In tonight's sleep meditation for kids, we roll on the warm summer breeze with a tumbleweed, across sandy plains, past cacti and horses under a sleepy late summer sun. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Author ✍️ Luke Prendergast
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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Koala 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. As there are no specific shout outs tonight,
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Speaker 1: I want to just say a general, heartfelt thank you
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Speaker 1: Send a voice note on supercast, or jot a few
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Speaker 1: words on Apple or Spotify or wherever you fancy. Okay,
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Speaker 1: back to tonight's episode, where we're returning to our mini
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Speaker 1: series of meditations called Floating on a Breeze. Now, if
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Speaker 1: you enjoy them, why not revisit the ones about the
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Speaker 1: spring dandelion, the winter snowflake, or the autumn leaf, all
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Speaker 1: calm and gentle, wind powered journeys that will leave you
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Speaker 1: feeling relaxed and rested. Tonight, we're journeying with tumbleweed across
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Speaker 1: the Sandy Plains on a warm summer's day. If you
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Speaker 1: don't know what a tumbleweed is don't worry, I'm going
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Speaker 1: to soon introduce you. All you need to do is relax,
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Speaker 1: get comfy, and follow my voice. It's time to begin
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Speaker 1: floating on the breeze. Rolling Tumbleweed by Luke Prendergast. Settle
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Speaker 1: down into your beds and get cozy. Make sure your
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Speaker 1: pillow is nice and comfory underneath your head, and that
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Speaker 1: you're tucked into your douvet or sheet. Just right now,
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Speaker 1: close your eyes and take a deep breath in. Feel
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Speaker 1: the air rushed through your nose, and go all the
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Speaker 1: way down into your chest, all the way down into
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Speaker 1: your tummy, and very slowly release your breath. Good. That's perfect.
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Speaker 1: Let's practice our breathing a few more times. Are you ready?
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Speaker 1: Take a big, deep breath in and then slowly let
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Speaker 1: it out. And again, a deep breath in and slowly
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Speaker 1: let it out. Breathe in and out once more, breathe
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Speaker 1: in and out. Wonderful. All day, every day, we ask
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Speaker 1: our bodies to do such a lot of hard work
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Speaker 1: for us. We ask them to walk from here to there,
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Speaker 1: We ask them to bear down to pick up a
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Speaker 1: fallen pencil, or we ask them to sit for a
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Speaker 1: very long time while we read. Sometimes we ask them
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Speaker 1: to run a race, or kick a ball around the playground,
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Speaker 1: or even climb a tree. We ask them to breathe
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Speaker 1: for us without us even having to think about it.
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Speaker 1: And when we're tired, we ask our bodies to walk
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Speaker 1: us up the stairs and into the warm comfort of
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Speaker 1: our beds. Don't our bodies do an awful lot for us?
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Speaker 1: I think our bodies deserve a little bit of gratitude
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Speaker 1: for all the hard work they do. So now, with
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Speaker 1: the voice in your head or out loud, let's show
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Speaker 1: our bodies some thanks. Thank you Boddy for carrying me
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Speaker 1: around the world, for helping me move around and have
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Speaker 1: fun and to do all of the many things I
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Speaker 1: enjoy doing in this wonderful place, we call her, thank you.
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Speaker 1: That's good. It's important to give your body thanks for
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Speaker 1: all the hard work you two do together. And it's
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Speaker 1: important to thank yourself too, for all the hard work
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Speaker 1: you do. Take a moment now to show yourself some gratitude.
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Speaker 1: Thank yourselves for being so kind, so loving, so gentle,
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Speaker 1: so brave. That's it, Well done to you. Tonight, we're
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Speaker 1: taking a trip through a very special place. Indeed, the
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Speaker 1: deserts and grasslands of America. It's summer, and it's hot.
