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Author: Suzanna Mcloughlin
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Inside Sleepy Forest and beyond, you’ll meet familiar friends like Koko the Koala, his adventurous sister Kira, the time-traveling pups Hector and Sunny, and many more. Whether it’s a short tale for busy evenings or a longer weekend wind-down, every episode is crafted to soothe and delight. And with gentle themes woven from nature, kindness, and curiosity, there’s always something new to spark joy. That’s why our bedtime stories for kids continue to be loved by families who rely on them for calm, connection, and consistent bedtime routines.
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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Kohala 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. Before we get into Tonight's bedtime story, let
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Speaker 1: me warmly welcome our newest members of Coco's Club, for
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Speaker 1: without you, we wouldn't still be here. Hello, and thank
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Speaker 1: you for joining and supporting us. Delilah, who's five. Coco
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Speaker 1: Club was her birthday present, brothers Lincoln and Jack, and
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Speaker 1: Tennessee Arthur who's seven, Cherry who's three, and little Drew
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Speaker 1: who loves Koala's apparently and has kindly shared her love
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Speaker 1: of Coco and Kohala Moon to her friends. Thanks for
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Speaker 1: doing that, Drew and Coco clubbers. It is great to
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Speaker 1: have you all here with me, and I hope you
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Speaker 1: all enjoy the extra stories and add free listening coming
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Speaker 1: your way. Now into Night's story, we're joining Coco as
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Speaker 1: he's settling down for bedtime in his cozy sleep cabin
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Speaker 1: with his sister Kira. All is quiet until quite out
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Speaker 1: of the ordinary, he hears a distant noise coming from
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Speaker 1: sleepy forest, and he heads out to investigate. What he
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Speaker 1: finds is the thing of dreams and fantasy. This is
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Speaker 1: Coco and the Good Night Circus, the coziest bedtime story
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Speaker 1: for kids. Coco snuggled down further into his blankets and
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Speaker 1: poured his fluffy toy Dinosaur tighter into his arms. He
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Speaker 1: opened one eye and peeked over to where Kira was
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Speaker 1: laid in her bed across the room. The golden glow
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Speaker 1: from the night life showed that she was already sleeping,
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Speaker 1: and sure enough, Coco soon began to hear her quiet,
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Speaker 1: snuffily snores. Watching her made Coco begin to yawn gradually,
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Speaker 1: his heavy eyes began to close. Just as they did,
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Speaker 1: Coco heard a noise, an unusual, far away noise, unlike
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Speaker 1: anything he'd heard before. It was distant and muffled, coming
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Speaker 1: from somewhere within the forest. Coco glanced at Kira, but
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Speaker 1: she was snoring even louder now and looked so very
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Speaker 1: cozy he couldn't possibly bring himself to wake her. Instead,
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Speaker 1: he put on his soft flannel dressing gown, tied the
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Speaker 1: belt in a bow, and shuffled on his slippers before
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Speaker 1: tiptoeing through the cabin and now into the moonlit forest.
