In tonight's bedtime story for kids, there's something very exciting happening... Koko's welcoming his new panda sister, Kira, to the family! Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Speaker 1: so we're going to get started right away as tonight
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Speaker 1: we're joining Coco and his family in their cozy cabin
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Speaker 1: on a very very special day. You see, tomorrow, Kco's
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Speaker 1: family is going to get a little bit bigger. Lie
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Speaker 1: back and close your eyes. Breathe steadily, and whilst you
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Speaker 1: do that, perhaps behind your closed eyelids, try to picture
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Speaker 1: the little wooden cabin where Coco and his family live
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Speaker 1: in the middle of the forest. Take some more relaxing
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Speaker 1: breaths and see that it's evening time in the forest.
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Speaker 1: The sun is setting through the trees, and the air
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Speaker 1: is full of bird song and a chirping of crickets.
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Speaker 1: And breathe out. As you get even more comfy, It's
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Speaker 1: time for me to begin. Coco's New Sister by Luke Prendergast.
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Speaker 1: Deep in the heart of a far away forest stood
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Speaker 1: a cozy wooden cabin. Inside the cabin lived a family
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Speaker 1: of Koalas. The youngest member of the family was called Coco.
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Speaker 1: Cocoa was an only Koala, he lived alone with his
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Speaker 1: mum and his dad, grandma and grandpa, and he loved
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Speaker 1: them all very much. In fact, he often thought to
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Speaker 1: himself that he loved his family more than any koala
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Speaker 1: had ever loved their family ever. But even though he
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Speaker 1: loved his family very much and was an extremely happy
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Speaker 1: little Koala, he did from time to time wonder what
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Speaker 1: it would be like to have a brother or a
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Speaker 1: sister too. Lots of his friends in Sleepy Forest had siblings,
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Speaker 1: and it seemed such a lot of fun. Camo the
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Speaker 1: Chameleon had a grown up brother, and together they liked
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Speaker 1: to play tricks on each other. They would camouflage their
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Speaker 1: bodies to make themselves blend in invisibly with their surroundings,
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Speaker 1: and when the other was least expecting it, they would
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Speaker 1: jump out boom. They loved to play practical jokes on
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Speaker 1: each other like that. And Prickles the hedgehog had a
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Speaker 1: whole bevy of little brothers and sisters. The youngest, newly born,
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Speaker 1: still pink skinned and spineless. Brickles said that it made
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Speaker 1: their den extra warm having all those little bodies in there,
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Speaker 1: and it was all the more enjoyable when their mum
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Speaker 1: read them bedtime stories at night, because there was a
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Speaker 1: whole group of them to say bah or ooh when
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Speaker 1: the good bits came. Families come in all sorts of
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Speaker 1: shapes and sizes, Coco's mom told him one afternoon, as
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Speaker 1: they were taking a walk down the bank of Sleepy River,
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Speaker 1: No family is the same as another family, but all
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Speaker 1: families are equally perfect. When she said this, Coco gave
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Speaker 1: her a big koala hug because she was such a
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Speaker 1: wise mum. And so Coko lived very happily in his
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Speaker 1: cabin with his mom and dad, climbing trees and chomping
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Speaker 1: on eucalyptus and hanging out with his friends from Sleepy
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Speaker 1: Forest Elementary School. But then when evening came, when the
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Speaker 1: moon was high over the forest and spilling its silvery
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Speaker 1: light through the cabin windows, when Coco's mom tucked him
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Speaker 1: into his warm, downy bed and told him that she
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Speaker 1: had a surprise for him, a surprise, he repeated, his
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Speaker 1: eyes growing wide, yes, she said, a surprise. Coco's mom
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Speaker 1: told him that the following day, a brand new member
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Speaker 1: of the family would be arriving. A young panda named
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Speaker 1: Kira was moving to Sleepy forest, and she was going
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Speaker 1: to be adopted into the family, so she will be
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Speaker 1: your little sister, Hoko's mom said. Coco sat straight up
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Speaker 1: in bed. He was suddenly very excited. He could feel
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Speaker 1: it bubbling all the way through his body. He had
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Speaker 1: so many questions. What was she like? Did she enjoy
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Speaker 1: climbing trees? Did she like eucalyptus? Was she good at
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Speaker 1: telling jokes or playing games? Or making fortresses out of
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Speaker 1: twigs and leaves? Sh His mother whispered kindly, you'll find
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Speaker 1: out all about that tomorrow. She'll be here around lunchtime,
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Speaker 1: and after that you can show her all around Sleepy Forest.
