In tonight's specially selected rewind story, we're looking back on the time little Daisy Doolittle met Houdini the Hamster, who would go on to become her very best friend. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Kuala Moon, 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. I'm going to tell you a story all
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Speaker 1: about a girl who discovers, whilst walking around a pet
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Speaker 1: shop that she has a superpower. She's lived all her
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Speaker 1: life not knowing about it until this one visit that
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Speaker 1: changes everything. As you lie in your bed and close
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Speaker 1: your eyes, imagine what it must be like to discover
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Speaker 1: your own superpower. Perhaps you already have one, but you
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Speaker 1: don't realize it yet. Maybe you're a master playmaker and
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Speaker 1: you can always find something to entertain yourself with. Or
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Speaker 1: perhaps you are very good at being brave when you
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Speaker 1: are a little bit scared. Or maybe you're great at
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Speaker 1: telling jokes and always have your friends and family and
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Speaker 1: fits of giggles. Have a little think as you stretch
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Speaker 1: out your body, your arms and legs and take some
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Speaker 1: relaxing breaths. After your final wriggle and jiggle, settle yourself
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Speaker 1: down into your bed and be still as I tell
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Speaker 1: you all about the day Daisy Doolittle meets a very
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Speaker 1: friendly hamster called Hoodini in her local pet shop. This
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Speaker 1: is Daisy Doolittle, Meets Hoodini the Hamster by Gillian Rogerson.
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Speaker 1: Daisy Doolittle woke up bright and early one morning, and
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Speaker 1: a huge smile settled on her face. She knew it
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Speaker 1: was going to be the best day ever. Something very
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Speaker 1: special was going to happen that day, something she had
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Speaker 1: been waiting a long time for. Daisy looked at the
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Speaker 1: clock on her bedside table. It was too early to
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Speaker 1: wake her parents up. She snuggled down in her bed
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Speaker 1: and thought about the wonderful day that lay ahead. She
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Speaker 1: imagined herself walking along the main street in town and
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Speaker 1: stopping outside a certain shop. She let out a big
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Speaker 1: sigh of happiness. Daisy had walked past the shop many
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Speaker 1: times with her parents and had always stopped to gaze
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Speaker 1: dreamily through the window, But this was the day when
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Speaker 1: she would finally open the door and enter the pet shop.
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Speaker 1: Daisy Doolittle loved animals, loved them with all her heart. Naturally,
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Speaker 1: she had asked her parents for a pet, but they
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Speaker 1: had told her very kindly it wasn't the right time
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Speaker 1: for them to have a pet. They had explained why,
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Speaker 1: and young Daisy had understood, But she knew in her
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Speaker 1: heart there would be a pet in her life one day.
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Speaker 1: That day had finally arrived. Her parents had recently told
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Speaker 1: her the time was right for them to have a pet,
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Speaker 1: and they would be going to the pet shop soon
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Speaker 1: so that Daisy could choose the perfect animal because it
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Speaker 1: would be her pet. Dad had laughed and said, don't
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Speaker 1: choose a big pet, Daisy, we can't fit an elephant
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Speaker 1: or hippopotamus in the house. Daisy said she wouldn't pick
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Speaker 1: either of those animals because they didn't sell them at
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Speaker 1: the pet shop. She checked the time again on her clock.
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Speaker 1: It was still a bit early, but surely her parents
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Speaker 1: wouldn't mind if she woke them up. Now. They must
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Speaker 1: be as excited as she was about going to the
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Speaker 1: pet shop. In fact, they might already be awake. Daisy
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Speaker 1: jumped out of her bed and ran into her parents room.