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Speaker 1: The sounds were faint, but with every step he took
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Speaker 1: into the moonlit forest. They got a little louder, and
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Speaker 1: Coco knew he was headed in the right direction. As always,
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Speaker 1: little golden fairy lights were strung between the trees, and
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Speaker 1: lanterns shone here and there, lighting his path. As the
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Speaker 1: sounds grew louder, Coco began to skip, then hop, then
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Speaker 1: run along the forest path until he emerged at a
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Speaker 1: clearing filled by the biggest tent he'd ever seen. The
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Speaker 1: tent wasn't red and white striped like a normal big top. Instead,
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Speaker 1: it was made of navy blue, shiny silk, embellished with
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Speaker 1: golden suns and silver moons and stars. A huge sign
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Speaker 1: made from twirling letters of twisted metal encrusted with silver
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Speaker 1: gemstones read the Night Circus. At the front of the tent,
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Speaker 1: a piece of the canopy was pinned back to reveal
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Speaker 1: a golden curtain that swayed invitingly in the wind. And
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Speaker 1: next to the opening was a ticket booth manned by
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Speaker 1: a giraffe in a waistcoat. A beautiful, dreamy song filled
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Speaker 1: the air. Her badger, with glitter sprinkled all over his fur,
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Speaker 1: was walking on stilts with a gold top hat and
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Speaker 1: a bunch of baby raccoons were dodging in and out
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Speaker 1: of his long legs, all of them giggling. Her zebra
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Speaker 1: in a silver dress was blowing bubbles bigger than Cocoa
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Speaker 1: had ever seen and letting them float up into the
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Speaker 1: night sky. Blew bubbles of all shapes somehow, even making
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Speaker 1: one bubble float within another. Coco watched for a while,
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Speaker 1: seeing how their shimmering surfaces turned between silver, pink, and
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Speaker 1: green under the circus lights. A frog in a bronze
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Speaker 1: all in one was standing stock still, face painted bronze too,
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Speaker 1: so that he looked like a statue. Coco walked up
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Speaker 1: the deep blue carpet that had been rolled out across
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Speaker 1: the forest floor and up to the ticket desk. The
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Speaker 1: giraffe beamed down at him and handed him a silver
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Speaker 1: ticket that shone like the inside of a chocolate wrapper.
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Speaker 1: Coco checked his dressing gown pockets to see if he
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Speaker 1: had any coins in there, but his paws came out empty.
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Speaker 1: The giraffe grinned. The price of admission is one wish,
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Speaker 1: he said. It helps fill the air with magic. Just
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Speaker 1: make your wish and you can go inside. Who knows
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Speaker 1: it might even come true. Coco screwed his eyes shut
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Speaker 1: and made his wish, wishing that Kira would win the
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Speaker 1: upcoming spelling bee she'd been talking about all day. When
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Speaker 1: he opened his eyes again, the curtain was being held
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Speaker 1: open and he was being ushered to step on through
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Speaker 1: to the night circus. Coco rubbed his eyes with his
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Speaker 1: bald paws, not believing what he saw. No matter how
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Speaker 1: much he rubbed his eyes, for the sight stayed the same.
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Speaker 1: The night Circus simply was this beautiful dancing colors and
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Speaker 1: lights and shapes drew Coco deeper into the circus tent,
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Speaker 1: and he slumped into one of their comfy deck chairs,
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Speaker 1: circling the edge of the circular stage floor, craning his
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Speaker 1: neck back to look at the ceiling. There, monkeys were
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Speaker 1: doing a trapez act, swinging one another through the sky
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Speaker 1: on rope, swings, flipping, and making graceful movements with their
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Speaker 1: arms and tails that made you think they were flying.
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Speaker 1: Their fur was decorated with little gems that twinkled in
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Speaker 1: the spotlights. Down on the floor in front of him,
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Speaker 1: a great gray elephant was standing all four giant feet
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Speaker 1: on a silver ball, spreading his large ears for balance.
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Speaker 1: Rainbow colored powder paints covered his sides, and he wore
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Speaker 1: a soft blue velvet hat on his head. Not far
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Speaker 1: to his side, a lion was doing gymnastics, cartwheeling and
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Speaker 1: twirling ribbons and dancing across the circle to the dreamy songs.
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Speaker 1: A zebra was blowing up midnight blue balloons, twisting them
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Speaker 1: into the shapes of different animals and letting them float
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Speaker 1: over to members of the crowd. A bear teetered this
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Speaker 1: way and that on a unicycle with a big, round
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Speaker 1: silver nose pinned over his little brown one. A hippo
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Speaker 1: hula hooped, throwing the hoops in the air and catching them,
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Speaker 1: and then juggling silver balls while she kept jiggling her
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Speaker 1: hips and keeping the hoops spinning. All of the show
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Speaker 1: was soundtracked by the most beautiful music played by a
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Speaker 1: band of flamingos. In the corner. Mice circled between the
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Speaker 1: flamingo's feet, spinning little pirouettes, tiny little soft furred ballerinas
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Speaker 1: twirling in time. The whole display was enchanting, and Coco
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Speaker 1: found it hard to take his eyes away, so he didn't. Instead,
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Speaker 1: he stayed in his seat and watched and watched and
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Speaker 1: watched until he eventually grew tired and began to yawn.
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Speaker 1: He'd been slowly lulled by the gentle, twinkling colors and
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Speaker 1: magical sounds. Towards sleep, Coco began to see some of
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Speaker 1: the performers yawn too, in between their acts. That wouldn't do.
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Speaker 1: They were all sleepy. The little Koala thought it was
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Speaker 1: time everyone settled down and had a rest in the
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Speaker 1: long hours before the sun came up, so Coco got up,
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Speaker 1: stretched and went to talk to the closest performer, the elephant.
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Speaker 1: Good evening, sir, Coco said. The elephant smiled and said
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Speaker 1: good evening in return. Aren't you getting tired now? Coco asked.
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Speaker 1: The elephant rumpled his eyebrows as if thinking, and then said, actually,
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Speaker 1: I think I am. He thought some more, Actually, I
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Speaker 1: definitely am. The elephant closed his eyes and yawned, the
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Speaker 1: biggest yawn Coco had ever seen. Coco smiled. I thought
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Speaker 1: you might be, he said, You've done a really good
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Speaker 1: job of entertaining everyone all night, but now I think
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Speaker 1: you need a good night's sleep. The elephant grinned and
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Speaker 1: looked around him. I think we all need a good
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Speaker 1: night's sleep, he said, pointing at a zebra who was
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Speaker 1: covering her mouth with her hoof as she yawned. How
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Speaker 1: about this, he said, I'll go and get the blankets
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Speaker 1: and you tell everybody it's bedtime. Coco smiled, smiled sleepily.
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Speaker 1: He thought that was a wonderful idea. Okay, I'm on it,
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Speaker 1: he said, good night, elephant. The elephant wished him good
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Speaker 1: night and went to find the blankets. Coco headed over
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Speaker 1: to the lion. Hey, mister lion, he said, I like
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Speaker 1: your mane and your big paws. I think your gymnastics
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Speaker 1: are wonderful. But it's late now. Aren't you tired of
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Speaker 1: being topsy turvy? I think it might be bedtime. The
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Speaker 1: lion purred at the praise and said thank you to Coco,
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Speaker 1: before agreeing he didn't want to do any more cartwheels tonight.
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Speaker 1: It was time for bed. You go brush your teeth
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Speaker 1: and comb your mane. Coco said, I'll tell the others
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Speaker 1: good night, lion. The lion grinned the sleepy grin, wished
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Speaker 1: Coco good night, and headed off towards the back of
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Speaker 1: the tent. Next, Coco went to the hippo, giving her
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Speaker 1: plenty of space so he didn't get hit by a
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Speaker 1: hula hoop. Hello, miss Hippo, Oko said, you've been wiggling
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Speaker 1: those hula hoops for so long. Now, he're super talented,
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Speaker 1: he chuckled. It's extra cool when you throw the hoops
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Speaker 1: in the air and catch them. But you must be sleepy, right,
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Speaker 1: I think it's time for bed now. Miss Hippo let
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Speaker 1: her hula hoop twist round once, twice, three times more
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Speaker 1: before letting it drop to the ground and raising her
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Speaker 1: arms in a ginormous stretch. Thank you, little Koala, she said,
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Speaker 1: now you've said it. Oh, she yawns again. It does
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Speaker 1: feel like bedtime. Coco smiled and said she should go
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Speaker 1: and wash off her face paint and put on her jammies.
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Speaker 1: The hippo happily did just that. Good night, Hippo, Coco said. Next,
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Speaker 1: Coco called to the Zebras. Hey, Zebras, he said, you've
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Speaker 1: done amazing tonight. You make the guests feel so welcome.
