In tonight’s bedtime story for kids, we have a magical time-travelling, secret-sharing adventure, where we learn the origins of Sleepy Forest, all thanks to a curious hamster called Wimbli. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
The idea for Wimbli the time-travelling hamster came from a very clever reviewer, who didn’t leave their name - only mushroom, koala and toad emojis. Thank you so much for the brilliant idea, we hope you enjoy the story.
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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. Before we begin, Hello, Kaya and Leo and
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Speaker 1: ever In Finn. Welcome to the Cocoa Club. Coco and
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Speaker 1: I are so pleased to have you. Tonight's Bedtime Story
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Speaker 1: is a magical time traveling, secret sharing adventure. We're about
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Speaker 1: to learn the origins of Sleepy Forest, all thanks to
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Speaker 1: a curious hamster called Wimbley. Wimbley's wonders about the woods
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Speaker 1: in its past have caused some magic to stir, and
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Speaker 1: soon he will be zooming back to the past to
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Speaker 1: see exactly how the forest was formed in all its
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Speaker 1: sleepy magic dusted glory. That's right, it's going to be
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Speaker 1: a good one. The idea for Wimbley, the time traveling hamster,
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Speaker 1: came from a very clever reviewer who didn't leave their name,
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Speaker 1: only mushroom, koala and toad emojis. Maybe it was Cocoa
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Speaker 1: in disguise. Thank you so much for the brilliant idea.
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Speaker 1: Whoever you are, I hope you enjoy it. Now. Cozy
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Speaker 1: on down in your beds, cuddle up in your blanket,
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Speaker 1: and let her smile gently, settle on your face, ready
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Speaker 1: for tonight's adventure. This is Wimby and the Secret of
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Speaker 1: Sleepy Forest by Gillian Rogerson. Wimbley was a little hamster
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Speaker 1: who lived in Sleepy Forest with his family and friends.
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Speaker 1: Wimbley loved the forest very much and often spent many
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Speaker 1: peaceful hours strolling through the trees or walking at the
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Speaker 1: side of the river. His very favorite place was beneath
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Speaker 1: an old oak tree on the top of a hill.
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Speaker 1: The branches of the tree were huge and reached out
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Speaker 1: in all directions, as though the tree was having a
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Speaker 1: good long stretch. When Wimbley was out on one of
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Speaker 1: his strolls, he would always head towards the oak tree
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Speaker 1: and settle down on the soft, fragrant grass beneath its branches.
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Speaker 1: Wimbley felt that there was something different about the oak tree,
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Speaker 1: as if it was a little bit magical somehow. Whenever
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Speaker 1: he spent any time there, he always felt much calmer
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Speaker 1: and more peaceful afterwards. One day, when Wimbley was out
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Speaker 1: on one of his leisurely walks, he met his friend Coco,
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Speaker 1: who was also out for a walk. The two friends
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Speaker 1: said hello to each other and decided to walk together
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Speaker 1: for a while. Wimbley said to Coco, don't you think
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Speaker 1: the forest looks extra special today, as if there is
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Speaker 1: magic in the air. Coco nodded, he smiled, and told
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Speaker 1: his hamster friend there was always magic in the air
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Speaker 1: in sleepy forest. Wimbley asked Coco if he'd been on
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Speaker 1: any exciting adventures recently. Coco often went on adventures, and
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Speaker 1: some of them were magical ones. Coco said he hadn't
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Speaker 1: been on any recently, but it seemed there was always
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Speaker 1: an adventure waiting for him in the forest. Wimbley sighed
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Speaker 1: happily and said, I love hearing about your adventures. I
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Speaker 1: wish I could go on an adventure one day. Coco
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Speaker 1: gave the little hamster a kind look and said, I've
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Speaker 1: got a feeling you might go on a magical adventure
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Speaker 1: this very day, and when you do, I want to
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Speaker 1: hear all about it later, every single detail. Do you
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Speaker 1: really think I'll have an adventure, Coco, and it will
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Speaker 1: be a magical one, Wimbley asked, with hope in his eyes.
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Speaker 1: Coco said, yes, I do. If you can feel magic
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Speaker 1: in the air, then a special adventure must be on
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Speaker 1: its way to you. Wimbley's eyes lit up in glee.
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Speaker 1: He looked to his left and then to his right.
