In tonight’s bedtime story for kids, we meet a teeny tiny giraffe named Dinky. Dinky loves being little, but when offered the opportunity to be the tallest giraffe in the world for just one day, he takes it, just to see what it's like! Let's find out what happens on Dinky's grand adventure. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Cocostlely, a podcast of original
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Speaker 1: children's bedtime stories and meditations designed to make bedtime the dream.
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Speaker 1: Before we begin, I'd like to say a very large,
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Speaker 1: very warm welcome to our newest Coco Club members, Daisy
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Speaker 1: and Esmy. We're so happy to have you join us.
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Speaker 1: You and our other Coco Clubbers might like to know
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Speaker 1: that our regal King Leo is returning in tomorrow's bonus story.
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Speaker 1: It's been a while since we caught up with him,
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Speaker 1: and he's as pleased as we are that we're seeing
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Speaker 1: each other again. As you may remember, he's a very
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Speaker 1: kind and relaxed king, and we'll accompany him on his
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Speaker 1: morning meditative walk, where he will meet some busy minded
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Speaker 1: animals and lead them in their own arming meditations too.
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Speaker 1: But back to tonight. In this sweet tale, I'm about
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Speaker 1: to tell you, we will meet a new character, a
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Speaker 1: giraffe called Dinky. Dinky is a small little thing because
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Speaker 1: he's only young, but in tonight's story, he will get
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Speaker 1: an exciting opportunity to become the biggest giraffe in the
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Speaker 1: world with the help of a touch of magic. Let's
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Speaker 1: see what exciting things he gets up to with his
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Speaker 1: new found height. Lie back in your bed, relax your body,
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Speaker 1: your neck, every bit of your head, and your face.
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Speaker 1: Just breathe in and side a few times out to
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Speaker 1: help your body soften and your mind to clear. Get
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Speaker 1: really comfy as I begin. Dinky the Tiny Giraffe by
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Speaker 1: Alicia Ainslie. Dinky was a giraffe. Dinky is a funny
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Speaker 1: name for a giraffe, isn't it. Giraffees are anything but dinky.
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Speaker 1: With their long necks that can reach up to the
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Speaker 1: top of the trees and their tall, gangly legs that
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Speaker 1: allow them to hover over the other animals, they are
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Speaker 1: anything but dinky. But alas, Dinky the giraffe was just
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Speaker 1: that he was a small giraffe calf. He hadn't grown
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Speaker 1: up yet to be as tall and majestic as his mother, father,
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Speaker 1: and their friends, but one day he would. Until then,
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Speaker 1: he was simply the tiniest giraffe in sleepy forest. When
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Speaker 1: I grow up big and tall, with everyone still call
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Speaker 1: me Dinky, the young calf once asked his mother. She replied,
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Speaker 1: you can be called whatever you want people to call you.
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Speaker 1: If you want, you can still be called Dinky, or
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Speaker 1: you can change your name to something more grown up,
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Speaker 1: like Harold or Ginger. Dinky chuckled at his mother's suggestions
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Speaker 1: and said, oh, no, those names are far too boring
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Speaker 1: for me. I think I'll keep the name Dinky. I
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Speaker 1: quite like him. His mother giggled back, I agree, Dinky
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Speaker 1: is a wonderful name. What Dinky lacked in height he
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Speaker 1: made up for in personality. He was a bit of
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Speaker 1: a jokester and was always fooling around at school. He
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Speaker 1: was the class clown and made all of his friends
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Speaker 1: laugh all day long. Everybody enjoyed being around Dinkie. But
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Speaker 1: deep down, despite how much he liked his name and
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Speaker 1: how fond he was of entertaining his friends, Dinkie had
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Speaker 1: a secret that he wouldn't admit to anyone. Dinkie was
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Speaker 1: tired of being so small. He watched all of the
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Speaker 1: other giraffes slinking through the forest each day, garnering gasps
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Speaker 1: of awe from the other animals they passed by, and
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Speaker 1: eating the sweetest fruits at the top of the trees.
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Speaker 1: He was a little bit jealous of them. Dinkie was
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Speaker 1: only big enough to reach the berries on the bushes
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Speaker 1: down on the ground. He did like the berries he ate,
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Speaker 1: but he longed to see what all the fuss was
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Speaker 1: about at the top of the trees. Dinkie knew that
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Speaker 1: one day he would be big and tall like the
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Speaker 1: other giraffes, but he was a little impatient. Sometimes, when
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Speaker 1: nobody was looking, Dinky would try to speed up the
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Speaker 1: growing process and take matters into his own hands. Once,
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Speaker 1: he tried to build himself a set of stilts to
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Speaker 1: make himself taller. He gathered and chopped up four planks
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Speaker 1: of wood, making sure that they were the same size
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Speaker 1: as each other. Then he taped them to the bottom
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Speaker 1: of his four feet and attempted to stand up on them.
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Speaker 1: Standing on stilts was trickier than Dinkie had expected, and
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Speaker 1: he couldn't quite find his balance. He only took a
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Speaker 1: few steps before the tape around his feet came loose
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Speaker 1: and he tumbled to the ground, landing in a pile
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Speaker 1: of wood. But Dinky didn't let one failed attempt put
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Speaker 1: him off. On another occasion, Dinky decided to try a
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Speaker 1: totally different way of reaching the top of the trees.
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Speaker 1: There were other animals in the forest who weren't anywhere
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Speaker 1: near as tall as the adult giraffes. But they still
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Speaker 1: managed to eat from the top of the trees. They
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Speaker 1: could do this because they could climb. Dinky spent days
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Speaker 1: watching the monkeys climb the trunks, swinging from tree to
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Speaker 1: tree and hopping all the way up to the fruit
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Speaker 1: on the highest branches. They made it look easy, so
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Speaker 1: after watching them intently, Dinky decided to have a go
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Speaker 1: for himself. He approached a tree, stood on his hind legs,
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Speaker 1: and wrapped his front two gangly little legs around the trunk.
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Speaker 1: Then he attempted to shimmy his way up the tree.
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Speaker 1: He tried to clutch the bark, but his hooves were
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Speaker 1: too smooth and they couldn't grip on. Every time he
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Speaker 1: tried to climb a little bit higher, he slid back
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Speaker 1: down to the starting point. He even tried to use
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Speaker 1: his long neck to reach the branches, but his body
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Speaker 1: was too heavy to hold on solely by his teeth.
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Speaker 1: Despite how expertly the monkeys climbed and how effortless they
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Speaker 1: made it look, climbing trees was far too difficult for
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Speaker 1: Dinky the giraffe think. He tried more natural methods to
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Speaker 1: grow quicker, too. He knew that if he ate as
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Speaker 1: many greens and vegetables as possible. Then he would grow
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Speaker 1: up to be big and strong. But no matter how
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Speaker 1: many greens he ate, he continued to grow at a
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Speaker 1: steady rate. As much as Dinkie wanted to be tall already,
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Speaker 1: he would just have to wait until he was older.
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Speaker 1: One day, Dinky was taking a stroll through sleepy forest
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Speaker 1: when he heard a little voice calling for help. Hello,
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Speaker 1: here's anyone out there, the meek little voice called out.
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Speaker 1: Dinky followed the sound of the small voice all the
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Speaker 1: way behind a crowd of bushes and discovered a tiny
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Speaker 1: fairy tangled up in a cluster of wild ivy. The
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Speaker 1: little tangled fair looked up at Dinky with relief. Oh,
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Speaker 1: thank you for finding me, the fairy said, gratefully, I'm stuck.
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Speaker 1: Please can you help me. Dinky wasted no time in
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Speaker 1: helping untangle the tiny fairy from the twisted ivy vines.
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Speaker 1: He chomped through the stubborn stems and freed the magical being.
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Speaker 1: The little fairy was so grateful to Dinky for his
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Speaker 1: help and introduced herself. My name is Freezer. The twinkling
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Speaker 1: fairy said, what is your name? My tea giraffe Dinky
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Speaker 1: giggled at the fairy's description of him. My name is Dinky,
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Speaker 1: he replied, before adding an no mighty giraffe. I'm only small, Fraser.
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Speaker 1: The fairy looked up at him from her spot on
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Speaker 1: the ground and responded with a shrug, Well, you seem
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Speaker 1: pretty mighty to me. Almost everyone in the forest is
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Speaker 1: giant to me, especially you giraffes. Dinkie smiled proudly for
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Speaker 1: a brief moment. He liked being referred to as a giant,
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Speaker 1: but almost as soon as the compliment had washed over him,
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Speaker 1: it faded away as he remembered that he was only
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Speaker 1: a small giraffe, really, Fraser. The fairy suddenly looked concerned
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Speaker 1: and started staring at the ground around her. Dinkie asked
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Speaker 1: what she was looking for, and she told him that
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Speaker 1: she had lost her magic wand in all the kerfuffle
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Speaker 1: with the ivy, she couldn't go anywhere until she had
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Speaker 1: found her magic wand Dinky and Friser scanned the forest
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Speaker 1: floor all around them for the wand they searched in
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Speaker 1: the bushes and checked it wasn't lying around on the ground.
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Speaker 1: Dinky rifled through the ivy vines to see if her
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Speaker 1: magic wand had become tangled up in them too, but
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Speaker 1: he couldn't spot it anywhere. Dinky turned around to walk
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Speaker 1: over to Friser, who was now peering under a rock,
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Speaker 1: when he bumped his head lightly into a low hanging
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Speaker 1: tree branch. As he recoiled from the bump, he noticed
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Speaker 1: that something tiny in silver was perfectly balanced between a
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Speaker 1: two pronged stem of the branch, and inspected it closer
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Speaker 1: and realized that it was a mini silver magic wand.
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Speaker 1: I've found it. I've found your wand, Dinkie called out
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Speaker 1: to Friezier with delight. He gently picked up the wand
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Speaker 1: in his teeth and lowered it to the ground for
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Speaker 1: Freezer to take. As soon as she held her wand
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Speaker 1: in her hand again, it began to shimmer with glittering magic.
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Speaker 1: There you are a little wand how did you get
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Speaker 1: up there in that tree? Frisier spoke to the wand
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Speaker 1: as if it could talk back. It must have flown
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Speaker 1: up out of my hand when I tripped over and
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Speaker 1: fell in the vines. Friser giggled at her clumsiness and
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Speaker 1: gazed up at Dinkie. Thank you so much for your help.
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Speaker 1: She gushed, I would love to offer to grant you
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Speaker 1: one wish as payment for your kindness. Dinkie was surprised
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Speaker 1: by her offer. He didn't expect anything in exchange for
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Speaker 1: helping her in her time of need. He thought about
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Speaker 1: rejecting her offer for a moment, but then a thought
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Speaker 1: flashed through his mind. Can you grant me any wish?
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Speaker 1: He asked curiously. Frisia nodded her head eagerly and responded, Yes,
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Speaker 1: of course, I can grant you any wish you desire,
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Speaker 1: but just the one, so wish carefully and make it
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Speaker 1: a good one. Dinkie knew what he wanted in his heart.
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Speaker 1: He wanted to be tall like the other giraffes, maybe
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Speaker 1: even taller. He wanted to be the tallest giraffe in
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Speaker 1: the world and know what it was like to tower
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Speaker 1: above everyone and eat from the highest trees. He decided
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Speaker 1: to make his wish. Please, can I become the biggest
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Speaker 1: giraffe in the world, just for one day? He wished,
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Speaker 1: I want to know what it feels like to be
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Speaker 1: not so dinky. Friezier held her sparkling silver wand up
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Speaker 1: above her head and replied, your wish is my command.
