In tonight’s bedtime story for kids, we meet a kid who just can't sleep... No, not a human kid, a baby goat! Bluebell the Kid just can't drift off, so her Grandma takes her on a walk around the farm to help her prepare for bed. Maybe counting sheep will help, or snuggling up with the fluffy little chicks... Listen in to hear what finally sends her drifting off to sleep. 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. Did you know that baby goats are called kids. Well,
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Speaker 1: tonight we meet a kid called Bluebell who cannot sleep.
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Speaker 1: We all know the feeling of lying. They're tired but sleepless,
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Speaker 1: and it's very frustrating. This story is full of good
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Speaker 1: ideas for how to fall asleep, though, and could be
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Speaker 1: a good one to listen to when you're struggling. I
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Speaker 1: find one of the best things to do is to
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Speaker 1: stop thinking of sleeping and start thinking of relaxing your body.
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Speaker 1: Try to clear your mind of your busy thoughts and
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Speaker 1: instead work on relaxing one part of your body at
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Speaker 1: a time, starting with your feet, moving up your legs
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Speaker 1: to your hips, your tummy, your chest, shoulders, neck, head, arms, hands,
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Speaker 1: until every single part of your body is relaxed. Now
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Speaker 1: snuggle down a little bit more and come with me
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Speaker 1: to meet our friendly baby goat called Bluebell, who is
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Speaker 1: trying and trying to fall asleep. Nothing is working until
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Speaker 1: her grandma takes her on a twilight stroll around the
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Speaker 1: farm where they live. They meet many animals during their walk,
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Speaker 1: including a sheep dog who gives Bluebell some very wise advice,
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Speaker 1: and very soon she easily falls the Let's begin The
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Speaker 1: Kid who Couldn't Sleep by Jillian Rogerson. Blue Bell was
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Speaker 1: a babygoat who lived inside a cozy shed with her family.
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Speaker 1: She had been born on a sunny spring day in April,
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Speaker 1: when the fields had been carpeted in delicate bluebells. When
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Speaker 1: her parents first laid eyes on their beautiful daughter, they
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Speaker 1: knew blue Bell was the perfect name for her. Blue
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Speaker 1: Bell's favorite part of every day was bedtime. She would
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Speaker 1: have a bubble bath followed by a warm drink, and
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Speaker 1: then get all snug and warm inside her bed of hay.
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Speaker 1: Blue Bell would listen to a bedtime story and then
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Speaker 1: gently drift off to sleep. But one evening, blue Bell
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Speaker 1: just could not get to sleep. She'd had her bark
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Speaker 1: and her warm drink. She had snuggled down in her
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Speaker 1: soft bed and laid her head upon her pillow. Then
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Speaker 1: she had listened to a calming bedtime story about two
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Speaker 1: dogs having an adventure in a far away land. Blue
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Speaker 1: Bell had closed her eyes, smiled softly, but hadn't fallen asleep.
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Speaker 1: And now she shuffled this way and that way in
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Speaker 1: her bed, trying to get more comfortable. She wondered if
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Speaker 1: there was something wrong with her bed. Blue Bell nodded
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Speaker 1: to herself, Yes, that was it. There must be something
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Speaker 1: wrong with her bed. She didn't know exactly what was
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Speaker 1: wrong with it, so she called out for her mum.
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Speaker 1: Her mum came rushing into the room, wearing her dressing
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Speaker 1: gown with pink curl her hair. Mam asked, blue Bell,
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Speaker 1: are you okay? Blue Bell pointed to her bed and
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Speaker 1: told her mum there must be something wrong with it
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Speaker 1: because she just could not get to sleep. Blue Bell
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Speaker 1: asked if there was different straw inside it that evening.
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Speaker 1: Blue Bell's mum shook her head and said it was
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Speaker 1: the same straw that they always used, the straw that
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Speaker 1: the farmer left by the door for them. Blue Bell
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Speaker 1: gave the bed a long look and decided some of
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Speaker 1: the straw was in the wrong place and asked her
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Speaker 1: mum if she should shuffle it about a bit. Mum
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Speaker 1: said it was worth a try. Blue Bell hopped out
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Speaker 1: of bed and with her mum's help, she shuffled the
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Speaker 1: straw about and gave it a good pat down. Mum said,
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Speaker 1: is that better, blue Bell. The little kid noticed a
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Speaker 1: piece of straw sticking up at the bottom of the bed.