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Speaker 1: Here asked Coco where the adventure might be. Coco replied, sometimes,
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Speaker 1: you don't need to search for the adventure because it
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Speaker 1: will find you. Just carry on with your walk as normal,
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Speaker 1: and if you feel the instinct to go down a
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Speaker 1: different path, then go down that path and see what happens.
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Speaker 1: Wimbley nodded. He wasn't entirely convinced that walking down a
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Speaker 1: different path would lead to anything, but Coco was the
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Speaker 1: expert on adventures, and Wimbley trusted his advice. The two
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Speaker 1: friends continued walking through the sunny forest. They chatted about
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Speaker 1: meeting up with their other friends the following day and
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Speaker 1: maybe playing some of their favorite games in the meadow.
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Speaker 1: After a while, Coco said, I have to go home now,
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Speaker 1: but I'll meet you later and you can tell me
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Speaker 1: about your magical adventure. Wimbley grinned at his friend and
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Speaker 1: said goodbye. The little hamster really hoped he would have
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Speaker 1: a story to tell Cocoa later. Wimbley continued walking through
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Speaker 1: the beautiful forest. He watched the sunlight filtering down through
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Speaker 1: the branches of trees, and saw shadows dancing across his path.
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Speaker 1: He listened to the bumblebees flying from one flower to
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Speaker 1: the other, and the birds singing softly from the trees.
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Speaker 1: He felt the warmth of the sun on his head
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Speaker 1: and the softness of the grass beneath his feet. Wimbley
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Speaker 1: was so lost in the beauty of the forest that
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Speaker 1: he completely forgot about a possible adventure, and he carried
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Speaker 1: on walking along one of his usual routes. After a while,
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Speaker 1: he walked towards the old oak tree and settled down
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Speaker 1: under its wide branches. Wimbley smiled as he gazed out
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Speaker 1: at the forest. Questions about sleepy forest began to float
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Speaker 1: softly into his mind. He wondered how old it was.
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Speaker 1: Had the trees always been there, or had someone planted them?
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Speaker 1: Or had the seeds been carried on the wind from
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Speaker 1: another forest. He rested back against the trunk of the
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Speaker 1: tree and said out loud, I wonder how old you are,
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Speaker 1: mister oak tree. Are you a magic tree? I think
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Speaker 1: you must be, because I always feel better when I've
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Speaker 1: been sitting here for a while. Do you know how
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Speaker 1: old the forest is and where the trees came from?
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Speaker 1: Wimbley chuckled to himself. It wasn't the first time he
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Speaker 1: talked to the tree. He stretched his arms out and
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Speaker 1: wriggled his paws in the warm grass at his side.
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Speaker 1: Just a minute. What was that? His right paw aligned
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Speaker 1: on something small and wooden. What was it? Wimbley picked
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Speaker 1: it up. It was a small box that appeared to
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Speaker 1: be made out of bamboo. Wimbley turned it around in
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Speaker 1: his paws. He couldn't find a lid on it. He
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Speaker 1: gave it a little shake and heard a light tinkling
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Speaker 1: sound coming from inside it. Wimbley stared at the strain box.
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Speaker 1: A sudden thought came to him, and he instinctively knew
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Speaker 1: that he was supposed to open it. But how would
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Speaker 1: he do that? He carefully ran his paws around the
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Speaker 1: smooth surface of the box. Aha, there was a slightly
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Speaker 1: raised area on one of the corners. Wimbley pressed it.
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Speaker 1: The box gently rose from his paws and hovered in
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Speaker 1: front of him. Wimbley sat up straighter and looked at
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Speaker 1: the box in astonishment. A hidden lid on the top
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Speaker 1: of the box opened, and a cloud of sparkling gold
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Speaker 1: and silver mist rose from within it. The mist floated
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Speaker 1: over to Wimbley and swirled around and the old oak
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Speaker 1: tree until it covered them both. The mist felt soft
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Speaker 1: and warm on Wimbley's fur, like a hug. The mist
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Speaker 1: slowly melted, and when Wimbley looked at the forest again,
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Speaker 1: he was most surprised to see that the trees had
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Speaker 1: gone and all he could see was a vast expanse
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Speaker 1: of emerald green grass all around him. He looked behind
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Speaker 1: him and was relieved to see the oak tree was
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Speaker 1: still there, although after a closer inspection he noticed it
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Speaker 1: wasn't as big as before and its branches didn't reach
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Speaker 1: out as much. Wimbley looked back at the huge area
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Speaker 1: of grass in front of him and uttered, where did
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Speaker 1: sleepy forest go? A friendly voice at his side said,
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Speaker 1: the forest hasn't gone anywhere, but you have. Wimbley looked
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Speaker 1: at who had spoken. A small green winged fairy hovered
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Speaker 1: in the air. She was wearing a green velvet jacket
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Speaker 1: over a pair of green trousers and had sparkling emerald
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Speaker 1: boots on her feet. On her jacket were images of
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Speaker 1: golden clock faces, each one set to a different time.
