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BACK IN APRIL,A 3RD GRADE
CLASS JUST OUTSIDE LUBBOCK
WROTE LETTERS TO TOM HANKS
AFTER READING A STORY.AND TO
THEIR SURPRIsE,THE ACADEMY
AWARD WINNER WROTE BACK.OUR
STORY.
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TAKE: PKGOUTCUE: read it over
DURATION:1:25"It was good!!"
BETWEEN THE PAGE OF EVERY
BOOK, A NEW WORLD TO BE
DISCOVERED AND LESSONS TO BE
LEARNED.ánatsá MRS. HUBER'S
CLASS READ TWO BAD ANTS IN
APRIL. "for me and I think for
most of these kids, when
you're reading it you can just
see see those tings
happening." THEY FELL IN LOVE
WITH THE STORY ABOUT SOME ANTS
GETTING INTO TROUBLE OVER
SUGAR, SO MUCH THEY DECIDED IT
SHOULD BE A MOVIE, AND WHO
BETTER TO HELP THAN TOM HANKS?
Vicky: "We read the story they
loved it, and I love it and I
said you know what be so
wonderful if they would make
this into a movie and they're
like yeah!" HAVING BIG DREAMS
FOR THE BOOK, THEY TOOK PEN TO
PAPER AND MAILED LETTERS OUT
TO HOLLYWOOD, NOT EXPECTING
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT, MRS.
HUBER RECEIVED A POSTCARD IN
THE MAIL.Vicky Huber - Teacher
"I looked at it and i go,
California?I don't even know
anybody from California and
all of the sudden I thought,
'oh my gish, and I opened it
and I was like 'oh he did, he
did it he wrote back to these
kids and I was so excited."TOM
HANKS HIMSELF-- TELLING THE
KIDS HE WOULD READ THE BOOK
OVER THE SUMMER, AND THANKING
THE KIDS FOR THE LETTERS. ánat
popá MORAL OF áTHISá STORY,
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MIGHT COME
FROM A GOOD BOOK, AND TAKING A
CHANCE. Huber: "if you take
the time write, sometimes
someone will write you a
letter back, and those are the
kinds that you keep you read
it over and over."
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TELLEZ REPORTING.
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Marcus Bagwell:
