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Narrator 🎙 Abbe Opher
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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Kuala Moon, a podcast of
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Speaker 1: original children's bedtime stories and meditations designed to make bedtime
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Speaker 1: a dream.
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Speaker 2: Music is so good for the song. We all love
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Speaker 2: listening to it and singing along to our favorite songs.
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Speaker 2: Perhaps some of you practice often and you play an
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Speaker 2: instrument to a high level. Well, tonight's story is very
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Speaker 2: special as it's set in a school music room, and
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Speaker 2: we've got some soft melodic music interwoven with the story
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Speaker 2: this time. I hope you like it and that you
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Speaker 2: like to share it with other music lovers you know, so,
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Speaker 2: are you prepared to be taken into a melodious world
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Speaker 2: of wonder? Have you thought about what happens in the
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Speaker 2: music room at nighttime after all the children have gone
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Speaker 2: home from school. He'll soon find out when we will
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Speaker 2: meet a young boy called Rubin and hear about the
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Speaker 2: enchanting journey he goes on with the amazing instruments and
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Speaker 2: how he helps one instrument in particular find her voice.
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Speaker 2: This is the Magical Music Room by Jillian Rogerson. Ruben
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Speaker 2: was a young boy who loved everything to do with music.
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Speaker 2: He loved listening to it, dancing to it, and making
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Speaker 2: up songs. To his favorite tunes. Most of all, Rubin
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Speaker 2: loved the music lessons at school because it meant he
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Speaker 2: got to play all the different instruments. The music room
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Speaker 2: was his favorite place to be and it always felt
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Speaker 2: magical to him somehow. One day, his teacher asked for
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Speaker 2: a volunteer to tidy up the music room. Rubin's hand
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Speaker 2: was the first one to shoot up into the air.
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Speaker 2: He wiggled his fingers excitedly and smiled at the teacher,
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Speaker 2: hoping he would be chosen. The teacher smiled at Reuben.
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Speaker 2: She knew how much he enjoyed being in the music room.
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Speaker 2: She told him to head along to the music room
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Speaker 2: straight away and put the instruments in their right places.
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Speaker 2: Like a rocket, Rubin leaped up from his seat and
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Speaker 2: hastened towards the door. His teacher told him to take
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Speaker 2: his time in the music room, and once he was finished,
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Speaker 2: he should return to the classroom. Ruben nodded and gave
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Speaker 2: her a big sma before leaving. He skipped happily down
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Speaker 2: the hallway and thought about the musical instruments he'd been
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Speaker 2: learning to play recently. Out of all of them, he
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Speaker 2: couldn't decide which one he liked the best. The keys
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Speaker 2: on the piano were fun to press, and he did
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Speaker 2: feel very grown up when he sat on the stool
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Speaker 2: When he played the piano. The drums were immense fun
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Speaker 2: to bang on, and the happy rhythm always made him dance.
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Speaker 2: The recorder was great, too, and his favorite was the
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Speaker 2: blue one. Sometimes he played the recorder in a group
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Speaker 2: with his friends, and when all the recorders were being
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Speaker 2: played at once, it sounded like they were singing. Rubin
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Speaker 2: wasn't so sure about the violin though. It was a
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Speaker 2: tricky one to learn, but he was determined to get
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Speaker 2: that of it. He had a violin at home and
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Speaker 2: he practiced playing it every day. His parents kept telling
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Speaker 2: him he was getting better. The family cat didn't seem
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Speaker 2: to like the violin, and whenever he picked it up,
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Speaker 2: the cat would jump through the cat flap and run
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Speaker 2: into the garden, and she would stay right there until
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Speaker 2: he'd finished with the violin for the day. Rubin skipped
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Speaker 2: closer to the music room. He heard a peculiar noise.
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Speaker 2: His skip turned into a slow walk. What was that noise?
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Speaker 2: He could hear something coming from the music room. He
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Speaker 2: moved closer and stopped outside the door. There was some
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Speaker 2: joyful music being played inside. Perhaps another class was having
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Speaker 2: a music lesson. Should he go into the room and
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Speaker 2: politely ask them how long they would be or should
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Speaker 2: he leave them to it and tell his teacher The
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Speaker 2: music room was busy. The music coming from the room
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Speaker 2: was so joyful that Rubin began to tap his feet
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Speaker 2: to it. He never heard such happy music before. Curiosity
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Speaker 2: got the better of him, and he knew he had
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Speaker 2: to find out who was playing the instruments. Rubin quietly
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Speaker 2: pushed the door open and peeped around it. His eyes
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Speaker 2: widened in surprise at what he saw. The musical instruments
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Speaker 2: had magically come to life, all of them. The wonderfully
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Speaker 2: cheerful music was coming from them, and some of them
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Speaker 2: were also singing. Each instrument had a happy, smiling face.