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Speaker 1: There was a golden watch on her wrist that softly ticked.
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Speaker 1: Wimbley had seen fairies in the forest before, so he
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Speaker 1: wasn't too surprised to see one now, although he had
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Speaker 1: never seen the green fairy with the watch before. The
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Speaker 1: fairy spoke again, Hello, I hope I didn't startle you.
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Speaker 1: My name is Ebony, and I was asked to come
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Speaker 1: here and talk to a hamster called Wimbley. Is that you?
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Speaker 1: Wimbley nodded. He had questions for the fairy, but he
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Speaker 1: was suddenly overcome with shyness. He looked down at the grass.
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Speaker 1: Ebony fluttered closer to him and said, I can tell
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Speaker 1: by your expression that you'd like to know who asked
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Speaker 1: me to come here and why. Wimbley looked up and
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Speaker 1: smiled bashfully. Yes. Please. The fairy settled down on the
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Speaker 1: warm grass next to Wimbley. Ebony began. First of all,
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Speaker 1: it was this lovely oak tree who asked me to
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Speaker 1: come here. It heard your questions about the forest and
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Speaker 1: knew I would be the perfect one to answer them.
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Speaker 1: The tree summoned me by placing a message inside that
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Speaker 1: box you opened. When you opened the box and released
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Speaker 1: the magical mist, a silent message was sent to me.
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Speaker 1: Wimbley looked behind him at the tree and said, wow,
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Speaker 1: does that mean this oak tree is magical? Oh? Yes,
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Speaker 1: Ebney replied with a smile. Wimbley grinned I knew it.
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Speaker 1: Ebony told Wimbley she was a time fairy who could
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Speaker 1: travel through time to the future and to the past,
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Speaker 1: and because Wimbley had wanted to know more about the forest,
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Speaker 1: she had turned back time to when the oak tree
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Speaker 1: was much younger and when Sleepy Forest hadn't yet been created.
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Speaker 1: Wimbley's little face wrinkled up in confusion. Ebony put her
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Speaker 1: little hand on his arm and said, it will be
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Speaker 1: easier to show you what happened, and for that we
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Speaker 1: will need to fly. Is it okay if I use
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Speaker 1: my magic on you so that you can fly? Wimbley nodded,
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Speaker 1: Oh yes, yes, please. My friend Cocoa, he's a koala.
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Speaker 1: He magically got wings a few months ago and he
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Speaker 1: flew all over the forest with some new friends. He
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Speaker 1: loved flying and said it was very easy. Ebony said, yes,
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Speaker 1: flying was easy and a lot of fun. She reached
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Speaker 1: into a pocket on her jacket and took out a
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Speaker 1: handful of glittering dust. She sprinkled it over wimbly and
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Speaker 1: a pair of shimmering green wings appeared on his back.
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Speaker 1: Wimbly flapped them. He broke into a huge smile and
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Speaker 1: said he couldn't wait to dry them out. Ebony and
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Speaker 1: Wimbley stood up. Ebony gave the hamster a quick flying lesson,
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Speaker 1: and then they flew upwards and over the huge area
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Speaker 1: of grass. Wimbly looked down at where Sleepy forests should be.
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Speaker 1: Even though it wasn't there, he could clearly see it
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Speaker 1: in his imagination. He looked to the left. Something else
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Speaker 1: had disappeared too, he said, Ebony, Sleepy River has also gone.
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Speaker 1: He looked in another direction, and so have the mountains.
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Speaker 1: Ebony replied that's because they haven't been created yet, but
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Speaker 1: they soon will be. The little Fairy looked down at
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Speaker 1: the oak tree and said, let me start at the
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Speaker 1: very beginning, and I'll tell you how your oak tree
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Speaker 1: became so magical. We need to go back a bit
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Speaker 1: further in time so that I can show you what happened.
