Elmo videos help kids with 2nd deployment

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Elmo videos help kids with 2nd deployment

By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday May 1, 2008 5:50:16 EDT

Elmo’s dad is deploying — again.

He gets the phone call, sighs and turns to his wife and Elmo, the lovable red Muppet.

It’s official, his dad says: He has to go away again soon.

Elmo bursts into tears, and his mom and dad try to comfort him.

“When Daddy was away before, we did O.K., didn’t we?” his mother says.

Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/04/military_sesamestreet_043008w/

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