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On her computer . . .
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played fun games,
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danced to music,
and visited faraway places . . .
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al l day long.
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Bl ip toppled down a steep, grassy hi l l ,
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Bl ip was outside.
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Outside, Bl ip learned new things,
played fun games,
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danced to music,
and visited faraway places . . .
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al l day . . .
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long.
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But it was getting late.
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and walked back through the forest of very tal l trees,
and cl imbed back up the steep, grassy hi l l . . .
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where she said good-bye to her new friends.
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upstairs . . .
al l the way . . .
Bl ip walked . . .
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and plugged back into her computer.
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Bl ip l iked being plugged into her computer. But al l she could think about . . .
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was how great it was . . .
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to be . . .
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becomes unplugged when there is a blackout.
Soon she discovers that the world can be brighter when you
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