In tonight’s bedtime story for kids, we meet a certain young whale who has a dream; he wants to sing jazz, and what better place to do it than in the hustle and bustle of New Orleans. So, he journeys there. There’s just one problem. It turns out his singing doesn’t sound so great all of a sudden. Let’s hear about what happens when a band of cool cats take him under their wing. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Coco Sleep, a podcast of
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Speaker 1: original children's bedtime stories and meditations designed to make bedtime
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Speaker 1: a dream. Where's your favorite place to sing? In bed,
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Speaker 1: in the kitchen, in the car? Hmm, Well, whilst you
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Speaker 1: think about it, I am going to quickly give a big,
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Speaker 1: warm welcome to our newest members of the Cocoa Club.
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Speaker 1: Listen out for your name and no, we're giving you
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Speaker 1: on board. Hi, Aria and Kira, Norris Elwin and Bishop Eleanor,
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Speaker 1: Clara and Abby, Emlyn, R. J. Davis and Emma Davis,
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Speaker 1: Liliana and Ailer. Welcome all of you and enjoy all
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Speaker 1: the extra stories and adventures you've now got coming your way.
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Speaker 1: So back to the singing question. Personally, I think I
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Speaker 1: sound best in the shower, and maybe tonight's story will
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Speaker 1: go some way to explaining why. For soon we're going
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Speaker 1: to meet another creature who loves to sing. Not a
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Speaker 1: human or a bird, but a mammal whose song is
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Speaker 1: famous for being relaxing and soothing. Can you think which
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Speaker 1: animal it might be? They usually live underwater, but tonight
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Speaker 1: we're heading to meet our star in the hustle and
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Speaker 1: bustle of New Orleans, a bustling town in swamps of Louisiana.
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Speaker 1: We're soon going to meet a certain young whale who
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Speaker 1: has a dream. He wants to sing jazz, and what
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Speaker 1: better place to do it than in this magical musical metropolis.
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Speaker 1: There's just one problem. It turns out his singing doesn't
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Speaker 1: sound so great out of the water. I know the feeling. Well,
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Speaker 1: let's hear about what happens when a band of cool
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Speaker 1: cats take him under their wing. Lie back, relax and
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Speaker 1: get comfy whilst I begin wailing. Duke and the Cool
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Speaker 1: Cats by Susanna McLaughlin. There was once a whale born
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Speaker 1: in the sea near Sleepy Forest. His mum named him Duke,
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Speaker 1: after her favorite jazz pianist. It seemed that music flowed
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Speaker 1: through his fins as Duke grew up to be a
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Speaker 1: groover himself. Although he couldn't play a note at piano,
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Speaker 1: he was known as whaling Duke on account of his singing.
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Speaker 1: His wailing song echoed through the ocean, and he often
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Speaker 1: found himself surrounded by castanett tapping crabs and drumming crawfish
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Speaker 1: trumpet blown pufferfish and humming minnows. Juke had always dreamed
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Speaker 1: of leaving the ocean to try his luck in the
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Speaker 1: capital city of jazz, New Orleans, and everybody supported his dream,
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Speaker 1: his mum especially. She had taught him everything he knew
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Speaker 1: about jazz. In their favorite nook of the cove, you
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Speaker 1: could find her record player and stacks of records so
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Speaker 1: high they almost popped out above the waves. The two
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Speaker 1: whales would relax on fluffy and enemies and sea sponge
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Speaker 1: sofas and get lost in the plunk of the piano
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Speaker 1: and the croons of the saxophone. She taught him about
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Speaker 1: Nina Simone and Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Felonious Monk.
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Speaker 1: And she told him about New Orleans, a small town
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Speaker 1: in the USA where ornate buildings grew from swamp lands
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Speaker 1: and music filled the streets. She said that it had
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Speaker 1: been home to the jazziest cats of all time. Duke
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Speaker 1: was confused at first.
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Speaker 2: It's a town of cats.
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Speaker 1: He asked, No, silly, his mum replied, there's all sorts
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Speaker 1: of animals there, but cats is what they sometimes call
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Speaker 1: each other. You're a cool cat, too, Duke Duke laughed,
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Speaker 1: looking at his fins and tail. He thought he was
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Speaker 1: definitely a whale, but he guessed he could be a
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Speaker 1: cool cat too. When the day came, Duke began his
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Speaker 1: swim to the shore. He swam to the beach, stood
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Speaker 1: up on his tail, and waded into the sand. He
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Speaker 1: was a bit wobbly on his fins at first, but
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Speaker 1: soon got used to being on land. He practiced a
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Speaker 1: little boogie. Dancing may take a little more practice, he thought.
