In tonight’s bedtime story for kids, we’re meeting up with our hardworking friend, Peanut, on his day off. It’s Labour Day, and so Peanut’s only job is to round up the other of Sleepy Forest’s workers, and invite them to close up early and come along to his party! Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Speaker 1: we're deep and sleepy forest and we are getting ready
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Speaker 1: to celebrate Labor Day with Peanut the Armadillo and his friends.
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Speaker 1: Have you heard of Labour Day before. Well, it's a
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Speaker 1: special day celebrated in many countries around the world where
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Speaker 1: everyone who works hard gets the day off to spend
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Speaker 1: with their friends and family, or on their own if
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Speaker 1: they prefer. The point is it's a day off to
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Speaker 1: rest such an important pastime. This year, for Labour Day,
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Speaker 1: Peanut and his friends have chosen to throw a party
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Speaker 1: to celebrate the day. There are a few finishing touches
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Speaker 1: left to do, so Peanut sets out on a mission
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Speaker 1: and manages to create quite a stir on the way.
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Speaker 1: This is Peanut the Armadillo's Labor Day Party by Alicia Ainslie.
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Speaker 1: It had been quite a while since Peanut, the jet
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Speaker 1: setting Armadillo had taken a vacation. Recently, he had caught
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Speaker 1: the travel bug thanks to his exciting vacations to Costa
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Speaker 1: Rica and Scotland, and he spent most of his time
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Speaker 1: daydreaming about the places he would visit next. All the
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Speaker 1: other Armadillos in Sleepy Forest enjoyed it when Peanut went
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Speaker 1: away on holiday too, because he always came back with
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Speaker 1: lots of recommendations of where to go and what to
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Speaker 1: do that they had then used as inspiration for their
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Speaker 1: upcoming holidays. As the guardians of Sleepy Forest, the Armadillos
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Speaker 1: worked harder than most other creatures. They barely ever took
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Speaker 1: a day off and dedicated their lives to watching over
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Speaker 1: the forest and everyone in it. But there was one
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Speaker 1: day of the year that the Sleepy Forest Armadillos always honored,
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Speaker 1: and that was Labor Day. Labour Day was held on
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Speaker 1: the first Monday of every September and was dedicated to
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Speaker 1: those who work hard all year long. On Labour Day,
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Speaker 1: the Armadillos had a rule that none of them could work. Instead,
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Speaker 1: they would relax and take the day off. This year,
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Speaker 1: for Labour Day, the Armadillos had decided to throw a
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Speaker 1: small party. Often, they kept to themselves on Labour Day
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Speaker 1: and slept all day long catching up on their forty wins.
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Speaker 1: But this year they wanted to celebrate in style. The
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Speaker 1: Armadillos put together a committee tasked with arranging the event,
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Speaker 1: which Peanut, the Armadillo was a part of They decided
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Speaker 1: that they would have a big potlup meal where everybody
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Speaker 1: brought a plate of food for the table, and they
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Speaker 1: would hire the Treetop Kids to perform music at the party.
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Speaker 1: There would be a few games that the Armadillos could
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Speaker 1: play if they chose to, like Jenger and Connect four,
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Speaker 1: and there would be craft tables too in case anyone
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Speaker 1: wanted some quiet, creative time. The main purpose of the
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Speaker 1: party was for everyone to relax and spend some time
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Speaker 1: together outside of work. It was going to be a
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Speaker 1: lovely special Labor Day. The day before Labor Day, Peanut
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Speaker 1: the Armadillo set out to collect the last few things
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Speaker 1: that he had been assigned to get for the party.
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Speaker 1: He needed to buy some frosted cupcakes from Betty Badger's
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Speaker 1: Bakery and choose the types of lights they wanted to
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Speaker 1: set up as decorations. He also needed to check that
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Speaker 1: all the Armadillos had received their invitations in the Pigeon
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Speaker 1: Post so that everybody knew what time the party started tomorrow.
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Speaker 1: First of all, Peanut made his way through Sleepy Forest
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Speaker 1: to Betty Badger's Bakery. Peanut had been buying sweet treats
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Speaker 1: bread and pastries from her for years. It was the
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Speaker 1: best bakery around. He had pre ordered two dozen frosted
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Speaker 1: cupcakes for the party and needed to collect them before
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Speaker 1: she closed up shop for the day. Peanut arrived at
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Speaker 1: Betty Badger's bakery just after midday, and the scent of
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Speaker 1: freshly baked bread greeted him. On arrival. There was a
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Speaker 1: queue of hungry customers snaking out the bakery door, and
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Speaker 1: Peanut admired the baked goods on display in the window.
