WEBVTT - E05 Halloween Special: Choose Your Own Adventure  (EPISODE 05)

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<v Speaker 1>There's nothing better than feeling comfortable in your own shoes,

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<v Speaker 1>and that doesn't mean flopping down on the couch with

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<v Speaker 1>bunny slippers. Maybe you're a parent raising a little rock star,

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<v Speaker 1>or a tech nomad working from anywhere and jumping from

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<v Speaker 1>one thing to the next. Whoever you are, all Birds

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<v Speaker 1>wants you to be comfortable in your actual shoes too.

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<v Speaker 1>They're wool runners, pipers, and loungers are designed for a

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<v Speaker 1>level of coziness that makes you feel like you can

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<v Speaker 1>do anything. You might even forget you're wearing them, and

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<v Speaker 1>their shoes are so stylish they go perfectly without wear

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<v Speaker 1>whatever I want attitude. Alberts is all about loving mother

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<v Speaker 1>nature too, because no one wants to leave a bad footprint.

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<v Speaker 1>Each shoe is carefully crafted from natural materials that tread

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<v Speaker 1>lightly on our planet, from ZQ certified Marino wool to

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<v Speaker 1>in your shoes. Get to know the wool runners, pipers

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<v Speaker 1>and loungers at Alberts dot com. That's alll bi rds

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. After a while walking through the trees, you

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<v Speaker 1>see something strange on the forest floor. It appears to

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<v Speaker 1>be a trail made from pieces of bread. You follow

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<v Speaker 1>it for what seems like hours, weaving in and out

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<v Speaker 1>among the trees, only seeming to get deeper and deeper

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<v Speaker 1>into the forest, when something catches your eye. Up ahead,

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<v Speaker 1>a clearing among the trees, inside of which, basking under

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<v Speaker 1>golden beams of sunlight, lies a majestic carpet of bluebells,

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<v Speaker 1>and in the middle of it a gigantic, gnarly yew

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<v Speaker 1>tree covered in bright red ribbons. Mesmerized by the sight

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<v Speaker 1>of it, you walk on through the bluebells to the

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<v Speaker 1>foot of the yew and gaze up in wonder at

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<v Speaker 1>its many twisting branches and the pretty ribbons that dangle

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<v Speaker 1>down from them. But when you pull one from the tree,

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<v Speaker 1>you can only stare in confusion at the green and

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<v Speaker 1>rotted piece of material now in your hand. Looking up

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<v Speaker 1>in shock, you see all the other ribbons have changed too,

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<v Speaker 1>as if they had been tied on many years before

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<v Speaker 1>and left to rot. The sunlight and bluebells have gone too,

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<v Speaker 1>replaced by thick, knotted brambles and splintered stumps of broken birch. Trees.

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<v Speaker 1>Drawing close to one of them, you notice a series

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<v Speaker 1>of bizarre markings all around it, like deep scratches. Some

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<v Speaker 1>of them have strained circular markings, almost like bite marks.

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<v Speaker 1>You pull at something sticking out of one of the stumps.

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<v Speaker 1>It seems to be some kind of metal, like a

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<v Speaker 1>serrated blade that comes to a sharp point. It's covered

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<v Speaker 1>in a reddish substance that flakes off in your hands.

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<v Speaker 1>That's strange, you think. If it wasn't so big, you'd

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<v Speaker 1>say it almost looked like some kind of tooth. Then

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<v Speaker 1>you turn and cry out in horror, as there in

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<v Speaker 1>front of you you find two blank eyes staring out

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<v Speaker 1>from a thicket of brambles. It takes a moment for

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<v Speaker 1>you to see the rest of the dead child's decomposing

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<v Speaker 1>body twisted up inside it, to see the way it's

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<v Speaker 1>torso has been so brutally eviscerated, and the blackened stumps

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<v Speaker 1>where its limbs used to be, and its face contorted

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<v Speaker 1>into a hideous, silent scream. Clutched in its one remaining hand,

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<v Speaker 1>you see an ornate wooden comb, the teeth of which

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<v Speaker 1>seemed to have sprouted out the brambles that had trapped

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<v Speaker 1>the body. But before you have time to process it all,

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<v Speaker 1>you hear a hideous sound screeching out from far off

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<v Speaker 1>in the distance that is steadily getting louder. You know

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<v Speaker 1>instantly that something terrifying is heading this. You turn and

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<v Speaker 1>bolt out of the clearing and back into the trees.

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<v Speaker 1>Faster and faster you run, tripping on roots and smashing

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<v Speaker 1>through branches, jumping and feeding your way through as that terrifying,

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<v Speaker 1>sickening noise gets closer and closer, when suddenly, a burly

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<v Speaker 1>man steps into your path, bringing you to an immediate halt.

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<v Speaker 1>Proceed to episode six. Now it's time to take care

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