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Speaker 1: She swirled her wand around her head and flicked it
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Speaker 1: with a twist of her wrist in Dinky's direction. Streams
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Speaker 1: of sparkling silver light trickled out of the end of
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Speaker 1: her wand and through the air, surrounding Dinkie's entire body
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Speaker 1: and making him sparkle with magic too. Dinkie felt the
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Speaker 1: magical beams of light tickle his skin as they seeped
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Speaker 1: into his body. His whole body grew warm as the
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Speaker 1: magic absorbed itself into his skin and rippled through his bones.
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Speaker 1: All of a sudden, he started to notice big changes
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Speaker 1: in his body. His legs started to grow below him,
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Speaker 1: and his neck began to stretch. As his legs and
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Speaker 1: neck shot upwards, he watched as the ground became further
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Speaker 1: and further away and freezier. The fairy almost disappeared out
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Speaker 1: of sight. He could barely see what was on the
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Speaker 1: forest floor any more. It wasn't long before his head
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Speaker 1: was as high as the top of the leafy trees.
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Speaker 1: Dinkie couldn't believe it. He was a tall giraf, just
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Speaker 1: like he had wanted. But he wasn't just a tall giraffe.
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Speaker 1: He was a huge one. He was most definitely the
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Speaker 1: biggest giraffe in the world. He heard a tinkling sound
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Speaker 1: next to his ear, and he turned his head to
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Speaker 1: see Friezer floating in the air using her delicate wings.
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Speaker 1: Are you pleased, she asked hopefully. Dinkie was very pleased.
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Speaker 1: He couldn't wait to see what he could get up
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Speaker 1: to with his new found height. He certainly wasn't Dinkie
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Speaker 1: any more. Frijer reminded him that the effects of the
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Speaker 1: spell would only last for one day, so when sunset came,
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Speaker 1: he would return to his original size. That was fine
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Speaker 1: by Dinkie. He was going to make the most of
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Speaker 1: this opportunity. Frizer wished him a wonderful day and whisked
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Speaker 1: herself off home, leaving Dinkie to enjoy his day as
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Speaker 1: the biggest giraffe in the world. Dinkie wasn't quite sure
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Speaker 1: where to begin. There were so many things he had
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Speaker 1: looked forward to doing when he was older and taller,
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Speaker 1: but now that the time had arrived sooner than he
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Speaker 1: had expected, he didn't know where to start. He wandered
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Speaker 1: through sleepy forest, getting used to his new long legs.
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Speaker 1: Every step that he took was the equivalent of ten
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Speaker 1: tiny steps he would have made earlier that day when
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Speaker 1: he was shorter. If he desired to, he could travel
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Speaker 1: anywhere he wanted. In the blink of an eye. He
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Speaker 1: could probably make his way all around Sleepy Forest in
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Speaker 1: one day if he tried. Dinkie decided to get used
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Speaker 1: to his new life. Eggs first, he trotted to pick
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Speaker 1: up the pace and was delighted by how thrilling the
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Speaker 1: wind felt in his ears. As he skipped along, he
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Speaker 1: could hear the birds songs loud and clear. He could
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Speaker 1: spot the squirrels scurrying between their nests and the red
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Speaker 1: pandas lazing about in the treetops. He was seeing a
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Speaker 1: whole new world up here at the top of the woodland.
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Speaker 1: As he picked up his pace and began to gallop,
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Speaker 1: he was enthralled by how fast he could move. He
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Speaker 1: spotted a boulder in the distance and decided to count
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Speaker 1: as he ran towards it. One Mississippi two, Mississippi three,
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Speaker 1: Mississippi four, Mississippi five, Mississippi six, Mississippi seven, Mississippi. He
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Speaker 1: pounded his long, gangly legs against the ground as fast
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Speaker 1: as he could, and when he reached the boulder. He
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Speaker 1: realized that he had run over to it in only
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Speaker 1: seven seconds. His speed surely broke all the world records.
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Speaker 1: Dinky bed that even the speedy cheetah would struggle to
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Speaker 1: keep up with his pace. To day, he paused to
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Speaker 1: catch his breath and heard the muffling sound of a
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Speaker 1: few familiar voices. He followed the voices and peered his
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Speaker 1: head over the top of the trees to discover three
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Speaker 1: of his good friends from school picking sweet berries from
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Speaker 1: the bush. Were his friend's Becky the Hippo, Suki the Snake,
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Speaker 1: and Willoughby the Wallaby. Hey, guys, Dinky greeted them from above.
