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Speaker 1: Hi, it's me can we and me Elliott and me Lisa.

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Speaker 1: Do you like books? I love listening to a good book.

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Speaker 1: Me too. Let's listen to it together today. It's the

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Speaker 1: perfect day for it. Why because it's children's book Day Yaya.

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Speaker 2: That's why we invited three children's book authors to read

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Speaker 2: books to us.

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Speaker 1: Adrian is from Australia.

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Speaker 3: Hi Adrian High Lingo Kids Listeners.

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Speaker 2: Serry is from the United States, Hi Sherry.

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Speaker 4: Hi Lingo kid Listeners.

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Speaker 1: Precious is from Great Britain.

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Speaker 5: Welcome Hilinga Kids Listeners.

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Speaker 2: You will hear short and long novels and if you

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Speaker 2: have to pause, you can always come back to it.

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Speaker 1: We hope you'll enjoy it. Let's start with you, Precious.

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Speaker 1: Tell us about your book.

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Speaker 6: Hi.

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Speaker 5: My name is myol Precious Acuabiaka, and I am the

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Speaker 5: author of There's Rice at Home Well Elliott. My book

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Speaker 5: is about two kids who go to their market with

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Speaker 5: their mummy and on their way home, they tried to

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Speaker 5: convince her to buy food even though there's rice at home.

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Speaker 5: The reason why my book is special was because that

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Speaker 5: everyone can relate to it, adults, kids and people from

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Speaker 5: all over the world, and because it's in fourteen different

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Speaker 5: African and Caribbean.

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Speaker 7: Languages, so let me read it to you.

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Speaker 5: One day, Dammy and Shay went to the market with

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Speaker 5: their mummy to buy food for the house. As they

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Speaker 5: were walking home, they saw an ice cream gan Mummy.

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Speaker 5: Shay called, I want to eat ice cream?

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Speaker 8: Shay ye.

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Speaker 5: Mummy answered, there's rice at home. Soon after, Dammy saw

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Speaker 5: a burger van. Mommy, can you please give us money

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Speaker 5: to buy burgers and chips? Dammy asked, do you have

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Speaker 5: burger and chip's money? Mummy replied, there's rice at home.

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Speaker 5: Not long after this, shay Ye saw a man selling sweets. Mommy,

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Speaker 5: Shay, you pleaded, Haven't I told you already that there's

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Speaker 5: rice at home? Mummy replied, sounding a little cross. When

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Speaker 5: they arrived home, they found Daddy cooking in the kitchen. Hello,

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Speaker 5: my lovely wife and children, Daddy greeted, UNO's almost ready.

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Speaker 5: Go and wash your hands, he said. When Dammy and

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Speaker 5: Shay sat down for dinner, they were so excited to

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Speaker 5: see top of ice cream on the dinner table, but

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Speaker 5: when they opened the container, they found stew instead of

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Speaker 5: ice cream. This made Dami and Shay very cross, but

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Speaker 5: it made Mummy and Daddy laugh. After dinner, Damy and

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Speaker 5: Shay went to watch Telly in the living room. To

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Speaker 5: their surprise, Mummy and Daddy came in with a big

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Speaker 5: bowl of puff puff and a big tub of ice cream.

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Speaker 5: This made Dami and Shae very happy. The whole family

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Speaker 5: watched Telly together until it was time for bed.

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Speaker 4: The end.

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Speaker 1: That was beautiful.

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Speaker 9: Thank you precious.

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Speaker 2: Now let's take a break and listen to Cowie's favorite

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Speaker 2: song t Rex after the song we Will be Back.

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Speaker 10: He's a huge dinosaur and an own corner for he

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Speaker 10: can scare anything with a mighty big rall. He's got

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Speaker 10: too tiny. Cove we stee Rex has too tiny yu.

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Speaker 10: Cary's t Rex won't do any harm. He can't even

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Speaker 10: scrub his back when he takes of Bubo bath. Car

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Speaker 10: we stee Reds has to tiny uh. Car we see

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Speaker 10: Calistee Rex won't do any harm.

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Speaker 11: He can't even tie his shoes. That's what CAOI helps

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Speaker 10: Yes, Buddy doesn't.

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Speaker 10: For nothing because it's funny. Tiny dog talk hug coees

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Speaker 1: Now let's travel to the United Stitch of America where

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Speaker 1: we meet Sherry.

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Speaker 4: Hi Lingo kid listeners.

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Speaker 12: My name is Sharie Smith and I wrote the picture

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Speaker 12: book The Piano. You can get it wherever books are sold.

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Speaker 12: Do you know why it's a picture book because it

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Speaker 12: Like on one page, the words are the music wrapped

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Speaker 4: The piano is a wonderful instrument with eighty eight keys

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Speaker 12: How many of you play the piano do you take

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Speaker 12: piano lessons?

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Speaker 6: Well?

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Speaker 12: I wrote this story because my piano is one of

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Speaker 12: my best friends. It's always there when I'm happy, sad,

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Speaker 12: Katie meets her piano for the first time and how

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Speaker 12: they become fast friends. The story is told from the

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Speaker 12: And when Katie grows up and moves way, the piano

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Speaker 12: day in a new house, the piano thought. A young

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Speaker 12: next day, Missoul, the piano teacher, bustled into the room

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Speaker 12: with a bounty of music books. Katie's heart went zoom.

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Speaker 12: The piano thought, we're going to get along just fine.

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Speaker 12: Miss Soule taught Katie to play songs that were soft

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Speaker 4: One's with bouncy beats.

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Speaker 12: Katie promised to practice every day.

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Speaker 4: Magnificent music fell.

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Speaker 12: This kid is amazing, the piano thought. The room erupted

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Speaker 12: fingers delicately danced across the keys. The music wrapped around

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Speaker 12: Katie rolled her suitcases out the front door. Where is

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Speaker 12: every day, and sadder and sadder, until one day, two

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Speaker 12: what's going on, the piano thought. They rolled the piano

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Speaker 12: The truck swayed this way and that. The piano wondered

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Speaker 12: You are here, said a familiar voice, Katie, the piano thought.

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Speaker 12: The next day, Katie bustled into the room, her arms

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Speaker 4: A piano teacher. A young boy climbed onto the.

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Speaker 12: Bench and whispered, I'm Jeremy. Jeremy breathed in and pressed

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Speaker 1: Thank you Sherry. Now I want to learn how to

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Speaker 1: play pillow. I'm ready for an never song. Go Tiger.

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Speaker 10: She recovers my.

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Speaker 2: Friend the tiger.

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Speaker 11: We are his friends forever.

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Speaker 13: His orst mate is under scarce away the danger. His

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Speaker 1: Hey tiger, are.

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Speaker 1: Ready for a new Sure?

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Speaker 10: Comes my friend the tiger girl.

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Speaker 4: We are best friends for.

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Speaker 6: He's for Wristmide is.

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Speaker 13: A scarce away the danger. He has for bake paws,

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Speaker 13: He sharpens them to keep them strong.

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Speaker 6: The jungle is his house.

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Speaker 13: He's protected as as we gotta take care of tiger.

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Speaker 13: Tiger the trust. Together with shame Braider, comes your friend.

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Speaker 14: We are Christ.

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Speaker 1: He's for Chrismaid.

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Speaker 6: Stairs way danger. We are Christopher's.

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Speaker 2: Now let's travel all the way to Australia. The next

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Speaker 2: come back whenever you want.

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Speaker 3: Over to you, Adrian, I am Adrian Pittsgo. That's my name.

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Speaker 3: I'm a writer. I'm a radio host as well, and

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Speaker 3: I do podcasts, but mainly I do write stories for children,

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Speaker 3: children like you.

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Speaker 1: Why did you write a story about a barking bird,

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Speaker 1: Pirate the barking cucka Barra.

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Speaker 14: A friend of mine had a magpie as a pet,

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Speaker 15: Bark, And then I thought that could actually change his life. Pirate,

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Speaker 3: Does go on an adventure, and him being able to

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Speaker 16: A thunderstorm had just passed over the little farmhouse. You

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Speaker 16: could still hear a faint thunder rolling up the valley

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Speaker 16: of Tantraboo. The rain had dumped lots of water under

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Speaker 16: But soon they would suck in the water, stand up

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Speaker 16: It was soaked, its feathers pointing away from its shivering

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Speaker 6: What the bloomin tile is it, might Buddha asked.

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Speaker 16: Buddha was the cat who knew almost everything. He knew

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Speaker 16: wanted to tease the dog. The dogs would not know

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Speaker 16: Hoover was the neighbor's dog. But it looks like lunch

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Speaker 16: to me, he quickly added, and leaped forward, his mouth

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Speaker 6: It's a great toy.

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Speaker 16: Ajax was the other neighbor's dog. He wagged his tail,

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Speaker 6: It's a cukabara, mate. They are birds you only find

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Speaker 16: Yak Ajack said, shaking his head. Yum, Hoover said, licking

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Speaker 6: Yeah, mit, it is a bloody cukabara.

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Speaker 16: It's a baby, Steltzer said again, her eyes criss crossing,

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Speaker 16: Steltzer was a very tall dog. Her legs were longer

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Speaker 16: word for stilts. She actually was not as stupid as

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Speaker 16: Buddha liked to betray her. She was an old dog

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Speaker 16: She was smart and wise. She knew what was bad

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Speaker 6: Do you have a name?

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Speaker 1: Pirate?

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Speaker 16: The cooker Barreugh peaped his eyes wandering from Hoover to

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Speaker 16: Ajax and back to Buddha, don't worry about them, Pirate.

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Speaker 7: They're my friends. They won't do you any harm. Ajax

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Speaker 7: it's anything that has flavor. But by now they know

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Speaker 7: Ajax and Hoover nodded, and Buddha more not interested in birds.

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Speaker 7: He's too busy telling us dogs how stupid we are?

