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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Coco Sleep, a podcast of
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Speaker 1: original children's bedtime stories and meditations designed to make bedtime
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Speaker 1: a dream. Before we begin, Coco and I want to
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Speaker 1: means more relaxing bedtimes and many calmer, happier evenings, and
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Speaker 1: that makes Cocoa a very happy koala. Indeed. Now on
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Speaker 1: to tonight's story, where we will learn how dreams are
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Speaker 1: created and follow a magical dream giver and his son
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Speaker 1: as they deliver dreams to the world. Close your eyes
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Speaker 1: and imagine magic golden dust being sprinkled over your face,
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Speaker 1: relaxing you and lulling you into a peaceful, deep sleep.
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Speaker 1: This is Bring Me a Dream by Alicia Ainslie. Have
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Speaker 1: you ever wondered where dreams come from? Dreams? Visit us
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Speaker 1: each night when we close our eyes. You may not
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Speaker 1: always remember them, but they are there, soothing us and
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Speaker 1: entertaining us. While we sleep. Without dreams, our nights would
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Speaker 1: be very dull. Dreams allow us to live out new
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Speaker 1: lives and do things we can never do in the
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Speaker 1: real world. Dreams help us process what has happened in
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Speaker 1: the day and escape to different realities for a short while.
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Speaker 1: You can be any one or do anything whisked in
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Speaker 1: a deep slumber. Everything is possible in a dream. But
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Speaker 1: where do our dreams come from? Who creates dreams and
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Speaker 1: puts them in our heads? Well, that would be the
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Speaker 1: dream givers. Dream Givers are magical creatures that look very
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Speaker 1: much like you and me, but they are very different too.
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Speaker 1: The dream givers dwell in a magical land beyond the
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Speaker 1: clouds and just before the stars. They live in cozy,
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Speaker 1: little purple houses that float on top of fluffy white
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Speaker 1: clouds and go completely unnoticed by the humans on the
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Speaker 1: earth below. During the daytime, they rest and play, They
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Speaker 1: create art and write stories. Dream Givers are very creative beings,
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Speaker 1: and their skills are put to perfect use at night
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Speaker 1: when they go to work. When the night comes and
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Speaker 1: the humans of the earth are all tucked up in
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Speaker 1: their beds. The magical dream givers fly around the world,
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Speaker 1: sprinkling their dream dust over the roofs of the houses,
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Speaker 1: giving sweet dreams to everyone inside. Do you remember a
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Speaker 1: really fun dream he once had? Well, a dream giver
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Speaker 1: gave you that. Dreamgivers are very kind and full of wonderful,
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Speaker 1: exciting ideas. Their talents are put to good use, providing
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Speaker 1: dreams to the people of the world. If you remember
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Speaker 1: your dream the next day, then you're very lucky to
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Speaker 1: have the memory of one of their mystical creations. So
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Speaker 1: what does a dream giver look like? I hear you ask.
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Speaker 1: Dream givers have light blue skin, the color of the sky,
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Speaker 1: and are only small. In fact, they are the same
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Speaker 1: size as the ladybirds you see in your garden. But
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Speaker 1: while they may be small, their powers are mighty. Dream
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Speaker 1: Givers look just like humans, except their eyes sparkle like
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Speaker 1: the twinkling of the stars, and their skin shimmers as
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Speaker 1: if they are covered from head to toe in glitter.
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Speaker 1: They speak in soft, hushed tones because they never want
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Speaker 1: to wake anyone, and they fly thanks to tiny angel
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Speaker 1: wings that protrude out of their backs. Dream givers have
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Speaker 1: families just like you and me. There are mothers and fathers,
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Speaker 1: and brothers and sisters, and they all help each other.
