In tonight’s bedtime story for kids, we have a specially selected Koko Rewind, where we look back on our first meeting with a very kind bear named Lana who has a very special talent - a song that can put anybody to sleep. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to cocoas Sleep, 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.
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Speaker 2: Give me a.
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Speaker 1: Tiny wave if you like to sing, I'm waving too.
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Speaker 1: I often have a tune in my head, but not
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Speaker 1: always the words. I love how songs can remind you
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Speaker 1: of a specific memory or make you feel a certain way.
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Speaker 1: Do you know what a lullaby is? It's a special
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Speaker 1: type of song that can help us to feel extra
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Speaker 1: sleepy when we hear it. And in our bedtime story tonight,
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Speaker 1: a young little bear called Lana doesn't remember the words
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Speaker 1: of the lullaby her mother sings her to sleep with,
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Speaker 1: so she decides she must go in search of them.
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Speaker 1: We will go with her and hopefully discover all the
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Speaker 1: words to Lana's Lullaby by Alicia Ainslie. It was a
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Speaker 1: warm night in the woods. The animals were all tucked
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Speaker 1: up in their beds, ready for a good night's rest
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Speaker 1: before another exciting day tomorrow. The bees had ceased their buzzing,
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Speaker 1: the birds had halted their flapping, and the moose had
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Speaker 1: curled up under the branches of a fallen tree for
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Speaker 1: the perfect shelter for the night. Deep in a dark cave,
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Speaker 1: hidden behind rocks and bushes and branches, a family of
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Speaker 1: bears resided. There was a mummy bear and a daddy
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Speaker 1: bear and their five young cubs. Lana was the eldest
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Speaker 1: of the five year young bear cubs. She was headstrong
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Speaker 1: and brave, and she delighted in guiding her younger siblings
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Speaker 1: and helping her parents to teach them all she had
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Speaker 1: learnt so far. Then there was Bucky, Cocoa, Luella, and Theodore.
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Speaker 1: They all looked up to Lana as if she was
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Speaker 1: their third parent. In the daytime, the cubs were very
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Speaker 1: playful and loved to wrestle and tumble about. They would
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Speaker 1: chase one another and stuff their faces with delicious berries
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Speaker 1: and fruit. Sometimes their father would take them down to
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Speaker 1: the riverside and teach them how to fish, while their
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Speaker 1: mother would teach them how to reach the fruit on
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Speaker 1: the highest branches with little assistance. All of the cubs
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Speaker 1: had brown fur the color of chocolate, long snouts with
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Speaker 1: twitchy little noses that loved to sniff around for food,
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Speaker 1: rounded ears, and fluffy button tails. They were cuddly little things,
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Speaker 1: and at night they were the snugliest of all. Creatures.
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Speaker 1: After a busy day of playing, learning, and roaming, the
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Speaker 1: five baby cubs would retreat to their cave with their
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Speaker 1: mother and father to rest for the night. They would
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Speaker 1: all huddle up close to one another and bury their
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Speaker 1: faces in each other's furry sides and tuck their little
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Speaker 1: paws in close. It was so warm and cozy in
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Speaker 1: this little huddle of bodies. Every night, the young cubs
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Speaker 1: would be restless until their mother would calm them down
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Speaker 1: and soothe them with a sweet song. The cubs would
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Speaker 1: beg sing a sho lulla by Mama. They would beg
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Speaker 1: and beg until Mummy Bear gave in. All right, she
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Speaker 1: sighed every time if you insist, She would then sing
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Speaker 1: the five cubs a gentle, melodic song that would quickly
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Speaker 1: whisk the young cubs away to dreamland. It worked a
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Speaker 1: treat every time. Not before long, the five children would
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Speaker 1: all be snoozing away, gently purring and snoring as they
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Speaker 1: wriggled up closer together, sleeping peacefully thanks to the sound
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Speaker 1: of their mother's relaxing lullaby. One night, the five cubs
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Speaker 1: were restless and waiting for it to be time to
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Speaker 1: go to bed. Mummy Bear was still out fishing, and
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Speaker 1: Daddy Bear was growing tired. He tried to urge the
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Speaker 1: bear cubs to settle down for the night, for they
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Speaker 1: were too full of energy. Bucky protested as their father
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Speaker 1: tried to make them go to sleep. We can't fall
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Speaker 1: asleep without mamma singing to us. Of course you can,
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Speaker 1: Daddy Baar insisted, refusing to accept this excuse. You are
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Speaker 1: very capable of falling asleep off your own accord. Now
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Speaker 1: settle down. The five bear cubs curled up close to
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Speaker 1: one another and attempted to fall asleep, for they wriggled
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Speaker 1: and rocked from side to side, unable to get truly comfortable. Eventually,
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Speaker 1: Luella turned to her older sister Lana and asked, can
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Speaker 1: you sing us mamma's lullaby? Lana? Lana always wanted to
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Speaker 1: be helpful, and she delighted in helping her parents look
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Speaker 1: after her younger siblings. I'll give it a try, Lana replied.
