1 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. I'd like 2 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: to say hello to Revel from Cherry Hill, New Jersey. 3 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: Hello to Xander who is six, and Ada who is three, 4 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: who live in Portland, Oregon. Hello to Asher Pertula, and 5 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: hello to Mila. I'd like to say happy birthday to 6 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:44,240 Speaker 1: Coraline from Illinois, who is turning eight on February sixteenth. 7 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: Happy birthday to Esme Ruby Sachs who is turning six 8 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: years old on February seventeenth, and happy birthday to Mira, 9 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: who turns nine on February seventeenth. I hope you all 10 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 1: have a wonderful day. We'd like to say a big 11 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: thank you to Emily from Germany who suggested the topic 12 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: for Lucy and her stubby Tail. Shout Outs and birthday 13 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: wishes are one way we give thanks to our supporters. 14 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: If you would like to support us and receive more 15 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 1: bedtime entertainment like this, please visit our support page at 16 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 1: sleep tightstories dot org slash support thank you. Last chapter, 17 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 1: the toys were out in the barn playing when they 18 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: saw a big thing with a rope. They went closer 19 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: to see what it was, and the stuffed elephant got 20 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: stuck in the rope. In this chapter, the children get 21 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: tired of sliding down the hay and come back to 22 00:01:55,080 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: find the animals and rescue the elephant from the rope. 23 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: They play some more and then go back home, and 24 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: things are pretty quiet until the next time they are 25 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: in the barn. The Stuffed Elephant Part six. Anxious as 26 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: the nodding donkey was to help his friend the stuffed elephant, 27 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: nothing could be done, for the rope had suddenly been 28 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: pulled up, taking the elephant with it, and there he swung, 29 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:42,239 Speaker 1: dangling to and fro the coil of rope getting tighter 30 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: and tighter, squeezing the poor toy. Oh, I know all 31 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: the stuffing will be squeezed out of me. I just 32 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 1: know it will sighed the elephant. Then I'll look like 33 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: a balloon with all the air out of it. Oh, dear, 34 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: can't you get yourself loose? Asked the donkey. I wish 35 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: I could climb up and help you, but I can't, 36 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: and i'd help you, for I am a good climber. 37 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: Only I can't get off my stick. I'm fastened on 38 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: tight just now, chattered Herbert's monkey. Well, something will have 39 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: to be done if I am to be saved, called 40 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: the elephant, of course, not speaking loudly enough for the 41 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: children in another part of the barn to hear. Archie 42 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: and his friends were still having fun sliding down the 43 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: slippery hay, and they were making a great deal of noise. 44 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: But you know how it is yourself, You often get 45 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: tired of playing one game and want to go on 46 00:03:54,680 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: to another. It was this way with Archie and his friends. 47 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: They slid and slid and slid on the hay until 48 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: they had had enough of it. Then Elsie said, let's 49 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: go back and get our playthings. I want to see 50 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: my dolly. Back to where they had left the toys, 51 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 1: trooped the children, and Archie, who ran ahead, was just 52 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,919 Speaker 1: in time to see his stuffed elephant swaying on that 53 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: rope that was squeezing him. Oh look look at my elephant, 54 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: cried Archie. He's stuck in a rope. Oh oh, dear, 55 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: run and grab him down. Pull him down, shouted Joe. 56 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: Archie ran, but by this time the rope was pulled 57 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: up still further, and the elephant was so far above 58 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 1: the barn floor that even Herbert, who was taller than Archie, 59 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: could not reach the plaything. Oh, stop, cried Archie, stop 60 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 1: squeezing my nice elephant rope. Archie's voice was loud and clear. Suddenly, 61 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,679 Speaker 1: the rope, which had been winding up around the big wheel, 62 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: came to a stop, and a voice called, what's the 63 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: matter down there? Are any of you children hurt? Oh 64 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: that's Jake, exclaimed Elsie. It's our friend Jake. What's the 65 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: trouble there, Archie? Jake asked, he was somewhere in the 66 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: loft of the barn. It's my elephant, Archie answered, trying 67 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 1: to keep from crying, my nice stuffed elephant. He's stuck 68 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: in a rope. In a rope, exclaimed Jake. Do you 69 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 1: mean this wheel rope that I used to hoist up 70 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:59,679 Speaker 1: bags of oats in the bin? Here? Is that the rope? Ah? 71 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: I don't know, but it's some rope, Archie answered. Can't 72 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: you save my elephant? Of course I can, called Jake. 73 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: Don't worry. Your elephant isn't alive. Squeezing him with a 74 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 1: rope won't hurt him. Yes it will, too, insisted Archie. 75 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 1: It can squeeze all the stuffing out of him and 76 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: make him flat like a pancake. Well, yes, that might happen, 77 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 1: admitted Jake. But I didn't know any of your toys 78 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: were tangled in the hoisting rope, or I would not 79 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 1: have pulled it. Wait a minute now, and I'll turn 80 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: the wheel the other way and let your elephant down 81 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: to you. Slowly, the big wheel turned in the other direction, 82 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: and the end of the rope that was around the 83 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: elephant dropped toward the barn floor. The elephant also began 84 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:06,720 Speaker 1: slowly to come down. Thank goodness, said the toy to himself. 