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Today's story is "The Good Egg and the Talent Show", written by Jory John illustrated by Pete Oswald.
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I'm a good egg, a very good egg, yes, a very good egg, and I have a problem, a big problem, yes, a very big problem.
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See, there's a talent show this afternoon, but I don't have any talents, huh, it's true, I can't dance, I don't know how to juggle, I never sing in tune, I don't have an act.
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The Pasta does yoga, the Cookies perform magic, the Marshmallows stack themselves into tall towers.
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The English muffins are actors, the Popcorn jumps really high, and the Cheese plays in a six-piece string band.
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But I'm just a good egg, where are all my amazing skills? where are my unique talents? what am I even doing with my life?
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Think, egg think, what should I do? what will I do? what could I do? Ah! the talent show is starting, and I still don't have an act.
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I guess I'll just sit in the audience, and cheer on my friends, that's what I usually do anyway.
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Showtime, how can I compete with this? I could never do something like that, later, uh-oh, that muffin seems to have forgotten his lines.
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Oh no! the drummer broke her drums, fortunately, I have my lucky bottle cap, drum away, my new friend.
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Oh gosh! the lighting is all wrong, and one of the costumes ripped, good thing I brought this flashlight and this emergency sewing kit.
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Wow! what a show! that was the best one yet. too bad I didn't get to perform an act, but I still had fun.
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Later that night, I was about to leave the theater when something strange happened, the string cheese asked me to wait for a minute.
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Everyone started saying thank you to me, they said, I made every act better, the english muffin called me the star of the show.
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They were so grateful, they couldn't believe, I'd set up this entire talent show by myself, they all said I was a good egg, a very good egg.
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That made me feel very good indeed, wow! that was really something, I made some new friends and I discovered some new talents and I learned an even bigger lesson.
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People notice when you do good things, I guess being kind is a talent too, yes, this was a good day for a good egg indeed.
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I suppose I have some useful skills after all, whoa! another talent show is coming up fast.