In tonight’s bedtime story for kids, we meet a boy named Atticus who lives on a pirate ship with his trusty chimp friend, Ace, and the crew. His parents are pirates, and Atticus hopes to one day follow in their footsteps. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Speaker 1: original children's bedtime stories and meditations designed to make bedtime
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Speaker 1: because tonight is pretty exciting. We are soon going to
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Speaker 1: meet a young boy like no other. He's called Atticus
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Speaker 1: and he lives a truly swashbuckling lifestyle on the high seas. Seriously,
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Speaker 1: he lives on a ship, but not any old ship.
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Speaker 1: This is a pirate ship. He lives there with his
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Speaker 1: parents and they are always on the hunt for adventure.
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Speaker 1: So let's all get comfortable in bed and settle in
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Speaker 1: for this eye opening, exciting adventure. It's going to be
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Speaker 1: a goody, we'll soon get to no Atticus and his
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Speaker 1: pirate crew, and join them as they visit a deserted
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Speaker 1: island that holds a very special secret within its sands.
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Speaker 1: As you lie there with your eyes closed in your
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Speaker 1: breathing rising and falling in your chest, nice and calmly
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Speaker 1: like the waves laughing on the shore, breathing and out in,
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Speaker 1: and imagine you are sailing on a big ship, out
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Speaker 1: in the middle of the sparkling blue ocean. This is
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Speaker 1: Atticus the Pirate by Alicia Ainslie. Atticus was a typical
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Speaker 1: ten year old. He liked playing games and practicing sports,
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Speaker 1: and had an inquisitive mind. He had a couple of
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Speaker 1: close friends whom he spent most of his time with,
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Speaker 1: and he loved his parents very much. Atticus was your
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Speaker 1: you usual ten year old boy, except for one big thing.
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Speaker 1: He lived on a pirate ship. Atticus lived a very
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Speaker 1: exciting life for you. See, Atticus was a pirate. Well, actually,
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Speaker 1: Atticus's parents were pirates. Atticus just hoped to one day
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Speaker 1: grow up to be one. Atticus, his pirate parents, and
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Speaker 1: their crew sailed the Seven Seas on their majestic ship,
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Speaker 1: exploring new lands and searching for hidden treasures. Let's meet
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Speaker 1: some of the crew, shall we. Well, we couldn't start
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Speaker 1: without introducing you to Atticus's pirate parents. There's Captain Sloane
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Speaker 1: his mother, and Captain Cliff his father. Sloane and Cliff
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Speaker 1: were well known amongst other pirates for being excellent swashbucklers,
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Speaker 1: intrepid explorers, and clever detectives. Sloane and Cliff had sailed
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Speaker 1: the globe for many, many years, uncovering mysteries and finding
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Speaker 1: buried trunks of precious gold and historical artifacts that nobody
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Speaker 1: else had managed to find. They started as a duo,
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Speaker 1: then took on a few trustee crew members, and eventually
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Speaker 1: they welcomed their son, Atticus to the fold. But having
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Speaker 1: a baby didn't stop them from enjoying their pirate life.
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Speaker 1: Atticus grew up on the pirate ship, joining his parents
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Speaker 1: on all their adventures. The first member of their crew
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Speaker 1: was Ace. Ace was an impressive pirate with a keen
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Speaker 1: eye for navigation and excellent map reading skills. His sailing
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Speaker 1: prowess was so good that he also doubled up as
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Speaker 1: the ship's sailing master, instructing the other sailors and guiding
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Speaker 1: them all to new lands as the captain's requested. Ace
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Speaker 1: was Atticus's favorite crew member, and he looked up to
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Speaker 1: him as a shining example of what a great pirate
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Speaker 1: should be. Oh and did I mention that Ace is
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Speaker 1: a chimpanzee. Yes, that's right, Ace, the talking chimpanzee, was
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Speaker 1: the ship's first mate. As first mate, Ace was second
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Speaker 1: in command and the captain's right hand man or right
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Speaker 1: hand chimp. In this case, you might think that it
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Speaker 1: sounds odd to have a chimpanzee as second in command
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Speaker 1: on a pirate ship, but you haven't met the rest
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Speaker 1: of the crew yet. Next up in the lineup was Huck.
