In tonight’s bedtime story for kids, we meet a mischievous little raccoon called Munchy. He’s very friendly and loves to visit a street called Strawberry Avenue. He is a popular visitor, who is often handed treats when he stops by. As Munchy moves from house to house, his belly gets bigger and bigger, and he gets up to even more shenanigans than usual. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Coco 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. I think Tonight's story features a creature we've
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Speaker 1: not met yet. We've had many encounters with many animals
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Speaker 1: by now, but never yet a story starring a raccoon.
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Speaker 1: And he's not any old raccoon either, He's a mischievous
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Speaker 1: little raccoon known by many wonderful names. Speaking of names,
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Speaker 1: this time, I gave a big, big, big shout out
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Speaker 1: Hannah and Fern and their dog Wrecks. Now, if you
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Speaker 1: your turn. Sleep HQ has been flooded with lovely messages
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Speaker 1: names down on my list, So keep listening. I'll get
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Speaker 1: to you very soon. Now, then let's jump into bed
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Speaker 1: now and get ready to listen to Tonight's story. After
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Speaker 1: relaxing with some nice calm breaths, Breathe in through your
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Speaker 1: nose and out through your mouth, slow it down a little,
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Speaker 1: and breathe in for three and then out for four.
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Speaker 1: Now in for four and out for four. Lovely breathe
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Speaker 1: normally and gently close your eyes and snuggle down, as
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Speaker 1: I'm about to introduce you to our friend, a mischievous
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Speaker 1: little raccoon called Munchie. He's very friendly and loves to
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Speaker 1: visit a street called Strawberry Avenue. I wonder why. And
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Speaker 1: he's very popular visitor with all the families there, and
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Speaker 1: he's often handed treats when he stops by. As Munchie
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Speaker 1: moves from house to house, his belly gets bigger and bigger,
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Speaker 1: and he gets up to even more shenanigans than usual.
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Speaker 1: In this tale, Let's begin Munchie the Raccoon's Lazy Afternoon
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Speaker 1: by Alicia Ainslie. Munchie was a raccoon who spent his
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Speaker 1: time between his three favorite hobbies. One was roaming around
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Speaker 1: wherever he pleased and making a home in different places
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Speaker 1: each night. Two was rummaging in trash cans for scraps
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Speaker 1: of food and finding meals wherever he could. And three
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Speaker 1: was making mischief. Luckily for Munchie, he'd found a street
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Speaker 1: full of houses that were always happy to feed him.
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Speaker 1: A scrap or two. For years, Munchie had visited Strawberry
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Speaker 1: Avenue and the families who lived there. There were four
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Speaker 1: houses on one side of the street that all had
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Speaker 1: gardens separated by big wooden fences. When Munch she felt
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Speaker 1: like paying Strawberry Avenue a visit, he knew he was
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Speaker 1: guaranteed to be greeted by at least one of the
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Speaker 1: families and fed a little tree during his visit. On
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Speaker 1: a particularly warm summer's day, Munchie the raccoon made his
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Speaker 1: way to Strawberry Avenue. He hadn't eaten anything particularly scrumptious
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Speaker 1: in a few days, and he was ready for a
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Speaker 1: good feed. If any of the families were at home,
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Speaker 1: then he knew they would be happy to oblige. The
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Speaker 1: families he always visited were the Johnson family, the Lopez family,
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Speaker 1: the Young family, and the Garcia family. They were all
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Speaker 1: equally as generous as each other. So month she had
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Speaker 1: a good feeling that today he would receive a meal.
