In tonight's bedtime story for kids, we meet up with Cam M Bear, as he continues his cheese tour, this time going to England to stay with a stoat friend named Bree, and throwing himself down a hill in pursuit of a rapidly rolling wheel of cheese. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Speaker 1: listen to whenever you fancy. All Lala Tonight's tale is
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Speaker 1: truly cheestastic. You're no doubt think I'm pulling your leg
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Speaker 1: when you hear what she is. The Shenanigans go on
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Speaker 1: in this little British village. But I promise you with
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Speaker 1: all my heart that what you hear in this story
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Speaker 1: is true. I can't wait to tell you about it.
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Speaker 1: But first let's get into bed. Wiggle, jiggle and roll
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Speaker 1: about a bit if you need to and you're still
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Speaker 1: feeling energetic. Ah. And then when your body is ready
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Speaker 1: to rest, just let it and as you do so
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Speaker 1: take a lovely big breath to say out there you
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Speaker 1: go nice now, relax and see if you can remember
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Speaker 1: our dapper French friend cam and Beer from France. Boy
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Speaker 1: does he love his cheese and he's always on a
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Speaker 1: mission to find more and learn about them. There are
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Speaker 1: so many to discover after all. Tonight he's making a
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Speaker 1: special trip to England, in fact, not too far away
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Speaker 1: from where I'm standing right now, and he's coming to
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Speaker 1: take part in a most peculiar but brilliantly fun race.
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Speaker 1: This is cam Umbert and the Great Cheese Race by
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Speaker 1: Alicia Ainslie. If you've ever been to France before, then
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Speaker 1: you will know that they have lots of lovely shops
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Speaker 1: selling delicious things. On almost every corner. You can find
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Speaker 1: boulangerie and patisseries that sell delicious baked goods, poissonnerie that
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Speaker 1: sell fish, and of course fromagerie where you can buy cheese.
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Speaker 1: One of the most popular fromagerie in France belongs to
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Speaker 1: a bear named cam Umbert. Carm Umbert's for Marjorie was
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Speaker 1: well known by the locals and not so locals for
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Speaker 1: being a truly topknot shop where you were guaranteed to
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Speaker 1: find a huge choice of cheese on offer, all served
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Speaker 1: with a smile by the passionate owner. Cam and Beert's
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Speaker 1: mission was to offer as many different cheeses from around
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Speaker 1: the world as possible. Cam and Bet had caught the
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Speaker 1: travel berg after his recent trips to Italy and the
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Speaker 1: mountains of France, where he discovered a variety of delicious,
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Speaker 1: unique cheeses that he'd never heard of before. Now he
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Speaker 1: was constantly looking for new places to visit, the new
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Speaker 1: cheesy delicacies to try. He wanted the menu in his
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Speaker 1: from Arjerie to be the most elaborate, most exciting menu around.
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Speaker 1: He wanted everyone to know about Cam and Bears from
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Speaker 1: Ajerie and its global cheeses, So Cam and Beert was
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Speaker 1: always on the lookout for new places to visit. Recently,
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Speaker 1: he had heard about something that sounded right up his street.
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Speaker 1: Camp and Bear had recently overheard a pair of visitors
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Speaker 1: to his fromagerie discussing a great cheese race. One of
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Speaker 1: them mentioned how they had visited Gloucestershire in England the
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Speaker 1: year before and watched something rather amusing in an English town.
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Speaker 1: Animals and people alike had chased a giant wheel of
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Speaker 1: cheese down a large hill, and the first to catch
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Speaker 1: the cheese won the whole thing, and apparently it was
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Speaker 1: rather spectacular tasting cheese too. Camembert's interest was piqued immediately
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Speaker 1: and he started to do some research of his own.
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Speaker 1: The customer was right. The cheese race was held every
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Speaker 1: year in Gloucestershire, England, at Cooper's Hill. The area is
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Speaker 1: world famous for its double Gloucester cheese, and that was
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Speaker 1: exactly what everyone chased down the hill. The contest attracted
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Speaker 1: lots of onlookers and participants alike. As soon as Camembert
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Speaker 1: read about it, he wanted to be one of them.