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Speaker 1: Huckleberry was his full name, but he preferred Huck for short.
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Speaker 1: Huck had been a pirate for all of his life,
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Speaker 1: and that was a very long time. Nobody knew exactly
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Speaker 1: how old Huck was, but Atticus assumed he must be
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Speaker 1: close to one hundred years old on account of his
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Speaker 1: wise face and ponchonp for telling wild stories that spanned
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Speaker 1: many generations. Huck was an old man and an old pirate.
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Speaker 1: He had a long white beard, braided all the way
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Speaker 1: down so that it almost reached the floor, and he
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Speaker 1: wore an eye patch across his face. He had a
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Speaker 1: wooden leg and walked with a wooden stick that had
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Speaker 1: a ruby stone pressed into the top. It was allegedly
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Speaker 1: the first piece of treasure that he ever found, and
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Speaker 1: he had kept it close by ever since. To look
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Speaker 1: at Huck was exactly what you would expect of a pirate. However,
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Speaker 1: nowadays Huck spent most of his time singing sea shanties
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Speaker 1: from the lookout spot and recounting stories of his youth,
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Speaker 1: rather than providing much support to the rest of the crew.
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Speaker 1: Atticus had heard that Huck used to be one of
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Speaker 1: the greatest swashbucklers on the high seas, but now Huck
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Speaker 1: could barely lift a sword, let alone swing one. One
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Speaker 1: of the most crucial crew members on the ship was Rain,
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Speaker 1: the bo'swain. Rain was adventurous, skilled and quick thinking. She
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Speaker 1: supervised almost everything on the ship and worked alongside Ace
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Speaker 1: the Chimp to ensure that everything ran smoothly on board.
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Speaker 1: It was Rain who had given Atticus his first lesson
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Speaker 1: in swashbuckling and taught him how to read Latin. She
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Speaker 1: was an inspiration to Atticus, and he hoped that day
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Speaker 1: he would grow up to be as talented a pirate
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Speaker 1: as she was, but Atticus still had a long way
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Speaker 1: to go to become a true pirate. There were certain
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Speaker 1: tasks that you must accomplish before you could earn your eyepatch,
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Speaker 1: your bandanna, and your sword. It was the way of
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Speaker 1: the pirates. In order to become a true pirate, Atticus
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Speaker 1: would have to accomplish the following things to earn his
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Speaker 1: pirate stripes. A true pirate had to uncover hidden treasure,
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Speaker 1: win a swashbuckling competition, learn how to read the stars
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Speaker 1: and guide a ship across the sea, and help someone
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Speaker 1: through a tricky situation. Atticus had begun learning how to
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Speaker 1: do some of these things, but he was still young
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Speaker 1: and had a lot more to learn. Besides, having the
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Speaker 1: opportunity to help someone or find buried treasure didn't come
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Speaker 1: along very often. He would need to wait for the
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Speaker 1: perfect moment. Every day on the pirate ship was different,
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Speaker 1: but there were some similarities in each day too. Atticus
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Speaker 1: would always start his day by doing some schoolwork. His father,
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Speaker 1: Captain Cliff, taught him science, while his mother, Captain Sloane,
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Speaker 1: taught him maths, and as I mentioned, Rain the bo'swain
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Speaker 1: taught him how to read both English and Latin. By
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Speaker 1: the time he had finished his classes, he would head
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Speaker 1: out onto the top deck just in time for lunch.
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Speaker 1: Lunch is served, Come get your grub, A squawky voice
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Speaker 1: would call out across the deck every day at twelve o'clock.
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Speaker 1: All of the crew members would jump to attention and
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Speaker 1: rushed down into the galley to eat lunch. They were
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Speaker 1: always starving by midday and couldn't wait to eat another
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Speaker 1: of the chef's masterpieces. Oh I forgot to mention another
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Speaker 1: important member of the ship's crew, Estelle the parrot cook.
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Speaker 1: That's right, a parrot was the official cook on board
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Speaker 1: the pirate ship. Well. She is a scarlet macaw technically,
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Speaker 1: with a bright red body and dazzling yellow and blue wings.