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Speaker 1: The three friends were startled at first by his sudden appearance,
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Speaker 1: but their surprise soon turned into laughter and bewilderment as
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Speaker 1: they realized it was Dinky. Oh my Dinky, you've grown fast.
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Speaker 1: Becky the Hippo exclaimed, her eyebrows shot up so high
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Speaker 1: to look at him that the red willy hat she
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Speaker 1: was wearing almost fell off her head. How did you
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Speaker 1: get to be so tall, Dinky, Sukie the Snake asked
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Speaker 1: in amazement, have you had a gross birt? Willoughby questioned,
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Speaker 1: with this belief Dinky chuckled and replied something like that,
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Speaker 1: I met a fairy in the forest, and do you
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Speaker 1: offer to grant me one wish? So I decided to
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Speaker 1: wish to be the biggest giraffe in the world for
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Speaker 1: the day. His three friends were astonished by Dinky's chance encounter.
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Speaker 1: They wished that they had bumped into a wish granting
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Speaker 1: fairy on their travels. What fun things have you got
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Speaker 1: up to since you've grown so tall, Willoughby the Wallerby
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Speaker 1: asked inquisitively. Willoughby was only a small animal even when
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Speaker 1: Dinky was his normal tiny size. Now that Dinky was
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Speaker 1: so huge, he could barely spot his good friend. Dinkie
00:23:05
Speaker 1: admitted that he hadn't done much of anything yet. He
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Speaker 1: had only just said goodbye to the fairy, and he
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Speaker 1: didn't know where to begin with all the fun activities
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Speaker 1: at his disposal. Becky the Hippo folded her arms and
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Speaker 1: tapped the side of her head in thought. She had
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Speaker 1: a great idea for how Dinky could put his new
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Speaker 1: stupendous height to good use. She asked, Dinky, surely you
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Speaker 1: are tall enough to reach the fruits at the top
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Speaker 1: of the trees. Now, please could you grab some of
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Speaker 1: the fruit and bring it to the ground so that
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Speaker 1: we can all try it? Sukie and Willoughby nodded their
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Speaker 1: heads in eager agreement. All four of the young friends
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Speaker 1: had spoken about their longing for the fruits at the
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Speaker 1: top of the trees so many times before. They had
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Speaker 1: assumed they would have to wait until they all grew
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Speaker 1: up to taste them. But now that Dinkie had fast
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Speaker 1: tracked his growth burd their wishes could be fulfilled. Dinkie
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Speaker 1: craned his neck to look around for any fruit trees nearby. Luckily,
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Speaker 1: there were some delicious banana trees nearby. He took four
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Speaker 1: epic strides forward and reached the banana trees. He picked
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Speaker 1: a bunch of bananas and carefully lowered them to the
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Speaker 1: ground for his friends. Becky, Suki, and Willoughby all rushed
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Speaker 1: over to see what he had picked. Wow, these are bananas,
00:25:09
Speaker 1: Becky declared with delight. I've only ever heard of monkeys
00:25:15
Speaker 1: being able to eat them before. Now none of the
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Speaker 1: other animals can reach them. Dinky smugly retorted, well, now
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Speaker 1: I can reach them. Becky, Souki, Willoughby, and Dinky all
00:25:35
Speaker 1: tucked into the bunch of bananas. They peeled the rubbery
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Speaker 1: yellow skin bag and devoured the soft fruit inside. Wow,
00:25:49
Speaker 1: this fruit really is the best fruit ever, Dinky proclaimed
00:25:56
Speaker 1: as he munched away. All friends were absolutely enamored with
00:26:03
Speaker 1: the delicious fruits, and they ate and ate until their
00:26:08
Speaker 1: stomachs were full of fruity goodness. Dinky's three friends lied
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Speaker 1: down on their backs and patted their bellies with satisfaction.