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Speaker 1: She gave Cocoa a kiss on his soft and fluffy head.
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Speaker 1: The most important thing is that we all make here
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Speaker 1: a feel very welcome. Indeed, Kira, what a lovely name,
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Speaker 1: Coco thought as he fell asleep, The perfect name for
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Speaker 1: a sister. The next morning, Coco was up as soon
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Speaker 1: as the first light of dawn rippled across the sky.
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Speaker 1: He had had a long and peaceful sleep, dreaming of
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Speaker 1: a panda in a far off forest who would soon
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Speaker 1: be making her way down Sleepy River towards their home.
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Speaker 1: Now he was bright eyed and bushy tailed and ready
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Speaker 1: to welcome his new sister Kira into the family. All morning,
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Speaker 1: Cooko helped his parents get the place ready. Grandma and
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Speaker 1: Grandpa were away for the weekend to give Kira some
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Speaker 1: space to settle in before the house became full again,
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Speaker 1: and Ko Ko's mum said they should try to make
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Speaker 1: the house as calming and cozy as possible. For Kira's
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Speaker 1: first night, ko Ko cleared out a cupboard so that
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Speaker 1: Kira would have somewhere to put her clothes, and he
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Speaker 1: helped his dad carry a new bed in his bedroom
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Speaker 1: and covered it with fresh pillows and a nice thick douvet.
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Speaker 1: Kira was going to share a room with him. Then
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Speaker 1: he blew up some balloons and strung them up outside
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Speaker 1: the cabin and in the kitchen. He asked his mum
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Speaker 1: to help him while using the scissors, and together they
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Speaker 1: cut some letters out of brightly colored pieces of paper
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Speaker 1: and tied them together to make a sign that read
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Speaker 1: Welcome home Kira. The time passed by remarkably quickly, and
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Speaker 1: at midday, Ko Ko's dad left to pick up Kira
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Speaker 1: from where she was arriving on Sleepy River. Soon enough,
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Speaker 1: there came a knock on the cabin door. When ko
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Speaker 1: Ko's mom opened the door, there stood his dad carrying
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Speaker 1: a big purple suitcase, and next to him stood his
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Speaker 1: new sister, Kira. She was younger than Coco, with black
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Speaker 1: and white splotches all over her fur and a purple
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Speaker 1: bow tied in her hair. She must have been feeling
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Speaker 1: a little bit shy because when she saw them, she
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Speaker 1: hid behind Coco's dad's leg. Hello, Kira, said Coco's mom.
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Speaker 1: Welcome to our family. Kira smiled, but she stayed hidden
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Speaker 1: behind Coco's dad's leg. Coko stepped forward and smiled a
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Speaker 1: big smile. Hello, Kira, I'm Coco. I'm going going to
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Speaker 1: be your big brother and we're going to have lots
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Speaker 1: of fun together, I promise. Would you like a hug? Shyly,
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Speaker 1: Kira blinked twice and then gave a small nod of
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Speaker 1: her head. Coco stepped forward and Kira emerged from behind
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Speaker 1: their dad's leg. Coco wrapped his arms around her, and
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Speaker 1: she wrapped her arms around him. Koalas are notoriously good
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Speaker 1: at hugs. He told her so a pandas she said
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Speaker 1: quietly into his ear. Time for a tour of the cabin,
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Speaker 1: Coco told her, and he took her hands to show
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Speaker 1: her around. He showed her the kitchen and the living room,
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Speaker 1: and the wooden balcony that looked out into the forest.
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Speaker 1: He showed her the tree trunk that grew through the
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Speaker 1: to the cabin, which they used to get up onto
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Speaker 1: the top floor. Are you good at climbing trees, he
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Speaker 1: asked her. Oh, yes, she replied, pandas are very good
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Speaker 1: at climbing trees. And she showed him just how good
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Speaker 1: at climbing she was, shimmying speedily up the tree trunk
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Speaker 1: after him. That's mum and Dad's room, Hoko said, pointing
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Speaker 1: through one door. That's grandma and Grandpa's room. And this
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Speaker 1: is our room, and that that's your bed. Oh, Kira
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Speaker 1: cried out in happy surprise. She ran over to the
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Speaker 1: bed and picked up a pillow. The pillows are purple,
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Speaker 1: she said. Purple is my favorite color. How did you
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Speaker 1: know are I don't know, Coco said, putting a paw
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Speaker 1: thoughtfully to his chin. It certainly was a curious coincidence.
