In tonight’s bedtime story for kids, we have a specially selected Koko Rewind that features a friendly little bat who wants to find out more about what goes on in the forest when he is usually asleep. Do you know when bats sleep? That’s right, they are nocturnal which means they sleep during the day when many other animals are awake. He fears he is missing out and luckily his parents like his curiosity so he goes on a brave adventure of discovery. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Narrator 🎙 Abbe Opher
Author ✍️ Gillian Rogerson
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Speaker 1: Hi, and welcome back to Coco Sleep. I hope you're
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Speaker 1: enjoying our new podcast of original children's bedtime stories and
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Speaker 1: sleep meditations designed to make bedtime a dream. If you
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Speaker 1: love Coco Sleep, please ask your adult to leave a
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Speaker 1: rating and review, as this really helps others find it too.
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Speaker 1: Speaking of finding things, Tonight's Little Tale is a reimagining
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Speaker 1: of the classic story by Clara Dillingham Pearson, and it
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Speaker 1: features a curious little bat who wants to find out
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Speaker 1: more about what goes on in the forest when he
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Speaker 1: is usually asleep. Do you know when bat's sleep? That's right.
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Speaker 1: They are nocturnal, which means they sleep during the day
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Speaker 1: when when the other animals are awake. He fears he's
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Speaker 1: missing out, and luckily his parents like his curiosity, so
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Speaker 1: he goes on a brave adventure of discovery. Now hop
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Speaker 1: into bed, pull up your douvet or blankets and close
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Speaker 1: your eyes. Take a few deep breaths in and out.
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Speaker 1: Relax your tummy, relax your knees, wiggle your fingers and
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Speaker 1: your toes. Close your eyes, and now I'll begin. The
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Speaker 1: Little Bat who Wouldn't Go to Bed by Jillian Rogerson,
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Speaker 1: The Eastern Sky grew brighter as the sun woke up
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Speaker 1: and got ready to shine its light across the forest.
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Speaker 1: A family of bats flew through the sky and towards
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Speaker 1: their cozy cave, ready to settle down in their beds.
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Speaker 1: They'd had an amazing night flying through the starlit forest
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Speaker 1: and had mingled with fireflies and talked to owls. Mama
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Speaker 1: Bat looked back at her children, who were flying behind her,
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Speaker 1: and said, hurry up now, please. The sun will be
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Speaker 1: rising over the horizon soon and we need to be
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Speaker 1: in our beds. Some of the young bats asked if
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Speaker 1: they could have a bedtime story, and Mama Bat said,
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Speaker 1: of course they could, but only if they hurried up
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Speaker 1: a little. Before I tell you a bedtime story, you'll
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Speaker 1: need to get into your pajamas, wash your face, and
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Speaker 1: brush your teeth. Hearing that, the bat children moved more
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Speaker 1: quickly through the sky, apart from one. One of the
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Speaker 1: little bats didn't hurry up at all. In fact, he
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Speaker 1: actually flew slower. He gazed down at the forest below
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Speaker 1: him with an interested look on his face. Mamma Bat
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Speaker 1: noticed what the little bat was doing and said to
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Speaker 1: Papa Bad, please fly over to our youngest bat and
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Speaker 1: see why he's slowing down. I can tell by the
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Speaker 1: look on his face that something is on his mind.
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Speaker 1: I'll take the rest of our children home and get
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Speaker 1: them ready for bed. Papa Bat chuckled and said their
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Speaker 1: youngest bat was certainly a curious one and most likely
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Speaker 1: had something on his mind. Again, the little bat always
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Speaker 1: had questions about the world, and his parents did their
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Speaker 1: best to answer his questions. I didn't mind, because the
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Speaker 1: little bat's curiosity was one of the things his family
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Speaker 1: loved about him. Papa Bats flew over to the little
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Speaker 1: bat and asked why he wasn't hurrying home like his
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Speaker 1: brothers and sisters. Aren't you tired, We've been out flying
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Speaker 1: for hours, Papa Bat said. The little bat nodded, I
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Speaker 1: am tired, but I'm not ready for bed yet. Father.
