1 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Hello Critter Protectors. 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 2: Mister Jim here and welcome to Kids Animal Stories, a 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 2: place where there's always a mystery and adventure around every 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 2: single corner. If you love critters of all shapes and sizes, 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 2: I need you on our Critter Protector team. Join our 6 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 2: adventure as we learn about critters from around the world. 7 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: And in our back yards. Well, my friends, are you 8 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 1: ready for today's adventure? Me too? Let's go. Oh dear. 9 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 1: On the last episode, our friend Declan the draco lizard, remember, 10 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 1: was practicing and getting ready for that big flying competition. 11 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: Oh dear, Well, while he was practicing, he accidentally fell 12 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: all the way down to the forest floor. A lizard 13 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: like Declin is not made for the forest floor. How 14 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: in the world is he gonna get back up? Let's 15 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: see what happens next. Declan the Draco Lizard had just 16 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:13,559 Speaker 1: taken a very hard, very unlucky fall to the forest floor. 17 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: His jump started off like all the others that day, 18 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: with the leap and a glide, but faster than he 19 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 1: could even say oops, a bird had passed in front 20 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,559 Speaker 1: of him, making him lose his eye on the branch 21 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: he'd hoped to land on. Whack he smacked into a 22 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: small branch and tumbled all the way to the ground. 23 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: To make things worse, he'd also injured one of his 24 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: back legs. 25 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 3: Oh, I gotta, I gotta figure out a plan to 26 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 3: get back up safely. 27 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: He looked around and started walking. While hobbling a bit. 28 00:01:54,840 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 3: Towards another tree, Declan limped up to a slightly smaller tree. Hmmm, 29 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 3: I wonder if I could just get up this what 30 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 3: a little bit. If I could just find some small 31 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 3: branches to happen, I could get off the ground at least. 32 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 3: Declin managed to make his way up a few feet 33 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 3: off the ground, then heard a little sound. 34 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: Hey, WHOA, didn't see you there. Next to Declan was 35 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: an almost perfectly camouflaged Indonesian tree frog. He was bright 36 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: green the color of the leaves, and seemed to move 37 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: so easily around all the branches. The sticky pads on 38 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: his feet helped him stay very stable as he climbed. Oh, whoa, 39 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: I didn't see you there either, Declan replied. The names Tim, 40 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: and I must say, I've never seen one of you 41 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: guys face to face. I always just see your underbellies 42 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: flying right above of my face, said Tim. 43 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 3: Yet I can't say I've seen a frog like you 44 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 3: in a while. See, I had an accident while jumping 45 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 3: down my leg. It's hurt trying to work my way 46 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 3: back up to safety. Before you know, a monitor, snake, bird, 47 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 3: anything who knows how to eat me has be over 48 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 3: for dinner. 49 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: Well. I don't know much about climbing as a lizard does, 50 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: but if you follow this line of trees here, you'll 51 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: be able to work with some low lyon branches. It's 52 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: a longer route, but it sure beats going straight up 53 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: the trunks, said Tim the tree frog. Wow, thank you. 54 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 3: That sounds like just the route I need, Declan said, 55 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 3: and he was on his way. He slowly climbed and 56 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 3: hopped over another branch and climbed some more. It was 57 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 3: definitely a slow process, but by evening he'd made his 58 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 3: way back up to the canopy of the treetops. He'd 59 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 3: actually climbed such a different route that he was a 60 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 3: bit closer to the meeting place that was planned with Paisley. 61 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 3: He saw those spiky fruit trees just a few trees down, 62 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 3: and he was excited for some termite dinner. Declan glided 63 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 3: over to the Durian trees and started calling for Paisley. 64 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 3: He wasn't sure if she was even still there, but 65 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 3: it was worth checking. Fasley Faselely, Declan called, then out 66 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 3: popped a little head from behind a huge branch. 67 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: Declin, there you are. I was beginning to think you 68 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: weren't coming. That was quite a long practice fight. Paisley said, well, 69 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: so was I. 70 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 3: I actually had an accident and fell all the way 71 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 3: to the forest floor, hurt my life, and I had 72 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 3: to come up pretty slowly. Thankfully, a friendly dreefrog named 73 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 3: dim gave me an easy route. But I'm stirring. I 74 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 3: don't even know if I'll be able to compete. Declan said, Wow, Declan, 75 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:18,799 Speaker 3: I'm so sorry. I I had no idea. Hazley felt 76 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 3: bad that she had thought Declan just decided to not join. 77 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 1: Let me take a look at your leg, she said. 78 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 3: Haseley bent down and looked at Declan's back leg and 79 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 3: soon realized the problem. Declan, you have a huge thorn 80 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 3: stuck in the back of your leg. That must be 81 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 3: why it's hurting so badly. What like it's still sticking 82 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 3: in my leg? Oh no, oh no, it's okay, it's okay, 83 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 3: it'll come out. Really easily. Haizley quickly pulled the thorn 84 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 3: out of Declan and immediately he felt. 85 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: So much better. 86 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 3: Oh wow, Haisley, thank you. 87 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: You're right. 88 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,599 Speaker 3: Oh maybe I'll be able to compete at all, and 89 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 3: as if I can get my nerve up to it. Oh, Declan, 90 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,799 Speaker 3: you've got this. Don't let one fall get you down. 91 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,679 Speaker 3: Haizley tried to give him a pep talk. She knew 92 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 3: he was a great glider. Okay, I guess I will 93 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 3: do it. Will you be there to cheer me on? 94 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 1: Declan asked, I wouldn't miss it for anything, my best friend, 95 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: Hazy said with a big smile. The next day, Declan 96 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: the Draco Lizard competed and Paiseley cheered along with some 97 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: confidence and encouragement. Declan was able to beat the al 98 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: time world record and came in with a jump of 99 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: twenty six point one feet. Hey was declared the gliding 100 00:06:55,360 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: champion and to this day he is known as decland 101 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 1: the Great dragon Flyer. Wow, what an amazing story about 102 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: a brave little lizard and a great friend. He definitely 103 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: could not have done that without her help. It's amazing 104 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: to have a good friend, right, or to be a 105 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: good friend. 106 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, why don't you think about a really good friend 107 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 3: of yours and maybe today you can send them a message. 108 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 3: Maybe you can think of something that they're really good at, 109 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 3: or maybe you can just tell them that you're thankful 110 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 3: that you to our friends. Even though this is the 111 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 3: end of our story about Decland and Paisley, I think 112 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 3: it is only just the beginning of their amazing adventures 113 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 3: that lie ahead the end. 114 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: Great job, you listened all the way to the end. 115 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: Critter Protectors, I need to make sure that you are 116 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: following the show, so make sure that right now you 117 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: smash that follow or subscribe buttons so you don't miss 118 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: out on any of our awesome adventures. And if you 119 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: love critters of all shapes and sizes and wonder what 120 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: it means to be a critter Protector, we have some 121 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: great information for you and your parents to look at 122 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: in the show notes below of how you can become 123 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: a Critter Protector today. Well, friends, I hope you all 124 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: have a super duper day and we will see you 125 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: on our next adventure. Bye.