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Speaker 1: Fit fricking monce, she crawled up to the first garden
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Speaker 1: fence and began climbing. Raccoons are excellent climbers, and he
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Speaker 1: made his way over the fence with ease, landing on
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Speaker 1: the soft green grass. Month She meandered up to the
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Speaker 1: Johnston family's house. They had big glass sliding doors that
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Speaker 1: led out onto the back porch, and month she made
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Speaker 1: his way up to them. He placed his little hands
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Speaker 1: on either side of his face and pressed his snout
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Speaker 1: up against the glass to peek inside. His eyes darted
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Speaker 1: from side to side as he inspected the inside of
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Speaker 1: their house. He couldn't see any of the Johnson family members,
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Speaker 1: but he could see a few plates of food laid
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Speaker 1: out on the kitchen countertop munch, He licked his lips
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Speaker 1: and his tummy started to rumble. How could he get
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Speaker 1: hold of some of that food? He waited a few
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Speaker 1: minutes to see if any of the Johnsons came by,
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Speaker 1: but there was no sign of them, so he decided
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Speaker 1: to attempt to grab their attention. Using his tiny fingers,
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Speaker 1: he started tap tap tapping on the glass door, Tap
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Speaker 1: tap tap, He went over and over again. Monk. She
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Speaker 1: wasn't giving up easily, and he stood there tapping away
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Speaker 1: for a few minutes before, to his delight, two of
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Speaker 1: them the Johnson children, wandered into the kitchen. Can you
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Speaker 1: hear that? The eleven year old Johnson boy asked his sister,
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Speaker 1: where is that sound coming from? Right on cue, The
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Speaker 1: seven year old Johnson daughter glanced out of the glass
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Speaker 1: doors and spotted Munchie the raccoon standing there on the
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Speaker 1: back porch with his little hands poised above the glass.
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Speaker 1: It's cotton tail, the Johnson daughter cried with excitement, dashing
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Speaker 1: forward to open the back door. Cotton Tail was what
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Speaker 1: the Johnson family liked to call Munchie. He didn't think
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Speaker 1: his tail looked particularly like cotton, but he didn't mind
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Speaker 1: the nickname. The daughter opened up the glass door and
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Speaker 1: bent down to stroke Munchie's head. The Johnson family loved him.
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Speaker 1: I'm always so excited when Munchie came to visit. Ma'am,
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Speaker 1: Cottontail is here, the son called out into the house
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Speaker 1: before joining his sister in petting Munchie. Munchhie adored the
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Speaker 1: attention and rolled over onto his back like a dog
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Speaker 1: for belly robs. The Johnson mother came into the kitchen
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Speaker 1: and saw Munchie lying on the floor getting attention from
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Speaker 1: the kids. She laughed and said, hello, Cottontail, we've missed you.
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Speaker 1: The Johnson family made a fuss of Munchie before asking
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Speaker 1: him the golden question. Would he like some food? Munchie
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Speaker 1: or cottontail in this particular household followed the mother over
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Speaker 1: to the kitchen countertop, where the plates of food were
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Speaker 1: laid out. Now, what can we give you to day?
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Speaker 1: She muttered under her breath as she scanned the plates
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Speaker 1: on the counter. Munchy's belly rumbled and grumbled as he
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Speaker 1: waited with eager anticipation. Eventually, Mommy Johnson grabbed a couple
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Speaker 1: of morsels of food off the plates and bent down
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Speaker 1: to Munchie. She held out her hand and inside her
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Speaker 1: palm she had a pizza roll, a few berries, and
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Speaker 1: a slice of hard boiled egg. Munch's eyes widened with delight.
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Speaker 1: What a feast. He gratefully took the bits of food
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Speaker 1: from Mommy Johnson's hand and gobbled them all up. They
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Speaker 1: were always a generous family, but today she had given
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Speaker 1: him more than usual. He had definitely picked the right
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Speaker 1: day to drop by for a visit. With a satisfied belly, Munk,
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Speaker 1: she wandered back onto the porch, not wanting to outstay
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Speaker 1: his welcome. The Johnson children gave him a final pet
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Speaker 1: before telling him to visit again soon. Munchey waved his
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Speaker 1: little hands at the family and crawled off into the
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Speaker 1: garden and over the opposite fence. It was time to
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Speaker 1: visit another family he knew. Munchche climbed down the fence
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Speaker 1: into the next garden. This garden belonged to the Lopez family,
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Speaker 1: and much to Munchhee's delight, they were already outside as
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Speaker 1: if they were waiting for him. Mister and Missus Lopez
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Speaker 1: were sitting down drinking a jug of iced tea on
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Speaker 1: the verandah when they spotted Munchhee walking towards them. Well,
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Speaker 1: look who it is, mister Lope chuckled with amusement. Missus
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Speaker 1: Lopez glanced over her shoulder and declared, it's Greedy Gonzalez.