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Speaker 16: Buddha did not even look up. He rolled his eyes

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Speaker 16: and yawned once more. I am pirate, Pirate said again,

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Speaker 16: now more proudly. And you look like one too, Ajax

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Speaker 16: and Hoover said at the same time. Pirate indeed did

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Speaker 16: look like a pirate. All around his left eye, in

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Speaker 16: a perfect circle, grew black feathers at either end. There

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Speaker 7: But I'm sure he's not as naughty as real pirates are.

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Speaker 7: After all, he's still a baby. He can't fly yet.

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Speaker 1: I'm not a baby. I'm the most dreaded pirate in

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Speaker 1: the world. All the creatures in the bush. Fear me,

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Speaker 1: a hiding until you beg for your life and I

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Speaker 1: can fly.

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Speaker 16: He flapped his soaked wings, splashing the water into Steltzer's eyes.

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Speaker 16: She instantly closed them and bit her tongue so she

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Speaker 6: Steltzer hates water.

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Speaker 16: Ajack shouted, that's.

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Speaker 6: Your first shower for years. It was about time.

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Speaker 16: Hoover screamed, why your ear so big, Pirate asked, and

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Speaker 6: They're her bed. She uses the left ear as her

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Speaker 6: might give you flying lessons.

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Speaker 16: Pirate was jumping up and down on Steltz's head.

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Speaker 1: You are funny. You make me laugh.

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Speaker 6: Crooker Barro's laughter sounds different to me, mate. They're laughing callers,

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Speaker 6: raucous and crazy. Yeah, right, When Kooker Barros laugh, it

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Speaker 6: sounds like a bunch of monkeys having fun. Why don't

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Speaker 16: Baite, Pirate went quiet, all of a sudden, he stopped jumping,

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Speaker 16: I don't know where is your home, Steltzer asked, her,

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Speaker 6: I don't know how did you get here without flying?

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Speaker 13: I don't know.

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Speaker 16: In the evening, after Ajax and Hoover had gone back

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Speaker 16: watching the stars, Stelzer lay down on her couch out

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Speaker 16: on the verandah. Pirate quickly curled up between her long

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Speaker 16: now fluffy and shiny, his stomach full. Because everybody insisted,

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Speaker 16: Buddha had agreed to share his dinner with Pirate.

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Speaker 1: Cooker.

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Speaker 6: Butters don't eat dog food, they eat fish.

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Speaker 16: It was you who said that the dogs had lectured him.

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Speaker 16: Pirate loved it. He sunk his strong beak into the

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Speaker 16: mushy fishy bits and swallowed them as if there was

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Speaker 16: no tomorrow. Earlier in the evening, Stelzer had wondered where

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Speaker 16: Pirate could sleep to night. Maybe she would lift him

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Speaker 16: up on to the lowest branch of the gum tree

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Speaker 16: What if a feral cat sneaked up on him and

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Speaker 16: grabbed him. She thought about scratch ching some leaves together

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Speaker 16: to build a nest under the house, But what if

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Speaker 16: a snake sneaked up on him and bit him? Pirate

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Speaker 16: did not take her eyes off him. At one stage,

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Speaker 16: she tried to hum a song she heard once on

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Speaker 16: her master's radio. She thought that would comfort Pirate, but

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Speaker 16: Buddha was yelling down from the.

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Speaker 6: Rooftop, Hi, might you're howling gives me the shivers. You

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Speaker 16: So she stopped humming and instead licked Pirate's feathers clean,

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Speaker 6: How is he doing?

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Speaker 16: All of a sudden, Hoover asked, oh, holy bone, you.

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Speaker 7: Gave me a fright, and what are you doing here?

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Speaker 7: So late at night?

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Speaker 6: I couldn't sleep, so I asked myself, why don't you

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Speaker 6: wander up here and see how Pirate is doing?

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Speaker 16: He's doing fine, He's asleep, poor thing. Hoover sighed and

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Speaker 16: rested his snout on the couch, very close to Pirate.

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Speaker 7: You're not trying to snatch him away from me, are you?

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Speaker 11: No?

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Speaker 6: No, no, I'm not eating my friends. Friends are for life.

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Speaker 6: You have to treat them with love and care.

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Speaker 7: That's something I have never heard coming out of your

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Speaker 7: brain before. Hmm, who told you that?

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Speaker 6: I did?

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Speaker 16: Mite body yelled from the roof top.

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Speaker 7: Well, Pirate is indeed a poor thing. It must be

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Speaker 7: hard for him not to be with his parents.

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Speaker 6: Perhaps he doesn't have any where he comes from, there

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Speaker 6: are no such things as parents. What a lot of

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Speaker 6: awful Where do you think he comes from?

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Speaker 16: From?

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Speaker 6: Out of space?

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Speaker 16: It was Ajax's voice. O, holy.

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Speaker 6: Bone, holy lunch. You gave me such a fright. I

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Speaker 6: couldn't sleep, so I asked myself, why don't you wander

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Speaker 6: up here and see how Pirate's doing?

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Speaker 16: Said Ajax, and jumped onto the couch.

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Speaker 6: Hey, listen, I have the proof that Pirate is from

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Speaker 6: out of space. Do you remember the thunderstorm this afternoon?

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Speaker 6: Do you remember the lightning? Well, that wasn't lightning. It

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Speaker 6: definitely was not. I mean, it was kind of a

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Speaker 6: lightning but in fact it was the engine of a UFO.

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Speaker 6: It sends out a bright light as a disguise, so

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Speaker 6: you can't see that it's a UFO. UFO. There aren't

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Speaker 6: any UFOs. Yes there are, mate, It is scientifically not proven,

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Speaker 6: and who knows better than me that they do not exist.

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Speaker 6: I have been watching the night sky all my life

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Speaker 6: and have not seen a single one so far.

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Speaker 7: Will you guys shut up your stupid argument.

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Speaker 6: Will wake up Pirate? Well, he definitely fell out of

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Speaker 6: the sky, he's right, and we only first saw him

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Speaker 6: after the lightning. Maybe it was a sorcerer or a

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Speaker 6: wizard who brought him here. He performed magic with his

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Speaker 6: wand they have sort of a flashing light, haven't they.

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Speaker 6: Maybe Pirate was originally a flower, or a rock or

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Speaker 6: a worm. Oh you dogs are so stupid it makes

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Speaker 6: my claws cringe. There are no UFOs and there are

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Speaker 6: no sorcerers. Oh yeah, mister, no at all. Do you

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Speaker 6: I'm still thinking about one. That little bird didn't come

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Speaker 6: from a different planet, No, he comes from the furthest

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Speaker 6: star away from the edge of the universe. Hang on,

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Speaker 6: since he's a pirate. He must have arrived on a

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Speaker 6: huge pirate ship. A schooner that would be a pirate

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Speaker 6: ship is called a schooner. It was the pirate's favorite

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Speaker 6: ship in the Caribbean, a schooner.

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Speaker 7: Oh, enough of your lecture. Let's stop right there. We

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Speaker 7: will find out where pirate comes from and we will

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Speaker 7: take him back there.

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Speaker 6: But right now, he.

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Speaker 7: Needs to sleep. He's still a baby.

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Speaker 16: The next day, long before the first sunbeams hit the

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Speaker 16: open his eyes yet. He felt the warmth and the

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Speaker 16: softness of Steltzer's legs around his body and snuggled up

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Speaker 16: to them one last time. He felt so comfortable that

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Speaker 16: a deep sigh came out of his beak from deep

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Speaker 16: down in his belly. Finally, he jumped up like a

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Speaker 16: spring and hopped onto Steltzer's forehead.

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Speaker 1: Wake up, let's play.

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Speaker 16: Steltzer did not hear him. She was still snoring. Pirate

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Speaker 16: looked around. What he saw seemed strange but at the

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Speaker 16: same time very familiar to him. The back yard with

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Speaker 16: its tiny vegetable patch and dozens of flower pots, the

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Speaker 16: and Steltzer. Somehow, Pirate felt a bit strange about himself too.

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Speaker 16: He couldn't really say what it was that made him

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Speaker 16: feel safe being around Steltzer. She definitely was not a

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Speaker 16: Cooko barre or any other bird. However, her ears were

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Speaker 16: as big as grown up crooker barre wings. Pirate could

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Speaker 16: not imagine that Steltzer would ever manage to fly with them.

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Speaker 16: They were too fluffy. He took a good grip with

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Speaker 16: his claws on Steltzer's forehead and leaned forward. He stretched

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Speaker 16: his neck as far as he could and abb the

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Speaker 16: tip of Steltzer's ears with his beak. He lifted it up.

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Speaker 16: It was very hard work. The ear was heavy, and

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Speaker 16: Pirate had to step backwards at the same time making

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Speaker 16: lot of effort, and he surely was losing strength. Soon

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Speaker 16: his beak could not hold onto it any longer, and

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Speaker 16: he let go. Steltzer's ear slipped back like a wet

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Speaker 16: towel falling off a rack, and landed over her eyes

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Speaker 16: with a slap that looked too funny. It made Pirate laugh,

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Speaker 16: but all that came out of his throat was a

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Speaker 16: weird and squeaking sound. Compared to Pirate's beak, Steltzer's mouth

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Speaker 16: was an odd shape and texture. Pirate's beak was pointy,

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Speaker 16: hard and strong. Steltzer's mouth was round, and the skin

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Speaker 1: How does she get your worm with that?

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Speaker 16: Pirate asked himself, Pulling her lips both claws pushing firmly

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Speaker 16: the gummy lip almost over his head. There was this

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Speaker 16: hollow smack, like the sound of a popping cork as

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Speaker 16: the lip flipped back and Pirate fell backwards, landing on

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Speaker 16: his bottom out. Steltzer opened her eyes. What happened?

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Speaker 7: Did you hurt yourself?

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Speaker 16: She pulled her tongue over Pirate's chest, licking away some

439
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:48,440
Speaker 16: dust stuck between the feathers Pirate thought it was a

440
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 16: funny game and surrendered himself to the tickling of the tongue.

441
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 16: He squealed and shrieked, and thought this was sheer bliss.

