In tonight’s bedtime story for kids, we join Koko as he returns to Sleepy Forest Elementary. He is reunited with his good friends Camo & Prickles, and the three of them soon get back into the swing of things, drawing, playing, and even learning musical instruments! Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Coco Sleep, your 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. Ooh, tonight, it's a big night for Cocoa
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Speaker 1: as he's heading back.
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Speaker 2: To school tomorrow.
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Speaker 1: And I'm sure many of you know that feeling, but
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Speaker 1: I wonder if you also know the superpower that feeling
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Speaker 1: nervous can bring to you. You'll soon hear all about
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Speaker 1: it in this story. But first let's hear who's joined
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Speaker 1: the Cocoa Club today. Hi, Connor, Olivia, Maizie Hayley, Bunny Harlowe,
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Speaker 1: Yuni Belle, alex Norah Esty, Keelan and Easton and j
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Speaker 1: Yessica Golden. Thanks for joining us all here in the clubhouse.
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Speaker 1: It's lovely to have you. I also mustn't forget to
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Speaker 1: wish a very special little listener a happy birthday today,
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Speaker 1: So Tylia and Canada, Happy birthday. I hope you've had
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Speaker 1: a wonderful day. And here's a special birthday kiss from Coco.
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Speaker 2: As I was.
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Speaker 1: Saying, he's a little nervous for his first day back
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Speaker 1: at school tomorrow, which is totally normal, but he will
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Speaker 1: soon realize that he needn't be let's hear how he
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Speaker 1: will spend his first day back after the long summer break.
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Speaker 1: Maybe it will help you think of all the fun
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Speaker 1: ahead of you too, So tuck yourself up in bed,
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Speaker 1: snuggle down under the covers and relax your shoulders. Maybe
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Speaker 1: gently shake your head and close your eyes to Now
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Speaker 1: we're ready to begin. Coco goes to Sleepy Forest Elementary
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Speaker 1: by Luke Prendergast. Deep in the heart of a faraway
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Speaker 1: forest stood a cozy, wooden cabin. Inside the cabin lived
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Speaker 1: a family of Koalas. The youngest member of the family
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Speaker 1: was called Coco. One evening at the beginning of September,
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Speaker 1: Coco was being tucked into bed by his mother. His
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Speaker 1: pillow was soft under his ears, the gentle rustling of
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Speaker 1: leaves came from the trees around the cabin, and he
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Speaker 1: had enjoyed a warm cup of cocoa. But for some
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Speaker 1: reason that night, Coco was extra fidgety. He simply couldn't
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Speaker 1: settle down. What's the matter with you, his mother asked
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Speaker 1: him kindly. It's like you've got ants in your pants.
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Speaker 2: Coco let out a giggle.
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Speaker 1: His mother was always saying funny things like having ants
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Speaker 1: in your pants. Or bees in your bonnets, which didn't
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Speaker 1: make any sense when you really thought about them. I
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Speaker 1: don't think I can sleep, he told her. I'm too
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Speaker 1: busy thinking about tomorrow. Hooko's mother smiled with sympathy. Tomorrow
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Speaker 1: was Coco's first day back at Sleepy Forest Elementary School,
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Speaker 1: after he had spent a long summer off hanging out
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Speaker 1: with his friends and relaxing. Are you excited, she asked him. Oh, yes,
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Speaker 1: Hoko said, nodding his head up and down. I'm very excited.
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Speaker 1: But then he paused, and a little frown appeared on
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Speaker 1: his furry face. His mother, who had known Coco all
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Speaker 1: his life and often had a sixth sense about how
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Speaker 1: he was feeling, reached out a paw and touched his face.
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Speaker 1: But you're a bit nervous too, are you, she asked him.
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Speaker 1: Coco nodded more slowly this time, but he didn't say anything.
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Speaker 1: Sometimes he found it hard to admit he was nervous.
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Speaker 1: And what are you worried about, his mother asked him softly. Well,
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Speaker 1: he replied, I'm going into a new year and lots
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Speaker 1: of things will be different.
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Speaker 2: I hope that my teacher is.
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Speaker 1: Nice and I learn lots of things and I also
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Speaker 1: hope I have fun. When he'd finished speaking, Coco immediately
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Speaker 1: felt calmer. When he was worried about something, he often
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Speaker 1: found that it made things much better to say those
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Speaker 1: things out loud. Sharing his worries with someone else always
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Speaker 1: seemed to lighten them and make them appear less significant
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Speaker 1: than they had before. Now, he stopped fidgeting so much
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Speaker 1: and lay his head down on the soft pillow. His
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Speaker 1: mother said, those are all very normal worries to have.
