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Speaker 1: Hi, Lingo kids listeners, I'm glad you made it here

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Speaker 1: to the second part of our Reading Books episode. Are

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Speaker 1: you ready to find out what happens next to the

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Speaker 1: little bird the barking kuocko bough. I can't wait to

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Speaker 1: hear it. Let's continue the story, and if you missed

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Speaker 1: the previous episode, you can always go back and play

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Speaker 1: it first.

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Speaker 2: Ready, yeahs.

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Speaker 3: A rumor spreading through the valley of Tantraboo said that

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Speaker 3: dogs cannot laugh. It said, dogs can only bark. However, Steltzer, Ajax,

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Speaker 3: and Hoover would suggest that dogs were able to laugh.

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Speaker 3: After all, they did it themselves every now and then,

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Speaker 3: and so did Budda. This was proof enough that cats

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Speaker 3: also can have a good chuckle. Buddha actually knew the

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Speaker 3: art of laughing. Back to front teaching Pirate was his call.

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Speaker 3: He was very serious about it.

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Speaker 4: Pirates first lesson shall be at dusk at the fence

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Speaker 4: next to the gum tree.

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Speaker 3: He said, and ordered Ajax, Hoover and Steltzer to set

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Speaker 3: up the classroom. Pirate could hardly wait. Going to school

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Speaker 3: must be a lot of funny, thought. He was very

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Speaker 3: excited and followed the dogs all around the farmhouse, bombarding

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Speaker 5: When does school start? What are you doing?

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Speaker 6: We are collecting blankets for the classroom.

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Speaker 5: Where is the school? What are you doing?

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Speaker 4: I'll have to drag my blanket back to the classroom.

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Speaker 5: Why go to school every day? When is it time yet?

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Speaker 5: What are you doing?

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Speaker 7: I am concentrating, mate, Buddha answered, sitting on the fence post.

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Speaker 4: Do not disturb me.

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Speaker 3: Under his watchful eye, Ajax, Hoover and Steltzer placed one

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Speaker 4: These are the cheers, and now we need desks.

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Speaker 3: He ordered Ajax, Hoover and Steltzer to roll up four

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Speaker 3: That took them a while. The logs were heavy.

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Speaker 5: Why make friends at school? Will I get my school bag?

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Speaker 5: Can I have sweets in my lunch box? Where is school?

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Speaker 8: What are you doing having a break for dog's snout's sake?

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Speaker 3: Hoover answered, panting and throwing himself onto the ground under

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Speaker 3: and Steltzer set up one log on each blanket. Buddha

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Speaker 3: asking for adjustments here and there. Eventually, at dusk, long

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Speaker 3: after the sun had set, everybody was allowed to take

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Speaker 4: Welcome to my classroom mates, uh students.

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Speaker 5: Good evening, mister teacher.

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Speaker 4: This is the time of the day when Kookaburras sit

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Speaker 4: rolling raucus and crazy laughter. Now, who have you, students,

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Speaker 4: knows that distinct kookaburra laughter that sends a shiver down

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Speaker 3: I do, Ajax quickly said.

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Speaker 4: Woof, woof, Get out of here.

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Speaker 3: Hoover interrupted, It goes like this bow wow.

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Speaker 6: No, no, no, listen to this ooof oof.

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Speaker 3: All three looked at Buddha, wagging their tails and waiting

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Speaker 3: for his appraisal of who did the best kroko barrough laugh. Buddha, though,

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Speaker 4: I see you still have a lot to learn anyway,

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Speaker 4: that's what you're here for. Well. First of all, in

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Speaker 4: order to have a good belly laugh, the laughter needs

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Speaker 3: Buddha was a strict teacher. Nobody was allowed to smack,

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Speaker 3: Everybody had to sit still. Pirate was very happy to

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Speaker 3: and keen to be a good one. He paid great

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Speaker 4: I can't hear you, mate, The bloomin dogs are too loud.

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Speaker 3: He ordered them to keep quiet and asked Pirate to

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Speaker 3: and took a deep breath. He took in a huge

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Speaker 3: Buddha dropped his jaw.

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Speaker 4: Holy fishbone, he's barking. I mean he's laughing.

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Speaker 3: Steltzer had a tear in her eyes.

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Speaker 9: Oh that's my baby.

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Speaker 3: Pirate was stunned too. He expected to laugh like a

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Speaker 4: Mission accomplished.

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Speaker 3: There was a lot of cheering and even dancing going

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Speaker 3: They told each other jokes and did funny things and

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Speaker 3: to refine his barking. Ajax taught him how to yelp.

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Speaker 3: Hoover howled for all it was worth, and Pirate copied

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Speaker 3: him with ease. Only the growling proved to be difficult.

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Speaker 3: He tried hard, but every time it was nothing more

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Speaker 4: Not quite right.

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Speaker 8: Hoover said that wouldn't even scare a fly.

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Speaker 3: Steltzer suggested he needed to practice more and encouraged Pirate

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Speaker 3: to concentrate on the barking for now. She told another

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Speaker 3: at night, once Pirate was curled up with Steltzer on

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Speaker 3: quickly drifted back to sleep with a happy smile on

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Speaker 3: At one stage, he yelled down from the rooftop, Hey, might.

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Speaker 4: He trying to show away the stars or what.

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Speaker 3: The next morning, just before the sun rose, Pirate jumped

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Speaker 3: Exhausted from last night's party, Pirate went back to the

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Speaker 3: practiced barking afroff. It went quite well. It sounded as

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Speaker 3: if it came out of a dog's throat, admittedly a

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Speaker 3: relieved that he'd finally got rid of the wimpy, screechy

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Speaker 3: squeak the kid cooker Burroughs to teased him about. Now

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Speaker 3: he could laugh like a real dog. Would the cooker

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Speaker 3: barriers be pleased about it? He asked himself. What if

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Speaker 3: that they might push him over again. Now he wished

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Speaker 3: that he was a real dog, a huge, strong and

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Speaker 3: frightening dog that growls at them and gets them terribly scared. Suddenly,

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Speaker 3: Pirate had an idea. Next time, when the cooker barriers

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Speaker 3: teased him, he would be growling at them. He started practicing, girl,

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Speaker 3: gir girl. It was not a scary growl, yet it

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Speaker 3: still sounded as if millions of tiny bubbles were whirling

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Speaker 9: Well, well, well.

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Speaker 3: A voice said. All of a sudden, Pirate turned round.

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Speaker 3: Right in front of him was Tiger the Snake.

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Speaker 10: Do you have a sore throat?

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Speaker 2: No?

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Speaker 10: Why do you gurgle?

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Speaker 11: Then?

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Speaker 5: I am not gurgling. I'm growling.

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Speaker 3: There was a big grin on Tiger's face. She drew

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Speaker 10: Oh, I'm so scared. You are the most frightening cook

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Speaker 10: barrel I have ever come across. Should I say dog?

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Speaker 3: Without a sound, Her long body glided slowly around Pirate,

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Speaker 3: Her silky black eyes grew bigger and started to suck

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Speaker 3: Pirate in like a vacuum cleaner.

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Speaker 5: I can't play with you now. I'm at school, in

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Speaker 3: Tiger's head started to sway.

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Speaker 10: Nonsense, This is not the right school for you. Come

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Speaker 10: with me, Come to my.

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Speaker 5: Pirate school, a pirate school.

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Speaker 3: Pirate could not help himself. His body followed Tiger's movements.

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Speaker 5: Is it a real pirate school for pirates? I can't

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Speaker 5: go to the pirate school, not now. I need to

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Speaker 5: practice growling.

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Speaker 3: But he could hardly open his beak, and he could

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Speaker 3: Come with me, Tiger repeated, in the most soft and

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Speaker 3: annoyed too, if not angry, that Tiger tried to pull

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Speaker 3: Her jaw dropped, her eyes wide open. Now branded by

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Speaker 3: Tiger's tail was lodged in his beak. Before she was

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Speaker 3: straight into the air. Bring her up here, the kid

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Speaker 3: cook a Barre's shouted. Sitting in the gum tree, the

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Speaker 3: little cooker Barre feverishly flapped his wings, slowly gaining height

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Speaker 3: like a worm pierced on a hook. Finally, she regained

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Speaker 3: her voice and shouted, let go, you stupid little gather

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Speaker 3: Too heavy, the little cooker Borrough said, and before the

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Speaker 3: other corker Barros could rush to his aid, he let

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Speaker 10: I'll get you one day. Everywhere you go, everything you do,

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Speaker 10: I'll be watching you. I'll be following you.

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Speaker 9: That's my promise.

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Speaker 3: Like a stray bullet, she whizzed past Pirate, around the

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Speaker 3: Why didn't you catch her, scolded the cooker barres. Pirate

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Speaker 3: was confused. He had no idea what the cooker barreers

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Speaker 3: he had done something wrong that was most unfortunate. Of course,

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Speaker 3: now they really had good reason to be angry with

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Speaker 3: him and punish him. That's what corca barres do, the

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Speaker 3: big cooka Barrough said. We catch snakes. We grabbed their tails,

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Speaker 3: pull them up and drop them onto a rock. But

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Speaker 3: how would you do You are only a stupid parrot.

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Speaker 3: He slowly walked around Pirate. His anger showed that he

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Speaker 3: was thinking of some form of punishment.

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Speaker 4: You are us, you know, you are us big.

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Speaker 5: I can laugh now, can you? I want it yesterday?

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Speaker 7: Well, why don't you show us Tell him a joke, Yes,

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Speaker 7: the joke about the sick bird.

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Speaker 2: That'll make him laugh.

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Speaker 4: It's the best joke ever.

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Speaker 2: Here we go. Listen, what do you give a sick bird?

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Speaker 5: I'm not sure.

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Speaker 2: Treatment.

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Speaker 3: An unbearable silence filled the air. Pirate liked the joke.

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Speaker 12: He is barking.

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Speaker 2: He is barking like a dog. What else can you do?

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Speaker 2: I have left your leg and pek, can you lock

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Speaker 5: Yes?

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Speaker 2: I can, girl girl.

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Speaker 3: The cuker Barres burst into laughter.

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Speaker 2: He's a dog with a gor throat.

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Speaker 7: Oh he's not a dog, and he's not a bird.

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Speaker 5: I'm not a cougar barker.

