/ B1	noun - a prison.

Key Grammar Structures

• good morning class i have a question for you

  ➔ Indirect Question Formation

  ➔ The sentence uses 'if/whether' implied in 'a question for you' to introduce an indirect question. The word order changes from a direct question (Do I have a question?) to a statement-like structure. The verb 'have' precedes 'a question'.

• yes julian little babies cat espionage

  ➔ Non-Standard Utterance/Stream of Consciousness

  ➔ This is a deliberately fragmented and illogical utterance, likely representing a child's thought process or a humorous, nonsensical response. It demonstrates a lack of conventional grammatical structure.

• very good julian very good julian

  ➔ Repetition for Emphasis

  ➔ The phrase 'very good julian' is repeated. This repetition serves to emphasize the praise and positive reinforcement given to Julian.

• now i'll have to leave one of you in charge

  ➔ Modal Verb + Infinitive (have to)

  ➔ The phrase 'have to' expresses obligation or necessity. It indicates the speaker is compelled to leave someone in charge. The infinitive 'leave' follows 'have to'.

• francine now you be sure to help olivia if she needs it

  ➔ Conditional Clause (if)

  ➔ The sentence contains a conditional clause introduced by 'if'. This clause ('if she needs it') specifies a condition under which Francine should help Olivia. The 'be sure to' construction emphasizes the obligation to help.