In tonight's bedtime story for kids, we are joining the Dreamgivers, as Cosmo and Astrid decide to give their Dad a day off to thank him for all he's done for them. They also give him the gift of happy sleep, turning their family memories into a heartwarming dream for him! Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Narrator 🎙 Abbe Opher
Author ✍️ Elisha Ainsley
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Speaker 1: Hello and Welcome back to Kuala Moon, a podcast of
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Speaker 1: original children's bedtime stories and meditations designed to make bedtime
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Speaker 1: a tree. Cosmo and Astid want to do something special
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Speaker 1: for their dad Orion, to show him how much they
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Speaker 1: appreciate him. They learn that the best way they can
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Speaker 1: do that is by using their unique magical powers alongside
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Speaker 1: their love. Can you remember what their special powers are?
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Speaker 1: Whilst you think about it, lie back and close your eyes,
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Speaker 1: Maybe snuggle into your bed a little bit and get
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Speaker 1: as comfy as you can, giving a little sigh out
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Speaker 1: as you are there, gently breathing in and out. Imagine
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Speaker 1: some magic golden dust being sprinkled over your face, relaxing
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Speaker 1: you and lulling you into a peaceful, deep sleep. Now
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Speaker 1: I'm sure you remember their powers. They are our young
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Speaker 1: dream givers. Let's join them now. In Orion's Dreams by
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Speaker 1: Alicia Ainslie, one night, after a particularly long shift delivering dreams,
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Speaker 1: Orion returned home to his purple house in the Clouds
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Speaker 1: and collapsed on the sofa with a sigh. His wings
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Speaker 1: were so tired after flying around the world all night,
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Speaker 1: and his hands were aching from sprinkling so much dream
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Speaker 1: dust everywhere. He closed his eyes and instantly fell into
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Speaker 1: a slumber, breathing heavily and snoring loudly. He snored so loudly,
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Speaker 1: in fact, that his children, Cosmo and Astrid, wandered into
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Speaker 1: the living room to see what was making all the noise.
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Speaker 1: Young Cosmo and Astrod didn't go out delivering dreams with
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Speaker 1: their father every night, as they were only children they
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Speaker 1: needed some nights off to learn and play, but adult
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Speaker 1: dreamgivers like their father Orion, worked almost every evening. After all,
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Speaker 1: if the dreamgivers had a night off, then who would
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Speaker 1: give out dreams to the sleeping people on Earth. Seeing
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Speaker 1: their father lying on the sofa exhausted, Cosmo and Astrod
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Speaker 1: decided to make him a little more comfortable. Cosmo found
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Speaker 1: a blanket to lay over their father to keep him warm,
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Speaker 1: an Astrid slid a pillow beneath his head so that
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Speaker 1: his neck was a little more comfortable. Orian stirred and
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Speaker 1: snuggled up gratefully before rolling over and continuing to snooze
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Speaker 1: on the sofa. Cosmo and Astrid crept out of the
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Speaker 1: living room quietly so as not to disturb their sleepy dad.
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Speaker 1: They retreated to their bedroom and giggled about what they
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Speaker 1: had seen. Poor daddy, Astrid sighed, he works so hard
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Speaker 1: every single night. Cosmo nodded his head and agreed, I know,
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Speaker 1: he said. I wish there was something we could do
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Speaker 1: to help him. He seems to be very tired all
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Speaker 1: the time. At the moment, the young Dreamgivers thought about
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Speaker 1: what they could do to help their father relax. They
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Speaker 1: were very proud of him and wanted to do something
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Speaker 1: to show that they can about him and appreciated him.
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Speaker 1: They decided to ask their mother for a bit of inspiration.
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Speaker 1: Their mother, Nova, was marking her students homework in the kitchen.
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Speaker 1: Nova worked at the dream Giver's Training Academy, and it
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Speaker 1: was her job to teach all the young dream givers
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Speaker 1: about the world and how to use their magical powers.
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Speaker 1: She was sitting at the kitchen table marking the papers
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Speaker 1: with a glittering quill that wrote in a special invisible
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Speaker 1: ink that only the student whose paper it belonged to
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Speaker 1: could read. Mummy, Astrod asked, interrupting her mother's work, we
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Speaker 1: want to do something nice for daddy. Do you have
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Speaker 1: any ideas of what we can do? Nova smiled and
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Speaker 1: asked her children why they wanted to do something so lovely.
