 Hey friends today. I've got a fun book to share with you. You may be feeling this way everybody at home in the house together It's called leave me alone I'm wondering if you may have said those words recently to maybe one of your grown-ups or maybe to a brother or sister Leave me alone Let's see what happens in this one Once there was an old woman she lived in a small village in a small house with a very big Family those people do you see her here? She doesn't look very happy does she? That's a lot of people Winter was coming that meant she had some very important knitting to do But it wasn't getting done You can see why it's not getting done all those kids around Her grandchildren were very curious about her knitting Were you supposed to hit the ball with a stick? Could you eat it? Could you make your brother eat it? Why did the ball get smaller and smaller as you chased it? The old woman was at the end of her robe So she made her bed as neatly as she could She swept the floorboards until they more or less shown She drank tea from her samovar She packed up her things in a big sack and as she left she shouted back Leave me alone The old woman walks through the deep dark forest She made a fire so that she could see what she was doing Then she sat down and began to knit The bear family was very curious about the light from her fire And about what she might taste like Leave me alone The old woman shouted But they didn't listen because bears don't speak English So she picked up her sack and left The old woman climbed up the mountain side. It was cold so she found a small sheltered place Then she sat down and began to knit The mountain goats were excited to have a visitor Especially one that brought snacks. Are you ready? Maybe you want to yell it with me at home Leave me alone The old woman shouted But the goats were too busy fighting over the red ones which they all agreed were the best So she picked up her sack and left The old woman climbed higher and higher up the mountain She reached the top and climbed onto the moon She found a rock that was shaped like a chair She sat down and began to knit The little green moon men had never seen a woman before Old or otherwise They examined her with handheld scanners that went beep boop. Are you ready to yell? Leave me alone The old woman shouted But the little green moon men couldn't hear her because they didn't have any ears So she picked up her sack and left through a wormhole The void on the other side of the wormhole was very dark and very very quiet She was absolutely completely utterly alone it was perfect soon she had no more yarn and 30 little sweaters and She was alone So she put the 30 sweaters into her big sack She swept the void until it was a nice matte black She had a cup of tea from her samovar Then she picked up the sack and left through another wormhole When she came out the other side Everything was right where she'd left it and she didn't say a Word and here they are at the back all wearing their new little sweaters This is a fun one because we all have those moments where we want to say leave me alone and Where we would love to go someplace and just be by ourselves I hope you're finding some of those places and what I love at the end is that the old woman Realizes where she really wants to be is back home with her family So I hope you're finding ways to both get some time by yourself But also finding ways to enjoy the time with your family So take care and stay safe, and we'll see you again real soon. Bye. Bye