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Speaker 1: They were still asleep, but it didn't take Daisy long
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Speaker 1: to wake them up. Once their eyes were fully open
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Speaker 1: and her mom and dad could see how excited their
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Speaker 1: daughter was, they agreed to get up immediately. Not long after,
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Speaker 1: Daisy was skipping along the high street at the side
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Speaker 1: of her parents. Her heart was full of joy. They
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Speaker 1: arrived at the wonderful pet shop Daisy's dad opened the
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Speaker 1: door and told her to go in first. Daisy stepped
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Speaker 1: into the shop and smiled in utter delight. She could
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Speaker 1: hear gentle animal noises coming from all directions. She clasped
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Speaker 1: her hands together, and the smile on her face grew
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Speaker 1: bigger and big. There were beautiful animals wherever she looked,
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Speaker 1: cats and dogs, hamsters and mice, rabbits and tortoises, and
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Speaker 1: many many more. Daisy looked left and right. Where should
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Speaker 1: she begin on her search for her first pet. She
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Speaker 1: listened to the noises coming from the animals to see
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Speaker 1: if they would lead her in the right direction. She
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Speaker 1: heard lots of animal noises and chatter coming from customers.
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Speaker 1: She also heard someone singing a cheerful song about running
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Speaker 1: on a wheel. It was a lovely song. Where was
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Speaker 1: it coming from? Daisy looked at the customers nearby. None
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Speaker 1: of them was singing, but she could still hear the
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Speaker 1: joyful song, and it seemed to be coming from somewhere nearby.
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Speaker 1: She asked her parents if they could see who was singing.
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Speaker 1: Her dad frowned and said, I can't hear anyone singing.
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Speaker 1: I can hear squawks and barks, mews and squeaks, but
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Speaker 1: not singing. Daisy, why don't you have a wander around
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Speaker 1: the shop and take a good look at the animals
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Speaker 1: to see which one you'd like to take home. We'll
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Speaker 1: be nearby. Daisy said she would do that, and she
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Speaker 1: would find out who was singing too. She walked past
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Speaker 1: the smaller animals and stopped outside a fish tank. There
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Speaker 1: were two orange fish inside it. One of them had
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Speaker 1: a black ring around one eye. Daisy chuckled and placed
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Speaker 1: her hand against the glass of the tank. She smiled
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Speaker 1: at the fish with a black ring around his eye
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Speaker 1: and said, here, look like a pirate wearing an eyepatch.
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Speaker 1: Have you got a pirate's name? Of bubbles popped out
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Speaker 1: of the fish's mouth, and Daisy heard the words, Yes,
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Speaker 1: I do have a pirate's name. I am Blackbeard. What's
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Speaker 1: your name? Daisy blinked in surprise. The fish looked at
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Speaker 1: her as though waiting for Daisy to speak. Daisy blinked again.
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Speaker 1: Fish didn't talk. She must be hearing things. Daisy quickly
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Speaker 1: walked away from the fish tank. The person who had
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Speaker 1: been singing about running on a wheel was now singing
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Speaker 1: about hiding in a bed of soft, comfy straw. What
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Speaker 1: a peculiar song, But they did have a nice voice,
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Speaker 1: and Daisy wanted to see who was singing. Daisy walked
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Speaker 1: past a cage that had a hamster inside it. The
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Speaker 1: song grew louder. She must be getting closer to the
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Speaker 1: person who was singing. A movement caught Daisy's eye. The
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Speaker 1: hamster in the cage was doing something strange. She turned
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Speaker 1: around and looked closer at the little animal. The hamster
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Speaker 1: was lying on his back in a pile of straw
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Speaker 1: and kicking his legs in the air. He was moving
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Speaker 1: his mouth, and he looked like he was singing a song,
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Speaker 1: the very song that Daisy could hear. No, that was impossible.
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Speaker 1: Daisy muttered, fish don't talk and hamsters don't sing. The
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Speaker 1: hamster stopped kicking his legs and looked straight at Daisy.
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Speaker 1: Excuse me, the little hamster said, politely. Did you just
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Speaker 1: say something? If so, would you mind repeating it please?
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Speaker 1: I I said, fish don't talk and hamsters don't sing.
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Speaker 1: Daisy gave him a small smile. Are you really talking
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Speaker 1: to me? I didn't know animals could talk. The hamster
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Speaker 1: smiled and said, I didn't know humans could understand me.
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Speaker 1: But now that you're talking, could you let me know
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Speaker 1: what you thought about my song? Did you like it?