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Speaker 1: Are you okay with that? Wimbley immediately said yes, and
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Speaker 1: then added to thank you you. The fairy moved the
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Speaker 1: hands on her watch and told Wimbley she was setting
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Speaker 1: the time for two hundred years before, when the oak
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Speaker 1: tree was a little acorn. Once she'd move the hands
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Speaker 1: on the watch, Ebony told Wimbley to look down at
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Speaker 1: the tree. Wimbley saw it getting smaller and smaller, until
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Speaker 1: it was an acorn nestling in the grass. Ebene then
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Speaker 1: asked Wimbley to look at the sky. With his new
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Speaker 1: wings flapping slowly on his back, Wimbley looked upwards and
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Speaker 1: watched the sky as it turned from day and to night.
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Speaker 1: A full moon appeared, but it wasn't like any moon
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Speaker 1: he'd seen before. It was there's a delicate shade of purple,
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Speaker 1: and a circle of gold and silver stars swirled around it.
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Speaker 1: Ebony said it was a magical sleepy moon and it
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Speaker 1: only appeared once every five thousand years. She smiled at
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Speaker 1: Wimbly and continued talking. Those gold and silver stars have
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Speaker 1: now filled the moon with sleep magic, and if you
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Speaker 1: look closer, you will see moonbeams appearing from the center
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Speaker 1: of it. Wimbly peered closer at the beautiful moon. He
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Speaker 1: saw three bright moonbeams shining out from the middle of it.
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Speaker 1: The moonbeams flowed down to the grass and covered the
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Speaker 1: acorn in their magical glow. Wimbley asked Ebony what was
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Speaker 1: happening to the acorn. She said, the sleep magic has
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Speaker 1: now gone into the acorn. Watch what happens next. Wimbley
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Speaker 1: and the fairy continued looking at the acorn. The moonbeams
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Speaker 1: slowly melted away from it like mist. The little acorn
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Speaker 1: glowed brightly like a star, and then sunk into the ground.
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Speaker 1: Seconds later, a strong green shoot appeared. Ebony slowly moved
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Speaker 1: the hands on her watch, and the shoot grew bigger
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Speaker 1: and bigger, and very soon it became the unmistakable shape
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Speaker 1: of Wimbley's beloved oak tree. A peculiar noise came from
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Speaker 1: the tree. It sounded like gentle snores and rustling leaves
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Speaker 1: all mixed up together. Wimbley asked Ebony where the noise
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Speaker 1: was coming from. Ebony smiled and said it was the
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Speaker 1: oak tree. It loved sleeping so very much and spent
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Speaker 1: a lot of time in rest for slumber, especially in
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Speaker 1: the winter. Ebony explained, not long after the oak tree
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Speaker 1: grew to this size, it sent a message on the
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Speaker 1: wind to ask someone to create a magical forest where
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Speaker 1: everyone loved sleeping as much as the oak tree did.
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Speaker 1: Some forest fairies the message and came here immediately, and
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Speaker 1: a short while later, Sleepy Forest was created. Wimbley didn't
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Speaker 1: know what to say. He was utterly amazed by everything
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Speaker 1: he'd seen and heard. Little did he know that he
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Speaker 1: was about to see something even more amazing. Ebany moved
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Speaker 1: the hands on her watch again and told Wimbley to
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Speaker 1: look to his left. Wimbley turned his head and saw
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Speaker 1: a couple of fairies flying towards him. They looked very
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Speaker 1: similar to Ebonie and were wearing green velvet jackets, green trousers,
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Speaker 1: and sparkling emerald boots, but instead of having pictures of
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Speaker 1: clock faces on their jackets, they had images of trees, rivers,
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Speaker 1: and mountains on them. Ebony told Wimbley he was about
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Speaker 1: to meet the forest fairies who had created Sleepy Forest.
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Speaker 1: She said, shall I ask if you can help them?
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Speaker 1: Wimbley's eyes grew wider and wider. His adventure was getting
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Speaker 1: more magical by the second. He told Ebone he would
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Speaker 1: absolutely love to help them. The forest fairies flew over
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Speaker 1: to Ebony and Wimbley. They knew Ebony because she had
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Speaker 1: visited them in the past and the future many times before.
