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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep tight stories. The river

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Speaker 1: by great high ferns with sticky leaves. My father hated

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Speaker 2: He ate three.

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Speaker 1: Tangerines, making sure to keep all the peels this time,

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Speaker 1: and put on his rubber boots. My father tried to

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Speaker 1: as he went farther the swamp became deeper. When it

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Speaker 1: jungle was so thick that he could hardly see where

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Speaker 1: the direction he should walk in order to stay near

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Speaker 2: It was very hard to walk in the jungle.

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Speaker 1: The sticky leaves of the ferns cought on my father's hair,

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Speaker 1: and he kept tripping over roots and rotten logs. Sometimes

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Speaker 1: He began to hear whispery noises, but he couldn't see

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Speaker 1: And then he thought he heard whispery noises on both

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Speaker 1: And the noises only came nearer. Once or twice he

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Speaker 1: thought he heard something laughing at him. At last, he

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Speaker 1: thought we didn't know you were trespassing in our jungle.

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Speaker 2: Then the next.

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Speaker 1: Tiger spoke, I suppose you're going to say you didn't

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Speaker 2: Said the third tiger.

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Speaker 1: My father thought of the cat and knew this wasn't true,

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Speaker 1: but of course he had too much sense to say so.

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Speaker 1: One does not contradict a hungry tiger. The tigers went

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Speaker 2: You're our first little boy.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm curious to know if you are especially tender.

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Speaker 1: Maybe you think we have regular meal times, but we don't.

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Speaker 1: We just eat whenever we are feeling hungry, said the

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Speaker 1: fifth tiger. And we're very hungry right now. In fact,

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Speaker 1: and then he had an idea. He quickly opened his

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Speaker 1: told him that tigers were especially fond of chewing gum,

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Speaker 1: is very special chewing gum, said my father. If you

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Speaker 1: chewing gum. And the sooner you start chewing, the sooner

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Speaker 1: Every once in a while, one tiger would look into

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Speaker 2: I wonder what it was. I told you there was.

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Speaker 1: An invasion a foot, said the other boar, and I

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Speaker 2: And my father knew that.

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Speaker 1: The mouse was there too, well, said the first boar.

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Speaker 1: You searched the trail up this way to the dragon.

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Speaker 1: My father waited for the other boar to get a

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Speaker 1: I'm so sorry. I didn't know that everybody had a

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Speaker 1: private weeping pool. Everybody doesn't, said the angry voice, But

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Speaker 2: What is it that you cry about so much?

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Speaker 1: Asked my father, trying to get his breath, and he

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Speaker 1: thought over all the things he had in his pack. Oh,

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Speaker 1: I have many things to weep about, But the biggest

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Speaker 1: thing is the color of my tusk. My father squirmed

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Speaker 1: tusk was pearly white, said the animal, And then my

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Speaker 2: But why should I be telling you these things. I

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Speaker 2: caught you using my pool, and now I'm going to

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Speaker 1: Oh wait a minute, rhinoceros said, my father, I have

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Speaker 2: Just let me down and I'll give them to you.

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Speaker 2: The rhinoceros said, you do.

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Speaker 1: I can hardly believe it. Why I'm so excited. He

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Speaker 1: while my father got out the tube of toothpaste and

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Speaker 1: My father wet the brush in the pool, squeezed on

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Speaker 2: The little spot was.

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Speaker 1: just like new. The rhinoceros was so pleased that he

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Speaker 1: my father. Just then my father heard hoofsteps, and he

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Speaker 2: The boar looked.

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Speaker 2: On the tree.

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Speaker 1: Tell me, rhinoceros, he said, where did you get that

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Speaker 2: As hard as he could.

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Speaker 1: The boar sniffed angrily and trotted down the trail toward

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Speaker 1: a hold of that invasion. Don't like it one bit,

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Speaker 1: not one bit. It's upsetting everyone terribly. Wonder what it's

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Speaker 2: He hadn't gone very far when.

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Speaker 1: He heard an angry animal roaring ding blasted.

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Speaker 2: I told you not to.

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Speaker 1: Go blackberrying yesterday.

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Speaker 2: Won't you ever learn? What will your mother say.

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Speaker 1: My father crept along and peered into a small clearing.

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Speaker 1: Just ahead, a lion was prancing about, clawing at his mane,

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Speaker 1: which was all snarled and full of BlackBerry twigs. The

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Speaker 1: and the yelling grew louder and louder. Just as he

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Speaker 1: to a stop a few inches away. Who are you,

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Speaker 1: the lion yelled at my father. My name is Elmer Elevator.

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Speaker 2: Where do you think you're going? I'm going home, that's

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Speaker 2: what you think, said the lion.

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Speaker 1: Ordinarily I'd save you for afternoon tea, but I happened

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Speaker 1: She can't stand messy manes. And I'm going to eat

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Speaker 1: Oh wait a minute, said my father, and I will

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Speaker 1: all tidy and beautiful. I have them here in my pack.

