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This story belongs to Leila

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and her Auntie Val.

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It's a tiny tale about Auntie Val's life and her love of sailing.

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-Shall we sing?

-Yes.

-Right.

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# Row, row, row your boat

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# Gently down the stream

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# If you see a crocodile

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# Don't forget to scream. #

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THEY SCREAM

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LEILA LAUGHS

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And now it's time for Auntie Val to take Leila on a journey of discovery

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and share her memories of when she was younger.

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They're chatting about Auntie Val's love of sailing.

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Now, Leila, I want to tell you a story.

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My grandpa...

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he was on a ship called HMS Rob Roy,

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and when he was on the ship, he made this.

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And, you know, this is older than me,

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and it's older than your Great-Great-Grandma Marty.

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And these are his medals.

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-My daddy sails too.

-He does.

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And do you know what?

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I taught your daddy to sail when he was about eight years old.

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Can you teach me to sail?

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I'd love to.

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That would be wonderful, wouldn't it?

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Not only teaching your daddy, but teaching you as well.

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When did you learn to sail?

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Oh, I was quite an old lady before I learnt to sail.

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Why didn't you learn to sail when you was younger?

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Well, I was a very naughty girl.

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I wasn't holding Grandma Marty's hand when we were near a road,

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and I ran across the road when I was about a year older than you.

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And I had a nasty accident.

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And then I had to have an artificial leg.

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But it didn't stop me from learning to sail.

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It actually meant that I did learn to sail.

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Auntie Val was given a new leg by the hospital

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when she lost part of her own leg because of a road accident.

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Because of the accident, Auntie Val didn't begin sailing until she

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was much older, but when she did,

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she couldn't wait to buy her first boat.

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I had some money, and rather than just let it fritter away on nothing,

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I thought, "I'll buy something special." And the thing that

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I wanted to buy that was special was a dinghy,

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and that dinghy was Ginnie.

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It was like being in charge of another world

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and having a whole new sense of freedom,

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to be able to do something

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without being restricted by my artificial leg,

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because my leg didn't matter,

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I was sitting in the boat.

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Auntie Val is taking Leila to her sailing club to show Leila

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her racing boat, which is called Red Jester.

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Welcome to Red Jester, Captain Leila.

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This is my racing boat.

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It goes very fast.

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Now, it's ever so important to know where the wind's coming from.

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So, we have a little flag, called a burgee.

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You hold it. See if you can see where the wind's coming from.

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-There.

-Yeah, and it moves round with the wind. Look.

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And that's important, because when you're sailing,

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you've got to know where the wind comes from. Leila, can you swim?

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-Only with a floater.

-Only with a floater?

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Well, that's all right, cos you can still go the water with

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a life jacket on, but you do need to learn to swim to be a sailor.

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It's terribly important to be able to swim.

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Well, Leila, with your flag, you know where the wind's coming from,

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and you're going to learn to swim,

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and you're going to make a great sailor.

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OK?

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Boats have been around for a very long time - before cars,

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trains and planes.

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One of the oldest types of boat is called a coracle,

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and this old film shows what they would have looked like.

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I'm sure people would have raced them too, just like Auntie Val.

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Coracles are small and light, so you can carry them on your back.

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Look at these funny men carrying coracles. They look like tortoises!

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Auntie Val has sailed on a very special ship called the Lord Nelson.

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It's a tall ship, and it has lots of sails.

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People that sail on the Lord Nelson are people with disabilities,

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just like Auntie Val.

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And now, it's time for Auntie Val to show Leila a boat that she

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-really loves.

-This is Ginnie.

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She's my first ever dinghy, and it's the boat

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I first learnt to race in, so she's very, very special to me.

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She's older than Daddy, which makes her very, very old, doesn't it?

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Would you like to go sailing in her with me?

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-Yeah!

-Great! Let's go.

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Auntie Val and Leila have put on their life jackets, which is

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very important when sailing on water,

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and they're getting the boat ready for sailing.

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Turn and wave to the camera!

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You've got the front of the sail there absolutely perfect.

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-Absolutely perfect. That is wonderful.

-Yay!

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Leila, that's absolutely fantastic sailing.

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You're a natural. Give us a high-five.

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This is my little sister, Anisa. She's not very good at waving.