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Speaker 1: He wanted to take part in this great cheese race. Luckily,
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Speaker 1: for Camembert, he knew exactly who he could ask to
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Speaker 1: stay with during his visit. Over the years, Camembert had
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Speaker 1: adopted several pen pals whom he regularly wrote to but
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Speaker 1: had never met. He had pen pals in India and Greece,
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Speaker 1: Canada and Japan. But the pen pal he knew he
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Speaker 1: could call upon on this occasion was a British stoat
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Speaker 1: named Brie, who he had been conversing with for the
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Speaker 1: past three years. Miraculouslie. Brie lived in a little village
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Speaker 1: close to Cooper's Hill called Snow's Hill. She was a
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Speaker 1: mother to four tiny stoats and had a husband named Barry.
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Speaker 1: Brie worked in a cafe in the village, and she
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Speaker 1: and Came and Beer had struck up a friendship over
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Speaker 1: their shared love of food. Brie had said several times
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Speaker 1: over the years that whenever came and Beer wanted to
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Speaker 1: visit England, he was always welcome to stay with her.
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Speaker 1: So this would be the perfect opportunity to finally meet
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Speaker 1: his British pen power. Came and Beer rifled through his
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Speaker 1: drawers and found the letters he had received from Brie
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Speaker 1: over the years. Once she had written down her telephone number,
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Speaker 1: and that was exactly what he needed right now. He
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Speaker 1: found the number, picked up his phone and dialed the digits.
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Speaker 1: The lion rang a few times, but there was no answer.
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Speaker 1: Camembert was just about to hang up when he heard
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Speaker 1: the click of a receiver and a quintessentially British voice
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Speaker 1: sweetly spoke down the phone. Hello, the Stoked residence, the
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Speaker 1: voice said. Cammbert's heart skipped to beat with excitement. Roy
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Speaker 1: is that you, Cam asked down the phone in his
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Speaker 1: deep French accent. There was a delighted gasp from the
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Speaker 1: sweet voice on the other end of the line, and
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Speaker 1: they replied, Yes, it is Cam, Is that you, my
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Speaker 1: dear Camembert chuckled and confirmed that yes, it was him.
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Speaker 1: Cam and Bury laughed and chatted for almost an hour,
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Speaker 1: absolutely thrilled that they were finally hearing each other's voices.
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Speaker 1: Explained to Brie that he would love to take a
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Speaker 1: trip to England to attend the Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling Race,
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Speaker 1: and before he could even ask, Brie immediately offered him
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Speaker 1: a place to stay. She would be honored to host
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Speaker 1: her precious pen pals in her home. The plan was set,
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Speaker 1: and Camembert and Brie agreed that he would visit for
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Speaker 1: the May Bank holiday weekend. Together they would attend the
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Speaker 1: Great Cheese Race, and in their spare time, Brie would
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Speaker 1: show him a true British welcome and give him a
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Speaker 1: tour of her local area. When the day finally came
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Speaker 1: for Camembert to visit England, Brie collected him from the
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Speaker 1: airport in her adorable little blue car and drove him
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Speaker 1: out of the bustling city and into the idyllic, peaceful,
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Speaker 1: winding roads of the Cotswolds. The Cotswolds were known for
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Speaker 1: being an area about standing natural beauty, and cam could
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Speaker 1: see why. Everywhere he looked there were rolling hills of
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Speaker 1: green for miles and miles, and charming little towns dotted
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Speaker 1: in the midst of it. All stone walls snaked across
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Speaker 1: the hills, separating sections of land and lining the Roadsides
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Speaker 1: and wooden gates provided passage through the fields for walkers.
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Speaker 1: Smatterings of woodland broke up the landscape, and rivers wound
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Speaker 1: their way through the towns and into the dips in
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Speaker 1: the hills. After some time, Brie drove her car into
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Speaker 1: her village of Snow's Hill and Cammberer was blown away.
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Speaker 1: It was like taking a step back in time. The
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Speaker 1: village was only very small, but it was still breath taking.
