In tonight’s bedtime story for kids, we have a specially selected Koko Rewind, where we’re going to meet a little mouse called Millie who lives in an enchanted forest and just won’t go to sleep. Her worried mother asks the magical forest for help and a sleep fairy by the name of Midnight appears. Together, Midnight and Millie take a moonlit journey through the forest and discover how the other animals fall asleep every night. And, happily, it’s not long before the little mouse begins to feel sleepier and sleepier. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Narrator 🎙 Abbe Opher
Author ✍️ Gillian Rogerson
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Speaker 1: Hi, and welcome back to Cocoa Sleep, a podcast of
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Speaker 1: original children's bedtime stories and sleep meditations designed to make
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Speaker 1: bedtime a dream. If you like this podcast and enjoy
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Speaker 1: the snoozy feeling you get when listening to our stories,
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Speaker 1: please tell your family and friends about it because they
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Speaker 1: might enjoy it too. I wonder do you sometimes lie
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Speaker 1: in bed awake, not feeling tired at all? It sometimes
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Speaker 1: happens to me too, and I try to relax and
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Speaker 1: think happy thoughts. What do you do well? In tonight's story,
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Speaker 1: we're going to meet a little mouse called Milly who
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Speaker 1: lives in an enchanted forest and she just won't go
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Speaker 1: to sleep. Her worried mother asks the magical forest for help,
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Speaker 1: and a sleep fairy by the name of Midnight appears. Together,
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Speaker 1: Midnight and Millie take a moonlit journey through the forest
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Speaker 1: and discover how the other animals fall asleep every night,
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Speaker 1: and happily, it's not too long before the little mouse
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Speaker 1: begins to feel sleepier and sleepier. Before we meet our
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Speaker 1: little mouse, Milly and her forest dwelling friends, take a
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Speaker 1: little time to snuggle down into your bed and make
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Speaker 1: yourself as comfortable as you can. Try a yawn, Breathe
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Speaker 1: in and with a big sigh, breathe out. Wriggle your
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Speaker 1: fingers and toes, close your eyes and try another little yawn.
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Speaker 1: Take some lovely de breaths in and out, and then
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Speaker 1: snuggled down a little bit more. This is Midnight in
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Speaker 1: the Mouse by Gillian Rogerson. The sun set slowly on
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Speaker 1: another day in sleepy forest, the sky turned dark blue,
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Speaker 1: and stars twinkled into view. A full moon came out
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Speaker 1: from behind a cloud and cast moonbeams dancing across the
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Speaker 1: dark forest floor. Below. Birds of the night sang soft
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Speaker 1: twilight tunes. Moms and dads around the forest settled their
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Speaker 1: little ones down for the night. Soon, tired little eyes
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Speaker 1: began to close, and gentle snores sounded out. Parents let
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Speaker 1: out happy sighs as they gazed lovingly at their sleeping babies.
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Speaker 1: Whispers of good night, sweet dreams, we love you floated
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Speaker 1: on the evening breeze throughout the forest. Yet, in a
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Speaker 1: burrow beneath an old oak tree, a young mouse called
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Speaker 1: Milly refused to go to sleep. She told her mum
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Speaker 1: she wasn't the tiniest bit tired, and she told her
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Speaker 1: dad she wanted to go outside and play. She said
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Speaker 1: she was going to stay awake all night. Milly's mom
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Speaker 1: and dad tried everything to get their little mouse to sleep.
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Speaker 1: A cup of warm milk in Milly's favorite mug, a
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Speaker 1: soothing lullaby from her dad, and lots and lots of
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Speaker 1: warm hugs, but nothing worked on little Milly. Milly's mum
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Speaker 1: decided there was only one thing left to do. She
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Speaker 1: collected three acorn tops from the far side of the
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Speaker 1: burrow and took them outside. She carefully placed them on
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Speaker 1: the grass beneath the branches of their oak tree. Then
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Speaker 1: she waited for something special to happen. For the animals
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Speaker 1: of Sleepy Forest, No magical help is always available to
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Speaker 1: those who ask for it, and one way to summon
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Speaker 1: that help is by placing three acorn tops outside their homes.
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Speaker 1: Within seconds, magical help arrived for Milly's mum in the
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Speaker 1: shape of a small fairy. The fair landed in front
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Speaker 1: of the mouse, fluttering her silver wings gently. She was
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Speaker 1: wearing a dress the color of the night sky and
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Speaker 1: a velvet pouch hung from a silver belt around her waist.
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Speaker 1: The fairy looked at Milly's mum and said, softly, you
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Speaker 1: called for me, I did, Milly's mum answered, my little
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Speaker 1: one just won't go to sleep. Can you help me? Please?