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Speaker 1: It might sound silly to have a parrot as a chef,
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Speaker 1: but if you tried Estelle's vegetarian chili, you would understand
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Speaker 1: why it is fantastic. Estelle the Parrot grew all of
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Speaker 1: her ingredients aboard the ship in her own little vegetable
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Speaker 1: garden on the top deck, closest to the sun. Estelle
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Speaker 1: tended to her vegetable garden day in and day out
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Speaker 1: to grow the most delicious, succulent vegetables, herbs and spices
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Speaker 1: to use in her cooking. Captain Sloane and Captain Cliff
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Speaker 1: had first encountered Estelle the Parrot and her cooking when
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Speaker 1: they docked in Mexico several years ago. They had visited
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Speaker 1: her restaurant to eat and been dazzled by her tasty concoctions.
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Speaker 1: They had invited her to join their pirate crew as
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Speaker 1: their chef, and, tempted by the idea of daily adventures
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Speaker 1: and boundless freedom, Estelle had accepted their offer. Atticus's favorite
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Speaker 1: food that Estelle made was her gooey chocolate brownies. She
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Speaker 1: only had cocoa in her kitchen from time to time
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Speaker 1: when they stopped buying countries the likes of Nigeria and Peru,
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Speaker 1: but when she had some, she always made a few
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Speaker 1: extra pieces of chocolate brownie just for Atticus. Anyway, I've
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Speaker 1: gone a bit off topic. I've been too distracted by
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Speaker 1: Estelle's delicious food. Where were we? Ah? Yes? After lunch,
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Speaker 1: Atticus would continue his work as a pirate apprentice. Each day,
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Speaker 1: he would follow a different member of the crew to
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Speaker 1: watch how they worked and learn from their knowledge and
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Speaker 1: experience to develop his own pirrating skills. He would observe
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Speaker 1: both of his parents as they went about their captain duties.
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Speaker 1: Sometimes they would even let him practice giving out orders
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Speaker 1: to the crew and selecting a location to sail to next.
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Speaker 1: Atticus loved the idea of being in charge of a
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Speaker 1: pirate ship and hoped that one day he would follow
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Speaker 1: in his parents' footsteps. Atticus was often compaired with Ace
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Speaker 1: the Chimp for his apprenticeship work, which he was more
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Speaker 1: than happy about. It seemed like Ace knew everything there
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Speaker 1: was to know about a ship, and Ace delighted in
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Speaker 1: creating quizzes to test Atticus's knowledge. Ace quizzed Atticus on
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Speaker 1: everything from the countries of the world, to the types
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Speaker 1: of creatures in the sea, myths and legends, to the
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Speaker 1: names of the sides of the boat. They were called
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Speaker 1: starboard and port side. By the way, with every one
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Speaker 1: of Ace the chimps quizzes, Atticus felt like he was
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Speaker 1: learning more and more and one day would know everything
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Speaker 1: there was to know about being a successful pirate. But
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Speaker 1: the best thing about Ace the Chimp was that Atticus
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Speaker 1: looked up to him like a protective big brother. Ace
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Speaker 1: always had Atticus's back and whenever at a felt a
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Speaker 1: little under the weather or down about something, Ace always
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Speaker 1: managed to cheer him up. When Atticus was a little younger,
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Speaker 1: his parents sometimes wouldn't let him get off the pirate
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Speaker 1: ship with them whenever they were heading out on an
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Speaker 1: adventure to search for some hidden treasure. They deemed Attoicus
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Speaker 1: too young to come along. Attoicus wanted to join them
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Speaker 1: so badly, but his parents assured him that when he
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Speaker 1: was older, he could head out on pirrating missions with them.
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Speaker 1: While Attoicus was forced to stay on board the ship,
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Speaker 1: Ace the chimp would stay behind with him. Ace declared
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Speaker 1: himself as Atticus's guardian. He was sworn to protect him
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Speaker 1: at all costs, and so instead of heading out on
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Speaker 1: adventures himself, Ace would stay with Atticus on the boat
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Speaker 1: to keep company and keep him safe. What could have
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Speaker 1: been very dull and disappointing days for Atticus turned into
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Speaker 1: some of the best days he had on the ship.