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Speaker 1: You're all wonderful at your jobs. But I think your
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Speaker 1: job is done. Now shall we go to sleep. The
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Speaker 1: Zebras let their last balloons float up up up to
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Speaker 1: rest on the roof of the tent, and the closest
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Speaker 1: one to Coco smiled. I think you're right, Coco, she said,
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Speaker 1: everyone's gone home to bed. It's time for us to
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Speaker 1: settle down to one by one, they trotted backstage to
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Speaker 1: put their pink striped pajamas on, plap their tails, and
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Speaker 1: brushed their teeth. Good night, Zebras, said Coco. Then co
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Speaker 1: Ko went to talk to the bear. Hey, little dude,
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Speaker 1: the bear said, hey, mister bear. Coco replied, are your
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Speaker 1: legs tired? The bear stepped off his unicycle and gave
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Speaker 1: his legs a wiggle. They are, he said, Sometimes I'm
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Speaker 1: having so much fun I don't even notice. Coco grinned.
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Speaker 1: That's cool, he said, but you won't be able to
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Speaker 1: cycle tomorrow if you don't rest. Mister Bear said that
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Speaker 1: he was right, and gave Coco a sleepy high five
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Speaker 1: before heading through to have a shower and put on
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Speaker 1: his own cozy slippers. Good night, Bear, Coco said. As
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Speaker 1: the bear headed backstage, he tucked his unicycle beneath its
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Speaker 1: little cover and whispered good night unicycle, quiet enough so
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Speaker 1: that no one could hear it. Coco did, though, and
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Speaker 1: giggled at the sweet Bear. The song that had been
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Speaker 1: floating through the air drifted off, and Coco clapped politely.
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Speaker 1: He headed over to where the Flamingo band was and
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Speaker 1: told them that maybe it was time to switch to
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Speaker 1: lullabies and stop playing for the night. He said, the
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Speaker 1: Flamingoes must need their rest. They had been standing on
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Speaker 1: one leg all day, after all, that's exhausting. The Flamingoes
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Speaker 1: agreed and put down their instruments, ruffling the fur on
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Speaker 1: Coco's head as they went by. True to Ko Ko's suggestion,
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Speaker 1: they were humming lullabies as they brushed their feathers and
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Speaker 1: washed their beaks. As the music calmed, the little tiny
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Speaker 1: mouse ballerinas slowed their twirling, relaxing to the flats of
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Speaker 1: their feet. They took off their ballet shoes and tutus
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Speaker 1: and headed backstage to their matchbox sized dressing rooms, where
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Speaker 1: they changed into their soft cotton polka dot onesies. Ready
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Speaker 1: to snuggle down. Good night, Flamingos, Coco said, good night mice. Finally,
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Speaker 1: the monkeys climbed down from the roof and Coco told
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Speaker 1: them it was time for bed. They ate their midnight
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Speaker 1: banana snacks and went to scrub their teeth and clean
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Speaker 1: their faces, ready to fall asleep. Good night, monkeys, Coco called.
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Speaker 1: By this time, the elephant had brought a big pile
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Speaker 1: of comfy cushions through to the ring and began laying
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Speaker 1: them out with his trunk, putting down blankets for each animal.
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Speaker 1: The lion had joined him, carrying an armful of stuffed toys,
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Speaker 1: placing one on each pillow. The hippo had turned on
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Speaker 1: the night light, which projected stars onto the tense roof.
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Speaker 1: They slowly floated across the ceiling and then floated back again,
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Speaker 1: white against the dark blue of the canvas. The zebras
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Speaker 1: had laid out pillows on top of each cushion to
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Speaker 1: make cozy beds for each animal. The elephants was made
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Speaker 1: of a whole pile of cushions and pillows since he
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Speaker 1: was so large. The bear had passed out silky sleeping masks,
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Speaker 1: and the flamingoes had pressed play on the lullaby that
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Speaker 1: they always played. When it was time to drift off,
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Speaker 1: one by one, each animal climbed into their bed, poured
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Speaker 1: up their blankets, and snuggled their stuffed toys in clothes.