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Speaker 1: In fact, I bet that every little animal in the
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Speaker 1: sleepy forest is excited and nervous going to bed tonight.
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Speaker 1: Nerves aren't entirely a bad thing, she told him. Sometimes
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Speaker 1: having a few nerves can be good. How so, asked Coco. Well,
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Speaker 1: his mother said, nerves can be put to good use.
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Speaker 1: If you don't have a few of them, you'd never
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Speaker 1: have the opportunity to be brave. Cocoa was always impressed
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Speaker 1: by just how wise his mother was. She was absolutely right.
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Speaker 2: At her words. The last of.
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Speaker 1: Coco's remaining nerves had disappeared, and he told her that
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Speaker 1: now he was only looking forward to tomorrow. Very good,
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Speaker 1: she said, pulling the covers over him and giving him
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Speaker 1: a kiss on the head. Now, the sooner you sleep,
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Speaker 1: the sooner morning will come. She really was very wise.
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Speaker 1: Cocho slept very peacefully that night, indeed, and dreamed of
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Speaker 1: all the adventures he might get up to in the
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Speaker 1: new school year. He woke up feeling fresh and rejuvenated.
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Speaker 1: He hopped right out of bed and did a big
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Speaker 1: morning stretch ah for the first time in weeks. He
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Speaker 1: put on his school uniform, a white shirt, a pair
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Speaker 1: of gray shorts, a bright green tie with the Sleepy
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Speaker 1: Forest elementary logo on it, some socks, and his black
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Speaker 1: leather shoes. He looked in the mirror. He was ready
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Speaker 1: to go. His mother had already made him some porridge,
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Speaker 1: and before he left the treehouse, she handed him his
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Speaker 1: school bag. I've put your pet lunch in there for you,
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Speaker 1: she told him. Now go and have a wonderful first
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Speaker 1: day back at school. Koco thanked his mother, gave her
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Speaker 1: a big hug, and set off through the forest for school.
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Speaker 1: Outside the school gates, which swung open on two especially
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Speaker 1: strong tree trunks, all of the other students were gathering.
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Speaker 1: There were lots of faces there. He didn't recognize students
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Speaker 1: from the old years and others newly arriving at Sleepy
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Speaker 1: Forest Elementary. But then he saw two of his best friends,
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Speaker 1: Camo the chameleon and Prickles the hedgehog, standing the other
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Speaker 1: side of the gates. He went over to them and
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Speaker 1: said hello. Both looked really pleased to see him. Hello, Coko,
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Speaker 1: they said.
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Speaker 2: Ko.
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Speaker 1: Ko asked them both how they were doing this morning.
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Speaker 1: How excited said Prickles. I can't wait to learn new
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Speaker 1: things and make new friends. And he gave a bristle
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Speaker 1: of his needles to show just how excited he was.
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Speaker 1: Camo was a little more quiet. He had the extraordinary
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Speaker 1: ability to change the color of his skin, sometimes to
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Speaker 1: camouflage himself with his surroundings, or other times to put
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Speaker 1: on a wonderful show. Today he was the color of
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Speaker 1: leaves and tree bark. I'm feeling a bit shy, he
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Speaker 1: whispered to Coko. Ko. Ko put his arm around his
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Speaker 1: friend and told him the advice his mother had given
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Speaker 1: him the night before. It's good to have a few nerves.
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Speaker 1: That's how you get to be brave. Cooke's advice made
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Speaker 1: Camo feel much better. Indeed, his skin ripples and turns
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Speaker 1: lots of bright colors like a rainbow. Thanks Cocoa, he said.
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Speaker 1: Just then there was a noise from above twit to oo,
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Speaker 1: and a big tawny owl with dark feathers and a
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Speaker 1: thick pair of spectacles flew down in front of them.
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Speaker 1: All the students fell silent. Hello everybody, and welcome to
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Speaker 1: sleepy Forest. Elementary, said the owl. My name is Missus
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Speaker 1: Merry Feathers, and I'm your teacher this year. Cocoa, Camo,
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Speaker 1: and Prickles looked at each other with relief. Missus Merry
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Speaker 1: Feathers seemed like a very kind and very clever teacher already. Now,
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Speaker 1: if you'd like to follow me, Missus Merryfeathers went on,
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Speaker 1: let's start the first day of school. And with those words,
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Speaker 1: she spread her broad wings and fluttered through the doors
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Speaker 1: of the school. The students all followed after her. They
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Speaker 1: found themselves in a room with benches running against the walls,
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Speaker 1: with a row of pegs above them. This said, the
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Speaker 1: owl is where we can leave our belongings. It's much
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Speaker 1: warmer in the school than it is out in the forest.