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Speaker 1: Duke headed towards the faint sound of music which drifted
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Speaker 1: from the town. He headed through narrow streets, and as
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Speaker 1: the music got louder, more neon signs began to blink
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Speaker 1: and glow over his head. Soon the streets were bustling
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Speaker 1: between buildings with ornate iron railings and painted shutters under
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Speaker 1: hanging flower baskets. People made music on every corner. The
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Speaker 1: town had a constant soundtrack of crooners and musicians playing
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Speaker 1: songs just like Duke heard on the records, and some
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Speaker 1: that were unlike anything he'd ever heard at all. Duke
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Speaker 1: headed to the guest house, where he was welcomed by
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Speaker 1: a friendly gaiter named Agnes, who had a puffy bonnet
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Speaker 1: on her head and Diamante's studded glasses on her snout.
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Speaker 1: She breathed around in long cotton dresses and shawls, humming
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Speaker 1: as she went. Agnes was quite the star back in
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Speaker 1: her day, selling out every concert, having animals crowded into small,
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Speaker 1: dark jazz venues just to hear her voice. Now, her
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Speaker 1: voice was a little croaky, but she said she didn't mind.
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Speaker 1: Now she much preferred to listen to music sipping an
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Speaker 1: iced tea in a comfy chair near the waterside. But
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Speaker 1: singer or not, her passion was as alive as ever,
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Speaker 1: and the guest house was lined with stacks of records,
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Speaker 1: who made Duke immediately feel at home. The other resident
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Speaker 1: of the guest house was a bear named Gumbo, who
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Speaker 1: had come to New Orleans from the mountains with dreams
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Speaker 1: of being a chef. Having lived in the swamplands for years,
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Speaker 1: having recipes passed down to him by his family, he
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Speaker 1: claimed to have the best jumber in the whole of
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Speaker 1: New Orleans, but the competition was tough. Gumbo and Duke
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Speaker 1: became fast friends, both happy to have another by their
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Speaker 1: side on the start of their journey to stardom. On
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Speaker 1: Duke's first night in New Orleans. Gumbo fried up a
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Speaker 1: whole plate each of Bennet sweet doughnuts covered in clouds
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Speaker 1: of sugar. Duke thought they were one of the best
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Speaker 1: things he had ever tasted. He turned to Gumbo and
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Speaker 1: said that he was sure Gumbo would one day own
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Speaker 1: the most famous restaurant in the city. Gumbo had shared
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Speaker 1: his talent with Duke, and now he said he wanted
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Speaker 1: to hear Duke's talent. In turn, Duke was happy to oblige.
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Speaker 1: Having overheard, Agnes soon walshed in in a cloud of
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Speaker 1: rosy perfume with a record in hand. It was her
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Speaker 1: favorite jazz track, which she said wailing Duke would be
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Speaker 1: a perfect addition to. She settled in a chair next
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Speaker 1: to Gumbo and placed the needle onto the spinning record player.
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Speaker 1: The sound of a saxophone reverberated through the room, and
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Speaker 1: lively piano and deep double bass soon joined in. Then
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Speaker 1: Duke began to wail, and all that came out was
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Speaker 1: a slight honk. He tried again, nothing but a weak,
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Speaker 1: wheezing honk. Well, dear, that's very unique, Agnes said. Duke
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Speaker 1: hurried to tell her that he didn't usually sound like this.
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Speaker 1: He chuckled, I've never sung above water before, he said.
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Speaker 1: He took in another deep breath and let out a
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Speaker 1: whale once more. All of the air just flowed weakly
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Speaker 1: out of his blowhole. Maybe whiling Duke could only wail underwater,
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Speaker 1: Duke shrugged. Maybe he was destined to be a star
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Speaker 1: of the sea, not the land. That was okay with him.
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Speaker 1: Agnes told him that she knew some people who might help.
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Speaker 1: They knew music better than anyone in the business. She
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Speaker 1: doodled a map on the back of a card which
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Speaker 1: led a couple of streets over. Ask for the cool Cats,
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Speaker 1: she said, Now they aren't actually cats, that's just their
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Speaker 1: band name. Duke nodded wisely, anyone can be a cool
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Speaker 1: cat in New Orleans, he said. Agnes smiled exactly, She said.
