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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. I'd like

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Speaker 1: to say hello to Camilla Valero from the Philippines. Hello

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Speaker 1: to Elliott from Portland, Oregon who turned five on March first.

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Speaker 1: This is the final part of our story about the

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Speaker 1: stuffed Elephant. Remember in the last part, Nip had hidden

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Speaker 1: the elephant in a part of the barn where the

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Speaker 1: elephant had never been before. The stuffed elephant was getting

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Speaker 1: ready to walk back to where he had been put

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Speaker 1: by Archie when he heard some people asking for help.

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Speaker 1: Nip finally comes back for the elephant, and everything is

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Speaker 1: going well till it starts raining and Archie gets hurt

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Speaker 1: the stuffed elephant. The final part, you remember that Nip

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Speaker 1: the big dog had carried away the stuffed elephant when

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Speaker 1: Archie set his toy down on the barn floor for

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Speaker 1: for the nest of a cackling hen, Archie did not

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Speaker 1: find his elephant waiting for him as he expected to. Oh,

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Speaker 1: Elsie exclaimed the little boy. Didn't I leave my elephant

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Speaker 1: had said it. Why, Yes, I think you did, Elsie answered,

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Speaker 1: I saw you put it there. I was going to

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Speaker 1: leave my doll there too, but she isn't feeling very well.

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Speaker 1: She has a little cold, so I carried her in

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Speaker 2: I have her here now.

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Speaker 1: Oh, she added as she held up her toy. Well,

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Speaker 1: my elephant is gone, exclaimed Archie, and I know I

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Speaker 2: Yes, you can.

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Speaker 1: See where his feet stood, he added as he pointed

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Speaker 1: holding her doll, stooped down beside her brother and looked.

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Speaker 1: There are lots of marks, said the little girl. Your

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Speaker 1: elephant must have been walking around. Oh oh, Archie, she

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Speaker 1: cried with shining eyes. Maybe he came to life and

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Speaker 1: walked away. No, he couldn't do that, Archie said. Of

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Speaker 1: How they did come to life, talked and had fun

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Speaker 1: among themselves. But now I know what has happened, Archie exclaimed.

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Speaker 1: I can tell by the marks in the dust. What happened,

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Speaker 2: It was Nip.

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Speaker 1: And Nip has carried off my elephant. Oh, just as

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Speaker 1: Her brother said, Nip has carried away my elephant. Come here, Nip,

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Speaker 1: where are you? Called Archie? Now Nip was always ready

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Speaker 1: Bring back my elephant, Go on, Nip. Nip gave a

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Speaker 1: Please don't carry me away again. Nip wanted to say

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Speaker 1: Archie came running up, and the dog could not talk,

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Speaker 1: my elephant, cried Archie. I guess you must have hidden him, Nip,

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Speaker 1: for you knew where to find him. Bring my elephant here.

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Speaker 1: Archie's feet, and then the dog wagged his tail asking

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Speaker 1: But don't do it again, he added. Woof barked the dog,

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Speaker 1: glad to have my elephant back, said Archie as he

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Speaker 1: thought the elephant. That judge business was a great trial.

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Speaker 1: Through the spring and into the summer, Archie had fun

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Speaker 1: it began to rain very hard, and the children hurried

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Speaker 1: this is dreadful, thought the poor elephant, as the rain

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Speaker 1: But I'm getting soaking wet. It's beginning to come through

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Speaker 2: But he had waited too long.

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Speaker 1: The rain had soaked into his cotton stuffing, making him

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Speaker 2: He could not move. Oh no, what is going to happen?

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Speaker 1: He tried to lift first one leg, then another, but

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Speaker 1: it was hard work. The water was beginning to rise

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Speaker 1: was trouble because the little boy was hurt, worse in

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Speaker 1: is a regular flood, said mother, sadly, thinking of her

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Speaker 1: little boy. And still no one thought of the elephant

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Speaker 1: The wet cotton stuffing inside him was cold and clammy.

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Speaker 1: His trunk was wet like a piece of paper, and

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Speaker 2: Oh dear, what am I to do? Thought the poor toy.

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Speaker 1: Now it happened that Jeff, the boy who had once

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Speaker 2: Not far from Archie's home.

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Speaker 1: Jeff's mother was just about to send him to the store.

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Speaker 1: Do I have to go to the store in this rain,

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Speaker 1: cried Jeff, laughing. I found another play toy, only this

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Speaker 1: was in a fire. I know what I'm going to do.

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Speaker 1: I will put this elephant on a board until I

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Speaker 1: with me. Jeff looked around until he found a flat

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Speaker 1: This is the last of me. I am going on

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Speaker 1: a long voyage.

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Speaker 2: I will probably never see Archie again.

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Speaker 1: Down the stream he floated on the board, which was

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Speaker 1: thought the elephant. Oh, will I ever get back to Archie.

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Speaker 1: The elephant may have floated away, said missus Dunn.

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Speaker 1: Very high, almost up to our back steps, and it

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Speaker 1: probably carried your elephant away. Oh no, will I ever

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Speaker 1: get him back? Cried Archie, feeling sad. I don't know,

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Speaker 1: his mother answered. Archie felt so upset about his toy

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Speaker 1: Well he's good and dry, said his wife. I mean

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Speaker 1: the elephant is good and dry. He's almost as good

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Speaker 1: as new. And in fact the elephant was for she

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Speaker 1: dried out all the water. Carrying the stuffed elephant, the

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Speaker 1: man who had found the toy took it to Archie's house.

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Speaker 1: Oh here he is, my stuffed elephant.

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Speaker 2: He's come back to me.

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Speaker 1: Oh how glad I am, cried Archie as he clasped

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Speaker 1: the elephant in his arms. Oh how glad I am.

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Speaker 1: And I'm glad too, thought the elephant. I was afraid

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Speaker 1: I would never see Archie and Elsie again, and I'm

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Speaker 1: even glad to see Nip, for the dog came to

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Speaker 2: Once again.

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Speaker 1: There was happiness in the dun house, for the lost

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Speaker 1: elephant was back, and Elsie gave her brother a pink

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Speaker 1: ribbon to tie on his toy's neck. It may look pretty,

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Speaker 1: but it tickles me, thought the elephant, as Archie pulled

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Speaker 2: And that's the end of our story. Good night, sleep tight.