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Speaker 1: Daisy nodded, I really liked it. Did you sing the
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Speaker 1: other one too? About running on a wheel? The hamster
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Speaker 1: chuckled and said that was him too, and he did
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Speaker 1: love running on the wheel in his cage very much.
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Speaker 1: Daisy introduced herself and asked if he had a name.
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Speaker 1: The hamster Daisy, what a lovely name. I'm Houdini. Daisy frowned,
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Speaker 1: I've never heard that name before. The hamster explained he'd
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Speaker 1: be named after a man who used to escape from
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Speaker 1: many places, even from locked rooms. The little animal swiftly
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Speaker 1: jumped into a little pile of straw behind him and
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Speaker 1: shuffled about in it. Daisy wondered what he was doing.
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Speaker 1: All of a sudden, Houdini the hamster suddenly appeared on
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Speaker 1: Daisy's shoulder. He put his arms out and said, tada,
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Speaker 1: I can escape from locked places too, I'd do it
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Speaker 1: all the time. Daisy giggled. He was a funny hamster.
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Speaker 1: Houdini said he'd never seen Daisy in the pet shop
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Speaker 1: before and asked why she was there. Daisy said, I'm
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Speaker 1: going to choose a pet, my very first one. There
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Speaker 1: are a lot of lovely animals here, and I'm not
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Speaker 1: sure which one to pick. Houdini nodded his little head.
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Speaker 1: The animals here are lovely. I've been here a while
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Speaker 1: and know them all. Would you like some help choosing?
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Speaker 1: If you don't mind, I could sit on your shoulder
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Speaker 1: as you walk around the shop. Daisy still hadn't got
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Speaker 1: used to hearing him talk, and asked if the other
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Speaker 1: animals would talk to her too, because she wanted to
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Speaker 1: be prepared. Houdini grinned and said, some of them talk
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Speaker 1: all the time, even when they're asleep. I don't know
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Speaker 1: whether you'll understand them or if they would understand you,
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Speaker 1: and there's only one way to find out. Shall we
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Speaker 1: visit the puppies first. Daisy said yes and followed the
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Speaker 1: hamster's directions as he led her to an open cage
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Speaker 1: where three fluffy puppies were playing chase with each other.
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Speaker 1: When the puppies saw Daisy, they scampered over to her
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Speaker 1: and said, Hi, do you want to play our game?
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Speaker 1: It's great fun. They wagged their tails back and forth.
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Speaker 1: Daisy understood every word they said. Daisy said not today,
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Speaker 1: but thank you for asking me. The puppies waved goodbye
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Speaker 1: and then continued chasing each other around the cage. They
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Speaker 1: had a lot of energy, and Daisy a bit tired
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Speaker 1: just watching them. Houdini asked Daisy if she would like
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Speaker 1: to take one of the puppies home. Daisy said she
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Speaker 1: wasn't sure, and asked if they could look at some
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Speaker 1: other animals, perhaps one that didn't run around so much.
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Speaker 1: I know, just the chap Hoodini said, go to the
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Speaker 1: end of this aisle and you'll find him. He's usually
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Speaker 1: inside his little wooden shed. Daisy walked on until she
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Speaker 1: came to the shed. It was no higher than her
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Speaker 1: knees and had the name Harvey written on it. She
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Speaker 1: asked the hamster if Harvey was inside the shed. A
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Speaker 1: cheerful voice from within the little wooden building called out, Yer,
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Speaker 1: I Am, give me a minute and I'll come out.
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Speaker 1: Houdini was this could take a while. Daisy waited patiently
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Speaker 1: for Harvey to come out of the shed. She could
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Speaker 1: hear him shuffling about inside, but no animal appeared. She
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Speaker 1: wondered what kind of animal he was. Houdini jumped off
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Speaker 1: her shoulder and landed on the roof of the shed.
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Speaker 1: He said to Daisy, whilst we're waiting, can you tell
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Speaker 1: me a little more about yourself? I only know your
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Speaker 1: name and that you can talk to animals. Daisy told
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Speaker 1: the hamster about herself and her family, her friends, and
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Speaker 1: the schools she went to. As she spoke, she kept
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Speaker 1: looking at the shed, hoping to see Harvey coming out.
