In tonight's rewind bedtime story for kids we look back on last year's Diwali celebrations, in which Maji the malabar squirrel decorated his treehouse and threw a party for his sleepy forest neighbours. Relax, get sleepy, and let's begin!
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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Kuala Moun, 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. Hey Coco Club members, Before we begin, I
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Speaker 1: wanted to let you know that tomorrow you are cordially
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Speaker 1: invited to a Halloween party in Sleepy Forest, thrown by
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Speaker 1: Spooky the bush Baby. I hope you have your costume
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Speaker 1: at the ready. But back to tonight. As you probably
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Speaker 1: know by now, Coco and his friends in Sleepy Forest
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Speaker 1: all love a celebration. We've not let a birthday, Christmas, Halloween,
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Speaker 1: Bonfire Night, or Easter go by without marking it. And
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Speaker 1: today I'm really happy to introduce you to a love
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Speaker 1: board giant squirrel named Margie who's preparing for a very
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Speaker 1: special festivity called Davali. Once we're all snuggled up and
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Speaker 1: ready to listen, we'll hear how Margie enjoys his five
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Speaker 1: days for celebration, and we'll bump into some Sleepy Forest
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Speaker 1: residents who are very intrigued and delighted to learn all
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Speaker 1: about Devali too. So lie back, clear your mind, take
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Speaker 1: some lovely deep breaths down into your belly, feel your
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Speaker 1: chest and tummy rise as you breathe in and fall
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Speaker 1: as you breathe out, give me a little sigh on
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Speaker 1: your next breath out. I think we're now ready to
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Speaker 1: head over to Sleepy Forest and begin our story tonight.
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Speaker 1: This is de Vali in Sleepy Forest by Alicia Ain
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Speaker 1: and edited by a Neupalgatory. Margy was a Malabar squirrel
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Speaker 1: living in a treehouse in one of the tallest trees
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Speaker 1: of Sleepy Forest. Malabar squirrels are much bigger than your
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Speaker 1: average squirrel, and they also have the most exquisitely colorful
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Speaker 1: fur coats. Mardi had not one, not two, not three,
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Speaker 1: not four, but five different colors splurged and streaked all
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Speaker 1: over his furry body. He had an orange face with
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Speaker 1: bright red ears and a yellow underbelly and feet. His
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Speaker 1: neck was red, then his shoulders were black. The middle
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Speaker 1: of his body was encapsulated by a giant stripe of purple,
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Speaker 1: and he had a black furry bottom and a long tail.
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Speaker 1: Maiji the Malabar squirrel was a spectacular sight to behold.
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Speaker 1: Maji the Malabar squirrel was originally from the forests of India,
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Speaker 1: so when he moved to Sleepy Forest, he brought with
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Speaker 1: him many wonderful traditions. Tonight we will learn about one
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Speaker 1: of the biggest traditions, Marji Light to celebrate. One morning,
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Speaker 1: Marjie woke up in his cozy bed in his humble
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Speaker 1: wooden tree house and smiled the biggest smile. Today was
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Speaker 1: the start of Maji's favorite time of year. It was
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Speaker 1: time to celebrate Diwali. Devali was arguably the biggest celebration
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Speaker 1: of the year where Marji lived in India. Devali celebrated
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Speaker 1: the start of the Hindu new year and was very important.
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Speaker 1: Divali was a time to celebrate the triumph of light
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Speaker 1: over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over bad. Margie
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Speaker 1: couldn't wait to spend the next five days preparing and celebrating.
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Speaker 1: On the first day of the Devali festivities, he was
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Speaker 1: to clean his home and purchase something gold. On the
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Speaker 1: second day, he would decorate his home ready for the
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Speaker 1: third day of Divali, when the big celebrations began. Then
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Speaker 1: on the fourth and fifth days, Margie would visit his
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Speaker 1: family and show his appreciation for them through several family
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Speaker 1: traditions and by offering gifts. Today was the first day
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Speaker 1: of the Devali celebrations. And Marjie had the important task
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Speaker 1: of cleaning his home ahead of him. Margie didn't particularly
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Speaker 1: enjoy cleaning, but it was something that had to be done.
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Speaker 1: Margie looked around his tree house and realized that he
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Speaker 1: had let things get a little bit out of hand.
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Speaker 1: Knowing he was going to be doing a big clean
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Speaker 1: of his home for de Vali, Margie hadn't lifted a
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Speaker 1: finger for the last few weeks. As a result, his
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Speaker 1: tree house was quite messy. There were clothes all over
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Speaker 1: the floor, dust had built up on the shelves, and
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Speaker 1: there were cobwebs dangling from the corners of the room.
