Bravery: "Show Yourself"

A funny story about how a strange monster terrified my children and how the kids bravely fought back!
Virtue: Courage

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Wow of 12 stars.
This is a story from our family.
One day, when my kids werelittle, we were getting roller
shutters installed on theoutside of our windows getting

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roller shutters installed on theoutside of our windows and the
men came to install them prettyearly in the morning and hadn't
told the children that this washappening.
Normally I warn them the nightbefore, but I didn't realize the
men were coming that early.
So they arrived in the morningand I went outside while the
children were still sleeping andI said to these men please wait
until my children have woken upbefore you start drilling into

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their windows.
And they said yeah, no worries,we've got other things we can
do.
I said thanks, that's brilliant, that's brilliant.
Well, about 15 minutes later,I'm downstairs just doing little
jobs, making sure everything'shumming away and listening out

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for the kids, and I hear thatthe men have started installing
the roller shutters.
They didn't remember what wesaid, or they changed their mind
, or one of them didn't realisewhere the children were sleeping
or something.
And they start on the frontpart of the house, which

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Gabriella is in, and the olderone, cara I hear her and they
are screaming.
These children start screamingbecause they don't know what's
happening and there's bigshadows being cast by the men in
the morning sun.
Their shadows are coming inwith their tools.

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The kids have no idea what'shappening.
And the next thing I hear cara,who is like seven, at the stage
.
She's so brave.
She goes out to the other sideof the house and where her
little sister is and she yellsshow yourself, I'm not scared of

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you.
What are you?
Show yourself, oh my gosh, I amnearly weeing my pants.
I think what aeing my pants.
I think what a brave littlesoldier, what an amazing Disney

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princess.
I run up the stairs to try andhelp them and I see these long
shadows coming out on the floorand I see how scary it is and I
just think, oh, my children areso brave, especially the other
one.

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Show yourself.
Isn't that the best thing for akid to call out?
Like when you really thinkabout it from their perspective.
And it's so funny because itwasn't scary.
But if you were a little kidand you live in half like real
world, half story land, that isthe bravest thing you can say.

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And so on one hand I amlaughing so hard and on the
other hand, I have never beenprouder.
What a warrior.
Show yourself, I'm not scaredof you.
So let that be a lesson to allof us.
And there's something unknowncoming into your life with long

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shadows and scary noise, andyou're trying to protect
somebody.
Scary noise and you're tryingto protect somebody, don't be
scared.
You step up and you say showyourself, I'm not scared of you.
And then say your hail, mary,and you'll be fine.
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