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Speaker 1: All day, the sun has shone down, warming the red
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Speaker 1: rocks and making the web of rivers that crisscross across
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Speaker 1: the landscape glitter like gold. Now, as night approach, the
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Speaker 1: sun is low in the blushing pink sky, and the
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Speaker 1: air is hazy, shimmering and warm. This is a world
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Speaker 1: where horses graze in paddocks, cowboys climb fences, and tumbleweed
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Speaker 1: rolls lazily over the rocky, grassy ground, blown by the
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Speaker 1: stirrings of a warm wind. In fact, the trip we're
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Speaker 1: going on tonight is with one of those tumbleweeds. Can
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Speaker 1: you tell which one? Yeah, that's right. The young tumbleweed
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Speaker 1: there who's just finished growing on the shrub, with all
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Speaker 1: the little pink flowers which look just like little sweeties
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Speaker 1: sprinkled over the leaves. That little tumbleweed doesn't know it yet,
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Speaker 1: but it is about to embark upon a very special journey.
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Speaker 1: It's a journey that all tumbleweeds go on when it's time,
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Speaker 1: when they're plucked from the bush where they've been growing
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Speaker 1: and go rolling and tumbling lazily off across the desert
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Speaker 1: to see all the sights there are to see? Shall
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Speaker 1: we go and say hello to the tumbleweed. Hello, tumbleweed,
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Speaker 1: and look he's waving his tangle of dark roots and leaves. Hello,
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Speaker 1: he says, good dmeet you. The tumbleweed is one of
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Speaker 1: many tumbleweeds who grow here in the desert. The tough
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Speaker 1: and hardy bushes with their little flowers, sprout here and
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Speaker 1: there over the red ground. Under the fading sky. Far
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Speaker 1: in the distance, across the plains can be seen the
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Speaker 1: purple triangles of a distant mountain range. They're peaks, white tipped. Ah. Listen,
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Speaker 1: the time for the tumbleweed journey is coming now. Hello.
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Speaker 1: Whistling sound echoes across the grasslands, and a gentle breeze
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Speaker 1: begins to stir the tumbleweed back and forth. The breeze
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Speaker 1: is warm, and a few moments after it begins to blow,
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Speaker 1: her face appears in its currents. It is the face
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Speaker 1: of a kindly old woman, with wrinkles like ancient ravines
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Speaker 1: carved down her cheeks and a misty twinkle in her eyes.
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Speaker 1: Good evening to you, the old lady in the wind
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Speaker 1: says to the little tumbleweed, I am the warm south wind.
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Speaker 1: I blow across the deserts and grasslands, carrying with me
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Speaker 1: the scent of wild flowers and honeysuckle, and the sound
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Speaker 1: of the babbling brook. I am the guardian of all
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Speaker 1: things that grow and live beneath the summer sun and
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Speaker 1: the star studded summer nights. I watch over and take
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Speaker 1: care of you all. I am here to take you
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Speaker 1: on a journey, little tumbleweed, Are you ready? The tumbleweed
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Speaker 1: feels a little nervous at the prospect of a journey.
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Speaker 1: Where will they be going, he wonders. But the south
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Speaker 1: wind seems so friendly and wise, her voice so soft
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Speaker 1: and beautiful, that the tumbleweed knows he will be safe. Besides,
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Speaker 1: he has heard there is much to see in the world,
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Speaker 1: and he knows that in order to see it all,
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Speaker 1: he has to let go of any worry and let
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Speaker 1: the wind take him whenever she wills. I am ready,
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Speaker 1: the tumbleweed says. The south wind nods proudly at him,
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Speaker 1: and then takes in a deep breath of air so
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Speaker 1: that her cheeks puff up big and round and smooth. Then,
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Speaker 1: pursing her airy lips together out, she blows her warm
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Speaker 1: current of air rivers from her mouth, sails over to
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Speaker 1: the tumbleweed, and lifts him gently from the bush, up
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Speaker 1: and up through the air. The tumbleweed soars for a
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Speaker 1: few moments, carried by the south wind, and feeling such
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Speaker 1: a rush of pleasure pour through him, he feels free.