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Speaker 1: She moved over to it, plucked it from the bed,
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Speaker 1: and gave it to her mum. Blue Bell said, I
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Speaker 1: don't need this bit. I think my bed is perfect now,
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Speaker 1: thanks mum. Good night. Blue Bell got back into bed
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Speaker 1: and snuggled down on the soft, comfy straw. Her mum
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Speaker 1: said good night, sweet dreams, and tiptoed out of the room.
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Speaker 1: Blue Bell sighed happily and waited to fall asleep. She
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Speaker 1: waited and waited, but she just could not get to sleep.
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Speaker 1: She sat up and looked at the pillow. Was there
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Speaker 1: something wrong with it? Yes, that was it. There must
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Speaker 1: be something wrong with her pillow. She didn't know exactly
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Speaker 1: what was wrong with it, so she called out for
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Speaker 1: her dad. Her dad came rushing into the room. Bluebell,
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Speaker 1: you okay, he asked. Blue Bell pointed to the pillow
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Speaker 1: and said she couldn't sleep because there was something wrong
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Speaker 1: with it. Dad said, perhaps the pillow needs plumping up.
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Speaker 1: Shall I do that for you? Blue Bell nodded. She
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Speaker 1: watched her dad plump up the pillow until it was
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Speaker 1: the perfect shape and plumpness. He passed it to Bluebell
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Speaker 1: and told her to give it an extra plump up
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Speaker 1: for good luck. Blue Bell did so. She put the
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Speaker 1: extra plump pillow back on her bed and laid her
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Speaker 1: head on it. She died happily and told her dad
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Speaker 1: it was perfect. She thanked him for his help. Her
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Speaker 1: dad said good night, sweet dreams, and tiptoed out of
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Speaker 1: the room. Blue Bell closed her eyes and waited to
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Speaker 1: fall asleep. She waited and waited, but she just couldn't
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Speaker 1: get to sleep. What could be wrong now? Blue Bell
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Speaker 1: sat up and thought about the matter. Ahah She had
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Speaker 1: forgotten to tell her parents about her day, what she'd done,
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Speaker 1: what games she had played, and the new dance she
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Speaker 1: had made up with her best friend, Clover the Calf.
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Speaker 1: She had to tell them about the new dance, and
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Speaker 1: she had to tell them right now. She called out
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Speaker 1: for her parents. Her mom and dad came rushing into
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Speaker 1: the room and asked what was wrong. Blue Bell said,
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Speaker 1: I haven't told you about my day. That's why I
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Speaker 1: can't sleep. I'll tell you all about it now, and
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Speaker 1: I'll show you the new dance I made up. You
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Speaker 1: can join in with me if you want to. Blue
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Speaker 1: Bell's mom covered up a yawn with her hoof, blinked tiredly,
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Speaker 1: and said, blue Bell, it's getting late. Could you tell
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Speaker 1: us about your dance tomorrow instead? Please? Blue Bell said,
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Speaker 1: but what if I forget everything? My thoughts about my
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Speaker 1: day won't go away unless I tell you everything. Now.
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Speaker 1: I can feel my thoughts going round and round my
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Speaker 1: head and they won't keep still. Dad said, I completely understand,
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Speaker 1: blue Bell. My thoughts are like that some nights, and
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Speaker 1: you know what I do. Blue Bell shook her head.
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Speaker 1: Her dad continued, I write everything down in my journal.