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Speaker 1: She began racking her brain trying to recall the lyrics
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Speaker 1: to her mother's nighttime song, but Lana was stumped. She
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Speaker 1: could remember the lyrics to the first verse, but she
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Speaker 1: couldn't seem to remember any more of it. She decided
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Speaker 1: to start singing in the hopes that the rest would
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Speaker 1: come to her. Sleep, my darling, sleep through the night.
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Speaker 1: Mamma Bear is here and everything is right. Dream of adventures,
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Speaker 1: dream of peace. I'll see you in the morning when
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Speaker 1: your dreams all cease. Lana stopped. She couldn't remember anything else,
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Speaker 1: and she'd forgotten the tune. That didn't sound right. Theodore
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Speaker 1: complained that didn't sound like Mamma's Lulla by at all.
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Speaker 1: Lana folded her arms across her chest in frustration. Well
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Speaker 1: don't blame me, she pouted. It's not my fault. I
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Speaker 1: can't remember the song. I'm usually asleep by the time
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Speaker 1: she finishes it. Coco rolled over on to his side,
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Speaker 1: looked up at Lana, and said, well, that didn't sound right.
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Speaker 1: Lana began to sulk. She always had the answers for
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Speaker 1: her younger siblings, and she did not appreciate being called
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Speaker 1: out on her shortcomings. Her father noticed her disappointment and
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Speaker 1: piped up, your mother is still going to be out
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Speaker 1: for a while, but I'm sure there are lots of
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Speaker 1: our neighbors that will know the song. Why don't you
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Speaker 1: go ask them to help you. It's still quite light out,
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Speaker 1: so they shouldn't be tucked up in their beds quite yet.
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Speaker 1: Lana's motivation pricked up at the suggestion there were lots
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Speaker 1: of musical animals in the woods, and surely one of
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Speaker 1: them would know the rest of Mummy Bear's lullaby. Lana
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Speaker 1: left her younger siblings behind with Daddy Bear and headed
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Speaker 1: out of their cave and into the evening air to
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Speaker 1: ask their neighbors for help. Lana looked around and wondered
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Speaker 1: where to begin now, Who is the best singer in
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Speaker 1: the woods, she pondered, spinning around to look in each direction.
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Speaker 1: There were lots of animals to choose from. The woods
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Speaker 1: could be a most amazing place to wander around. Everywhere
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Speaker 1: you went there was some sort of musical entertainment to
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Speaker 1: delight your ears, from the animals on the ground to
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Speaker 1: the creatures in the trees. I'll go to the river first,
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Speaker 1: Lana decided. There is always a lot of music and
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Speaker 1: commotion coming from down there. Lana plodded her way down
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Speaker 1: the hillside to the gushing river. With each step, as
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Speaker 1: she drew closer, she could hear the frogs croaking and
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Speaker 1: chirping in harmony. She reached the side of the river
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Speaker 1: and spotted three tiny green frogs with big beady eyes
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Speaker 1: sat on the river bank on the other side. The
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Speaker 1: frogs barely even acknowledged Lana. They kept singing their little
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Speaker 1: song in perfect three part harmony. The frogs by the
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Speaker 1: river weren't the friendliest of creatures. They were pleasant enough,
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Speaker 1: but they were very territorial of their position on the
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Speaker 1: river side, and they didn't like anyone getting too close
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Speaker 1: or stepping foot on their turf. What are you looking at?
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Speaker 1: The frog in the middle called across the bank? Have
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Speaker 1: you just come to stare or to listen to our song?
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Speaker 1: Lana didn't particularly want to stop and listen, or that
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Speaker 1: the frogs ever seemed to sing about. Was the weather.
