In tonight's bedtime story for kids, we meet two little ducks named Bread and Butter on the most drizzly of days. The two ducks spend their day splashing in puddles, eating buttery toast, and listening to the pitter patter of the rain. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Author ✍️ Luke Prendergast
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Speaker 1: from everyone here at Sleepaheq. Now come with me from
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Speaker 1: sleep Hq into the tall tree of a sleepy forest.
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Speaker 1: Can you hear all the animals and birds? And can
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Speaker 1: you see the big gap in the trees cutting through
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Speaker 1: the middle of the abundant woodland, snakes, the slim, silvery
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Speaker 1: mirror of a river otherwise known as Sleepy River, And
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Speaker 1: on it are two little ducks who are sisters. Have
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Speaker 1: you ever heard someone say, oh, look at all that rain? Well,
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Speaker 1: this lovely weather for ducks. Hopefully this story will go
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Speaker 1: some way to explain that funny saying, as we are
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Speaker 1: joining our ducks on a very very very rainy day,
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Speaker 1: with their oiled feathers and other features suited to a
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Speaker 1: semi aquatic life, it's fair to say that ducks excel
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Speaker 1: in water of all types, whether they are in it,
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Speaker 1: on it, or under it. Water is where they're meant
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Speaker 1: to be, and I reckon it probably makes them very happy.
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Speaker 1: So let's close our eyes and think about these two
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Speaker 1: little ducks paddling around merrily on the silvery surface of
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Speaker 1: the river. Perhaps point in flex your toes as you
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Speaker 1: lie in bed, one foot at a time, like the
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Speaker 1: alternating paddling feet of a duck, and wind your wrists
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Speaker 1: around in gentle circles like ripples on the water, first
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Speaker 1: one way and then the other. Now, try breathing in
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Speaker 1: gently through your nose and softly out again. Breathe in
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Speaker 1: and hold a little while, and then let it go
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Speaker 1: all ever so softly and gently until you're ready to
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Speaker 1: let every part of your body rest and become still great.
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Speaker 1: Now it's time to meet our little ducky duo. This
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Speaker 1: is the Lazy Ducks Rainy Day by Luke Prendergast On
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Speaker 1: a gentle bend of sleepy river which meanders its way
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Speaker 1: slowly through sleepy forest, lived two young ducks. They had
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Speaker 1: bright white feathers, golden beaks, and little yellow webbed feet.
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Speaker 1: They were sisters, and their names were Bread and Butter.
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Speaker 1: Bread and Butter lived in a nest made out of
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Speaker 1: twigs and leaves, snuggled right down among the dense reeds
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Speaker 1: that grew on the banks of the river. Anyone who
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Speaker 1: happened to be walking along the riverside would no doubt
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Speaker 1: spot Bread and Butter sailing up and down on the river,
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Speaker 1: kicking their yellow webbed feet and quacking merrily at each
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Speaker 1: other as they went. One early morning, Bread, who was
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Speaker 1: the older of the two sisters, but only by a
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Speaker 1: couple of minutes, was just waking up. There was a cool,
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Speaker 1: silvery light breaking in through the roof twigs of their nest,
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Speaker 1: and her sister, Butter, was still rousing herself out of
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Speaker 1: sleep beside her. Bread stretched her wings wide, poked her
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Speaker 1: head out at the top of her nest, and was
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Speaker 1: delighted by what she saw. It was raining. Little droplets
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Speaker 1: of rain fell from the sky, making their plipliplot sound
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Speaker 1: on the river water, like the tinkling notes of a xylophone.
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Speaker 1: Water could be heard dripping from the leaves of the
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Speaker 1: trees and pattering down like tiny little footsteps on the
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Speaker 1: malty ground. Butter, Wake up, Bread quacked for joy, Wake up,
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Speaker 1: Wake up. Butter, who often found that her sister didn't
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Speaker 1: want to get moving in the morning, gave a big yawn.
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Speaker 1: Oh what is it? She said, But Bread wouldn't tell her.
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Speaker 1: Just come and see, she quacked quickly. Butter rubbed the
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Speaker 1: sleep from her eyes, pulled herself up and poked her
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Speaker 1: head out of the nest like her sister did. Oh, Bread,
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Speaker 1: she cracked, What a day? Why didn't you tell me
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Speaker 1: it's a rainy day? For the truth was, there was
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Speaker 1: nothing that Bread and Butter enjoyed more than a lazy,
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Speaker 1: rainy day on sleepy river. While some creatures might not
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Speaker 1: like the rain because it got their feet wet or
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Speaker 1: their fur damp or splashed in their eyes, that was
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Speaker 1: not the case for these two sisters, with their waxy
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Speaker 1: feathers and flippery feet. Ducks were in their element in
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Speaker 1: the rain. They didn't say water off a duck's back
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Speaker 1: for nothing. After all, as they ate their breakfast of
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Speaker 1: toast and seeds and pulled on their bright yellow bucket hats.