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Speaker 1: Mister and Missus Lopez were no fools. They knew that
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Speaker 1: month she only ever came round looking for food, hence
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Speaker 1: their nickname for him, mun She liked the nickname. He
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Speaker 1: thought it suited him quite well. The midday sun was
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Speaker 1: beating down on the Lopez garden and Missus Lopez topped
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Speaker 1: up her sunlotion while she spoke, do we have anything
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Speaker 1: we can give Greedy Gonzales? She asked. Her husband. Munchie
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Speaker 1: waited patiently while they debated what to feed their hungry visitor.
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Speaker 1: Just as munch She thought he might be out of
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Speaker 1: luck this time, mister Lopez went into the house and
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Speaker 1: came back out with a bowl of fresh, smoky mac
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Speaker 1: and cheese. I hope you like buffalo sauce, little guy,
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Speaker 1: mister Lopez said, as he placed the bowl of mac
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Speaker 1: and cheese on the table, grabbed a spoon, and dunked
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Speaker 1: it into the oozing cheesy dish. He scooped a big
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Speaker 1: serving out and onto the floor in front of Munchie.
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Speaker 1: Munchie or greedy Gonzales at this house crept up to
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Speaker 1: the macaroni cheese and gave it a sniff. The cheesy
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Speaker 1: pasta was covered in a sticky sauce that smelt a
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Speaker 1: little bit spicy. MUNCHI liked spicy food, so he decided
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Speaker 1: to give it a go. He shoveled it into his
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Speaker 1: mouth ravenously. It was delicious. He ate and ate until
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Speaker 1: all the mac and cheese was gone, licking the left
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Speaker 1: over sauce off his lips. Munche patted his belly triumphantly.
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Speaker 1: He could always count on the Lopezes for good food.
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Speaker 1: I think he liked the buffalo sauce. Missus Lopez smiled
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Speaker 1: watching Munshiey lick his fingers clean Munchhe sniffed the air
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Speaker 1: and noticed that a smoky scent was floating on the breeze.
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Speaker 1: He turned to glance over the fence to the Lopez'
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Speaker 1: neighbors and spotted a plume of smoke cascading up into
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Speaker 1: the sky. He was intrigued. Monce she thanked the Lopezes
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Speaker 1: for their kindness. In his usual way, he tiptoed over
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Speaker 1: to them at their table and brushed his long, fuzzy
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Speaker 1: striped tail against their legs. Mister and Missus Lopez grinned
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Speaker 1: and responded, you're welcome, greedy Gonzales. Come again soon. Then
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Speaker 1: Munschie the raccoon made his way over to the next fence.
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Speaker 1: He was feeling very pleased with himself. His stomach was
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Speaker 1: feeling much fuller now, and it was even beginning to
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Speaker 1: protrude with all the pizza rolls, berries, hard boiled egg,
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Speaker 1: and buffalo mac and cheese bobbing around inside. He patted
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Speaker 1: it with contentment before climbing up the fence post. He
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Speaker 1: had to move a little slower now, all the food
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Speaker 1: in his belly was starting to weigh him down. He
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Speaker 1: dragged his body up and up until he reached the
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Speaker 1: top of the fence and could rest for a moment.
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Speaker 1: He caught his breath and looked down into the next garden.
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Speaker 1: His eyes lit up with delight as he realized what
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Speaker 1: all the smoke had been that he had seen floating
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Speaker 1: above the fence. The next garden belonged to the Young family.
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Speaker 1: The Young family consisted of a mother, father, a little
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Speaker 1: girl called Darcy, and their family dog, Chow Chow. Chow
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Speaker 1: Chow rolled around in the grass playing with a squeaky
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Speaker 1: toy while Darcy sat in a paddling pool with her mother.