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Speaker 1: He and Ace would play games on the deck and
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Speaker 1: make up their own sea shanties to sing. They created
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Speaker 1: their own secret handshake, and identified creatures in the sea
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Speaker 1: that passed by. Once, while all the rest of the
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Speaker 1: crew had gone ashore, Atticus and Ace saw a humpback
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Speaker 1: whale leap out of the water near the boat, splashing
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Speaker 1: a wave of water over the top deck. They ran
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Speaker 1: to the side of the boat and called out to
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Speaker 1: the gentle giant to grab their attention. It turned out
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Speaker 1: that the humpback whale was swimming around with their child
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Speaker 1: and they were practicing their acrobatic skills. Atticus and Ace
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Speaker 1: happily served as an audience to the young whale as
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Speaker 1: it practiced and showcased its moves to them before swimming
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Speaker 1: back off into the open sea. When the rest of
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Speaker 1: the crew returned to the boat and Atticus recounted the story,
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Speaker 1: they hadn't believed him, but Atticus and Ace didn't need
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Speaker 1: anyone to believe them. They knew the truth and that
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Speaker 1: was all that mattered. Atticus had a lot of fun
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Speaker 1: training with the other members of the crew too. Whenever
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Speaker 1: Atticus was an apprentice to rain the boatswain, she would
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Speaker 1: often allow him to slack off from pirating duties and
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Speaker 1: treat him to a game of swashbuckling to test out
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Speaker 1: his skills. Rain had said several times that Atticus showed
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Speaker 1: promise as a successful swashbuckler, and she expected that he
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Speaker 1: would earn one of his pirate stripes for it sooner
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Speaker 1: rather than later, Atticus hoped, so he couldn't wait to
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Speaker 1: become a true pirate and put his skills to the test.
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Speaker 1: Atticus would spend hours practicing his sword, flourishing and parries
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Speaker 1: with Rain on the deck, and sometimes she would even
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Speaker 1: let him wear her pirate bandanna while he did it
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Speaker 1: so that he could feel like a proper pirate. Training
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Speaker 1: with old Huck was a bit more laid back, since
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Speaker 1: Huck couldn't do much that was energetic anymore. He would
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Speaker 1: sleepily sit in the crow's nest as the lookout for
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Speaker 1: hours on end. Whenever Atticus had to shadow him, Huck
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Speaker 1: would hand him a telescope and tell him to look
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Speaker 1: out over the sea for approaching ships and distant lands.
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Speaker 1: Then Huk would spend the rest of the time snoozing
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Speaker 1: and snoring in the crow's nest until it was time
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Speaker 1: for dinner. Estelle the parrot would always say, why do
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Speaker 1: we have the oldest man on the ship as lookout?
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Speaker 1: He can barely see what is two meters in front
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Speaker 1: of him, let alone what is miles in a distance,
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Speaker 1: But Atticus didn't mind. He enjoyed his time serving as lookout.
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Speaker 1: Through the telescope, he would often see dolphins dancing in
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Speaker 1: the distance, and sometimes spot the mast of a ship
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Speaker 1: passing by far ahead. It was a great way of
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Speaker 1: observing the sea and getting a better bearing of where
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Speaker 1: they were sailing one day. These skills would prove very handy.
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Speaker 1: Although Huck could often be a sleepy sailor, sometimes he
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Speaker 1: was still useful. Land ahoy, Old Huck called out from
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Speaker 1: the lookout point one day. Rein the Boatswain rolled her
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Speaker 1: eyes as if she was expecting it not to be true,
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Speaker 1: but to her surprise, when she turned round, she too
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Speaker 1: could spot land ahead. Atticus ran over to Ace and
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Speaker 1: asked him if he knew what island this was. The
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Speaker 1: clever chimp consulted his map, but he couldn't match it up.
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Speaker 1: The island didn't appear to be on the map. Atticus's
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Speaker 1: eyes lit up and his tummy started to bubble. He asked, Ace,
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Speaker 1: do you think we might be about to fight a
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Speaker 1: secret island? A smiled and replied maybe. Wouldn't that be exciting?
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Speaker 1: Atticus's parents ordered the crew to pull up off shore
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Speaker 1: so that they could explore the island. They pulled up
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Speaker 1: along a white, sandy beach surrounded by tall, green palm trees.