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Speaker 1: I even add pictures sometimes. Would you like a journal
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Speaker 1: of your own? I've got some spare ones that I
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Speaker 1: haven't used yet. Blue Bell said she would like that
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Speaker 1: very much. Dad left the room and returned a few
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Speaker 1: moments later with three blank journals. The journals were in
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Speaker 1: different colors, purple, blue, and green. Blue Bell chose the
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Speaker 1: purple one. Dad gave her a purple pencil to go
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Speaker 1: with it, and told her to write down all those
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Speaker 1: thoughts that were in her head, and once they were
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Speaker 1: on the paper, they wouldn't be in her head anymore
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Speaker 1: and she'd be able to sleep. Blue Bell opened the
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Speaker 1: journal to the first blank page and said, can I
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Speaker 1: tell you what I've written in here tomorrow morning, only
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Speaker 1: if you want to. Dad replied, it's your journal, with
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Speaker 1: your thoughts. You can do what you like with it.
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Speaker 1: Blue Bell said thank you and began to draw a
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Speaker 1: picture of herself dancing with clover. Her parents said good night,
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Speaker 1: sweet dreams, and tiptoed out of the room. Blue Bell
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Speaker 1: drew another picture, and then another one. She yawned. She
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Speaker 1: wrote about the games she had played that day and
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Speaker 1: the food she had eaten. She yawned again. Bluebell looked
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Speaker 1: at the journal. She couldn't think of anything else to write,
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Speaker 1: and decided her thoughts must have left her head for
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Speaker 1: the night. The little kid closed the journal and put
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Speaker 1: it on her bedside table with a purple pencil next
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Speaker 1: to it. She settled down in her comfy bed with
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Speaker 1: her head on her plump pillow. Her mind was free
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Speaker 1: of all thoughts. She waited to fall asleep. She waited
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Speaker 1: and waited, but she just could not get to sleep.
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Speaker 1: She shuffled this way and that way. She plumped up
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Speaker 1: her pillow again. She thought about writing in her journal again,
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Speaker 1: but I was too tired to do so. Blue Bell
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Speaker 1: mumbled to herself. Oh, I don't understand why I can't
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Speaker 1: sleep when I'm so very tired. She thought she might
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Speaker 1: be thirsty or hungry. Should she call out for her
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Speaker 1: parents again? She heard soft snorls coming from their room
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Speaker 1: and thought it best not to disturb them again. Blue
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Speaker 1: Bell stared at her ceiling and sighed. Her door gently opened,
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Speaker 1: and Grandma tiptoed in. She smiled at blue Bell and whispered,
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Speaker 1: I heard you shuffling about in your bed. Can't you sleep,
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Speaker 1: little one? Blue Bell whispered back, I can't, Grandma. I'm
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Speaker 1: so very tired, but I just can't fall asleep. Blue
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Speaker 1: Bell told her about the bed, the pillow, and the journal.
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Speaker 1: Grandma nodded an understanding, and said she sometimes had those
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Speaker 1: nights where she couldn't sleep, and it just so happened
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Speaker 1: that she was having one of those nights that evening.
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Speaker 1: And what will you do to help you sleep, grandma,
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Speaker 1: blue Bell asked. Grandma replied, I'll go for a twilight
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Speaker 1: stroll around the farm and see if that tires me
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Speaker 1: out a little more. Would you like to come with me?
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Speaker 1: Blue Bell said yes and quietly climbed out of bed.
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Speaker 1: Grandma and blue Bell tiptoed into the kitchen and put
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Speaker 1: on their coats. As Grandma helped to button up blue
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Speaker 1: Bell's coat, she said, blue Bell, you must never go
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Speaker 1: for a twilight stroll on your own, because the farm
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Speaker 1: looks different at night time, and we don't want you
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Speaker 1: wandering into the stables or into the chicken coop by mistake.