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Speaker 1: Bread and Butter chatted about how they would spend their
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Speaker 1: rainy day. They agreed that they would spend a lot
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Speaker 1: of time floating up and down the river enjoying the rain.
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Speaker 1: And we could make a big splash and have a
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Speaker 1: water fight, suggested Bread, who was the more energetic of
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Speaker 1: the two sisters. Oh, I'm not sure about that, replied Butter,
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Speaker 1: who didn't really like to over exert herself very much
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Speaker 1: at all. I'd really like a lazy day. We can
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Speaker 1: find a nice quiet corner in the rushes and just
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Speaker 1: sit there enjoying the drizzle. Bread picked up her bright
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Speaker 1: green umbrella, the most fashionable item she owned. One of
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Speaker 1: the reasons she loved rainy days was because she got
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Speaker 1: to take it out with her. Well, she said, let's
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Speaker 1: head out and see. So the two sisters waddled out
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Speaker 1: of their nest and hopped from its twiggy edges on
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Speaker 1: to the gently drifting currents of the river. Oh isn't
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Speaker 1: this wonderful, Bread sighed as she felt the cool water
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Speaker 1: running over her feathers. Just the best kind of day.
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Speaker 1: Butter agreed. Bread and Butter floated down the river enjoying
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Speaker 1: the sound of the falling rain, which they thought was
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Speaker 1: like a forest orchestra coming to life. Soon enough, they
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Speaker 1: reached an area where the river currents slowed down and
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Speaker 1: collected into a wide pool. Look what I can do,
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Speaker 1: Bred said to her sister, Are you watching? Are you sure?
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Speaker 1: And when she was sure that by was watching, Bread
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Speaker 1: took a big gulp of air and stuck her head underwater,
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Speaker 1: so that she was upside down, half submerged, with her
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Speaker 1: little yellow feet flapping this way and that in the air.
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Speaker 1: Butter couldn't help but let out a big quacking laugh.
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Speaker 1: Her sister looked so funny upside down in the water.
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Speaker 1: When Bread turned the right way round again, she shook
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Speaker 1: her head so little droplets of water were flung in
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Speaker 1: an arc and told Butter that now it was her turn.
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Speaker 1: Go on, she encouraged her, and make sure you flap
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Speaker 1: your feet extra fast. Butter took a big mouthful of air,
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Speaker 1: counted to three, and stuck her head under the water.
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Speaker 1: Now it was Bread's turn to laugh, looking at Butter's
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Speaker 1: feet waving about in the air like that. And when
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Speaker 1: Butter came back the right way round, the two sisters
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Speaker 1: laughed and quacked together because rainy days was so much fun. Then,
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Speaker 1: to their great surprise, a sparkling orange and white coy
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Speaker 1: carp stuck his head out of the water. Hello, my ducks,
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Speaker 1: he said. Bread and Butter flapped their wings and greeting,
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Speaker 1: oh hello, Kogy, they quited, recognizing their good friend. How
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Speaker 1: are you on this rainy day? Very fine, very fine,
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Speaker 1: said Kogi the coycarp. Can't be complaining, not with this
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Speaker 1: glorious weather like this. Bread and Butter looked up at
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Speaker 1: the sky. They couldn't agree more. Cogi the cooy car
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Speaker 1: said that he had seen the two sisters ducking their
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Speaker 1: heads under the water and had wondered if they were
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Speaker 1: going for a dive. A dive, repeated bred curiously, What
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Speaker 1: do you mean a dive, Coagy explained, was when you
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Speaker 1: kicked down all the way beneath the water to see
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Speaker 1: what was down below. There are some beautiful pebbles on
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Speaker 1: the river bed, he said, I can show you if
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Speaker 1: you like. As far as Butter was concerned, diving sounded
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Speaker 1: like quite a strenuous, energetic activity for what was supposed
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Speaker 1: to be a very lazy, rainy day. But her sister's
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Speaker 1: face was lit up with such bright joy at the
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Speaker 1: prospect that she said, hukaykgy show us so kogy. The
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Speaker 1: Koi carp showed the sisters that if they duck their
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Speaker 1: head under the water like they had before, and then kicked, kicked,
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Speaker 1: kicked with their yellow webbed feet, then they'd be able
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Speaker 1: to swim down to the river bed. Let's give it
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Speaker 1: a go, he said. The sisters, this time in unison,
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Speaker 1: took a big gulp of air, ducked their heads under
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Speaker 1: the surface of the water, and kicked. What fun it was,
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Speaker 1: Bred thought, as she propelled herself through the water, feeling
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Speaker 1: its cool touch slipping over her feathers. Even Butter thought
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Speaker 1: to herself as she swam down that diving was fairly exciting,
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Speaker 1: even if it was a little like hard work. Cogy
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Speaker 1: showed them all the way down to the river bed
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Speaker 1: and pointed out plenty of pretty little stones, glittering black onycks,
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Speaker 1: pink quarts, little white ones that looked like tiny eggs.
