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Mick folds his ar tells me you’ve all heard these stories before”

“No, no, no,” they cry “We’ve never heard these before!” They pretend to be adaame they’ve all played before

“You’re sure you’ve never heard The Very Hungry Caterpillar?” he asks, and he teases the the book

“We promise!” they yell on top of one another

He puts the book back down

Ryan barks out a laugh beside iddy inside just seeing how excited he is

Mick picks up a different book and the kids cheer for that one too, but not quite as loudly as they did for the caterpillar book One of Ryan’s friends goes and sits on the floor beside Mick and holds her hands at the ready

She starts to tell the story in ASL, and Mick follows along with her signs, reading out loud as she goes She obviously knows the story by heart, and he’s just keeping up and showing the pages, but the excite the story She’s not just interpreting She’s storytelling She’s using ASL to paint a vivid picture of what’s happening in the book for the children She’s acting, signing, and being overall funny, puffing out her cheeks and shaking her finger Mick laughs at her and continues to read, keeping in time with her story, even if it means he has to pause every now and then so she can elaborately draw a picture with her hands She’s telling a story with her hands and the rest of her body

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And it’s socould be

Everyone claps when she’s done, and I see that a s for deaf kids,” Ryan explains toaids and other listening devices They enjoyed the story tre kids

They read seven roup perforry Caterpillar Mick picks up the book and the kids go crazy

Ryan looks at oes to sit on the floor by Mick I had no idea he would be perfor

He starts to tell the story of a very hungry caterpillar who hatched frole to hatch with his hands and er, and then has it crawl up and down his own arry the caterpillar is, so he holds his belly and shakes it, sinking his cheeks in by sucking on theh the story He’s es for the kids, but none of the Ryan, and I can see why

Ryan is really good at this When he gets to the part of the book where the caterpillar eats oranges, he pretends to shoot hile and laugh all the way to the end of the story When it’s over, there’s an audible sigh of sadness Then the clapping starts