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Speaker 1: When young dream givers turn just eight years old, they
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Speaker 1: begin to learn how to create dreams out of dream
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Speaker 1: dust and fly through the skies, assisting their parents in
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Speaker 1: providing dreams to the world. Dream Dust is very powerful
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Speaker 1: and magical. Only dream givers can see the gold shimmering
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Speaker 1: dust as they sprinkle it from their finger tips and
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Speaker 1: down on to the houses below. The dust magically seek
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Speaker 1: through the house and lands on the heads of the
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Speaker 1: people sleeping inside. That's when the magic happens. As soon
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Speaker 1: as the dream does lands on the heads of the sleepers,
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Speaker 1: they immediately relax and fall into a deep sleep. Then
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Speaker 1: the dream givers can really get to work. Dream Givers
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Speaker 1: know all about what people like and how to help
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Speaker 1: them sleep peacefully. A dream giver could guide you to
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Speaker 1: dream about a large, open green park where you can
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Speaker 1: play with your friends all night long. They could create
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Speaker 1: a dream for you in which you saw through the
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Speaker 1: sky on the back of your pet dragon. They might
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Speaker 1: even give you a dream all about out of space
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Speaker 1: where you can float amongst the stars and greet friendly aliens.
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Speaker 1: The possibilities are endless in your dreams. Dream givers love
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Speaker 1: their job and get great satisfaction in designing dreams for everyone,
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Speaker 1: even you. So one night, when Orian the dream giver,
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Speaker 1: ran out of ideas for dreams, he had a big
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Speaker 1: problem on his hands. Orion had been creating dreams for
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Speaker 1: over a hundred years. He had designed dreams for kings
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Speaker 1: and queens, celebrities, and regular folk alike. He had even
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Speaker 1: provided sweet slumbers for animals like the Regal Lion and
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Speaker 1: the Gentle Giraffe. His repertoire of dreams was impressive, and
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Speaker 1: he had never had a disappointed customer. But now, in
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Speaker 1: his one hundred and twenty fifth year, Orion had suddenly
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Speaker 1: run out of ideas. What am I going to do?
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Speaker 1: Orion lamented to his wife as they relaxed in their
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Speaker 1: cozy little house in the clouds one Friday morning. Last night,
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Speaker 1: I barely gave out any dreams. I bear. You have
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Speaker 1: any ideas, and all of them are so uninspired. How
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Speaker 1: can I give any one sweet dreams when I have
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Speaker 1: a creative block? His wife stroked his head and ran
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Speaker 1: her fingers through his wispy white hair as she thought
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Speaker 1: it was very strange that Orion was struggling to create
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Speaker 1: dreams when he had never had any problems before. While
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Speaker 1: he laid his head on her lap with his feet
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Speaker 1: up on the sofa, she watched their two children play outside.
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Speaker 1: They had a little girl named Astrid and a little
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Speaker 1: boy named Cosmo. Cosmo and Astrid were only young, at
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Speaker 1: just six and four years old, but one day they
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Speaker 1: would grow up to become dreamgivers, just like their parents.
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Speaker 1: As she watched her darling children play outside, she smiled fondly,
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Speaker 1: admiring their childish, abandoned and vivid imaginations. They never needed
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Speaker 1: any toys to play with. Astrid and Cosmo were always
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Speaker 1: content simply playing with one another. They would concoct imaginary
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Speaker 1: worlds in their minds and ran around the clouds, pretending
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Speaker 1: to be characters in their own little games. That's when
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Speaker 1: their mother had an idea. She looked down at Oryan
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Speaker 1: laid across her lap, feeling very sorry for himself, and
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Speaker 1: made a suggestion, why don't you take some inspiration from
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Speaker 1: your children. They have brilliant imaginations, and I'm sure they
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Speaker 1: could give you lots of new ideas for dreams. Orion
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Speaker 1: sat up straight and turned to look at his children
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Speaker 1: out of the window. His wife was right, They did
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Speaker 1: have wonderful imaginations, and they were full of youthful curiosity
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Speaker 1: that could be beneficial to his Orion decided to head
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Speaker 1: out to work this evening with a special apprentice by
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Speaker 1: his side, six year old Cosmo. Now, usually dream givers
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Speaker 1: don't begin creating dreams until they are at least eight
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Speaker 1: years old, but Orian was desperate and hoped that his
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Speaker 1: son could provide him with some much needed originality. That night,
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Speaker 1: he prepared for work and made up a small bag
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Speaker 1: of dream dust especially for Cosmo. He handed Cosmo the
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Speaker 1: small gold draw string bag and told him this is
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Speaker 1: your dream dust, Cosmo, and with this dust you can
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Speaker 1: create any dream you want for whoever it lands on.