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Speaker 1: So everyone, hang up your coats on the pegs, leave
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Speaker 1: your bags on the benches, and tuck your shoes neatly
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Speaker 1: underneath I'll find your name tag under your peg. The
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Speaker 1: students all began to walk around the room searching for
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Speaker 1: their pegs. Coco soon found his. It was in the corner,
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Speaker 1: not very far from Camo's peg. He hung up his coat,
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Speaker 1: slipped off his shoes and laid them next to each
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Speaker 1: other beneath the bench, and left his bag on top
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Speaker 1: of it. When they were all ready, the students followed
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Speaker 1: Missus Merry Feathers into the classroom. Wow, whispered Camo. The
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Speaker 1: classroom was amazing. The teacher's desk was at the front,
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Speaker 1: with a tree branch that had been trained across it,
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Speaker 1: perfect for Missus Merry Feathers to perch on, and all
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Speaker 1: the other tables were arranged in the middle.
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Speaker 2: Across the walls were.
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Speaker 1: All kinds of color displays, an alphabet cut out in
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Speaker 1: stencils snaked overhead all of the times tables, and a
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Speaker 1: perfect map of the sleepy forest. That's where I live,
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Speaker 1: cried Coco, pointing to a spot on the map. Cocoa, Camo,
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Speaker 1: and Prickles all sat down at a table together. In
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Speaker 1: the middle of the table were some large sheets of
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Speaker 1: paper and a few packs of crayons with many different colors.
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Speaker 1: Missus Meryfeathers had flown to her perch and now gave
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Speaker 1: a loud hoot to quiet and everyone down. Now class,
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Speaker 1: she said, the first lesson of the year will be art.
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Speaker 1: You will all find some drawing materials in the middle
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Speaker 1: of your desks. Your task for the morning is to
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Speaker 1: draw a picture of your homes. She gave a happy
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Speaker 1: click of her beak. Off you go, Cocoa, Camo, and
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Speaker 1: Prickles all agreed that this was a very fun way
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Speaker 1: to start the school year and got to work with
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Speaker 1: great enthusiasm. Coco drew a picture of the cabin he
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Speaker 1: shared with his family, nestled amongst the trees. He chose
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Speaker 1: three different colors of green to show the variety and
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Speaker 1: beauty of all their leaves. Prickles drew a picture of
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Speaker 1: the burrow house he shared with his father and his
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Speaker 1: baby siblings. It was underground and ever so cozy, perfect
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Speaker 1: for hibernating in over the winter. On the walls, he
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Speaker 1: made sure to add the brushes that his family used
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Speaker 1: to clean their spines and make them shine. Camo drew
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Speaker 1: a picture of his family's home, which was down by
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Speaker 1: Sleepy River. Made the river water sparkle and drew a
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Speaker 1: wardrobe full of all his favorite fancy dress clothes.
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Speaker 2: He worked very hard.
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Speaker 1: Using many crayons to make his bedroom walls shimmer as
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Speaker 1: though they were covered in velvet. That's amazing, said Prickles,
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Speaker 1: looking over at Camo's drawing. Yes, Camo, Coco agreed, you're
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Speaker 1: a truly talented artist. Camo blushed a little. Oh thanks, guys,
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Speaker 1: he said. It must be your natural flare for color,
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Speaker 1: Coco said, making Camo turn completely red. When everyone in
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Speaker 1: the class had finished their drawings, they took turns standing
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Speaker 1: at the front, showing each other their hard work. Coco
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Speaker 1: had never imagined that all all the people in Sleepy
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Speaker 1: Forest lived in such wondrous places. The beavers in the
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Speaker 1: dam they built themselves, the dolphins in their underwater palaces,
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Speaker 1: the flamingoes in their beach huts. Soon enough, missus Merryfeathers
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Speaker 1: rang a bell. It was time for lunch. They all
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Speaker 1: formed an orderly line and filed neatly out of the classroom.