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Speaker 1: Imagine if you woke up next to the chicks one morning,
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Speaker 1: you might start chirping like they do. Grandma smiled. Blue
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Speaker 1: Bell giggled at the thought and promised never to go
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Speaker 1: out walking on her own. The kid left the house
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Speaker 1: with her grandma. The full moon was out, but it
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Speaker 1: wasn't quite dark yet, and the sky was a beautiful
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Speaker 1: shade of lilac. Hundreds of sparkling stars were scattered across
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Speaker 1: the sky like diamonds. Grandma and Bluebear heard some chirping
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Speaker 1: coming from the chicken coop. Grandma said it sounded like
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Speaker 1: the chicks were still awake. The two goats walked over
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Speaker 1: to the chicken coop. The little fluffy chicks were running
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Speaker 1: around their tired mother, chirping about something. Their mother was
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Speaker 1: shaking her head and asking them to speak one at
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Speaker 1: a time, please grandma said to the mother, good evening, Mildred,
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Speaker 1: is something wrong with your babies? Can we help? Mildred
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Speaker 1: gave her chicks a soft smile and told blue Bell's
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Speaker 1: grandma her babies should have been asleep by now, but
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Speaker 1: they kept telling her they couldn't sleep because something was
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Speaker 1: wrong inside the hen house. But because they were all
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Speaker 1: talking at once, she didn't know what the problem was.
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Speaker 1: An idea came to blue Bell, and she asked Mildred
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Speaker 1: if she could join them in the coop, because she
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Speaker 1: might be able to stop the chicks from talking all
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Speaker 1: at once. Mildred said yes, of course, and invited blue
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Speaker 1: Bell in. Blue Bell jumped over the low fence that
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Speaker 1: surrounded the coop and began to perform the dance she
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Speaker 1: had made up earlier that day. She jegged from side
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Speaker 1: to side, bobbed, and boogied. The chirp chicks fell silent
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Speaker 1: and gazed in wonder at the dancing kid. Some of
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Speaker 1: them joined in blue Bell's moves. Blue Bell came to
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Speaker 1: the end of her dance, and before the chicks could
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Speaker 1: start chirping again, she asked what was wrong inside the
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Speaker 1: hen house and why they couldn't sleep. One of the
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Speaker 1: chicks said, we can't get comfy in our beds. We
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Speaker 1: think there must be something wrong with them, but we
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Speaker 1: don't know what. Blue Bell asked Mildred if she could
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Speaker 1: have a look at the chicks beds. Mildred flapped her
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Speaker 1: wings and said, yes, please do. Ducking her head, blue
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Speaker 1: Bell squeezed into the hen house and looked at the
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Speaker 1: line of little straw beds. The chicks followed her in.
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Speaker 1: Blue Bell thought about her own bed at home and
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Speaker 1: told the chicks to give the straw in their beds
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Speaker 1: a good shuffle around until the beds felt comfortable again.
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Speaker 1: There was a flurry of golden yellow feathers as the
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Speaker 1: chicks rushed towards their little beds and started to rearrange
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Speaker 1: the tufts of straw. Once they had finished that, blue
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Speaker 1: Bell told them to plump up their pillows. She told
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Speaker 1: them how to do it. The chicks listened carefully to
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Speaker 1: her instructions and plumped up their tiny pillows. The tired
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Speaker 1: chicks snuggled down in their beds and told blue Bell
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Speaker 1: that they were perfect fully comfortable now. The chicks looked
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Speaker 1: so cozy and sleepy that they made blue Bell yawn.
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Speaker 1: The sleepy chicks yawned too. The chicks eyes closed, and
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Speaker 1: one by one they fell asleep. Blue Bell whispered good night,
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Speaker 1: sweet dreams, and tiptoed out of the hen house. Mildred
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Speaker 1: thanked the kind kid and said the chicks had never
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Speaker 1: fallen asleep all at the same time before. She said
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Speaker 1: good night to the two goats and walked towards the
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Speaker 1: hen house with a blissful smile on her face. Grandma
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Speaker 1: asked blue Bell if she was ready to go home.
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Speaker 1: Not just yet, Grandma Bloubell replied. The two goats continued
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Speaker 1: strolling around the farm. They soon heard a commotion coming
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Speaker 1: from the pigsty Grandma said, it sounds like one of
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Speaker 1: the piglets is still awake. He really should be asleep
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Speaker 1: at this time of the night. Shall we see what's
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Speaker 1: going on? Bluebell nodded. The two goats walked towards the
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Speaker 1: pig stye. They saw one of the piglets, Jeremy, chigging
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Speaker 1: about in front of his parents, talking non stop. Grandma
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Speaker 1: called out a quiet, good evening. Jeremy was too lost
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Speaker 1: in his words to notice the visitors. He continued talking
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Speaker 1: about one thing and another, his legs jigging in time
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Speaker 1: to the rapid melody of his words. Jeremy's mother walked
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Speaker 1: over to the goats and said, good evening. I hope
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Speaker 1: Jeremy's not disturbing your twilight stroll. He said he wouldn't
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Speaker 1: be able to sleep until he told us absolutely everything
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Speaker 1: about his day and all the things he's been thinking about.