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Speaker 1: Mister Young was standing next to the barbecue, sizzling sausages
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Speaker 1: and flipping burger patties on the grill. That was what
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Speaker 1: the smoke had been, the barbecue. Munch she inhaled the
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Speaker 1: smoky aroma, and his tongue began to salivate as he
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Speaker 1: imagined gobbling up a burgher ord with a belly full
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Speaker 1: of food already, Munch shimmeied his way down the fence
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Speaker 1: post and into the Young family's garden. Straight away, Chowchow
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Speaker 1: the dog raced over to greet Munchie. And licked his
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Speaker 1: face affectionately. Munchi batted the friendly dog away and wiped
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Speaker 1: the slobber from his furry cheek. Mun she wasn't usually
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Speaker 1: that fond of dogs, but he didn't mind chow chow.
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Speaker 1: Next Darcy, the little girl noticed muns she's arrival, and
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Speaker 1: she called out, Look, Mommy, it's Ricky Raccoon. This was
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Speaker 1: maybe Munchee's least favorite of the names given to him
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Speaker 1: by the residence of Strawberry Avenue, but he would put
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Speaker 1: up with it for a bite of that barbecued food.
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Speaker 1: Munch scampered over to the paddle and washed his itty
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Speaker 1: bitty hands in the cool water, much to Darcy's amusement.
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Speaker 1: His fingers were still covered in sticky buffalo sauce and
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Speaker 1: he wanted it gone. Now, Look, Mommy, Ricky Raccoon is
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Speaker 1: washing his hands, Darcy giggled happily, and her mother laughed too.
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Speaker 1: He must be washing his hands ready for lunch, missus
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Speaker 1: Young added. Darcy turned to her daddy standing at the
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Speaker 1: barbecue and pleaded, please, can Ricky Raccoon have a beet rootburger?
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Speaker 1: Daddy please? Mister Young chuckled and replied, the burghers are
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Speaker 1: still cooking, so he will need to wait until they've
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Speaker 1: cooled down a bit first. Darcy smiled and replied, okay, Daddy,
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Speaker 1: thank you once She was grateful for the break in
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Speaker 1: receiving his food. Anyway, his tummy already had quite a
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Speaker 1: lot of food in it. He wanted to have room
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Speaker 1: to enjoy the beetroot burgher properly. While he waited for
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Speaker 1: the Burghers to cool down. Munch She, or Ricky Raccoon
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Speaker 1: as the Youngs referred to him, decided to go for
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Speaker 1: a little splash in the paddling pool. The mid afternoon
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Speaker 1: sun was hot and he needed to cool down his
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Speaker 1: furry body too. He jumped in next to Darcy and
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Speaker 1: she squealed with glee as the funny raccoon sat next
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Speaker 1: to her. They splashed each other back and forth and
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Speaker 1: played a little game. Even Chowchow wanted to get involved
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Speaker 1: and join in the fun. Once munch She had suitably
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Speaker 1: called down in the paddling pool, mister Young announced that
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Speaker 1: the Burghers were ready. Darcy bounded over to the garden
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Speaker 1: table and Munchie followed closely behind, with chau Chow in toe.
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Speaker 1: Darcy put a beetroot burger on a paper plate. Then
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Speaker 1: she loaded it up with a splurge of ketchup and
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Speaker 1: a dollop of mustard before turning around to face Munchie.
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Speaker 1: Can Ricky Raccoon sit at the table? Darcy asked her
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Speaker 1: mother and father, but they both cracked up with laughter
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Speaker 1: and told her that Ricky would need to eat on
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Speaker 1: the ground. He was a raccoon after all. Darcy shrugged
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Speaker 1: her shoulders and said, Okay, here you go, Ricky. Then
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Speaker 1: she placed the paper plate on the ground in front
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Speaker 1: of Munchie and waited for him to tuck in. Munchie
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Speaker 1: Emi grabbed the beetroot burger off the plate and gobbled
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Speaker 1: it down. The combination of the flavors of the earthy beetroot,
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Speaker 1: sweet ketchup, and tangy mustard tasted mouth watering. Darcy giggled
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Speaker 1: as she watched once she eat the beetroot burger in
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Speaker 1: one mouthful, and she turned back to her parents and said,
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Speaker 1: Pricky raccoon must be really hungry he ate that so fast.
