Record breakers
The girl in this story really wants to be a record breaker. Will she break a record?
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It may be the smallest, it may be the tallest, it may be the fastest that there has ever been. The highest, the deepest, the road that's the steepest, the longest and widest the world has ever seen.
There are many kinds of records, serious or odd, running, jumping, lifting weights, or catching fish like cod. If you can think of something new and put it to the test, maybe you could be the one who's better then the rest.
It may be the smallest, it may be the tallest, it may be the fastest that there has ever been. The highest, the deepest, the road that's the steepest, the longest and widest the world has ever seen.
If you sit inside a bath up to your neck in beans, or walk about with seven people all inside your jeans, stand up on the highest pair of stilts and run a mile, or on your face for two whole weeks you always wear a smile.
It may be the smallest, it may be the tallest, it may be the fastest that there has ever been. The highest, the deepest, the road that's the steepest, the longest and widest the world has ever seen.
I think my sister holds the record talking on the phone, I think I'll go and beat the time around the world alone. I could cycle, ride a horse or do it on my hands, maybe there's a record for stretching rubber bands.
It may be the smallest, it may be the tallest, it may be the fastest that there has ever been. The highest, the deepest, the road that's the steepest, the longest and widest the world has ever seen.
Did you know that the person with the most world records in the world is called Ashrita Furman? He's from the USA and he holds one hundred world records! That's amazing, isn't it?
Which world record would you like to try and break? Tell us about it.
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nice story
What a surprise to be a record breaker when you do not even know your own achievement. Every one is a record breaker one way or the other
Very interesting story
answer me do you want to be a record breaker
Really I want to be a record breaker.
do you want ?
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