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Speaker 1: They told her that their father had fallen asleep on
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Speaker 1: the sofa because he was so tired, and they thought
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Speaker 1: he worked very hard and deserved a treat. Nova agreed,
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Speaker 1: Orian did work very hard, and she suggested that he
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Speaker 1: deserved a night off work. Nova replied, I will book
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Speaker 1: him a night off work so that we can all
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Speaker 1: spend it together. Cosmo and Astid grinned with appreciation. This
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Speaker 1: would be perfect. Orion could have a night off to
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Speaker 1: relax and do something nice with his family that would
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Speaker 1: make him feel better and re energized. After all, everyone
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Speaker 1: works a little bit better when they're getting the proper
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Speaker 1: rest they need. Their mother booked the next night off
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Speaker 1: work for Orion so that Cosmo and Astrid could spend
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Speaker 1: some quality time with him. When the time came came
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Speaker 1: around for Orion to head to work, he went to
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Speaker 1: find his saxual of dream dust, but Cosmo beat him
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Speaker 1: to it. Cosmo hid the dream dust behind his back,
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Speaker 1: smiled at his father, and announced that he wasn't going
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Speaker 1: to work tonight. Instead, Orion could do anything he wanted
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Speaker 1: and his family would join him. Orion was puzzled. Surely
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Speaker 1: he couldn't take the night off work when there was
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Speaker 1: so much to be done, but his wife Nova confirmed
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Speaker 1: that it was true. They had all arranged for Orion
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Speaker 1: to have the night off to spend some quality time
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Speaker 1: with his family. Orion was delighted. It was such a surprise.
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Speaker 1: Astrid gave her dad a hug and asked, so, what
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Speaker 1: would you like to do tonight, Daddy, and hummed as
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Speaker 1: he thought what had he wanted to do for a
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Speaker 1: while that he hadn't had time for. They could fly
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Speaker 1: to Egypt to see the pyramids, or float along the
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Speaker 1: lazy Amazon River, admiring the amazing wildlife along the way.
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Speaker 1: They could enjoy a night in watching movies with popcorn,
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Speaker 1: or have a go at building a treehouse in their garden.
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Speaker 1: There were many things that Oriyan had wanted to do
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Speaker 1: for a while but hadn't found the time for. He
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Speaker 1: gazed out of the window and into the twinkling night sky.
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Speaker 1: The wispy white cloud that they lived on cast swirling
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Speaker 1: shapes in the air, and the moon shone luminously. A
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Speaker 1: night out enjoying the gorgeous sky that they lived in
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Speaker 1: would be a treat in itself. That's when Orion had
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Speaker 1: an idea for what he would like to do with
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Speaker 1: his night off. He turned to his thoughtful family and suggested,
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Speaker 1: I've always wanted to go to the North Star. Maybe
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Speaker 1: we could all go there together. Cosmo and Astrid clasped
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Speaker 1: their hands with glee, and Nova smiled with excitement that
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Speaker 1: sounded like a wonderful idea. The magical family of four
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Speaker 1: dusted off their wings and popped on their coats. Then
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Speaker 1: they stepped out of their front door and onto the
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Speaker 1: soft cloud that they lived on top of. The family
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Speaker 1: all took each other's hands and fluttered their wings to
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Speaker 1: lift up into the air. Hand in hand, Orion, Nova, Cosmo,
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Speaker 1: and Astrid flew up into the night sky and made
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Speaker 1: their way towards the North Star. The North Star was
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Speaker 1: a special star in the galaxy. With its bright light
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Speaker 1: and unchanging position. It had guided sailors home and helped
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Speaker 1: adventurers navigate their way across the Earth for centuries. The
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Speaker 1: North Star was situated directly above the Earth's north pole,
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Speaker 1: and Cosmo and Astrid hoped that they might catch a
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Speaker 1: glimpse of a polar bear as they flew by. The
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Speaker 1: family of dream givers soared through the night sky towards
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Speaker 1: the North Star. It was always easy to find. All
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Speaker 1: they had to do was find the Big Dipper constellation
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Speaker 1: and then look a little further down to see the
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Speaker 1: Little Dipper. It was easy. Both were shaped like saucepans.
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Speaker 1: At the tip of the Little Dipper's panhandle was the
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Speaker 1: North Star. Can you see it yet, Brian called out
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Speaker 1: to his children. As they flew hand in hand, Cosmo
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Speaker 1: and Astrid gazed out into the sky and searched for
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Speaker 1: the North Star. Noticing the curve of the Little Dipper
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Speaker 1: and the special star that shone brightly at its tip,
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Speaker 1: Astrid cried out, I can see it, It's over there.