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Speaker 1: Indeed I can. Where is the restless one? Just at
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Speaker 1: that moment, Milly popped her head out of the burrow.
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Speaker 1: Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw the fairy.
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Speaker 1: The fairy's eyes twinkled like stars as she looked at Milly.
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Speaker 1: She said to the little mouse, Hello, my name is Midnight.
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Speaker 1: I'm a sleep fairy. I'm going to help you fall
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Speaker 1: asleep tonight. I'm not tired, Milly replied, I know, the
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Speaker 1: fairy said with a smile, and you're not the only one.
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Speaker 1: Lots of animals feel the same way tonight. Please come
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Speaker 1: with me and I'll show you what I mean. Milly
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Speaker 1: looked at her mom to see if it was okay
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Speaker 1: to go with the fairy. Her mom gave her a
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Speaker 1: tired nod. Midnight took Milly by the poor and they
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Speaker 1: walked into the moonlit forest together. Stars twinkled down on
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Speaker 1: them from the evening sky. A friendly owl hooted from
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Speaker 1: a nearby tree. Milly's whiskers twitched as they traveled along.
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Speaker 1: She'd never been out of the burrow at night before.
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Speaker 1: The air smelled different, somehow unfamiliar, and Milly wasn't sure
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Speaker 1: if she liked it. Milly asked the fairy where they
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Speaker 1: were going. Midnight replied, there's a peculiar feeling in the
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Speaker 1: air tonight, and it seems to be a night when
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Speaker 1: many moms and dads were having trouble getting their babies
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Speaker 1: to sleep. But that's okay, because we're going to help
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Speaker 1: them how Milly asked, With a mysterious smile, Midnight replied,
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Speaker 1: you'll see. Midnight led Milly over to a hedgerow where
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Speaker 1: a family of hedgehogs lived. The baby hedgehogs were our
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Speaker 1: asking their mother for another bedtime story, but the mother
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Speaker 1: had already told them two stories and she just could
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Speaker 1: not think of another tale to tell her babies. Midnight
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Speaker 1: saw what was happening and reached into the velvet pouch
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Speaker 1: that was tied to the silver belt around her waist.
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Speaker 1: She poured out a handful of rainbow colored glitter and
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Speaker 1: gently cast it into the air. The glitter caught on
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Speaker 1: a breeze and drifted towards the mother hedgehog. The shimmering
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Speaker 1: sparkles landed on her. Prickles shone brightly for a second,
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Speaker 1: and then melted gently. The mother hedgehog suddenly smiled at
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Speaker 1: her babies and said, let me tell you the tale
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Speaker 1: about the one hundred year old hedgehog who had the
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Speaker 1: power to grant wishes. Oh, said the smallest hedgehog. We
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Speaker 1: haven't heard that one before. The mother hedgehog said, I know.
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Speaker 1: Settle down, make yourselves comfortable, and then I'll begin. The
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Speaker 1: little hedgehogs shuffled down further into their cozy beds made
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Speaker 1: out of leaves and soft moss. Their mother tucked some
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Speaker 1: extra moss under their heads and made soft pillows for them.
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Speaker 1: Then she waited until she had their full attention. Once
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Speaker 1: upon a time, in a lamb not far from here,
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Speaker 1: there lived the most magical creature, a hedgehog who was
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Speaker 1: one hundred years old. His spikes were as gray as
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Speaker 1: so and his eyes were full of wisdom. Millie and
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Speaker 1: Midnight staying nearby, and listened to the captivating story of
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Speaker 1: the hedgehog who was able to grant wishes. They heard
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Speaker 1: how the kind animal didn't wish for anything for himself,
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Speaker 1: but instead he gave wishes to his friends, and seeing
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Speaker 1: the delight on his friend's faces, as their wishes came true,
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Speaker 1: made the elderly hedgehog's heart overflow with joy and love,
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Speaker 1: and that was worth more than a thousand wishes for himself.
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Speaker 1: It was a heartwarming story, and one by one the
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Speaker 1: young hedgehogs drifted off to sleep. As she listened to
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Speaker 1: the lovely bedtime story, Millie felt her eyes growing heavier.