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Speaker 1: Butter found a turquoise stone and a bright blue one
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Speaker 1: that looked like a little piece of fallen sky, and
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Speaker 1: she picked them up with her beak and slid them
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Speaker 1: under her yellow bucket hat to keep them safe. They'd
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Speaker 1: looked very nice as decorations for the she thought back
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Speaker 1: at the surface. Bread and Butter thanked their friend Kogi
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Speaker 1: the koy kart for showing them what fun diving in
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Speaker 1: the rain. Was no problem, my ducks, said Cogi, before
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Speaker 1: with a swish of his long silvery tail, he swam away.
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Speaker 1: Bread and Butter continued on down the sleepy river. Bread
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Speaker 1: thanked Butter for going diving with her, and Butter told
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Speaker 1: her it was no problem at all. What would you
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Speaker 1: like to do now on this lazy, rainy day, Bread
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Speaker 1: asked her sister. Butter twitched her beak thoughtfully considering her auctions.
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Speaker 1: I think God'd like to go and perch in a tree,
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Speaker 1: she said, and watch the rain falling into the river
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Speaker 1: from above. Bread thought that sounded like a lovely plan,
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Speaker 1: but she hoped that they wouldn't be doing it for
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Speaker 1: too long, or else she might get bored. But she
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Speaker 1: said to Butter, what a wonderful idea, And with a
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Speaker 1: flap of their wings, the two ducks rose from the
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Speaker 1: river and flew up through the falling rain until they
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Speaker 1: came to rest on the branch of a big sycamore tree.
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Speaker 1: They gave their feathers a flap to dispel the water.
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Speaker 1: But just as they were folding them up on their backs,
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Speaker 1: they had a long, slow voice. Oh hollo, it said,
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Speaker 1: welcome to my tree. The sisters looked up along the
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Speaker 1: branch and caught sight of their new companion. It was Fudge,
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Speaker 1: the sloth, and the reason they hadn't spotted her before
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Speaker 1: was because she wasn't sitting on the tree branch. She
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Speaker 1: was hanging below it. Oh hello there, Bred said, I
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Speaker 1: hope we haven't disturbed you. We were only coming up here.
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Speaker 1: Butter explained to sit quietly and contemplate the rain. Not
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Speaker 1: tt all, Fudge replied at length, I always welcome company.
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Speaker 1: Bred was cocking her head at the sloth. Curiously. She
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Speaker 1: wondered why she was always sounding like she was forgetting
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Speaker 1: what she was saying halfway through saying it. Why are
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Speaker 1: you hanging upside down? She asked, Oh, Fudge replied, because
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Speaker 1: I find that it's much more comfortable when you enjoy
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Speaker 1: dozing like me, to be off your feet rather than
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Speaker 1: on them. Butter, who also enjoyed dozing, had her interest piqued.