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Speaker 1: Look down at the forest. There are so many animals
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Speaker 1: down there whom I've never met. Animals who come out
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Speaker 1: in the day when we're asleep. I've heard the snowy
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Speaker 1: owl talk about them because she's awake in the day
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Speaker 1: sometimes and she's seen them. I want to meet them two.
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Speaker 1: I'd like to know what they do all day, and
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Speaker 1: I want to see what the sky looks like during
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Speaker 1: the day too. The little bat slowed down even more
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Speaker 1: as he looked down at the forest. He asked his
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Speaker 1: father if he'd ever been in the forest in the daytime.
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Speaker 1: I haven't, his father replied. He knew his youngest bat
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Speaker 1: wouldn't rest until he knew the answers to his questions.
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Speaker 1: Would you like to visit the animals of the day
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Speaker 1: and talk to them? Oh? Yes, I would love that,
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Speaker 1: the little bat said, with a big smile on his face.
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Speaker 1: Do you want to come with me? Papa Bat shook
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Speaker 1: his head and yawned, Oh, far, too tired. I want
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Speaker 1: to get into my soft, comfy bed and fall asleep.
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Speaker 1: You're old enough to have an adventure on your own.
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Speaker 1: Go and explore. When you're ready, fly back home. He
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Speaker 1: gave the little bat goodbye kiss on his head, and
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Speaker 1: then flew towards the family cave, where his family were
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Speaker 1: already in their pajamas. The little bat smiled to himself
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Speaker 1: and wondered what he would discover on his adventure. The
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Speaker 1: sun began to peep over the horizon, and the sky
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Speaker 1: turned a delicate shade of pale blue. It was a
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Speaker 1: color the little bat hadn't seen before, and he thought
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Speaker 1: it was quite beautiful. He swooped towards the forest. The
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Speaker 1: early rays of the sun shone across the top of
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Speaker 1: the tree tops and turned the leaves from dark green
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Speaker 1: to a paler green. It was another color the little
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Speaker 1: bat hadn't seen before. He was seeing a lot of
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Speaker 1: new things already. A peculiar sound floated towards him from
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Speaker 1: the trees. He recognized it as a bird's song because
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Speaker 1: he'd heard birds of the night sing before, but he
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Speaker 1: hadn't heard that particular tune, and it was much louder
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Speaker 1: than other birds songs he'd listened to. He wondered where
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Speaker 1: the tune was coming from. He followed the sound and
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Speaker 1: came to a little brown bird who was sitting on
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Speaker 1: a branch and singing joyfully. The bird had the most
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Speaker 1: extraordinary bright red chest, and the little bat couldn't help
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Speaker 1: but stare at the amazing bird. He soon remembered his manners,
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Speaker 1: stopped staring and said hello to the bird. A very
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Speaker 1: good morning, do you, the bird replied. She smiled at
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Speaker 1: the bat and tilted her head to one side as
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Speaker 1: she gave him a closer look. Excuse me, nosiness, but
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Speaker 1: what kind of animal are you. I'm a bat, and
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Speaker 1: I've never been out in the day before. If it's
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Speaker 1: not too rude, can I ask what kind of bird
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Speaker 1: you are and why you were singing your beautiful song
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Speaker 1: so loudly. I'm a robin. I sing every morning. I
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Speaker 1: just can't help myself. The robin chuckled. I have such
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Speaker 1: a good night's sleep that as soon as I wake
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Speaker 1: up and see the sun rising over the trees, I
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Speaker 1: just have to sing because I'm so happy. Do you
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Speaker 1: feel like that when you've had a good night's sleep.