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Speaker 1: All of the houses were made of yellow stone, and
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Speaker 1: their walls appeared to be just a little crooked, giving
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Speaker 1: away how old the buildings were. A church stood proudly
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Speaker 1: in the center of the village, and the houses and
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Speaker 1: cottages were all lined up around it in a big circle,
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Speaker 1: backed by tall green trees. Brie waved to a few
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Speaker 1: friendly villages as she drove by, and they all took
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Speaker 1: a double take at her car when they realized that
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Speaker 1: there was a massive brown bear crammed into the passenger
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Speaker 1: seat alongside her. Bree giggled, noticing her fellow village's confusion
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Speaker 1: as they drove past, and said, to Cam and Bear,
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Speaker 1: what must we look like? Brie pulled up the tiny
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Speaker 1: blue car outside a sweet yellow crooked cottage with a
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Speaker 1: gray thatched and a sky blue front door. Green vines
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Speaker 1: swept up the front of the house and pink flowers
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Speaker 1: bloomed daintily within the leaves. It looked like a cottage
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Speaker 1: straight out of a story book. Welcome to my home,
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Speaker 1: Bri announced, cheerfully, gesturing to the pretty cottage as she
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Speaker 1: stepped out of the car. It is maun you fik
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Speaker 1: Ammonbert replied, complimenting her house. As if on cue. The
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Speaker 1: front door to the cottage swung open and out poured
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Speaker 1: four little stoats, giddly running towards Camonbert. The tiny stoats
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Speaker 1: climbed up his big furry legs and crawled all over
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Speaker 1: his body, scratching his fuzzy bear head with intrigue. Is
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Speaker 1: this your friend? Ful frats, Mamma, one of the little
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Speaker 1: stoats asked in a squeaky voice, he's a very big stoat.
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Speaker 1: Another young stoak commented. Camembert chuckled and replied, that is
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Speaker 1: because I am not a stout, I am a bear.
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Speaker 1: The little stoats all scuttled back down onto the ground
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Speaker 1: and stood in front of Camembert in a straight line,
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Speaker 1: gazing up at him in awe wow. One of them sighed,
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Speaker 1: we've never met a bear before. Ree trotted towards the
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Speaker 1: front door of the cottage and said, well now you
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Speaker 1: have now give mister Cammbert some room. That was not
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Speaker 1: a very proper British welcome. The little stoats apologized for
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Speaker 1: climbing all over Camembert and politely off out their tiny
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Speaker 1: hands to shake his massive paws. Cam learned that Bree's
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Speaker 1: children were called Wensley, Blue, Philly and Quark. The family
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Speaker 1: of Stoats led Camembert inside the cottage and instantly set
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Speaker 1: to work making him feel right at home. He had
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Speaker 1: his own cozy little bedroom at the back of the
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Speaker 1: house with feathered pillows and a big, warm douvet on
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Speaker 1: the bed. Camembert couldn't wait to climb into it. Later,
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Speaker 1: out of the window he had a wonderful view of
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Speaker 1: the garden filled with white roses and a dinky pond
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Speaker 1: in the middle. Once he had unpacked, cam and Beer
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Speaker 1: returned downstairs and sat at the dining table. Breeze served
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Speaker 1: up a big teapot full of tea for Camembert to enjoy,
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Speaker 1: with a selection of delicious cakes and scones that she
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Speaker 1: had made herself. There were cold cherry SCons and warm
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Speaker 1: cheddar SCons, which Camembert particularly enjoyed, along with so many
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Speaker 1: different cakes that he could hardly keep track. There was
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Speaker 1: a Victoria sponge, a fruit cake, a pink and yellow
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Speaker 1: checkerboard loaf called battenberg cake, and a nutty bakewell tart.
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Speaker 1: He couldn't remember the other names, but they were all
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Speaker 1: equally as scrumptious as each other. Bree boasted that baking
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Speaker 1: cakes was practically a competitive sport here in England, and
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Speaker 1: they took it very seriously. By the time Camembert had
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Speaker 1: gratefully eaten up everything that bree had prepared for his
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Speaker 1: special afternoon tea, he was stuffed and needed a long nap.
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Speaker 1: He retreated to his cozy little bedroom at the back
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Speaker 1: of the cottage and laid down on the bed, satisfied
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Speaker 1: with his full tummy and looking forward to the cheese
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Speaker 1: rolling race he would get to witness the very next day.