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Speaker 1: She closed them and gently leaned against the fairy. Midnight
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Speaker 1: whispered to Millie, are you ready for sleep yet? Millie's
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Speaker 1: eyes opened. She shook her head. No, I'm not tired,
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Speaker 1: not even a little bit. The fairy nodded, okay, come
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Speaker 1: with me. They walked on through the forest. They stopped
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Speaker 1: outside the home of a badger family who lived inside
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Speaker 1: a cozy cottage made from logs. It was a warm
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Speaker 1: evening and the windows of the cottage were open. Milly
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Speaker 1: and Midnight could see into the home and saw three
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Speaker 1: young badgers chasing each other around the living room. They
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Speaker 1: were dressed in their pajamas but didn't seem much all
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Speaker 1: ready for bed. Their parents were asking them to settle down,
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Speaker 1: but the little badgers didn't seem to be listening to them.
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Speaker 1: Midnight pulled some glitter from her pouch and sent it
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Speaker 1: fluttering on the air towards the open window. The enchanted
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Speaker 1: glitter drifted towards the mum and dad Badger. It settled
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Speaker 1: softly on their black and white fur, twinkled for a moment,
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Speaker 1: and then melted. Milly moved a little closer to the
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Speaker 1: window and wondered what was going to happen next. She
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Speaker 1: soon found out. The Badger parents started to sing. Soft,
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Speaker 1: lilting notes came from both of them and echoed gently
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Speaker 1: around their living room. The young Badgers stopped chasing each
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Speaker 1: other and listened to their parents. The song coming from
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Speaker 1: them was a mesmerizing melody, and it flowed over the
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Speaker 1: little Badgers and filled them with peace and relaxation. The
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Speaker 1: little Badgers laid down in front of their parents and
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Speaker 1: listened in complete silence as their mom and dad performed
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Speaker 1: a dreamy duet. One by one, the babies fell asleep.
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Speaker 1: The lullaby was so peaceful that Milly settled herself down
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Speaker 1: on the soft grass outside the cottage and put her
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Speaker 1: head on her paws. She yawned midnight whispered to her,
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Speaker 1: Are you ready for sleep? Yet? Milly stood up and said, no, no,
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Speaker 1: I'm not tired, not even a little bit. The fairy nodded, Okay,
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Speaker 1: come with me, there are more animals in the forest
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Speaker 1: who we need to visit under the light of the
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Speaker 1: bright moon. Milly continued to walk with Midnight through sleepy forest.
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Speaker 1: They came to a tall tree and the fairy stopped
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Speaker 1: at the side of it. Milly did too, and looked
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Speaker 1: around for animals who were having trouble sleeping. She didn't
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Speaker 1: see any and asked Midnight why they had stopped. Midnight
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Speaker 1: pointed towards the leafy boughs above them and said they
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Speaker 1: needed to climb the tree to see the animals who
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Speaker 1: lived up there. Together, the mouse and the fairy climbed
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Speaker 1: the tree. They found a family of squirrels snuggled between
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Speaker 1: the cozy branches. The family were fast asleep, and the
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Speaker 1: smallest squirrel had a smile on her face. She looked
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Speaker 1: like she was lost in a delightful dream. Midnight whispered
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Speaker 1: to the mouse, they don't need our help, they're already
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Speaker 1: fast asleep. Let's leave them in peace. Millie gazed upon
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Speaker 1: the snoozing squirrels. They looked so snug and warm in
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Speaker 1: their beds. She thought about her own cozy bed, and
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Speaker 1: how soft and warm it was. She let out a
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Speaker 1: tired yawn. The kind fairy noticed, but she didn't say anything.
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Speaker 1: They climbed back down the tree and carried on walking
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Speaker 1: through the forest. Milly's steps were a little slower, and
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Speaker 1: her eyes felt more and more tired. She had never
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Speaker 1: been out so late before, and the thought of her
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Speaker 1: comfy bed kept drifting softly into her mind. Midnight in
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Speaker 1: the Mouth walked through a grassy glade. The Fairy stopped
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Speaker 1: at the side of a hole in the ground and
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Speaker 1: told Milly there was a family of rabbits who lived
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Speaker 1: down it. Midnight thought they might need help going to sleep,
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Speaker 1: and asked Milly to go with her to check on them.
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Speaker 1: Midnight held out her hand to Milly, and down into
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Speaker 1: the hole they went. They walked along twisting tunnels until
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Speaker 1: they found a family of resting rabbits. The rabbits were
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Speaker 1: fast asleep and snoring gently. The sight of them made
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Speaker 1: Milly yawn again. The sleeping rabbits didn't need Midnight's help,
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Speaker 1: so the fairy led Milly back through the tunnels and
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Speaker 1: up into the forest. The moon shone brightly in the
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Speaker 1: sky that was blanketed with shimmering stars. Still holding hands,
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Speaker 1: Midnight and the mouse carried on walking. Their journey took
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Speaker 1: them to the far side of the meadow, where they
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Speaker 1: found some deer dozing behind the hanging branches of a
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Speaker 1: weeping willow tree. They looked so peaceful that Milly wanted
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Speaker 1: to lie next to them and fall asleep too. But
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Speaker 1: when the fairy asked if she was ready to return
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Speaker 1: home yet, the mouse shook her head and said no.