442
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:02,040
Speaker 16: Steltzer's tongue made its way up to his head. Pirate,

443
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 16: still on his back and his legs helplessly kicking the air,

444
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:10,320
Speaker 16: stared at the huge tongue hovering above his face. It

445
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 16: was as wet as a dripping facecloth. No, he yelled,

446
00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:19,680
Speaker 16: but it was too late. The tongue landed on his

447
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 16: face with a smack, like a whale splash into the ocean.

448
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:28,760
Speaker 16: It buried him under its warm and spongy flesh. Pirate

449
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:29,880
Speaker 16: held his breath.

450
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:31,959
Speaker 1: Yuck, yuck.

451
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:36,360
Speaker 16: He choked as the tongue slid over his beak and eyes,

452
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,400
Speaker 16: leaving a soaking trail of dog spit.

453
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,320
Speaker 6: Having a morning bath, night.

454
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 16: Bordha, said, amused as he placed himself on the coucher's

455
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 16: arm rest.

456
00:34:56,680 --> 00:35:01,439
Speaker 7: Babies are all the same. They don't like to be washed.

457
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 1: I'm not a baby anymore. I'm most dreaded pirate in

458
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:06,640
Speaker 1: the world.

459
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 16: Ajax jumped onto the verandah. He was panting, I did it.

460
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:18,239
Speaker 16: I've won on first again. Great, absolutely fantastic. Nobody beats me.

461
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:22,720
Speaker 16: I am the fastest dog in Tantraboo. Good morning, everybody.

462
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 16: Shortly after, Hoover jumped onto the verandah. Rather he dragged

463
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 16: himself up. His tongue was hanging out of his mouth

464
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 16: and nearly touching the ground.

465
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 6: I nearly won by the skin of my teeth, but

466
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 6: at least I came second. That's pretty good. Good morning, everybody.

467
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,240
Speaker 6: How can anyone be so brainless?

468
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 16: Said Buddha, rolling his eyes.

469
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:52,280
Speaker 6: Speaking of brain I thought last night about how strange

470
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 6: fellow Pirate. The fact that he does not know where

471
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,600
Speaker 6: he's home, he's and how he got here means that

472
00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:01,840
Speaker 6: he suffering amnesia.

473
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,920
Speaker 1: Umm, what.

474
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:15,280
Speaker 6: Amniesia am kniiah? Is that the name of the ufo

475
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 6: he traveled with. It is the name of the planet

476
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:19,319
Speaker 6: he comes from.

477
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,319
Speaker 16: Buddha threw his front legs.

478
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:22,759
Speaker 1: Over his head.

479
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:29,280
Speaker 6: Amnesia is the medical term for loss of memory. Pirate

480
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 6: can't remember a thing. It's like he has an empty

481
00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 6: wall in his head. Someone or something has taken off

482
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 6: the pictures. They're gone. He's lost them all.

483
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:46,760
Speaker 1: I haven't lost anything. I've never had anything anyway.

484
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 16: Buddha pointed at him, Say what I mean, how can

485
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:52,680
Speaker 16: he lose his memory?

486
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,400
Speaker 6: Probably got a hefty knock on his head, mate, or

487
00:36:56,440 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 6: had a bad adventure. He prefers not to remember, did.

488
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,560
Speaker 16: You, Pirate shrugged his wings.

489
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 6: Let's go and search for your memory. Us dogs are

490
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:10,360
Speaker 6: champions in sniffing things out. Great idea. Let's start in

491
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 6: the back yard. It might still be there.

492
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,440
Speaker 16: Buddha raised his voice. You could hear that he now

493
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:18,080
Speaker 16: was on the brink of losing it.

494
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 6: Hold your breath, you dogs. Our memory is not a

495
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 6: thing hiding under a rock. His memory got lost in

496
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,719
Speaker 6: his brain light. He has to find it himself.

497
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 7: As a matter of fact, it is a brilliant idea

498
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:42,239
Speaker 7: to search for Pirate's memory. We will take him on

499
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:50,799
Speaker 7: a walk through Tantraboo. Any tree, rock, or creek will

500
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:55,840
Speaker 7: come across. He might recognize it, and it may trigger

501
00:37:55,920 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 7: his memory. Step by step you will remember where he

502
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 7: came from.

503
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:41,400
Speaker 16: Their walk took them to the many secret places in

504
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 16: the valley of Tantraboo. At the western end, they came

505
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:51,279
Speaker 16: across the hollow gum tree. A fire had gone through

506
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:55,240
Speaker 16: the area many years ago. The tree withstood the flames,

507
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 16: but its core burnt out completely. Now it was hollow.

508
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:03,759
Speaker 16: A gap led inside the tree, where it offered enough

509
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 16: room for three dogs and a cat.

510
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 7: We call it the cave. Steltzer said to Pirate, do

511
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 7: you recognize it a cave?

512
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,440
Speaker 1: There must be treasure in there.

513
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,240
Speaker 16: Hoover looked at him in surprise.

514
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 6: There is no treasure in there.

515
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:28,360
Speaker 1: There certainly is. Every cave has a treasure. Let's go

516
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:29,439
Speaker 1: on a treasure hunt.

517
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 16: He disappeared through the gap.

518
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:36,719
Speaker 7: Oh, he doesn't recognize it. He obviously didn't come through

519
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:38,240
Speaker 7: here when he got lost.

520
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 6: I didn't know there was a treasure in there. I

521
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:43,360
Speaker 6: wonder what kind of treasure.

522
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:48,040
Speaker 16: It could be a big fat bone, for sure, said Ajax,

523
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 16: wagging his tail. Hoover pricked his ears. Saliva was dribbling

524
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:54,000
Speaker 16: out of his mouth.

525
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:55,520
Speaker 6: Let's go and find it.

526
00:39:56,080 --> 00:40:00,439
Speaker 16: Both squeeze themselves through the gap. Disappearing too into the cave.

527
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 16: Wait for me, Steltzer called and rushed through the gap

528
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:13,919
Speaker 16: as well. Buddha stayed back. He shook his head.

529
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:18,759
Speaker 6: Gloom and dogs. They hear a bone and instantly lose

530
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:19,440
Speaker 6: them behind.

531
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 16: Inside the cave, it was dark. Pirate couldn't see much,

532
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:30,880
Speaker 16: but he clearly heard the dogs sniffing around.

533
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:35,000
Speaker 1: Pirates, fast, find the treasure that's in order.

534
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,920
Speaker 16: Ay aye can'n said Hoover, bumping into Ajax.

535
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 6: Get your nose away from my bottom.

536
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 9: I can't smell the bone.

537
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:46,680
Speaker 7: I don't think there's one in here.

538
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 1: I found it. I found the treasure on Yo ho ho.

539
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:56,880
Speaker 16: The dogs chuckled as they saw the crooked twig pirate

540
00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 16: had picked up from the dusty ground.

541
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 1: It's a thaw. It's made of gold and silver.

542
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:08,440
Speaker 9: Wow, it's the most beautiful sword I've ever seen. It

543
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 9: must have belonged to a king once.

544
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 1: Now it's mine, Pirates of us, look her over there.

545
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:20,839
Speaker 1: It's Captain Crook from the ghost Chips. He's attacking us.

546
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:25,480
Speaker 1: He's after the sword. Everybody take their weapons, fight.

547
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 5: For your life.

548
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 16: The dogs had given up their hopes of finding a bone.

549
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:35,360
Speaker 16: Steltzer danced on her hind legs wrestling one of Captain

550
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:39,800
Speaker 16: Crook's bloodthirsty buccaneers. Ajax bit them in the legs and

551
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:42,759
Speaker 16: made them fall over. Hoover had picked up a stick

552
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 16: himself and swung it around, hitting the buccaneers' heads.

553
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:47,160
Speaker 6: Take this.

554
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 16: This man, That pirate was the bravest. He fought Captain Crook,

555
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,120
Speaker 16: piercing the gold and silver sword straight into his heart.

556
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,800
Speaker 16: But Captain Crook did not cringe. He still stood on

557
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:06,200
Speaker 16: his legs with a dirty smirk on his face.

558
00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 1: He's not dying. He hates pirate ghosts.

559
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:12,839
Speaker 9: They are invincible.

560
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 7: Ah, the darkness is their protector.

561
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:21,400
Speaker 16: Ajax suggested it would be best to lure them outside.

562
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,279
Speaker 6: The sunlight will kill them.

563
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:28,759
Speaker 16: Follow me, said Pirate. He was just about to jump

564
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,560
Speaker 16: through the gap when all of a sudden, a hollow

565
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 16: voice from above shouted. Everybody froze.

566
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,600
Speaker 10: What was that a ghost?

567
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 9: I can't smell anybody.

568
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:53,160
Speaker 6: It's impossible to smell ghosts. They don't reek because they're dead.

569
00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:09,520
Speaker 16: Everybody was now screaming. Pirate dropped his twig and hid

570
00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:14,480
Speaker 16: between Steltzer's legs. Hoover pushed himself under Steltzer, trying to

571
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:18,879
Speaker 16: hide too, and Ajax jumped on top of Hoover at

572
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:24,040
Speaker 16: the same time, squeezing himself under Steltzer's belly. Only Steltzer

573
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:28,000
Speaker 16: had no one she could hide under. She was shaking

574
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:28,600
Speaker 16: with fear.

575
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:40,040
Speaker 9: He's a real ghost.

576
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:41,920
Speaker 1: What do we do now?

577
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 7: Someone has to give him back.

578
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:50,120
Speaker 6: The sword, not me.

579
00:43:56,440 --> 00:44:01,320
Speaker 9: Hang on, I think I know that chuckle if buddher

580
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 9: he played a trick on us.

581
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:19,960
Speaker 16: Buddha was rolling on the ground with laughter as Pirate

582
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 16: and the dogs came out of the tree. Pirate hopped

583
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 16: onto his belly, shrieking and peeping.

584
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:29,680
Speaker 1: I was so scared that was so funny.

585
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:33,279
Speaker 6: I had the best time in my life, mate.