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Speaker 1: Do you have some ideas? Cosmo nodded his head eagerly,
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Speaker 1: and Orion patted the top of his head with relief. Good,
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Speaker 1: he said, then let's fly. With that. He took his
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Speaker 1: son's little hand, and together they soared up into the sky,
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Speaker 1: flying way above the clouds and out into the night.
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Speaker 1: Cosmo's little wings flapped and fluttered excitedly as he floated
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Speaker 1: alongside his father. They had never been now flying together
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Speaker 1: beyond their home before, and Cosmo had never seen his
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Speaker 1: father at work. As they flew through the sky, Cosmo
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Speaker 1: could see that his father wasn't the only dream giver
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Speaker 1: working to night. There were adult dream givers everywhere. He
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Speaker 1: could see the creatures of his magical land, jumping from
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Speaker 1: house to house, sprinkling their golden dream dust down the
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Speaker 1: chimneys and through the windows. There were men and women,
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Speaker 1: and even young dream givers like himself. Although they all
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Speaker 1: were much older than Cosmo, Cosmo was perhaps the youngest
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Speaker 1: dream giver ever to be out on the job. Together,
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Speaker 1: Cosmo and Orion zoomed through the skies, dancing above the
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Speaker 1: sleeping houses and casting their shadows across the moon. Eventually,
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Speaker 1: Orion and Cosmo stopped and rested on the roof of
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Speaker 1: a house. It was a big stone house with a
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Speaker 1: red roof, a long, pale wooden fence bordered all the
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Speaker 1: way around the house and its garden, and two squeaky
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Speaker 1: clean cars were parked on the driveway. Cosmo could hear
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Speaker 1: light snoring coming from inside. Everyone must already be asleep.
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Speaker 1: Orion pulled out his bag of dream dust and gestured
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Speaker 1: to Cosmo to do the same. They both opened up
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Speaker 1: their bags and stuck their thumb forefinger inside to gather
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Speaker 1: a sprinkling of dream dust. It was up to Orion
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Speaker 1: to teach his son how to design dreams correctly so
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Speaker 1: that everyone inside the house got their own special night sleep.
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Speaker 1: Orion began to teach his son inside this house is
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Speaker 1: a family with a mother, a father, and two children,
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Speaker 1: just like us. What we need to do is sprinkle
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Speaker 1: our dream dust over the rooftop and wait for it
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Speaker 1: to seep in. Then we can create their dreams for them.
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Speaker 1: I'll make the dreams for the parents and little girl
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Speaker 1: if you make the dream for the little boy. Is
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Speaker 1: that all right? Cosmo nodded proudly and asked, in a
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Speaker 1: hushed voice, what do I make him dream about? Father?
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Speaker 1: Orion's eyes lit up, and he placed his hand on
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Speaker 1: his young son's shoulder and replied, you can make him
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Speaker 1: dream about absolutely anything you want. Orion took Cosmo's hand
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Speaker 1: and in perfect synchronization, they sprinkled their dream dust on
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Speaker 1: the red slates of the roof. Cosmo was mesmerized as
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Speaker 1: he watched the golden dust trickle through the roof tiles
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Speaker 1: and down into the house. The magically, four beams of
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Speaker 1: golden light shone up through the roof. Orion explained to
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Speaker 1: Cosmo how each beam of light was a portal into
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Speaker 1: the minds of the sleepers. These portals were how they
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Speaker 1: sent them their sweet dreams. Orian stood over one of
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Speaker 1: the dream portals and began to wave his arms around
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Speaker 1: above it. Small magical sparks shot up and out into
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Speaker 1: the air. As Orion explained to Cosmo what he was doing.
