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[V/V seems to have turned her phone on deliberately. She's sitting in a library, surrounded by young children.]

This story is about a girl named Alice and her family.

Once there was a pretty girl who was named Alice. She was sweet and kind, and she was loved very much by the people who took care of her, the Black Count and the Red Baron.

[One of the children speaks up.] Were they her parents?

They weren't related to her, but she treated them like family, so they're a family.

The Black Count and the Red Baron loved Alice so much that they built her a city and filled it with people so she would always have friends and playmates, and Alice was very happy. And the Count and the Baron were happy because Alice was happy. But the people in the city weren't happy. They wanted to go home and see their other friends, and they weren't allowed to leave.

One day a dashing hero came and freed all the people, and he separated Alice from the Black Count and Red Baron. And they were all very sad, because they couldn't live together any more, even if what they'd been doing was bad.

The hero saw how sad they all were, and he let them come back together if they promised to be good. They did promise, and they decide to move to the countryside where they wouldn't have to make anyone move anywhere and they could just live together.

Did they live happily ever after?

Yes, they did.

Tell us another story!

[V/V giggles and turns off the video.]

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...Where'd you hear a story like that?

I made it up.

Well, it was certainly interesting.

The children really liked it.

It certainly looked like they did.

I really like volunteer work.

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What was the point of that story?

It meant that even though people did something bad, they can still try again to get it right.

...hm. So you're reading to those children?

Yes. They had a really good time.

You really care about others' happiness.

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...I don't think I've heard that story.

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I made that one up. Some others I read out of the books.

Really? That's kind of cool.

The children really enjoyed it.

I remember that story. It is one of my favorites.

I'm glad everyone likes it so much. Do you read many stories?

I do. It's one of my favorite things. Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, even some more modern ones.

But Alice in Wonderland is my very favorite.

That's the one where - well actually, a lot of things happen in that one, I'm not sure how to describe it.

[V/V doesn't know enough to say 'acid trip'.]

A lot of things do happen. But it's the story of a little girl who falls down a rabbit hole, meets many interesting people, and in my favorite version, defeats the Red Queen and helps the good White Queen come back to rule over Wonderland, leaving it safe for everyone else.

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[ David is just wearing his usual pokerface, but the corners of his lips might be tugging up veeery fainly. ]

That's a good story.

They liked it too. So I'm happy.

It is an admirable treat to work for other people's happiness like that.

I wish I could do this all the time.

Why would it not be okay for you to do so? Is something stopping you?

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