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Speaker 1: The fairy smiled kindly and asked if Milly could hear
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Speaker 1: the animals of the forest talking to their families. Milly
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Speaker 1: listened and heard the hushed voices of parents saying good night,
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Speaker 1: sweet dreams, we love you. Midnight gave Milly a gentle
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Speaker 1: smile and said, no one else needs our help tonight.
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Speaker 1: Everyone is falling asleep. Oh not, Milly said, with a
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Speaker 1: little yawn. She blinked her eyes tiredly. Midnight took a
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Speaker 1: handful of glitter from her pouch and gave half of
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Speaker 1: it to Milly. She said to the little mouse, there
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Speaker 1: is one more thing we have to do to night.
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Speaker 1: Milly looked at the glitter in her paw and asked,
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Speaker 1: what we need to send peace for dreams around the forest.
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Speaker 1: Watch the fairy gently blew the glitter into the air.
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Speaker 1: Milli did the same. The glitter twirled in a whirled
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Speaker 1: around the fairy and the mouse and surrounded them in
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Speaker 1: a rainbow colored curtain. Millie watched in amazement as one
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Speaker 1: fuzzy image after another appeared on the magical curtain in
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Speaker 1: front of them. The images were blurry and Millie couldn't
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Speaker 1: work out what they were. What's happening, Milly asked. Midnight explained,
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Speaker 1: these are what animals of the forest dream about. They're
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Speaker 1: not quite ready yet, but let's send them on their
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Speaker 1: way and see what happens. She slowly moved her hands
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Speaker 1: back and forth through the air, as if conducting an orchestra.
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Speaker 1: Millie copied her. The fuzzy images on the curtain moved
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Speaker 1: closer to each other. Slowly, large clear bubbles appeared between them,
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Speaker 1: and the images floated into the bubbles. The bubbles then
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Speaker 1: floated away from the curtain and hovered in the air.
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Speaker 1: Midnight said, these are dream bubbles. If you look inside them,
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Speaker 1: you'll see the dreams the beginning to take shape. Each
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Speaker 1: dream is different. A dream bubble floated nearer to Milly.
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Speaker 1: She looked closer and saw a smiling otter inside it.
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Speaker 1: He was lying on his back and floating down a river.
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Speaker 1: The faint tinkling sound of water came from the bubble.
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Speaker 1: The river slowly carried the otter under a wooden bridge.
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Speaker 1: Reflections of the water danced on the underneath of the bridge.
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Speaker 1: The otter continued drifting along and passed by a field
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Speaker 1: full of purple lavender. The peaceful scent of the plants
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Speaker 1: wafted towards Milly and made her whiskers twitch. She felt
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Speaker 1: the gentle heat of the sun on her fur as
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Speaker 1: if she were actually inside the dream bubble with the utter.
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Speaker 1: Her little body felt warm and weightless as she continued
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Speaker 1: to watch the utter drift down stream in his lovely
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Speaker 1: dream bubble. A soft wind caught the dream bubble and
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Speaker 1: sent it bobbing on its way through sleepy forest. Midnight said.
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Speaker 1: The bubble was taking the dream towards the river where
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Speaker 1: the otter lived. It would land softly on his sleepy head,
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Speaker 1: and the lovely dream would drop gently into his mind.
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Speaker 1: Another bubble came closer to the little mouse, and this
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Speaker 1: time she saw a laughing frog inside it. The frog
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Speaker 1: was joyfully leaping from lily pad to lily pad across
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Speaker 1: upon His laughter was light and infectious, and Milly found
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Speaker 1: herself laughing along with him. He looked like he was
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Speaker 1: having a marvelous time. The dream bubble moved away from
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Speaker 1: her and went on its way to find the sleeping frog.
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Speaker 1: Her third bubble appeared inside there was a mole who
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Speaker 1: was walking through a moonlit meadow. He was looking left
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Speaker 1: and right, as though searching for someone. Out of the
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Speaker 1: shadows came another mole. She smiled shyly, my love. The
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Speaker 1: first mole called out, will you dance with me on
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Speaker 1: this fine evening? Of course I will, my sweetheart, she replied.
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Speaker 1: As the moon looked down, the love struck moles moved
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Speaker 1: towards each other, their paws outstretched. The couple held paws
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Speaker 1: as they danced lightly around the meadow, in and out
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Speaker 1: of the moonbeams. Watching them made Milly's heart feel full
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Speaker 1: of love. She let out a happy sigh, and it
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Speaker 1: caused some of the dream bubbles to glide gracefully away.