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Speaker 1: We bats sleep in a cozy, dark cave. It's very
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Speaker 1: snug and comfy. I always have a great sleep. We
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Speaker 1: wake up when the moon and stars appear. Thinking about
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Speaker 1: sleeping made the bat yawn. He covered his mouth as
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Speaker 1: he did so. The robin said, do you sing when
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Speaker 1: the moon appears? The bat shook his head. I've never
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Speaker 1: sung any songs before. It's not something we bats do.
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Speaker 1: I don't think I can sing. Every one can sing.
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Speaker 1: It's great fun. Would you like me to teach you
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Speaker 1: a song? Then you can sing to the moon when
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Speaker 1: you next see it. Oh, that would be lovely. Thank
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Speaker 1: you so much. The robin and the bat settled themselves
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Speaker 1: more comfortably on the branch, and then the bird taught
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Speaker 1: the little bat how to sing. He soon learned how
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Speaker 1: to do it, and the robin was right. It was
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Speaker 1: great fun. They sang some songs together, and then the
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Speaker 1: robin said she had to fly as she had things
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Speaker 1: to do. The little bat thanked her for teaching him
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Speaker 1: how to sing, and say goodbye to the robin. She
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Speaker 1: flew away through the trees. The little bat hummed happily
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Speaker 1: to himself. He couldn't wait to see the moon and
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Speaker 1: sing to it. Perhaps he could teach his family to
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Speaker 1: sing too. Thinking about the moon made him yawn again.
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Speaker 1: Thoughts of his lovely cozy bed floated into his mind
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Speaker 1: and made him blink tiredly. Perhaps he should go home
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Speaker 1: and get into his bed soon. He looked around at
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Speaker 1: the forest. There was still a lot of exploring to do,
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Speaker 1: so he decided he wouldn't go home until he'd met
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Speaker 1: more animals. At that moment, a brown rabbit hopped happily
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Speaker 1: through the undergrowth at the bottom of the tree. The
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Speaker 1: little bat knew it was a rabbit because the snowy
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Speaker 1: owl had told him what they looked like. He'd never
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Speaker 1: seen a real rabbit before, so he flew off the
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Speaker 1: branch and followed the rabbit as she hopped through the forest.
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Speaker 1: The little bat called out a hello and said, could
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Speaker 1: we have a little chap please, I'll have some questions
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Speaker 1: I'd like to ask you, if that's okay. The rabbit
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Speaker 1: stopped running, waved her poor and hello, and said, of course.
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Speaker 1: Why don't you come down here and we'll sit under
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Speaker 1: the shade of this tree while we talk. The little
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Speaker 1: bat was glad to sit in the cool shade. He
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Speaker 1: wasn't used to the sun's gentle heat, and although it
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Speaker 1: felt lovely to feel so warm, it preferred the coolness
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Speaker 1: of the night air. The rabbit and the little bat
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Speaker 1: settled down in the grass. The rabbit asked the bat
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Speaker 1: what he would like to know. Why were you running
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Speaker 1: so fast? And what was that funny thing you did
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Speaker 1: when you leapt into the air and then landed on
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Speaker 1: the ground again. The rabbit smiled, huh, you mean hopping.
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Speaker 1: She stood up and performed a few hops for the bat.
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Speaker 1: The bat nodded, hopping, is that what it's called. I've
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Speaker 1: never seen anyone hop before. Oh, I love hopping. The
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Speaker 1: rabbit said, it's one of my favorite things to do,
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Speaker 1: and as soon as I wake up, I have to hop.
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Speaker 1: Who should try it? It's great fun. The little bat
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Speaker 1: looked at his feet. I don't think bats are supposed
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Speaker 1: to hop, but I'll give it a go. Can you
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Speaker 1: show me what to do? Please? I certainly can watch me.