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Speaker 1: The dream Givers followed Astrid's direction and whisked off to
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Speaker 1: the left towards the stars that made up the Little Dipper.
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Speaker 1: As they got closer, Cosmo couldn't help but think that
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Speaker 1: the stars looked more like the shape of a little
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Speaker 1: bear than a pan, but he kept it to himself.
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Speaker 1: As they approached the North Star, Cosmo and Astrid glanced
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Speaker 1: down at the earth below. They could see the snowy
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Speaker 1: landscape of the North Pole stretching out for many miles,
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Speaker 1: and icy waters with glistening glaciers protruding from within. Orion
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Speaker 1: was delighted by all of the picturesque scenery too, and
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Speaker 1: he guided the family down towards the earth just a
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Speaker 1: little so that they could get a better look. Astrid
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Speaker 1: spotted a fluffy white polar bear plodding across the land
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Speaker 1: with a younger bear in tow, and Astrid grabbed her
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Speaker 1: father's attention to show him. The polar bear's fur was
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Speaker 1: so clean that they almost blended into the landscape. The
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Speaker 1: polar bear's fuzzy white fur provided excellent camouflage. In the
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Speaker 1: snowy wilderness, Nova noticed a colony of penguins waddling along
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Speaker 1: the banks of a snowy shore. The adorable penguins toddled
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Speaker 1: up to the end of a snow toplacier and one
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Speaker 1: by one dove off the edge and down into the
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Speaker 1: icy waters below with a PLoP. The Dreamgiver family watched
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Speaker 1: the penguins floating around in the water below, splashing each
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Speaker 1: other as they landed, and then swimming with purpose through
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Speaker 1: the water, no doubt in search of a new place
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Speaker 1: to call home. Cosmo also spied a group of huge
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Speaker 1: tusked walruses relaxing on the ice. He could hardly believe
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Speaker 1: how ginormous the creatures were up close, and he was
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Speaker 1: impressed at how their smooth, blubbery bodies kept them warm
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Speaker 1: in such cold weather. Astrid begged her parents to let
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Speaker 1: them go off in search of Santa's grotto, but they
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Speaker 1: said that there wouldn't be time. Astrid sighed and accepted
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Speaker 1: that she would have to wait to visit Santa. She
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Speaker 1: hoped that one day she would have the opportunity to
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Speaker 1: deliver a dream to him. The four dream Givers rose
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Speaker 1: back up into the dark night sky and zoomed towards
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Speaker 1: the North Star. With every beat of their wings, the
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Speaker 1: star grew bigger and bigger, and brighter and brighter. Eventually
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Speaker 1: they reached a large silver gate at the entrance to
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Speaker 1: the North Star. A friendly fairy with silver wings and
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Speaker 1: blue skin just like them, greeted the dream Givers at
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Speaker 1: the gate and welcomed them to the North Star. She
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Speaker 1: gave them four little wristbands to wear during their visit,
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Speaker 1: and then opened up the gate to allow them inside.
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Speaker 1: The family had never been to the North Star before,
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Speaker 1: but Orion had heard great things, which was why he
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Speaker 1: had chosen it as the place to spend his night
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Speaker 1: off looking around. There seemed to be so much to do,
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Speaker 1: and everywhere they looked they saw a myriad of different
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Speaker 1: flying creatures enjoying themselves. There were pixies and an assortment
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Speaker 1: of fairies, unicorns with wings, and cat astronauts who had
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Speaker 1: parked up their rocket ship outside the gates. There was
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Speaker 1: a mystical phoenix and a flying piggy, and a group
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Speaker 1: of talking animals who had visited on a flying coach
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Speaker 1: trip from planet Earth. Cosmo and Astrid even bumped into
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Speaker 1: some dreamgiver friends from school who had come for a
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Speaker 1: night out with their family too. Fourth Star seemed like
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Speaker 1: the place to be, and Orion couldn't wait to explore
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Speaker 1: it with his family. No Overa looked to her husband,
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Speaker 1: then asked, where shall we begin. Then Orian looked around
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Speaker 1: at all of the attractions on offer. There was a
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Speaker 1: giant helter skelter ride with a long slide wrapped round
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Speaker 1: and around a tall, multi colored tower. Cosmo and Astrid
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Speaker 1: would love that, he thought. There were bungee jumping trampolines
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Speaker 1: that claimed you could bounce and see the whole universe
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Speaker 1: from the top, and there was an empty stage that
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Speaker 1: advertised a spectacular show starting in one hour's time. There
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Speaker 1: were shops and a giant swimming pool with an array
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Speaker 1: of water slides, plus restaurants and cafes to enjoy some
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Speaker 1: delicious fooder Harian noticed that his stomach was grumbling after
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Speaker 1: such a long journey and spotted a pop up stool
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Speaker 1: serving refreshing gelato in different flavors. He decided they would
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Speaker 1: start there and have a snack before enjoying everything on
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Speaker 1: offer at the North Star. The family of dream Givers
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Speaker 1: chose their unique gelato flavors and slurped up their delicious treats.