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Speaker 1: Each had their own special one. Some looked new, like
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Speaker 1: the bear's dragon toy, whose wings still shimmered and rustled
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Speaker 1: a little bit, as it hadn't been hugged enough to
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Speaker 1: go soft. Yet. Others looked ancient, like the littlest zebra's bunny,
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Speaker 1: whose whole body was floppy, not just its ears. A
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Speaker 1: monkey was clutching a koala toy that looked a little
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Speaker 1: like Cocoa, tucking it under her chin as she sucked
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Speaker 1: her little thumb and cuddled up. The little mice had
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Speaker 1: little toys no bigger than Coco's little finger, Little tiny
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Speaker 1: teddies and felt mice and dolls that could fit in
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Speaker 1: a thimble. Coco took a seat on the only spare,
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Speaker 1: comfy cushion and looked out at the cozy sea of
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Speaker 1: circus performers. How sleepy the scene was with all of
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Speaker 1: these cuddly, sleepy animals. The night light was glowing softly,
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Speaker 1: the stars were aglow, and a lullaby gently drifted from
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Speaker 1: the music box in the corner, which had been wound
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Speaker 1: up and would play softly all night. Coco recognized the song.
00:21:49
Speaker 1: There was a classical one that his grandpa played at bedtime,
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Speaker 1: which had something to do with the moon Clare delon.
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Speaker 1: That was what it was called. Coco straightened the blanket
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Speaker 1: over one of the monkeys who was laid nearby, tucking
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Speaker 1: him in like a burrito. Would you like me to
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Speaker 1: tell you a bedtime story? Coco asked the group, between
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Speaker 1: yawns and settling sounds. Sleepy, yes's sounded out through the tent. Okay,
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Speaker 1: Coco said. He racked his brain for a perfect story.
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Speaker 1: Should it be the one about the dinosaurs in the
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Speaker 1: castle or about the dragon who was always dancing? He
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Speaker 1: went through the story book in his mind, flicking through
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Speaker 1: the pages until he came up with the perfect one.
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Speaker 1: It goes like this, Coco said. Out in the jungle,
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Speaker 1: oh far far away, animals of all kinds are stopping
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Speaker 1: for the day. It's time to stop running or swinging
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Speaker 1: through trees. It's time for your story, So listen up, please.
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Speaker 1: First there's the elephant, the wisest of all. As large
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Speaker 1: as he is, his friends are quite small. The elephant
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Speaker 1: and the mice are close as can be, because friends
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Speaker 1: can be friends, however unlikely. Then there's the lion with
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Speaker 1: his lush golden hair. He's king of the jungle, but
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Speaker 1: he's kind and fair. He listens to everyone and always
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Speaker 1: does his best. He knows that a good leader looks
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Speaker 1: after the rest. Next there's the hippo, who's brave and strong.
00:24:11
Speaker 1: She lives life following her own heart song. She knows
00:24:18
Speaker 1: the best person you can be is you, and you
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Speaker 1: should be who you are whatever you do. Next come
00:24:29
Speaker 1: the Zebras the stripe behooved Gang, the friendliest friends in
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Speaker 1: all of the land. They love one another just as
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Speaker 1: they are because they know together they'll go extra far.
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Speaker 1: The bear is strong, as strong as can be, because
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Speaker 1: he stands up for what he believes. He'd stand up
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Speaker 1: for you, and he'd stand up for me because he
00:25:02
Speaker 1: believes everyone should live happily. The Flamingos are creative with
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Speaker 1: the music they play. They believe that whatever they think
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Speaker 1: they can make, and just like them, you can be
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Speaker 1: creative too. Just open your heart and don't worry. Just do.
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Speaker 1: The mice are the softest, so quiet and so sweet,
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Speaker 1: and they could be missed as they twirl past your feet.
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Speaker 1: But although they're quiet, their love just as much because
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Speaker 1: each is as special as the loudest of us. Finally,
00:25:51
Speaker 1: the monkeys. They make us laugh. They bring joy to
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Speaker 1: the hippo, the lion and giraffe. We love how they're
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Speaker 1: silly and how they play, because isn't it nice to
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Speaker 1: feel joy every day? Each animals different in so many ways,
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Speaker 1: but each has a way to brighten our day. Every
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Speaker 1: animal's equal and can shine so bright. So shine your
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Speaker 1: light tomorrow, but for now, good night. Coco looked out
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Speaker 1: across the tent. Every animal was snoozing in their puddle
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Speaker 1: of blankets. They all look peaceful, bellies rising and falling,
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Speaker 1: soft smiles on their faces. Coco smiled too, Good night all,
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Speaker 1: Coco said. No one responded. Everyone was deep, deep asleep.
