Hector & Sunny's Sports Day 🐶🥏 Premium Kids Bedtime Story

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[00:02:37] It is a truth universally acknowledged that of all the living beings that exist upon the Earth, only humans are capable of using the telephone. This truth, however, is no truth at all. It is, in fact, a misconception. There is another very special species who boasts this particular ability. Can you guess what species that might be? Oh, you got it. Dogs.

[00:03:06] Dogs know just how to use a telephone. But, given that it suits dogs just fine for humans to go on thinking incorrectly that they are the smartest and most technologically advanced creatures on the planet, the Canine Collective keeps this secret little skill of theirs well hidden. Better, overall, that humans are kept firmly in the dark.

[00:03:32] But what this means is that whenever a dog does need to use the phone, they often have to come up with some elaborate scheme to make sure their human beings don't catch wind of their telecommunications. They have to send a series of yips and barks to forewarn their friends that the phone is about to ring, and make sure any human beings who might be hanging around are kept safely out of the way.

[00:03:58] Which is exactly what Hector and Sunny had to do one warm autumn afternoon. They were lying beneath the tree in Hector's back garden when the occasional golden leaf broke from the branches above their heads and drifted merrily to the ground. Then, quite suddenly, Sunny lifted her chin from off her paws, her ears pricking up high.

[00:04:27] Hither, Hector? she said. Hear what? replied Hector, whose Labrador ears were always that little bit slower to pick up on things than her spaniel ones. What can you hear? Some barking, Sunny said. I'm pretty sure I can hear some dog barking your name.

[00:04:53] And sure enough, in just a moment, Hector heard it too. The yipping and the yowling of Hector's name by the neighbourhood dogs, alerting him that in just a few seconds, the phone would ring. Swiftly, for by now Hector and Sunny knew exactly what to do when the news of a phone call arrived, they jumped up from underneath the tree and scampered inside the house.

[00:05:21] You go and stand by the phone, Sunny told Hector. I'll go check on your owner. So Hector headed over to the little side table where the phone sat, and Sunny trotted into the living room, where Hector's owner was. She gave a little yip. The coast was clear. Hector's owner was happily immersed in a video game. So when the call arrived,

[00:05:49] and Hector snatched up the phone with his paw before it even had a chance to fully ring, in the living room, his owner didn't notice a thing. Hello, Hector asked, putting the phone to his ear. Good afternoon, Hector, came the voice through the phone. This is Coach Howler. Coach Howler.

[00:06:17] This was the call Hector had been waiting for with much nervous excitement. Coach Howler was in charge of organising the Doggo Sports Day, an annual event which was the highlight of the calendar for all the dogs that lived in town. This year, Sunny was competing in the treasure hunt, but Hector had applied for a different role entirely, and Coach Howler must be calling now to tell him whether he'd got it.

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