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Speaker 1: There was nobody else around, so it was the perfect
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Speaker 1: secluded spot for them to dock their boat. Esther the parrot,
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Speaker 1: stayed on board to keep watch over the boat while
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Speaker 1: the rest of the crew hopped off to explore the island,
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Speaker 1: even Atticus. The crew decided to split up to search
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Speaker 1: the island for resources, so Captain Sloane and Captain Cliff
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Speaker 1: went one way rain the Boatswain and Huck pared off,
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Speaker 1: and Atticus went off exploring with his trusty guardian, Ace
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Speaker 1: the Chimp. The island appeared deserted. There was no sign
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Speaker 1: of anybody else being there. It felt as though the
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Speaker 1: island was reserved just for their pirate crew. After a
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Speaker 1: while of walking along the beach in the hot sun,
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Speaker 1: Ace and Atticus decided to sit down on the sand
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Speaker 1: and relax. Atticus was glad that he had put on
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Speaker 1: his sun cream today. The sun was so warm that
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Speaker 1: he could feel his nose prickling from the heat. Ace
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Speaker 1: turned to Atticus from his relaxed position and said, so,
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Speaker 1: what shall we call this new island we found? Then
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Speaker 1: Atticus grinned excitedly and looked around for inspiration. He spied
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Speaker 1: the tall cocoanut trees and the large palm leaves that
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Speaker 1: provided cool shade from the blazing sun. The sand on
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Speaker 1: the beach was bright white, and the waters that lapped
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Speaker 1: against the shore were a crystal clear azure blue. The
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Speaker 1: island was a paradise by all accounts. There was no
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Speaker 1: sign of life on the island except for their crew.
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Speaker 1: Evatticus closed his eyes. All he could hear were the
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Speaker 1: waves lapping on the sand and the sea breeze blowing
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Speaker 1: through the trees. It was blissful. If he was going
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Speaker 1: to choose a name for the island, then it had
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Speaker 1: to be a good one, one that reflected the atmosphere
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Speaker 1: of the island. Then all of a sudden, Atticus noticed
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Speaker 1: the sand to his side starting to bubble and quake.
00:23:12
Speaker 1: The grains of sand began to shift, and he watched
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Speaker 1: in awe as something small tried to push its way through.
00:23:23
Speaker 1: Atticus nudged Ace to capture his attention and whispered, look,
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Speaker 1: what's going on. Ace looked just as perplexed as Atticus,
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Speaker 1: and they stared at the moving sand with anticipation. They
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Speaker 1: watched as the sand crumbled to the sides, and out
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Speaker 1: poked a little face with big black eyes and a
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Speaker 1: curved beaklike snout. The little creature continued to shuffle its
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Speaker 1: way out of the sand, and as it emerged, Atticus
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Speaker 1: and Ace could seem more clearly. With its large ridge
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Speaker 1: shell and four flappy legs, it could only be one thing.
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Speaker 1: It was a baby turtle. Ace had a moment of
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Speaker 1: recognition and he clapped his hands with delight. He whispered
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Speaker 1: to Atticus excitedly, it must be a baby turtle hatchling.
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Speaker 1: How wonderful, But usually there is much more than just
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Speaker 1: one baby turtle hatching at a time. I wonder where
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Speaker 1: the others are, as if they had heard him right
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Speaker 1: on cue, The sand around Atticus and Ace started to
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Speaker 1: bubble and shift, and they watched on in awe as
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Speaker 1: maybe a hundred baby turtles emerged from the beach. The cute,
00:25:05
Speaker 1: tiny creatures scooted their shells out of the sand and
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Speaker 1: used their flailing legs to drag their bellies towards the sea.
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Speaker 1: The hundred or so adorable hatchlings reached the water to
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Speaker 1: take their first swim and jumped straight in. They coasted
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Speaker 1: the shallow waves before diving down into the deep blue
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Speaker 1: sea and out of sight. Wow, sighed Atticus, amazed by
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Speaker 1: the incredible moment, Ace explained to Atticus what they had
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Speaker 1: just seen. He explained that the mother turtle lays her
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Speaker 1: eggs in the sand and leaves them safely covered for
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Speaker 1: around sixty days so the babies have time to grow. Then,
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Speaker 1: when the babies are ready to hatch, they emerge from
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Speaker 1: the sand and returned to the sea to start their
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Speaker 1: new life. Atticus smiled affectionately and gazed out to see
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Speaker 1: what a beautiful thing to witness. He turned back to
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Speaker 1: Ace the chimp and suggested, I have an idea for
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Speaker 1: what we should call the deserted island. It should be
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Speaker 1: called Turtle Bay. Ace thought that was a great name.