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Speaker 1: The forest fairies, said her to Wimbley. They introduced themselves
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Speaker 1: as Maple and Ashley. Wimbley said hello back and tried
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Speaker 1: to explain that he had come from the future and
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Speaker 1: that he lived in the Sleepy Forest, which was full
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Speaker 1: of trees and where there was a wonderful river and
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Speaker 1: some beautiful mountains that had snow on the top. He
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Speaker 1: stopped talking because he didn't think he was making any
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Speaker 1: sense at all. But the forest fairies thought he was
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Speaker 1: making perfect sense. And when Ebony asked Maple and Ashley
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Speaker 1: if Wimbley could help them create Sleepy Forest from the
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Speaker 1: very beginning, they said yes straightway. Maple reached into his
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Speaker 1: pocket and pulled out a roll of blue ribbon. He
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Speaker 1: said to Wimbley, I'm going to make Sleepy River out
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Speaker 1: of this ribbon. He gave the ground below them a
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Speaker 1: thoughtful look. Hmm, I think that area over there would
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Speaker 1: be perfect for a river. What do you think, wimbley?
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Speaker 1: Wimbley smiled. He said, it's the perfect place, and that's
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Speaker 1: where the river is in my sleepy Forest. My friends
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Speaker 1: and I sit sometimes on a bridge that crosses the river,
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Speaker 1: and we dropped twigs into the water and watched them
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Speaker 1: drift downstream. It's very relaxing. Maple smiled softly and said
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Speaker 1: he was very glad to hear that. He handed the
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Speaker 1: ribbon to Wimbley and asked him to lightly throw it
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Speaker 1: into the air and then the ribbon would find its
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Speaker 1: way to the ground. Wimbley took the ribbon with a
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Speaker 1: nervous smile. He really hoped he wouldn't put Sleepy River
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Speaker 1: in the wrong place. He closed his eyes and imagine
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Speaker 1: the beautiful river flowing along through the forest. He knew
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Speaker 1: every bend of it and the different sounds it made
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Speaker 1: as it flowed ever onwards. Wimbley lightly cast the blue
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Speaker 1: ribbon into the air. He opened his eyes and watched
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Speaker 1: it fluttering and dancing on the wind as it drifted
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Speaker 1: to the ground. It landed on the grass and then
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Speaker 1: started to grow bigger and bigger, until it meandered across
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Speaker 1: the hole of the grassy area and beyond. Twinkling blue
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Speaker 1: lights covered the ribbon and it magically turned into Sleepy River.
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Speaker 1: A lovely sound of the flowing water drifted up to
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Speaker 1: the flying hamster and made him smile. Excellent job, Maple said.
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Speaker 1: Ashley asked Wimbley for some help. Next and said she
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Speaker 1: was going to make mountains through magical pebbles. She took
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Speaker 1: some glittering pebbles from her pocket and handed them to Wimbley.
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Speaker 1: Ashley asked the hamster where the mountain should go. Whim
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Speaker 1: had gazed at the mountains of Sleepy Forest many times,
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Speaker 1: and he knew the precise place to put the magical pebbles.
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Speaker 1: Once again, Wimbley closed his eyes and recalled the snow
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Speaker 1: capped mountains in all their glory. He cast the pebbles
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Speaker 1: into the air and opened his eyes. The pebbles flew
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Speaker 1: towards the edge of the grassy land and fell softly downwards.
00:27:37
Speaker 1: Within seconds, the pebbles grew into majestic mountains, topped in
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Speaker 1: glittering snow. The sight of them filled Wimbley's heart with joy.
00:27:53
Speaker 1: The forest fairies told Wimbley it was time for the
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Speaker 1: final part of their plan, creating the special Sleepy trees
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Speaker 1: that filled the forest. Maple and Ashley reached into their
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Speaker 1: pockets and pulled out small green pouches. They explained that
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Speaker 1: the pouches were full of magical seeds and asked Wimbley
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Speaker 1: to help scatter them on the wind. The forest fairies
00:28:31
Speaker 1: filled Wimbley's paws with magical seeds and told him to
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Speaker 1: fly over the grassy area with them. They said he
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Speaker 1: should let the seeds trickle gently through his pores, and
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Speaker 1: the wind would catch them and take them to the ground.
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Speaker 1: Wimbley's heart overflowed with gratitude and happiness a being asked.
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Speaker 1: Asked to do such an important job, He flew with
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Speaker 1: the fairies across the green land and thought about the
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Speaker 1: beautiful trees in Sleepy Forest. He let the magical seeds
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Speaker 1: trickle gently from his paws. The wind caught the seeds
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Speaker 1: and carried them far and wide. Within minutes, the trees
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Speaker 1: began to grow. More and more of them appeared, until
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Speaker 1: the ground below Wimbly looked so familiar that Wimbley felt
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Speaker 1: all warm and happy inside. He loved Sleepy Forest even
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Speaker 1: more than ever. The forest fairies said they had finished
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Speaker 1: their job and would let the forest grow on it
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Speaker 1: his own from now on. They thanked Wimbley for his
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Speaker 1: help and flew away. Ebone told Wimbley they had one
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Speaker 1: more thing to do before she returned them to the
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Speaker 1: future time where Wimbley lived. She took his paw in
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Speaker 1: her hand, and they flew over to the oak tree.