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Speaker 2: I am a cucker bar Prove to us.

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Speaker 7: Prove to us that you are a bird. Spread your

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Speaker 7: wings and fly. We have not seen you flying yet.

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Speaker 7: You're always walking on the ground. You don't know how

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Speaker 3: To you Through the thick tears, Pirate glanced at the farmhouse.

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Speaker 3: He wished Steltzer would wake up and rescue him, but

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Speaker 3: wishing the naughty cooker Borroughs would simply disappear. The cooker

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Speaker 3: the big one said, we will teach you flying.

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Speaker 5: Really.

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Speaker 3: Pirate opened his eyes.

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Speaker 7: You will fly faster than a rocket's to the moon.

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Speaker 7: Hold on my back, I'll take you up the gum tree.

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Speaker 3: Pirates knees were trembling as the cooker barres jostled him

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Speaker 7: It's easy. Once you're up in the air. All you

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Speaker 7: do is keep your balance and you'll be right. The

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Speaker 7: most important thing, though, is the takeoff. Pay attention. You

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Speaker 7: must do what I tell you.

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Speaker 3: Pirate tried hard to hide his fear. He didn't want

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Speaker 2: Put the tip of your right wing in your.

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Speaker 3: Beak, said the big one. Pirate did so.

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Speaker 7: And now put your left foot in your beak.

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Speaker 3: Pirate looked stupid as he now tried to keep his

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Speaker 3: He was just about to topple over when all of

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Speaker 4: Enjoy your flat.

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Speaker 3: All the cooker barros screamed and squealed and cheered as

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Speaker 3: Pirate fell like a heavy rock towards the ground far

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Speaker 9: Leave him alone. He's still a baby. He can't defend himself.

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Speaker 2: Shame on you, what dad, land on your snaf.

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Speaker 3: Steltzer ran as fast as an old dog could run.

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Speaker 9: Hi right, don't fret, I'll help you.

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Speaker 3: I've got him, shouted Ajac. Suddenly, from behind, like a spring,

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Speaker 3: he jumped onto Steltzer's back and catapulted himself in a

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Speaker 3: began to force him back to the ground, he grabbed

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Speaker 3: Pirate as if catching a flying ball, holding him firmly

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Speaker 3: but carefully between his teeth. He came back on his

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Speaker 3: hind legs, then on his front legs, making sure Pirate

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Speaker 3: had a soft landing and wouldn't get hurt. The kooker

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Speaker 3: in amazement.

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Speaker 6: Count yourself lucky that nothing happened to Pirot.

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Speaker 3: Steltzer barked at them.

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Speaker 9: Now get out of.

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Speaker 5: My Those cougar bars don't like me.

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Speaker 3: Pirate said to Steltzon. He pressed his body hard against

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Speaker 3: Steltzer's chest, as if he was trying to hide between

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Speaker 3: the short hairs of her coat. He didn't see himself

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Speaker 3: any longer as the world's most dreaded pirate. His fantasy

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Speaker 3: pirate ship or schooner, as Buddha would correct him, had

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Speaker 3: broken in half. Pirate felt lost Without the ship, he

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Speaker 3: was not a real pirate anymore, and without being able

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Speaker 3: to fly, he was not even a real bird. Steltzer

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Speaker 3: drew her front legs closer together, gently squeezing Pirate.

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Speaker 9: They're just silly.

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Speaker 6: They think they're better and stronger than any.

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Speaker 9: Other cuoker butter, but they're not. They're no different to you.

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Speaker 9: They're like you.

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Speaker 6: They need to eat when they're hungry, and they need

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Speaker 6: to go to bed when it's dark. They do all

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Speaker 6: the things you do. They're like you, no less and

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Speaker 6: no more.

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Speaker 5: That's not true. They can fly. I can't.

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Speaker 4: Remember this, mate. A bully puts you down to make

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Speaker 4: you feel lousy so he can feel great.

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Speaker 3: Again. Pirate didn't understand Buddha's words of wisdom. He could

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Speaker 3: still hear the cooker Barras laughing at him. Again and again.

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Speaker 3: He saw himself falling out of the tree. That picture

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Speaker 3: made him cringe. Buddha, Hoover, and Ajax watched Pirate burying

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Speaker 3: his head further into Steltzer's chest. Hoover nudged Ajax and whispered.

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Speaker 8: He is putting himself down.

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Speaker 3: That only makes him more miserable.

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Speaker 4: I know.

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Speaker 3: Steltzer lifted her head. She was at a loss too.

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Speaker 3: She caught Buddha's, Hoover's, and Ajax's eyes, silently asking them

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Speaker 3: for help, but they all a shrugged their shoulders. Eventually,

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Speaker 3: Buddha stood up. He placed himself between the couch and

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Speaker 3: the two dogs. Raising his tail, he said, in a

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Speaker 4: It is time to go back to school, mate, We

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Speaker 4: will teach.

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Speaker 11: You Flying.

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Speaker 3: Pirate was on the brink of crying his eyes out

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Speaker 3: as he sat for the umpteenth time on his log

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Speaker 3: in the classroom, flapping his tired wings.

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Speaker 8: Jump jump jump now, jump now.

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Speaker 3: The dogs encouraged him, but like the numerous times before,

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Speaker 3: Pirate plummeted straight to the ground like a skydiver without

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Speaker 5: What do I do now?

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Speaker 11: Jump?

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Speaker 8: Jump jump now?

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Speaker 3: Come now, Pirate jumped or rather, he let himself fall

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Speaker 3: off the log and again on his bottom.

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Speaker 6: This is getting us nowhere, said Steltzer.

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Speaker 3: Follow me and bolted down the paddo, holding up her nose.

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Speaker 3: The head wind picked up her ears and threw them

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Speaker 5: Down down.

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Speaker 3: Pirate was running behind, trying to catch up, his wings

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Speaker 3: stretched away from his body, stiff and straight. He could

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Speaker 3: hear the sound of Steltzer's ears slapping against her head,

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Speaker 3: like a wet mop hitting the floor. Steltzer looked back

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Speaker 3: at Pirate, still shouting up and down, up and down.

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Speaker 3: She didn't see the bail of hay lying in her path.

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Speaker 3: Buddha's call to watch out came too late. She banged

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Speaker 3: head over heels. She finally landed on her back, Looking

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Speaker 3: as Pirate ran towards her, his beak wide open, letting.

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Speaker 12: Out a long and frantic scream.

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Speaker 3: A moment later he crashed into her out. Pirate sat

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Speaker 3: wings drooping.

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Speaker 5: I will never fly.

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Speaker 3: Like his wings. His head, too, was hanging down. He

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Speaker 3: thought he had disappointed his friends because he had failed

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Speaker 5: They don't like me any more. Who wants to be

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Speaker 5: my friend anyway?

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Speaker 3: A wall of black clouds slowly rose from behind the hills. Thunder,

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Speaker 3: dull and heavy, rolled down the valley of Tantraboo, spilling

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Speaker 3: He wondered where he came from. Somehow, it didn't make

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Speaker 3: sense to him that Steltzer was his mother or grandmother.

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Speaker 3: She didn't look like a bird. Actually, she was not

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Speaker 3: a bird, most definitely not a cooker Borough. She was

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Speaker 3: a dog. Pirate asked himself why he lived with dogs

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Speaker 3: and a cat. No other bird did that, they all

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Speaker 5: He did not.

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Speaker 3: He was different, strange, weird, no wonder the kid cooker

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Speaker 3: Barrs teased and bullied him. The clouds in the sky

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Speaker 3: grew bigger. They had already swallowed the sun. Their tops

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Speaker 3: were towering high up into the air and looked like

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Speaker 3: a bunch of cauliflower burnt black in a hot oven.

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Speaker 3: Lightning flared up, followed by monstrous thunder. Pirate cringed, and

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Speaker 3: as he closed his eyes he saw a picture of

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Speaker 3: it before. It was not the gum tree in the backyard,

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Speaker 3: picture was gone. More lightning and then more trembling thunder

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Speaker 3: made him flinch. He closed his eyes, and there again

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Speaker 3: was the picture of the gum tree. There was a

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Speaker 3: hole in the trunk. It looked like an entrance to

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Speaker 3: a cave. Next Door to the hole was a sign.

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Speaker 3: It said no laughing. Pirate knew the sign. He had

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Speaker 3: seen it so many times before. Suddenly it all made sense.

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Speaker 3: Pirate recognized the tree and the hole. It was the

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Speaker 3: entrance to his hole, to his nest he lived there.

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Speaker 3: He recognized the sign. His father had put it up

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Speaker 3: because he did not like laughing.

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Speaker 11: Only silly Pipemara's laugh laugh.

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Speaker 3: He used to say. That was the reason why Pirate

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Speaker 3: could not laugh. His father never taught him. Pirate remembered

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Speaker 3: Buddha's words after the dogs had found him in the

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Speaker 3: Back then, Pirate didn't understand what Buddha was talking about,

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Speaker 3: but now he did. This picture in his head was

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Speaker 3: his lost memory. He had found it again with more

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Speaker 3: monstrous thunder. Rolling down the valley, Pirate could now see

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Speaker 3: both his.

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Speaker 2: Father and his mother, Mom Daddy.

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Speaker 3: He shouted, but neither answered his call. The picture started

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Speaker 3: to move, and it was as if Pirate was now

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Speaker 3: watching a movie, a movie with himself in it. His

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Speaker 3: father flew away, going to work, and his mother flew

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Speaker 3: away too, going to a paddock looking for food. Pirate

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Speaker 3: had to stay back. He sat down in front of

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Speaker 3: a sudden, the wind carried cooker burro laughter coming from

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Speaker 3: a gum tree next door. There, the neighbors were playing

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Speaker 3: a funny game. The parents were tickling their children, making

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Speaker 3: them squeal and bore.

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Speaker 5: Can I please you?

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Speaker 3: Pirate called out to them, I want to laugh too,

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Speaker 3: but the cooker bars didn't hear him. Their tremendous laughter

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439
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Speaker 2: I want to laugh, to laugh too, to.

440
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 3: Laugh too, but no one heard him. He hopped further

441
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 3: to the very end of the branch. In the meantime,

442
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 3: the wind had become stronger and whipped through the tree,

443
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 3: shaking branches and plucking leaves, Pirate tightened his grip. Suddenly

444
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:41,320
Speaker 3: the sky opened up, rain was pelting down like a waterfall.