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Speaker 1: But little did Darcy Young know that Munchie was far
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Speaker 1: from hungry. In fact, he was now so full that
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Speaker 1: his belly was poking out, and he felt like he
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Speaker 1: couldn't manage another bite. He picked up the paper plate
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Speaker 1: and licked it clean. When he was finished, he discarded
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Speaker 1: it to the sun and Chow Chow the dog picked
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Speaker 1: it up and carried it off to his bed to
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Speaker 1: chew on. Darcy's mummy grabbed her attention and said, Darcy, honey,
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Speaker 1: your food is getting cold. Darcy listened to her mother
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Speaker 1: and turned back to Munchie. She patted him on the
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Speaker 1: head and said, I've got to go eat my food now, Rickie,
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Speaker 1: but I hope you'll come for lunch again soon. Munchy
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Speaker 1: smiled gratefully and watched her climb up into her chair
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Speaker 1: at the garden table. The afternoon was drawing closer to
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Speaker 1: its end, and it wouldn't be too long before the
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Speaker 1: summer sun started fading away. Before he retired to bed
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Speaker 1: for the night, Munchie had one last house on Strawberry
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Speaker 1: Avenue to visit. He waddled over to the other garden
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Speaker 1: fence and attempted to climb it. He took a couple
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Speaker 1: of reaches upwards, but then slid back down. He tried
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Speaker 1: climbing again, but yet again he slid back down the
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Speaker 1: post much He kept trying to climb the fence, but
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Speaker 1: with no success. His little legs and claws couldn't carry
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Speaker 1: the weight of his belly full of food. Oh no,
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Speaker 1: cried Darcy, watching from the table. Pricky can't climb the fence.
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Speaker 1: Mister and Missus Young watched as the mischievous raccoon persistently
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Speaker 1: tried to climb up the fence, but over and over
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Speaker 1: again kept falling down on to his bottom. Missus Young
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Speaker 1: got up from the table and walked over to Munchie
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Speaker 1: or Ricky as she called him. She picked him up
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Speaker 1: and groaned as she lifted him and placed him on
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Speaker 1: top of the fence. Waving good bye, Munch. She rolled
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Speaker 1: his way over the finer garden fence and into the
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Speaker 1: garden of the Garcia family. His belly was so full
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Speaker 1: that it was popping out like a beech board in
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Speaker 1: his stomach, and he walked a lot slower than he
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Speaker 1: did earlier in the day. Munche's tummy was so full
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Speaker 1: of yummy food that he felt sleepy. He gazed around
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Speaker 1: the Garcia family's garden and noticed that there was nobody around.
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Speaker 1: The late afternoon sun cast a golden glow over their
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Speaker 1: lawn and crystal clear swimming pool, and Munchee he found himself,
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Speaker 1: stretching out his arms and taking a big yawn. Monch's
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Speaker 1: eyes fell droopy and he suddenly felt the urge to
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Speaker 1: take a long nap. He waddled over to the swimming pool,
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Speaker 1: where he noticed an inflated floating water mattress resting against
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Speaker 1: the side. He hauled himself with his chubby little belly
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Speaker 1: onto the water mattress and pushed it out into the
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Speaker 1: middle of the water. He laid back and enjoyed the
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Speaker 1: bobbing sensation as he glided with ease across the water
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Speaker 1: and into the center of the swimming pool. Monce she
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Speaker 1: closed his eyes and sighed. He tapped his big belly,
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Speaker 1: satisfied and relaxed. A little nap in the evening sun
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Speaker 1: was just what he needed, and the gentle drifting of
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Speaker 1: the floating water mattress rocked him away to a sweet slumber.
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Speaker 1: After a while, Munch's ears began to twitch. He could
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Speaker 1: hear a gentle chattering sound around him. He peeped open
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Speaker 1: one of his eyes and squinted in the fading evening sun.