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Speaker 1: If it was raining, the frogs had a song for it.
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Speaker 1: If the sun was shining, the frogs had another song
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Speaker 1: to sing. Their repertoire of music wasn't the largest, and
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Speaker 1: Nana had heard all of their songs a thousand times before.
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Speaker 1: She hoped that within their song book they had the
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Speaker 1: same lullaby that her mother always sang. Not quite, Lana
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Speaker 1: began to reply, I was hoping that you might be
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Speaker 1: able to help me. There is a song that my
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Speaker 1: mother always sings to us each night. She's away fishing
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Speaker 1: this evening, and I want to help my brothers and
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Speaker 1: sister fall asleep with the lullaby, but I can't remember it.
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Speaker 1: Do you think you might know it? The frogs chuckled
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Speaker 1: between themselves and haughtily replied, it's unlikely that we would
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Speaker 1: know such a basic song as a lullaby when our
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Speaker 1: musical repertoire is so advanced, but we'll give it a try.
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Speaker 1: Sing what you know for us. Lana shook off their
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Speaker 1: snobbish comment and attempted to sing what she knew of
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Speaker 1: her mother's lullaby. The frogs scrunched up their faces in
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Speaker 1: a mixture of befuddlement and distaste. I'm sorry, my dear,
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Speaker 1: one of the frogs said, we have never heard that
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Speaker 1: song before, so I'm afraid we can't help you. Lana
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Speaker 1: bid the frogs farewell and began to walk back into
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Speaker 1: the depths of the woods. Despite the frogs being unable
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Speaker 1: to help, she wasn't disheartened, and she instantly started thinking
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Speaker 1: again about who else she could turn to for assistance.
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Speaker 1: As Lanna was thinking, she heard a rustling in a
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Speaker 1: nearby flower bed. She bent down and peered closer amongst
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Speaker 1: the pretty red flowers. The closer she got, the more
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Speaker 1: she could hear a very high pitched sound. It sounded
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Speaker 1: like a faint, ultra sonic singing voice. Lana used her
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Speaker 1: paw to gently push aside the leaves of the plants
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Speaker 1: and revealed a little white mouse relaxing within the flower bed. Oh,
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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Lana apologized, feeling like she had intruded. I
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Speaker 1: couldn't help but notice your sweet singing voice, and I
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Speaker 1: wanted to see where it was coming from. The white
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Speaker 1: mouse smiled up at Lana and assured her it was
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Speaker 1: not a problem. What a lovely voice you have, Lana continued,
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Speaker 1: what were you singing about? The white mouse explained how
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Speaker 1: he was rehearsing a love song. He informed her that
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Speaker 1: the perfect way to make another mouse fall in love
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Speaker 1: with you was by serenading them. Music was their love language.
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Speaker 1: Lana was very impressed. Well, I think you'll have lots
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Speaker 1: of mice falling in love with you soon with a
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Speaker 1: song like that. The mouse thanked her for her compliment
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Speaker 1: and asked how he could be of service. Lana explained
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Speaker 1: how she was looking for someone who could help remind
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Speaker 1: her of the rest of her mother's lullaby. With a
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Speaker 1: singing voice as nice as his, perhaps the little mouse
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Speaker 1: would know it alas, the mouse shook his head from
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Speaker 1: side to side and proclaimed that he had never heard
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Speaker 1: the likes of it before. We don't sing many sleepy
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Speaker 1: songs in the mouse kingdom. We tend to only sing
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Speaker 1: love songs, he explained, shrugging his tiny shoulders. Lana said
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Speaker 1: goodbye to the friendly mouse and set back out on
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Speaker 1: her search. She tried humming the tune ash walked, but
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Speaker 1: the words and tune felt like a distant memory that
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Speaker 1: she couldn't quite reach. The faint remnants of it were there,
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Speaker 1: floating around in her brain like a jigsaw puzzle waiting
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Speaker 1: to be pieced together, but one big missing piece was
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Speaker 1: preventing her from joining them all up. As she walked along,
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Speaker 1: humming what she could remember of the tune, she was
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Speaker 1: suddenly interrupted by a little voice from above her. What
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Speaker 1: is that lovely sound, your humming little bear? Lana looked
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Speaker 1: up into the trees and saw a family of hummingbirds
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Speaker 1: perched on a branch. They cocked their heads and gazed
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Speaker 1: down at her inquisitively. Lana called up to the trees.