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Speaker 1: I'm creating a dream for the mother. Right now. She's
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Speaker 1: going to be lying on a white, sandy beach next
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Speaker 1: to the sea. I want her dream to be as
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Speaker 1: relaxing as possible. It wasn't his most inspired dream creation,
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Speaker 1: but Oriyan hoped it would be enough to help the
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Speaker 1: woman inside sleep peacefully and wake up refreshed. Then he
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Speaker 1: moved onto the father's dream. He designed a scene within
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Speaker 1: the portal of rolling hills and lush green countryside. He
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Speaker 1: placed grazing horses in amongst the grass, and carved out
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Speaker 1: a country path for the man to walk along. Can
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Speaker 1: I add something, father, Cosmo piped up on. Expectedly, his
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Speaker 1: father stepped aside and allowed his young son to have
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Speaker 1: a go Cosmo looked down into the scene and saw
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Speaker 1: the man walking along the path. Cosmo waved his hands
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Speaker 1: above the scene, and magically, a bicycle appeared by the
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Speaker 1: side of the path. The man in the dream grabbed
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Speaker 1: the bicycle with glee and started cycling along, taking in
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Speaker 1: the breath, taking views as he went. It was a lovely,
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Speaker 1: playful addition to the dream, and Orion appreciated it. Now
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Speaker 1: it's your turn to have a go at a dream
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Speaker 1: of your own, Orian declared encouragingly, leading Cosmo over to
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Speaker 1: the third dream portal. Cosmo fout, butterflies rising in his stomach.
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Speaker 1: If he could make this other little boy dream about anything,
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Speaker 1: then where should he begin. He thought back to the
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Speaker 1: game he and his sister had played earlier on that day.
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Speaker 1: They had imagined they were explorers diving deep into the
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Speaker 1: heart of a magical jungle. In this jungle, they could
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Speaker 1: speak to every animal they saw. What a good idea
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Speaker 1: for a fun dream, Cosmo thought. He looked down into
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Speaker 1: the glowing golden portal to the young boy's mind, took
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Speaker 1: a deep breath, and began to wave his hands above
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Speaker 1: the portal as he created. Inside the portal, he could
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Speaker 1: see the jungle scene appearing before his very eyes. Tall
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Speaker 1: leafy trees began to grow up out of the ground,
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Speaker 1: and large bushes and beautiful flowers began to sprout. He
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Speaker 1: could see the little boy whose dream it was, watching
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Speaker 1: the miraculous scene grow around him, and he began to laugh.
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Speaker 1: Exotic animals such as elephants, zebra, monkeys, sloths, and a
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Speaker 1: friendly tiger began to march around the forest floor or
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Speaker 1: swing from the tree branches. Parrots flitted between the plants,
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Speaker 1: calling out to the human boy, and he started talking
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Speaker 1: back to them. The boy in the dream appeared to
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Speaker 1: be having a wonderful time. Orian watched over Cosmo proudly.
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Speaker 1: He was a natural. Once all of the family's dream
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Speaker 1: scenes were created, they moved onto the next house swiftly.
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Speaker 1: They had a lot of people to deliver dreams to tonight.
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Speaker 1: The next house they arrived at was much smaller than
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Speaker 1: the last. It was a cozy, little bungalow where two
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Speaker 1: grandpairents lived with their dog. Orian paused for a moment
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Speaker 1: and wondered was this a beneficial house for his son
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Speaker 1: to create a dreamer? How could Cosmo possibly know what
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Speaker 1: two elderly adults would want to dream about. Orian hardly
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Speaker 1: knew himself, so this would be a tough one for
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Speaker 1: his young son. They followed the same procedure and sprinkled
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Speaker 1: their dream dust across the rooftop. Three dream portals opened up.
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Speaker 1: Cosmo and Orian both peered into the portal for the grandfather.
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Speaker 1: Harian looked to Cosmo and asked, what do you think
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Speaker 1: I think this man would like to dream about tonight.
00:24:06
Speaker 1: Cosmo scrunched up his little face in thought. Well, he
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Speaker 1: thought out loud, I think that he will like some
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Speaker 1: fun in his dream tonight. It must get very boring
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Speaker 1: when you grow up and can't run and play anymore.
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Speaker 1: Orion was slightly taken back by his young son's shrewd observation.
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Speaker 1: He indeed could imagine it must be frustrating to lose
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Speaker 1: the mobility and energy you had when you were younger.
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Speaker 1: It sounded like a splendid idea. Orian glanced over his
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Speaker 1: son's shoulder as he waved his hands above the portal
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Speaker 1: and manipulated the elderly man's dream. The man was no
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Speaker 1: longer elderly, with aching muscles and tired bones inside his dream. Instead,
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Speaker 1: he looked as young as Cosmo he had been transported
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Speaker 1: back into his six year old body, full of endless
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Speaker 1: energy and without an ache or pain in sight. The
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Speaker 1: man was delighted with his young body and began to
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Speaker 1: jump and run and dance around in his dream world.