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Speaker 1: There were some very interesting flavors here on the North
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Speaker 1: Star that they had never tried before. Cosmo and Astrod
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Speaker 1: shared a big Saturn fruit Sunday, while Nova ordered Moon
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Speaker 1: cheesecake flavored gelato. Meanwhile, Orion ordered a big tub of
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Speaker 1: Jupiter short bread crunch. The North Star was already turning
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Speaker 1: out to be a delightful night out for the family.
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Speaker 1: Once their gelato treats were finished, the family allowed Orion
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Speaker 1: to choose everything that he wanted to do. He knew
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Speaker 1: that Cosmo and Astrid would love the Helter Skelter, so
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Speaker 1: he led them all up to the top. Orion popped
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Speaker 1: Cosmo onto his lap and Nova held Astrid on hers,
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Speaker 1: and then they raced down the winding slide to the bottom.
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Speaker 1: Cosmo and Astrid squealed with amusement as they whizzed down
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Speaker 1: the large slide with their parents, and Oriyon and Nova
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Speaker 1: laughed the whole way. After that, Orion suggested they go
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Speaker 1: watch the show at the North Star Theater. It was
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Speaker 1: an enthralling circus spectacular with floating aerial artists, fire breathers,
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Speaker 1: and incredible gymnasts. They all adored the show and clapped
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Speaker 1: and cheered at the end, pleading for more. Orion, Cosmo,
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Speaker 1: and Astrod all wanted to have her go on the
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Speaker 1: bungee jumping trampolines, so they all strapped themselves into the
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Speaker 1: harnesses next to each other. Then they bounced alongside each other,
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Speaker 1: getting higher and higher each time. Orion felt elated as
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Speaker 1: he boinged up into the air, high above the surface
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Speaker 1: of the north Star and her beaming light. It was
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Speaker 1: true what they said, you could practically see the entire
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Speaker 1: universe from the top of the bungee. After several thrilling bounces, Orion, Cosmo,
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Speaker 1: and Astrid began to tire, and when they returned to
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Speaker 1: Nova on the ground. She giggled as she observed all
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Speaker 1: of their sleepy expressions. Would you like to go home
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Speaker 1: for a rest now, she asked Orion, placing a hand
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Speaker 1: on his shoulder. He smiled appreciatively and agreed that he would.
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Speaker 1: There had been a wonderful trip to the North Star,
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Speaker 1: but now he was looking forward to going home for
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Speaker 1: a bit of quiet time with his family. Orion, Nova, Cosmo,
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Speaker 1: and Astrid all held hands and flew back out of
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Speaker 1: the North Star gates towards their home in the clouds
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Speaker 1: above planet Earth. When they eventually reached their little purple
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Speaker 1: house in the clouds, Orion tried to conceal a yawn,
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Speaker 1: but he wasn't fooling anyone. They could all see how
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Speaker 1: exhausted he was. Why don't we all cuddle up on
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Speaker 1: the sofa and I'll read us a story, Nova suggested,
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Speaker 1: much to the delight of Cosmo and Astrid. While Nova
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Speaker 1: chose a story to read, Orion grabbed a big blanket
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Speaker 1: and joined his children on the sofa to curl up
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Speaker 1: beneath it. Cosmo and Astrid sat on either side of
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Speaker 1: their father and snuggled up close to him. Nova joined them,
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Speaker 1: and the family of four all relaxed on the sofa,
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Speaker 1: Warm and cozy beneath the blanket, Novah opened up the
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Speaker 1: book in her hands and began to read the story
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Speaker 1: to her family. After only a few minutes, Nova noticed
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Speaker 1: that Cosmo and Astrid were giggling. She turned to see
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Speaker 1: what was so amusing, and she noticed that Orion was
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Speaker 1: already fast asleep on the sofa. Cosmo and Astrid were
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Speaker 1: giggling at the sound of his soft snoring. I don't
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Speaker 1: think we gave daddy the most relaxing night of Astrid chuckled,
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Speaker 1: pulling the blanket up a little closer to her father's chin.