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Speaker 1: In response, it's the tune to a lullaby my mother
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Speaker 1: always sings for us, but I can't remember the rest.
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Speaker 1: I can only recall a short section of it. The
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Speaker 1: smallest hummingbirds suggested, does it sound like this? And he
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Speaker 1: began to hum a jaunty little tune. But it wasn't
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Speaker 1: the lullaby Lana was searching for. She shook her head.
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Speaker 1: Does it sound like this, the largest hummingbird offered, before
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Speaker 1: humming another tune. There was a bit slower than melancholy.
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Speaker 1: Lana shook her head. It still wasn't the tune. The
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Speaker 1: hummingbirds tried humming several different tunes to Lana in the
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Speaker 1: hopes that one of them might ring a bell Alas
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Speaker 1: not one of the tunes was familiar to Lana, the
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Speaker 1: hummingbirds didn't know her mother's song either. Lana thanked the
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Speaker 1: hummingbirds for their attempts to help, and continued on her way.
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Speaker 1: She seemed to have asked all of the most musical
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Speaker 1: creatures in the woods. By now. She couldn't think of
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Speaker 1: anyone else who was as musically talented as the frogs.
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Speaker 1: The mice and the hummingbirds. Who else is musical in
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Speaker 1: the woods, Lana thought, Aha, She suddenly remembered the antelope
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Speaker 1: squirrels have the most fantastic rhythm. They're always tapping away
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Speaker 1: with a musical beat. They'll surely know how the lullaby goes.
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Speaker 1: The antelope squirrels lived out in the driest part of
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Speaker 1: the woods, uncovered by trees. Made her way to the
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Speaker 1: large dusty clearing where the antelope squirrels were often seen.
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Speaker 1: She knew she was heading in the right direction, as
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Speaker 1: the closer she got, the louder she could hear a
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Speaker 1: pulsing beat.
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Speaker 2: Tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap.
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Speaker 1: The beat was catchy and rhythmic, and before Larana even
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Speaker 1: knew it, she found herself walking along in perfect time
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Speaker 1: with the beat. She reached the clearing and laughed out
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Speaker 1: loud as she saw a large group of antelope squirrels
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Speaker 1: all standing in a circle, tapping their feet and beating
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Speaker 1: their hands on the ground to create a music circle.
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Speaker 1: Lana swayed and danced to their music. Her spirits lifted.
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Speaker 2: Tap tap tap tap, tap tap tap tap.
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Speaker 1: The beat went. One squirrel noticed Lana and broke away
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Speaker 1: from the group, leaving them to continue with the music
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Speaker 1: and scurrying up to Lana's feet. Are you enjoying this show,
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Speaker 1: the little squirrel asked giddily. We've been practicing all day,
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Speaker 1: you know, it's nice to have an audience. Lana confessed
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Speaker 1: that she was adoring the music and felt the urge
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Speaker 1: to dance around to the beat. Well, why don't you,
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Speaker 1: the little squirrel exclaimed, pointing to the music circle. Let
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Speaker 1: the beat carry you away. We don't mind. The little
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Speaker 1: squirrel took Lana's poor in hand and guided her over
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Speaker 1: to the center of the circle. Every way Lana looked,
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Speaker 1: she was surrounded by little music making squirrels. They all
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Speaker 1: appeared to be lost in the musical beat, and she
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Speaker 1: couldn't resist joining in. Lana closed her eyes and noticed
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Speaker 1: the vibrations of the beat on the ground radiating into
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Speaker 1: her feet. Her body felt loose and she couldn't stop
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Speaker 1: her hips from swaying side to side. She danced alone
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Speaker 1: in the middle of the circle, enjoying the intoxicating music.
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Speaker 2: Tap tap tap, tap, tap, tap tap tap.
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Speaker 1: The repetitive beat was Mesmerizingana almost felt like she was
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Speaker 1: being hypnotized. Her head felt light, her body felt loose,
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Speaker 1: and her feet barely touched the ground as she danced around. Eventually,
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Speaker 1: the beat built to a crescendo, and the squirrels finished
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Speaker 1: with a final rhythm.
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Speaker 2: Tap tap tap tap tap tap tap.