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Speaker 1: The brown rabbit hopped up and down on the spot,
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Speaker 1: and then she ran around the tree, hopping joyfully. She
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Speaker 1: came back to the bat and told him to have
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Speaker 1: a go. The little bat put his feet on the
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Speaker 1: warm grass. He never touched the forest ground before because
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Speaker 1: he was always flying above the trees and never needed
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Speaker 1: to stop. Thinking about flying made him look up through
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Speaker 1: the branches of the tree. He saw patches of blue
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Speaker 1: sky and soft, fluffy clouds drifting along. He liked flying
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Speaker 1: very much and loved how the night breeze always felt
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Speaker 1: so cool beneath his wings. When his family he went
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Speaker 1: out flying, they had a wonderful time soaring through the
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Speaker 1: starlit sky before returning to their cave and going to sleep.
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Speaker 1: The little bat yawned as he imagined his family asleep
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Speaker 1: in their cozy beds. Even though he was tired, he
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Speaker 1: wanted to see what hopping felt like. He watched the
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Speaker 1: rabbit closely as she showed the bat what to do again.
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Speaker 1: Then the bat copied the rabbit's bouncing movements. Felt very
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Speaker 1: peculiar to begin with, but the bat soon got used
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Speaker 1: to it and hopped happily around the tree. He agreed
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Speaker 1: with the rabbit that hopping was great fun. The rabbit said,
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Speaker 1: would you like to run through the forest with me?
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Speaker 1: It's another one of my favorite things to do. I
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Speaker 1: won't go too fast, and you can let me know
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Speaker 1: if you get tired. Some of my friends are playing
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Speaker 1: out today and you can meet them. That sounded like
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Speaker 1: a wonderful idea to the bat, so he hopped three
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Speaker 1: times on the spot, just for the fun of it,
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Speaker 1: and then followed the rabbit through the forest. The ground
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Speaker 1: still felt unusual beneath his little bat feet. Sometimes it
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Speaker 1: was muddy and other times it was fallen. Leaves and
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Speaker 1: twigs lay on parts of the ground, and it felt
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Speaker 1: strange to be running over them. He did like the
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Speaker 1: noise of twigs breaking under his feet, though it was
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Speaker 1: a satisfying sound. The rabbit and the little bat met
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Speaker 1: some other animals along the way. The bat said hello
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Speaker 1: to a squirrel, a badger, and three field mice. They
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Speaker 1: told him what they did during the day, and he
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Speaker 1: told them what he did at nighttime. When the animals
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Speaker 1: heard about his adventures, they said it sounded marvelous to
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Speaker 1: be able to fly through the night sky. The little
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Speaker 1: bat nodded and said it was marvelous. Thinking about nighttime
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Speaker 1: made him yawn yawn again. He just couldn't stop himself.
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Speaker 1: He blinked his eyes tiredly. He knew he should be
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Speaker 1: heading back home soon, but there were still things he
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Speaker 1: wanted to see and animals he wanted to meet. The
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Speaker 1: rabbit could see the little bat was growing tired, and
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Speaker 1: so offered him a lift on her back. The little
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Speaker 1: bat thanked the kind rabbit and climbed onto her back.
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Speaker 1: He yawned again. He was feeling very drowsy, but he
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Speaker 1: wouldn't go to bed, not just yet. The rabbit took
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Speaker 1: the bat towards a pond and introduced him to her
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Speaker 1: frog friends. The little bat looked at the green frogs
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Speaker 1: in a They were leaping from one lily pad to
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Speaker 1: another before then diving into the water. Some were doing
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Speaker 1: something in the water that the little bat had never
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Speaker 1: seen before. He asked the rabbit why the frogs in
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Speaker 1: the pond were moving so strangely, they're swimming. The rabbit replied,
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Speaker 1: I tried it once, but I wasn't keen on it.
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Speaker 1: I much prefer being on dry land where I can
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Speaker 1: run and hop. Why don't you have a chat with
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Speaker 1: the frogs and see if they'll teach you how to swim.