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Speaker 1: Novah watched her two children fuss over their sleeping father,
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Speaker 1: and she had an idea. Do you know what the
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Speaker 1: greatest gift you could give your daddy would be? She began,
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Speaker 1: capturing her children's attention. You could use your special powers
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Speaker 1: to give him some lovely dreams tonight. Cosmo and Astrid
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Speaker 1: adored this idea. They had never given dreams to their
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Speaker 1: parents before. They were usually in bed way before their
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Speaker 1: parents retreated to sleep, Cosmo dashed off to find the
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Speaker 1: bag of dream dust that he had hidden while Astrid
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Speaker 1: pondered on what dreams to give her father. What kind
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Speaker 1: of dream do you think he would like, Astrid questioned
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Speaker 1: her mother. Hmm no, Nova thought, before replying, I think
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Speaker 1: that the best kind of dream that you could give
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Speaker 1: him would have to come straight from the heart. Straight
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Speaker 1: from the heart, Astrid thought, what exactly did that mean?
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Speaker 1: Inside her heart? Astrid knew she felt feelings of love,
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Speaker 1: so maybe she should give her dad a dream showing
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Speaker 1: him how much she loved him. By the time Cosmo
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Speaker 1: returned with the bag of dream dust, Astrid had an idea.
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Speaker 1: She suggested that they give Orion a dream full of
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Speaker 1: lots of special memories that they had shared together. Nova
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Speaker 1: thought it was a lovely idea. Cosmo stuck his hand
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Speaker 1: in the bag of dream dust and pulled out a
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Speaker 1: handful of the magical golden dust. He gave half to
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Speaker 1: Astrid and kept half for himself. Then, together they stood
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Speaker 1: next to their sleeping father and held their hands out
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Speaker 1: above his head. They gently sprinkled glittering dream dust onto
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Speaker 1: his forehead, and it instantly absorbed itself into his blue skin.
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Speaker 1: As expected by the young dream givers, an enchanted dream
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Speaker 1: portal opened up right in front of their eyes, allowing
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Speaker 1: a window into their sleeping father's mind. Right now, they
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Speaker 1: could see that their father wasn't dreaming about anything at all.
00:24:44
Speaker 1: He was simply slumbering peacefully and quietly. It was up
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Speaker 1: to them to place a beautiful dream in his mind
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Speaker 1: to see him happily through the rest of the night.
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Speaker 1: Cosmo looked to his sister and asked, what special memories
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Speaker 1: shall we get him to remember? Then Astred smiled knowingly
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Speaker 1: and started to wave her hands above the dream portal.
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Speaker 1: Inside the dream portal, a memory started to take shape.
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Speaker 1: It was the moment that Orion had first taught Astrid
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Speaker 1: to fly. Cosmo and their mother Nova watched Ryan's dream unfold.
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Speaker 1: In the dream, Orion was holding baby Astrid's hands, helping
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Speaker 1: her as she attempted to flutter her wings to fly.
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Speaker 1: Little Astrid was clearly getting frustrated that she could only
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Speaker 1: lift up off the ground for a few seconds at
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Speaker 1: a time, but Orion patiently waited and cheered her on.
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Speaker 1: You've got this, whispered to her in the dream. You're
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Speaker 1: so close, don't give up now. After several more attempts,
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Speaker 1: Orian held Baby Astrid's hands and she lifted up off
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Speaker 1: the ground. He distracted her with his voice and pulled
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Speaker 1: funny faces to make her laugh and relax, without Little
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Speaker 1: Astred even noticing her tiny wings flat so hard that
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Speaker 1: she lifted up off the ground for one, two, three
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Speaker 1: seconds and even longer. Orion started to guide her forwards,
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Speaker 1: holding her hands, and she unknowingly floated along with him. Then,
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Speaker 1: when he decided she was ready, he gently let go
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Speaker 1: of her hands and allowed her to hover there in
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Speaker 1: mid air on her own. Baby Astrid looked absolutely delighted,
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Speaker 1: and Orion cheered her on and celebrated her achievement. When
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Speaker 1: she was ready to land again, Orion scooped up Baby
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Speaker 1: Astrid into a big hug. He kept saying over and
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Speaker 1: over again how proud he was of her. From Orion's
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Speaker 1: sleeping position on the sofa, they could all see a
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Speaker 1: soft smile creep across his lips. He was clearly enjoying
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Speaker 1: this heartwarming dream. Cosmo then had an idea for another
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Speaker 1: dream to give their father. He waved his hands above
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Speaker 1: the dream portal, casting away the previous memory and replacing
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Speaker 1: it with another one. They all looked on as Orion's
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Speaker 1: dream recounted the first night that he and Cosmo had
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Speaker 1: headed out into the sky delivering dreams. Together. They all
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Speaker 1: watched as Oryon packed up an extra little bag of
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Speaker 1: dream dust for young Cosmo and placed it in his hand.