445
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 3: The lightning was shooting out of the black clouds, followed

446
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 3: by deafening thunder. The wind grew into a tornado. Its

447
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:57,200
Speaker 3: mighty force broke off the branch Pirate was sitting on

448
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:04,040
Speaker 3: and took him with it. The tornado whirled over the treetops,

449
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:09,840
Speaker 3: over the hill, and down the paddocks. Pirate was spun

450
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 3: around with dizzying speed.

451
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 9: With the roaring and the thunder.

452
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 3: Deafening his ears and the lightning blinding his eyes. But then,

453
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 3: as if the tornado was tired of carrying him any further,

454
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:30,839
Speaker 3: it spat him out. Pirate shot towards the ground beneath him,

455
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:42,399
Speaker 3: straight into a vegetable garden, where he landed on his head.

456
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:43,240
Speaker 4: Ahms.

457
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 3: He looked around, soaked, his feathers pointing away from his

458
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:59,600
Speaker 3: shivering body like crooked needles. He found himself standing between

459
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:04,800
Speaker 3: the letter and the carrots. Steltzer, Ajax, Hoover and Buddha

460
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:06,200
Speaker 3: were staring at him.

461
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:09,400
Speaker 6: We were worried that you'd got lost in the thunderstorm.

462
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:10,840
Speaker 9: Where have you been?

463
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 8: It's like the day we found you.

464
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,799
Speaker 3: It is on that day there was a thunderstorm too.

465
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,000
Speaker 8: You stood in the exact same spot.

466
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:23,320
Speaker 4: Hang on, might hang on? Do not confuse him any longer.

467
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 4: This could be the famous, long awaited bang on his head.

468
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:31,240
Speaker 3: Buddha looked Pirate in the eyes.

469
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:35,880
Speaker 4: Let me ask you, mate, where do you come from?

470
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,520
Speaker 3: Pirate pointed at the fence.

471
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,640
Speaker 5: From there, I guess.

472
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 4: Let me ask you again, mate, where do you really

473
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:47,920
Speaker 4: come from?

474
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 3: Pirate shook his body. He now remembered from home.

475
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 5: I come from home. I know where I live.

476
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,359
Speaker 4: He's found his memory. He's got it back.

477
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:08,720
Speaker 3: Everybody was jumping up and down with joy. Even Buddha

478
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 3: could not help himself and danced a pirouette like a

479
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:17,360
Speaker 3: ballet dancer. Only Steltzer sat silently on the side. She

480
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:20,440
Speaker 3: realized that the day she had dreaded more and more

481
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:25,319
Speaker 3: had finally come, the day when Pirate remembered where he

482
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 3: belonged and wanted to go home. Late at night, when

483
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:43,800
Speaker 3: Pirate was finally asleep, everyone sat together with stern faces.

484
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:48,319
Speaker 3: Pirate had described the exact way the tornado had carried him.

485
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,719
Speaker 3: It was easy to figure out where his home was.

486
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,880
Speaker 4: It's up in the north, a gorge, a paddock and

487
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 4: a hill away from here.

488
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:57,360
Speaker 3: It's a long why.

489
00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 11: We will have to walk him home.

490
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:00,959
Speaker 9: I'll go with him.

491
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:05,840
Speaker 4: Don't forget you're an old dog mate. Shouldn't we all come?

492
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:11,480
Speaker 9: No, he's my baby and it's my duty to get

493
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 9: him home.

494
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,360
Speaker 4: But we are his friends.

495
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:23,359
Speaker 9: I'll do it tomorrow by myself. You stay back. It's

496
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 9: just Pirate and me.

497
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:43,400
Speaker 3: Pirates sat comfortably on Steltz's neck, his claws firmly wrapped

498
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:47,880
Speaker 3: around her collar. Steltzer carefully waded through the high bracken,

499
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:55,840
Speaker 3: down the steep slope to the bottom of the gorge.

500
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,400
Speaker 3: At the big pond, she stopped for a drink. The

501
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:03,759
Speaker 3: whole time Pirate was staring back at the top of

502
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:04,600
Speaker 3: the gorge.

503
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:06,440
Speaker 9: What are you looking at?

504
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:11,880
Speaker 3: Nothing, said Pirate quickly. But he was lying. Actually, he

505
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,880
Speaker 3: was keeping a secret he shared with Buddha, Ajax and

506
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:22,600
Speaker 3: Hoover back at the farmhouse. They had promised him behind

507
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:27,400
Speaker 3: Steltzer's back to follow in secret. Somewhere on the way

508
00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:29,080
Speaker 3: they would come out of hiding.

509
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 4: We'll walk the rest of the way with your mate,

510
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 4: whether Steltzer likes.

511
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:34,399
Speaker 5: It or not.

512
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:37,280
Speaker 3: After all, we are family.

513
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 8: We have to stick together.

514
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:46,560
Speaker 3: Once Steltzer had satisfied her thirst, she slowly made her

515
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 3: way up the cliff on the opposite side of the gorge.

516
00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:56,759
Speaker 3: At the top and out of the cooling shade, she

517
00:38:56,880 --> 00:39:00,800
Speaker 3: stopped again, looking in awe at wa lay in front

518
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 3: of her.

519
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:05,720
Speaker 5: This is the paddock, I remember it. The tornado carried

520
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:08,839
Speaker 5: me all the way across from that big boulder over there.

521
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:13,399
Speaker 3: Since dogs do not have the best eyesight, Steltzer could

522
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:17,880
Speaker 3: only recognize a black dot in the far distance. The

523
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 3: very end of the paddock seemed to melt together with

524
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 3: the sky. She took a deep breath and continued on.

525
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:30,759
Speaker 3: The grass was high and prickly, its tallest tips towering

526
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 3: over Steltzer's neck. Pirates spread his wings and felt the

527
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:39,840
Speaker 3: stroking of the grass tips under his feathers. They tickled.

528
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,839
Speaker 3: He imagined it was the wind stroking his wings while

529
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:48,480
Speaker 3: he was flying. Every now and then, Steltzer stopped and

530
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,920
Speaker 3: looked back, pricking her ears.

531
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:52,920
Speaker 5: What are you looking at?

532
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,160
Speaker 9: Oh, I'm just checking that everything's all right.

533
00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:02,960
Speaker 3: Steltzer continued walking very slowly, as if trying not to

534
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 3: break the long grass. She carefully put one paw in

535
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 3: front of the other. After a few steps, she stopped

536
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:15,400
Speaker 3: and looked back again, pricking her ears. This time she

537
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:17,080
Speaker 3: was sniffing the air too.

538
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 5: What are you sniffing at? Is someone following us? Oh?

539
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:25,160
Speaker 6: No, nonsense, nobody is following us.

540
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 3: But Pirate became excited all of a sudden, He let

541
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,759
Speaker 3: go of Steltz's collar and hopped to the very end

542
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:32,320
Speaker 3: of her back.

543
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:36,879
Speaker 5: It's him. It's Ajax. I know it. He's followed us.

544
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:38,719
Speaker 5: He wants to come with us.

545
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:39,880
Speaker 4: Better not.

546
00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 6: I told him to stay back and guard the farmhouse.

547
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 5: Then it's Hoover.

548
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:48,839
Speaker 9: Oh, he'd never walked that far.

549
00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:50,200
Speaker 5: Then it's Budder.

550
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:52,560
Speaker 3: Oh he hates long walks.

551
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:57,960
Speaker 6: But they promised, Oh what did they promise?

552
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 5: Nothing? Anyway, Then it could only be Tiger.

553
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 9: How do you know Tiger?

554
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 5: I met her in the backyard, she said. She follows

555
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:11,840
Speaker 5: me wherever I go. She wants to play with me.

556
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 3: Steltzer ordered Pirate to hop off and sit down in

557
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:18,480
Speaker 3: front of her. She started to tell him off, like

558
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:21,120
Speaker 3: furious mothers do with their naughty children.

559
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:25,080
Speaker 9: Never ever play with Tiger.

560
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,680
Speaker 6: She is a vicious snake. She's dangerous.

561
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,319
Speaker 9: She only pretends to.

562
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:36,799
Speaker 6: Play with you, She actually chases you. She hypnotizes you.

563
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:41,200
Speaker 6: She takes away your will until you can't move anymore,

564
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:44,520
Speaker 6: not even your little claws.

565
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,840
Speaker 9: And then she bites you.

566
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:53,520
Speaker 6: She poisons you with her long teeth, and soon after

567
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:55,800
Speaker 6: you will die.

568
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,759
Speaker 5: How soon three hours, that's very soon.

569
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:05,720
Speaker 3: After he had promised to never play with a snake,

570
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:10,400
Speaker 3: especially tiger, he climbed back on to Steltz's neck. She

571
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:14,920
Speaker 3: continued to walk under the hot sun through the vast paddock,

572
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:19,560
Speaker 3: the bolder still far away. Her tongue was hanging out,

573
00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:23,960
Speaker 3: nearly touching the ground. She was panting so loudly and

574
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:27,760
Speaker 3: heavily that Pirate could not hear the flies buzzing around

575
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:31,920
Speaker 3: his head anymore. When she again stopped walking and looked

576
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 3: back to sniff the air, Pirate started to worry.

577
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:38,759
Speaker 5: I'm scared. Is tw you following us?

578
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:41,400
Speaker 9: Nobody is following us.

579
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:45,959
Speaker 6: I'm only making sure that no other snake is near by.

580
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:51,400
Speaker 6: Snakes like to be in the high grass. It protects

581
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 6: them from their enemies because they can't be seen. That's

582
00:42:55,760 --> 00:43:00,239
Speaker 6: why I walk slowly that way, I won't step upon

583
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:01,440
Speaker 6: one by accident.

584
00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:11,120
Speaker 3: After many more stops, they finally reached the boulder. Steltzer

585
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 3: was exhausted.

586
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:16,880
Speaker 6: Oh, the hate is killing me.

587
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:18,840
Speaker 9: We need a rest.