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Speaker 1: That was so yummy. I think I'm ready for a
00:26:27
Speaker 1: nap now, Willoughby side, closing his eyes. Oh, Becky and
00:26:36
Speaker 1: Souki agreed and closed their eyes to relax with their friend.
00:26:42
Speaker 1: But Dinkie had other plants. He only had until sunset
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Speaker 1: to enjoy being the biggest giraffe in the world, so
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Speaker 1: he had to make the most of it. He whispered
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Speaker 1: goodbye to his snoozing friends and strode his way through
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Speaker 1: sleepy forest to enjoy the rest of his day. Dinky
00:27:07
Speaker 1: skipped happily through sleepy forest, his head bobbing above the
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Speaker 1: treetops and his belly full of fruit. He had always
00:27:18
Speaker 1: wanted to know what the fruit at the top of
00:27:21
Speaker 1: the trees tasted like, and now he knew. The bananas
00:27:26
Speaker 1: had not disappointed him. Dinky eventually found himself in a
00:27:33
Speaker 1: dense grassy clearing in the middle of Sleepy Forest. The
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Speaker 1: sunlight was streaming down without any trees to cast shade
00:27:43
Speaker 1: on the ground, and in the middle Dinky noticed a
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Speaker 1: mighty strong gorilla sunbathing. Hello, mister gorilla, Thinky greeted him.
00:27:59
Speaker 1: The hairy gorilla opened his eyes to see who had
00:28:02
Speaker 1: called to him and gasped when he saw Dinky. The
00:28:07
Speaker 1: gorilla sat up straight and commented in a deep, husky voice, My,
00:28:15
Speaker 1: oh my, you might be the biggest giraffe I've ever seen.
00:28:22
Speaker 1: Dinkie smiled proudly and introduced himself. The gorilla responded that
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Speaker 1: his name was Thumper. That's an unusual name. Dinkie thought aloud.
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Speaker 1: Why are you called Thumper? Your want to talk Thumper?
00:28:46
Speaker 1: The gorilla answered back, why are you called Dinky when
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Speaker 1: you're so tall? Dinkie giggled. Thumper had a point. It
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Speaker 1: was rather silly of him to be called Dinky now
00:29:03
Speaker 1: that he was much taller than every other creature in
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Speaker 1: Sleepy Forest. Thumper asked if Dinkie would like to relax
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Speaker 1: with him, and Dinky agreed. He was feeling quite full
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Speaker 1: after eating so much fruit, and he was feeling pretty
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Speaker 1: tired after walking for so long. Besides, it wasn't every
00:29:29
Speaker 1: day that a gorilla invited you to hang out with them.
00:29:34
Speaker 1: The gorillas didn't normally associate with many other animals. They
00:29:40
Speaker 1: tended to keep to themselves. As Dinkie and Thumper sat
00:29:47
Speaker 1: in the grass and got to know each other, Dinkie
00:29:52
Speaker 1: discovered why the gorillas tended to be solitary animals. Thumper explained,
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Speaker 1: everyone thinks that because I'm so big that I'm not
00:30:05
Speaker 1: very friendly. Not many animals want to play with me
00:30:11
Speaker 1: because I'm so much bigger than them, But I'm just
00:30:16
Speaker 1: the same as everyone else. I want to join in
00:30:21
Speaker 1: the front two. Dinky felt sorry for Thumper and replied, well,
00:30:29
Speaker 1: don't worry, I'll play with you. I'm even bigger than
00:30:34
Speaker 1: you are, so it's no problem for me. Thumper's eyes
00:30:40
Speaker 1: grew wide with pleasure. It had been a long time
00:30:44
Speaker 1: since anyone had wanted to play with him. Little did
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Speaker 1: Thumper know that it would be a special occasion for
00:30:53
Speaker 1: Dinky too. Dinky was usually too small to play with
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Speaker 1: bigger animals like, but today he had the opportunity. The
00:31:06
Speaker 1: pair of new found friends played together for hours. They
00:31:12
Speaker 1: chased each other, playing tag and hide and seek, although
00:31:18
Speaker 1: neither of them was particularly good at hiding. They learned
00:31:23
Speaker 1: chance and practiced some handclap games, and even choreographed a
00:31:29
Speaker 1: little dance together. They had a jolly good time. After
00:31:35
Speaker 1: a while, Thumper the gorilla grew tired and laid back
00:31:40
Speaker 1: down in the grass to enjoy the last of the
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Speaker 1: day sunlight. Dinkie looked at the sky and became aware
00:31:50
Speaker 1: of how the day had slipped away from him. Sunset
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Speaker 1: wasn't far off, and he only had a limited amount
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Speaker 1: of time left as the biggest giraffe in the world.