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Speaker 1: He sinks towards the ground, landing lightly on the soft
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Speaker 1: and dusty ground, and then he begins to do what
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Speaker 1: tumbleweed does best. He tumbles. The south wind blows her
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Speaker 1: gentle breeze, rolling the tumbleweed bouncily across the ground. They
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Speaker 1: pass shrubs and tall trees with thin, strong trunks and
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Speaker 1: big flat leaves. Rocks crop out of the ground in
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Speaker 1: all sorts of shapes and sizes. Some rocks look like
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Speaker 1: waves that have been caught in their peak and turned
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Speaker 1: to deep red stone. Others look like huge balls, as
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Speaker 1: though in ancient times millennia before, some prehistoric giants had
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Speaker 1: abandoned them there after a colossal game of tennis. Soon,
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Speaker 1: the tumbleweed is blown around the corner of a hillock
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Speaker 1: and spots a cloud of higgledy piggledy figures. When he
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Speaker 1: looks closer, he sees that it is a herd of cows.
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Speaker 1: He can see their splodshy black and white spots, their soft, pink,
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Speaker 1: tender snouts, and around the herd of cows trot two
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Speaker 1: horses with cowboys on their backs. The cowboys are clothed
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Speaker 1: in cowboy gear, dust stained jeans, leather boots, wide brimmed hats.
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Speaker 1: They steer their horses this way and that around the
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Speaker 1: herd of cows. What are they doing, the tumbleweed asks
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Speaker 1: the south wind. They are herding those cows, she replies,
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Speaker 1: and then with a chuckle, she adds, or at least
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Speaker 1: they are trying to. Why don't we take a closer look?
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Speaker 1: And so the weed tumbles over closer to the cowboys
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Speaker 1: and the herd of cow and sees that they are
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Speaker 1: indeed trying to herd the cows through a gate and
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Speaker 1: into another field of pasture. But the problem is that
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Speaker 1: they aren't quite working together. The tumbleweed can see that
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Speaker 1: one of the cowboys would ride one way and the
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Speaker 1: other would ride the other way, both of them swinging
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Speaker 1: their the sious high above their heads, but the cows
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Speaker 1: just slip between the gap in the two horses. Soon enough,
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Speaker 1: one of the cowboys notices the problem. He calls out
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Speaker 1: to his friend, We need to work together better. You
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Speaker 1: close up this gap here and I'll ride around and
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Speaker 1: coax them into the field. That way they can't run
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Speaker 1: the other way. The other cowboy doss his cowboy hat. Gotcha,
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Speaker 1: he called the tumbleweed and the south Wind watch as
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Speaker 1: the cowboys try once more. This time they work as
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Speaker 1: a team. They keep their eyes on each other, urging
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Speaker 1: their horses on or holding back according to what the
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Speaker 1: other is doing, so that they begin to move in harmony,
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Speaker 1: like two fiddles playing a duet. And once they start
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Speaker 1: to work together, the cows calmly comply. They trot through
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Speaker 1: the gate and into the field beyond, where they begin
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Speaker 1: tugging merrily on the tufts of grass that grew there.
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Speaker 1: The two cowboys, big smiles on their faces, canter over
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Speaker 1: to each other and exchange a high five. The south
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Speaker 1: wind asks, are you ready to move on now, little tumbleweed?
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Speaker 1: And the tumbleweed nods, so the south ward takes a
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Speaker 1: deep breath and blows her sweet smelling breeze again. The
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Speaker 1: tumbleweed bumbles across the plains until the cowboys in their
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Speaker 1: herd of livestock disappear. Completely from sight. Twilight is setting
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Speaker 1: in the sky is fading from pink to purple, and
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Speaker 1: the yellow moon dangles up above like a wheel of cheese.
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Speaker 1: They pass dense shrubs and spindly trees and big dark
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Speaker 1: rushes of grass, and then the tumbleweed notices some strange
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Speaker 1: and unfamiliar forms up ahead. They're very tall and look
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Speaker 1: like a cross between men and trees. They grow out
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Speaker 1: of the ground, but they have arms poking out of
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Speaker 1: their sides, which they point to the skies. As the
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Speaker 1: tumbleweed gets closer, he sees that the plant men are
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Speaker 1: green in color and covered in sharp looking spikes. What
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Speaker 1: are these strange plant men, the tumbleweed asks the south wind.