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Speaker 1: The little bat shook his head. Oh no, I don't
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Speaker 1: think bats are meant to swim, but I would like
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Speaker 1: to talk to the frogs. The rabbit lowered her back
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Speaker 1: and the bat off. The rabbit said she had to
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Speaker 1: go because she was meeting a friend for lunch. The
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Speaker 1: bat said thank you to the rabbit for the lift,
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Speaker 1: and then waved goodbye. The rabbit bounded away through the forest.
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Speaker 1: The little bats walked towards the frogs and introduced himself.
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Speaker 1: The frogs said they were very pleased to meet him,
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Speaker 1: and announced they'd never seen a bat in the day before.
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Speaker 1: One of the frogs said, I've seen bats flying through
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Speaker 1: the sky sometimes when I'm in my bed. Tell me
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Speaker 1: what does it feel like to fly through the night
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Speaker 1: sky like that? Can you touch the stars? The little
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Speaker 1: bats smiled, Not quite, but sometimes it feels like I can.
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Speaker 1: It's wonderful flying through the sky at night. The whole
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Speaker 1: forest is covered in darkness, and if I fly low
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Speaker 1: enough to the trees, I can hear animals snoring in
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Speaker 1: their sleep. The smell of night is different to the day,
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Speaker 1: and so are the sounds. He told them more about
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Speaker 1: his nighttime journeys and how he went flying every night
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Speaker 1: with his family and sometimes with his friends too. He
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Speaker 1: described his cave and how cozy and snug it was.
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Speaker 1: He sighed happily. The frog sighed too, and said the
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Speaker 1: bat was lucky to be able to fly in and
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Speaker 1: out of the stars every night. The bat agreed, but
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Speaker 1: you're lucky to be able to swim in your pond.
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Speaker 1: It looks like you're having a wonderful time in there.
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Speaker 1: A frog nodded, Yes, we love swimming. It's the first
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Speaker 1: thing we do when we get up after a good sleep.
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Speaker 1: We swim all day, and sometimes we hop onto the
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Speaker 1: lily pads and jump around for a while, and then
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Speaker 1: we swim again. The little bat said, I can hop too.
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Speaker 1: The kind rabbit who brought me here showed me how
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Speaker 1: to do it. He hopped up and down. The frogs
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Speaker 1: were very impressed and asked the bat if he could
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Speaker 1: swim as well. The bat looked at the clear water
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Speaker 1: in the pond. Bats are not meant to swim, at
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Speaker 1: least I don't think so. But we're not meant to
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Speaker 1: hop either or be out during the day. It's swimming
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Speaker 1: a difficult thing to do, not at all. Watch us.
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Speaker 1: We'll stay right next to you in the water, and
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Speaker 1: if you need to get out, we'll help you. Swimming
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Speaker 1: is great fun. The bat walked carefully over to the
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Speaker 1: pond and lowered his toe into it. The water was
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Speaker 1: cool and inviting. He put his whole foot in, and
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Speaker 1: then his other one. It felt strange, but in a
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Speaker 1: nice way. With help from the friends, the little bat
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Speaker 1: went further into the water and copied the frogs as
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Speaker 1: they swam slowly across the pond. It was a bit
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Speaker 1: tricky at first, but he soon got the hang of it,
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Speaker 1: and the frogs were right. Swimming was great fun. The
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Speaker 1: little bat discovered he was extremely good at swimming, especially
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Speaker 1: on his back. He floated on his back and stretched
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Speaker 1: out his wings in the cool water. He gazed at
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Speaker 1: the blue sky. It was a lovely shade, but he
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Speaker 1: preferred the darkest skies because that's when the moon and
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Speaker 1: the stars were out. He drifted effortlessly across the water,
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Speaker 1: lost in his thoughts. He remembered the wonderful evenings he'd
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Speaker 1: spent flying with his family, and how beautiful the big
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Speaker 1: moon had looked, and how the stars twinkled so brightly.
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Speaker 1: He thought about the calming noises of the night that
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Speaker 1: drifted up from the forest, the sound of foxes wandering
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Speaker 1: through the grass, and the soft hoots that came from ours.