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Speaker 1: Gumbo put on his fedora and said he would come
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Speaker 1: along for the adventure. They were in this together, now
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Speaker 1: the dreams coming true business. The whale and the bear
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Speaker 1: headed out into the streets and were immediately washed in music.
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Speaker 1: They applauded as they passed an octopus playing a drunket
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Speaker 1: whilst blowing on a harmonica, and danced past a busy
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Speaker 1: cafe packed with a brass band playing raucous swing music. Finally,
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Speaker 1: they found themselves in front of a small venue with
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Speaker 1: a wooden front. A neon sign in the shape of
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Speaker 1: a saxophone swung above the door. Duke pushed open the
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Speaker 1: door and led the way in. Immediately they were wrapped
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Speaker 1: up in music, the rise and fall of the clarinet,
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Speaker 1: the melody of the piano, and the whoops of the musicians.
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Speaker 1: The music seemed to have no pattern or rules, with
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Speaker 1: every instrument having turns as the star. At first, Gumbo
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Speaker 1: and Duke were squinting in the darkness looking for its sauce,
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Speaker 1: but suddenly spotlights turned on to light up the stage.
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Speaker 1: Duke looked up at the rafters, where a bunny giggled
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Speaker 1: and waved down at him from between the lights. Duke
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Speaker 1: looked back to the stage to see the groovioust assortment
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Speaker 1: of animals he'd ever seen. There was a warthog on
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Speaker 1: the piano, tickling the notes from the bottom to the top.
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Speaker 1: There was a tall tree frog with long legs swinging
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Speaker 1: the double bass around on its stand. There was a
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Speaker 1: goat on the clarinet, a pelican on the guitar, and
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Speaker 1: one other that caught Duke's attention, and above all, the
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Speaker 1: skunk on the saxophone. The skunk had a flash of
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Speaker 1: white hair poofing from his head that bobbed and swung
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Speaker 1: as he played, as if part of the music. His
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Speaker 1: fluffy tails swirled this way and that as he swiftly
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Speaker 1: moved his paws over the keys. His cheeks round as
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Speaker 1: he played soaring melodies unlike anything Duke had heard before.
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Speaker 1: His eyes were covered by his shades, and he wore
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Speaker 1: a pin stripe blazer. He seemed lost in the music.
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Speaker 1: Duke and Gumbo stood watching for a while, mouths open,
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Speaker 1: until they were startled back into the room by the
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Speaker 1: end of the song. After a moment of silence, the
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Speaker 1: two animals began clapping their paws together enthusiastically. The skunk
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Speaker 1: lowered his shades and looked towards them. Hey, there, he said,
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Speaker 1: I'm swinging stew and these are the cool cats. What
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Speaker 1: brings you two to our audience to day? Duke felt
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Speaker 1: a little nervous to be talking to a real jazz
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Speaker 1: musician from New Orleans, but he swallowed, stood up on
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Speaker 1: his tail, and replied, Hi, I'm Duke, and this is Gumbo.
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Speaker 1: Agnes sent us. You guys are really something that was amazing.
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Speaker 1: I have a musical problem, you see, I'm a singer
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Speaker 1: who's lost his voice. Agnes thought you might be able
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Speaker 1: to help. Gumbo nodded encouragingly. From his side. A singer
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Speaker 1: without a voice, Stu said, well, they just won't do.
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Speaker 1: Come up here, Duke and show us what you've got.
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Speaker 1: Duke headed up the aisle towards the steps that led
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Speaker 1: to the stage. All of the cool cats were smiling
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Speaker 1: at him encouragingly. Stu said they would play their instruments
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Speaker 1: and all Duke had to do was sing along. He
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Speaker 1: counted down three, two, one, and they began to play.
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Speaker 1: Duke closed his eyes, felt the music filled him up,
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Speaker 1: and took in a big lungful of air. Then he
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Speaker 1: let out his first note, if you could call it
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Speaker 1: a note anyway. The air just blew out of his blowhole,
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Speaker 1: making hardly any noise at all. Duke sighed and smiled
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Speaker 1: at stew I came all the from the coast of
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Speaker 1: Sleepy Forest to sing, and I've lost my voice. Stu
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Speaker 1: took off his shades and looked at Duke. Sleepy Forest,
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Speaker 1: you say, he asked, I played a concert there. What
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Speaker 1: a truly magical place. You're from the ocean, right, Stu asked.