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Speaker 1: Then he whispered to his son, this is your dream dust, Cosmo,
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Speaker 1: and with this dust you can create any dream you
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Speaker 1: want for whoever it lands on. Do you have some
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Speaker 1: ideas in the dream? Young Cosmo nodded his head excitedly,
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Speaker 1: and together the father and son flew hand in hand
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Speaker 1: out into the night sky. Together, they soared above the
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Speaker 1: houses and shared ideas as they handed out dreams to
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Speaker 1: the sleeping people they visited. Cosmo was clearly in awe
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Speaker 1: of his father, and Orion was obviously proud of his son.
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Speaker 1: The sleeping Orion stirred slightly as he audibly chuckled in
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Speaker 1: his sleep at the playful ledition Cosmo added to a dream.
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Speaker 1: Cosmo had done very well as Orion's dream giving apprentice
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Speaker 1: that night, and Orion clearly looked back on the memory fondly.
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Speaker 1: Their mother, Novah, watched on as her children gave their
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Speaker 1: father sweet memories to dream about. She was sure that
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Speaker 1: Orion would be very grateful for these dreams, and they
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Speaker 1: would allow him to enjoy a rejuvenating, tranquil sleep. Novah
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Speaker 1: decided to add one last memory to the collection of
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Speaker 1: Orion's dreams. She waved her hands above the dream portal
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Speaker 1: and an image began to form in Orion's mind. Cosmo
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Speaker 1: and Astrid gazed inside the portal and saw a picture
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Speaker 1: of Nova wearing a long white dress and carrying a
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Speaker 1: bouquet of sparkling moon lilies. She floated down an aisle
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Speaker 1: surrounded by friends and family, and approached Orion, who waited
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Speaker 1: at the other end. Cosmo and Astrid gasped at how
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Speaker 1: beautiful their mother looked in the dream. Novah took Orion's
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Speaker 1: hands at the top of the aisle, and Cosmo and
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Speaker 1: Astrid realized that this was a snap shot into their
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Speaker 1: parents wedding day. The two children wanted to continue watching,
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Speaker 1: but Novah closed the dream portal with a wave of
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Speaker 1: her hands. Cosmo asked, why did you close the dream portal, ma'am,
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Speaker 1: How we can't see what he's dreaming about, Astrid added.
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Speaker 1: Nova smiled and replied that that was the point. She
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Speaker 1: had given their father a lovely memory of their wedding
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Speaker 1: day to continue dreaming about for the rest of the night.
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Speaker 1: But now it was time for Cosmo and Astrid to
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Speaker 1: head to bed for some dreams of their own. The
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Speaker 1: two young dream givers sighed and moaned. They didn't want
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Speaker 1: to go to bed just yet. They were having fun
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Speaker 1: providing dreams for their father, but Nova assured them that
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Speaker 1: they would feel cranky the next day if they didn't
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Speaker 1: get some good rest now. Cosmo and Astrid left their
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Speaker 1: father to sleep on the sofa beneath his comfy blanket
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Speaker 1: and followed their mother to bed. She was right. If
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Speaker 1: they didn't get some good sleep of their own now,
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Speaker 1: then how would they ensure that everyone on Earth had
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Speaker 1: good dreams tomorrow night. They need to be well rested
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Speaker 1: if they wanted to help others. Nova tucked her children
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Speaker 1: into bed and kissed them on their cheeks. Good Night, Cosmo,
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Speaker 1: Good night Astrid, she whispered as she dimmed their lamp lights.
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Speaker 1: Astrid rolled over in bed, closed her eyes and asked
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Speaker 1: her mother before she left, Mummy, will daddy have good
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Speaker 1: dreams for the rest of the night. Nova smiled and
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Speaker 1: assured her daughter that yes, Orion's dreams would be wonderful
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Speaker 1: for the rest of the night because they would include
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Speaker 1: their special family who loved him very much. Ab