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Speaker 2: They were singing, laughing, and grinning at each other as
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Speaker 2: they played music. Some instruments were dancing across the wooden floor.
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Speaker 2: A violin and a clarinet jigged from one side of
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Speaker 2: the room to the other. Drums marched up and down
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Speaker 2: to the beat of the song they were playing. A
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Speaker 2: group of castanets clicked and clacked together in perfect harmony.
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Speaker 2: The xylophone giggled as it tickled the wooden bars on
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Speaker 2: its tummy. Ruben's favorite recorder, the blue one, was standing
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Speaker 2: on the piano stool and singing along to a song
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Speaker 2: the piano was playing. There was one Reuben recognized. Reuben
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Speaker 2: smiled as he watched the instruments. He always felt there
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Speaker 2: was something very special about the music room, and now
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Speaker 2: he knew why. As quietly as he could, Reuben entered
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Speaker 2: the room and closed the door behind him. The instruments
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Speaker 2: didn't notice the little boy and carried on playing. The
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Speaker 2: tuba tangled with the trumpet, the saxophone sambered with the citar,
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Speaker 2: and the blue recorder continued to sing, getting louder and louder.
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Speaker 2: Every instrument in the room was playing a tune, singing
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Speaker 2: a song, or dancing except one. Her little triangle was
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Speaker 2: standing at the side of the piano and watching the
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Speaker 2: other instruments. There was a soft smile on the triangle's face,
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Speaker 2: which gave her a friendly expression. The triangle gazed around
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Speaker 2: the room and looked as if she wanted to join in,
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Speaker 2: but was too shy to do so. Reuben sometimes felt
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Speaker 2: like that too, and when the triangle looked his way.
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Speaker 2: He couldn't help himself from waving and smiling. The triangle
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Speaker 2: froze and fell softly to the floor. The quiet tinkle
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Speaker 2: she let out as she touched the floor caused the
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Speaker 2: other instruments to stop moving, apart from the blue recorder,
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Speaker 2: who carried on singing dubulantly. The instruments slowly looked at
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Speaker 2: Reuben and instantly froze her. Quiet hush fell over the room.
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Speaker 2: All that could be heard was the joyful tune coming
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Speaker 2: from the recorder, who was lost in the music and
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Speaker 2: hadn't noticed what was going on around him. The recorder's
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Speaker 2: eyes were closed as he sang loudly and swayed from
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Speaker 2: side to side. One of the bass drums hissed, recorder, stop,
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Speaker 2: there's a human here. The recorder didn't hear the drum
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Speaker 2: and continued singing. The drum hissed out his warning again. Huh,
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Speaker 2: the recorder said. He opened his eyes. What did you say?
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Speaker 2: Ruben waved at the recorder and said, the drum told
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Speaker 2: you to stop playing because there's a human here. It's me.
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Speaker 2: I'm the human. My name is Reuben Hi. The recorder
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Speaker 2: immediately fell down and lay on the piano stool. He
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Speaker 2: closed his eyes tightly. Reuben walked over to the recorder
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Speaker 2: and said, you don't have to pretend you can't see me.
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Speaker 2: I saw you, I saw all of you. You're amazing.
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Speaker 2: I loved the music you were making, and the dancing
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Speaker 2: and the singing. Please don't stop, because I'm here. The
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Speaker 2: recorder opened one eye and said, you think we're amazing.
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Speaker 2: Ruben nodded, I do. That song you were singing was
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Speaker 2: one of my favorites. You sang it really well. The
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Speaker 2: recorder opened his other eye and smiled at Ruben. It's
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Speaker 2: one of my favorites too. I recognize you. You're always
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Speaker 2: smiling when you come into this room and you play
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Speaker 2: some great tunes. I love the one you play about
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Speaker 2: the dove flying over a rainbow. It makes me feel
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Speaker 2: all warm and fuzzy inside. Rubin said he liked that
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Speaker 2: one too. The recorder stood up and asked the little
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Speaker 2: boy what other songs he liked. In a very loud whisper,
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Speaker 2: the bass drum said, recorder, please stop talking to the boy.