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Speaker 1: Then there was silence. Lana slowly opened her eyes and
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Speaker 1: she began to applaud them for their spectacular performance. The
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Speaker 1: large circle of squirrels took a bow rather comically, and
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Speaker 1: they began to chatter amongst themselves, congratulating one another on
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Speaker 1: a job well done. That was fantastic, Lana, Dick, you
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Speaker 1: are all musical geniuses. The squirrels all modestly nodded their
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Speaker 1: heads in agreement and said, nobody ever thinks of us
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Speaker 1: when they think of the best musical animals in the woods.
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Speaker 1: But we know what we offer. Everyone else is just
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Speaker 1: missing out. We're glad you enjoyed our music. Lana had
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Speaker 1: become so distracted by their captivating beat that she had
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Speaker 1: almost forgotten what she had come for in the first place.
00:22:40
Speaker 1: Remembering her mission, she asked the antelope squirrels if they
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Speaker 1: knew any lullabies. The squirrels all shook their heads. I'm
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Speaker 1: afraid we don't sing, said the squirrel that had originally
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Speaker 1: greeted her. We just make music with our hands and feet.
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Speaker 1: We don't sing the likes of lullabies. We're sorry, we
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Speaker 1: can't be of help. Lana felt defeated. She had run
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Speaker 1: out of options in the woods. She couldn't think of
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Speaker 1: anyone else nearby that sang or made music. That's when
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Speaker 1: the little squirrel had an idea, Why don't you go
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Speaker 1: down to the waterfront and ask the whales. They're always
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Speaker 1: singing day in and day out. They'll be sure to
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Speaker 1: know your lullaby. It was a great idea. Why hadn't
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Speaker 1: Lana thought of the whales before? Lana set back off
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Speaker 1: and walked all the way to the edge of the
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Speaker 1: woods and climbed down a cliff side towards the coast
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Speaker 1: of the sea. She sat on the edge of a
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Speaker 1: big rock and called out across the deep blue water.
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Speaker 1: Beluga whales come out to play. Lana and her family
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Speaker 1: would often come down to the water's edge to say
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Speaker 1: hello to the beluga whales. They were very friendly sea creatures,
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Speaker 1: and they had the most unusual faces that made them
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Speaker 1: stand out from the other whales. They were a crystal
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Speaker 1: clean white color and had large, rounded foreheads and big
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Speaker 1: grinning faces. The beluga whales were often compared to the
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Speaker 1: birds on the land due to their ponchon for singing.
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Speaker 1: They made the most amazing collection of sounds when they
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Speaker 1: were all together, and sounded like a full orchestra of music.
00:24:58
Speaker 1: The beluga whales would whistle, chirp, squeal, and click their tongues,
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Speaker 1: creating an impressive orchestration. As she called out across the water,
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Speaker 1: she saw a herd of large figures slinking their way
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Speaker 1: through the waters ahead and towards her. One by one,
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Speaker 1: a pod of bluga whales popped their smiling faces up
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Speaker 1: out of the water to greet her. Hello, Lana, They
00:25:36
Speaker 1: all chirruped pleasantly. You're up late, shouldn't you be in
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Speaker 1: bed yet? Lana explained how she had been walking around
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Speaker 1: the woods all night trying to find someone who could
00:25:52
Speaker 1: fill in the gaps in her memory of her mother's lullaby,
00:25:57
Speaker 1: but to no avail. The beluga whales offered to try
00:26:02
Speaker 1: to help her, and she started to sing the song.
00:26:08
Speaker 1: The beluga whales listened patiently to Lana's attempts at the lullaby,
00:26:14
Speaker 1: and when she was finished, they clapped together their little
00:26:19
Speaker 1: flippers in applause. That was lovely, Lana. One of the
00:26:25
Speaker 1: pod encouraged her, what a lovely song your mother sings.
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Speaker 1: But I'm afraid we don't know it. We know lots
00:26:34
Speaker 1: of songs and lullabies ourselves, but we've never heard one
00:26:39
Speaker 1: that sounds like that. Before. Lana was starting to think
00:26:44
Speaker 1: that perhaps she would never find any one who could
00:26:48
Speaker 1: help her remember the lullaby. How was she going to
00:26:53
Speaker 1: get her little brothers and sister to sleep if she
00:26:57
Speaker 1: couldn't sing for them. She thanked the Balluoga wails for
00:27:03
Speaker 1: their help and encouragement, and decided to head back to
00:27:08
Speaker 1: her family's cave. Lana was growing weary and the night
00:27:15
Speaker 1: was setting in. The moon was high in the sky
00:27:19
Speaker 1: and shining with a bright white light, and the stars
00:27:25
Speaker 1: twinkled in their celestial seats watching the earth below. It
00:27:32
Speaker 1: was time that she headed home, and she was so
00:27:36
Speaker 1: disappointed that she hadn't remembered the rest of her mother's lullaby.