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Speaker 1: She laughed softly. He isn't showing any signs or slowing
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Speaker 1: down yet. I had no idea Jeremy had so many
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Speaker 1: thoughts in his head. Blue Bar said, I had lots
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Speaker 1: of thoughts in my head earlier, and my dad told
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Speaker 1: me to write them down in a journal. Jeremy's mother
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Speaker 1: moved closer and said, a journal. Tell me more. Blue
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Speaker 1: Bell did so. Jeremy's mother said they didn't have any
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Speaker 1: journals in their home, but she had a notepad that
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Speaker 1: she used as a shopping list, and would that do
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Speaker 1: blue Bell said it might. The mother pigs spun around
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Speaker 1: and dashed into the small shed where the family slept
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Speaker 1: at night. She returned with a notepad and a pencil
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Speaker 1: for Jeremy. The piglet finally stopped talking and looked at
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Speaker 1: the book in confusion. His mother pointed to blue Bell
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Speaker 1: and explained how she had written down all her thoughts
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Speaker 1: earlier and it had made her head feel clearer. Jeremy said,
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Speaker 1: I can write down all my thoughts, every single one.
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Speaker 1: His mother nodded. Blue Bell said he could draw lots
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Speaker 1: of pictures too if he wanted. Jeremy grinned at the
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Speaker 1: book and said, I am going to start writing straight away.
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Speaker 1: I'll do that in my bed so I'm comfy and cozy.
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Speaker 1: Thanks Mom, Thanks blue Bell. The happy piglet walked towards
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Speaker 1: the family home. His mom smiled when she saw him, yawning.
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Speaker 1: Jeremy's mother and father said thank you to blue Bell
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Speaker 1: and her. Grandma. Mildred said she would pop to the
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Speaker 1: shops in the morning and buy some journals, as she
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Speaker 1: quite liked the idea of having one for herself for
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Speaker 1: those good night, and walked away. Grandma asked blue Bell
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Speaker 1: if she was ready to return home yet, not just yet,
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Speaker 1: Grandma blue Bell replied. The two goats continued on their
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Speaker 1: twilight walk. The rest of the farm animals were fast asleep.
00:24:26
Speaker 1: The ducks and darklings snoozed at the side of their pond.
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Speaker 1: The horses and foals slept snugly inside their stable. Rabbits
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Speaker 1: were cozy inside their burrows. Cows and calves slumbered peacefully
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Speaker 1: in the fields. Blue Bell saw her friend Clover fast
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Speaker 1: asleep with her sisters. She wondered if Clover was dreaming
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Speaker 1: about the dance they had made up that day. That
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Speaker 1: would be a nice dream. Thinking about dreams made blue
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Speaker 1: Bell yawn. Soft snores echoed around the farm, a soothing
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Speaker 1: lullaby of snoozing animals happily lost in their peaceful dream.
00:25:30
Speaker 1: Grandma looked down at blue Bell and asked again if
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Speaker 1: she was ready to go home. Blue Bell yawned, blinked tiredly,
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Speaker 1: and said, not just yet, Grandma, But if you want
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Speaker 1: to go home, I'll go too. Grandma smiled and said,
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Speaker 1: not just yet. When I'm out on one of my
00:26:00
Speaker 1: twilight strolls, I always end up in a certain place
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Speaker 1: to meet an old friend of mine. Let me take
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Speaker 1: you there now, and after that, I think we'll both
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Speaker 1: be ready to go home and sleep. Grandma led blue
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Speaker 1: Bell away from the sleeping farm animals and into a field.