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Speaker 1: Duke nodded. Is this the first time you sung above water?
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Speaker 1: Duke scratched his chin with his fin. He supposed it was.
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Speaker 1: Everything is a little different underwater, Stu said, but let's
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Speaker 1: try to find a solution, and hey, if it makes
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Speaker 1: you feel better. None of us cool cats are very
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Speaker 1: good singers either. The pelican called.
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Speaker 2: Out, huh, specially me, and I have the biggest mouth
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Speaker 2: of all of us. His bill opened wide as he laughed.
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Speaker 2: Duke grinned, let's drag him. Stu instructed, after our count
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Speaker 2: to three, you sing a one, two, three, Duke led
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Speaker 2: out a whale even feebler than the last. Stu scratched
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Speaker 2: his little Goatye, it seems all of the air is
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Speaker 2: escaping from your blowhole, he said. I'll bet that doesn't
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Speaker 2: happen when you're underwater. Duke shook his head. We'll just
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Speaker 2: have to plug it up.
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Speaker 1: The frog cried, rustling about in his bag, and I
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Speaker 1: have just the thing. In his outstretched hand. He offer
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Speaker 1: for Duke a pink, fluffy marshmallow. Duke popped it in
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Speaker 1: his blowhole, and Stuke counted him in once more, one, two, three,
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Speaker 1: Duke wailed, and something slightly more whale light came out.
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Speaker 1: It was still weak and much less lively than Duke
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Speaker 1: was usually capable of, but it was better than before.
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Speaker 1: Gumbo and the band whooped and hollowed. Good job, Duke,
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Speaker 1: the clarinet playing Goat said, patting him on the back.
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Speaker 1: They were making progress. Now, I'm awfully sorry, Duke, but
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Speaker 1: we have to go prepare for our concert, and the
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Speaker 1: curtains are about to come up. But you practice and
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Speaker 1: come back tomorrow, you'll be singing before you know it.
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Speaker 1: Gumbo and Duke thanked the corcats, who told them to
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Speaker 1: send their love to Agnes before heading back to their home.
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Speaker 1: Duke was practically dancing through the streets. He was going
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Speaker 1: to get his voice back, and he knew the best
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Speaker 1: jazz band in the whole of New Orleans. Now that
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Speaker 1: was something to celebrate. Gumbo cooked up some red beans
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Speaker 1: and rice, a New Orleans delicacy, and the two of
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Speaker 1: them ate, then danced around the guesthouse. Soon Duke was exhausted.
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Speaker 1: He thought he might want an early night. First thing, first,
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Speaker 1: Duke brushed his teeth, Then he hopped into the bath.
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Speaker 1: He lathered up some soap into bubbly foam and covered
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Speaker 1: his face with it. As he was scrubbing, he let
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Speaker 1: the col cat's music drift back into his head. He
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Speaker 1: began to his head, then hum, then sing in his new, weak,
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Speaker 1: squeaky way. He dunked his head into the water to
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Speaker 1: wash off the soap. Immediately his voice sang out with
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Speaker 1: all of its former power. He sat up startled. Duke
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Speaker 1: heard Gumbo knock on the bathroom door. Was it you, Duke?
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Speaker 1: Did you sing? He asked. Duke puffed up his chest
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Speaker 1: with happiness. His voice wasn't lost at all. He had sung.
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Speaker 1: All he needed was the water, just like at home.
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Speaker 1: He ducked his head back under and sang once more.
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Speaker 1: His smooth, jazzy voice was back. Gumbo cheered from outside
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Speaker 1: of the door. Duke wrapped himself in a fluffy towel,
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Speaker 1: then put on his dressing gown. He had a plan,
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Speaker 1: and he would need Gumbo's help. He explained his plan
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Speaker 1: to the friendly bear and they soon started brainstorming. Duke
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Speaker 1: needed some kind of contraction that would keep him under
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Speaker 1: water on land, and preferably one he could dance in too.
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Speaker 1: Before long, Gumbo was sketching on a rolled out strip
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Speaker 1: of baking paper. His design was genius. It was like
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Speaker 1: a space helmet, but it would be filled with water.