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Speaker 2: We're not supposed to be alive. Ruben said to the drum,
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Speaker 2: I saw you, and I heard you. I'd love to
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Speaker 2: talk to you all, but if you want me to
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Speaker 2: leave the room, I will do. The bass drum stood up.
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Speaker 2: He gave Reuben a kind smile like the recorder. I
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Speaker 2: know who you are too. You're always happy when you
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Speaker 2: come in here. We can see it in your face,
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Speaker 2: and we hear the music coming from your heart. It's
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Speaker 2: a joy to listen to you. I don't mind if
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Speaker 2: you stay. What about everyone else? He looked around the room.
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Speaker 2: One by one, the other instruments came back to life.
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Speaker 2: They said hi to Rubin and that they'd love him
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Speaker 2: to stay. Reuben noticed the little triangle had come back
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Speaker 2: to life and was smiling shyly at him, but she
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Speaker 2: didn't say anything. Reuben knelt in front of the triangle
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Speaker 2: and said, hello, I think you're the one instrument I've
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Speaker 2: never played before. I'm not even sure i've seen you
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Speaker 2: in this room. Is this your first time here? In
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Speaker 2: a quiet voice, the triangle said, I've always been here,
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Speaker 2: but I hide at the back of the room. I
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Speaker 2: want to join in with the others, but I can't
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Speaker 2: find the right sound for me, and I'm worried that
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Speaker 2: when I do make a sound, it will be the
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Speaker 2: wrong one. Perhaps I don't have a sound at all.
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Speaker 2: A small tinkle of a sigh floated free from the triangle.
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Speaker 2: Ruben said, every instrument has a sound, and I'm sure
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Speaker 2: you do too. I can help you find it if
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Speaker 2: you like. The triangle looked up at the boy. You'll
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Speaker 2: do that for me, of course, Ruben replied he wasn't
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Speaker 2: sure how he was going to do that, but he
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Speaker 2: would try his very best. Reuben sat back on his
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Speaker 2: heels and thought for a moment about finding the triangle's music.
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Speaker 2: Maybe if the triangle heard lots of different sounds, she
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Speaker 2: would find the perfect one for her. Rubin came up
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Speaker 2: with an idea he hoped it would work. He asked
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Speaker 2: the instruments to play a happy song, one that was
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Speaker 2: perfect for dancing. He started to hum an upbeat tune,
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Speaker 2: and some of the instruments played along with him. Joyful
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Speaker 2: drum beats soon filled the room, and a couple of
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Speaker 2: maraccas shook themselves from side to side. The guitar started
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Speaker 2: up and added a jolly rhythm to the melody. Reuben
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Speaker 2: danced from side to side and said the music reminded
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Speaker 2: him of a time when he was on a beach
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Speaker 2: and there was dance music coming from a nearby radio.
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Speaker 2: The violin said, what's the beach? The other instruments wanted
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Speaker 2: to know too. Reuben tried to explain what a beach was,
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Speaker 2: but his description of the sand and the ocean made
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Speaker 2: the instruments even more confused. A deep voice spoke up
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Speaker 2: and said, perhaps I can help you, Reuben. Ruben looked
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Speaker 2: around to see who had spoken. Standing at his feet
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Speaker 2: was a musical bat on. His teacher sometimes used it
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Speaker 2: to help the children with their music lessons, and would
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Speaker 2: wave it about to make them go faster or slower.
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Speaker 2: The baton floated upwards and hovered in front of Reuben.
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Speaker 2: He said to the boy, unlike the others, I can't
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Speaker 2: play music, but I do have a magical power, and
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Speaker 2: it may help you. If you hold me in your hand,
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Speaker 2: close your eyes, and imagine the beach where you've been.
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Speaker 2: I will catch your thoughts and bring the beach here.
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Speaker 2: You can do that, Ruben asked, I used to do
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Speaker 2: it all the time. The baton replied with a small chuckle.
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Speaker 2: I haven't done it for years, so I may be
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Speaker 2: a little rusty. Shall we give it a try. Rubin
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Speaker 2: held the bat on lightly in his hand. He closed
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Speaker 2: his eyes and remembered the beach he'd been to with
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Speaker 2: his family the previous year. He thought about the golden,
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Speaker 2: shimmering sand and the light blue waves of the ocean
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Speaker 2: as they lapped gently at the shore. He felt the
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Speaker 2: warm breeze touch his face, and he heard the call
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Speaker 2: of the seagulls as they dipped over the ocean. In
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Speaker 2: the distance, he made out the sound of dance music
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Speaker 2: coming from a radio. A warm, happy feeling flowed through Ruben.