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Speaker 1: When Harvey still didn't appear, Houdini kept Daisy entertained by
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Speaker 1: dancing across the roof. He waved his hands in the
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Speaker 1: air and jigged from one side of the roof to
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Speaker 1: the other. Daisy clapped and said he was very good.
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Speaker 1: From within the shed, Harvey called out, I'm almost there.
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Speaker 1: I'm going as fast as I can. Houdini the hamster
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Speaker 1: leapt through the air and landed smoothly on Daisy's shoulder.
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Speaker 1: He said, have you guessed what kind of animal Harvey
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Speaker 1: is yet? Daisy smiled and said, uh, tortoise. Perhaps she
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Speaker 1: was right. A happy looking tortoise slowly shuffled out of
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Speaker 1: the shed. He raised his poor at the visitors and said,
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Speaker 1: Hollo the goodness, I'm moved far too quickly. Then I
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Speaker 1: need to sit down for a rest. He sat down,
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Speaker 1: closed his eyes and promptly fell asleep. Daisy looked at
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Speaker 1: Houdini and asked if they should wait for him to
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Speaker 1: wake up. The hamster said Harvey could sleep for hours
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Speaker 1: and asked Daisy if she wanted to look at another
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Speaker 1: animal instead. He chuckled and said, perhaps one that moves
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Speaker 1: more quickly than Harvey. Daisy nodded. She had a feeling.
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Speaker 1: She already knew which animal she wanted to take home,
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Speaker 1: but she was enjoying walking around the pet shop with
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Speaker 1: a friendly hamster on her shoulder. Houdini and Daisy visited
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Speaker 1: some of the other pets in the shop. They said
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Speaker 1: hello to cats and rabbits, guinea pigs and birds, gerbils
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Speaker 1: and claw fish, and even a bearded dragon. Daisy had
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Speaker 1: never seen a bearded dragon before, and she had a
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Speaker 1: lovely chat with him. Daisy and Houdini talked to all
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Speaker 1: the animals they met. Daisy understood everything they said, and
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Speaker 1: they all understood her. She soon got used to talking
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Speaker 1: to animals and it felt very natural to her. She
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Speaker 1: saw her parents every now and again. As they wandered
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Speaker 1: around the aisles, they noticed the hamster on her shoulder,
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Speaker 1: but didn't say anything. Once Daisy and her new friend
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Speaker 1: had seen the last animal in the shop, they returned
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Speaker 1: to the isle where Houdini's cage was. Houdini said, have
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Speaker 1: you made a decision yet? If you're not sure, we
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Speaker 1: can go round the shop again. I don't mind. I
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Speaker 1: like sitting on your shoulder and talking to you. Daisy
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Speaker 1: said she liked talking to him too. She told him
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Speaker 1: she had made a decision and held her hand out.
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Speaker 1: Hoodini jumped into her palm, looked up at her, and
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Speaker 1: asked who was going to be her very first pet.
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Speaker 1: Daisy smiled at the kind hamster and said, would you
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Speaker 1: like to be my pet? Would you like to live
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Speaker 1: in my house? Hoodini sat down in surprise and said
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Speaker 1: no one had ever asked him that before. Her big
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Speaker 1: smile spread across his little face. He said, I would
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Speaker 1: like that, Daisy, I would like that very much. Thank
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Speaker 1: you for asking me. Daisy smiled and said she was
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Speaker 1: very glad he had said yes. Then she asked what
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Speaker 1: she should do next. Could she take him home straight away?
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Speaker 1: Did she need to buy him a new cage or
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Speaker 1: could he take the one he was already living in.
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Speaker 1: Houdini pointed towards the other side of the room and said,
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Speaker 1: Daisy should speak to the owner of the shop. She
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Speaker 1: was called Olive and she would organize everything. You should
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Speaker 1: speak to your parents too, He said, are you going
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Speaker 1: to tell them you can talk to animals. Daisy said, oh, yes,
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Speaker 1: I should do that. I'm not sure how to tell them, though.
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Speaker 1: Houdini said, I'm sure they'll understand, but if you need
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Speaker 1: my help, just let me know. He jumped off her
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Speaker 1: shoulder and ran around to the back of his cage.