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Speaker 1: He licked his lips as his eyes fell across the croissants,
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Speaker 1: custard tarts, bagels, and doughnuts on display. Peanuts Tommy started
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Speaker 1: to grumble and he debated grabbing a treat to go.
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Speaker 1: He eventually reached the front of the queue and Betty
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Speaker 1: Badger greeted him with a grin. Good day, Peanut, She smiled,
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Speaker 1: have you come to collect your cupcakes? Peanut nodded his
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Speaker 1: little head, and Betty Badger disappeared into the back room
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Speaker 1: where the kitchen was. She re emerged with two dozen
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Speaker 1: frosted cupcakes in a cardboard box. Here you go, she said, proudly,
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Speaker 1: placed the box carefully on the counter. Would you like
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Speaker 1: anything else while you're here. It's on the house. Peanuts
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Speaker 1: tummy let out a gurgle of delight, and they both giggled.
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Speaker 1: I'll take that as a yes. Betty Badger chortled, what
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Speaker 1: would you like? Peanut browsed the selection of baked goods
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Speaker 1: on offer and picked out a delicious looking cinnamon roll.
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Speaker 1: Betty Badger picked it out with a pair of tongs
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Speaker 1: and placed it in a paper bag, handing it over
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Speaker 1: to Peanut with a wink enjoy, she whispered. Peanut liked
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Speaker 1: Betty Badger. She was always so friendly to everyone who
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Speaker 1: came into her bakery and treated her regular customers well.
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Speaker 1: Her bakery was open every day of the year except
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Speaker 1: for Christmas, and she always had customers coming through her door.
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Speaker 1: Betty Badger worked very hard all year long, just like
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Speaker 1: Peanut and his armadillo friends did. Just as Peanut was
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Speaker 1: about to leave with his cinnamon roll in the box
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Speaker 1: of cupcakes, he paused, Betty, he said, turning back, what
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Speaker 1: are you doing tomorrow? Betty Badger shrugged her shoulders and replied,
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Speaker 1: I'll be here like always. Peanut frowned. Did Betty not
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Speaker 1: take Labor Day off work? As well as Christmas, He
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Speaker 1: asked her, do you know what Labor Day is? Betty
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Speaker 1: admitted that she had heard of it, but she had
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Speaker 1: never taken the day off. Her customers would miss her
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Speaker 1: if she closed the bakery doors for the day. Peanut
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Speaker 1: was sure that her customers wouldn't mind Betty taking a
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Speaker 1: day off for her to rest once in a while,
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Speaker 1: especially on Labour Day, the day when creatures who work
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Speaker 1: hard are supposed to take the day off to wind down.
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Speaker 1: Peanut decided to invite Betty to the Armadillo's Labor Day party.
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Speaker 1: She deserved a day off just like them, and he
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Speaker 1: was sure that she would love the music and games
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Speaker 1: they had planned. Betty was grateful for the invitation and
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Speaker 1: she said that she would think about it. She hadn't
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Speaker 1: ever taken the day off for Labor Day before, but
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Speaker 1: maybe this year could be the start of a new tradition.
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Speaker 1: Peanut thanked Betty Badger for the cupcakes and the free
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Speaker 1: cinnamon roll and said that he hoped to see her
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Speaker 1: at the party tomorrow. Then he went on his way
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Speaker 1: to complete his next errand next Peanut had to go
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Speaker 1: see Maggie the Malabar squirrel about the lighting for the part.
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Speaker 1: Margie lived in a beautiful tree house in a middle
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Speaker 1: a sleepy forest, and he was known for being an
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Speaker 1: expert in lighting design. Peanut had enlisted Margie to help
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Speaker 1: decorate the trees around the party grounds tomorrow, but he
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Speaker 1: still had to pick what type of lights he wanted.
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Speaker 1: Peanut gobbled up his cinnamon roll on the way and
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Speaker 1: licked his fingers clean. He didn't want a single morsel
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Speaker 1: to go to waste. He couldn't wait to tuck into
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Speaker 1: the cupcakes tomorrow. Reaching the base of the tree Margie
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Speaker 1: lived in, Peanut cowed up. Margie, it's me Peanut. I'm
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Speaker 1: here to look at the lights. A multi colored furry
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Speaker 1: face suddenly peeked out of the treehouse window, and Peanut
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Speaker 1: spotted Margie. I'll be right down, Margie called back, disappearing inside.