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Speaker 1: Ebony said to Wimbley, we need animals to fill this forest.
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Speaker 1: Animals who love sleeping. Wimbley said, should they love bedtime
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Speaker 1: stories too, and warm bubble bars and snuggly soft pajamas
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Speaker 1: and comfy beds. He smiled and said he loved all
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Speaker 1: of those things, and his friends did too. Ebeny smiled
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Speaker 1: at the thoughtful hamster and told him to ask his
00:31:06
Speaker 1: friend the oak tree to send a message on the
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Speaker 1: wind to animals who lived in far away places and
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Speaker 1: to invite them to a magical place called Sleepy Forest.
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Speaker 1: Is that all I have to do, Wimbley asked. Ebany
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Speaker 1: nodded and said the sleep magic inside the tree would
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Speaker 1: be carried on the wind to those animals who needed
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Speaker 1: to hear it. Wimbley thought about his family, friends and neighbors.
00:31:48
Speaker 1: He moved closer to the tree and gave it a
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Speaker 1: list of every single animal who lived in the forest.
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Speaker 1: Wimble placed his paw on the trunk of the tree
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Speaker 1: and added, if I've forgotten anyone, could you just invite
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Speaker 1: every animal who lives on the planet. Please. The tree
00:32:14
Speaker 1: rustled its leaves as though saying yes to the hamster.
00:32:20
Speaker 1: Wimbley looked at Ebony and said, did it work? Did
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Speaker 1: I say the right thing? Ebeny replied, you certainly did.
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Speaker 1: I'll move the time slowly forward and you'll see the
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Speaker 1: first animals starting to appear, and after that, I'll take
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Speaker 1: you back to your time. Wimbley stayed at the side
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Speaker 1: of Ebony as the forest changed below them. The oak
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Speaker 1: tree grew bigger, and so did the other trees. The
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Speaker 1: first families began to arrive, and they looked for places
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Speaker 1: to set up their homes in the magical forest. Wimbley
00:33:13
Speaker 1: smiled when he saw a family of hamsters walking through
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Speaker 1: the forest with a family of koalas they watched the
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Speaker 1: forest for a while longer, and then Ebone brought Wimbley
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Speaker 1: back to his time. They flew down through the familiar
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Speaker 1: forest and landed next to the old oak tree, which
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Speaker 1: was just how Wimbley had left it, but it looked
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Speaker 1: even more magical to him now. Ebene's magic faded from
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Speaker 1: Wimbley's wings and they disappeared. The time fair and the
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Speaker 1: adventurous hamster shared a hug and said goodbye to each other.
00:34:08
Speaker 1: Twimbly waved to Ebony as she flew away. The tired
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Speaker 1: hamster sat down in his favorite place beneath the old
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Speaker 1: oak tree and took in the beauty of the forest
00:34:25
Speaker 1: with a new appreciation of it. A few minutes later,
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Speaker 1: Coco strolled towards Wimbley and sat at his side. Coco
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Speaker 1: looked at his friend and said, I can tell from
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Speaker 1: your twinkling eyes that you've been on a wonderful adventure.
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Speaker 1: Tell me everything. Wimbley started to tell Coco about his
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Speaker 1: magical journey. His voice was full of warmth and he
00:35:05
Speaker 1: was an excellent storyteller. Before long, Wimbley started to yawn.
00:35:13
Speaker 1: He said he was very tired and would Coco mind
00:35:18
Speaker 1: if he fell asleep for a while. Coco yawned too
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Speaker 1: and said he didn't mind because he was tired too
00:35:29
Speaker 1: and also needed asleep. The two friends lay down on
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Speaker 1: the soft grass beneath the enchanted oak tree. The wind
00:35:46
Speaker 1: whispered gently through the trees, and sleepy forest began to
00:35:52
Speaker 1: work its magic on the tired Koala and the time
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Speaker 1: traveling ham stuff, and soon Cocoa and Wimbley drifted into
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Speaker 1: a de relaxing sleep.