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Speaker 1: Is that so, she asked? Why? Yes, said the sloth,
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Speaker 1: If you don't believe me, you should try it, Okay,
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Speaker 1: then cracked Butter, I will and so Butter gripped the
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Speaker 1: branch tightly with her yellow webbed feet, and, taking courage,
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Speaker 1: swung around on the branch until she was hanging upside down,
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Speaker 1: yawned the sloth. What do you think? Butter had to
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Speaker 1: admit that, in fact, it was very comfortable indeed, and
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Speaker 1: the world looked rather wondrous upside down, the river up
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Speaker 1: above her where the sky was supposed to be, and
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Speaker 1: the blue gray sky spread out below her as though
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Speaker 1: it were the ground. Best yet, the rain now seemed
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Speaker 1: to fall upwards, shooting up from the sky below and
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Speaker 1: landing in the river up above. How marvelous you have
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Speaker 1: to try this, Butter told Bread, And so Bread grasped
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Speaker 1: her feet around the sycamore branch and spun around to
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Speaker 1: meet her sister. What do you think, Bread, Butter asked, Well,
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Speaker 1: said Butter, I have to say, it's more fun than
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Speaker 1: I was expecting it to be. The two sisters stayed
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Speaker 1: hanging very peacefully off their branch, taking in slow, long
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Speaker 1: drawn out words with the sloth, and enjoying watching the
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Speaker 1: world go by upside down. But soon all the blood
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Speaker 1: went to their heads, and they began to feel a
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Speaker 1: little bit dizzy. Time to carry on with our lazy,
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Speaker 1: rainy day, don't you think, bread Butter asked her sister.
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Speaker 1: I couldn't agree more, Bread replied. Both ducks swiveled round
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Speaker 1: on their branches and thanking the sloth ever so much
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Speaker 1: for showing them just what a topsy turvy world looked like.
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Speaker 1: They took off from the sycamore branch and sailed gently
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Speaker 1: through the falling rain, landing in two little splashes on
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Speaker 1: sleepy river. The day was getting on. Although the sun
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Speaker 1: was hidden behind the big mushroom like rain clouds, Bread
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Speaker 1: and Butter could tell by the color of the light
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Speaker 1: that it was the afternoon. They had been having a
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Speaker 1: very lazy day. Indeed, soon they came to the part
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Speaker 1: of the river where a beaver named Buck had recently
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Speaker 1: built a dam. It was a very beautiful part of
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Speaker 1: sleepy forest, with river banks covered in brightly colored flowers
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Speaker 1: and a nightingale, who, when it wasn't raining, sang a
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Speaker 1: sweet and melodious song that carried softly through the trees.
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Speaker 1: This afternoon, Buck was relaxing on the verandah at the
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Speaker 1: front of his dam. He was wearing a red and
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Speaker 1: black plaid cap with big ear flaps. When he saw
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Speaker 1: Bread and Butter come sailing around the river bend, he
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Speaker 1: got up and leant over the back. How do they have,
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Speaker 1: bread and butter? He called out, for they were old
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Speaker 1: friends taking a trip down the river on this fine
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Speaker 1: and rainy day? Are we? Bread and Butter flapped their
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Speaker 1: wings and said yes, indeed they were. How about you
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Speaker 1: both come up here and have a relax on my verandah.
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Speaker 1: I can put the getlong. We can have a cup
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Speaker 1: of tea and a little something to eat. Oh yes, please,
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Speaker 1: said Bread. I am feeling rather peckish, said Butter, and
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Speaker 1: all three of them laughed at her joke. Bread and
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Speaker 1: Butter flapped their wings and rose into the air, alighting
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Speaker 1: on the verandah of bucks dam. It was a very
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Speaker 1: impressive dim, indeed, with intricate carvings and decorations. Buck had
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Speaker 1: built it all himself with his hammers and nails and
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Speaker 1: his sharp front. Now Buck said, while the two ducks
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Speaker 1: got settled, why shall I make you for lunch? How
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Speaker 1: does some toast down? There's nothing I like more than
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Speaker 1: a slice of toast, Bread told him, as long as
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Speaker 1: there's plenty of butter. Her sister added. Bread and butter
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Speaker 1: sank into the bean bags that Buck had lying out
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Speaker 1: on his verandah. There they sat watching the peaceful dripping
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Speaker 1: of the drizzle, while inside they could hear the sound
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Speaker 1: of a kettle boiling and a crunch of toast as
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Speaker 1: it was cut with a knife. Soon enough, Buck came
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Speaker 1: back out, balancing a tray on his paws. He handed
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Speaker 1: the sisters a cup each and poured hot, steaming tea
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Speaker 1: from a perfect porcelain teapot into them. The teapot had
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Speaker 1: a tea cozy on it that made it look like
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Speaker 1: a duck, and the sisters quacked with laughter. Hellok, Butter,
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Speaker 1: said Bread, it's you. Oh no, Bread, said Butter. I
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Speaker 1: think it looks much more like you. Then Buck handed
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Speaker 1: them a plate of richly buttered toast and an extra
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Speaker 1: little jug with an unfamiliar liquid in it. Bread sniffed
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Speaker 1: the jug. It smelled sweet. What's this, she asked that.