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Speaker 1: Well give them to me, and perhaps I'll save you

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Speaker 1: Oh that's wonderful, really wonderful, said the lion. Let me

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Speaker 2: They'll talk to me.

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Speaker 1: it's the last thing I do. The voices passed my

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Speaker 1: when he heard pawsteps and ducked behind the signpost. A

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Speaker 1: Although she could have seen my father if she had

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Speaker 1: and looked all around, but there was no dragon anywhere

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Speaker 1: My father sat down under a palm tree and was

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Speaker 1: was very sorry when he looked up and discovered that

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Speaker 1: Well explain yourself, said the gorilla. I will give you

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Speaker 1: and what's in that pack, And he began counting to

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Speaker 1: have time to say Elmer, elevator explorer before the gorilla

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Speaker 1: interrupted too. So I'll twist your arms the way I

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Speaker 1: twisted that dragon's wings. And then we'll see if you

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Speaker 1: can't hurry up a bit. He grabbed my father's arms,

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Speaker 1: them when he suddenly let go and began scratching his

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Speaker 1: chest with both hands. Blast those fleas, he raged, they

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Speaker 1: it that you can and even get a look at them. Rosie, Roda, Rachel,

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Speaker 1: Ruthie Ruby, Roberta, come here and get rid of this

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Speaker 1: flea on my chest. It's driving me crazy. Six little

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Speaker 2: Well it's still there, said the gorilla. We're looking. We're looking,

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Speaker 2: said the six little monkeys. But they're awfully hard to see.

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Speaker 2: You know, I know, said the gorilla. But hurry, I've

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Speaker 2: got work to.

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Speaker 1: Do, and he winked at my father. Oh, gorilla, said

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Speaker 1: They'd be just the thing for hunting fleas. My father

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Speaker 1: It's easy to see the fleas now, only there are

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Speaker 1: look at the fleeces through the magnifying glasses. They completely

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Speaker 1: nor did he remember to twist his arms. My father

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Speaker 1: the cat had told my father, he knew that the

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Speaker 1: and he felt sorrier than ever for the poor dragon.

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Speaker 1: If he were on this side, the gorilla would twist

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Speaker 1: What a life for a baby dragon. My father knew

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Speaker 1: that if he called to the dragon to come across

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Speaker 1: The pole was very high, and even if he could

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Speaker 1: were making, he heard a loud splash behind him. He

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Speaker 1: now and he couldn't see anything there. It's me, crocodile,

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Speaker 1: said a voice to the left. The water's lovely, and

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Speaker 1: I have such a craving for something sweet.

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Speaker 2: Won't you come in for a swim? A pale moon

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Speaker 2: came out from.

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Speaker 1: Behind the clouds, and my father could see where the

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Speaker 1: out of the water. Oh no, thank you, said my father.

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Speaker 1: I never swim after sundown, but I do have something

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Speaker 1: perhaps you have friends who.

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Speaker 2: Would like lollipops too.

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Speaker 1: Lollipops, said the crocodile.

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Speaker 2: Why that is a treat. How about it? Boys?

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Speaker 1: A whole chorus of voices shouted hooray lollipops, and my

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Speaker 1: just peeping out of the water. That's fine, said my father,

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Speaker 1: as he got out the two dozen big lollipops and

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Speaker 1: rubber bands. I will stick one here in the bank.

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Speaker 1: Lollipops last longer if you keep them out of the water.

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Speaker 1: You know, now one of you can have this one.

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Speaker 1: The crocodile who had first spoken swam up and tasted it. Delicious,

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Speaker 1: mighty delicious, he said. Now, if you don't mind, I'll

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Speaker 1: just walk along your back and fasten another lollipop to

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Speaker 1: the tip of your tail with a rubber band. You

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Speaker 1: don't mind, do you? Oh? No, not in the least,

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Speaker 1: said the crocodile. Can you get your tail out of

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Speaker 1: the water just a bit, asked my father. Yes, of course,

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Speaker 1: said the crocodile, and he lifted up his tail. Then

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Speaker 1: my father ran along his back and fastened another lollipop

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Speaker 1: with a rubber band. Who's next, said my father, and

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Speaker 1: a second crocodile swam up and began sucking on that lollipop. Now,

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Speaker 1: you gentlemen, can save a lot of time if you

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Speaker 1: just line up across the river, said my father, and

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Speaker 1: I'll be along to give you each a lollipop. So

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Speaker 1: the crocodiles lined up right across the river with their

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Speaker 1: tails in the air, waiting for my father to fasten

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Speaker 1: on the rest of the lollipops. The tail of the

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Speaker 1: seventeenth crocodile just reached the other bank. When my father

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Speaker 1: was crossing the back of the fifteenth crocodile with two

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Speaker 1: more lollipops to go, the noise of the monkeys suddenly stopped,

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Speaker 1: and he could hear a much bigger noise, getting louder

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Speaker 1: every second. Then he could hear seven furious tigers and

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Speaker 1: one raging rhinoceros, and two seething.