586
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:38,000
Speaker 16: After everybody else had a good belly laugh. Steltzer suggested

587
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:41,839
Speaker 16: walking on to the next secret place. After all, they

588
00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:45,200
Speaker 16: were on a mission. They wanted to find out where

589
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 16: Pirate came from. Pirate grabbed the stick. He did not

590
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:53,960
Speaker 16: want to leave it behind. It was his treasure, and

591
00:44:54,160 --> 00:45:25,799
Speaker 16: so they marched on. At the northern end of Tantraboo,

592
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:30,760
Speaker 16: they reached the boulder. It was gigantic and had a face.

593
00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:37,160
Speaker 16: Two horizontal crevices across the top marked the eyebrows. Its

594
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 16: hollow eyes below were made out of two dents. Right

595
00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:45,480
Speaker 16: in the middle of the face sat a big fat

596
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:51,120
Speaker 16: bulge that was the nose. The mouth was a circular hole.

597
00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 7: We call it the whistler.

598
00:45:57,320 --> 00:45:59,239
Speaker 16: Steltzer said to Pirate, do.

599
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:02,360
Speaker 1: You recognize is that Treasure Island?

600
00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:07,560
Speaker 16: Yes, it is, Hoover said, all excited. He knew that

601
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:10,080
Speaker 16: Pirate would come up with another pirate adventure.

602
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:13,359
Speaker 6: I do remember now. I did once hide a bone

603
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:15,640
Speaker 6: under it, but I never found it again.

604
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:20,640
Speaker 1: That's what Treasure Island is for, for hiding your treasure

605
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:24,560
Speaker 1: so nobody can find it again. Let's hide my sword,

606
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:27,319
Speaker 1: Pirates that's in order.

607
00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:28,760
Speaker 6: Aye aye, cap'n.

608
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:33,360
Speaker 16: Ajax and Hoover said, and followed pirate who had started

609
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:36,680
Speaker 16: running around the boulder. All of a sudden, he stopped.

610
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:40,279
Speaker 16: Ajax managed to stop just in time, but Hoover had

611
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:42,880
Speaker 16: not paid attention and bumped into Ajax.

612
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:45,560
Speaker 6: Get your nose away from my bottom.

613
00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:50,000
Speaker 1: Shush a vast There is a big ship landing on

614
00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:53,439
Speaker 1: the other side of the island. It's a schooner full

615
00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:54,240
Speaker 1: of pirates.

616
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:58,960
Speaker 16: A bunch of greedy pirates jumped off the ship, shouting

617
00:46:59,080 --> 00:46:59,680
Speaker 16: and swearing.

618
00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:06,520
Speaker 1: They look very scary.

619
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:10,719
Speaker 16: Hoover was scratching his head.

620
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:14,480
Speaker 6: What are you talking about. They're not pirates, it's border

621
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:19,240
Speaker 6: and Steltzer. Shush, of course they're pirates. They're from Blood

622
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:23,120
Speaker 6: Crust Island. Look at them, how bloodthirsty they are. If

623
00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:28,200
Speaker 6: they find us, I'll slit our throats. You're right, they

624
00:47:28,239 --> 00:47:29,440
Speaker 6: do look really scary.

625
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:34,600
Speaker 1: There After my sword, we'll surprise them. We'll attack them

626
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:38,399
Speaker 1: from two sides. Ajax and I go that way.

627
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 8: Hoover, you go that.

628
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:44,640
Speaker 6: Way, hi, aye, capt'n. That'll be great fun. But watch

629
00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:49,680
Speaker 6: the crocodiles. Crocodiles. Treasure Island is teeming with big fat

630
00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:51,000
Speaker 6: crocodiles and.

631
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:55,239
Speaker 1: Lions, and tigers and dragons and monsters.

632
00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:59,879
Speaker 16: Hoover hesitated for a moment, but then puffed up his chest.

633
00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 6: No problem, I can handle them.

634
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:03,800
Speaker 1: Let's go.

635
00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:09,800
Speaker 16: Pirate, Ajax and Hoover were crawling around the boulder, trying

636
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:16,200
Speaker 16: not to make any noise. Pirate watched out for the

637
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:21,360
Speaker 16: wild animals, carefully checking out every corner, gap and crevice

638
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:29,480
Speaker 16: in the boulder. He felt safe with his sword of

639
00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:32,640
Speaker 16: gold and silver and was not afraid of the battle

640
00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:37,040
Speaker 16: with the greedy pirates. Hoover, however, on the other side

641
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:40,760
Speaker 16: of the boulder, tried hard not to burst into laughter.

642
00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:44,759
Speaker 16: He was too excited by the thought of charging from

643
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:48,560
Speaker 16: behind the boulder, roaring like a lion, and giving Buddha

644
00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 16: and Steltzer the biggest fright of their lives. Still, he

645
00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:59,040
Speaker 16: carefully watched his surroundings. You never knew if there really

646
00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:08,040
Speaker 16: was a drag or a monster hiding somewhere. Attack Pirates shouted,

647
00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:13,680
Speaker 16: and on command, the three rushed forward, screaming, yelling, Hoover

648
00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:24,839
Speaker 16: again chuckling, But Buddha and Steltzer were not where they

649
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:27,600
Speaker 16: were supposed to be. The spot where they had just

650
00:49:27,760 --> 00:49:33,200
Speaker 16: been standing was now deserted. They were gone, They had vanished.

651
00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:35,680
Speaker 6: Where are they? Where are they gone?

652
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:41,239
Speaker 16: That very moment, Buddha and Steltzer suddenly popped up from

653
00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:42,120
Speaker 16: behind the boulder.

654
00:49:42,680 --> 00:49:43,160
Speaker 6: Attack.

655
00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:50,080
Speaker 16: They yelled and charged Pirate, Ajax and Hoover. All three

656
00:49:50,160 --> 00:49:53,160
Speaker 16: got a big fright and ran away like headless chalks.

657
00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:01,640
Speaker 16: But eventually, after do they realized what was going on.

658
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:07,560
Speaker 16: Everyone chased everyone around the boulder. There was heaps of

659
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:13,520
Speaker 16: screaming and giggling and laughing. Pirate had great fun. Hoover

660
00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:18,520
Speaker 16: snatched his stick, Pirate snatched it back. Buddha tickled him,

661
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:22,839
Speaker 16: Pirate poked his leg, Ajax nudged him with his paw,

662
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:27,720
Speaker 16: Pirate nipped his tail. Steltzer smacked him with her dripping,

663
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:32,560
Speaker 16: wet tongue. Pirate jumped onto her nose. On and on

664
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:36,400
Speaker 16: it went until everybody dropped onto the grass, out of

665
00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 16: breath and exhausted.

666
00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:46,880
Speaker 1: What about my sword, Pirate asked, We still need to

667
00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:47,279
Speaker 1: hide it.

668
00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:52,239
Speaker 16: Ajax had a funny idea. He shoved the stick into

669
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:57,480
Speaker 16: the boulder's circular mouth. Now the whistler was not whistling anymore.

670
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:01,680
Speaker 16: It looked as if he was sucking a new Everybody

671
00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:07,160
Speaker 16: was rolling on the ground laughing, except Pirate he was shrieking.

672
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:33,800
Speaker 16: Their walk finally ended at the third and last secret place.

673
00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:37,919
Speaker 16: It was the gorge in the eastern corner of Tantra Boo.

674
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:42,880
Speaker 16: One side was a steep bank, the other side was

675
00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:47,520
Speaker 16: like a cliff. Tall gum trees stood squeezed in between

676
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:51,600
Speaker 16: the huge rocks. Along the bottom of the gorge ran

677
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:56,480
Speaker 16: a creek. In one spot, it had banked up against

678
00:51:56,520 --> 00:52:00,400
Speaker 16: a rock and formed a big pond. It's The water

679
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:06,040
Speaker 16: was crystal clear, deep and icy cold, perfect for a

680
00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:07,719
Speaker 16: dip on a hot summer's day.

681
00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:12,640
Speaker 7: We call it the pool.

682
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:19,040
Speaker 16: Steltzers said to Pirate, do you recognize it? Hoover jumped

683
00:52:19,120 --> 00:52:21,400
Speaker 16: right into the water with a big splash.

684
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:25,439
Speaker 1: What's he doing?

685
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:28,439
Speaker 6: He's swimming like a pirate ship.

686
00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:32,320
Speaker 1: It's my ship, my schooner. I want to hop on.

687
00:52:33,719 --> 00:52:36,600
Speaker 16: Hoover swam back to the bank for Pirate to jump

688
00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:41,440
Speaker 16: onto his back. Pirate was now in command. He was

689
00:52:41,600 --> 00:52:45,880
Speaker 16: dreaded Captain baby Bird, ruling over the gang of pirates

690
00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:54,080
Speaker 16: on his ship. He told the quartermaster to look out

691
00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 16: for the other ships they could attack. The sailing master

692
00:52:57,600 --> 00:53:00,480
Speaker 16: pulled up the sails to catch the wind spite the

693
00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:13,240
Speaker 16: still air down here in the porch, The gunner quickly

694
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:18,200
Speaker 16: aimed the cannon at everything that moved. Ajax jumped into

695
00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:18,560
Speaker 16: the water.

696
00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:29,000
Speaker 1: A vast, a vast, There is the sea monster, the

697
00:53:29,120 --> 00:53:33,240
Speaker 1: giant octopus. It's going to eat us. Let's get away from.

698
00:53:33,080 --> 00:53:39,800
Speaker 16: Here, aye, cap'n Hoover said, accidentally swallowing water. He snorted

699
00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:42,320
Speaker 16: and coughed, while Pirate was urging him to go faster.

700
00:53:43,239 --> 00:53:46,160
Speaker 1: It's hungry like a bear. It wants us for breakfast.

701
00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:52,080
Speaker 16: Ajax liked the idea of being a giant octopus. He

702
00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:56,440
Speaker 16: gave everything to be a very scary one. He raised

703
00:53:56,480 --> 00:54:00,560
Speaker 16: his front legs, pretending to swing around his giant tentacles.

