1 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. I'd like 2 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: to say hello to Teddy Simpson from corinth Texas. Hello 3 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: to Nora Owens, Hello to Chase Leon, Hello to Laurel, 4 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: Hello to Sherry and sias It, and Hello to Evie 5 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: and Flippy in Wyoming. Happy belated birthday to land in 6 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:45,279 Speaker 1: as a Party from Toronto, Ontario, who turned nine on 7 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:51,520 Speaker 1: May first. Happy birthday to Migo from the Philippines who 8 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: is turning five on May eighth. Happy birthday to Magnolia 9 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: and Pittsburgh turning six around May tenth. 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Flippy the Walrus? It was 29 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: finely Flippy's favorite time of the day, the time she 30 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: got to get cozy and warm with her bestest friend 31 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 1: in the whole wide world, Evie. It was bedtime, and 32 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: that meant snuggles and stories and like every night, as 33 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: soon as the lights went out, Evie would soon be 34 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: fast asleep, but not Flippy. Flippy wouldn't go to sleep 35 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: right away. Even though Flippy was soft and cuddly and 36 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: a little bit squishy, she was no ordinary stuffed animal. 37 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: Whenever her best friend went to sleep at night, Flippy 38 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: would lie there using her imagination to go on adventures 39 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: all over the world. Flippy was a very special stuffed walrus. 40 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: Flippy lived with her best friend in a place with 41 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: wide open spaces, huge mountains, and beautiful forests. Though she 42 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: didn't know for sure, she heard that some really cool 43 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: animals lived there too, like bears, elk, bison, and even wolves. 44 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: She heard her family talk about geysers, hot springs, and 45 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: even a giant canyon. Flippy hoped that one day she 46 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:41,280 Speaker 1: would be able to see these places with Evie. Snort, snort, snort. 47 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 1: Flippy knew that Evie must be fast asleep if she 48 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: was starting to make her quiet snoring noises. While Flippy 49 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,359 Speaker 1: was happy to live with Evie and her family, she 50 00:04:54,520 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: did sometimes long for adventure, any kind of adventure to 51 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:05,919 Speaker 1: see places outside her imagination and far away from her home. 52 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: She thought maybe she might visit her relatives in the 53 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: Arctic Circle, but she felt that that might be too cold. 54 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: She also thought about visiting the Pyramids of Egypt, the 55 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: Great Wall in China, the taj Mahal in India, or 56 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: maybe going swimming in the Great Barrier reef. Swimming in 57 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: a warm ocean sounded really fun because Flippy knew she 58 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 1: was a great swimmer. Blippy once held her breath for 59 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: almost thirty minutes, so she knew she could swim underwater. 60 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: Flippy had yet to see these places, but she had tried. 61 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: As she cuddled with Evie, she remembered the one day 62 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 1: when Evie had gone out for the day and she 63 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: was a little bored. She didn't really understand where Evie 64 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: went and why she didn't take her with her. She 65 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: had heard her family talk about school teachers and having 66 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: fun learning, but why couldn't Flippy do that too? I 67 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: think I will go to one of the places I 68 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: have always wanted to visit, the Arctic, where all my 69 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: relatives live, she thought? Would it really be as cold 70 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: as she thought? But first I must find the door 71 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: that everyone leaves the house through. Flippy had heard her 72 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 1: family say that when you leave through the door, you 73 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 1: should close it behind you. She didn't understand why you 74 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 1: couldn't live leave the door open. If the door was closed, 75 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: how could friendly bears come in to visit? So that day, 76 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: after Evie gave her a hug and she heard everyone leave, 77 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: Flippy mustered all her bravery and began her journey right 78 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: from Evie's cozy bedroom. She carefully maneuvered through a forest 79 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: of fluffy pillows on the bed, pretending they were icy trees. 80 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: Flippy waddled off the bed and fell to the floor, 81 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: but it didn't hurt because Flippy was squishy and could 82 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: squish flipper by flipper. Flippy waddled across the bedroom floor, 83 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: imagining it to be the vast frozen tundra of the Arctic, 84 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: using her front flippers to push herself forward and dragging 85 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: her hind flipp behind her. The more she imagined the 86 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,119 Speaker 1: floor to be like the Arctic, the colder she got, 87 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: so she stopped imagining it for a while so that 88 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: she could warm up a little. As she waddled, Flippy 89 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: encountered obstacles along the way, like a towering stack of 90 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 1: books that became her very own treacherous mountain range. She 91 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: climbed up and down, pretending she was conquering the snowy peaks. 92 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: Then she ventured through a maze of toys, using her 93 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: imagination to navigate the icy caves and treacherous crevices. As 94 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: time ticked by, Flippy encountered friendly stuffed animals that joined 95 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: her Arctic adventure together they braved imaginary blizzards and crossed 96 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 1: pretend frozen rivers. It was cold and the journey was 97 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: super long, but Flippy was determined she was brave too, 98 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:25,079 Speaker 1: just like Evie. After what felt like days of trying 99 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: super hard, she only made it to the door of 100 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: the room. Flippy had yet to really do much walking, 101 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 1: instead relying on Evie to take her to most places. 