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Speaker 1: I've got to go now, Dinky informed Thumper, but I'll
00:32:11
Speaker 1: see you soon and we can play together again, although
00:32:17
Speaker 1: I might look a little bit different the next time
00:32:20
Speaker 1: you see me. Thumper waved goodbye to his new friend
00:32:26
Speaker 1: from his comfy bed in the long grass, and Dinky
00:32:30
Speaker 1: made his way back through sleepy forest. Dink he needed
00:32:36
Speaker 1: to make sure that he was close to home for
00:32:40
Speaker 1: when the sunset and bedtime came. He made his way
00:32:45
Speaker 1: through sleepy forest, feeling sleepier with every step. It took
00:32:51
Speaker 1: a lot of energy to move such a big body,
00:32:56
Speaker 1: Dinky's usual small frame was much slighter to carry. Something
00:33:03
Speaker 1: that Dinkie had always wondered about was where the sun
00:33:08
Speaker 1: went when it set behind the mountain. Did the sun
00:33:13
Speaker 1: have a cozy bed in the sky that it disappeared into,
00:33:18
Speaker 1: or did the sun live in a house hidden behind
00:33:21
Speaker 1: the mountain. Dinkie wanted to find out, and today he
00:33:28
Speaker 1: had the perfect opportunity to do so. Dinkie walked all
00:33:34
Speaker 1: the way to the base of the mountain which the
00:33:37
Speaker 1: sun set behind every evening. The sun was already low
00:33:43
Speaker 1: in the sky and was beginning to slowly glide through
00:33:47
Speaker 1: the air, getting lower and lower with each passing minute.
00:33:55
Speaker 1: The bright blue sky was now purple, and the once
00:34:00
Speaker 1: bright white sun was now a creamy orange color, flickering
00:34:07
Speaker 1: with only a few gentle pulses of light. Nighttime would
00:34:13
Speaker 1: soon be here and Dinkie would return to his normal
00:34:18
Speaker 1: mini size again. Despite how much fun he had had today,
00:34:25
Speaker 1: Dinkie was looking forward to being himself again. One day
00:34:32
Speaker 1: he would be as tall as all the other giraffes
00:34:36
Speaker 1: and be able to eat the high fruit and play
00:34:40
Speaker 1: with the bigger animals. But there were things that he
00:34:44
Speaker 1: liked about being small. He enjoyed eating the berries on
00:34:50
Speaker 1: the bushes that he was currently too tall to stoop
00:34:54
Speaker 1: down and search for. He liked playing with his friends,
00:34:59
Speaker 1: who was smaller in size to him, and he liked
00:35:04
Speaker 1: being as light as a feather. It meant that he
00:35:08
Speaker 1: could run around as much as he wanted without getting
00:35:12
Speaker 1: tired think. He watched the sun start to disappear over
00:35:20
Speaker 1: the side of the mountain, and he craned his neck
00:35:24
Speaker 1: to witness where it went. He was so tall that
00:35:31
Speaker 1: with a bit of a push, he could see over
00:35:34
Speaker 1: the side of the mountain to what was on the
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Speaker 1: other side. To his surprise, he didn't see a bed
00:35:45
Speaker 1: in the sky or a little house where the sun lived.