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Speaker 1: Two seconds later, he appeared inside the cage, sitting on
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Speaker 1: a pile of straw. Daisy waved to him and ran
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Speaker 1: over to her parents. She told them she'd chosen a pet.
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Speaker 1: Her dad said he would take care of all the
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Speaker 1: arrangements and asked if she wanted to buy some toys
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Speaker 1: for her new pet. He had seen some colorful tubes
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Speaker 1: on the next stile, which would be perfect for a
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Speaker 1: little hamster to run through. There was a little slide too.
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Speaker 1: Daisy said she would do that. She'd tell her parents
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Speaker 1: she could talk to animals later on, perhaps when they
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Speaker 1: got home. Some time later, Daisy and her parents arrived
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Speaker 1: home with the newest member of their family. Daisy's mom
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Speaker 1: and dad said they would get Houdinie's cage ready and
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Speaker 1: suggested Daisy show him around the house. Hoodinie hopped onto
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Speaker 1: Daisy's shoulder. She took him around the family home, and
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Speaker 1: the little hamster was amazed at everything he saw. He
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Speaker 1: particularly loved the garden and said he would love to
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Speaker 1: run around the grass. Daisy promised to take him outside later.
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Speaker 1: Daisy took a deep breath and said it was time
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Speaker 1: to tell her parents that she could talk to animals.
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Speaker 1: Houdinie patted her shoulder and said, I will stay right
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Speaker 1: here whilst you tell them. Daisy felt braver with her
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Speaker 1: new friend on her shoulder. She found her parents kneeling
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Speaker 1: next to Houdini's cage in the living room. They were
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Speaker 1: putting fresh straw and water into the cage, along with
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Speaker 1: tubes and slide for the hamster to play on. Daisy
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Speaker 1: knelt next to her parents and said she had something
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Speaker 1: to tell them. They stopped what they were doing and
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Speaker 1: gave her their full attention. Mum, Dad, I can talk
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Speaker 1: to animals and they can talk to me. Daisy smiled
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Speaker 1: at them and pointed to the hamster on her shoulder.
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Speaker 1: This is Houdini, and he's very good at singing and
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Speaker 1: dancing and escaping from his cage. Houdini squeaked at her parents.
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Speaker 1: Daisy said, Hoodini says thank you for bringing him home,
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Speaker 1: and he really likes those new things in his cage.
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Speaker 1: Her parents looked at each other and smiled. They didn't
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Speaker 1: seem at all surprised to hear her news. Her mum
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Speaker 1: reached out and placed her hand over Daisies. She said,
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Speaker 1: you've always loved animals, and we wondered if this would
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Speaker 1: happen to you one day. You're not the first Doolittle
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Speaker 1: who's been able to talk to animals. Your dad's great
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Speaker 1: great grandfather could talk to them too, and he helped
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Speaker 1: many animals over the years. When did you find out
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Speaker 1: you could talk to them? When we went to the
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Speaker 1: pet shop, Daisy replied. She told them about the animals
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Speaker 1: she'd spoken to, and more about Houdini too. She asked
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Speaker 1: for more information about the other Doolittle and how he
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Speaker 1: had helped animals. Her dad began to talk, and his
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Speaker 1: voice was so soothing that Houdini settled down on Daisy's
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Speaker 1: shoulder and fell asleep. When the little hamster woke up, later,
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Speaker 1: he was inside his cage and snuggled up in the straw.
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Speaker 1: Daisy was sitting next to his cage, reading a book
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Speaker 1: called Caring for Your Hamster. She saw he was awake
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Speaker 1: and put the book down. She told him about the
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Speaker 1: other Doolittle and how he had helped many animals. Daisy said,
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Speaker 1: perhaps we can do that too. Do you think anyone
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Speaker 1: needs our help? Hoodini escaped from the cage and jumped
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Speaker 1: onto her should. He said, we could ask them. If
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Speaker 1: we go into your garden, I could see if there's
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Speaker 1: anyone nearby who needs help. Daisy said that was a
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Speaker 1: good idea, and then told her parents she was going
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Speaker 1: into the garden with Houdini. When they got outside, Houdini
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Speaker 1: jumped off her shoulder and scurried away through the grass.