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Speaker 1: Once his eyes adjusted to the light, he noticed the
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Speaker 1: seer faces staring down at him. There was the Garcia
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Speaker 1: family of course, but by their side were the Johnson family,
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Speaker 1: the Lopez family, and the Young family. Monce She looked
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Speaker 1: up at them all sheepishly from his reclined position on
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Speaker 1: the floating mattress. Why were they all together? Were they
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Speaker 1: annoyed that he had eaten all their food and then
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Speaker 1: fallen asleep in the swimming pool. But Monshi's questions were
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Speaker 1: answered when the four families burst out into laughter. Oh, cottontail,
00:25:35
Speaker 1: the Johnson family gushed with amusement. That's typical of greedy Gonzales.
00:25:43
Speaker 1: The Lopezes added, he must be filled up after enjoying
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Speaker 1: that beetroot burger. The Youngs chuckled. The Johnson's mentioned how
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Speaker 1: he had scoffed up lots of pizza rolls some berries
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Speaker 1: at their house, and the Lopezes brought up how he
00:26:05
Speaker 1: had gobbled up buffalo mac and cheese at theirs. All
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Speaker 1: of the families laughed together a little Munchhey's garden food tour.
00:26:17
Speaker 1: No wonder he needed a nap in the Garcia's family pool.
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Speaker 1: Monce She smiled mischievously from the middle of the swimming pool.
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Speaker 1: What a relief. Nobody was mad at him. Instead, they
00:26:37
Speaker 1: all found it rather funny. Once she made his way
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Speaker 1: back to the side of the swimming pool and hopped
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Speaker 1: off the water mattress and onto the patio. He shook
00:26:51
Speaker 1: his furry body and water droplets shot off in all directions.
00:26:59
Speaker 1: The family all giggled at Munchee and started walking back
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Speaker 1: down the lawn towards the house. Monk. She spotted immediately
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Speaker 1: that down at the bottom of the garden was a
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Speaker 1: buffet table all laid out for everyone to pick from.
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Speaker 1: There was a bowl of mac and cheese from the Lopezes,
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Speaker 1: burghers from the Youngs, pizza rolls from the Johnsons, and
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Speaker 1: the Garciers had neatly laid out other various nibbles, including
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Speaker 1: a big ice cream cake. The four families had come
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Speaker 1: together to enjoy the last of the day's warm sun
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Speaker 1: with a garden party, and Munshee was clearly now the
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Speaker 1: guest of honor. Monk. She thought he had room for
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Speaker 1: just one more thing dessert. As if she read his mind,
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Speaker 1: Missus Garcia walked over to him with a bowl of
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Speaker 1: ice cream cake munch. She lapped up the delicious sugary
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Speaker 1: cake from the bowl and licked his lips triumphantly. He
00:28:20
Speaker 1: had enjoyed quite the feast to day. Noticing a spare
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Speaker 1: sun lounger in a shaded corner of the garden munch,
00:28:31
Speaker 1: she trundled his way over and laid down again. He
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Speaker 1: definitely couldn't manage any more food. To day, he had
00:28:42
Speaker 1: devoured his fair share of tasty treats, all supplied by
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Speaker 1: the kind families he visited often on this street. Munch,
00:28:54
Speaker 1: she closed his eyes once more and took a deep
00:28:58
Speaker 1: breath th of the warm evening air. Mister Garcia gently
00:29:05
Speaker 1: placed a little blanket over Munchie's big belly and legs
00:29:10
Speaker 1: to keep him warm and comfortable, and month she snuggled
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Speaker 1: up beneath it. The four families continued with their gardens
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Speaker 1: soiree whilst Munchie rested after a long day of climbing fences,
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Speaker 1: exploring gardens, and eating enough food to feed a neighborhood party.
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Speaker 1: The mischievous raccoon drifted off peacefully and snored like a
00:29:46
Speaker 1: jet plane from his lounger while the sun set over
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Speaker 1: the tops of the houses on Strawberry Avenue and the
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Speaker 1: rest of the neighborhood wound down for the night.