102 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: She was a little surprised at how slow she was. 103 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: Flippy had forgotten that as a walrus she wasn't really 104 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 1: suited to walk very far on land. Walruses were better 105 00:09:54,880 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: suited for swimming and more comfortable in the water. Finally, 106 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: after what felt like an entire day's journey, Blippy reached 107 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: the entrance to Evie's house. The door stood tall and imposing. 108 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: Blippy mustered all her strength and pushed against the door, 109 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: but it wouldn't budge. She tried again. Still the door 110 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:35,319 Speaker 1: would not open. No wonder bears never came in to visit. 111 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 1: The door was too strong and heavy. Blippy quickly realized 112 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: that she couldn't go on and adventure to the Arctic, 113 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: but that was okay. She tried her best and had 114 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: an adventure on the way she had her imagination, and 115 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: with her imagination, she could try travel all over the world. Snort, snort, snort, 116 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 1: Evie snored again. Now that Evie was asleep, it was 117 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: time to decide where she would travel tonight. Last night, 118 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: after listening to a story, Flippy had traveled to a 119 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: distant world, or at least it sounded like it was 120 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 1: really far away. It was a place with red mud, 121 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: white sandy beaches, and some kind of special ice cream. 122 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: Flippy loved ice cream, even though she only had it once. 123 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: She had taken a bite of Evie's when she wasn't looking, 124 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: and it was really delicious, much better tasting than the 125 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 1: raw fish that her relatives ate, she guessed, though she 126 00:11:55,080 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: hadn't eaten raw fish before. Tonight, she thought she would 127 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:06,680 Speaker 1: fly somewhere high up in the sky, because why not. 128 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 1: Walrusk can fly too if they want to. Flippy thought 129 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: she might explore close to home and leave far off 130 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: destinations for another night. So she closed her eyes tight 131 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: and let her imagination take flight. Flippy felt a gentle breeze, 132 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: lifting her up high up in the blue sky, amongst 133 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: the clouds, and higher and faster than the birds. She 134 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: found herself flying above beautiful mountains and could see the 135 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 1: snow capped peaks stretching far and wide, like a blanket 136 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,319 Speaker 1: of white frosting on a cake that Evie once had. 137 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 1: The memory of that cake made Flippy's mouth water and 138 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: almost made her forget how to fly, causing her to 139 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: dip a little. But she recovered, and as Flippy soared higher, 140 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: she spotted a herd of graceful elk, their antlers pointing 141 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 1: up toward her like they wanted to tickle her belly. 142 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: She had seen pictures of them, so she knew what 143 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: they looked like, but because she was using her imagination, 144 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: some of them had colors like a unicorn. The way 145 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 1: they ran through the green meadows looked like they were 146 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: playing or maybe dancing. To Flippy, were they playing soccer? 147 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: She giggled as she watched them for a while from above. Next, 148 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: Flippy glided over a crystal clear river that wound its 149 00:13:56,520 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 1: way through pretty valleys. We saw beavers busily building their 150 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: cozy lodges along the river banks and fish leaping in 151 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: the crystal clear water. Flippy thought that it would be 152 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: fun to jump in the water and race with fish, 153 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: but tonight was for flying so she might come back 154 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: and swim another time. As she continued flying, a bald 155 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: eagle came up to fly beside her for a while 156 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: and winked a hello. Flippy imagined the eagle could fly 157 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: faster than her, but she tried to keep up as 158 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: the eagle sped ahead, continuing on its way. As she continued, 159 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: she saw colorful geysers that erupted in bursts of steaming water. 160 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: She flew down a little closer so that she could 161 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: see the rainbows that formed from the steam. It was beautiful. 162 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: Flippy's journey through the sky continued as she spotted even 163 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: higher mountains. Slippy flew up higher and higher until she 164 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 1: reached the tallest peak she imagined herself. Perched there for 165 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 1: a while, the wind gently brushing against her fluffy fur, 166 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: and the whole world stretched out below her. She took 167 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: some great, big belly breaths, which helped her relax even more. 168 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 1: As the sun began to set, painting the sky with orange, pink, 169 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: and purple hues, Flippy knew it was time to return home. 170 00:15:55,760 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: With a final leap of her imagination, she slowly descended 171 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: back into Evie's room, landing softly beside her on the bed. 172 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: After using her imagination, Flippy felt tired and ready for sleep. 173 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 1: She snuggled up closer to her best friend and felt 174 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: comfy and warm. Where should I go tomorrow night? She thought, 175 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 1: maybe I could visit the mystical Forest, a planet outside 176 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: the Solar System, or a land where the sheep jump 177 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: over the moon. As she was thinking about where she 178 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: might travel next, she got sleepier and sleepier until she 179 00:16:52,080 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 1: fell fast asleep, And that is the end of our story. 180 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 1: Good Night, sleep tight.