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♪ Under the Blue Umbrella ♪

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♪ Yes, 
under the clear blue sky ♪

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♪ There's a world 
to be discovered ♪

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♪ That's full 
of things to try ♪

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♪ Everything is waiting there ♪

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♪ Just for you and me ♪

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♪ Under the Blue Umbrella ♪

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♪ Just take a look and see ♪

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Dad> Come on Shawn, 
we've got work to do.

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Beth> My name is Beth 
and I'm six years old.

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I live with my family on a farm 
in Westville, Georgia.

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Our day starts early,

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'cause there is always chores 
to be done.

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Mom> Go get some water 
to wash dishes,

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there is a lot of work 
to do today.

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Kacea> Yes mam.

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(tableware clanking)

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Mom> Beth, you've got 
your chores to do too.

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Beth> Oh, no.

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Mom> Beth, Beth!

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Beth!

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Here, take this 
to your grandfather.

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Kacea at the store.

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Beth> I help mom 
in many different ways.

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Every day, I take my 
Grandfather's dinner to him

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in town.

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Papa's a cabinetmaker. 
Paul is his apprentice.

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I'm going to find Kacea.

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Papa> Okay, we'll see you 
later Beth.

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Paul> Bye Beth.

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Beth> We don't buy much 
at the stores in Westville.

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We make almost everything 
we need ourselves.

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Kacea and Shawn have been 
to school before.

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I haven't, but I'm going 
to start soon.

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(indiscernible)

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We only go to school 
during summer and the winter.

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We have to have to help in the 
fields the rest of the year.

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Oh, I can't wait 
to start school next week.

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Kacea> Why you so excited 
about starting the school?

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Beth> Because I will have 
my new shoes by then.

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Hello, Mr. Singer.

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I just want to watch you 
working on my new shoes.

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Mr. Singer> Hello Beth. 
Come on in.

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(hammering)

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Beth> Mr. Singer is a shoemaker.

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He makes shoes by hand.

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This will be my first pair 
of real shoes.

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Most children get their 
first pair of shoes,

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when they start school.

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I'm going 
to be starting school soon.

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(hammering)

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Shoe's are made 
from pieces of leather.

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They are put together 
with wooden pegs.

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My shoes will fit because,

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Mr. Singer measured my feet 
and carved a last,

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in the shape of my foot.

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Last is a wooden log, that 
he uses as a form for my shoes.

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He only had to carve one last, 
because both shoes are alike.

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I can wear either shoe 
on either foot.

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When will they be finished 
Mr. Singer?

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Mr. Singer> Don't worry Beth, 
they will be finished

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in time for you 
to start the school.

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(hammering)

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Beth> There are 
many craftsmen like

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Mr. Singer and Papa, 
in Westville.

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They are important in a town 
like ours.

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They can make things 
most people can't make

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for themselves.

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Thank You. See you in a while, 
Mr. Singer.

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Mr. Singer> Bye Beth.

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♪ There is Mr. Blacksmith ♪

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♪ working by the fire ♪

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♪ making tools and 
nails and heat spring. ♪

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♪ Shoes for the for the horses ♪

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♪ grooves for the loom, hit the 
metal on the end we'll hear ♪

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♪ the hammers loudly ♪

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♪ Strands of wood 
and the white oak splits ♪

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♪ Put it all together 
in a checker board weave ♪

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♪ We can use our baskets 
to gather fruit ♪

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♪ roots and herbs 
and vegetable seeds ♪

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♪ There is Mr. Potter ♪

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♪ working at his wheel, 
making the vase ♪

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♪ of a reddish brown hue ♪

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♪ Mold it, shape it ♪

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♪ Now you're all done ♪

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♪ Make it in a kiln 
and it's ready to use ♪

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Beth> Just like the craftsman.

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Many of the things we make 
at home take skill,

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and some training.

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This is a spinning wheel, 
Mama taught me how to make yarn

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out of cotton that Daddy grows.

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I have to turn the spinning 
wheel at just the right speed,

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or else the thread will pop.

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With my fingers, I twist the 
cotton fibers and pull it out,

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making yarn.

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Kacea> I'd like to finish 
this section before we eat.

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Beth, why don't you stop, 
and wind up that yarn,

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before it gets tangled.

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Beth> Okay.

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Beth> The wheel is used 
to wind yarn.

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Whenever a certain amount 
of yarn is on the wheel,

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it pops.

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Mama taught me a song about 
weasel and it's pop.

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Sometimes I even sing 
"Pop Goes the Weasel,"

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as I wind the yarn.

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Kacea is using the yarn we spun, 
to make cloth.

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Mama taught Kacea 
how to weave on the loom.

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By moving the shuttle 
back and forth,

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Kacea is making cloth 
for a new bedspread.

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Kacea uses her feet and her 
hands to make the loom work.

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When the shuttle 
goes through the threads,

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it leaves a piece of yarn 
across it.

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The yarn is pulled tight 
and then another

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piece of yarn 
is put in the opposite way.

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This makes the cloth good 
and strong.

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Mama is teaching me how to cook.

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I hope my biscuits will be 
as good as hers.

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We cook and eat here 
in the kitchen.

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The fire has to be fixed,

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just right for cooking.

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We're having beans and 
roasted chicken for supper.

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Mom is a good cook.

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I bet Daddy and Papa

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will be surprised 
that I made the biscuits.

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Sometimes we bake bread 
in the oven outside.

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For biscuits we use this pan 
with the lid.

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It works just 
like the oven outside.

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Mom puts the hot coals 
on the hearth

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and then puts the pan 
on top of them.

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So the biscuits can cook on top 
as well as on the bottom.

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Hot coals are put 
on top of the lid.

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It makes it nice and hot

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all around the biscuits 
so they can cook.

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We not only cook and eat 
in this room,

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we sit in here most of the time.

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(family talking)

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After supper, 
there is still work to be done.

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Cotton has seeds in it.

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These seeds have 
to be picked out

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before the cotton is used.

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Kacea and I are picking 
out seeds.

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Shawn's churning butter.

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It takes a long time, 
and a lot of hard work

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to make butter.

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Papa made his dulcimer, 
himself.

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He's going to teach me how 
to play it too.

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Dad> Who wants some popcorn? 
Kids> I do!

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Beth> We even grill 
our own popcorn.

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Getting the popcorn ready to pop 
isn't work.

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It's fun.

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Life in 1850 isn't easy.

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But we really don't have 
to work all the time.

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There is some time to play 
after our chores are done.

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Papa made these toys.

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We like to play with them,

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about as much 
as we like to eat popcorn.

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Bedtime comes early

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because our chores start 
when the sun comes up.

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I don't mind going to bed 
though, because that makes it

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one day 
closer to school starting.

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And the day I get my new shoes.

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♪ Blacksmith, carpenter 
and candle maker, too ♪

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♪ They make life better 
for the people like you ♪

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♪ Shoemaker, potter, 
basket weaver ♪

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♪we need these men 
for the work that they do. ♪

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♪