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Speaker 1: At dinner time came and Beert joined the Stoat family
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Speaker 1: as they sat down together for dinner. Bree's husband, Barry,
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Speaker 1: was back from work at the post office, and he
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Speaker 1: was eager to share the ins and outs of his
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Speaker 1: day with Camembert, who listened graciously as Bree placed their
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Speaker 1: plates of dinner on the table, a meal of bangers
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Speaker 1: and mash. Barry asked Camembert about himself, what brings you
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Speaker 1: to Snow's Hill? Then cam Barry asked, pouring thick gravy
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Speaker 1: all over his mashed potatoes. Came and Bert explained that
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Speaker 1: he had traveled all the way over from France to
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Speaker 1: take part in the Cooper's Hill cheese rolling race. Wensley,
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Speaker 1: the oldest child, giggled and said, what a funny type
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Speaker 1: of race, but Barry seemed to take it very seriously
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Speaker 1: and added, it is a bit of a wacky concept,
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Speaker 1: but it is a tradition that's been going on for
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Speaker 1: hundreds of years. We'll be wishing you the best of
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Speaker 1: luck to morraca'm old chap. Camembert smiled and thanked Barry
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Speaker 1: for his well wishes. He was looking forward to it,
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Speaker 1: although at that moment he didn't realize just how wacky
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Speaker 1: the race would be. On the day of the Great
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Speaker 1: Cheese Race, Brie drove Camembert over to Cooper's Hill, where
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Speaker 1: the race was hosted. Brie drove them both in her
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Speaker 1: little car again, and Camembert had to stoop very low
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Speaker 1: to squeeze his big furry body inside. No matter how
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Speaker 1: small he tried to curl himself up. His fluffy, bare
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Speaker 1: ears still poked out of the open window in the roof,
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Speaker 1: and he held his knees close to his chest. They
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Speaker 1: drove around the winding roads of the Cotswolds and eventually
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Speaker 1: parked up at the bottom of a steep, grassy hill.
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Speaker 1: Cam and Bear stepped out of the car and stretched
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Speaker 1: out his body with relief as he took in the
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Speaker 1: sight of Cooper's Hill. It was much taller than he
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Speaker 1: had imagined it would be. Other animals and people were
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Speaker 1: already making their way up the big hill towards the
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Speaker 1: start line, whilst an audience gathered at the bottom in
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Speaker 1: a big crowd and TV reporters set up their cameras
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Speaker 1: to capture the occasion. Brie explained that the Cooper's Hill
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Speaker 1: Cheese rolling race was a very popular event and competitors
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Speaker 1: came from all over the world to take part. Cam
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Speaker 1: and Bear was pleased to see so many cheese lovers
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Speaker 1: in attendance. He felt right at home. Although Camembert was
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Speaker 1: still yet to try this famous double gloster cheese, it
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Speaker 1: would be fantastic if the first piece he tried was
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Speaker 1: from the prize winner's wheel of fromage. Cam and Bear
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Speaker 1: started to walk up the hill, but noticed that Brie
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Speaker 1: was not following him. He turned back and asked, Brie,
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Speaker 1: mon Ami, are you not coming. Brie admitted that she
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Speaker 1: would prefer to watch the race, not take part in it.