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Speaker 1: I guess it's just meant to be, he told her
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Speaker 1: with a smile. Coco finished off his tour of the cabin.
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Speaker 1: He showed Kia the box of toys under the window,
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Speaker 1: and he showed her the cupboard he'd cleared out for her.
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Speaker 1: He helped her unpack all of her purple clothes from
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Speaker 1: her purple suitcase. Finally, Coco took Kia back down the
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Speaker 1: tree trunk. That's the end of the tour, he said, Then,
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Speaker 1: remembering he'd missed something, he lifted up his paw ah
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Speaker 1: one last thing. He pointed at his mum and dad.
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Speaker 1: These are my parents, and now they're yours too, and me,
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Speaker 1: I'm your big brother. Kia was so delighted by the
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Speaker 1: tour and to meet her whole new family that she
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Speaker 1: gave Coco another big hug. Well, well, said their dad.
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Speaker 1: Is that really the time? We all must be getting hungry?
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Speaker 1: Isn't it time for lunch? It was? They all agreed,
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Speaker 1: and Coco turned to his new sister and asked her
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Speaker 1: if she'd like a lunch of delicious eucalyptus leaf sandwiches.
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Speaker 1: Kia the Panda blushed a little and looked at Coco apologetically. Oh,
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Speaker 1: she said, I don't eat eucalyptus. Coko looked at her
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Speaker 1: in surprise. You don't eat eucalyptus. The little koala scratched
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Speaker 1: his head. Well, what do you eat? We pandas liked
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Speaker 1: to eat bamboo shoots and leaves, Kira explained. Coco stared
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Speaker 1: at Kira with a feeling of worry beginning to fizz
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Speaker 1: in his tummy. He didn't think they had any. If
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Speaker 1: they didn't have any bamboo, then what would they do?
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Speaker 1: What would Kira eat? But just as Coca was about
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Speaker 1: to give voice to his warriors, his mum appeared beside
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Speaker 1: them carrying a tray, and on the tray lay, much
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Speaker 1: to Coco's surprise and wonder, a whole assortment of bamboo
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Speaker 1: shoots and leaves. Delicious, said Kira. As Coco said, where
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Speaker 1: did you find those? Coco's mum laughed a tinkling laugh
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Speaker 1: at Coco's confused and told him to look out the window.
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Speaker 1: When he did, Coco saw a whole new patch of
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Speaker 1: ground had been dug outside, and from it were growing
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Speaker 1: lots of new bamboo shoots. Wow, Coco cried with delight.
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Speaker 1: You were prepared, And so Coco and his new sister
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Speaker 1: Kira enjoyed a scrumptuous meal with their mum and dad.
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Speaker 1: Eucalyipped as sandwiches for the koalas and a bamboo shoot
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Speaker 1: sandwich for the panda. While they ate, they asked each
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Speaker 1: other plenty of questions about what it was like where
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Speaker 1: she had come from, and what life would be like
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Speaker 1: in Sleepy Forest. By the end, they felt like they'd
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Speaker 1: got to know each other pretty well. What are you
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Speaker 1: two going to get up to now on Kira's first
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Speaker 1: day here, their mom asked them. Coko told his mom
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Speaker 1: that he thought they would go and introduce Kira to
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Speaker 1: his friends, Camo and Prickles, who would be Kira's new
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Speaker 1: friends too. I think that's a lovely idea. Their mom agreed,
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Speaker 1: and so Coko and Kira poured on their shoes and
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Speaker 1: did up their laces, and Kira slung a little purple
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Speaker 1: backpack over her shoulders. Together, they stepped out of the
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Speaker 1: cabin and into sleepy forest. The afternoon sun above them
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Speaker 1: was beginning to dip low in the sky, sending wiggily
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Speaker 1: shadows zigzagging all over the forest floor. Coko led the
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Speaker 1: way confidently through the trees. As they trod across the
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Speaker 1: dryly and sprouts of grass, Coco pointed out to Kira
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Speaker 1: all the special landmarks and places of note, the tree
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Speaker 1: on which he'd first learnt to climb, his dad supporting
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Speaker 1: his back and promising he wouldn't let go, the toadstool circle,
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Speaker 1: where if you came at twilight you could see the
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Speaker 1: fairies perform their evening dance, And the impressive wooden dam
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Speaker 1: that Buck the Beaver had recently built on top of
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Speaker 1: the Sleepy River. Every time Coco pointed something out, Kira
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Speaker 1: would clap her hands in wonder. Sleepy Forest is a
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Speaker 1: magical place, she said, it truly is. Coco agreed, But
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Speaker 1: as they continued walking, Coco noticed that Kira had fallen
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Speaker 1: silent and a small frown had appeared on her face.