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Speaker 1: Turtle Bay it is, he agreed. Captain Sloane and Captain
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Speaker 1: Cliff wandered over to where Atticus and Ace were sitting,
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Speaker 1: carrying as many coconuts as they possibly could. Jumped up
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Speaker 1: and asked his parents if they had seen the sea
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Speaker 1: turtles hatching from the sand too, but they were disappointed
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Speaker 1: to have missed out. It seemed that only Atticus and
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Speaker 1: Ace were lucky enough to have witnessed the natural phenomena
00:27:18
Speaker 1: rain the Boatswain and Huck approached from behind Atticus's parents,
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Speaker 1: carrying lots of coconuts too, and Atticus and Ace jumped
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Speaker 1: up to help out as well. Apparently, Estell had said
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Speaker 1: that if they got enough coconuts from the island, then
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Speaker 1: she would cook up a delicious coconut curry for dinner,
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Speaker 1: so everyone was on hand to pick as many coconuts
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Speaker 1: as possible from the trees. With around thirty coconuts picked
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Speaker 1: between them all, the pirate crew returned to the boat
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Speaker 1: and delivered the coconuts to the galley for Estell. Atticus
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Speaker 1: could already imagine how delicious EST's curry would be for dinner,
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Speaker 1: and he licked his lips in anticipation. The crew returned
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Speaker 1: to their positions, ready to set off back out into
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Speaker 1: the open sea. The day was drawing closer to its end,
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Speaker 1: and Atticus could see the sun beginning to set in
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Speaker 1: the distance. The sun's orange rays were radiating out across
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Speaker 1: the water at the point of the horizon, and the
00:28:36
Speaker 1: sky was turning a deeper shade of purple. Soon it
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Speaker 1: would be night, and Atticus could practice identifying the star constellations,
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Speaker 1: which was one of his favorite things to do. The
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Speaker 1: boat pulled away from Turtle Bay and set sail across
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Speaker 1: the still sea. Atticus leant over the side of the
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Speaker 1: boat and gazed at the waters below. On their pirate ship,
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Speaker 1: they could travel anywhere they wanted. By the time Atticus
00:29:15
Speaker 1: was an old man, like Huck, he would have traveled
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Speaker 1: the world several times over. He knew that he would
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Speaker 1: see so many amazing, miraculous things, just like catching the
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Speaker 1: baby turtles hatching on the beach. The world was full
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Speaker 1: of possibilities and adventures, and Atticus couldn't wait to experience
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Speaker 1: it all. As Atticus gazed down into the crystal clear waters,
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Speaker 1: he spotted a dolphin meandering its way playfully through the
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Speaker 1: sea at the side of the boat. As Atticus looked closer,
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Speaker 1: he spotted something else swimming there too. Dotted around the dolphin,
00:30:07
Speaker 1: as if using it as their guide, were three baby
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Speaker 1: turtles swimming alongside. It seemed that the baby turtles were
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Speaker 1: getting used to their new home, a new world very quickly.
00:30:24
Speaker 1: Atticus rested his head on his folded arms and watched
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Speaker 1: the graceful sea creatures navigate through the waters. The gentle
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Speaker 1: movement of their bodies and the subtle ripples of the
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Speaker 1: waves combined with the rocking of the ship, made Atticus
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Speaker 1: fear a little sleepy. That was another thing that was
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Speaker 1: fantastic about living on a pirate ship. There was nothing
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Speaker 1: better to see you off to a soothing sleep and
00:31:02
Speaker 1: the soft swaying of the boat and the sounds of
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Speaker 1: the ocean in your ears. Atticus looked out at the
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Speaker 1: sea and the setting sun, embraced the bobbing motion of
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Speaker 1: the boat, and dreamt of what his next adventure would
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Speaker 1: be in his thrilling life as a trainee pirate on
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Speaker 1: a pirate ship.