704
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:06,080
Speaker 16: Their countless suction cups hovered over Pirate and Hoover, threatening

705
00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:10,120
Speaker 16: to latch onto them and suck them dry. Ajax took

706
00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:13,040
Speaker 16: a mouthful of water and spouted it in a big,

707
00:54:13,239 --> 00:54:15,240
Speaker 16: fat jet, directly at Pirate.

708
00:54:17,239 --> 00:54:20,680
Speaker 1: The octopus is spitting black ink at us. Faster, Hoover,

709
00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:21,680
Speaker 1: go faster.

710
00:54:22,719 --> 00:54:26,359
Speaker 16: The force of the jet nearly swept Pirate off Hoover's back.

711
00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:30,719
Speaker 16: He clung to Hoover's ear, bearing his claws deep into

712
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:32,360
Speaker 16: the skin out.

713
00:54:33,840 --> 00:54:36,320
Speaker 6: We've been hit. We're going under.

714
00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:41,840
Speaker 16: Pirate yelped and screeched. He was terrified of getting eaten

715
00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:45,600
Speaker 16: by the giant octopus. Well, he knew that Ajax was

716
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:49,279
Speaker 16: only pretending. He actually was not keen to get wet.

717
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:52,120
Speaker 16: He was a bit scared of falling into the water.

718
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:55,880
Speaker 16: After all, he was a bird that could not swim.

719
00:54:56,360 --> 00:55:00,520
Speaker 16: I'm not a giant octopus anymore, Ajax eventually said, I'm.

720
00:55:00,320 --> 00:55:04,560
Speaker 6: Now a pirate too, Captain Crook from Bloodcrest Island, friend

721
00:55:04,680 --> 00:55:10,160
Speaker 6: or foe friend, Let's have a pirate party. Yo ho ho.

722
00:55:17,480 --> 00:55:22,080
Speaker 16: Whilst Pirate ajaxon Hoover went back onto safe ground, Steltzer

723
00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:25,160
Speaker 16: and Buddha were watching them from under a tree. They

724
00:55:25,239 --> 00:55:26,359
Speaker 16: had a serious talk.

725
00:55:28,760 --> 00:55:32,520
Speaker 7: Oh my idea of showing him all these places is

726
00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:36,160
Speaker 7: not working. He cannot remember a thing.

727
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:38,719
Speaker 6: He truly lost his memory. Mate.

728
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:41,719
Speaker 7: Well, I guess we'll never know where he comes from.

729
00:55:42,520 --> 00:55:46,360
Speaker 6: It might not be for good, mate. Sometimes memories do

730
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:52,040
Speaker 6: come back after a while. Oh how well, it either

731
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:55,600
Speaker 6: just comes back by itself, or Pirate gets another whack

732
00:55:55,640 --> 00:55:56,920
Speaker 6: on his head and then it comes back.

733
00:55:57,360 --> 00:55:59,880
Speaker 8: No, we can't do that.

734
00:56:00,520 --> 00:56:04,680
Speaker 7: We can't hit him, We can't do him harm.

735
00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:09,120
Speaker 6: It's not what I'm saying. Mate, Do you remember the

736
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:13,880
Speaker 6: thunderstorm yesterday? Maybe his loss of memory has something to

737
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:16,600
Speaker 6: do with that. It might have freaked him out.

738
00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:24,960
Speaker 7: I see, with the next thunderstorm he could possibly recall

739
00:56:25,560 --> 00:56:27,960
Speaker 7: what had happened to him exactly.

740
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:29,319
Speaker 6: Mate, Yes, but.

741
00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:32,959
Speaker 7: It could be a long time until there's another thunderstorm.

742
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:36,520
Speaker 6: We might get one soon. I can already feel it

743
00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:43,480
Speaker 6: in my joints. You are quite fond of Pirate, aren't you.

744
00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:47,319
Speaker 7: Ah, he loves us and he needs us.

745
00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:50,880
Speaker 6: I'm not so sure about that myself, mate.

746
00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:56,759
Speaker 7: Ah, he adores you, Buddha, since you gave him half

747
00:56:56,840 --> 00:57:00,160
Speaker 7: of your dinner. He only thinks the best of you.

748
00:57:02,080 --> 00:57:02,719
Speaker 8: What about you?

749
00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:07,640
Speaker 6: Do you like him? It's strange for a cat like

750
00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:12,040
Speaker 6: me to say, but eh, sort of money.

751
00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:20,160
Speaker 16: Steltzer was right. Pirate did love them all. He loved

752
00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:22,520
Speaker 16: Steltzer because she had been like a mother to him,

753
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:27,120
Speaker 16: or rather like a grandmother, or both, as Steltzer said.

754
00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:31,760
Speaker 16: Pirate did adore Buddha because he gave him beautiful fish

755
00:57:31,840 --> 00:57:34,640
Speaker 16: for dinner last night. He was a bit of a

756
00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:38,760
Speaker 16: weird chap, though Pirate didn't always understand what he was

757
00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:43,600
Speaker 16: on about. When he spoke in complicated phrases. Pirate loved

758
00:57:43,680 --> 00:57:47,520
Speaker 16: Ajax and Hoover, both the same, Both were silly in

759
00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:50,960
Speaker 16: their way. They had one thing in common, and that

760
00:57:51,240 --> 00:57:55,880
Speaker 16: was their love for fun. Life was a game, a

761
00:57:56,120 --> 00:57:59,880
Speaker 16: funny game, and Pirate was eager to play with them.

762
00:58:00,640 --> 00:58:03,760
Speaker 1: As a pirate's party, A pirate needs to drink.

763
00:58:04,960 --> 00:58:09,760
Speaker 16: Said Pirate. He and ajaxon Hoover pretended to sit around

764
00:58:09,840 --> 00:58:12,960
Speaker 16: a barrel full of rum. It was a treasure they

765
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:15,200
Speaker 16: had plundered from a ship that happened to pass by

766
00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:19,600
Speaker 16: just then. They constantly filled their glasses with the golden

767
00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:24,400
Speaker 16: liquid and drank it bottoms up. Pretty soon they felt

768
00:58:24,520 --> 00:58:28,280
Speaker 16: quite tipsy, which made them laugh about every silly word

769
00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:40,360
Speaker 16: they spoke. Luckily, the barrel never got empty, and so

770
00:58:40,560 --> 00:58:44,680
Speaker 16: they continued to guzzle down one glass after the other

771
00:58:45,360 --> 00:58:50,040
Speaker 16: until they were totally drunk or smashed. Like a real

772
00:58:50,280 --> 00:58:59,680
Speaker 16: hard partying pirate, Yo, Ajax and Hoover ended up howling,

773
00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:05,120
Speaker 16: hugging each other swaying back and forth, and wagging their tails.

774
00:59:05,640 --> 00:59:08,920
Speaker 6: Why do you wag your tails because we're happy and

775
00:59:09,040 --> 00:59:10,000
Speaker 6: we want everybody to know.

776
00:59:10,800 --> 00:59:14,040
Speaker 1: I'm happy too. I can wag my tail too.

777
00:59:14,760 --> 00:59:18,320
Speaker 16: He bent over, stretched his neck lifted his bottom and

778
00:59:18,560 --> 00:59:22,560
Speaker 16: wiggled his tail feathers. How about that, one, said Hoover,

779
00:59:22,960 --> 00:59:25,240
Speaker 16: standing next to a pile of wombat dung.

780
00:59:26,040 --> 00:59:27,040
Speaker 6: Can you do that too?

781
00:59:27,880 --> 00:59:31,000
Speaker 16: He threw himself on his side, rubbing his neck in

782
00:59:31,080 --> 00:59:36,520
Speaker 16: the green sausage shaped droppings. After two or three good rubbings,

783
00:59:36,840 --> 00:59:40,040
Speaker 16: he plunged himself on his back and rolled in it

784
00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:41,600
Speaker 16: like a snorting pig.

785
00:59:42,400 --> 00:59:51,680
Speaker 6: Yum, it smells fantastic, Yo ho ho. Dogs will always be.

786
00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:57,160
Speaker 16: Dogs, said Buddha to Steltzer and shook his head. They

787
00:59:57,280 --> 00:59:59,560
Speaker 16: both still sat under the tree and watched.

788
01:00:00,360 --> 01:00:07,040
Speaker 7: Being a fussy cat, you don't understand. Still, pirates shouldn't

789
01:00:07,080 --> 01:00:12,120
Speaker 7: copy the dog's behavior. Rather, he should learn to fly.

790
01:00:13,160 --> 01:00:14,120
Speaker 7: After all, he.

791
01:00:14,240 --> 01:00:14,840
Speaker 16: Is a bird.

792
01:00:15,480 --> 01:00:18,880
Speaker 6: Well, whatever he learns, now, mate, will one day be

793
01:00:19,120 --> 01:00:20,160
Speaker 6: for his own benefit.

794
01:00:20,920 --> 01:00:25,640
Speaker 7: What a koker bar smelling of wombat poo? Where is

795
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:26,680
Speaker 7: the benefit in that?

796
01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:30,600
Speaker 6: If I could roar like a lion, I would be

797
01:00:30,680 --> 01:00:36,640
Speaker 6: the most respected cat in Tantraboo. Think about that, mate, Hm,

798
01:00:37,560 --> 01:00:38,800
Speaker 6: I suppose you're right.

799
01:00:41,080 --> 01:00:45,760
Speaker 16: Hey, try this, Ajack said, Standing next to a fence pole.

800
01:00:46,520 --> 01:00:49,520
Speaker 16: He lifted his left hind leg and, as mail dogs do,

801
01:00:50,120 --> 01:00:53,160
Speaker 16: squirted a quick and short stream of pea against the

802
01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:59,480
Speaker 16: fence pole. Well, said Pirate, he was truly astonished.

803
01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:00,720
Speaker 1: That's amazing.