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Speaker 1: Deciding that it would be the right big brotherly thing
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Speaker 1: to do, ko Ko asked her if everything was okay? Oh,
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Speaker 1: she said, and touched her purple bow a little nervously. Yes,
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Speaker 1: everything is okay. But ko Ko could tell that Kia
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Speaker 1: wasn't being entirely honest. He could remember plenty of times
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Speaker 1: when something had been the matter with him, when he'd
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Speaker 1: been worried or upset or concerned about something, but had
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Speaker 1: pretended nothing was wrong. Those times, what he'd really wanted
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Speaker 1: was for someone to very gently ask him if he
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Speaker 1: was sure everything was okay, so that he'd be comfortable
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Speaker 1: to tell them. So he tried to do this for
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Speaker 1: Kia now. He told her that as her big brother,
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Speaker 1: she could tell him anything she liked, it didn't matter.
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Speaker 1: Kira touched her purple bow nervously again and then took
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Speaker 1: a deep breath. It's only that she began, but then
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Speaker 1: she stopped, seemed to think for a moment, and started
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Speaker 1: again differently. I hope your friends like me. When she
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Speaker 1: said this, ko Ko felt a tingling warmth moving through
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Speaker 1: his chest and heart. He felt then that he was
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Speaker 1: already starting to love and care for his little sister. Oh, Kira,
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Speaker 1: he said, you don't have to worry about that. They're
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Speaker 1: going to love you, And to reassure her even more,
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Speaker 1: Coco put his arm around her shoulders. Then Kia gave
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Speaker 1: a little sigh of relief and wrapped her arm around
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Speaker 1: Coco's waist, and like that, they walked through the sleepy
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Speaker 1: forest together. At last, they came to the shady little
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Speaker 1: grove that Coco and his friends liked to play in,
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Speaker 1: and there, just as he'd expected, they found Camo and
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Speaker 1: Prickles Kira. Coko said, this is my friend Camo, and
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Speaker 1: this is my friend Prickles. As he introduced each of
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Speaker 1: his friends, they gave Kira a welcoming hug, though Coco
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Speaker 1: was careful to warn Kira about hugging Prickles because sometimes
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Speaker 1: when you were a bit too over enthusiastic with your affection,
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Speaker 1: you were liable to get a sharp brick from one
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Speaker 1: of his spines. Camo and Prickles, Coko said, his chest
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Speaker 1: all puffed up with pride. This is Kira. She's my
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Speaker 1: new little sister. Wow, cried Prickles. A new sister. That's
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Speaker 1: so cool. How do you like Sleeping forest so far?
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Speaker 1: Camo asked her, and Kira told him that she already
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Speaker 1: thought it was a wonderful, magical place. It's a little
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Speaker 1: bit like the forest I come from, she said, though
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Speaker 1: it's also quite different. There are lots more creatures here.
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Speaker 1: Coco noticed that there was a small frown of confusion
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Speaker 1: on Prickles's face as he looked from Kira to Coco
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Speaker 1: and back again. It looked like he wanted to ask something.