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Speaker 1: She wished came and Bert good luck and promised that
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Speaker 1: she would cheer him on from the finishing line. Came
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Speaker 1: and Beert said goodbye to his friend and gazed ahead
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Speaker 1: to the top of the hill. It looked like he
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Speaker 1: would have to do this alone. At the top of
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Speaker 1: Cooper's Hill, there was a varied assortment of animals ready
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Speaker 1: to compete in the race. There was a troop of
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Speaker 1: English rabbits wearing large running shoes and crash helmets who
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Speaker 1: looked like they were taking it very seriously, along with
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Speaker 1: a Scottish owl in a sweatband and a sports shirt
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Speaker 1: who was stretching its wings in preparation. There were animals
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Speaker 1: from much further afield who had traveled far to join
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Speaker 1: the race too. A panda from China sat on the ground,
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Speaker 1: touching their toes calmly, and a monkey from Gibraltar jogged
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Speaker 1: on the spot to warm up. Cam was starting to
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Speaker 1: think that he had underestimated just how competitive this race
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Speaker 1: was going to be. It seemed that everybody was desperate
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Speaker 1: to catch the wheel of double gloster cheese. Cam and
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Speaker 1: Bert decided to take a look at the race route
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Speaker 1: and peered over the edge of the hill. It was
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Speaker 1: very steep and a long way down to the bottom
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Speaker 1: where the finish line was. Cam and Beer would need
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Speaker 1: to be careful as he ran down the hillside. It
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Speaker 1: was a long way to go. All of a sudden,
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Speaker 1: the master of ceremonies stepped forward, carrying the prized wheel
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Speaker 1: of cheese that they would all be chasing. It was
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Speaker 1: about the size of a small bicycle wheel, and it
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Speaker 1: looked rather heavy. It was decorated with a red ribbon,
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Speaker 1: and the Master of Ceremonies held it as though it
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Speaker 1: was a precious duel that mustn't be dropped. The Master
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Speaker 1: of Ceremonies stood at the top of the hill and
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Speaker 1: announced to everyone that she would count from one to four.
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Speaker 1: On three, she would release the cheese, giving it a
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Speaker 1: one second headstart, and on four the competitors would be
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Speaker 1: free to chase after it. Whoever caught the wheel of
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Speaker 1: cheese at the bottom of the hill would be the winner.
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Speaker 1: Camembert felt the crowd of competitors around him close in
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Speaker 1: to get closer to the cheese. There were a lot
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Speaker 1: of competitors cam and Beer counted almost forty of them.
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Speaker 1: If he wanted to win the grand prize of cheese,
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Speaker 1: he couldn't let his eyes off the wheel for a second.
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Speaker 1: If he lost it, then he would struggle to find
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Speaker 1: it again amongst the crowd of animals. Camembert locked his
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Speaker 1: eyes on the wheel of cheese and braced himself to run.
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Speaker 1: The Master of Ceremonies began the count one, two, three,
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Speaker 1: She dropped the wheel of cheese and it began to
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Speaker 1: roll down the hill quick as a whippet faur. She cried,
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Speaker 1: and the competitors dashed down the hill excitedly. The crowd
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Speaker 1: at the bottom cheered and applauded everyone as they raced
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Speaker 1: after the wheel of cheese, and Camembert felt as though
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Speaker 1: he was in a dream. It was all so surreal.
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Speaker 1: He kept his eyes on the wheel of cheese hurtling
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Speaker 1: down the hill. He bent down on to all four
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Speaker 1: of his bare paws and began to charge down the grass.
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Speaker 1: His four strong legs helped him powerfully race down Cooper's Hill,
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Speaker 1: keeping his balance all the way. He zigzagged in and
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Speaker 1: out of the other competitors, sprinting as fast as he
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Speaker 1: possibly could towards the cheese. All around Camembert, the other
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Speaker 1: competitors attempted to get down the hill as fast as
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Speaker 1: they possibly could. The troop of rabbits hopped along, trying
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Speaker 1: not to trip over their long feet, and the panda
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Speaker 1: rolled all the way down the hill like a giant, fluffy,
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Speaker 1: black and white snowball without the use of its wings.
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Speaker 1: The owl struggled to keep up with everyone else and
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Speaker 1: fell behind. Meanwhile, the monkey from Gibraltar tumbled and bounced
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Speaker 1: down the hill, losing sight of the cheese wheel straight away.
00:23:54
Speaker 1: All of the different animals running the race moved as
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Speaker 1: quickly as they could in their own individual ways, but
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Speaker 1: nobody was as fast and sturdy on their feet as
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Speaker 1: cam Um Bear. Cam and Bear honed in on his
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Speaker 1: cheesy target and went for it. His paws dug into
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Speaker 1: the mud and propelled him forward down the hill expertly,
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Speaker 1: but the cheese was rolling very fast. It must have
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Speaker 1: been going over seventy miles per hour. As the cheese
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Speaker 1: approached the bottom of the hill, cam and Bear wondered
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Speaker 1: if he or anyone would catch it in time. It
00:24:43
Speaker 1: rolled towards the audience at the base of the hill,
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Speaker 1: and they all moved to the sides to allow it
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Speaker 1: to roll past. Seeing that his opportunity to catch it
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Speaker 1: was running out fast, Cam and Bear gave himself a
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Speaker 1: final push. He leapt through the air, pause outstretched, and
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Speaker 1: dived onto the rolling wheel of cheese. He closed his eyes,
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Speaker 1: wrapped his arms around it, and rolled forward a few times.
