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Speaker 1: Have you ever been picked to play a game or

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Speaker 1: sport with new friends? Feels pretty good? Right? Welcome to

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Speaker 1: story Time by Lingo Kids. Subscribe or follow us so

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Speaker 1: you never miss one of our episodes. Today, we will

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Speaker 1: listen to a story about belonging even when you don't

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Speaker 1: seem to fit in. There. Once was a village chief

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Speaker 1: who wanted a statue. It was to show off the

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Speaker 1: most important animal in the jungle. Would it be an

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Speaker 1: animal that could fly or one that walked the land?

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Speaker 1: He decided the two groups would compete. The leader of

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Speaker 1: the winning team would be the best animal for the statue.

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Speaker 1: The birds chose Harpi the eagle and powerful claws, a

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Speaker 1: razor sharp beak and mighty wings. Harpy was honored me

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Speaker 1: the leader. I'm thrilled. The land animals chose Jag the

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Speaker 1: jaguar for his beautiful spotted fur, sharp teeth, and athletic body.

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Speaker 1: I'm your guy, high five. The teams would play a

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Speaker 1: game called tug of War. The first team to win

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Speaker 1: three games was the champ. We got this, said Jag.

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Speaker 1: Will win with flying colors, said Harpy. The teams met

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Speaker 1: at a clearing in the jungle. The chief plopped a

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Speaker 1: rock down in the middle of the grass. Then he

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Speaker 1: put a coconut on either side. About six steps away

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Speaker 1: from the middle. A long vine was used as a rope.

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Speaker 1: The teams held their half of the rope while the

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Speaker 1: chief attached a red flower in the middle, just above

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Speaker 1: the big rock. The rules were simple. At the whistle

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Speaker 1: pull the vine. When the red flower passed over a coconut,

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Speaker 1: that side won a point. The animals used their beaks

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Speaker 1: or jaws to grip the vine. Their faces were focused

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Speaker 1: with determination. The chief blew his whistle. Both teams tugged

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Speaker 1: back and forth, back and forth this side, then that

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Speaker 1: the red flower was hardly moving. Then suddenly a bird

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Speaker 1: slipped and let go The land animals one a point.

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Speaker 1: Jag was triumphant. Four legs are better than two. The

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Speaker 1: birds stayed strong. The second round lasted more than an hour.

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Speaker 1: Then a land animal got a big blister and let

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Speaker 1: go of the rope. A point for the birds. Hearty

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Speaker 1: strutted with pride. Squawk beats are the best. Blisters failed

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Speaker 1: the test. The teams competed all day. As the sun

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Speaker 1: was about to set, they were tied two wins each.

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Speaker 1: Which side would win this last game, Harpies, I'll bet

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Speaker 1: my feathers on it, or jags will win fur. Sure.

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Speaker 1: Just as they were about to start, Batty the bat arrived.

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Speaker 1: He slept all day and had just woken up. Hey,

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Speaker 1: can I play? The chief thought Batty should play with

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Speaker 1: the birds since he had wings, but Harpy and the

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Speaker 1: other birds disagreed. Batty doesn't have feathers or a beak.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't fit into our group. So the chief turned

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Speaker 1: to the land animals, but Jag didn't accept him either.

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Speaker 1: Batty has ears and fur, but bats don't walk on land.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't belong here. Batty was disappointed, but decided to

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Speaker 1: stay positive. I get it. I'm different from all of you.

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Speaker 1: The teams grabbed the vine. By now the air was

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Speaker 1: thick with hungry mosquitoes. The animals were getting bitten. They

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Speaker 1: dropped the rope to swat at the pesky insects. How

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Speaker 1: can we finish the game? Batty had the answer. I

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Speaker 1: can eat hundreds of mosquitoes in no time. Batty swirled

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Speaker 1: through the sky, gobbling up mosquitoes. Smooth moved Batty. The

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Speaker 1: teams set up again. There was a new problem. It

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Speaker 1: was too dark to see the flower and the coconuts.

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Speaker 1: Once again, Batty offered to help with my echo location.

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Speaker 1: I can see the flower in the dark. I'll call

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Speaker 1: the winner. The teams played. After an hour, neither had won.

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Speaker 1: They were tired and hungry. They decided to postpone the

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Speaker 1: last game until morning. The chief invited everyone to a

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Speaker 1: tropical feast of mangoes, bananas, cacao, and cashews. As the

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Speaker 1: animals munched on their treats, Jag said, we're lucky to

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Speaker 1: have such delicious food growing in our village. Harpy pointed

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Speaker 1: a wing at Battie. That little one pollinates the plants

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Speaker 1: as he goes from flower to flower, sucking nectar. We

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Speaker 1: owe this meal to Batty. Everyone was amazed. Harpy gave

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Speaker 1: Jag a look. Jag winked and nodded his head. Harpy

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Speaker 1: stood up and spoke, we don't need another tug of war.

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Speaker 1: Let's make a statue of Batty, the most important animal

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Speaker 1: in the jungle. Batty flapped up and down with excitement. Woohoo,

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Speaker 1: be long, and so it was decided a special statue

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Speaker 1: was made of Batty, the most uniquely important animal in

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Speaker 1: the region. We hope you liked the story, what makes

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Speaker 1: you special, Think about it. Goodbye until next time.