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Speaker 1: There were such soothing sounds and always made him feel
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Speaker 1: peaceful and calm. He closed his tired eyes and continued
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Speaker 1: to drift across the pond. The frogs chattered quietly at
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Speaker 1: his side. He felt more and more relaxed. From somewhere
00:25:08
Speaker 1: came the soft cool of an owl's hoot. It was
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Speaker 1: a noise that made the little bad smile gently, and
00:25:18
Speaker 1: he imagined himself back in his cozy cave with his family.
00:25:27
Speaker 1: He felt himself drifting into sleep. He was so very tired.
00:25:37
Speaker 1: He felt a tap on his wing and opened his eyes.
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Speaker 1: A frog was looking at him with a soft smile
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Speaker 1: on her face. She said, it's time for you to
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Speaker 1: go home and get into your bed. Little bat yawned. Oh,
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Speaker 1: but I don't want to go to bed. I want
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Speaker 1: to stay awake and have more adventures. I know, but
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Speaker 1: everyone has to sleep. Don't you love going to sleep
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Speaker 1: in your soft bed? The bat nodded and yawned. And
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Speaker 1: don't you love snuggling down under the covers and feeling
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Speaker 1: so very comfy? The frog asked. The bat nodded again
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Speaker 1: and yawned again. The frog said, I think you've had
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Speaker 1: enough adventures for one day, my friend. It's time for
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Speaker 1: you to rest, and when you've had a good sleep,
00:27:02
Speaker 1: he'll be ready for more adventures. The bat liked the
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Speaker 1: sound of that. I can't wait to tell my family
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Speaker 1: and friends what I've been up to, and I'll show
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Speaker 1: them how to sing and hop and oh. He let
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Speaker 1: out a great, big yawn. The frogs gathered around him
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Speaker 1: and helped the little bat move over to the side
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Speaker 1: of the pond. Then they gently helped him a climb
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Speaker 1: out of the water. He blinked tiredly and thanked them
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Speaker 1: for their assistance. He was so very, very tired. He
00:28:02
Speaker 1: realized the friendly frog was right. It was time for
00:28:08
Speaker 1: him to go home and get into his bed. The
00:28:13
Speaker 1: bat looked at the sky It seemed so far away,
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Speaker 1: and he wondered if his tired wings would be able
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Speaker 1: to carry him home. At that moment, a familiar friend appeared.
00:28:34
Speaker 1: It was the snowy owl. She said hello to the
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Speaker 1: little bat and asked what he was doing in the
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Speaker 1: forest during the day. The bat said sleepily, I was
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Speaker 1: having an adventure, but I want to go home now.
00:29:00
Speaker 1: The owl could see how tired the bat was. She
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Speaker 1: held out a wing and said, I will carry you home,
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Speaker 1: little one. I'll have you back in your cave in
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Speaker 1: no time. The little bat was far too tired to
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Speaker 1: say thank you, so he gave the owl a slow,
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Speaker 1: sleepy smile. Instead. He moved closer to the owl's open
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Speaker 1: wing and tucked himself inside. Her feathers were soft and fluffy.
00:29:50
Speaker 1: The little bat closed his eyes and rested his head
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Speaker 1: on the feathers. He felt to himself being lifted off
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Speaker 1: the ground. He was glad he'd met the day animals,
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Speaker 1: and maybe one day he would return to the forest
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Speaker 1: and talk to them again, but for now he was
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Speaker 1: happy to be on his way home to his family
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Speaker 1: and his soft, comfy bed. As he was carried home,
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Speaker 1: the little bat fell deeper and deeper into a RESTful sleep.
00:30:45
Speaker 1: The owl arrived back at the bath's cave and tucked
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Speaker 1: the little bat into his bed. She kissed him gently
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Speaker 1: on his head and whispered good night, little Bat, Sweet dreams.