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Speaker 1: Peanut placed the box of cupcakes on the ground and
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Speaker 1: rested at the bottom of the tree. A few seconds later,
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Speaker 1: Margie climbed down the tree and landed by Peanut's side,
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Speaker 1: holding up two different strings of light. Okay, I've got
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Speaker 1: two options for you, Margie said excitedly. You can either
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Speaker 1: go with the fairy lights that glow different colors, or
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Speaker 1: the lantern lights that come in either silver or gold.
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Speaker 1: Unless you just want candles, I can do candles instead
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Speaker 1: if you prefer. Peanut inspected the two types of string
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Speaker 1: lights and opted for the fairy lights that changed colors.
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Speaker 1: Multi colored lights sounded much more festive for a daytime party.
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Speaker 1: Margie smiled and said, an excellent choice. I will set
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Speaker 1: them up first thing in the morning. Peanut thanked Margie
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Speaker 1: for his help and admired his multi colored fur. His
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Speaker 1: body and face were covered in varying splurges of red, orange, yellow, black,
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Speaker 1: and purple fur. He was the most vibrant squirrel Peanut
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Speaker 1: had ever seen. Peanut wondered if the lights would be
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Speaker 1: as colorful as Margie himself. Margie asked pe Nut to
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Speaker 1: remind him what time the party started so that he
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Speaker 1: could ensure the lights were all set up in time,
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Speaker 1: and Peanut told him two o'clock. Margie clapped his hands
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Speaker 1: together and rubbed them, declaring he had better get to work.
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Speaker 1: Then he scurried back up to his tree house to
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Speaker 1: get the lights ready for tomorrow. Peanut picked back up
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Speaker 1: the box of cupcakes and looked up at the tree
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Speaker 1: top to see Margie bundling up wires and wires of
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Speaker 1: string lights. There must have been thousands of them. Peanut
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Speaker 1: thought to himself, what a hard job it must be
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Speaker 1: untangling and putting up lights all the time. Margie worked hard,
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Speaker 1: just like the Armadillos did. Then Peanut thought Margie should
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Speaker 1: stay to enjoy the party after he had finished putting
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Speaker 1: up the lights tomorrow. He would deserve some fun after
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Speaker 1: working all morning. Peanut called up to Margie. Hey, Margie,
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Speaker 1: you should stay for the party to morrow after you've
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Speaker 1: put up the lights. Margie was flattered and called back down.
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Speaker 1: Are you sure I don't want to crash your party?
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Speaker 1: Peanut replied yes, I'm sure you can bring a friend
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Speaker 1: too if you want. Margie smiled and answered, hukay, we'll
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Speaker 1: stay for the party tomorrow. Thanks Peanut, I know just
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Speaker 1: who to invite to. Peanut waved goodbye to Margie and
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Speaker 1: headed off through the forest. He had one last thing
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Speaker 1: to do before the party. Clover the Armadillo had been
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Speaker 1: in charge of sending out all the invitations to their
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Speaker 1: Armadillo friends for the Labor Day party, and she had
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Speaker 1: sent them by pigeon post two weeks earlier. She didn't
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Speaker 1: have time to visit the post office today to check
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Speaker 1: for any last minute RSVPs. So Peanut offered to pop
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Speaker 1: by the post office on his way home. He walked
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Speaker 1: up to the post office door and stepped into the shop.
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Speaker 1: There were shelves and shelves of mail precisely organized into
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Speaker 1: alphabetical order behind the front desk, where a pigeon sat
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Speaker 1: stamping letters. Peanut wreckgized her immediately. Hello, Pippa, do you
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Speaker 1: have any post for me? He greeted the pigeon warmly.
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Speaker 1: Pipper the pigeon looked up from her desk and responded,
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Speaker 1: good afternoon, Peanut. Yes, I have a couple of rsvp's
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Speaker 1: for you right here. She turned around and picked a
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Speaker 1: few pieces of mail off the shelf with her wing
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Speaker 1: and passed them to Peanut. He had a quick flick
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Speaker 1: through and saw that his friends Jammo and Peppy had
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Speaker 1: finally rsvpe that they would be coming to the Labor
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Speaker 1: Day party. Perfect. He thought those were the last responses
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Speaker 1: we were waiting on. He thanked Pipper the pigeon and
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Speaker 1: turned to go when another familiar face walked through the
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Speaker 1: post office door. It was Lana the Bear. She looked
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Speaker 1: a little dischev and said hello with a breathy tone,
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Speaker 1: as if she was out of breath. Peanut asked her
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Speaker 1: with concern, are you all right, Lana. Lana smiled and
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Speaker 1: batted her pour in the air flippantly before replying, Oh,
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Speaker 1: don't worry about me. I've just been rushing around all day.
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Speaker 1: I have so many people needing my help to get
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Speaker 1: to sleep at the moment that I barely have had
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Speaker 1: time to think. So many people need my lullaby right now.