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Speaker 1: But in the cloakroom they discovered that during the excitement
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Speaker 1: of the art lesson, they hadn't noticed a huge blast
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Speaker 1: of wind had blown through the door. Pulling all the
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Speaker 1: coats off their hooks and leaving them in a jumbled
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Speaker 1: heap on the floor.
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Speaker 2: Prickles was worried, how will we ever find out whose
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Speaker 2: coat is who's.
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Speaker 1: Don't worry missus, Merry Feathers responded calmly, this is why
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Speaker 1: all of your parents has sewed your name tags into
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Speaker 1: your coats, so that way you won't lose them. So
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Speaker 1: all the students began to rifle through the big pile
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Speaker 1: of coats, checking the name tags in the collars and
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Speaker 1: handing them to their rightful owners. It turned out that
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Speaker 1: it was a good thing that the wind had blown
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Speaker 1: through in the end, because it gave Cocoa, Camo, and
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Speaker 1: Prickles the chance to meet many of their new classmates
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Speaker 1: and give them back their coats. Out in the playground,
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Speaker 1: they all sat down in a circle. Coco searched through
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Speaker 1: his bag and pulled out the packed lunch his mother
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Speaker 1: had made him cheese sandwiches with extra eucalyptus leaves delicious
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Speaker 1: In his lunch box. Camo had a couple of oranges
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Speaker 1: cut up into slices. Prickles had three pots of yogurt,
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Speaker 1: one chocolate flavor, one raspberry flavor, and the last one
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Speaker 1: cookies and cream. His dad had slipped a slice of
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Speaker 1: brownie into his box too. Prickles's dad was one of
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Speaker 1: the best bakers in all of Sleepy Forest. The three
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Speaker 1: friends shared all their lunches. Cocoa cut his sandwich into
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Speaker 1: slices and passed them around. Camo handed out segments of orange,
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Speaker 1: and Prickles gave Cocoa and Camo a yogurt each and
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Speaker 1: a bite of brownie too. They agreed that they would
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Speaker 1: always share their lunches because it meant that they could
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Speaker 1: each enjoy a bit of everything after they'd eaten. The
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Speaker 1: whole class played in the playground. Champ the Chimpanzee taught
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Speaker 1: everyone how to hop from monkey bar to monkey bar
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Speaker 1: as though they were flo eying through the air, which
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Speaker 1: everybody thought was a whole lot of fun. When missus
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Speaker 1: Merry Feathers rang her bell again, they all filed back
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Speaker 1: into the classroom and took their seats. Next to the
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Speaker 1: teacher's perch was a big wooden box covered with a
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Speaker 1: blue sheet of fabric.
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Speaker 2: It was all rather mysterious.
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Speaker 1: This afternoon, the wise owl announced we will be learning
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Speaker 1: to play musical instruments and with these words, she pulled
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Speaker 1: the blue sheet off the box with a flourish to
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Speaker 1: reveal a chest full of musical instruments. All of the
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Speaker 1: students cheered. They were very excited to learn to play
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Speaker 1: musical instruments. Each student took it in turn to go
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Speaker 1: up to the big wooden chest and take from it
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Speaker 1: an instrument of their choice. Prickles took a xylophone with
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Speaker 1: two wooden sticks. Camo took out a clarinet. Finally, it
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Speaker 1: was Coco's turn. He went up to the chest, looked
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Speaker 1: through it, and finally saw the musical instrument he wanted,
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Speaker 1: a groovy looking blue guitar with bright yellow stars and
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Speaker 1: lightning bolts decorated all over it. This one's for me,
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Speaker 1: he cried, and carried the guitar back to his friends.
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Speaker 1: For the rest of the afternoon, they practiced their musical instruments.
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Speaker 1: At first, none of them were very good. Prickles couldn't
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Speaker 1: hit his xylophone to the right beat. Camo blew into
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Speaker 1: his clarinet and it came out as a loud squeak,
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Speaker 1: and Coco kept seeming to pluck the wrong string of
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Speaker 1: his guitar. But as time went by and they continued
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Speaker 1: to practice, they found they were getting better and better.
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Speaker 1: Prickles discovered he actually had a natural sense of rhythm.
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Speaker 1: Camo's clarinet playing sounded like the most beautiful bird song,
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Speaker 1: and Coco learned chord after chord on his snazzy blue guitar.
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Speaker 1: It wasn't so different from the ukulele in the end.