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Speaker 1: The bright moon shone brightly across the grass, and at
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Speaker 1: first blue Bell thought the fluffy clouds had fallen from
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Speaker 1: the sky and were resting on the ground. She rubbed
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Speaker 1: her tired eyes and saw the clouds weren't clouds at all.
00:26:51
Speaker 1: There were actually sheep and lambs who were fast asleep
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Speaker 1: on the soft grass, and sheep dog was sitting in
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Speaker 1: the middle of the field. He was called Shep and
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Speaker 1: had been in charge of the sheep for years, just
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Speaker 1: like his father and his grandfather had been before him.
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Speaker 1: Shep was sitting upright and keeping an expert eye on
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Speaker 1: the dozing sheep and lambs, ready to tend to any
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Speaker 1: who woke up in the night. Grandma and blue Bell
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Speaker 1: walked over to Shep and sat next to him. Shep
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Speaker 1: smiled at them and said to blue Bell's grandma, m
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Speaker 1: it seems like you're having one of those nights when
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Speaker 1: you can't sleep again. Grandma nodded. Blue Bell said she
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Speaker 1: was having one of those nights too. I didn't think
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Speaker 1: she would ever get to sleep. In a slow, soothing tone,
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Speaker 1: Chep said, sleep always comes when you stop thinking about it,
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Speaker 1: take a closer look around you, and focus on what
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Speaker 1: you can see and smell. Blue Bell gazed softly at
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Speaker 1: the full moon shining brightly in the navy sky, and
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Speaker 1: the stars that glittered and glimmered. She felt the warm
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Speaker 1: evening air wrap around her like a comforting blanket. She
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Speaker 1: heard an owl hooting from a tree at the edge
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Speaker 1: of the field. Blue Bell rested against her grandma, her
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Speaker 1: tired eyes struggling to stay open. Shep said to the
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Speaker 1: little kid, when I can't get to sleep, I like
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Speaker 1: to count things, especially my sheep. Would you like to
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Speaker 1: try that. You don't have to move, stay right where
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Speaker 1: you are. Blue Bell said she was good at counting
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Speaker 1: and could count all the way up to one hundred.
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Speaker 1: Shep began counting, and blue Bell joined in. One sleeping sheep,
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Speaker 1: two sleeping sheep, three sleeping sheep, four sleeping sheep, five
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Speaker 1: sleeping sheep, six sleeping sheep, seven sleeping sheep, eight sleeping sheep,
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Speaker 1: nine sleeping sheep, ten sleeping sheep. Blue Bell let out
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Speaker 1: a long, long yawn. She told shep she'd lost count
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Speaker 1: of the sheep the wise old sheep dog, so that
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Speaker 1: was okay and she could start from the beginning. So
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Speaker 1: blue Bell did one sleeping sheep, two sleeping sheep, three
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Speaker 1: sleeping sheep, four sleeping sheep, five sleeping sheep, six sleeping sheep,
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Speaker 1: seven sleeping sheep eight sleeping sheep, nine sleeping sheep, ten
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Speaker 1: sleeping sheep. Blue Bells heavy eyes began to close. She
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Speaker 1: fell sleepier and sleepier. She lost count of the sheep
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Speaker 1: and started again. One sleeping sheep, two sleeping sheep, three
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Speaker 1: sleeping sheep, four sleeping sheep. Blue Bell, the kid who
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Speaker 1: couldn't go to sleep, finally fell asleep. Her grandma picked
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Speaker 1: her up, said good night to chef, and carried her
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Speaker 1: granddaughter back to the family home. She tucked the sleeping
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Speaker 1: kid into her cozy bed of straw and whispered good night,
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Speaker 1: sweet dreams, and then she tiptoed out of the room.
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Speaker 1: Blue Bell was fast asleep in her cozy bed and
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Speaker 1: dreaming about counting sheep one sleeping sheep, two sleeping sheep,
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Speaker 1: three sleeping sheep, four sleeping sheep, five sleeping sheep, six
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Speaker 1: sleeping sheep, seven sleeping sheep, eight sleeping sheep, nine sleeping sheep,
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Speaker 1: ten sleeping sheep.