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Speaker 1: I've had to rush here to post a letter in
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Speaker 1: between clients today. It all go for me right now.
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Speaker 1: Pippa the pigeon listened and suggested, you need to take
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Speaker 1: a break, Lana, but Lana said she would be fine
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Speaker 1: and passed her letter over the desk. Peanut was starting
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Speaker 1: to think that there were a lot of creatures in
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Speaker 1: sleepy forests who deserve to take the day off and
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Speaker 1: celebrate Labor Day too. There were lots of creatures who
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Speaker 1: worked hard every day in many different ways, and they
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Speaker 1: deserved an opportunity to let loose, relax, and congratulate themselves
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Speaker 1: on their hard work and determination. Peanut had an idea.
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Speaker 1: He turned back to Pipper the pigeon and asked, do
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Speaker 1: you have a photocopier, she could, why, Yes, of course
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Speaker 1: we do. Peanut grinned and asked Pipper the Pigeon to
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Speaker 1: make lots of photocopies of the invitation to their Labor
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Speaker 1: Day party. He requested that the invitations be delivered to
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Speaker 1: as many creatures in sleepy forests as possible. Hopefully, how
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Speaker 1: short notice it was, some creatures would be able to
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Speaker 1: join them for the Labor Day celebrations. Peanut turned to
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Speaker 1: Lana the Bear and added, you are very welcome to
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Speaker 1: come to our Labor Day party tomorrow too. Lana, it
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Speaker 1: sounds like you work really hard and you deserve a
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Speaker 1: day off to reflect on all the amazing work you
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Speaker 1: do for others. Lana sighed gratefully and thanked him for
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Speaker 1: his offer. It sounded like a lovely idea, and she
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Speaker 1: would move some clients around tomorrow to be there. Pipper
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Speaker 1: the Pigeon did as Peanut asked and printed out dozens
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Speaker 1: of photocopies of the invitations for the party. Then she
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Speaker 1: placed them in a delivery bag ready to be sent
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Speaker 1: out on the next shift. Peanut thanked Pepper for her
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Speaker 1: help and turned to go, before adding, on his way out,
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Speaker 1: you are invited to the party too. By the way,
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Speaker 1: you work very hard delivering the post, so you definitely
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Speaker 1: need a day off to join us. Pipper the pigeon
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Speaker 1: cooed with delight and Peanut waved goodbye. He waddled off
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Speaker 1: through the forest with the cupcakes in his little arms.
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Speaker 1: He hoped that he had got enough cupcakes for all
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Speaker 1: the guests that would be arriving at the party tomorrow.
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Speaker 1: That evening, the Armadillos finished up their work for the
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Speaker 1: day and wished each other farewell as they drifted off
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Speaker 1: to bed. They all eagerly awaited the party the next day,
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Speaker 1: with no idea what was in store. The Armadillos slept
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Speaker 1: for a lovely sixteen hours that night. When they awoke
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Speaker 1: on Labor Day, they were fully rested and ready to
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Speaker 1: party for a few hours least. Then they would disappear
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Speaker 1: back off to sleep again to rest and recuperate like
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Speaker 1: they deserved. The Armadillos all dressed up their shells for
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Speaker 1: the party, and some even smudged glitter across their faces.
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Speaker 1: They were all so looking forward to their party, and
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Speaker 1: one by one the party committee arrived on site to
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Speaker 1: help set up and add the finishing touches. Each armadillo
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Speaker 1: brought a different dish or plate of food and placed
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Speaker 1: it on the buffet table they would all dig in later.
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Speaker 1: Peanut laid out the frosted cupcakes he had bought from
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Speaker 1: Betty Badger's Bakery and made sure that all the jugs
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Speaker 1: of juice were filled to the brim. Margie the Malabar
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Speaker 1: Squirrel had arrived early to make sure that all the
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Speaker 1: lights were working properly, and the forest looked perfectly festive
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Speaker 1: as the lights twinkled from the trees. Meanwhile, the four
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Speaker 1: tree Top kids set up their musical instruments on the
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Speaker 1: stage and started warming up their voices, ready to perform.