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Speaker 1: The south wind says that perhaps they should ask them directly,
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Speaker 1: so the tumbleweed takes a breath and says, excuse me, hello,
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Speaker 1: nice to meet you. I was just wondering, I've never
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Speaker 1: met any creatures. You look like you before, covered in
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Speaker 1: all those spikes, Can you tell me about yourselves? The
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Speaker 1: plant men crane down to look at the little tumbleweed
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Speaker 1: and smile at him. They are cacti, they tell him,
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Speaker 1: not men at all, but plants. They are covered in spikes,
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Speaker 1: it is true, but it is important not to judge
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Speaker 1: them by their outward appearance. For while they have tough
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Speaker 1: and spiky skin to protect themselves from the elements, inside,
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Speaker 1: they are soft and luscious and filled with water that
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Speaker 1: their long roots have sucked up from the dry desert earth.
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Speaker 1: And says one of the cacti by way of conclusion,
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Speaker 1: the proof is here, and the cactus bends down and
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Speaker 1: shows the tumbleweed a beautiful pink flower growing right on
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Speaker 1: top of its head. The tumbleweed, listening to the cacti speak,
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Speaker 1: feels a warm flood of sympathy moving through him. For
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Speaker 1: just as the cacti do not want to be judged
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Speaker 1: by their outward appearance, so too does the tumbleweed. The
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Speaker 1: tumbleweed knows he may appear like a meager tangle of
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Speaker 1: weeds and leaves, nothing more than a bit of plant
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Speaker 1: billowing about in the wind. But in fact he is
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Speaker 1: a great desert traveler, isn't he hasn't he traveled all
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Speaker 1: this way, blown by the south wind, discovering the world
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Speaker 1: around him. There is more to him than meets the eye,
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Speaker 1: more to the whole world than meets the eye. He
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Speaker 1: knows this. The tumbleweed says goodbye to the cacti and
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Speaker 1: that he's very happy, indeed, that he's had the chance
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Speaker 1: to meet him. Then he says to the south wind
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Speaker 1: that he's ready to move on. She takes a deep
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Speaker 1: breath and blows her honeysuckle breeze. As the cacti raised
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Speaker 1: their limbs to wave goodbye, the tumbleweed bumbles away. Now
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Speaker 1: night has truly set. The sky above is pitch black,
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Speaker 1: but covered with so many brilliant flashing stars that it
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Speaker 1: looks to the tumbleweed like a piece of dark cloth
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Speaker 1: stitched and embroidered with hundreds of thousands of tiny diamonds.
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Speaker 1: They glint and glitter, burning suns billions of miles away,
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Speaker 1: with their own solar systems, their own planets circling them.
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Speaker 1: The tumbleweed wonders whether there is a planet out there
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Speaker 1: where other tumbleweeds just like him live, rolling lazily across
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Speaker 1: their own little worlds. At last, the south wind blows
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Speaker 1: the little tumbleweed towards It's a cluster of buildings. It
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Speaker 1: is a ranch. There is a small farmhouse with a
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Speaker 1: verandah all around it, and windows with low orange light
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Speaker 1: coming through them. In the other buildings, Cattle chomp on hay,
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Speaker 1: and stacks of straw are stacked up all the way
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Speaker 1: to the rafters. And on the prairie around the ranch,
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Speaker 1: grazing on the grass are a flock of horses. Their
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Speaker 1: coats silver and black and brown and red, all gleam
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Speaker 1: in the starlight. The tumbleweed can hear the hypnotic sound
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Speaker 1: of their chewing as they snip the grass and chew
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Speaker 1: and swallow it. These horses are different to the ones
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Speaker 1: the tumbleweeds saw earlier, the ones being ridden by the cowboys.
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Speaker 1: Those horses had saddles and bridles and were being ridden
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Speaker 1: by men. But these horses seem wilder, their coats shaggier.
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Speaker 1: When the tumbleweed whispers this to the south wind, the
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Speaker 1: south wind tells him that he's right, these are wild horses.
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Speaker 1: The tumbleweed ponders this for a few moments, then he asks,
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Speaker 1: if they're wild, then what are they doing here. The
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Speaker 1: south wind tells him that this herd of wild horses
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Speaker 1: has been roaming the prairies for a long long time.