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Speaker 1: Not to mention, he had a huge pile of dirty plates,
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Speaker 1: pots and pans stacked up next to the kitchen sink
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Speaker 1: waiting to be scrubbed clean. Margie sighed and wished he
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Speaker 1: hadn't let his home get quite so messy. Today would
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Speaker 1: have gone a lot smoother if he hadn't left so
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Speaker 1: much to clean. But it had to be done, so
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Speaker 1: Margie set to work tidying his tree house. He began
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Speaker 1: by picking up the clothes off the floor, but the
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Speaker 1: piles of items seemed to be never ending. Every time
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Speaker 1: he picked up a sock. He found two more. It
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Speaker 1: was going to take a long time to make his
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Speaker 1: house ready for de Vali. Margie felt relieved once he
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Speaker 1: had finally finished picking up all the clutter around his
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Speaker 1: tree house. One task down, only a dozen more to go.
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Speaker 1: The cluttered items might have been picked up, but there
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Speaker 1: were still lots of pots and pans next to the
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Speaker 1: sink that needed washing, and the whole tree house needed
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Speaker 1: a proper spring clean. Margie didn't know how he would
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Speaker 1: get it all finished to day. Margie decided to take
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Speaker 1: a break and went outside sit down on his balcony
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Speaker 1: with a cup of tea and a biscuit. Oh dear,
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Speaker 1: oh dear, Margie thought to himself, how is he going
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Speaker 1: to finish cleaning his house in time for tomorrow? At
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Speaker 1: that moment, Margie noticed two little bunnies hop across the
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Speaker 1: forest floor below. The two little bunnies spotted Margie high
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Speaker 1: up in his tree and waved a greeting to him.
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Speaker 1: Hullo up there. One of the bunnies called out, my
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Speaker 1: name is Bertie, and this is Bobby. What's your name.
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Speaker 1: Margie felt instantly better talking to the friendly bunnies and
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Speaker 1: told them his name. It's nice to meet you, Margie,
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Speaker 1: Bertie the Bunny replied, before adding, you have the most
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Speaker 1: amazing color a full fur coat I've ever seen. Margie
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Speaker 1: smiled with pride. He was particularly proud of his ravishing
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Speaker 1: multi colored fur, and he felt fuzzy inside thanks to
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Speaker 1: Bertie's compliment. Bertie seemed equally pleased to have put a
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Speaker 1: smile on Margie's face. How glad that turned you all
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Speaker 1: frown upside down, Bertie teased. Then Bobby the Bunny hopped
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Speaker 1: in and added, he looked quite glum when we first
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Speaker 1: saw you. Is everything all right? Margie sighed and explained
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Speaker 1: that he was cleaning his home in preparation for de Vli,
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Speaker 1: but he was struggling to finish it all in time
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Speaker 1: for to morrow. He had let his messiness get out
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Speaker 1: of hand over the last few weeks, and now there
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Speaker 1: was too much for him to handle on his own.
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Speaker 1: Bertie and Bobby looked at each other and nodded before
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Speaker 1: offering to help him. Bertie and Bobby loved helping out
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Speaker 1: where they could, and they found the concept of du
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Speaker 1: Varli quite fascinating. Perhaps, they suggested Margie could tell them
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Speaker 1: all about de Rali while they cleaned together, Margie's bushy
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Speaker 1: squirrel tail began to wag with enthusiasm. He was delighted
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Speaker 1: that the two bunnies were willing to help him clean
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Speaker 1: his home, but he was even more pleased that they
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Speaker 1: wanted to learn about de Vrali. Margie didn't know any
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Speaker 1: one else in Sleepy Forest who celebrated di Vrali too,
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Speaker 1: so it would be nice to share his traditions with
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Speaker 1: a willing pair of ears, and Bertie and Bobby's long
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Speaker 1: bunny rabbit ears certainly fit the bill. Bertie and Bobby
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Speaker 1: climbed the stairs up to Margie's tree house and he
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Speaker 1: guided them inside. When the bunnies saw the mess, they
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Speaker 1: didn't batter either, and set straight to work, sharing out
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Speaker 1: the tasks. Bobby would start washing up the dirty plates,
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Speaker 1: Bertie would sweep the floor, and since Margie was the
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Speaker 1: best climber, he could tackle the spiderwebs with a feather duster.