804
01:01:01,680 --> 01:01:04,440
Speaker 16: He rushed to the fence pole, and he too lifted

805
01:01:04,480 --> 01:01:08,040
Speaker 16: his left leg. He closed his eyes and held his breath,

806
01:01:08,920 --> 01:01:14,360
Speaker 16: but nothing happened. Push harder, Hoover shouted from his flattened

807
01:01:14,440 --> 01:01:18,760
Speaker 16: bed of wombat dung. As Pirate was flexing all the

808
01:01:18,840 --> 01:01:22,040
Speaker 16: muscles in his body and a groaning sound was coming

809
01:01:22,080 --> 01:01:25,680
Speaker 16: out of his beak. He slowly tipped over to one side,

810
01:01:26,480 --> 01:01:30,400
Speaker 16: and as stiff as a stuffed one legged flamingo, he

811
01:01:30,640 --> 01:01:36,200
Speaker 16: crashed onto the ground. Outs Ajax roared with laughter.

812
01:01:36,680 --> 01:01:41,440
Speaker 6: Drunk as a skunk, like a real pirate, yo ho.

813
01:01:43,280 --> 01:01:46,640
Speaker 16: Pirate sat on his bottom, covered in dust from top

814
01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:50,640
Speaker 16: to toe, looking like a sugar powdered cake. He looked

815
01:01:50,680 --> 01:01:54,240
Speaker 16: around puzzled, but then raised one wing and shouted.

816
01:01:54,760 --> 01:01:54,840
Speaker 17: Hey.

817
01:01:55,680 --> 01:02:34,520
Speaker 16: Pirate woke up with the fishy flavor from last night's

818
01:02:34,560 --> 01:02:38,480
Speaker 16: dinner still in his mouth. What a feast it had been,

819
01:02:39,200 --> 01:02:42,320
Speaker 16: Whole bits of fish as soft as butter, peppered with

820
01:02:42,480 --> 01:02:47,280
Speaker 16: crumbling and crunchy bones, swimming in honey colored jelly yum.

821
01:02:48,320 --> 01:02:51,200
Speaker 16: He hoped there would still be some left. He jumped

822
01:02:51,240 --> 01:02:54,040
Speaker 16: off the couch and walked through the catflap into the

823
01:02:54,120 --> 01:02:57,440
Speaker 16: laundry where the food bowl was. He was disappointed to

824
01:02:57,520 --> 01:03:00,120
Speaker 16: see that it was empty, but there were lumps of

825
01:03:00,240 --> 01:03:04,560
Speaker 16: dry food scattered about the floor. Pirate picked one up

826
01:03:04,840 --> 01:03:08,000
Speaker 16: and threw his head back to swallow it. The peace

827
01:03:08,080 --> 01:03:11,240
Speaker 16: slid down his throat, but it was too big. He

828
01:03:11,440 --> 01:03:14,640
Speaker 16: quickly spat it out before it clogged up his windpipe.

829
01:03:15,480 --> 01:03:18,400
Speaker 16: He had a better idea. He was going to soak

830
01:03:18,440 --> 01:03:21,480
Speaker 16: it in water in the tiny pond in the vegetable

831
01:03:21,520 --> 01:03:25,920
Speaker 16: garden between the zacchini and the parsley. Once it had

832
01:03:25,960 --> 01:03:28,440
Speaker 16: softened up, it would go down his throat like a

833
01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:33,080
Speaker 16: tender and slimy piece of fresh worm. He stared into

834
01:03:33,120 --> 01:03:36,440
Speaker 16: the water, waiting for the lump of dry food to swell.

835
01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:39,920
Speaker 16: All of a sudden, he saw the reflection of a

836
01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:47,400
Speaker 16: face on the water's surface, its pitch black eyes gazing

837
01:03:47,520 --> 01:03:54,919
Speaker 16: at him. We haven't met yet, have a very soft voice, said.

838
01:03:56,360 --> 01:04:00,680
Speaker 16: Pirate looked up and found himself face to face with

839
01:04:00,840 --> 01:04:01,360
Speaker 16: a snake.

840
01:04:05,000 --> 01:04:09,040
Speaker 7: My name is Tiger. I live in the paddock under

841
01:04:09,080 --> 01:04:11,440
Speaker 7: a rock, and you are.

842
01:04:13,120 --> 01:04:17,320
Speaker 16: The big black eyes glared at Pirate, luring him into

843
01:04:17,360 --> 01:04:22,080
Speaker 16: a bottomless hole. Pirate wanted to say his name, but

844
01:04:22,240 --> 01:04:27,520
Speaker 16: couldn't open his beak. He was paralyzed, could not move

845
01:04:27,760 --> 01:04:33,560
Speaker 16: a single muscle, not because of fear or shock. It

846
01:04:33,720 --> 01:04:38,640
Speaker 16: was the snake's magic look that rendered him motionless, standing

847
01:04:38,880 --> 01:04:42,320
Speaker 16: stiffly like a carrot stuck in the frozen grounds of

848
01:04:42,360 --> 01:04:48,160
Speaker 16: the south Pole. Tiger's skin shone like silk, with a

849
01:04:48,280 --> 01:04:52,640
Speaker 16: regular pattern of gray stripes, similar to a tiger's coat.

850
01:04:53,560 --> 01:04:57,439
Speaker 7: It's not a problem, there's no need to say your name.

851
01:04:58,520 --> 01:05:00,560
Speaker 7: I guess I already know it.

852
01:05:01,560 --> 01:05:03,600
Speaker 1: It's Pirate, isn't it.

853
01:05:05,000 --> 01:05:08,280
Speaker 16: Her head remained in the same spot as her long

854
01:05:08,480 --> 01:05:14,120
Speaker 16: and smooth body slid without a sound around Pirate. It

855
01:05:14,360 --> 01:05:18,280
Speaker 16: encircled him, laid itself in a ring around him, then

856
01:05:18,360 --> 01:05:21,560
Speaker 16: again in a second, wider one, and eventually in a

857
01:05:21,760 --> 01:05:26,640
Speaker 16: third ring. Pirate was trapped, but he was not aware

858
01:05:26,680 --> 01:05:31,560
Speaker 16: of it. Tiger's head came closer, and her eyes grew bigger.

859
01:05:32,320 --> 01:05:35,080
Speaker 7: Runa has its youth than out of the sky.

860
01:05:36,160 --> 01:05:39,360
Speaker 16: She said, her head starting to sway.

861
01:05:40,080 --> 01:05:44,040
Speaker 7: So you must be a very special bird.

862
01:05:47,240 --> 01:05:51,640
Speaker 16: The softness of her voice was numbing Pirate's mind. There

863
01:05:51,720 --> 01:05:55,000
Speaker 16: was no thought left in his head. He joined in

864
01:05:55,320 --> 01:05:59,800
Speaker 16: with the sway with every gentle move, A yearning to

865
01:06:00,080 --> 01:06:03,240
Speaker 16: jump into the bottomless holes that gazed at him grew

866
01:06:03,360 --> 01:06:06,880
Speaker 16: bigger and bigger. He just wanted to be in there,

867
01:06:07,440 --> 01:06:14,880
Speaker 16: dwindling down forever well.

868
01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:19,520
Speaker 7: Being a special bird, you shouldn't waste your time in

869
01:06:19,680 --> 01:06:24,240
Speaker 7: this tiny backyard, especially not in the company of these

870
01:06:24,760 --> 01:06:25,680
Speaker 7: filthy dogs.

871
01:06:30,280 --> 01:06:33,480
Speaker 16: For a split second, she peered at the verandah, where

872
01:06:33,520 --> 01:06:37,400
Speaker 16: Steltzer was still asleep on the couch. Having made sure

873
01:06:37,480 --> 01:06:41,520
Speaker 16: that nobody was watching, Tiger circled her head in a

874
01:06:41,680 --> 01:06:46,920
Speaker 16: smooth and fast motion all around Pirate's head. Pirate's eyes

875
01:06:47,120 --> 01:06:52,320
Speaker 16: followed until he became dizzy. His head dropped, his mind

876
01:06:52,560 --> 01:06:58,000
Speaker 16: went black. He could not see or hear anything, as

877
01:06:58,080 --> 01:07:04,840
Speaker 16: if he was asleep. You are a good boy, Tiger said, slowly,

878
01:07:05,000 --> 01:07:05,960
Speaker 16: pulling her head back.

879
01:07:06,560 --> 01:07:09,960
Speaker 7: Now I will take you to a better place.

880
01:07:10,640 --> 01:07:15,320
Speaker 16: With the power of an unleashed slingshot, she darted towards Pirate.

881
01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:19,560
Speaker 16: She opened her mouth, hissing and exposing the pointy teeth

882
01:07:19,640 --> 01:07:24,560
Speaker 16: in the upper jaw, ready to pierce Pirate's throat, but

883
01:07:24,720 --> 01:07:28,040
Speaker 16: she stopped short midway, as all of a sudden, the

884
01:07:28,200 --> 01:07:39,480
Speaker 16: laughter of cooker barres filled the air. Tiger looked up,

885
01:07:39,840 --> 01:07:43,760
Speaker 16: pulling her head in buck us. She whispered and carefully

886
01:07:43,880 --> 01:07:50,600
Speaker 16: unwound herself. At the same time, as if someone had

887
01:07:50,640 --> 01:07:55,360
Speaker 16: poked him. Pirate woke up, thoughts poured back into his head.

888
01:07:56,320 --> 01:07:59,920
Speaker 16: He watched the snake withdrawing and hiding behind the parsley.

889
01:08:00,840 --> 01:08:02,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, let's play hide and seek.

890
01:08:02,960 --> 01:08:08,320
Speaker 16: He shouted, believing he had found a playmate. Tiger hissed

891
01:08:08,360 --> 01:08:08,720
Speaker 16: at him.

892
01:08:09,680 --> 01:08:10,800
Speaker 7: S so big, will you?

893
01:08:11,560 --> 01:08:14,720
Speaker 16: She peered anxiously at the cooker barres now sitting in

894
01:08:14,800 --> 01:08:16,920
Speaker 16: the gum tree in the far corner of the backyard.

895
01:08:17,520 --> 01:08:20,479
Speaker 1: They don't need to know that. I so be quiet.

896
01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:23,679
Speaker 8: But sh what's so dows?