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Speaker 1: Buck replied, here's maple syrup. I made it myself from
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Speaker 1: the sap I collected from the maple tree right here
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Speaker 1: in sleepy forest. Have a taste. It's a real tree. Ah,
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Speaker 1: there's really no way I prefer to spend a lazy day,
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Speaker 1: Buck said, kicking back and taking a slurpy sip of
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Speaker 1: his tea, then having a warm cup of tea, herbaut
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Speaker 1: to eat, and some general conversation with some good friends,
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Speaker 1: don't you think, Bread and Butter said? They agreed wholeheartedly.
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Speaker 1: They told Buck about their day, about how they'd gone
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Speaker 1: diving with Kogy the koy carp, even though that was
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Speaker 1: a little more energetic than Butter like to be on
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Speaker 1: a rainy day, And then how they'd hung upside down
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Speaker 1: in the sycamore tree with Fudge the sloth, even though
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Speaker 1: Bread was worried she might get a little bored. They agreed, however,
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Speaker 1: that sitting there with Buck on his verandah, watching the
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Speaker 1: rain fall slantingly and the river trickle past them beneath
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Speaker 1: them was the best of both worlds. Who wasn't too
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Speaker 1: demanding for Butter, but it was interesting enough to keep
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Speaker 1: Bread from nodding off accidentally. It was, in a word,
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Speaker 1: just perfect. They chatted merrily and watched the rain. They
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Speaker 1: finished their tea and their buttered toast with maple syrup.
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Speaker 1: Buck even went back inside to get a box of
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Speaker 1: short bread biscuits, which they nibbled over together. Thank you, Buck,
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Speaker 1: Bread said, you've been ever so generous and kind. I
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Speaker 1: wish we had something to give you in return. And
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Speaker 1: just as Bread was saying this, Butter had an idea.
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Speaker 1: We do have something to give you. She said, and
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Speaker 1: she took her yellow bucket hat off her head and
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Speaker 1: tipped it upside down. From within tumbled the two beautiful
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Speaker 1: pebbles she gathered from the river bed, one of the
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Speaker 1: deepest turquoise, the other such a bright blue. It looked
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Speaker 1: like a little piece of the sky. These are for you.
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Speaker 1: Butter said to Buck, handing him the pebbles, There'll be
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Speaker 1: a pretty decoration for your damn. Buck took the pebbles
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Speaker 1: in his paw, thanking the sisters over and over again.
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Speaker 1: He was very touched by their gift. I know just
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Speaker 1: where they'll go, he told them. There'll look be beautiful
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Speaker 1: on my window sill. Now, he added, who like another
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Speaker 1: cup of tea? And so Bread and Butter sat on
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Speaker 1: Buck's verandah while he made another cup of tea. And
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Speaker 1: when he came out, they talked about all kinds of things.
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Speaker 1: They watched the clouds shift and change in the sky,
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Speaker 1: turning deep purple as they filled up with rain, then
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Speaker 1: bleaching a light move as they emptied their droplets all
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Speaker 1: over the forest. They watched the sun sinking behind the clouds,
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Speaker 1: turning the sky first a pale gray, then a dark indigo,
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Speaker 1: and finally black. Finally, Bread turned to her sister and said,
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Speaker 1: come on, Butter, he's our bedtime now. Oh you're right,
00:25:33
Speaker 1: said Butter, yawning, it really is. They thanked Buck again
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Speaker 1: for his generous hospitality, and then they swam back up
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Speaker 1: the sleepy river to where their snug home was nestled
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Speaker 1: among the reeds. They took off their bucket hats and
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Speaker 1: shook their wings dry. They brushed their beaks and poured
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Speaker 1: on some warm socks to sleep in. As they were
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Speaker 1: nuzzling down into bed, Butter said to her sister, that
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Speaker 1: was the best rainy day we've ever had, don't you think? Ah? Yes,
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Speaker 1: said Bread, the best lazy rainy day ever. They were
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Speaker 1: both yawning. Now for a lazy day, it had still
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Speaker 1: been a pretty tiring one. The night, Bread said Butter.
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Speaker 1: The night Butter said Bread. And then the two ducks,
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Speaker 1: sisters and best friends, closed their eyes and began to
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Speaker 1: drift off, and little did they know it, but their
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Speaker 1: final thoughts before sleep took them were the same. What
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Speaker 1: they wondered as they fell asleep, would the weather be
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Speaker 1: like tomorrow