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Speaker 1: As the three new friends worked together to clean Margie's
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Speaker 1: tree house, Margie told Bertie and Bobby all about the
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Speaker 1: festivities he had lined up for the next four days.
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Speaker 1: Bertie and Bobby thought it sounded like a lot of fun.
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Speaker 1: It didn't take too long before Margie's tree house was
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Speaker 1: spick and span. Bertie, Bobby and Margie were quite the team,
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Speaker 1: and a job that would have taken Margie all day
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Speaker 1: and all night to complete was finished within a couple
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Speaker 1: of hours. Margie was very grateful to Bertie and Bobby
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Speaker 1: for their help. In fact, he was so appreciative that
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Speaker 1: Margie invited the two bunnies to join him for dinner
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Speaker 1: in two days time for the main day of Devali.
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Speaker 1: Bertie and Bobby were elated to be invited and gratefully
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Speaker 1: accepted the invitation. Margie told them that they had to
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Speaker 1: dress in their finest clothes and meet him at his
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Speaker 1: tree house at six o'clock in the evening. Margie thanked
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Speaker 1: the rabbits profusely for their help, and Bertie and Bobby
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Speaker 1: went on their way, discussing what they would wear for
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Speaker 1: the Divari celebrations. Margie looked around his perfectly clean and
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Speaker 1: tidy tree house. Now it was ready for the rest
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Speaker 1: of his very special Divali preparations. The next day, Margie
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Speaker 1: woke up ready for the second day of the Divali festival.
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Speaker 1: Today he had to prepare his home for the main
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Speaker 1: celebrations that would happen tomorrow. De Vali was sometimes called
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Speaker 1: a festival of lights, so Margie needed to prepare his
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Speaker 1: home for the festival. Margie set to work placing candles
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Speaker 1: around the ground at the base of his tree. He
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Speaker 1: placed some on the window sills of his tree house
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Speaker 1: and a couple on either side of his front door.
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Speaker 1: Margie took a step back and gazed at his home.
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Speaker 1: It was a good start, but he still needed more
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Speaker 1: sources of light for the festival. Next, Margie placed some
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Speaker 1: oil lanterns around the outside of his balcony and the
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Speaker 1: inside of his home. Every part of his tree house
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Speaker 1: needed to be illuminated with light tomorrow. The brighter the better.
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Speaker 1: Then he stood back and took another look. Hmm, Margie,
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Speaker 1: the Malabar squirrel pondered, It's almost there, but I still
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Speaker 1: need more light. Margie decided to get creative. Back in
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Speaker 1: India over de Vali, Margie and his family would make
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Speaker 1: their own clay lamps called DEA's to place around the house.
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Speaker 1: So he decided to whip up a batch of clay
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Speaker 1: to make his own DEAs. Margie settled himself at the
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Speaker 1: bottom of his tree and began molding little balls of
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Speaker 1: clay into curved plates with pointed ends. As Margie sat
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Speaker 1: peacefully molding his clay lamps, he heard some soft, plodding
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Speaker 1: footsteps approaching from behind him. He turned to glance over
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Speaker 1: his shoulder, and his eyes fell upon a young bear.
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Speaker 1: He had met this bear before. Her name was Lana.
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Speaker 1: Good morning, Lana, Margie greeted her. Lana looked inquisitively at
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Speaker 1: Margie and his array of little clay plates. Then she
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Speaker 1: gazed up at his tree house surrounded by dozens of
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Speaker 1: candles and lanterns. Good morning, Margie, Lana replied, before asking
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Speaker 1: what are you making and why is your tree house
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Speaker 1: surrounded by so many candles. Margie explained that he was
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Speaker 1: celebrating Devali and the festival of lights. It is traditioned
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Speaker 1: to surround your home with as many forms of light
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Speaker 1: as possible to welcome good luck into your life. That's
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Speaker 1: why he was making lots of little clay lamps called dias.
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Speaker 1: He would place them around his house too and light
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Speaker 1: them all tomorrow. Lana the bear was enthralled by this
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Speaker 1: unique tradition. She had never heard of divali before, but
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Speaker 1: it sounded like a very lovely festival. Lana wanted to
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Speaker 1: join in. Do you need any help, she asked Margie eagerly.
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Speaker 1: Margie was more than happy for Lana to help him
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Speaker 1: make some DEAs. Together, they molded the remaining clay into
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Speaker 1: the shapes of lots of little DEAs and left the
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Speaker 1: clay to dry in the sun. After a couple of hours,
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Speaker 1: the clay had solidified and the DEAs were ready for painting.