588
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:22,680
Speaker 3: On the other side of the boulder, Steltzer laid down

589
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:26,920
Speaker 3: in a shady spot, squeezing her exhausted body against the

590
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:30,719
Speaker 3: cool rock. She told Pirate to stay on her neck,

591
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:34,399
Speaker 3: but she had hardly finished her sentence before she fell

592
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:38,800
Speaker 3: asleep in an instant. Pirate closed his eyes and tried

593
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:42,520
Speaker 3: to sleep too, but he was not tired enough. He

594
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:46,960
Speaker 3: decided to stretch his legs and explore the boulder. He

595
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:49,880
Speaker 3: hopped to the other side and saw a mouse rushing

596
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:50,920
Speaker 3: into the high grass.

597
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:54,400
Speaker 5: Wait for me, don't run away, Let's play.

598
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:58,080
Speaker 3: He rushed into the high grass too, but quickly lost

599
00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:01,960
Speaker 3: sight of the mouse. Where I there was a rustle

600
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:05,480
Speaker 3: coming from behind a thick bundle. Pirate was convinced that

601
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 3: the mouse was hiding.

602
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:09,399
Speaker 5: Let's play hide and seek. I have to.

603
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 3: Find you slowly and carefully, like Steltzer did in the paddock.

604
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:18,400
Speaker 3: He put one foot in front of the other. After

605
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:21,560
Speaker 3: a couple of steps, he was close enough and jumped

606
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:25,680
Speaker 3: behind the bundle. I've got you, he cheered, but stopped

607
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:29,320
Speaker 3: short as he found himself standing right in front of Tiger.

608
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:37,280
Speaker 3: His heart fell all the way down to his knees.

609
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:42,200
Speaker 9: I've got you.

610
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 10: Hide and seek is my favorite game.

611
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:48,919
Speaker 3: I'm very good at it.

612
00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:52,640
Speaker 5: Stelter said that you only pretend to play.

613
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:57,040
Speaker 3: Pirate started staring into her black and bottomless eyes.

614
00:44:57,760 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 5: Stelter said that you have vicious.

615
00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:02,960
Speaker 9: And dangerous I know.

616
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 3: She slid around Pirate twice, fast and without a sound.

617
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:11,800
Speaker 3: Now he was trapped this.

618
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:15,200
Speaker 10: Time, you want to escape from me. I suppose you

619
00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:17,759
Speaker 10: know what is going to happen to the naughty little

620
00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 10: cooked barre that you are.

621
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:23,000
Speaker 5: Dancer said that you have poisonous teeth.

622
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:27,280
Speaker 10: Oh well, well, well you paid attention to her lecture.

623
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:34,000
Speaker 10: You are a good student. What else did Stosis say that.

624
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:39,120
Speaker 5: Your poison will kill within three hours? Ah?

625
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:43,200
Speaker 10: How right she is, But she didn't tell you that

626
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,319
Speaker 10: you will die a slow and painful death.

627
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:49,920
Speaker 5: Please don't bribe me, or don't worry.

628
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:51,920
Speaker 10: I won't let your suffer.

629
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:53,360
Speaker 3: I'll be fast.

630
00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:58,440
Speaker 10: I am going to move swallow you in one piece.

631
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:03,840
Speaker 3: She is and ripped her mouth wide open. Pirate stared

632
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 3: in awe at the two long and pointy teeth. He

633
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:11,440
Speaker 3: was frightened and screamed, or rather barked as loud as

634
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:17,799
Speaker 3: he could. Tiger stopped short.

635
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:19,879
Speaker 10: What the Holy snakes.

636
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 3: She was puzzled, oggling at Pirate as if she could

637
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:28,240
Speaker 3: not figure out who or what he was. Pirate jumped

638
00:46:28,239 --> 00:46:36,120
Speaker 3: at the chance and started running. He staggered through the

639
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:38,840
Speaker 3: thick grass and barked and peeped and screamed at the

640
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:44,879
Speaker 3: same time. Tiger chased after him. She snapped at him

641
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:47,319
Speaker 3: again and again, wanting to bite him.

642
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:49,960
Speaker 9: Well, stop freeze, you.

643
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,040
Speaker 3: Want to Pirate ran for his life out of the

644
00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:56,439
Speaker 3: high grass around the boulder to the shady spot where

645
00:46:56,440 --> 00:47:01,080
Speaker 3: Steltzer lay. Steltzer was already up on her legs. Hide

646
00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:05,440
Speaker 3: behind me, she told Pirate, and jumped forward into Tiger's path.

647
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:08,839
Speaker 3: But before she could bark at her, Tiger sunk her

648
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:12,880
Speaker 3: teeth into her paw. Steltzer fell onto her back, yelping

649
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:16,160
Speaker 3: and throwing her legs around. Tiger held on for a while,

650
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:19,040
Speaker 3: wiggling and swirling her long body as if she was

651
00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:22,759
Speaker 3: a worm pierced on a fishing walker. Eventually she let

652
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:26,439
Speaker 3: go and was catapulted through the air. She plunged into

653
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:29,360
Speaker 3: the paddock, where she disappeared in the high grass.

654
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:31,799
Speaker 5: She bit you, Ti, you bet you.

655
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:37,000
Speaker 3: Steltzer lay flat on her side, gasping for air. The

656
00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:39,920
Speaker 3: deep wrinkles on her forehead showed that she was in

657
00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:41,360
Speaker 3: tremendous pain.

658
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:44,600
Speaker 5: Don't die, Please, don't don't die.

659
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:51,319
Speaker 9: You must you must be brave. Now, Pirate, I must

660
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:54,520
Speaker 9: keep still. I have to stay here.

661
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:57,919
Speaker 6: Go go back to the farmhouse.

662
00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:00,600
Speaker 9: Go and get help.

663
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:05,120
Speaker 5: No, Stelzer, I'm not leaving you alone. Please don't die.

664
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:08,520
Speaker 9: Go now run.

665
00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:14,319
Speaker 3: Pirate was running through the paddock along the track they

666
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:16,720
Speaker 3: had left in the grass on their way to the boulder.

667
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:20,920
Speaker 3: His eyes were filled with tears. Everything in front of

668
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:25,160
Speaker 3: him was blurred. A long journey lay ahead of him.

669
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:29,880
Speaker 3: He needed to run faster. Steltzer will die within three hours.

670
00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:33,080
Speaker 3: How long will it take him to get to the farmhouse.

671
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:37,640
Speaker 3: Will he make it in time? Faster, he told himself. Faster,

672
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:39,640
Speaker 3: Every minute counted.

673
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,440
Speaker 5: Please please let me fly.

674
00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:46,960
Speaker 3: He prayed, pushing his body off the ground while he

675
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:51,000
Speaker 3: was running, and as he spread his wings, he lifted

676
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:54,279
Speaker 3: off as if an invisible hand had picked him up.

677
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:58,480
Speaker 3: He was now gliding in a smooth line, feeling the

678
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:02,359
Speaker 3: tips of the grass stem stroking his wings, but all

679
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:05,239
Speaker 3: of a sudden, he started to drift. He lost his

680
00:49:05,360 --> 00:49:08,120
Speaker 3: balance as he tried to flap his wings and he

681
00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:12,319
Speaker 3: was starting to tilt slowly at first from left to

682
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:17,080
Speaker 3: right and back again. But suddenly he toppled and eventually

683
00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:22,840
Speaker 3: spiraled out of control, like a deflated balloon gone wild.

684
00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:28,880
Speaker 3: He plunged into the grass. To his surprise, he landed

685
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:31,640
Speaker 3: right between Buddha, Ajax and Hoover.

686
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:33,600
Speaker 5: You're here. I knew you'd come.

687
00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:37,360
Speaker 4: Well, we stick to our promise. Bite, we told you

688
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:39,040
Speaker 4: that we would follow Stazza.

689
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:41,440
Speaker 5: We must help her. She's going to die. She was

690
00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:44,520
Speaker 5: bitten by tiger. Where is she back there at the boulder.

691
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:47,880
Speaker 3: You could see the shock in Ajax and Hoover's face.

692
00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:52,200
Speaker 3: Buddha kept his cool, though, and told everybody what to do.

693
00:49:52,719 --> 00:49:55,520
Speaker 4: We must take it to the hospital. Ajax, you are

694
00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:58,520
Speaker 4: the fastest runner. Go back to the farmhouse and get

695
00:49:58,560 --> 00:50:01,560
Speaker 4: the master with his ute. In the meantime, Hoover and

696
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:04,600
Speaker 4: I will go to Steltzer. She needs us to comfort her.

697
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:08,600
Speaker 4: Pirate you find the kid Coooker Barras. We need their help.

698
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:13,120
Speaker 4: The crooker Burroughs must find Tiger. The veterinarian at the

699
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:16,040
Speaker 4: hospital needs to know what kind of snake she is.

700
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:22,319
Speaker 4: This is very important, this is crucial. Only then can

701
00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:24,920
Speaker 4: he give Steltzer the right treatment, the right anti venom,

702
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:27,799
Speaker 4: but the kucka bars They must deliver tiger to the hospital.

703
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:31,000
Speaker 4: The faster the better. The kooker Barros know where it is.

704
00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:32,720
Speaker 4: Everybody do it now.

705
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:37,840
Speaker 3: Ajax had already run off. Buddha and Hoover rushed towards

706
00:50:37,840 --> 00:50:43,120
Speaker 3: the boulder. Only Pirates stood back. He was confused. He

707
00:50:43,280 --> 00:50:46,799
Speaker 3: was frightened to look for the kooker burroughs. How could

708
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:50,480
Speaker 3: he ask them for help? What if they bullied him again?

709
00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:54,520
Speaker 3: Budda looked back and yelled at Pirate.

710
00:50:54,520 --> 00:50:56,440
Speaker 4: You could do it. I know you can do it.

711
00:50:56,680 --> 00:50:57,720
Speaker 4: Go now.

712
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:41,239
Speaker 3: Run Every minute and every action counted in order to

713
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:45,319
Speaker 3: save Steltz's life. Bordha and Hoover were finally with her.

714
00:51:45,960 --> 00:51:48,960
Speaker 3: Her pain at eased, but she was now complaining about

715
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:53,040
Speaker 3: being very weak and short of breath. Hoover managed to

716
00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:56,400
Speaker 3: pull her back into the shady spot. Borddha had chewed

717
00:51:56,440 --> 00:51:59,840
Speaker 3: off a bunch of grass with his mouth. He firmly

718
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:04,080
Speaker 3: wrapped the long stems around Steltz's ankle, above the spot

719
00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:05,040
Speaker 3: where she was bitten.