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Speaker 1: Off they went through the trees to deliver their dreams.
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Speaker 1: The next bubble that Millie saw showed a snowy white
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Speaker 1: owl perched on a branch at the top of a tree.
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Speaker 1: Milly noticed that the owl was chatting to the full moon,
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Speaker 1: who was shining brightly nearby inside the bubble. The owl
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Speaker 1: said to the moon, isn't it a beautiful evening? It
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Speaker 1: certainly is. The moon replied, but don't you think the
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Speaker 1: stars could look a little brighter. The owl tipped her
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Speaker 1: head to one side, looked closer at the stars, and
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Speaker 1: said perhaps. The moon said, would you be kind enough
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Speaker 1: to polish the stars for me? Please? Not all of them,
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Speaker 1: just those closest to you. The owl said she would
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Speaker 1: love to. She fluffed up her feathers and then took
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Speaker 1: to the star filled sky. Using her wings, she gently
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Speaker 1: cleaned the stars until they sparkled like diamonds. Once she
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Speaker 1: was satisfied that enough stars had been polished, the owl
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Speaker 1: returned to the tree and nodded at the moon. The
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Speaker 1: moon thanked her warmly in happy harmony. The owl and
00:28:14
Speaker 1: the moon gazed at the sky and agreed it now
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Speaker 1: looked extra enchanting. That night, Milly's eyes felt very tired
00:28:29
Speaker 1: as she watched the dream bubble with the owl inside
00:28:35
Speaker 1: rise before her. It headed towards a tree where a
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Speaker 1: sleeping owl was resting on a leafy branch. The dream
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Speaker 1: bubble reached the owl and rested gently on her soft feathers.
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Speaker 1: Milly smiled, I thought about the lovely dream the owl
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Speaker 1: was going to have soon. The thought of dreams made
00:29:10
Speaker 1: the little mouse feally even more tired. She yawned. She
00:29:18
Speaker 1: tried to take a step forward, but her legs were
00:29:22
Speaker 1: too tired to move, so she settled herself down on
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Speaker 1: a tuft of grass and said to the fairy, I'm
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Speaker 1: ready for my sleep. Now it's time for you to
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Speaker 1: go back home. And Midnight softly stroked Millie's head. But
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Speaker 1: we don't have to walk back for the last time
00:29:55
Speaker 1: that night, Midnight took some glitter from her pouch. She
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Speaker 1: sprinkled it on the ground. Her rainbow colored cloud appeared
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Speaker 1: out of nowhere and hovered above the grass. The fairy
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Speaker 1: helped Milly on to the cloud. It fell soft, warm,
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Speaker 1: and snugly. Midnight sat next to Milly and tucked the
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Speaker 1: cozy cloud around the mouse like a blanket. Milly's little
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Speaker 1: face peeped out, and she smiled drowsily at the fairy.
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Speaker 1: The cloud rose smoothly from the ground and headed skywards.
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Speaker 1: Milly couldn't keep her eyes open a moment longer. She
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Speaker 1: turned on her side and curled up into a ball.
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Speaker 1: Midnight kissed the top of Milly's head and whispered, go
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Speaker 1: to sleep, little one, It won't be long until you're home.
00:31:22
Speaker 1: Milly snuggled down further in the cloud. It felt like
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Speaker 1: a warm hug. Sleep came closer and closer to her.
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Speaker 1: The cloud drifted silently across the night sky. A small
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Speaker 1: smile came to Milly's face as she heard the distant
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Speaker 1: hoot of an owl, and she wondered if owls really
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Speaker 1: did polish the stars. Nighttime sounds carried on the whispering
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Speaker 1: winds as the fairy and mouse headed towards the burrow
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Speaker 1: beneath the old oak tree. More dream bubbles floated into
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Speaker 1: the nice sky as gently as wishes. Milly didn't see them,
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Speaker 1: but a little fairy did. Midnight smiled when she saw
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Speaker 1: the carefree animals inside the bubbles. There were going to
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Speaker 1: be a lot of wonderful dreams in sleepy forest tonight.
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Speaker 1: Before too long, Milly felt herself being lifted from the
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Speaker 1: cloud by her dad's familiar arms. She was taken into
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Speaker 1: her cozy burrow and placed snugly into her warm bed.
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Speaker 1: She sighed happily. As Milly drifted off into a deep
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Speaker 1: and happy slumber, she heard her mum and dad say
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Speaker 1: good night, sweet dreams, we love you,