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Speaker 1: They've traveled thousands of miles, wandering this way and that
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Speaker 1: across the plains. But now they've chosen to come to
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Speaker 1: rest on the grassy fields around this ranch. Here they're
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Speaker 1: looked after by the humans who put food out for them.
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Speaker 1: They graze on the lush grass, They drink in the
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Speaker 1: babbling brook. This is where they've chosen to settle for now.
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Speaker 1: They might, the south wind tells him, choose to move
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Speaker 1: on again at some point, but for now, this is
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Speaker 1: where the herd of wild horses has chosen to call home.
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Speaker 1: While the south wind has been talking, the tumbleweed has
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Speaker 1: found a sleepy feeling creeping through his roots and weeds.
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Speaker 1: He's traveled a long way today. He thinks he wouldn't
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Speaker 1: mind choosing somewhere like the wild horses to settle for
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Speaker 1: a little while. He stifles a little yawn. The south
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Speaker 1: wind sees that the tumbleweed is tired and says, there there,
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Speaker 1: little one, perhaps it's time for you to get some rest.
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Speaker 1: The tumbleweed agrees and looks about him. At last, he
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Speaker 1: points to a little nook in the corner of the
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Speaker 1: straw barn, which looks very cozy. There, he says, I
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Speaker 1: like the look at that spot. That's where I choose
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Speaker 1: to rest my head just for a little while, and
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Speaker 1: so the south wind takes her final breath and blows out.
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Speaker 1: The tumbleweed is carried on the sweet breeze over to
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Speaker 1: the straw barn, where he rolls gently into the cozy
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Speaker 1: looking nook. It is just as warm and comfortable as
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Speaker 1: he'd imagined. He nestles down, finding the snuggist position. From there,
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Speaker 1: he can still see the herd of wild horses. Hear
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Speaker 1: they're pleasant, chomping watch as they swish their tails back
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Speaker 1: and forth and ripple their gleaming coats. What a day
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Speaker 1: has been, he thinks, What an adventure he's been on.
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Speaker 1: He's traveled the desert and the grasslands. He has met cowboys,
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Speaker 1: he has met cacti. He has seen the sky fade
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Speaker 1: and the star speak out. And he has seen a
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Speaker 1: herd of wild horses grazing serenely on the prairie. And
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Speaker 1: all of this, he thinks, thanks to the south Wind.
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Speaker 1: Thank you, south Wind, he whispers as he feels himself
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Speaker 1: drifting off to sleep. Thank you for taking me on
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Speaker 1: my journey. The south Wind, who is still barely visible
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Speaker 1: beside him in the darkness, smiles. You are quite welcome,
00:24:41
Speaker 1: little tumbleweed, she tells him. It has been a pleasure,
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Speaker 1: And you know that should you ever choose to move
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Speaker 1: on to tumble on across the world until you find
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Speaker 1: your next place of rest, I will be here. I
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Speaker 1: will always be here, watching over you and keeping you safe.
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Speaker 1: The tumbleweed hears her words and is filled with a
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Speaker 1: deep and happy piece. He's safe here, he's cozy, he
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Speaker 1: is tired and so in the little nook of the
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Speaker 1: prairie ranch, in view of the great plains and the
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Speaker 1: wild horses, the tumbleweed blinks a few times and falls
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Speaker 1: into a deep slumber, a peaceful sleep, filled to the
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Speaker 1: brim with stars spangled dreams. We are drifting towards dreams now,
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Speaker 1: the happiest, loveliest dreams you've ever dreamt. We're calm and cozy,
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Speaker 1: Your breathing is relaxed. Then you can feel that lovely
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Speaker 1: weight of the blanket keeping you safe and warm. Aren't
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Speaker 1: you comfy? You are so warm and cozy, so sleepy.
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Speaker 1: As you drift into dreams, count all the things you're
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Speaker 1: grateful for. Let yourself fill up with all of the
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Speaker 1: little moments that made you smile today. See the faces
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Speaker 1: of the people that made you laugh. Think of the
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Speaker 1: things that challenged you. Think of the things you learned
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Speaker 1: and the practice that meant you'll be a little bit
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Speaker 1: better tomorrow than you were today. Think about how warm
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Speaker 1: and cozy and sleepy you are here in your bed.