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Speaker 2: He smiled and opened his eyes. He was no longer
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Speaker 2: standing in the music room. He was on the beach,
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Speaker 2: and so were the instruments. The sun shone brightly, and
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Speaker 2: the soft breeze whispered through the branches of the palm trees.
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Speaker 2: The ocean waves moved gently back and forth over the sand.
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Speaker 2: Some of the instruments picked up the rhythm of the
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Speaker 2: ocean's song and copied it. The soothing sounds made Reuben
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Speaker 2: sway happily from side to sign. Her guitar played a
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Speaker 2: relaxing melody, and the maracas shook in time to the tune.
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Speaker 2: A couple of flutes sang a beautiful song about a
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Speaker 2: boat on the ocean waves. Rubin looked down at the
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Speaker 2: sand and saw the Triangle dancing. She waved her little
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Speaker 2: arms in the air and twirled around. She was having
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Speaker 2: a wonderful time, but Rubin noticed she hadn't released a
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Speaker 2: single musical note. Ruben knelt in the soft sand next
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Speaker 2: to the dancing Triangle and asked if she wanted to
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Speaker 2: join in with the music that the instruments were making.
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Speaker 2: The Triangle gave the question some thought and said, I
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Speaker 2: really like this music, but I'm not sure how to
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Speaker 2: join in with it. I can't seem to find the
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Speaker 2: rhythm inside me. Rubin said it didn't matter if the
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Speaker 2: music wasn't the right one for the Triangle, and he
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Speaker 2: would keep trying to find the right one for her.
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Speaker 2: But in the meantime, why didn't they have a little
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Speaker 2: dance together. The boy and the Triangle boogied on the beach,
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Speaker 2: and the rest of the instruments played and sang joyful songs.
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Speaker 2: The music came to an end, Rubin and his new
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Speaker 2: friends were back in the music room. Rubin came up
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Speaker 2: with another type of music that might help the Triangle
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Speaker 2: discover her musical voice. He asked the hand bells and
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Speaker 2: sleigh bells to help him. The line of hand bells
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Speaker 2: swung back and forth, releasing gentle chimes. The sleigh bells
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Speaker 2: merrily jingled and jangled. The melody reminded Reuben of winter.
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Speaker 2: He still had the musical baton in his hand, so
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Speaker 2: he closed his eyes and thought about the delights of
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Speaker 2: a cozy day in winter. When he opened his eyes,
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Speaker 2: he was no longer in the music room. He was
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Speaker 2: standing in his garden on a snowy day. The musical
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Speaker 2: instruments were right next to him. A white blanket of
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Speaker 2: thick snow lay over the garden, and a red chested
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Speaker 2: robin sang from the snow covered branch of a tree.
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Speaker 2: Fairy lights hung from the roof of his house, and
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Speaker 2: their delicate pastel lights shone across the glistening snow. The
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Speaker 2: bells continued to gently chime. The instruments had only ever
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Speaker 2: seen snow through the school window before, and were utterly
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Speaker 2: entranced by being right in the middle of it. They
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Speaker 2: were even more amazed when snowflakes began to softly fall
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Speaker 2: around them. Reuben held out his hand and caught a
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Speaker 2: falling flake. The little boy stood silently in the falling snow.
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Speaker 2: Listening to the soothing sound of the chiming bells, his
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Speaker 2: heart filled with love and happiness. Some of the instruments
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Speaker 2: joined in with a gentle tune coming from the bells.
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Speaker 2: Reuben looked down at the triangle. She was gazing at
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Speaker 2: the snow in wonder, but yet again, wasn't making a
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Speaker 2: single musical sound. The triangle told Ruben the music was amazing,
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Speaker 2: but she couldn't find the rhythm of it at all.
00:24:51
Speaker 2: Rubin gave the triangle a reassuring smile and said they
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Speaker 2: would find the perfect music somehow. They watched the falling
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Speaker 2: snow for a little while longer, and then returned to
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Speaker 2: the music room. Reuben knew where he wanted to take
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Speaker 2: his new friends next, and asked the drums to start
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Speaker 2: beating a soft melody. The boy closed his eyes and
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Speaker 2: concentrated on the place he wished to go. The steady
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Speaker 2: beat of the drums helped him to imagine the cozy
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Speaker 2: he seen in his thoughts. When he opened his eyes,
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Speaker 2: Reuben was snugly curled up on the sofa in his
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Speaker 2: living room. He was next to the window and looked
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Speaker 2: at the rain gently falling outside. All the instruments were
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Speaker 2: in the living room too. It was a bit of
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Speaker 2: a squeeze, but they all managed to find a space.