720
00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:08,239
Speaker 4: It will slow down the blood flow. We have to

721
00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:10,960
Speaker 4: make sure the poison is not running into your heart.

722
00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:15,480
Speaker 3: Ajax was back at the farmhouse. He scratched at the

723
00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:19,520
Speaker 3: door and barked until Steltz's master stepped out, wondering what

724
00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:23,839
Speaker 3: was going on. Ajax kept making a fuss. He ran

725
00:52:23,880 --> 00:52:26,680
Speaker 3: to the ute and back to the door, and back

726
00:52:26,719 --> 00:52:29,840
Speaker 3: to the ute, yelping and barking.

727
00:52:29,600 --> 00:52:30,520
Speaker 4: Bloody awful.

728
00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:32,719
Speaker 3: He actually was saying, don't you.

729
00:52:32,719 --> 00:52:35,160
Speaker 4: Get it, hop into your bloody you don't follow me,

730
00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:36,600
Speaker 4: hurry up.

731
00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:42,640
Speaker 3: Steltz's master eventually understood. He followed Ajax, who ran ahead

732
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:45,560
Speaker 3: as fast as a whirlwind to the boulder in the paddock.

733
00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:51,080
Speaker 3: Pirate was less fortunate. He still had doubts about looking

734
00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:54,400
Speaker 3: for the cooker barros. He was afraid of their nastiness.

735
00:52:55,280 --> 00:53:00,080
Speaker 3: At the same time, he was devastated about Steltz's snake bite.

736
00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:03,600
Speaker 3: He feared she would die. The tears in his eyes

737
00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:07,120
Speaker 3: were the result of all of his worries. Because of them,

738
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:10,840
Speaker 3: he could not see a thing, no wonder. He didn't

739
00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:13,720
Speaker 3: realize that he was approaching the end of the paddock.

740
00:53:14,760 --> 00:53:18,000
Speaker 3: As he felt the rocky ground under his claws. It

741
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:21,760
Speaker 3: was too late. He shot over the top of the cliff.

742
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:25,440
Speaker 3: He fell down the gorge and with a big splash,

743
00:53:25,520 --> 00:53:28,680
Speaker 3: like an explosion. He hit the icy cold water of

744
00:53:28,719 --> 00:53:34,400
Speaker 3: the pool. His body froze. He could not move and

745
00:53:34,480 --> 00:53:37,560
Speaker 3: went under. He sank down to the bottom of the

746
00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:42,840
Speaker 3: pool into a silent darkness. Strange pictures popped up in

747
00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:46,920
Speaker 3: his head. He saw Steltzer sleeping next to the boulder,

748
00:53:47,800 --> 00:53:50,040
Speaker 3: but it was not the one he had left her at.

749
00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:54,480
Speaker 3: It was the whistler. It still had the stick in

750
00:53:54,560 --> 00:53:58,600
Speaker 3: its pointy mouth. It was flicking like the tongue of

751
00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:03,360
Speaker 3: a snake. The mouth grew bigger, so too did the stick,

752
00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:09,720
Speaker 3: while the whole head was swaying. Suddenly, the bolder opened

753
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:16,040
Speaker 3: its mouth, revealing two giant, pointy teeth. With a big roar,

754
00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:22,520
Speaker 3: It went down on Steltzer. No Pirate shouted, Steltzer must

755
00:54:22,560 --> 00:54:26,680
Speaker 3: not die. Trillions of air bubbles flowed out of his

756
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:30,319
Speaker 3: beak as he tried to breathe in he swallowed a

757
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:34,040
Speaker 3: bucket load of water. It threatened to suffocate and kill him,

758
00:54:34,680 --> 00:54:39,440
Speaker 3: but Pirate refused to die. He needed to live. He

759
00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:43,840
Speaker 3: had to help Steltzer. Steltzer would not survive if he

760
00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:47,440
Speaker 3: did not find the corka barres. He had to convince

761
00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:50,719
Speaker 3: them to help him, whether they bullied him or not.

762
00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:56,880
Speaker 3: It didn't matter. It was Steltzer who mattered. Now, with

763
00:54:57,040 --> 00:55:00,720
Speaker 3: all his might, he wriggled and jiggled his whole body,

764
00:55:01,560 --> 00:55:05,840
Speaker 3: the claws, the legs, the wings, the head, and pushed

765
00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:11,040
Speaker 3: himself back to the surface. Coughing and spluttering. He crawled

766
00:55:11,080 --> 00:55:12,560
Speaker 3: on to the bank, where he collapsed.

767
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:19,360
Speaker 2: It's that stupid parrot again.

768
00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:24,759
Speaker 3: Pirate looked up. The kid cooker barros were gathering around him.

769
00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:27,520
Speaker 3: They had flown by when they heard the splash and

770
00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:28,680
Speaker 3: wondered what had happened.

771
00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:31,040
Speaker 4: He smells like a wet dog.

772
00:55:31,480 --> 00:55:33,480
Speaker 6: I think he wants to become a fish.

773
00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:37,960
Speaker 7: There, yeah, a stinky dead fish. Let's throw him back

774
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:38,720
Speaker 7: into the water.

775
00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:43,200
Speaker 3: Pirate cringed not because he was frightened by the naughty

776
00:55:43,239 --> 00:55:47,279
Speaker 3: cooker barriers. He cringed because he felt a tickling in

777
00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:52,359
Speaker 3: his chest, a very angry tickling. It grew bigger and

778
00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:57,040
Speaker 3: turned into a hammering Weighty iron plates were banging against

779
00:55:57,040 --> 00:56:01,759
Speaker 3: each other, stronger, faster, and louder, until Pirate feared his

780
00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:06,080
Speaker 3: heart was going to explode. He jumped onto his feet

781
00:56:06,320 --> 00:56:10,600
Speaker 3: and spread his wings wider than ever. He had had

782
00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:14,759
Speaker 3: enough of the cooker barre's silly talk. His anger was

783
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:18,920
Speaker 3: throbbing in every fiber of his body. He now stood

784
00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:22,760
Speaker 3: tall and strong, ready to fight the enemy with all

785
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:27,200
Speaker 3: his might. Soaked the wet feathers pointing away from his

786
00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:32,399
Speaker 3: trembling body like sharp knives, he screamed at the cooker Barres.

787
00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:36,080
Speaker 5: I'm not a parrot, I'm not a fish. I am Pirate.

788
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:43,319
Speaker 3: I am a cooker bar Then he growled, Then he

789
00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:53,000
Speaker 3: barked ugh and growled again. The cooker Burroughs took a

790
00:56:53,040 --> 00:56:56,800
Speaker 3: step backwards, Pirate a step forward.

791
00:56:57,360 --> 00:57:01,160
Speaker 5: Steltzer got bitten by tiger. We must tell We must

792
00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:05,360
Speaker 5: find tiger and deliver her to the hospital. The veterinarian

793
00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:09,640
Speaker 5: needs her for the anti venom. Otherwise Statsy will die.

794
00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:11,120
Speaker 5: You must help me now.

795
00:57:14,480 --> 00:57:18,760
Speaker 3: The cooker Barres looked at Pirate in astonishment. The little

796
00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:23,439
Speaker 3: one hid behind the big one. Eventually he said, I

797
00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:24,600
Speaker 3: saw tiger.

798
00:57:24,520 --> 00:57:28,240
Speaker 9: Just before up there at the top of the coach.

799
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:30,360
Speaker 5: Let's go and get her now.

800
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:35,280
Speaker 3: Without hesitation and without a word, the cooker Barres took off,

801
00:57:35,560 --> 00:57:39,040
Speaker 3: flying towards the top of the cliff. Hey wait for me,

802
00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:43,960
Speaker 3: Pirate said, flapping his soaked heavy wings. But the cooker

803
00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:46,920
Speaker 3: Barres didn't hear him, and Pirate had to climb all

804
00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:49,280
Speaker 3: the way back through the narrow and steep path to

805
00:57:49,320 --> 00:57:52,080
Speaker 3: the top of the cliff. Up there he could hear

806
00:57:52,120 --> 00:57:56,960
Speaker 3: the cooker barres yelling, get her.

807
00:57:58,960 --> 00:58:03,480
Speaker 7: Right to the left, take her from behind, take her

808
00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:06,200
Speaker 7: from the front. We'll tap.

809
00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:08,360
Speaker 4: Now.

810
00:58:09,040 --> 00:58:12,200
Speaker 3: The cooker borroughs had formed a row and lunged a

811
00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:17,360
Speaker 3: tiger all at once. Their claws tightened around her skinny body.

812
00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:20,640
Speaker 3: They sat on tiger like birds do on a perch.

813
00:58:21,640 --> 00:58:25,800
Speaker 3: Their weight pushed her down into the ground. She was trapped.

814
00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:29,800
Speaker 3: She had no hope of escape, was not able to

815
00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:33,280
Speaker 3: move an inch. The little cooker barro gave her a

816
00:58:33,320 --> 00:58:34,440
Speaker 3: whack on her head.

817
00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:39,480
Speaker 10: Ouch, will stop at once, you're hurting me.

818
00:58:41,760 --> 00:58:46,000
Speaker 3: To the hospital, Pirate commanded, jumping on to the snake.

819
00:58:46,080 --> 00:58:50,240
Speaker 3: Between two cooker barros with tiger and their claws, they

820
00:58:50,400 --> 00:59:04,200
Speaker 3: lifted off. The wind was blowing into Pirate's face, and

821
00:59:04,280 --> 00:59:07,840
Speaker 3: he had already dried off his feathers. Looking down, he

822
00:59:07,920 --> 00:59:11,480
Speaker 3: felt dizzy, but the wonder of what he saw was

823
00:59:11,640 --> 00:59:15,960
Speaker 3: far greater than any fear or worry. His eyes could

824
00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:20,560
Speaker 3: see and grasp everything at once. The world underneath him

825
00:59:20,680 --> 00:59:27,280
Speaker 3: had shrunk into one big playground, scattered with trees, houses, boulders,

826
00:59:27,320 --> 00:59:32,320
Speaker 3: and sheep as little as tiny toys. Pirate felt like

827
00:59:32,400 --> 00:59:37,320
Speaker 3: a giant, like a fearless giant bird circling the sky.