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Speaker 1: What a day you had. Wonderful things lie ahead for
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Speaker 1: you too. You will have wonderful adventures tomorrow and the
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Speaker 1: next day and the one after that. The whole world
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Speaker 1: is waiting for you. But there's no rush. There's nothing
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Speaker 1: more to do today. All that's left for today is rest, deep,
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Speaker 1: cozy sleep. The most beautiful of dreams are waiting for
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Speaker 1: you now. That's why you're drifting off gently into dreamland.
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Speaker 1: So keep breathing slowly, Let yourself get toasty warm, Let
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Speaker 1: your eyelids stay heavy, and know that you are safe.
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Speaker 1: Remember that you are smart, You are brave, you are kind,
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Speaker 1: and you are loved. Think it to yourself. I am smart,
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Speaker 1: I am brave, I am kind, I am loved. You
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Speaker 1: are a dream. When tomorrow comes, you'll face it with
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Speaker 1: a smile because you are smart, brave, kind and loved.
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Speaker 1: Because you are you uniquely wonderfully you. What kind of
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Speaker 1: dream are you drifting towards tonight? You can dream however
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Speaker 1: you want, because your imagination is as wide as the universe.
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Speaker 1: What will you find in tonight's dream? Maybe you'll see
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Speaker 1: your favorite characters. Is that Hector and Sonny over there?
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Speaker 1: Maybe you'll visit the moon where there's mice eating cheese
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Speaker 1: in the craters. Maybe you'll walk through sleepy forest where
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Speaker 1: Coco the Koala is strumming his pink ukuley on the
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Speaker 1: banks of sleepy River. Let your imagination take you away.
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Speaker 1: Your dreams are all yours, and you deserve the sweetest
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Speaker 1: dream of all because you are brave, you are kind,
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Speaker 1: and you are loved. You are brave, you are kind,
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Speaker 1: and you are loved, and you are wonderfully uniquely you.
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Speaker 1: You are a dream. And it's time to sleep. Tucked
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Speaker 1: up in your bed, breathe slowly and melt into your bed.
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Speaker 1: Isn't it warm and soft and cozy. It's time to rest.
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Speaker 1: Take deep breaths in and out, and let yourself relax
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Speaker 1: as you say goodbye to the day. Let your body
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Speaker 1: get even heavier, let your whole body go floppy, Drift
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Speaker 1: deeper into sleep with every breath, and say good night.
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Speaker 1: Remember tomorrow will be a good day because you have
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Speaker 1: a big heart. You are a good friend. You believe
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Speaker 1: in yourself. You know there's nothing better to be than yourself.
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Speaker 1: It's okay to get things wrong. It's okay to ask
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Speaker 1: for help. You can do whatever you set your mind to.
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Speaker 1: Be proud to be different, Be proud of your achievements.
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Speaker 1: Be proud of yourself. You are a good learner. You
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Speaker 1: are a good listener. You are a good example to others.
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Speaker 1: You are valued, You are loved. You are sleepy. So
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Speaker 1: drift off now, little one. Let the dreams take over
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Speaker 1: as you sleep. Let your dreams take you to magical
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Speaker 1: lands and far away places. Remember there's no room for
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Speaker 1: worries in your dreams, just magic. It's a magic place
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Speaker 1: where anything can happen, anything you want. It's a place
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Speaker 1: of positivity and light. Let positivity soak into you and
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Speaker 1: fill you up. Imagine it as a golden light traveling
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Speaker 1: from the tips of your toes to the top of
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Speaker 1: your head. Imagine that wherever the light touches you fills
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Speaker 1: with happiness. Imagine that the light makes you feel calm.
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Speaker 1: You're wrapped in a warm, cozy glow within your soft,
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Speaker 1: toasty blanket. Isn't that nice? You are safe, tucked up tight,
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Speaker 1: so sleep soundly all through the night. Sweet dreams did
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Speaker 1: the one. I'll see you soon