00:26:08
Speaker 2: The drums continued to beat a soothing rhythm. The sound
00:26:17
Speaker 2: matched the soft pitapatter of the raindrops as they landed
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Speaker 2: on the window. Rubin loved being all snug and cozy
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Speaker 2: inside his home when it was raining. He watched the
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Speaker 2: raindrops run slowly down the outside of the window. The
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Speaker 2: triangle stood on the carpet and listened to the comforting
00:26:57
Speaker 2: sound of the drums as they played in harmony with
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Speaker 2: the rain tapping on the window. Ruben picked up the
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Speaker 2: triangle and placed her on the window sill. He asked
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Speaker 2: the little instrument if she would like to join in
00:27:17
Speaker 2: with the music. The triangle said it was a soothing
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Speaker 2: sound and she liked it very much, but she just
00:27:28
Speaker 2: couldn't find the melody of it. Rubin told the triangle
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Speaker 2: he would keep searching for her perfect music. The rain
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Speaker 2: continued to fall and the drums kept beating. It was
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Speaker 2: such a peaceful sound, and it made Ruben feel sleepy.
00:27:56
Speaker 2: He let out a big yawn. He told the instruments
00:28:02
Speaker 2: they should go back to the music room because he
00:28:06
Speaker 2: was starting to fall asleep, and he couldn't fall asleep
00:28:12
Speaker 2: until the stars appeared in the sky. The Triangle asked
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Speaker 2: what a star was without any hesitation. Reuben closed his
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Speaker 2: eyes and imagined the cozy feeling of snuggling down in
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Speaker 2: his bed at night time. He pictured seeing the night
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Speaker 2: sky through his window and looking at the twinkling stars
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Speaker 2: in the beautiful full moon. Just thinking about the night
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Speaker 2: sky made him yawn again. He opened his eyes. He
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Speaker 2: wasn't in the living room any more. He was tough
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Speaker 2: up in his bed. All around him, the instruments were
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Speaker 2: tucked up in their beds too. Some of them began
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Speaker 2: to yawn. The little Triangle was standing on the window sill.
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Speaker 2: She was gazing at the beautiful night sky. She pointed
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Speaker 2: to a twinkling star and asked Reuben what it was.
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Speaker 2: The boy got out of bed and knelt next to
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Speaker 2: the window. He told the triangle it was a star,
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Speaker 2: and there were thousands and thousands of them in the sky. Star,
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Speaker 2: the Triangle said, in wonder star, The most beautiful sound
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Speaker 2: floated from the Triangle. It was clear and crisp, soft
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Speaker 2: and soothing. It sounded like joy and wonder and amazement
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Speaker 2: and magic. The triangle continued to play the enchanting melody.
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Speaker 2: She moved gently from side to side, and her soothing
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Speaker 2: lullaby filled the room. Reuben whispered, you've found your sound.
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Speaker 2: It's the music of the stars. He smiled at the
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Speaker 2: little triangle. She was filled with joy and shone as
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Speaker 2: brightly as the stars in the night sky. The triangle
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Speaker 2: continued playing her tranquil song. One by one, the instruments
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Speaker 2: began to fall asleep in their cozy beds. The triangle
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Speaker 2: stopped singing and sighed happily. She told Rubin that now
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Speaker 2: that she'd found her music, she would play it every day.
00:31:36
Speaker 2: She thanked Rubin for helping her. She settled down on
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Speaker 2: the window sill, smiled sleepily, and fell asleep. Rubin knew
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Speaker 2: it was time to return to the music room. With
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Speaker 2: the musical baton in his hand, he closed his eyes
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Speaker 2: and pictured the room. When he opened his eyes, he
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Speaker 2: was back in the music room. The instruments were lying
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Speaker 2: on the floor around him. They were fast asleep. Reuben
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Speaker 2: carefully and quietly put the snoozing instruments in their places
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Speaker 2: and wished them all a good night. He headed towards the
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Speaker 2: door and opened it. He took one last look at
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Speaker 2: the room. To anyone else, they would look like an
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Speaker 2: ordinary music room, but Reuben knew better. He smiled at
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Speaker 2: the sleeping instruments and promised he would come back to
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Speaker 2: see them soon. As he walked back to his classroom,
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Speaker 2: Reuben softly hammed the music of the Stars,