828
00:59:38,640 --> 00:59:43,800
Speaker 3: Up here, he was strong and safe, his claws firmly

829
00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:47,640
Speaker 3: wrapped around Tiger's body. He now watched how the cooker

830
00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:52,400
Speaker 3: Barres flapped their wings. He copied their moves, was sometimes

831
00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:57,000
Speaker 3: a bit slow, sometimes too fast, but soon he caught

832
00:59:57,080 --> 01:00:00,360
Speaker 3: up with the rhythm. He pushed up his wings and

833
01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:04,600
Speaker 3: held them still for a split second before he forcefully

834
01:00:04,680 --> 01:00:05,640
Speaker 3: pulled them down again.

835
01:00:06,440 --> 01:00:08,160
Speaker 4: You can fly.

836
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:13,800
Speaker 3: Said the big crooker Barro, like a real crocker Barro. Yes,

837
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:24,760
Speaker 3: Pirate could fly at last.

838
01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:30,200
Speaker 5: Thank you what for for helping me?

839
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:31,840
Speaker 2: It's all right.

840
01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:34,320
Speaker 4: That's what friends are for.

841
01:00:35,200 --> 01:00:39,240
Speaker 2: I am sorry, but for for chasing you.

842
01:00:39,960 --> 01:01:02,880
Speaker 5: It's all right, after all, we are friends.

843
01:01:03,920 --> 01:01:06,360
Speaker 3: On the other side of a hill where the village

844
01:01:06,400 --> 01:01:10,040
Speaker 3: with the hospital was, the Cooker Barros and Pirate set

845
01:01:10,080 --> 01:01:13,960
Speaker 3: their wings at an angle. They quickly lost height and

846
01:01:14,040 --> 01:01:18,280
Speaker 3: now drifted down in a smooth circle towards the hospital.

847
01:01:18,880 --> 01:01:23,240
Speaker 3: They're there, Pirates shouted. He could see Ajax, Hoover and

848
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:26,920
Speaker 3: Buddha looking through an open window. After a swift dive.

849
01:01:27,240 --> 01:01:29,800
Speaker 3: The cooker barros flew over their heads straight through the

850
01:01:29,840 --> 01:01:34,560
Speaker 3: window into the veterinarian surgery. There they dropped tiger on

851
01:01:34,640 --> 01:01:38,880
Speaker 3: a table. Buddha, Ajax, and Hoover were all making a

852
01:01:38,920 --> 01:01:42,920
Speaker 3: fuss at the same time. They barked, yelped, and meowed

853
01:01:43,200 --> 01:01:46,440
Speaker 3: until the veterinarian and Steltz's master came running.

854
01:01:46,880 --> 01:01:49,160
Speaker 8: Peyoffel and bloody fishbone.

855
01:01:49,480 --> 01:01:51,920
Speaker 3: They were actually saying, don't.

856
01:01:51,680 --> 01:01:55,720
Speaker 4: You get it, She's the snike, you bit Steltzer, hurry up.

857
01:01:56,840 --> 01:02:02,760
Speaker 3: The veterinarian and Steltzer's master eventually understood what happened after

858
01:02:03,280 --> 01:02:06,439
Speaker 3: no one could witness. Steltzer was in a different room

859
01:02:06,560 --> 01:02:10,200
Speaker 3: behind closed doors, and the veterinarian had shut the window.

860
01:02:10,880 --> 01:02:12,960
Speaker 4: There is nothing we can do anymore.

861
01:02:13,440 --> 01:02:14,080
Speaker 3: Said Buddha.

862
01:02:14,840 --> 01:02:15,680
Speaker 4: Let's go home.

863
01:02:19,560 --> 01:02:22,400
Speaker 3: Back at the farmhouse, time seemed to have come to

864
01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:26,600
Speaker 3: a standstill. Pirate was sitting in the driveway on top

865
01:02:26,640 --> 01:02:31,080
Speaker 3: of the gate, waiting, waiting for news from the hospital,

866
01:02:31,840 --> 01:02:37,000
Speaker 3: waiting for Steltzer's master to bring her home. In the ute. Ajax, Hoover,

867
01:02:37,280 --> 01:02:41,480
Speaker 3: and Buddha sat on the verandah. They were speaking softly,

868
01:02:42,120 --> 01:02:46,120
Speaker 3: but Pirate could hear every word. They were saying, what's

869
01:02:46,160 --> 01:02:50,120
Speaker 3: going to happen to Tiger? Ajax wondered once.

870
01:02:49,920 --> 01:02:52,360
Speaker 4: The veterinarian had a look at her. She will end

871
01:02:52,440 --> 01:02:53,720
Speaker 4: up in the zoo.

872
01:02:54,080 --> 01:02:57,760
Speaker 3: Said Buddha. That's good, said Hoover.

873
01:02:58,160 --> 01:03:00,160
Speaker 8: There she won't be able to bite an you.

874
01:03:00,160 --> 01:03:03,000
Speaker 3: Want any more. When will Steltzer be back?

875
01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:07,480
Speaker 4: Hopefully soon if everything goes well. But it doesn't look

876
01:03:07,480 --> 01:03:10,320
Speaker 4: good for her. We got her to the hospital quite late,

877
01:03:11,240 --> 01:03:14,280
Speaker 4: almost too late. I hope there was time enough to

878
01:03:14,280 --> 01:03:15,240
Speaker 4: give her the anti venom.

879
01:03:16,560 --> 01:03:17,880
Speaker 8: Let's hope for the best.

880
01:03:18,920 --> 01:03:20,920
Speaker 3: Yes, let's hope for the best.

881
01:03:21,840 --> 01:03:23,960
Speaker 4: She'll be right, mate.

882
01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:28,120
Speaker 3: Pirate had his eyes set on the driveway, wishing the

883
01:03:28,280 --> 01:03:31,800
Speaker 3: ute would come around the corner now, but it took

884
01:03:31,840 --> 01:03:36,480
Speaker 3: another endless hour, even a whole eternity, until it finally

885
01:03:36,520 --> 01:03:39,960
Speaker 3: pulled up. Pirate ran up to the verandah, hoping to

886
01:03:40,040 --> 01:03:48,520
Speaker 3: see Steltzer jumping out of the car, but she didn't. Instead,

887
01:03:49,040 --> 01:03:53,520
Speaker 3: her master leaned over the passenger seat. As he turned around,

888
01:03:53,960 --> 01:03:59,040
Speaker 3: he was holding Steltzer in his arms. Pirate's heart sank

889
01:03:59,120 --> 01:04:02,919
Speaker 3: to the bottom of your stomach. Steltzer lay in her

890
01:04:02,960 --> 01:04:06,919
Speaker 3: master's arms like a scrubby, worn out scarecrow. He once

891
01:04:06,960 --> 01:04:11,560
Speaker 3: saw in a paddock. Her eyes were shut, her head

892
01:04:11,640 --> 01:04:16,200
Speaker 3: was hanging down, her ears swaying like two wet rags.

893
01:04:17,160 --> 01:04:21,200
Speaker 3: Her legs were dangling in all directions. While her master

894
01:04:21,400 --> 01:04:24,720
Speaker 3: carried her to the verandah and gently put her down

895
01:04:24,760 --> 01:04:30,600
Speaker 3: on the couch. Ajax and Hoover wagged their tails, but

896
01:04:30,800 --> 01:04:33,919
Speaker 3: instantly pulled them in after they had a sniff at her.

897
01:04:35,040 --> 01:04:39,680
Speaker 3: That was not a good sign. Pirate held his breath.

898
01:04:40,400 --> 01:04:44,160
Speaker 3: He jumped onto the couch and nudged Stelzer's snout with

899
01:04:44,240 --> 01:04:44,760
Speaker 3: his head.

900
01:04:45,520 --> 01:04:48,040
Speaker 5: Wake up, Stelzo, Wake.

901
01:04:47,880 --> 01:04:54,960
Speaker 3: Up, he whined, but Steltzer didn't move. Pirate dropped, leaning

902
01:04:55,000 --> 01:04:57,960
Speaker 3: against her head. He could still feel the warmth of

903
01:04:58,000 --> 01:05:03,120
Speaker 3: her body pressing his body against hers. He burst into tears.

904
01:05:03,680 --> 01:05:06,520
Speaker 5: I don't want you to be dead. Please wake up,

905
01:05:06,720 --> 01:05:07,240
Speaker 5: wake up.

906
01:05:09,520 --> 01:05:12,200
Speaker 3: He looked at her mouth and remembered the first time

907
01:05:12,280 --> 01:05:16,240
Speaker 3: he'd snuggled up to her back. Then he was taken

908
01:05:16,320 --> 01:05:19,360
Speaker 3: by the soft skin of her lips. He had pulled

909
01:05:19,360 --> 01:05:23,080
Speaker 3: them with his beak, had stretched them nearly over his head.

910
01:05:23,720 --> 01:05:25,720
Speaker 3: All of a sudden, they had flipped back with a

911
01:05:25,720 --> 01:05:29,960
Speaker 3: hollow smack, and Pirate himself fell backwards, landing on his

912
01:05:30,040 --> 01:05:36,200
Speaker 3: bottom ouch. How funny that was.

913
01:05:44,160 --> 01:05:46,160
Speaker 5: I don't want you to be dead.

914
01:05:46,520 --> 01:05:50,840
Speaker 3: He whined again, pulling her lips softly and closing his eyes.

915
01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:52,479
Speaker 5: Please Drake be dead.