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Speaker 1: The man looked very happy and grateful for being young again,
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Speaker 1: and he started running towards a football pitch just as
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Speaker 1: the dream portal began to close off. Orian thought, perhaps
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Speaker 1: adults don't just want to be adults and do adult
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Speaker 1: things in their dreams. Maybe they sometimes want to remember
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Speaker 1: what it was like to be young and care free.
00:26:23
Speaker 1: Perhaps they wanted to relive their youth from time to time.
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Speaker 1: Orian took inspiration from Cosmo's idea and gave the man's
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Speaker 1: elderly wife a similar dream to enjoy for the night,
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Speaker 1: but this time she was a teenager again, getting dressed
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Speaker 1: to attend a dance with her friends. She wore a
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Speaker 1: pretty yellow dress and twirled around in front of the mirror,
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Speaker 1: admiring herself, just as the dream portal closed off. Before
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Speaker 1: they left, they had one final dream to give for
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Speaker 1: the loyal dog. Cosmo designed the perfect dream for the
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Speaker 1: playful companion. He created a big field full of tennis balls.
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Speaker 1: Squeaky toys and the occasional squirrel for it to chase.
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Speaker 1: The adorable fury friend didn't know where to begin. There
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Speaker 1: was so much in the dream to enjoy. To finish
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Speaker 1: off the dream scenario, Orion added his own little touch.
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Speaker 1: He planted a bush in the middle of the field
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Speaker 1: with dozens of doggie treats dangling from its branches. If
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Speaker 1: he did say so himself, this might be the dog's
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Speaker 1: best dream ever. Orion and Cosmo spent the night flying
00:28:19
Speaker 1: from house to house testing out new ideas. They transported
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Speaker 1: dreamers to medieval castles, pirate ships, under the sea, to
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Speaker 1: far off countries, and even back in time. They let
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Speaker 1: people do fun activities such as skiing down snowy mountains,
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Speaker 1: surfing tidal waves, and driving race cars. They even got
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Speaker 1: people mingling with their favorite celebrities, meeting rarity, and reuniting
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Speaker 1: with long lost friends. There were no limits to what
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Speaker 1: they could give to others in their dream worlds. Orian
00:29:18
Speaker 1: couldn't wait for Cosmo to one day be old enough
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Speaker 1: to join him every night with his dream giving responsibilities.
00:29:30
Speaker 1: They were a great team. As the hours ticked by,
00:29:37
Speaker 1: the night drew towards its end, and daylight would soon
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Speaker 1: be here. After just one night of working with his son,
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Speaker 1: Harian was already feeling so much more inspired. There was
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Speaker 1: one house left on their list for tonight. It was
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Speaker 1: a tiny apartment in the middle of a block of flats.
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Speaker 1: It was trickier to get to than the other houses,
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Speaker 1: so Orion and Cosmo flew up to one of the windows.
00:30:20
Speaker 1: They peeped inside and could see the dark outlines of
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Speaker 1: a sofa, a television set, and a kitchen area. Get
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Speaker 1: your dream dust, Cosmo, Orion whispered. Cosmo pulled the string
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Speaker 1: of his bag, but as he did, the string snapped
00:30:47
Speaker 1: and the bag of dream dust came loose, falling all
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Speaker 1: the way to the ground below. Gold dream dust scattered
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Speaker 1: everywhere across the pavement, and Cosmo looked to his father apologetically.
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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, father, it was an accident. How will I
00:31:15
Speaker 1: give these people a dream now? Cosmo bowed his head disappointedly,
00:31:25
Speaker 1: but Orian cupped his little chin with his fingers and
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Speaker 1: lifted his head up to lock eyes with him. Don't worry,
00:31:38
Speaker 1: Orion comforted him. I've got plenty of dream dust to spare.