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Speaker 1: Coco's job here was done. Cocoa yawned, maybe he could
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Speaker 1: go to sleep now too. A soft hoot filled the tent,
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Speaker 1: too gentle to wake any of the animals. It seemed
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Speaker 1: not everyone was asleep yet. Her white feathered owl swooped
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Speaker 1: down from the rafters and landed next to Cocoa, hooting
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Speaker 1: softly again in greeting good evening. This is owl. Coco yawned,
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Speaker 1: it's not bedtime for you. What are you doing here?
00:27:50
Speaker 1: The owl spread a wing around Coco's shoulder and said,
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Speaker 1: I wanted to tell you what a card koala you
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Speaker 1: are making everyone cozy like that, and I thought you
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Speaker 1: might be sleepy too. It's your turn for a bedtime story.
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Speaker 1: Coco smiled sleepily. I'd like that, he said. The owl
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Speaker 1: brought Coco a blanket and pulled it over him with
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Speaker 1: her beak. Coco stroked her soft feathers as he snuggled
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Speaker 1: into his cushion and settled into sleep. The owl began
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Speaker 1: reading to Coco in her soft voice. This is how
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Speaker 1: it went. There is a koala as small as can be,
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Speaker 1: whose heart is as warm, has a hot cocoa treat.
00:29:04
Speaker 1: He spreads happiness wherever he goes, from school to his
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Speaker 1: home to the night circus show. The little Koala so fuzzy,
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Speaker 1: warm and sweet, with dressing down on and slippers on
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Speaker 1: his feet. Cares so well for others and makes them
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Speaker 1: so calm with his kind, kind words and his Koala charm.
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Speaker 1: But it's time now. The koala stops thinking of others
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Speaker 1: and nestles down deep in his cozy covers. It's time
00:29:51
Speaker 1: he gets sleepy and begins to count sheep. There he
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Speaker 1: goes now, drift getting straight off to sleep. The owl
00:30:05
Speaker 1: smiled at Coco with his eyes closed, and he drifted
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Speaker 1: gently off. She picked up the little koala in her
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Speaker 1: large wings. And put him on her feathery back. She
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Speaker 1: beat her wings as gently as she could and glided
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Speaker 1: into the air towards the distant glow of his little
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Speaker 1: wooden cabin. Coco drifted in and out of sleep to
00:30:41
Speaker 1: visions of the starry sky as the owl flew him home.
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Speaker 1: The forest stretched out like a green carpet beneath them,
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Speaker 1: and the warm breeze tickled Coco's cheeks. The face on
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Speaker 1: the moon smiled at the little koala and whispered to
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Speaker 1: him good night. So sleepy his words were barely audible,
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Speaker 1: Coco replied with a good night two. Coco's eyes were
00:31:23
Speaker 1: so heavy he could barely keep them open. As he
00:31:29
Speaker 1: blinked a few final, slow, sleepy blinks, the moon disappeared
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Speaker 1: and he began to snore. The next time his eyes opened,
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Speaker 1: he was in his bed. The little snores of his
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Speaker 1: pandabare sister filled the room once more. Looking lazily at
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Speaker 1: the room around him, Coco wondered whether the whole thing
00:32:05
Speaker 1: might just have been a dream. Was the night circus real?
00:32:12
Speaker 1: Had he really been there? He didn't even notice the soft,
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Speaker 1: silky owl feather clutched tightly in his paw as He
00:32:26
Speaker 1: tucked it against his cheek, letting his eyes close again
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Speaker 1: and dreams take over. Coco visited the night circus. Yes, indeed,
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Speaker 1: that's true, but the circus was now sleeping, and so
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Speaker 1: are you, Amalia. No one wanting to