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Speaker 1: At the end of the class, the teacher asked them
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Speaker 1: to perform a song together. At first, Coco felt a
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Speaker 1: bit nervous to put on a show in front of
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Speaker 1: the whole class, but Camo the comedian remembered the advice
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Speaker 1: Coco had given him that morning and said, sometimes nerves
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Speaker 1: can be good, Coco, they give you the child to
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Speaker 1: be brave. Hoko thanked his friend for reminding him of
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Speaker 1: his own advice, and, taking a deep breath, mustered up
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Speaker 1: all his bravery. When the three of them performed their
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Speaker 1: song together, all the other students danced around the classroom,
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Speaker 1: jumping up and down with enthusiasm. When they finished, everyone
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Speaker 1: gave a big round of applause. Wonderful, wonderful, booted missus,
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Speaker 1: Merry feathers, that's just the thing practice does make perfect. Finally,
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Speaker 1: it was the end of the school day. It had
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Speaker 1: come around much more quickly than any of them could
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Speaker 1: have imagined. See you all tomorrow, said missus Merry Feathers. Kindly,
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Speaker 1: won't forget your shoes on the way out. In the cloakroom,
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Speaker 1: Coco tied his shoes, put on his coat, and shouldered
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Speaker 1: his bag. He was just about to leave when he
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Speaker 1: saw Prickles sitting on the floor, looking rather confused. Prickles
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Speaker 1: wriggled his four feet in the air. His shoes were
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Speaker 1: on the floor beside him. I can never remember which
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Speaker 1: shoe goes on which foot, he said. Hoko slipped off
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Speaker 1: his bag and knelt down to help his friend work
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Speaker 1: out which shoe went on which foot. Out by the
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Speaker 1: school gate, Coco, Camo, and Prickles all waved goodbye to
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Speaker 1: each other. See you tomorrow, they said, and then went
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Speaker 1: their separate ways home. When Coco reached his family's cabin,
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Speaker 1: he climbed the ladder and went indoors. His mother was
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Speaker 1: already busy making their dinner, and Coco went in and
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Speaker 1: put his arms around her to give her a big hug.
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Speaker 1: Welcome home, Coco, she said, how are you and how
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Speaker 1: was your first day of school? It was very fun,
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Speaker 1: he said, And he told his mother about how kind
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Speaker 1: and wise missus Merrifeathers was, and about the interesting art
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Speaker 1: lesson where they learnt, all about where the other students
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Speaker 1: lived in the sleepy forest.
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Speaker 2: He told her about how.
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Speaker 1: The wind had mixed all the coats up together, and
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Speaker 1: about how he and his friends had shared their lunch. Finally,
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Speaker 1: he told her about learning to play the coolest blue
00:23:50
Speaker 1: guitar ever, and how he, Camo and Prickles had put
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Speaker 1: on a musical performance for the rest of the class.
00:24:00
Speaker 1: Ko Ko's mother seemed very impressed. Wow, she chuckled, That
00:24:06
Speaker 1: does sound like a pretty fun day, Coco. And how
00:24:11
Speaker 1: were your nerves in the end? It was just like you, said,
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Speaker 1: Koko told his mother. Everyone was a little bit nervous
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Speaker 1: because it was the first day, But I told them
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Speaker 1: your advice. A little bit of nerves can be good
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Speaker 1: because it gives you a chance to be brave. Ko
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Speaker 1: Ko's mother gave him a big smile, as warm as
00:24:39
Speaker 1: the sun in a bright blue sky, and wrapped her
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Speaker 1: arms around her son. You are a very brave boy. Indeed,
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Speaker 1: she said that evening, after a scrumptious dinner of rice
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Speaker 1: and peace ko Ko brushed his teeth while his face
00:25:01
Speaker 1: and climbed into bed. His pillow was as soft as ever,
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Speaker 1: and he was very tired after his first day at school.
00:25:12
Speaker 1: Not so jittery tonight, are you, Coco, his mother said,
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Speaker 1: stroking his little gray ears. Coco yawned. His eyes were
00:25:26
Speaker 1: creeping closed. Ooh no, he said, I'm not nervous anymore.
00:25:36
Speaker 1: I'm just looking forward to going back to school tomorrow.
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Speaker 1: I want to make sure I'm really well rested so
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Speaker 1: I can learn as much as I can. Coco's mother
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Speaker 1: laughed softly and reached over to turn out Coco's bedside light.
00:26:01
Speaker 1: She turned at the door to look at her son.
00:26:05
Speaker 1: The Cocoa was already asleep, breathing gently and dreaming about
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Speaker 1: the very next day.