00:35:51
Speaker 1: He just saw a long stretch of land reaching all
00:35:56
Speaker 1: the way out to the sea. Dinkie had never known
00:36:02
Speaker 1: that there was a sea near Sleepy Forest, but now
00:36:06
Speaker 1: he did, although it would take a very long time
00:36:11
Speaker 1: to walk there. Dinkie continued to watch the sun as
00:36:18
Speaker 1: it floated down through the sky and disappeared over the
00:36:23
Speaker 1: horizon past the furthest point of the sea. Darkness fell
00:36:33
Speaker 1: upon Sleepy Forest and the land beyond, and Dinkie let
00:36:40
Speaker 1: out a big yawn. He looked down at his body,
00:36:46
Speaker 1: expecting to see it shrink, but it was exactly the
00:36:51
Speaker 1: same as before. He was still the biggest giraffe in
00:36:57
Speaker 1: the world. How was he going to fit into his
00:37:02
Speaker 1: bed if he stayed the same size all night? But
00:37:09
Speaker 1: just at that moment, a familiar voice appeared out of nowhere.
00:37:16
Speaker 1: He turned his head to see Frisier the Fairy, fluttering
00:37:21
Speaker 1: her wings next to him. Hello again, Thinkie, she greeted him.
00:37:29
Speaker 1: Have you had a good day? Did you like your wish? Think?
00:37:35
Speaker 1: He nodded his head let out another big yawn. He
00:37:42
Speaker 1: had had a wonderful day, all thanks to her magic.
00:37:51
Speaker 1: Friser was pleased to hear that he had enjoyed it,
00:37:55
Speaker 1: and asked him if he would like to stay as
00:37:58
Speaker 1: the biggest giraffe in the world for an extra day.
00:38:04
Speaker 1: She would be happy to grant him one more wish
00:38:07
Speaker 1: if he wanted it think. He was grateful for her offer,
00:38:14
Speaker 1: but he politely declined. He missed being his little old self,
00:38:22
Speaker 1: and all that he wanted more than anything right now
00:38:27
Speaker 1: was to curl up in his comfy, small bed with
00:38:32
Speaker 1: his parents. Frisia smiled, waved her wander in the air,
00:38:41
Speaker 1: and gently tapped the top of Dinkie's head. Sparkles of
00:38:47
Speaker 1: light fluttered across his head, trickled down his neck, spread
00:38:55
Speaker 1: over his body, and cascaded all the way down his
00:39:01
Speaker 1: tail and legs to his feet. His body felt warm
00:39:08
Speaker 1: and fuzzy, and he closed his eyes as his body
00:39:13
Speaker 1: felt like it was melting into a puddle. Think he
00:39:20
Speaker 1: was his small self again. He thanked Friezier for her generosity,
00:39:27
Speaker 1: and she wished him good night before flying off into
00:39:33
Speaker 1: the night sky. Think. He made the short walk home
00:39:39
Speaker 1: to his family, yawning all the way. When he eventually
00:39:47
Speaker 1: reached his home, his mother had already prepared his bed
00:39:53
Speaker 1: for him, and his father had brewed him a cup
00:39:57
Speaker 1: of hot chocolate, just like always, But Dinkie was so
00:40:05
Speaker 1: tired tonight that he didn't need a drink. He promptly
00:40:11
Speaker 1: kissed his parents on the cheek and snuggled himself into
00:40:17
Speaker 1: his beloved bed. His mother tucked him under the douve
00:40:23
Speaker 1: covers and kissed his forehead. Think. He wondered whether he
00:40:30
Speaker 1: would tell his parents about his magical adventure in the morning.
00:40:37
Speaker 1: They might think he was just dreaming it all up,
00:40:42
Speaker 1: but Dinky knew the truth. He had enjoyed a taste
00:40:47
Speaker 1: of what it would be like to be a tall giraffe,
00:40:52
Speaker 1: and one day he would enjoy those escapades every day.
00:41:00
Speaker 1: For now, Dinkie was perfectly content being his young minny self,
00:41:08
Speaker 1: enjoying all of the fun, special things that he only
00:41:14
Speaker 1: got to do while he was a child and dinky
00:41:20
Speaker 1: in stature,