Koko & Kira Meet the Sleepy Dragons 🐨🐉 Premium Kids Bedtime Story

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[00:01:46] One afternoon in Sleepy Forest, Coco and his sister Kira were taking an autumn stroll.

[00:02:01] They wore their coats to keep themselves warm against the chill of the changing season and sipped cups of hot chocolate as they walked.

[00:02:09] It was a perfectly cozy day.

[00:02:12] As they wandered, they admired the change in the colors of the leaves on the trees

[00:02:17] and watched a family of squirrels burrowing away their stash of acorns and nuts into a tree hollow in preparation for the oncoming winter.

[00:02:28] In fact, it seemed like things were changing everywhere as autumn swept across the land.

[00:02:35] It was only four o'clock, but the sun was already falling sleepy towards its bed

[00:02:41] and sunset didn't appear to be far away.

[00:02:45] Some leaves had already fallen from their branches and covered the forest floor,

[00:02:50] crunching beneath Coco and Kira's feet as they walked.

[00:02:53] They had previously passed a field where animals were harvesting crops and vegetables before it was too cold for them to grow anymore.

[00:03:03] All around them, change was happening and animals were busying themselves.

[00:03:09] Coco and Kira eventually came across an unusual area of the forest

[00:03:17] where half of the leaves were multicolored in shades of brown, orange and red,

[00:03:23] while the other half were still bright green.

[00:03:27] Climbing up ladders against the tree trunks were a group of earth dragons.

[00:03:33] The earth dragons were peacefully busying themselves painting the leaves.

[00:03:38] Coco and Kira were surprised.

[00:03:41] They hadn't seen anything like it before.

[00:03:45] Coco spotted his friend Emerald, who was working alongside the other earth dragons with her paintbrush.

[00:03:53] Good afternoon, Emerald, Coco sang with a cheerful voice as they approached her.

[00:04:01] What are you doing?

[00:04:04] Emerald the dragon looked over her shoulder and paused her paintbrush mid-paint.

[00:04:11] Good afternoon, Coco, she replied.

[00:04:15] I'm painting the leaves for autumn.

[00:04:19] Emerald grinned as if that perfectly explained the strange scene that Coco and Kira were observing.

[00:04:28] Kira scratched her head with confusion and asked with puzzlement.

[00:04:33] But why?

[00:04:36] Why are you painting them?

[00:04:40] Emerald giggled and answered.

[00:04:42] Well, how else did you think the leaves change color when autumn comes around?

[00:04:48] Us earth dragons paint them all to change their colors.

[00:04:54] Emerald showed Coco and Kira her tray of paint with big splurges of red, brown, orange and yellow ready and waiting to be used.

[00:05:06] Coco and Kira were fascinated.

[00:05:10] They had always assumed that the leaves change color on their own.

[00:05:15] But now that they came to think about it, it did make sense that the earth dragons would have a hand in the change.

[00:05:24] After all, earth dragons were the gardeners of sleepy forest.

[00:05:29] They took care of the earth and plants.

[00:05:33] Coco admired Emerald's previous paintwork and commented,

[00:05:37] The leaves look beautiful in all these colors.

[00:05:42] What a lovely thing to do for the forest.

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