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Speaker 1: Daisy sat on her swing and waited for him to
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Speaker 1: come back. What if an animal did need her help?
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Speaker 1: Would she be able to help them? Would she know
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Speaker 1: what to do? She smiled as she realized that with
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Speaker 1: Houdini at her side, they would work out what to
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Speaker 1: do together. She swung back and forth and waited for
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Speaker 1: her friend to return. Daisy heard some one moving through
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Speaker 1: the grass. A second later, Houdini jumped up from the
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Speaker 1: ground and landed smoothly on her shoulder. He said that
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Speaker 1: there are lots of animals who need your help. As
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Speaker 1: soon as I told them you could talk to animals,
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Speaker 1: they all wanted to meet you. I said you might
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Speaker 1: be able to meet some of them to morrow, because
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Speaker 1: it's already getting late in the day. Daisy looked up
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Speaker 1: at the sky. Houdini was right, it was getting late.
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Speaker 1: She'd been having so much fun that she hadn't noticed
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Speaker 1: the time flying by. Hoodini told her about the ginger
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Speaker 1: cat next door. She loved dancing and wanted to put
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Speaker 1: on a show for the other cats in the neighborhood.
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Speaker 1: Was it something Daisy could help with. Daisy said she
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Speaker 1: would try. The hamster then told her about a squirrel
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Speaker 1: who wanted to build a tree house with a little
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Speaker 1: swimming pool and a sauna inside it, and a fox
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Speaker 1: who wanted to learn how to knit socks, and a
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Speaker 1: rabbit who wanted to fly a kite. Again, Daisy said
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Speaker 1: she would try. Hoodini yawned, so did Daisy. Hoodini leaned
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Speaker 1: his little head against Daisy's cheek and said he was
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Speaker 1: glad she'd chosen him as her pet. Daisy said she
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Speaker 1: was glad too. The hamster yawned again. Daisy asked if
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Speaker 1: he'd like to hear a bedtime story. He didn't know
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Speaker 1: what a bedtime story was, so Daisy explained it to
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Speaker 1: him and said she had one every night because it
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Speaker 1: helped her fall asleep. She told Houdini she had listened
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Speaker 1: to stories about far away forests and the special animals
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Speaker 1: who lived there, Funny dogs who had lots of adventures together,
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Speaker 1: a dragon who loved dancing, and a kind king who
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Speaker 1: went to a hotel deep in the jungle. In a
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Speaker 1: sleepy voice, Houdini said those stories sounded lovely, and he
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Speaker 1: liked to hear one of them. Please. Daisy cupped her
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Speaker 1: hands together and told the hamster to snuggle down into
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Speaker 1: her palms. Hoodini slid off her shoulder, down her arm
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Speaker 1: ran into her waiting hands. He sighed happily and closed
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Speaker 1: his little eyes. Daisy began her story. As she spoke,
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Speaker 1: the animals who were nearby walked quietly into the garden.
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Speaker 1: Foxes and cats, hedgehogs and mice, rolls and badgers. They
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Speaker 1: sat down and listened to Daisy's soothing story. One by one,
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Speaker 1: the animals fell asleep. Daisy's eyes soon grew heavy. She
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Speaker 1: knew it was time for her bedtime too. She said
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Speaker 1: a quiet good night to the snoozing animals and went
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Speaker 1: inside the house. With Houdini cradled carefully in her hands.
00:30:43
Speaker 1: She placed the hamster in his cage and put him
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Speaker 1: on the soft straw. She heard little snols coming from him.
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Speaker 1: Seeing his little face filled Daisy's heart with love. He
00:31:05
Speaker 1: already felt like a friend to her, and she knew
00:31:09
Speaker 1: they were going to have lots of great adventures together.
00:31:16
Speaker 1: As Daisy snuggled down into her bed later, she smiled softly.
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Speaker 1: She had known it was going to be a good day,
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Speaker 1: and she was certain that tomorrow was going to be
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Speaker 1: even better.