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Speaker 1: Margie and Lana painted the das in all sorts of
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Speaker 1: beautiful colors with lots of intricate patterns and shapes. By
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Speaker 1: the time they were finished painting and left them out
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Speaker 1: to dry again, they looked fantastic. Margie couldn't wait to
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Speaker 1: place them around his home. When the das were finally dry,
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Speaker 1: Margie and Lana climbed the stairs to his tree house
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Speaker 1: and played them by Margie's front door. Margie placed a
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Speaker 1: tiny cotton wick in the middle of each deer, ready
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Speaker 1: to be lit. The next day, Margie and Lana stood
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Speaker 1: back to admire their work in the decorated tree house.
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Speaker 1: It is perfect, Margie sighed contentedly. Tomorrow, when all the
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Speaker 1: candles were lit, his treehouse would look spectacular. Lana the
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Speaker 1: bear checked her watch and realized that she needed to
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Speaker 1: return home for lunch with her family, and thanked Margie
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Speaker 1: for letting her join him in making his DearS. Margie
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Speaker 1: was grateful for Lana's assistance and was happy to have
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Speaker 1: someone to share his tradition with. He picked up one
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Speaker 1: of the DEAs that Lana had made and handed it
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Speaker 1: to her. You can keep this one, he offered her,
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Speaker 1: and she cheerfully accepted the gift. Then Margie had an idea.
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Speaker 1: Lana had enjoyed taking part in his tradition for Devali,
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Speaker 1: so perhaps she would like to experience more of the
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Speaker 1: occasion with him. Margie asked, Lana, I'm going to be
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Speaker 1: having a special dinner for Devali tomorrow. Would you like
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Speaker 1: to join me. Lana was flattered that Margie had invited
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Speaker 1: her to join in his celebrations and accepted enthusiastically. Margie
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Speaker 1: had one requirement for her attendance. She had to wear
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Speaker 1: her favorite clothes, preferably something new. Lana walked back to
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Speaker 1: her family's cave for lunch, carefully cradling her very own
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Speaker 1: deer lamp and feeling very excited for Margie's dinner celebration.
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Speaker 1: The next day. But Margie's preparations didn't stop there. He
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Speaker 1: may have all of his lights ready for tomorrow, but
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Speaker 1: he still had plenty of decorating to do. The next
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Speaker 1: thing on Margie's list was to create rangoli outside of
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Speaker 1: his front door. Rangoli were extravagant, colorful patterns and designs,
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Speaker 1: usually made to look like flowers and their petals or
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Speaker 1: stunning unique shapes. They were believed to welcome wealth and
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Speaker 1: good luck into your home. Margie gathered together all of
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Speaker 1: the things he would need to make his rangoli. He
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Speaker 1: gathered limestone powder and some dry rice flower plus colorful sand,
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Speaker 1: some flower petals, and a bunch of colored rocks. He
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Speaker 1: would use all of these textured items to put together
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Speaker 1: his wrangoli. He swept the balcony outside his front door
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Speaker 1: and set to work. As he laid down the outline
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Speaker 1: of his wrangoli with limestone powder, he made sure to
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Speaker 1: create lots of exciting shapes. He wanted his design to
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Speaker 1: look extra special for his guests to admire when they
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Speaker 1: came over for dinner tomorrow. Margie finished outlining the shape
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Speaker 1: of his wrangoli and was beginning to fill in the
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Speaker 1: shapes with colorful rice flower when he heard a jingling
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Speaker 1: sound just over his shoulder. All of a sudden, her little,
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Speaker 1: high pitched voice piped up and commented, that looks very interesting.
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Speaker 1: What is it you are making. Margie looked around and
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Speaker 1: saw two little fairies hovering in mid air. They had
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Speaker 1: blue skin and large wings. One was an adult and
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Speaker 1: one appeared to be a child. Margie smiled and explained
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Speaker 1: that he was celebrating divali and the colorful design he
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Speaker 1: was creating on the ground was called rangoli. It turned
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Speaker 1: out that the two fairies had heard of divali before.
