by Chelsea Lin Wallace
illustrated by Lian Cho
illustrated by Lian Cho
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00:00For Jen Roth, who dares me to be daring every day.
00:08CLW For David Soman.
00:13Who dared me to paint daringly.
00:15LC Dare to be daring.
00:19Words by Chelsea Lynn Wallace.
00:22Pictures by Lee Ancho.
00:24Today, I will dare to be daring when I got to the playground to play.
00:29My eyes will not peek, but I'll certainly shriek in a will-I-came-down sort of way.
00:35Today, I will dare to be daring.
00:39There's something I've longed to let free.
00:42It might shake as it floats in a flutter of hates.
00:46But the sounds they will hear will be me.
00:49Today, I will dare to be daring.
00:52It is something I've wanted to try.
00:55No sidelines for me, imjumping in, wee.
00:59I'll dodge it, I'll duck it, I'll fly.
01:02Today, I will dare to be daring.
01:05I will.
01:06No, I can't.
01:08Today, I will dare to be daring.
01:12You say this is pea and beef stew.
01:15It's green and it's grimy.
01:17It moved.
01:18And it's slimy.
01:20I did it.
01:22I ate something new.
01:24Today, I will dare to be daring.
01:27My mistakes will not chase me away.
01:30With every finesse even when it's a mess.
01:33I'll create something new as I play.
01:36Today, I will dare to be daring.
01:39I will.
01:41Nope.
01:42Still can't.
01:44Today, I will dare to be daring.
01:47I'll ask first, make sure it's okay.
01:51I've dreamed of this feeling my heart it is squealing.
01:55Does he sit?
01:57Does he shake?
01:59Can he stay?
02:01Today, I will dare to be daring.
02:03My belly's in tangles, it's true.
02:07That paste tastes like candy.
02:10This suck tool is handy.
02:12A trip to the toy bin.
02:15Woohoo.
02:16Today, I will dare to be daring.
02:19I will brave to be basement below.
02:22No nope, not happening.
02:25Today, I will dare to be daring.
02:27It might hurt if I get turned away.
02:30But I'm going to try even while I'm still shy.
02:34Hi.
02:35Could I possibly play?
02:37Today, I will dare to be daring.
02:40I may topple and tumble and flop.
02:43But the second I'm at it,
02:46my soul is ecstatic.
02:48This is darling that's worth every
02:51drop.
02:53Today, I will dare to be daring.
02:56I will brave to the basement alone.
02:59The shadows, I worry because they are scary.
03:03But I'll try to find.
03:05What was that groan?
03:07Oh, it's you.
03:09It's our light that we shine that is daring.
03:12It glows when we set our fears free.
03:15So tomorrow, we'll dare our fears
03:18better beware as we shine for the whole world to see.
03:22The end.