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Speaker 1: The scene was set, and the party committee applauded each
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Speaker 1: other on a job well done. Now all they had
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Speaker 1: to do was wait for the rest of their armadillo
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Speaker 1: guests to arrive. Peanut's friends Scout turned to Margie the
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Speaker 1: Malabar Squirrel and thanked him for doing such a good
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Speaker 1: job with the lights. It looks fantastic, he gushed, and
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Speaker 1: Margie blushed humbly. I hope you will stay for a
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Speaker 1: cupcake and a drink, he added. Margie said that of
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Speaker 1: course he would be staying. In fact, his friends Bertie
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Speaker 1: and Bobby would be coming to join to shortly. They
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Speaker 1: couldn't wait. Scout the Armadillo smiled politely. He supposed that
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Speaker 1: there was no problem with Margie inviting a couple of friends,
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Speaker 1: since he had helped with the decorations. However, it soon
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Speaker 1: became clear that more than just Margie, Bertie, and Bobby
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Speaker 1: would be attending the Armadillo's party. One by one, creatures
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Speaker 1: from all over Sleepy Forests started turning up ready to party.
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Speaker 1: The Armadillo's small shindig for Labour Day had turned into
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Speaker 1: a big one. What is going on? An armadillo called
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Speaker 1: Peppy cried, looking around at all the unfamiliar faces at
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Speaker 1: the party. This party was supposed to be just for us,
00:22:56
Speaker 1: Scout said, as he watched a pigeon help itself to
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Speaker 1: the food on the table and duncle tortilla chip into
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Speaker 1: the bowl of guacamole. Noticing his friend's confusion, Peanut told
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Speaker 1: them I invited them all. I asked the pigeon post
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Speaker 1: to spread the word of our party to as many
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Speaker 1: creatures as possible. It's quite the turnout at such short notice,
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Speaker 1: don't you think the other Armadillos looked surprised. Why had
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Speaker 1: Peanut invited all these other creatures to their party. It
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Speaker 1: was supposed to be just for them, but why does
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Speaker 1: it have to be just for us? Peanut asked, There
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Speaker 1: are lots of creatures here in Sleepy Forest that work
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Speaker 1: just as hard as we do. They should get a
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Speaker 1: chance to take the day off and celebrate two and
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Speaker 1: what better way to get to know the other creatures
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Speaker 1: of the forest than at a party. The other armored
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Speaker 1: looked around and started to soften as they saw how
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Speaker 1: much fun all their guests were having. Everybody was mingling
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Speaker 1: and chatting, and the treetop kids were having a great
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Speaker 1: time performing for such an appreciative audience. Vanella the Unicorn
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Speaker 1: and Lana the Bear hadn't left the dance floor since
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Speaker 1: they'd arrived. The Armadillo's Labor Day party was a hit.
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Speaker 1: Now they just had to enjoy it for themselves too.
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Speaker 1: Scout turned to Peanut with a smile and said, you
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Speaker 1: know what, You're right, Peanut, Labor Day is for everyone
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Speaker 1: to enjoy. I'm glad you extended the invitation to more creatures.
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Speaker 1: The Armadillos got stuck in meeting lots of new Sleepy
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Speaker 1: Forest neighbors and catching up with those they hadn't seen
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Speaker 1: in a while. Their Labor Day party was a great success,
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Speaker 1: and everyone had a wonderful time. As the afternoon went
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Speaker 1: on and the party came to its clothes, the creatures
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Speaker 1: of Sleepy Forest thanked the Armadillos for being such tremendous hosts.
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Speaker 1: I really needed this, Betty Badger admitted, shaking Scout the
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Speaker 1: Armadillo's hand as she said goodbye. I haven't taken a
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Speaker 1: proper day off in years. I need to remember to
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Speaker 1: do it more often. Scout smiled and thanked Betty for coming.
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Speaker 1: He was delighted that she had enjoyed the party and
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Speaker 1: made the most of Labor Day. Pippa from the Pigeon
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Speaker 1: Post Office flew over to Peanut and hooted, thanks a
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Speaker 1: bunch for inviting us peace. I am so glad I
00:26:03
Speaker 1: took a break today to come to the party. I've
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Speaker 1: made lots of new friends, and those cupcakes were delicious.
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Speaker 1: Peanut hugged his new friend goodbye, and she flew off home.
00:26:20
Speaker 1: Eventually there were only the Armadillos of Sleepy Forest left.
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Speaker 1: They gazed at each other appreciatively They were proud to
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Speaker 1: have extended their Labor Day party to everyone who deserved
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Speaker 1: a day of celebration. As they glanced around at all
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Speaker 1: the decorations and left over food that needed clearing up,
00:26:45
Speaker 1: they yawned and collectively decided that they would clean up tomorrow.
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Speaker 1: Peanut and his friends retreated back to their burrows, complete,
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Speaker 1: the partied out, and in serious need of a long,
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Speaker 1: sixteen hour nap. It would be back to work tomorrow
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Speaker 1: for them, but for now they had a long, luxurious
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Speaker 1: sleep ahead of them.