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My pal, Victor, makes up great stories.
He points to a cloud and a dragon appears,
or a rocket ship, or the pyramids in Mexico.
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Sometimes he puts us into his stories.
It's like a movie playing in our heads.
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My pal, Victor, tells great jokes like,
"Did you hear about the chicken who wanted to dance a polka?"
Or, "Why did the elephant paint his toenails red?"
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Or the one that goes:
"If you mix a parrot and a pickle together, what do you get?"
We laugh from joke to joke until our stomachs hurt.
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My pal, Victor, cheers loudest at my baseball games. He claps and yells. He whistles and calls, "Go, Dominic, go!" as I run around the bases.
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And he gives me the high-five when I make it home–SAFE!
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My pal, Victor, swims better than a fish. We dive for pennies at the bottom of the pool. He watches my famous fantastic belly flop. I clap for his fabulous floating frog stroke.
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My pal, Victor, whispers scary stories at midnight when I sleep over at his house. He puts the flashlight under his chin.
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He tells heart-booming stories about ghosts and monsters and haunted houses. Even my goose bumps get scared!
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My pal, Victor, loves to ride the highest rollercoasters and the dizziest, zoomiest, fastest rides he can find.
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I walk out wobbly and dizzy, but Victor points out the next ride we need to try.
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My pal, Victor throws a toy for his dog to catch.
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He blows big, bubble-gum bubbles. He feeds the ducks his leftover lunch.
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My pal, Victor, and I do so many fun things.
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But, the most important thing about my pal, Victor, is that he likes me just the way I am.