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Speaker 1: Do you have a question, Prickles, he said, arm joshed
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Speaker 1: the little one said Prickles, A very small one, he added,
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Speaker 1: holding up his thumb and finger close together to show
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Speaker 1: just how tiny his question was. Go ahead, Coco said,
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Speaker 1: arm How is it that you two are brother and sister,
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Speaker 1: Prickles asked, when you look so different. You're a koala
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Speaker 1: cocoa with a big nose and a bushy gray tail,
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Speaker 1: and Kira here is a panda with big black and
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Speaker 1: white splotches all over her fur and a purple ribbon
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Speaker 1: in her hair. Oh that's easy, Prickles, Hoko explained. Kira
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Speaker 1: is my adopted sister, but she's my sister just as
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Speaker 1: much as anyone else's sister is their sister. Hoko paused
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Speaker 1: and scratched his head, trying to think up a way
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Speaker 1: to explain it, and, as if by magic, the wise
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Speaker 1: words that his mum had once told him while walking
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Speaker 1: down the banks of Sleepy River came back to him.
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Speaker 1: The truth is, Coco told them, are families come in
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Speaker 1: all sorts of shapes and sizes. No family's the same
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Speaker 1: as another family, but all families are equally perfect. Ah,
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Speaker 1: said Prickles, nodding and smiling. That makes perfect sense. You're
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Speaker 1: so wise, Coco, You are wise Cocoa. Camo agreed, families
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Speaker 1: can look all kinds of different ways. For example, sometimes
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Speaker 1: me and my brother look very alike, but other times,
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Speaker 1: he said, and suddenly changed color, turning from a leafy
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Speaker 1: green to a hot, bright pink. Other times we look
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Speaker 1: nothing alike at all. Cocoa and Prickles laughed at Camo's
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Speaker 1: very funny joke, but Kira was looking at him with
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Speaker 1: her mouth wide open. That's the coolest trick I've ever seen,
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Speaker 1: she said. It's not a trick, said Coco, still laughing,
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Speaker 1: and explained that it was in a comeleon's nature to
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Speaker 1: change color according to his mood. It certainly is, said Camo.
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Speaker 1: And my favorite thing to do is be all of
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Speaker 1: the colors at the same time, And with that, Camo
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Speaker 1: turned all the colors of the rainbow red, blue and green, orange, yellow,
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Speaker 1: and purple all at once. When Kira and the others
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Speaker 1: had stopped clapping, Camo asked her what her favorite thing
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Speaker 1: in the world to do was. Well, she said, my
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Speaker 1: favorite thing is to make people ribbon bows just like mine,
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Speaker 1: and she pointed with the purple ribbon on top of
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Speaker 1: her head. Mean said, Prickles, you can make one of
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Speaker 1: them for all of us. I sure can, Kira said.
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Speaker 1: She slipped her purple backpack off her back and unzipped
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Speaker 1: it to reveal a whole tumble of many different colored ribbons.
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Speaker 1: I can do them right now, she said, you just
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Speaker 1: have to tell me what color you want. Coco and
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Speaker 1: his friends were very excited, and so together they all
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Speaker 1: sat on the floor of the shady glade while Kira
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Speaker 1: made them special bows. For Prickles, she made an orange
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Speaker 1: one with little holes for his spines to go through.
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Speaker 1: For Camo, she made a sparkling silver one, which she
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Speaker 1: said would go well with any color he might choose
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Speaker 1: to be on a whim. And for her big brother Cocoa,
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Speaker 1: she made a bright red one and tied it very
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Speaker 1: smartly around his neck. They were all utterly delighted with
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Speaker 1: their new bows, and each of them gave Kia big
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Speaker 1: hugs of thanks. When he thought Kiera couldn't hear, Prickles
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Speaker 1: leant over to Cocoa and whispered in his ear. Your
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Speaker 1: new sister is so cool, he said, We're all going
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Speaker 1: to be the best of friends. But Kira, who had
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Speaker 1: very good hearing despite all of the fur growing out
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Speaker 1: of her ears, heard every single word that Brickles said,
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Speaker 1: and she did her best not to blush with happiness worries.
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Speaker 1: It seemed well for nothing. Coco's friends liked her, and
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Speaker 1: she liked them too, very much. Indeed, already she felt
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Speaker 1: very at home in Sleepy Forest, with her new family,
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Speaker 1: her new friends, her brilliant big brother. She was very
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Speaker 1: excited for all of the forest adventures that were to come.
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Speaker 1: Families came in all sorts of sizes, and her one,
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Speaker 1: as far as Kira was concerned, was the absolute best man.
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