00:31:45
Speaker 1: You can use some of mine. Cosmo's frowned turned upside down. Immediately,
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Speaker 1: he picked out a sprinkling of gold dust from his
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Speaker 1: father's pouch, and together they blew the dream dust onto
00:32:05
Speaker 1: the window pane. Within seconds, two beams of light radiated
00:32:14
Speaker 1: out of the flat and into the sky. They were
00:32:19
Speaker 1: dream portals for a father and his teenage son. It
00:32:27
Speaker 1: was clear that the father was an artist as he
00:32:31
Speaker 1: sat on a stool in his dream, staring at a
00:32:35
Speaker 1: blank canvas on a painting easel. The man looked dejected
00:32:42
Speaker 1: and disheartened. He didn't seem to have any inspiration to paint.
00:32:50
Speaker 1: Orian understood this man's plight. He too had been struggling
00:32:58
Speaker 1: for artistic inspiration for quite a while. Luckily, he had
00:33:05
Speaker 1: found his inspiration again, all thanks to his son. That's
00:33:13
Speaker 1: when he had an idea. Orion waved his hands in
00:33:18
Speaker 1: front of the dream portal and began to amend the
00:33:24
Speaker 1: man's dreary dream. He filled up the pot on the
00:33:30
Speaker 1: side of the easel with a handful of new paint brushes,
00:33:36
Speaker 1: and he freshened up the pots of paint by the
00:33:39
Speaker 1: man's side. He altered the lonely plain room that the
00:33:46
Speaker 1: man was satin to become the side of a bustling
00:33:51
Speaker 1: city square. There were musicians performing, a mime artist putting
00:33:59
Speaker 1: on a show, and many people walking, talking, sitting, and
00:34:06
Speaker 1: admiring the scene around them. The square was full of life. Then,
00:34:18
Speaker 1: as a finishing touch, Orion brought the man's teenage son
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Speaker 1: into the dream. His son placed his hand on his
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Speaker 1: father's shoulder to get his attention and pointed at the
00:34:34
Speaker 1: people around them. The man's face lit up and he
00:34:41
Speaker 1: began to chat with his son animatedly. Together they started
00:34:48
Speaker 1: to plan what he would paint, and before he knew it,
00:34:53
Speaker 1: he had picked up a paint brush and was starting
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Speaker 1: to paint once more. Orion smiled fondly as the dream
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Speaker 1: portal closed. If there was one dream he was proud
00:35:12
Speaker 1: to have provided this evening, it was that one he
00:35:18
Speaker 1: loved being able to give back to someone else struggling
00:35:24
Speaker 1: after he too had been through a rough patch. Cosmo
00:35:30
Speaker 1: turned to look at his father, having just finished up
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Speaker 1: his own dream creation for the teenage son, and stretched
00:35:41
Speaker 1: out his arms and legs as he yawned. It had
00:35:48
Speaker 1: been a long night and Cosmo was in need of
00:35:52
Speaker 1: a very well deserved rest. Orion took Cosmo's hand and
00:36:03
Speaker 1: they flew up into the sky and headed towards the horizon,
00:36:08
Speaker 1: where they would see the morning sun beginning to rear
00:36:13
Speaker 1: its head for the day far ahead, they could just
00:36:19
Speaker 1: make out the faint outline of their home in the clouds.
00:36:27
Speaker 1: Can I come with you again tomorrow night, father, Cosmo pleaded,
00:36:34
Speaker 1: as his little wings softly flapped up and down, pushing
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Speaker 1: him through the air. Orian chuckled softly, We'll see my son,
00:36:51
Speaker 1: but right now you need a good day's sleep sun.
00:37:00
Speaker 1: As they reached their home, Harian scooped up a little
00:37:06
Speaker 1: Cosmo and carried him to his bed. He tucked him
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Speaker 1: in underneath the douvet and thanked him for his help.
00:37:19
Speaker 1: Before Cosmo could even reply, his eyes had shut tight
00:37:27
Speaker 1: and his breathing had fallen into a steady rhythm. As
00:37:33
Speaker 1: he fell dee asleep, Orian stroked his son's forehead affectionately
00:37:43
Speaker 1: and kissed him on his brow. Then he grabbed his
00:37:50
Speaker 1: bag of dream dust, reached his hand inside, and sprinkled
00:37:57
Speaker 1: some onto his son's eyes. If there was anyone who
00:38:04
Speaker 1: deserved a pleasant sleep, it was definitely Cosmo, and Orion
00:38:13
Speaker 1: set to work designing the most wonderful dream he ever
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Speaker 1: had