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Speaker 1: He gradually slowed down and came to a halt, and then,
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Speaker 1: when his bottom was firmly sitting on the ground, he
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Speaker 1: opened his eyes and sighed with relief he had caught
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Speaker 1: the wheel of cheese. He was the winner. The audience
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Speaker 1: erupted with cheer, and a voice announced over the microphone,
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Speaker 1: we have a winner. Mister cam Bear of France has
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Speaker 1: caught the wheel of double Gloucester cheese sweeches for our
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Speaker 1: champion hip. Hip. Hooray, Hip, Hip, hooray Hip Hip, hooray.
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Speaker 1: Camembert was a little bit dizzy from all the rolling,
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Speaker 1: and it took him a few moments to realize just
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Speaker 1: what he had achieved. But once he had come to,
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Speaker 1: he was delighted. A TV reporter rushed over to Camembert
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Speaker 1: and shoved a microphone in front of his face as
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Speaker 1: a cameraman filmed his reaction. The reporter asked, in a
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Speaker 1: clipped voice, Camumbert, how does it feel to be the
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Speaker 1: winner of this year's Gloucestershire Cheese rolling race. Camembert smiled
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Speaker 1: and that it felt wonderful. He was very proud of himself.
00:27:05
Speaker 1: The reporter probed inquisitively, and why did you come all
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Speaker 1: this way to enter? Camembert shrugged his shoulders and smiled sleepily,
00:27:17
Speaker 1: gazing at the giant wheel of cheese in his hands.
00:27:22
Speaker 1: He replied quite simply because our adore cheese. His kind
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Speaker 1: pen pal Brie trotted over to him to congratulate him
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Speaker 1: on a fantastic job. What an achievement, cam Ree gushed,
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Speaker 1: You will now go down in history as one of
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Speaker 1: the winners of the Great cheese rolling Race. I can't
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Speaker 1: wait to tell Barry and my little Stoakes all about
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Speaker 1: this when we get home. Camembert sat down and placed
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Speaker 1: his prized wheel of cheese on the ground without a
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Speaker 1: word from his pocket. He pulled out a napkin and
00:28:13
Speaker 1: tied it around his neck to create a bib of sorts.
00:28:18
Speaker 1: Then he pulled out two forks and held one out
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Speaker 1: to Brie. Who would you like to join me in
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Speaker 1: enjoying my prize, Brie, he asked her softly. Bree giggled
00:28:33
Speaker 1: and responded that indeed she would. Brie sat down on
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Speaker 1: the ground opposite Carman Beert and they tucked into the
00:28:42
Speaker 1: big wheel of cheese. They slipped off the decorative ribbon
00:28:48
Speaker 1: and pealed back the wooden casing to reveal the gooey
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Speaker 1: goodness within. Carmanbert took the first bite of cheese and
00:29:01
Speaker 1: it melted on his tongue. It was well worth racing
00:29:07
Speaker 1: after Cam and Bet and Brie ate as much delicious
00:29:14
Speaker 1: double Glouster cheese as they could until they were so
00:29:18
Speaker 1: full that they felt sleepy. They laid back on the
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Speaker 1: grass and closed their eyes, listening to the crowds, competitors
00:29:30
Speaker 1: and TV crews gradually depart, leaving Cooper's Hill silent once more.
00:29:40
Speaker 1: Cam and Bear breathed in the fresh spring air and sighed.
00:29:47
Speaker 1: His full furry belly heaved up and down as he
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Speaker 1: breathed in and out. He was perfectly useful and drifted
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Speaker 1: off into a cheesy dream, eager to share his success
00:30:09
Speaker 1: with his customers back home at his fromagerie and add
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Speaker 1: this delectable double Gloucester cheese to his fromagerie's menu.