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THEY LAUGH

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I'm glad to see you've got your life jacket on, ready to go sailing.

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We need to learn a bit more about boats.

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OK, have you got your boat ready?

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-Yep.

-Put it on the side of the pool like I have.

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Now, which is your left hand?

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That's the one! OK, now...

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with your left hand, point to the left-hand side of the boat,

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and this is port.

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Port.

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Very good. Port.

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Now, hold your right hand.

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OK, now point to the right-hand side of the boat,

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and that's called starboard.

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-Starboard.

-Starboard.

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Very good! You both got that right!

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Now...are we going to put our boats in the water?

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-Yeah!

-OK.

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First of all, see if you can make your boats go.

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WATER SPLASHES

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It is tipping.

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One, two - oh! They're all gone!

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Shall we...? LEILA SPLASHES

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You splashed me!

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SHE LAUGHS

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These are just a few of my trophies,

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and thank you very much for helping me clean them.

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What did you get these trophies for?

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I got them for winning.

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Hmm! For winning races.

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Sometimes in Red Jester...

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and sometimes in Ginnie. This one...

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I won when I was sailing Ginnie, when I was racing Ginnie.

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-And...

-That one's nice.

-I got that one for racing Ginnie as well.

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That one looks just like Ginnie.

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It does, doesn't it? Yes.

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And that's really nice.

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-You like that one, do you?

-Yes, cos it's really shiny and sparkly,

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and I love sparkles.

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And not only that, it tells the right time.

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-Yeah?

-Yeah. That's good.

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-You know which is my favourite?

-Which?

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-This one.

-That's my favourite too.

-Cos Ginnie won this one as well.

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And it tells you the temperature,

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how hot it is or how cold it is in the room.

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Which one's the biggest?

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I think this one's the biggest, and it's certainly the oldest,

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and I've won this one six times.

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You're a champion, Leila.

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-There you go. Hold that one up.

-Thank you.

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AUNTIE VAL LAUGHS

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And thank you very much for helping me clean all these trophies.

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Not all of them are clean.

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Oh, we'd better get going, then!

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Here's an old photo of Auntie Val winning another award

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for sailing from Princess Anne, who is Her Majesty the Queen's daughter.

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How exciting!

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People have been racing boats for many, many years.

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Auntie Val usually races a small boat in a lake,

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and some people race enormous tall ships in the sea, like these ones.

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And, the bigger the boat is, the more sails it needs to make it move.

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Look at these amazing pictures of

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the British sailor Dame Ellen MacArthur.

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Dame Ellen is the fastest woman ever to sail around the world on her own.

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This is my mummy and daddy.

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BOTH: Hello!

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It's a very exciting day today,

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because Auntie Val is taking part in a big sailing race.

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Mummy, Daddy, Leila and Anisa have come along to cheer Auntie Val on.

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Good luck, Auntie Val!

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Wow! Look how well Auntie Val is steering the boat.

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-There's Auntie Val!

-Auntie Val must be doing really well in the race.

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She even has time to wave to the family.

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-Come on, Auntie Val!

-You can do it!

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Brilliant! Auntie Val has passed the orange marker and has won the race.

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ALL: Hurray!

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Thank you for telling me stories about sailing.

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That was my pleasure, Leila, and can you remember

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all the special things we did together?

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'We went to look around your lovely racing boat,

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-'Red Jester.'

-It goes very fast.

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-'We dusted all your trophies.'

-You like that one, do you?

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Yeah, cos it's really shiny and sparkly, and I love sparkles.

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'You taught Anisa and I about different parts of the boat.'

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-Port.

-Port.

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'Then, we made waves, and I splashed you.

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'We went sailing on Ginnie, your very first boat.

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'And we had a great time sailing together.'

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Give us a high-five.

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'I watched you race your boat with Mummy and Daddy.'

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-There's Auntie Val!

-Oh, yeah!

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What was your favourite thing about the things we did together?

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Splashing the boat.

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Splashing the boat?

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Well, my favourite thing was taking you sailing on Ginnie,

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cos you were really, really good.

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What a fabulous heap of fun.

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That was Auntie Val's tiny tale about the things she used to do

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and her love of sailing.

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Now Auntie Val has shared her story with Leila,

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it's time for Leila to start her own story.

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Do you know someone with a story to share?

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