897
01:08:23,760 --> 01:08:24,000
Speaker 1: Next?

898
01:08:24,040 --> 01:08:24,280
Speaker 8: Sake?

899
01:08:24,960 --> 01:08:26,200
Speaker 1: Are you scared of them?

900
01:08:27,080 --> 01:08:32,280
Speaker 16: Pirate whispered, joining Tiger behind the parsley. There he saw

901
01:08:32,400 --> 01:08:35,639
Speaker 16: how worried she was. Her eyes were full of fear

902
01:08:35,920 --> 01:08:38,360
Speaker 16: as she carefully watched the cooker barros in the tree.

903
01:08:39,320 --> 01:08:44,559
Speaker 16: Slowly and steadily, her long body slid backwards, as if

904
01:08:44,680 --> 01:08:46,719
Speaker 16: trying to find a better spot to hide.

905
01:08:47,479 --> 01:08:50,840
Speaker 1: Don't go away, sto with me, I'll ask them if

906
01:08:50,880 --> 01:08:54,160
Speaker 1: they want to play with us, don't you dare? Well

907
01:08:54,200 --> 01:08:55,599
Speaker 1: then come back some other time.

908
01:08:56,520 --> 01:09:02,360
Speaker 16: Oh I will when the time is, tiger said, and

909
01:09:02,560 --> 01:09:06,360
Speaker 16: slid away without a sound, making her way back into

910
01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:08,040
Speaker 16: the high grass where she lived.

911
01:09:13,200 --> 01:09:18,519
Speaker 1: Weird pirates said, what a weird animal she is, But funny.

912
01:09:21,600 --> 01:09:23,759
Speaker 16: He looked up at the tree where about a dozen

913
01:09:23,840 --> 01:09:27,160
Speaker 16: young cooker Borroughs were laughing their heads off. In an

914
01:09:27,200 --> 01:09:32,080
Speaker 16: opposite branch sat another bird, a magpie. He was very

915
01:09:32,160 --> 01:09:34,080
Speaker 16: annoyed with the kid cooker barrows.

916
01:09:34,400 --> 01:09:36,800
Speaker 6: What are you mungles laughing about?

917
01:09:37,720 --> 01:09:42,599
Speaker 16: He shouted about you. One of the cooker borroughs said,

918
01:09:42,800 --> 01:09:47,240
Speaker 16: your fire is open. The magpie looked down. He quickly

919
01:09:47,320 --> 01:09:50,519
Speaker 16: crossed his legs and covered them with his wings. Books

920
01:09:52,520 --> 01:09:55,360
Speaker 16: Had his head not been covered in feathers, you would

921
01:09:55,360 --> 01:09:56,280
Speaker 16: have seen him blushing.

922
01:09:56,680 --> 01:09:58,839
Speaker 8: Didn't you know birds don't wear pants?

923
01:09:59,520 --> 01:10:04,200
Speaker 16: One koburra asked, that's why you've got no fly? Another

924
01:10:04,320 --> 01:10:08,799
Speaker 16: one said the kid crooker Burroughs burst into tremendous laughter.

925
01:10:09,400 --> 01:10:13,719
Speaker 16: It was loud and wild, wilder than the funniest monkey

926
01:10:13,880 --> 01:10:18,760
Speaker 16: party on Madagascar. The magpie was embarrassed about falling for

927
01:10:18,880 --> 01:10:21,680
Speaker 16: the joke they had played on him. He spread his

928
01:10:21,840 --> 01:10:24,439
Speaker 16: wings and flew off as fast as he could.

929
01:10:24,960 --> 01:10:28,000
Speaker 8: Hi, your shoelaces are undone too.

930
01:10:28,840 --> 01:10:32,840
Speaker 16: One corker barre yelled after him. They all rolled on

931
01:10:32,920 --> 01:10:38,400
Speaker 16: their backs, held their bellies and laughed and laughed. Pirate

932
01:10:38,600 --> 01:10:42,600
Speaker 16: was beside himself. This was the funniest thing he had

933
01:10:42,800 --> 01:10:45,599
Speaker 16: ever seen in his life, But there was not much

934
01:10:45,720 --> 01:10:49,320
Speaker 16: laughter coming out of his beak. It was a rather

935
01:10:49,760 --> 01:10:51,280
Speaker 16: skimpy little peep.

936
01:10:52,080 --> 01:10:52,760
Speaker 1: Did you hear that?

937
01:10:53,680 --> 01:10:55,080
Speaker 16: One corker barre asked?

938
01:10:56,240 --> 01:10:56,640
Speaker 11: What was that?

939
01:10:57,479 --> 01:10:58,960
Speaker 16: Everybody else wondered.

940
01:11:01,680 --> 01:11:04,360
Speaker 8: Not normal, creepy like.

941
01:11:04,520 --> 01:11:09,479
Speaker 6: White grandmother Snow, No, Look, it's that bird there on

942
01:11:09,640 --> 01:11:10,040
Speaker 6: the ground.

943
01:11:11,920 --> 01:11:15,880
Speaker 16: The cooker barrels swooped down on Pirate, fluttering and hopping

944
01:11:15,960 --> 01:11:16,680
Speaker 16: all around him.

945
01:11:17,280 --> 01:11:18,360
Speaker 8: What kind of bird?

946
01:11:18,439 --> 01:11:18,640
Speaker 17: Are you?

947
01:11:19,479 --> 01:11:21,280
Speaker 1: A cucko barrew like you?

948
01:11:22,320 --> 01:11:25,880
Speaker 16: You look different to us, said the smallest cooker barrel,

949
01:11:26,200 --> 01:11:28,559
Speaker 16: pointing at the black patch on Pirate's eye.

950
01:11:29,240 --> 01:11:34,720
Speaker 1: I am a pirate, a parrot, No, a pirate, a

951
01:11:34,920 --> 01:11:39,679
Speaker 1: real one. I'm the most genered pirates in the world. Oh,

952
01:11:39,800 --> 01:11:42,519
Speaker 1: the creatures in the bush fear me, watch out for me.

953
01:11:42,640 --> 01:11:46,479
Speaker 8: Your real pirates have a wooden lake. Where is yours?

954
01:11:46,920 --> 01:11:49,639
Speaker 8: Real pirates have a hawk? Have yours?

955
01:11:49,840 --> 01:11:49,880
Speaker 13: He?

956
01:11:50,080 --> 01:11:51,960
Speaker 4: Real pirates have a pirate ship too.

957
01:11:52,200 --> 01:11:53,000
Speaker 1: Where's yours?

958
01:11:53,240 --> 01:11:56,920
Speaker 8: There is a corne under I don't think you're a pirate, no,

959
01:11:57,720 --> 01:11:59,880
Speaker 8: nor a parrot going to a fancy d.

960
01:12:02,960 --> 01:12:03,200
Speaker 11: Yuck.

961
01:12:05,600 --> 01:12:10,519
Speaker 16: Their laughter pierced Pirate's ears, and somehow his heart too.

962
01:12:11,720 --> 01:12:12,200
Speaker 8: It hurt.

963
01:12:13,240 --> 01:12:16,639
Speaker 16: A strange feeling crept up his throat and made him

964
01:12:16,640 --> 01:12:17,240
Speaker 16: want to cry.

965
01:12:17,920 --> 01:12:20,879
Speaker 1: You are funny. The joke he played on the magpie

966
01:12:21,040 --> 01:12:21,839
Speaker 1: was really funny.

967
01:12:22,760 --> 01:12:23,120
Speaker 8: Funny.

968
01:12:23,840 --> 01:12:27,320
Speaker 16: The big Corca Barre ridiculed him. He stopped fluttering and

969
01:12:27,400 --> 01:12:29,160
Speaker 16: stood right in front of Pirate.

970
01:12:29,680 --> 01:12:32,920
Speaker 6: If it were so funny, why didn't you laugh?

971
01:12:33,880 --> 01:12:34,320
Speaker 1: I did?

972
01:12:35,080 --> 01:12:38,519
Speaker 6: I did not hear it? Same here did anyone.

973
01:12:39,360 --> 01:12:43,360
Speaker 16: Everyone shook their head, prove to us that you can laugh.

974
01:12:44,479 --> 01:12:48,679
Speaker 16: Pirate fell silent. Tears filled his eyes, and he looked down,

975
01:12:48,880 --> 01:12:49,800
Speaker 16: feeling ashamed.

976
01:12:50,640 --> 01:12:51,120
Speaker 6: Tell him that.

977
01:12:51,200 --> 01:12:55,479
Speaker 8: Jack Es, tell him the chicken joke that'll make him laugh.

978
01:12:56,000 --> 01:12:57,400
Speaker 6: It's the best joke ever.

979
01:12:58,320 --> 01:13:00,720
Speaker 16: The big cooka Barre said to Pirate, as if he

980
01:13:00,920 --> 01:13:01,920
Speaker 16: was voicing a threat.

981
01:13:02,560 --> 01:13:10,080
Speaker 8: Here we go, listen. Why was the chicken afraid of

982
01:13:10,200 --> 01:13:17,240
Speaker 8: the chicken? I'm not sure, because he was chicken.

983
01:13:20,680 --> 01:13:24,960
Speaker 16: A huge and unbearable silence filled the air. All eyes

984
01:13:25,080 --> 01:13:29,360
Speaker 16: were now glued on Pirate. Everyone was waiting for him

985
01:13:29,680 --> 01:13:35,120
Speaker 16: to burst into laughter. Pirate was confused. He thought of

986
01:13:35,200 --> 01:13:38,000
Speaker 16: the joke as a really funny one, but he was

987
01:13:38,040 --> 01:13:42,240
Speaker 16: scared to laugh, yet he knew he had to. He

988
01:13:42,439 --> 01:13:46,840
Speaker 16: raised his face, took a deep breath, and opened his beak,

989
01:13:47,600 --> 01:13:51,320
Speaker 16: ready to do the greatest laugh the valley of Tantraboo

990
01:13:51,560 --> 01:13:56,160
Speaker 16: had ever heard. But all that came out was a

991
01:13:56,240 --> 01:14:05,320
Speaker 16: wimpy yowl eeww yow. Again, a huge and unbearable silence

992
01:14:05,439 --> 01:14:10,080
Speaker 16: filled the air until the big cooker barre said, he's.