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Speaker 1: Duke would wear it on his head and alongside his
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Speaker 1: marshmallow blow hole blocker, he would be able to sing
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Speaker 1: his heart out as if he was at the bottom
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Speaker 1: of the ocean. Now for the hard part. They had
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Speaker 1: to make it. They tried several things with no success. First,
00:21:03
Speaker 1: two mixing bowls taped together. This was water tight, but
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Speaker 1: Duke wouldn't be able to see through it to know
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Speaker 1: where he was going. Next, an upside down vase. This
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Speaker 1: was transparent, but when they flipped it over, the water
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Speaker 1: fell out and drenched Duke and the carpet. Luckily, Agnes
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Speaker 1: didn't mind their mischief. It was Agnes who came up
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Speaker 1: with the final contraption. When she came in and saw
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Speaker 1: the soggy carpet and Duke dancing around with the vase
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Speaker 1: on his head, she thought she would have to step in.
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Speaker 1: Here need a fish bowl, Sillies, she croaked. Luckily, she
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Speaker 1: had the perfect one. It was a huge fish bowl,
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Speaker 1: perfectly round and perfectly clear. Agnes explained that it used
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Speaker 1: to belong to her friend Angie the Angelfish, before she
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Speaker 1: moved out to go on a tropical vacation. She showed
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Speaker 1: them a few photos of Angie floating in a bay
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Speaker 1: in Bora Bora. Anyway, the bowl was fish free and
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Speaker 1: waiting for someone to find a use for it. Duke
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Speaker 1: tried the bowl on. It was perfect. Agnes put on
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Speaker 1: her favorite record and told Duke to sing. Duke was
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Speaker 1: wailing Duke once more. His singing was even louder and
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Speaker 1: more resonant than ever. It filled the room and Agnes
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Speaker 1: watched on in amazement. Take it from me, Duke, she said,
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Speaker 1: when he finished, You're a star. Duke hugged Agnes and
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Speaker 1: Gumbo in glee. The next day he would be able
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Speaker 1: to show the cool Cats what he was made of.
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Speaker 1: The next afternoon, Duke and Gumbo headed back to the
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Speaker 1: music Hall fishbowl in tow The Cool Cats were chatting
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Speaker 1: and tuning their instruments. As they entered, they all called
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Speaker 1: out a friendly hello to the two animals. Stu welcomed them,
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Speaker 1: and Gumbo settled in a plush chair as Duke went
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Speaker 1: up on stage. Stu watched on, bemused as Duke took
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Speaker 1: the fish bowl from his bag and put it on
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Speaker 1: his head, filled with water. The Cool Cats picked up
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Speaker 1: their instruments and Stu counted down at three, two one.
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Speaker 1: The double bass boined into life, and the clarinet began
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Speaker 1: to sing. The piano plinked and plunked, and the saxophone
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Speaker 1: started to walk, and soon Duke began to wail. It
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Speaker 1: was the most ethereal moving sound. Yet also it was
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Speaker 1: cool and fresh. He turned the Cool Cat's music into
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Speaker 1: a symphony. Gumbo's eyes were glittering in the front row.
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Speaker 1: His friend was a star. When the song came to
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Speaker 1: the end, Stu patted Duke on the back. You are
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Speaker 1: indeed a cool cat, he said. Stu asked Duke to
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Speaker 1: step off the stage for a moment whilst he talked
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Speaker 1: to the band. Duke sat down next to Gumbo, who
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Speaker 1: squeezed him in a hark and told him he was
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Speaker 1: so very proud of him. Soon the band turned back
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Speaker 1: to the duo, Duke, would you like to be one
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Speaker 1: of the cool cats, stew asked. Duke couldn't believe it.
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Speaker 1: His tommy did somersaults, as did the butterflies that suddenly
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Speaker 1: lived there. He smiled politely and said simply yes please,
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Speaker 1: and that is the story of how whale Song came
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Speaker 1: to be known by the world. Wailing Duke joined the
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Speaker 1: Cool Cats and toured the world with them, spreading their
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Speaker 1: music far and wide. Most of the time they were
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Speaker 1: in New Orleans playing at their new favorite spot, Gumbos,
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Speaker 1: a new restaurant run by a very talented bear, but
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Speaker 1: often they found themselves back at Duke's home on the
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Speaker 1: beach by Sleepy Forest. Unfortunately, on night, Duke the rest
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Speaker 1: of the band didn't sound better underwater, so they had
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Speaker 1: to play on the sand, but Duke's family and friends
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Speaker 1: would poke their head above the water and listen to
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Speaker 1: the smooth sound of his voice until the sun went down.