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Speaker 1: In fact, in their line of work, they came across
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Speaker 1: it quite often. The little blue fairies explained that they
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Speaker 1: would dream giving fairies and that they often granted lovely
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Speaker 1: dreams where people dreamt of Divari celebrations. However, they had
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Speaker 1: never experienced Devali in real life before. Margie was glad
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Speaker 1: to meet some other creatures in Sleepy Forest who knew
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Speaker 1: what divali was, and he asked them if they would
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Speaker 1: like to experience it with him. He offered them the
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Speaker 1: opportunity to help him finish the rangoli that he was
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Speaker 1: working on. The smallest of the two fairies, who was
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Speaker 1: more than eager to join in and instantly dived down
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Speaker 1: to pick up some handfuls of colorful sand. Margie and
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Speaker 1: the two dream giving fairies who he came to learn
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Speaker 1: were named Oriyan and Cosmo, worked together to design a
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Speaker 1: spectacularly colorful rangoli design on Margie's treehouse balcony. They used
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Speaker 1: all sorts of colors to fill in the lines that
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Speaker 1: Margie had created using limestone powder, and the two fairy
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Speaker 1: scattered rose petals in the central circle while Margie placed
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Speaker 1: colorful rocks around the border. By the time they were finished,
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Speaker 1: the wrangoli was absolutely dazzling. Margie completed them by placing
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Speaker 1: a few of the clay deer lamps that he had
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Speaker 1: made earlier with Lana the Bear in the opposite corners
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Speaker 1: of the wrangoli. Wow. The little fairy named Cosmo gasped
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Speaker 1: as he flew up into the air to admire the
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Speaker 1: rangoli in all its glory. It looks ah absolutely beautiful,
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Speaker 1: Frank Golie, looks even better in real life than in dreams.
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Speaker 1: Cosmo's father, Orion, agreed, and they thanked Margie for letting
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Speaker 1: them assist him. Margie was so grateful to all other
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Speaker 1: creatures in Sleepy Forest who had been helping him prepare
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Speaker 1: for Devali, and he invited Orian and Cosmo to join himself,
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Speaker 1: Bertie and Bobby the Bunnies and Lana the Bear tomorrow
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Speaker 1: night for his Divali dinner. Orian and Cosmo promised they
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Speaker 1: would wear their finest clothes and flew back off into
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Speaker 1: the sky, excitedly discussing what they would wear for the occasion.
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Speaker 1: The next morning, Margie woke up feeling pretty He tired
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Speaker 1: after a couple of days of preparations for Devali, but
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Speaker 1: there was no time to rest. Now to day was
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Speaker 1: the big day of celebrations and the official festival of Lights.
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Speaker 1: Margie set to work lighting all of the candles, oil lanterns,
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Speaker 1: and clay deer lamps that were positioned around his home.
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Speaker 1: His tree house looked absolutely spectacular, and all day long,
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Speaker 1: residents of Sleepy Forest walked by to admire his amazingly
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Speaker 1: festive home. Almost everything was ready for Margie to celebrate
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Speaker 1: the special day with his new friends. The only thing
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Speaker 1: he needed to do now was to prepare their feast.
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Speaker 1: Margie was an excellent cook, and he expertly whipped out
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Speaker 1: plenty of delicious foods to share with his new friends.
00:26:12
Speaker 1: He made spicy samosas and a fragrant vegetable curry, plus
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Speaker 1: sweet walls of laddus and milky pieces of burfy for dessert.
00:26:24
Speaker 1: It wasn't long before Maggie's guests arrived for dinner. Lana
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Speaker 1: the Bear, Bertie and Bobby, and Orion and Cosmo all
00:26:34
Speaker 1: arrived at six o'clock dressed in their finest clothes. Lana
00:26:41
Speaker 1: had made herself a stunning black dress with golden beads
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Speaker 1: dripping from the sleeves for the occasion, and Bertie and
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Speaker 1: Bobby wore smart waistcoats in colors of magenta and blue.
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Speaker 1: Orion and Cosmo wore sparkling silver suits that complimented their
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Speaker 1: blue skin excellently. Margie had changed into a golden shawani,
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Speaker 1: which was like a suit that draped all the way
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Speaker 1: down to his knees. His shawannee had been exquisitely embroidered
00:27:22
Speaker 1: with intricate patterns, and he looked very smart for the occasion.
00:27:28
Speaker 1: All of his guests complimented him on his marvelous clothing.
