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Lily: Hi, Rangers! I'm Lily. This is Rangers Radio... the story you can hear, even with no screen.
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Lily: Yuck! This water is brown and cloudy. Can we make it clearer?
Lily: Eli says: give me five minutes. I'll build a filter.
Ricky: What do you need?
Lily: Step one. A grown-up cuts the bottom off a plastic bottle and turns it upside down. A clean cloth goes in the neck.
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Ricky: Then charcoal, if you have it. Then sand. Then gravel on top.
Lily: Sami counts:
Sami: ¡Cuatro capas!
Lily: Four layers!
Lily: Step two. Pour the water in slowly, at the top.
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Lily: Wow, it looks so much clearer!
Lily: But Daryna says: wait, Lily. Clearer is not safe yet.
Ricky: Germs are too tiny to see. A filter can't catch them all.
Lily: Step three. Now make it safe. A grown-up boils it. Kids step back.
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Lily: Noor says: or treat it with the sun!
Lily: Let's say it again, Rangers. Slowly.
Lily: One... cloth, charcoal, sand, gravel. Four layers.
Lily: Two... pour it in slowly.
Lily: Three... clearer is not safe yet. Germs are too tiny to see.
Lily: Four... a grown-up boils it, or use a sun bottle, six hours.
Lily: Filter first, then boil it or sun it!
Lily: Filter first, then boil it or sun it!
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Lily: Clearer first, then safe. That's the Ranger way!
Lily: Find Field Card number two.
Lily: Tomorrow... can the sun clean our water?
Lily: No screen? Listen free on Rangers Radio.
Lily: Smoky Trail Rangers by David McKellips. Created with Grok. Licensed under C C B Y N C 4.0. Contact: smokytrailrangers at gmail dot com.
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