993
01:14:10,160 --> 01:14:12,240
Speaker 8: Weird, strange.

994
01:14:12,760 --> 01:14:17,280
Speaker 16: Another one added, not normal, he's a freake. The big

995
01:14:17,400 --> 01:14:21,280
Speaker 16: cooker barre gave Pirate a push. The smallest cooker barre

996
01:14:21,560 --> 01:14:26,360
Speaker 16: had at the same time, ducked behind Pirate's legs. Pirate

997
01:14:26,439 --> 01:14:29,040
Speaker 16: fell over him backwards and landed on his bottom.

998
01:14:29,720 --> 01:14:32,280
Speaker 6: Let's get out of here before he makes us sick

999
01:14:32,400 --> 01:14:34,160
Speaker 6: with his jones.

1000
01:14:34,560 --> 01:14:38,559
Speaker 16: The big cooker barre said. On command. The cooker barres

1001
01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:42,400
Speaker 16: jumped off one after the other and flapped away. The

1002
01:14:42,479 --> 01:14:45,880
Speaker 16: smallest one, being the tail of the flock, turned his

1003
01:14:46,080 --> 01:15:22,640
Speaker 16: head and yelled back at big parrot. Steltzer woke up

1004
01:15:22,680 --> 01:15:26,479
Speaker 16: and found Pirate curled up hard against her chest, his

1005
01:15:26,640 --> 01:15:30,960
Speaker 16: head buried deep under his wings. Her instinct told her

1006
01:15:31,040 --> 01:15:32,960
Speaker 16: that something was bugging Pirate.

1007
01:15:33,880 --> 01:15:34,599
Speaker 6: What's wrong?

1008
01:15:35,240 --> 01:15:37,080
Speaker 1: I don't want to play today.

1009
01:15:37,920 --> 01:15:42,519
Speaker 16: Pirate mumbled from under his wings. He feared bumping into

1010
01:15:42,560 --> 01:15:45,760
Speaker 16: the kid kokerbar As a second time. They would only

1011
01:15:45,840 --> 01:15:48,360
Speaker 16: tease him again, laugh at him, and push him over.

1012
01:15:49,479 --> 01:15:53,960
Speaker 16: He felt a strange tingling deep inside his chest. Did

1013
01:15:54,000 --> 01:15:57,000
Speaker 16: it make him sad or did it make him angry?

1014
01:15:58,200 --> 01:16:03,360
Speaker 16: Pirate could not tell. He didn't know. Actually, he knew

1015
01:16:03,439 --> 01:16:04,600
Speaker 16: nothing whatsoever.

1016
01:16:05,560 --> 01:16:06,639
Speaker 6: That is what he thought.

1017
01:16:07,479 --> 01:16:10,280
Speaker 16: All he saw in his mind was the bold of

1018
01:16:10,360 --> 01:16:14,040
Speaker 16: the dogs, called the Whistler. But it was not at

1019
01:16:14,080 --> 01:16:18,320
Speaker 16: the northern end of Tantraboo. It stood right in front

1020
01:16:18,360 --> 01:16:22,960
Speaker 16: of him, in his path, and it was much bigger, gigantic.

1021
01:16:23,600 --> 01:16:25,960
Speaker 16: There was no way to walk around it.

1022
01:16:29,600 --> 01:16:31,040
Speaker 7: Did you have a bad dream?

1023
01:16:31,680 --> 01:16:32,720
Speaker 1: I wish I had.

1024
01:16:36,960 --> 01:16:37,840
Speaker 6: Well, that's good.

1025
01:16:39,080 --> 01:16:43,000
Speaker 7: When bad things happen in your dreams, you can't change them,

1026
01:16:44,000 --> 01:16:46,519
Speaker 7: but you can when they happen in real life.

1027
01:16:47,479 --> 01:16:51,519
Speaker 16: Pirate lifted his head. Is that, sir, Yes, it is, mate,

1028
01:16:52,280 --> 01:16:53,760
Speaker 16: Buddha jumped onto the couch.

1029
01:16:54,000 --> 01:16:57,479
Speaker 6: It is possible to change things in your life. If

1030
01:16:57,520 --> 01:17:01,280
Speaker 6: you can't do it yourself, made and always ask your

1031
01:17:01,400 --> 01:17:04,760
Speaker 6: friends to give you a hand, or rather a poor

1032
01:17:05,439 --> 01:17:07,960
Speaker 6: so why don't you tell us what happened this morning?

1033
01:17:08,479 --> 01:17:11,599
Speaker 16: Pirate told them everything about his encounter with the kid

1034
01:17:11,760 --> 01:17:14,720
Speaker 16: cook A Barrs. When he came to the part where

1035
01:17:14,720 --> 01:17:18,240
Speaker 16: the cooker Barres pushed him over, a tear was running

1036
01:17:18,320 --> 01:17:26,120
Speaker 16: down his cheek. He had to tell the story all

1037
01:17:26,160 --> 01:17:29,240
Speaker 16: over again. As Ajax dropped in, he too wanted to

1038
01:17:29,280 --> 01:17:33,519
Speaker 16: know what happened. Pirate crawled out from under Steltz's chest

1039
01:17:33,800 --> 01:17:37,559
Speaker 16: and hopped onto her leg. This time, as he spoke

1040
01:17:37,640 --> 01:17:41,200
Speaker 16: of having been pushed over, there were no tears. He

1041
01:17:41,360 --> 01:17:45,519
Speaker 16: only had watery eyes. Once he had finished his story,

1042
01:17:45,840 --> 01:17:47,640
Speaker 16: Ajax said, what.

1043
01:17:47,800 --> 01:17:48,960
Speaker 6: A bunch of bullies.

1044
01:17:49,960 --> 01:17:53,519
Speaker 16: Finally, Hoover joined the group. Pirate had to tell the

1045
01:17:53,600 --> 01:17:57,000
Speaker 16: same story again a third time. He hopped onto the

1046
01:17:57,080 --> 01:18:00,200
Speaker 16: coucher's armrest and told Hoover how the cooker bar has

1047
01:18:00,240 --> 01:18:03,640
Speaker 16: teased him, laughed at him, and pushed him over. But

1048
01:18:03,800 --> 01:18:07,960
Speaker 16: this time his eyes stayed dry. Once he had finished

1049
01:18:07,960 --> 01:18:11,280
Speaker 16: his story, Hoover said, what a bunch of bullies.

1050
01:18:12,160 --> 01:18:16,439
Speaker 6: Bullies are cowards, and that's the truth. Mate. A bully

1051
01:18:16,560 --> 01:18:19,720
Speaker 6: puts you down to make you feel lousy so he

1052
01:18:20,200 --> 01:18:21,000
Speaker 6: can feel great.

1053
01:18:21,560 --> 01:18:25,200
Speaker 16: Pirate was not sure if he understood what Buddha just said.

1054
01:18:26,240 --> 01:18:31,479
Speaker 16: This was again one of his complicated phrases. Steltzer put

1055
01:18:31,520 --> 01:18:33,559
Speaker 16: her poor on the armrest next to pirate.

1056
01:18:34,040 --> 01:18:37,320
Speaker 7: Oh what are we going to do about you?

1057
01:18:37,840 --> 01:18:39,639
Speaker 1: I wish I was able to laugh.

1058
01:18:40,640 --> 01:18:44,680
Speaker 16: Everybody fell silent. They all looked at each other, and

1059
01:18:44,840 --> 01:18:49,519
Speaker 16: every now and then shrugged their shoulders. Finally, Buddha stood up.

1060
01:18:50,120 --> 01:18:52,800
Speaker 16: He raised his tail and said, I.

1061
01:18:52,960 --> 01:18:55,920
Speaker 6: Guess it is time we teach you laughing mate.

1062
01:19:00,000 --> 01:19:05,439
Speaker 1: Now let's pause. Ah, but I really like this story.

1063
01:19:06,360 --> 01:19:08,920
Speaker 1: What happens next to Pirate the Cuckabra.

1064
01:19:09,800 --> 01:19:12,640
Speaker 17: I like the story too, Lisa, as well as the

1065
01:19:12,720 --> 01:19:15,799
Speaker 17: first story. There is Rice at Home and the Piano.

1066
01:19:16,800 --> 01:19:20,080
Speaker 17: Lingo Kids listeners, do you want to know what happens

1067
01:19:20,160 --> 01:19:21,680
Speaker 17: to the brave little Kuckobra?

1068
01:19:22,200 --> 01:19:22,439
Speaker 1: Yay.

1069
01:19:24,160 --> 01:19:26,360
Speaker 17: You can listen to the second part of this story

1070
01:19:26,520 --> 01:19:30,680
Speaker 17: in our next episode. And now Elliot has some important

1071
01:19:30,800 --> 01:19:31,880
Speaker 17: information to share.

1072
01:19:32,680 --> 01:19:36,639
Speaker 1: All free books are available in stores. You can find

1073
01:19:36,680 --> 01:19:39,880
Speaker 1: them online. Check the information in the show notes.

1074
01:19:40,560 --> 01:19:44,240
Speaker 17: That's right, you can support the authors too by purchasing

1075
01:19:44,360 --> 01:19:47,920
Speaker 17: their books. We shared the links to the online.

1076
01:19:47,520 --> 01:19:48,639
Speaker 6: Stores in the description.

1077
01:19:49,320 --> 01:19:54,160
Speaker 17: Thank you, Sherry Precious and Adrian Lingo Kids Listeners, We

1078
01:19:54,360 --> 01:19:56,040
Speaker 17: hope you enjoyed this episode.

1079
01:19:56,680 --> 01:20:00,880
Speaker 1: Thank you, see you. Next time, open

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01:20:01,040 --> 01:20:06,559
Speaker 10: The packet to betwet the un table, the carg