00:27:34
Speaker 1: Margie's illuminated treehouse looked nothing short of breath taking all
00:27:42
Speaker 1: of the candles, lanterns, and lamps made his home look
00:27:48
Speaker 1: utterly magical. The glow from the lights that surrounded Margie's
00:27:53
Speaker 1: treehouse could be seen bursting through the treetops and into
00:27:59
Speaker 1: the dark night sky all across sleepy forest. Each of
00:28:07
Speaker 1: the new friends proudly showed each other how they had
00:28:11
Speaker 1: helped Margie prepare for Divali. It had been a real
00:28:16
Speaker 1: team effort, and Margie couldn't wait to thank them for
00:28:20
Speaker 1: their assistance by sharing the evening celebrations with them. Margie
00:28:27
Speaker 1: and his new group of friends sat down on his
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Speaker 1: tree house balcony and shared the tasty food that Margie
00:28:36
Speaker 1: had spent all day making. Bobby the Bunny declared the
00:28:42
Speaker 1: samosas a taste sensation, and Nana the Bear had to
00:28:49
Speaker 1: stop herself from eating up all the balls of LaDou.
00:28:53
Speaker 1: She absolutely loved them. After dinner, they all played game
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Speaker 1: of cards and Bertie kept winning every round. A part
00:29:06
Speaker 1: of celebrating Devli was about giving gifts to loved ones,
00:29:12
Speaker 1: so Margie had prepared a few gifts to hand out
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Speaker 1: to his new friends. He had made them all some
00:29:20
Speaker 1: special sweets made of dried fruits called peder. He had
00:29:27
Speaker 1: made each of them a box of the delicious sweets
00:29:31
Speaker 1: so that they could share them with their families at home.
00:29:36
Speaker 1: All of the friends were delighted to have something sweet
00:29:40
Speaker 1: to return home with. They were sure that their families
00:29:45
Speaker 1: would be very thankful for the gift. Slyly Oriyan turned
00:29:52
Speaker 1: to his young son Cosmo and whispered in his ear.
00:29:58
Speaker 1: Cosmo grinned excited delight and nodded his head to his father.
00:30:05
Speaker 1: The pair of fairies shot up into the sky out
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Speaker 1: of sight. Margie, Lana, the Bear, Bertie, and Bobby all
00:30:16
Speaker 1: looked at each other, very confused. Why had Orion and
00:30:23
Speaker 1: Cosmo suddenly left without warning? But their question was quickly answered.
00:30:34
Speaker 1: All of a sudden, fireworks began to pop and sparkle
00:30:39
Speaker 1: in the sky. They all looked up into the dark
00:30:44
Speaker 1: night sky and watched the shimmering array of multi colored
00:30:49
Speaker 1: fireworks shoot through the air. They all gasped with delight,
00:30:56
Speaker 1: and Margie clapped his hands with gratitude. The fireworks were
00:31:02
Speaker 1: absolutely perfect for celebrating divali. Orian and Cosmo clearly had
00:31:11
Speaker 1: experienced plenty of Divali celebrations whilst out delivering dreams to
00:31:17
Speaker 1: the people of the world. They knew exactly what was
00:31:22
Speaker 1: needed to complete the night. Orian and Cosmo created a
00:31:29
Speaker 1: dazzling light show for Margie and his friends using their
00:31:35
Speaker 1: fairy magic. All Oversleepy Forest creatures were emerging from their
00:31:43
Speaker 1: homes to watch the impressive celebrations. Devali was being shared
00:31:50
Speaker 1: with everyone, and everybody could enjoy the festivities together. When
00:31:57
Speaker 1: the fireworks show was over, Orion and Cosmo returned to
00:32:04
Speaker 1: Margie's tree house, and Margie thanked them wholeheartedly for such
00:32:11
Speaker 1: a spectacular addition to the festivities. Orian, Cosmo, Bertie, Bobby,
00:32:21
Speaker 1: and Lana the Bear had all loved celebrating de Vli
00:32:26
Speaker 1: with Margie, and Margie was humbled to have made so
00:32:31
Speaker 1: many good friends over the course of the last few days.
00:32:37
Speaker 1: He had plenty to celebrate this Devali. Tomorrow, Margie would
00:32:46
Speaker 1: travel to visit his family and celebrate the last two
00:32:51
Speaker 1: days of de Vli with them. He had lots of
00:32:55
Speaker 1: gifts to share with his brothers and sisters too, and
00:33:00
Speaker 1: he couldn't wait to see them again after so long
00:33:04
Speaker 1: of being apart. Margie was grateful to have been able
00:33:10
Speaker 1: to share his traditions with new friends and celebrate de
00:33:16
Speaker 1: Vali in Sleepy Forest. He had loved teaching them all
00:33:22
Speaker 1: about de Vli, and he was delighted that they had
00:33:27
Speaker 1: all enjoyed learning about it too, Even though Margie had
00:33:34
Speaker 1: been far from home, it had been a very special
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Speaker 1: de Vali indeed,