00:27:42
Speaker 1: She trudged through the woods, her eyes growing drowsy with
00:27:48
Speaker 1: each step. She felt like she was almost sleep walking.
00:27:55
Speaker 1: She had grown so tired during her search for the lullaby.
00:28:01
Speaker 1: All of a sudden, she noticed a sound on the
00:28:05
Speaker 1: evening breeze. It was the sound of a voice singing, No,
00:28:12
Speaker 1: not singing, humming. It was humming a familiar tune, but
00:28:18
Speaker 1: she couldn't quite place what the song was. Lana picked
00:28:24
Speaker 1: up speed and started to race through the woods, following
00:28:29
Speaker 1: the sound of the humming. With every gallop of her
00:28:34
Speaker 1: fore paws, the humming became louder and clearer. She was
00:28:40
Speaker 1: getting close. Eventually, she pushed through the trees and came
00:28:47
Speaker 1: into a clearing. It was the clearing right before her
00:28:52
Speaker 1: family's cave. The humming was louder than ever. Lana rushed
00:28:59
Speaker 1: inside the cave and came upon the sight of her mother,
00:29:04
Speaker 1: back from fishing, and her four younger siblings all gathered
00:29:09
Speaker 1: around her and sleeping deeply. Mummy Bear smiled warmly at
00:29:16
Speaker 1: Lana and welcomed her back with her arms out wide.
00:29:22
Speaker 1: Lana fell into her mother's comforting arms. Exhausted from running
00:29:28
Speaker 1: around all evening. I've been trying to remember your lullaby
00:29:34
Speaker 1: all evening, Lana explained, burrowing her face into her mother's
00:29:41
Speaker 1: shaggy brown chest. I asked lots of other animals for help,
00:29:46
Speaker 1: but none of them knew it. Mummy Bear stroked Lana's
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Speaker 1: back and replied, well, of course they didn't know it.
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Speaker 1: I made the song up myself, especially for my children.
00:30:04
Speaker 1: Lana giggled gently and released all of the tension she
00:30:09
Speaker 1: had built up and leant into her mother. Well, that
00:30:14
Speaker 1: would explain it. Would you like me to sing the
00:30:20
Speaker 1: song to you now and remind you, Mummy Bear asked,
00:30:25
Speaker 1: rocking Lana from side to side. Lana's eyes were already
00:30:32
Speaker 1: half closed, but she nodded and sleepily replied a yes.
00:30:40
Speaker 1: Mummy Bear began to sing her sweet song for her
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Speaker 1: oldest child and watched as it worked its magic, Like
00:30:50
Speaker 1: it did every other night. It was no surprise that
00:30:55
Speaker 1: Lana couldn't remember the whole lullaby. It worked so well
00:31:01
Speaker 1: that the Bear cubs were always deep asleep by the
00:31:05
Speaker 1: time the song was through. Mummy Bear sang and Lana
00:31:12
Speaker 1: drifted off into a deep slumber, with her mother's melody
00:31:18
Speaker 1: whisking her away happily and contentedly. Sleep, my darlings, sleep
00:31:27
Speaker 1: through the night. Mama Bear is here and everything is right.
00:31:33
Speaker 1: Dream of adventures, dream of peace. I'll see you in
00:31:38
Speaker 1: the morning when your dreams all cease float among the
00:31:45
Speaker 1: clouds and kiss the sky, Swim beneath the rivers, and
00:31:51
Speaker 1: roam the deserts dry. Live within a palace bow to
00:31:58
Speaker 1: kings and queen. Do whatever you want. Nothing is what
00:32:04
Speaker 1: it seems. Now sleep, my darlings, Curl up tight. You
00:32:11
Speaker 1: need not wake till the morning light. I will be
00:32:16
Speaker 1: here watching over you as you sleep. And your treasure,
00:32:21
Speaker 1: little hearts, I will always keep