916
01:05:54,040 --> 01:05:57,560
Speaker 3: While his tears were rolling down his beak and dropping

917
01:05:57,600 --> 01:06:01,360
Speaker 3: over Steltzer's lips, he wished back the times when he'd

918
01:06:01,360 --> 01:06:07,320
Speaker 3: slept between her legs, feeling very safe. He remembered and

919
01:06:07,360 --> 01:06:11,080
Speaker 3: could feel again Steltzer's gentle strokes. When she licked his

920
01:06:11,160 --> 01:06:15,360
Speaker 3: feathers clean. He felt Steltzer's tongue making its way up

921
01:06:15,400 --> 01:06:19,280
Speaker 3: to his head. It buried him under its warm and

922
01:06:19,640 --> 01:06:25,840
Speaker 3: spongy flesh. Pirate could feel and even smell the soaking

923
01:06:26,080 --> 01:06:30,320
Speaker 3: trail of dogs spit all over his face. Back then,

924
01:06:30,960 --> 01:06:35,200
Speaker 3: he thought it was disgusting, but now he wished the

925
01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:39,880
Speaker 3: licking had never ended. He would have given everything to

926
01:06:40,000 --> 01:07:40,160
Speaker 3: make Steltzer alive again. While he pressed his body harder

927
01:07:40,200 --> 01:07:44,960
Speaker 3: against hers, he believed he heard a sudden giggle, and

928
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:50,280
Speaker 3: then another longer one, and a chuckle. The giggling and

929
01:07:50,360 --> 01:07:53,960
Speaker 3: the chuckling both grew louder until Pirate opened one eye.

930
01:07:54,920 --> 01:07:58,560
Speaker 3: He saw Buddha, Ajax and Hoover standing in front of

931
01:07:58,560 --> 01:08:02,040
Speaker 3: the couch. They they giggled and chuckled, and at the

932
01:08:02,040 --> 01:08:06,480
Speaker 3: same time pointed at something above Pirate's head. Wondering what

933
01:08:06,560 --> 01:08:10,040
Speaker 3: it was. He opened the other eye and looked up,

934
01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:15,720
Speaker 3: and then he saw it, Steltzer's tongue, as wet as

935
01:08:15,760 --> 01:08:20,920
Speaker 3: a dripping facecloth. It landed on his face with a smack,

936
01:08:21,120 --> 01:08:28,600
Speaker 3: like a whale splash into the ocean. Would a Ajaxon

937
01:08:28,640 --> 01:08:30,880
Speaker 3: Hoover burst into laughter.

938
01:08:31,479 --> 01:08:33,320
Speaker 4: Having a morning bath night.

939
01:08:33,680 --> 01:08:35,639
Speaker 9: Babies are all the same.

940
01:08:36,680 --> 01:08:41,880
Speaker 3: They don't like to be washed, said Steltzer softly, and

941
01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:49,320
Speaker 3: gave Pirate another big slurk with her tongue. Death Live

942
01:08:50,280 --> 01:08:54,240
Speaker 3: all hell broke loose a cheery, jolly and happy helbow.

943
01:08:54,640 --> 01:08:58,599
Speaker 3: If anything like it ever existed, anyway, it did now.

944
01:08:59,479 --> 01:09:03,760
Speaker 3: Pirate exploded with joy. He jumped up and down and

945
01:09:03,880 --> 01:09:07,040
Speaker 3: all over Steltzer, peeking and nudging her head and ears

946
01:09:07,040 --> 01:09:10,120
Speaker 3: at the same time and constantly shouting.

947
01:09:09,880 --> 01:09:17,240
Speaker 5: Stelzer, you're alie Ster, alive your life.

948
01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:18,680
Speaker 2: Stelzer.

949
01:09:18,720 --> 01:09:23,240
Speaker 3: I can fly, said Pirate, and flew as fast as

950
01:09:23,280 --> 01:09:25,760
Speaker 3: a rocket to the fence. Then he turned around in

951
01:09:25,760 --> 01:09:29,800
Speaker 3: a whoosh and came back even faster. Hovering over her head,

952
01:09:30,040 --> 01:09:31,080
Speaker 3: he yelled.

953
01:09:31,160 --> 01:09:33,000
Speaker 5: Look, I can fly, I can fly.

954
01:09:45,960 --> 01:09:50,519
Speaker 3: That's my baby, said Steltzer with an enormous smile on

955
01:09:50,600 --> 01:10:01,519
Speaker 3: her face, reaching from one ear to the other. After

956
01:10:01,680 --> 01:10:05,920
Speaker 3: near endless celebration, everybody ended up snuggling up to each

957
01:10:05,960 --> 01:10:09,439
Speaker 3: other on the couch, Steltzer in the middle, Pirate between

958
01:10:09,439 --> 01:10:13,920
Speaker 3: her legs. Does it still hurt, Pirate asked, looking at

959
01:10:13,920 --> 01:10:15,959
Speaker 3: the bandage around Steltz's poor.

960
01:10:16,360 --> 01:10:17,360
Speaker 9: No, it doesn't.

961
01:10:18,320 --> 01:10:21,680
Speaker 6: I still feel a bit weak, though, but give me

962
01:10:21,760 --> 01:10:24,519
Speaker 6: another week and I'll be back on my paws.

963
01:10:25,160 --> 01:10:28,720
Speaker 4: The wicked never die young, As my mother used to.

964
01:10:28,640 --> 01:10:32,599
Speaker 8: Say, Pirate, you did a fantastic job. I couldn't believe

965
01:10:32,600 --> 01:10:34,760
Speaker 8: my eyes when I saw you flying with tiger in

966
01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:35,400
Speaker 8: your claws.

967
01:10:35,760 --> 01:10:38,920
Speaker 4: You were very brave, but I knew that you could

968
01:10:38,960 --> 01:10:39,280
Speaker 4: do it.

969
01:10:39,600 --> 01:10:42,439
Speaker 3: Without your help, we wouldn't be sitting here right now.

970
01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:46,240
Speaker 3: Pirate told Steltzer about his adventure with the kooker Barros.

971
01:10:46,920 --> 01:10:50,600
Speaker 3: He was very proud about not being scared of them anymore.

972
01:10:51,360 --> 01:10:52,519
Speaker 3: They were his friends.

973
01:10:52,600 --> 01:10:54,640
Speaker 9: Now, Oh, how did you do that?

974
01:10:55,160 --> 01:11:01,400
Speaker 5: I barked and grounded them like a true.

975
01:11:01,160 --> 01:11:04,240
Speaker 3: Dog, said Buddha, giving Steltzer a smirk.

976
01:11:04,800 --> 01:11:07,360
Speaker 4: Didn't I tell you back in the gorge that whatever

977
01:11:07,400 --> 01:11:11,200
Speaker 4: he learns now will one day be for his own benefit.

978
01:11:11,640 --> 01:11:14,720
Speaker 9: Well, I suppose once I'm back on.

979
01:11:14,840 --> 01:11:18,800
Speaker 6: My paws, I should learn how to fly, and I

980
01:11:18,880 --> 01:11:19,720
Speaker 6: will teach you.

981
01:11:46,960 --> 01:11:50,800
Speaker 3: The next morning, long before the first sunbeams hit the

982
01:11:50,840 --> 01:11:55,280
Speaker 3: couch on the Verandah, Pirate woke up. He thought someone

983
01:11:55,360 --> 01:11:59,160
Speaker 3: had called his name. He tried to listen, but there

984
01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:02,240
Speaker 3: was silence. Only the leaves and the gum tree were

985
01:12:02,320 --> 01:12:06,160
Speaker 3: rustling in the gentle breeze. Feeling the warmth and the

986
01:12:06,200 --> 01:12:10,400
Speaker 3: softness of Steltzer's leg around his body, Pirates snuggled up

987
01:12:10,439 --> 01:12:13,800
Speaker 3: to them and closed his eyes. He let out a

988
01:12:13,920 --> 01:12:17,000
Speaker 3: sigh from deep down in his belly as he heard

989
01:12:17,080 --> 01:12:23,639
Speaker 3: his name again, Pirate. Pirate looked around. Steltzer was still asleep,

990
01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:28,280
Speaker 3: so were ajaxon Hoover. Their heads were resting between their paws,

991
01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:31,400
Speaker 3: their eyes closed. Buddha was curled up in the corner.

992
01:12:31,560 --> 01:12:32,679
Speaker 3: He too was asleep.

993
01:12:33,680 --> 01:12:34,440
Speaker 11: Pirate.

994
01:12:35,320 --> 01:12:39,559
Speaker 3: There was that voice again. Pirate heard it loud and clearly.

995
01:12:39,840 --> 01:12:43,200
Speaker 3: He was not dreaming. It came from under the couch.

996
01:12:44,240 --> 01:12:45,599
Speaker 11: Come with us.

997
01:12:47,040 --> 01:12:50,880
Speaker 3: A tremor went through Pirate's body. He thought he recognized

998
01:12:50,920 --> 01:12:54,800
Speaker 3: Tiger's voice. How did she get under the couch, How

999
01:12:54,840 --> 01:12:56,639
Speaker 3: could she have escaped from the zoo.

1000
01:12:57,560 --> 01:13:03,040
Speaker 11: Weak jump, don't wake up the dogs.

1001
01:13:04,760 --> 01:13:09,360
Speaker 3: Pirate crawled to the edge. Using all his courage. He

1002
01:13:09,439 --> 01:13:12,519
Speaker 3: lowered his head, ready to bark and growl at tiger

1003
01:13:12,800 --> 01:13:17,240
Speaker 3: and shew her away forever. But to his surprise, it

1004
01:13:17,360 --> 01:13:20,639
Speaker 3: was not the snake. He was facing under the couch,

1005
01:13:21,120 --> 01:13:25,320
Speaker 3: huddled in a corner and looking anxiously up to him

1006
01:13:25,479 --> 01:13:33,880
Speaker 3: were his parents. Again, of course, everybody woke up at once.

1007
01:13:34,640 --> 01:13:38,120
Speaker 3: A Jaxon Hoover, assuming there was an intruder, jumped off

1008
01:13:38,160 --> 01:13:41,200
Speaker 3: the couch. They ran back and forth through the backyard,

1009
01:13:41,240 --> 01:13:45,040
Speaker 3: barking in all directions. Steltzer lifted her head and let

1010
01:13:45,080 --> 01:13:49,160
Speaker 3: out a deep and frightening growl. Buddha got a fright

1011
01:13:49,400 --> 01:13:52,000
Speaker 3: and stood frozen in the corner with an arched back

1012
01:13:52,200 --> 01:13:55,479
Speaker 3: and his tail raised. The birds in the bush were

1013
01:13:55,479 --> 01:13:58,200
Speaker 3: singing and shrieking as if they were squabbling about who

1014
01:13:58,240 --> 01:14:03,000
Speaker 3: woke up. Um pies were screeching in disgust, and even

1015
01:14:03,040 --> 01:14:06,160
Speaker 3: the kid cooker Barris came flying. But they thought it

1016
01:14:06,200 --> 01:14:09,519
Speaker 3: was fun, and their laughter eventually turned the sudden clatter

1017
01:14:09,760 --> 01:14:23,760
Speaker 3: into a deafening rattle. Amid the noise, the pirate was

1018
01:14:23,800 --> 01:14:43,639
Speaker 3: still shouting it took a while before everyone had calmed down.