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Speaker 2: Lions and one ranting.

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Speaker 1: Gorilla, along with countless screeching monkeys led by two extremely

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Speaker 1: i ra.

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Speaker 2: Wild boars, all yelling it's a trick, it's a trick.

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Speaker 1: There's an invasion, and it must be after our dragon.

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Speaker 1: Get it, get it. The whole crowd stampeded down to

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Speaker 1: for the last crocodile, he heard a wild boar scream.

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Speaker 2: Look it came this way. It's over there.

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Speaker 1: Now see the crocodile's made a bridge for it, And

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Speaker 1: just as my father leapt onto the other bank, one

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Speaker 1: first crocodile. My father didn't have a moment to spare by.

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Speaker 1: Now the dragon realized that my father was coming to

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Speaker 1: rescue him. He ran out of the bushes and jumped

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Speaker 1: up and down, yelling, here.

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Speaker 2: I am here, I am, I'm right here. Can you

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Speaker 2: see me?

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Speaker 1: Hurry?

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Speaker 2: The boar is coming over. The crocodiles too, They're all

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Speaker 2: coming over. Oh please hurry, hurry.

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Speaker 1: The noise was simply terrific. My father ran up to

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Speaker 1: the dragon and took out his very sharp jackknife. Steady

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Speaker 1: old boy, steady, we'll make it. Just stand still, he

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Speaker 1: told the dragon as he began to cut through the rope.

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Speaker 1: By this time, both boars, all seven tigers, the two lions,

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Speaker 1: the rhinoceros, and the gorilla, along with the countless screeching monkeys,

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Speaker 1: were all on their way across the crocodiles, and there

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Speaker 1: was still a lot of rope to cut through. Oh hurry,

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Speaker 1: to stand still. If I don't think I can make it,

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00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,880
Speaker 1: said my father, we'll fly over to the other side

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00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 1: of the river and I can finish cutting the rope there.

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00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:08,479
Speaker 1: Suddenly the screaming grew louder and madder, and my father

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00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 1: thought the animals must have crossed the river. He looked

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00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:19,560
Speaker 1: around and saw something which surprised and delighted him, partly

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00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 1: because he had finished his lollipop, and partly because, as

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00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:28,320
Speaker 1: I told you before, crocodiles are very moody and not

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00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:32,120
Speaker 1: the least bit dependable, and are always looking for something

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00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 1: to eat. The first crocodile had turned away from the

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00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 1: bank and started swimming down the river. The second crocodile

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00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,880
Speaker 1: hadn't finished yet, so he followed right after the first,

444
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:53,160
Speaker 1: still sucking his lollipop, all the rest did the same thing,

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00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 1: one right after the other, until they were all swimming

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00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 1: away in a line. The two wild boars, the seven tigers,

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00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:09,880
Speaker 1: the rhinoceros, the two lions, the gorilla, along with the

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00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 1: countless screeching monkeys, were all riding down the middle of

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00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 1: the river on the train of crocodiles, sucking pink lollipops,

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00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:26,160
Speaker 1: and all yelling and screaming and getting their feet wet.

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00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 1: My father and the dragon laughed themselves.

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00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 2: Weak because it was such a silly sight.

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00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,800
Speaker 1: As soon as they had recovered, my father finished cutting

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00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:42,880
Speaker 1: the rope, and the dragon raced around in circles and

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00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 1: tried to turn a somersault. He was the most excited

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00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 1: baby dragon that ever lived. My father was in a

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00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:55,520
Speaker 1: hurry to fly away, and when the dragon finally calmed

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00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,920
Speaker 1: down a bit, my father climbed up onto his back.

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00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:01,960
Speaker 2: All Lord, said the dragon.

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00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 1: Where shall we go? We'll spend the night on the beach,

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00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 1: and tomorrow we'll start on the long journey home. So

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Speaker 1: it's off to the shores of Tangerina, said my father,

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00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 1: as the dragon soared above the dark jungle and the

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Speaker 1: muddy river, and all the animals bellowing at them, and

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00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 1: all the crocodiles licking pink lollipops.

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00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:29,440
Speaker 2: And grinning wide grins.

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Speaker 1: After all, what did the crocodiles care about a way

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00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:38,560
Speaker 1: to cross the river, and what a fine feast they

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00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 1: were carrying on their backs. As my father and the

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00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:47,920
Speaker 1: dragon passed over the ocean rocks, they heard a tiny

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00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:53,240
Speaker 1: excited voice scream, bumb cac bum cack. We need our nagon,

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00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 1: I mean, we need our dragon. But my father and

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00:34:57,239 --> 00:35:00,879
Speaker 1: the dragon knew that nothing in the world would ever

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00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 1: make them go back to wild Island.