1019
01:14:44,439 --> 01:14:47,840
Speaker 3: It took even longer before Pirate's parents had the heart

1020
01:14:47,920 --> 01:14:52,320
Speaker 3: to come out from under the couch. After Pirate had

1021
01:14:52,320 --> 01:14:55,000
Speaker 3: assured them that the dogs and the cat wouldn't do

1022
01:14:55,040 --> 01:14:58,919
Speaker 3: them any harm, they finally fell into each other's wings.

1023
01:14:59,560 --> 01:15:04,240
Speaker 3: We missed you so much, Pirate's mum said, and covered

1024
01:15:04,320 --> 01:15:05,200
Speaker 3: him with kisses.

1025
01:15:05,880 --> 01:15:07,040
Speaker 5: How did you find.

1026
01:15:06,840 --> 01:15:09,599
Speaker 11: Me, the kid Cooker Burroughs told us.

1027
01:15:09,640 --> 01:15:12,680
Speaker 3: His parents answered, pointing at the gum tree where the

1028
01:15:12,720 --> 01:15:14,400
Speaker 3: cooker Barroughs were sitting and watching.

1029
01:15:15,080 --> 01:15:21,280
Speaker 5: They my new friends, and my very best friends are Stelzer, Buddha, Ajax,

1030
01:15:21,360 --> 01:15:21,960
Speaker 5: and Hoover.

1031
01:15:22,840 --> 01:15:27,479
Speaker 3: Pirate's parents thanked them for looking after pirate wings and

1032
01:15:27,600 --> 01:15:28,719
Speaker 3: paws were shaken.

1033
01:15:29,479 --> 01:15:32,920
Speaker 4: No worries, mate. Pirate can come back any time when

1034
01:15:32,960 --> 01:15:36,160
Speaker 4: he feels like a good fishy meal. Yallo ho ho.

1035
01:15:36,640 --> 01:15:39,360
Speaker 4: He can come back anytime when he feels like a

1036
01:15:39,479 --> 01:15:40,799
Speaker 4: mighty Pirate's party.

1037
01:15:40,960 --> 01:15:44,679
Speaker 9: He can come back any time when he needs us.

1038
01:15:45,360 --> 01:15:47,479
Speaker 9: We'll always be here for him.

1039
01:15:48,040 --> 01:15:51,559
Speaker 5: Since I can fly, I'll come every day and play

1040
01:15:51,640 --> 01:15:52,679
Speaker 5: with you all day.

1041
01:15:53,720 --> 01:15:57,839
Speaker 3: No, said Pirate's father with a very serious voice.

1042
01:15:58,040 --> 01:16:00,320
Speaker 11: That won't be necessary.

1043
01:16:00,800 --> 01:16:04,920
Speaker 3: Pirate was stunned. At his words, and very close to tears.

1044
01:16:05,720 --> 01:16:08,400
Speaker 3: His father laid his wings over his shoulder.

1045
01:16:09,479 --> 01:16:12,720
Speaker 11: Listen, son, I know we've made a lot of mistakes

1046
01:16:12,760 --> 01:16:16,000
Speaker 11: in the past. We've left you on your own far

1047
01:16:16,160 --> 01:16:19,680
Speaker 11: too often. But from now on we will be a

1048
01:16:19,800 --> 01:16:25,040
Speaker 11: happy family. Your mother and I have decided to work less.

1049
01:16:25,479 --> 01:16:28,720
Speaker 11: That means we'll have more time for you. We will

1050
01:16:28,720 --> 01:16:31,799
Speaker 11: have lots of fun, and we will laugh as much

1051
01:16:31,840 --> 01:16:37,439
Speaker 11: as we can. We cooker Boroughs need to laugh. Actually

1052
01:16:37,800 --> 01:16:42,559
Speaker 11: we must laugh. For that reason. We will move into

1053
01:16:42,640 --> 01:16:45,759
Speaker 11: a new home, far away from the old place.

1054
01:16:46,240 --> 01:16:47,920
Speaker 5: How far are we going to move.

1055
01:16:48,640 --> 01:16:53,000
Speaker 11: We're not sure yet. Things need to be well considered,

1056
01:16:53,120 --> 01:16:57,320
Speaker 11: you know. But looking around in this backyard, I have

1057
01:16:57,360 --> 01:17:00,120
Speaker 11: to say that the gum tree in the corner of

1058
01:17:00,160 --> 01:17:05,120
Speaker 11: there looks pretty good to me. We might move into there.

1059
01:17:05,280 --> 01:17:09,280
Speaker 11: That means it means, as I said in the beginning,

1060
01:17:10,040 --> 01:17:13,920
Speaker 11: it won't be necessary to visit your friends. You'll be

1061
01:17:14,000 --> 01:17:17,080
Speaker 11: seeing them every day, all day, because you'll be living

1062
01:17:17,160 --> 01:17:20,240
Speaker 11: right next to them.

1063
01:17:20,600 --> 01:17:27,080
Speaker 3: Pirate laughed. He was now beside himself with joy. He

1064
01:17:27,120 --> 01:17:30,559
Speaker 3: didn't notice how astonished his parents were as they watched

1065
01:17:30,600 --> 01:17:34,880
Speaker 3: him jumping up and down. They obviously did not understand

1066
01:17:34,960 --> 01:17:38,360
Speaker 3: why their son, a cooker Burrough was barking like a dog,

1067
01:17:39,360 --> 01:17:42,000
Speaker 3: and they were not sure either if they should be

1068
01:17:42,120 --> 01:17:47,560
Speaker 3: worried about it or think that it was a great achievement. Nonetheless,

1069
01:17:48,160 --> 01:17:51,680
Speaker 3: they were happy to have Pirate back and decided to

1070
01:17:51,720 --> 01:17:54,760
Speaker 3: think about his barking some other time.

1071
01:17:56,040 --> 01:17:57,400
Speaker 2: Come and play with us.

1072
01:17:58,479 --> 01:18:02,000
Speaker 3: The kid corker Burrough's call down from the gum tree,

1073
01:18:02,240 --> 01:18:06,920
Speaker 3: Pirate didn't hesitate. He spread his wings, lifted off, and

1074
01:18:07,040 --> 01:18:10,040
Speaker 3: flew faster than a rocket to the moon, straight into

1075
01:18:10,080 --> 01:18:14,800
Speaker 3: the tree In there, the little kooker barter asked, Pirate.

1076
01:18:14,960 --> 01:18:18,280
Speaker 2: Can you teach me barking and growling later?

1077
01:18:18,760 --> 01:18:21,400
Speaker 5: Now, let's play pirates.

1078
01:18:25,240 --> 01:18:28,920
Speaker 3: Buddha asked Pirate's parents to sit with them on the couch.

1079
01:18:29,280 --> 01:18:32,080
Speaker 4: Let's have a chat mate, as good neighbors do.

1080
01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:37,679
Speaker 3: Steltzer was happy too. Today she already felt a hundred

1081
01:18:37,760 --> 01:18:41,559
Speaker 3: times better than yesterday. The anti venom was working well,

1082
01:18:42,320 --> 01:18:44,519
Speaker 3: She could already sit up, and in a couple of

1083
01:18:44,520 --> 01:18:47,880
Speaker 3: weeks she would be able to walk again. But to

1084
01:18:47,960 --> 01:18:50,400
Speaker 3: know that Pirate would from now on be by her

1085
01:18:50,479 --> 01:18:55,799
Speaker 3: side made her believe that she would become healthy even faster.

1086
01:18:57,240 --> 01:19:00,880
Speaker 3: Perfectly content and with a big smell mile on her face.

1087
01:19:01,400 --> 01:19:04,439
Speaker 3: She watched Pirate and the kid cooker bars playing in

1088
01:19:04,479 --> 01:19:07,920
Speaker 3: the gum tree. They were chasing each other from branch

1089
01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:12,960
Speaker 3: to branch, plundering every ship and scaring every other pirate

1090
01:19:13,080 --> 01:19:17,320
Speaker 3: crossing their path. Ajax and Hoover were chasing each other

1091
01:19:17,400 --> 01:19:20,719
Speaker 3: on the ground around the tree. Hoover wore his food

1092
01:19:20,760 --> 01:19:24,400
Speaker 3: bowl on his head, pretending to be a bloodthirsty pirate.

1093
01:19:25,160 --> 01:19:29,280
Speaker 3: Ajax was brandishing a stick, pretending to be Captain Crook.

1094
01:19:29,640 --> 01:19:33,200
Speaker 3: A vast pirate yelled down from the tree.

1095
01:19:33,520 --> 01:19:37,080
Speaker 5: I spot a pirate ship. It's coming over from blood

1096
01:19:37,080 --> 01:19:41,160
Speaker 5: Crossed Island. Pirates, get you ready for attack. We can

1097
01:19:41,280 --> 01:19:41,559
Speaker 5: do it.

1098
01:19:43,800 --> 01:19:46,640
Speaker 3: A magpie came and sat down on a branch in

1099
01:19:46,680 --> 01:19:50,799
Speaker 3: the tree next door. For a long time, it watched

1100
01:19:50,840 --> 01:19:54,800
Speaker 3: with great interest what was going on. But soon it

1101
01:19:54,920 --> 01:19:59,960
Speaker 3: started to shake its head in disbelief until pirates shed

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01:20:00,040 --> 01:20:00,800
Speaker 3: outed at him.

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01:20:01,240 --> 01:20:03,120
Speaker 5: Hey mate, your flies open.

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01:21:04,000 --> 01:21:07,519
Speaker 7: Well done, Pirate, what a great story.

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01:21:09,360 --> 01:21:14,280
Speaker 5: Thank you everyone. All three books are available in stores.

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01:21:15,000 --> 01:21:16,360
Speaker 1: You can find them online.

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01:21:16,800 --> 01:21:18,920
Speaker 2: Check the information in the show notes.

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01:21:19,600 --> 01:21:21,240
Speaker 5: Thank you, See you next time.