85 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: I could not have stood being squeezed much longer. I'm 86 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: so glad it's over. And it was over a moment later, 87 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: when Archie could reach up, take the loop of rope 88 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: from around his plaything and set the elephant down on 89 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: the barn floor. How did it happen, asked Jake. He 90 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: came down out of the loft or place where he 91 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 1: stored the bags of oats. The oats were hauled to 92 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: the lower floor of the barn. There, a rope was 93 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: put around each bag and it was lifted to the 94 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: upper floor, where it was stored in a bin. The 95 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: lifting rope went around a big wheel, acting like a 96 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: dumbwaiter in some houses. Jake had turned the wheel by 97 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: pulling on a second rope upstairs in the barn, and 98 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: as the wheel turned, it wound up the longer rope. 99 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: It was the end of this rope that had looped 100 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: itself about the elephant. How did it happen, asked Jake. Again, 101 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: I don't know, Archie replied, I left my elephant here 102 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: when I went to slide down the hay. When I 103 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: came back, he was on the rope. Some of you 104 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,719 Speaker 1: children must have left the elephant too near the end 105 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 1: of the rope, said Jake. When I wound it up, 106 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: the elephant became tangled in a loop, and of course 107 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: he was lifted up. No, no, we didn't leave the 108 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: elephant near the rope, did we, asked Archie of his 109 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: little friends. No, they all answered, Well, that's strange, said Jake, 110 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: That elephant never got on the rope by himself. I'm sure, 111 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 1: but that is just what the elephant did as we know. Anyhow, 112 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: I'm glad he's all right now, said Archy as he 113 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: looked carefully at his new toy. None of the stuffing 114 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: came out, but it might have if the elephant had 115 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: been left squeezed much longer. By that rope. Finding that 116 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: everything was all right and that none of the children 117 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: were in danger, Jake went back to the oat bin. 118 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: There was a long shoot or slide from the upper 119 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: bin to a box on the first floor of the barn, 120 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: and the oats came rushing down this slide when a 121 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: door in the top bin was opened. This door could 122 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: be opened by pulling a rope near the horse stalls, 123 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: and sometimes archy was allowed to pull the rope open 124 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: the do of the large grain bin and let the 125 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: oats slide down the chute to the smaller bin on 126 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: the lower floor. But this day Jake was putting a 127 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: new supply of oats in the upper bin, and Archie 128 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: was not allowed to play near it. The little boy 129 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: and his friends soon began having more fun with their toys, 130 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: giving the clown and smaller dolls rides on the back 131 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 1: of the stuffed elephant. And this is how the days passed, 132 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 1: and the elephant lived and was happy in Archie's home. 133 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: The elephant did not often think of mister mugg and 134 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: his daughters, Geraldine and Angelina. He liked it much better 135 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: in Archie's house than in the store. Of course, the 136 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: toy store was a jolly place, but no boys or 137 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: girls were permitted to play with the toys. They were 138 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: there for sale and could only be played with after 139 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: being bought and taken home. So the elephant was glad 140 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: he belonged to Archie, who was a boy that took 141 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: very good care of his playthings. Nearly every day Joe, 142 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 1: Richard or Arnold would come over to see Archie, bringing 143 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 1: their playthings, and in this way the elephant met many 144 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: friends whom he had adventures with. And at night, when 145 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 1: Archie and Elsie were in bed, of course, the elephant 146 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: and the other toys in the dun house had their 147 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: usual fun. They would make believe come to life and 148 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 1: talk and play about in the nursery or in the 149 00:11:56,440 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 1: closet wherever they happened to be left at the close 150 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: of the day. It was still winter, though Archie and 151 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: Elsie wished spring would come so they might play more 152 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: often outside, and one rainy day when it was too 153 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: cold and stormy to be out, Archie and Elsie went 154 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: to the big warm barn to have fun. Archie carried 155 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:33,599 Speaker 1: his elephant and Elsie had her doll. Let's go upstairs 156 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: to the grain bins, suggested Elsie. When they had played 157 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: about in the hay for a time. Maybe Jake will 158 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: let us open the bin door from up there and 159 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,079 Speaker 1: we can watch the oats slide down the chute, said Archie. 160 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: I like to watch the oats slide, so do I, 161 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: Elsie admitted. The grain bin was so built that the 162 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: door of the chute could be opened from above or below. 163 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: Up to the upper floor of the barn went the 164 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: two children with the elephant and the doll. Are you here? 165 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 1: Jake called Archie, but there was no answer. I guess 166 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: he's not around, said Elsie. I guess not, replied Archie. 167 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: But I don't think he'd care if we let down 168 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: some oats. I looked in the lower bin and there's 169 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: hardly any there. I'm going to let some down the chute. 170 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 1: I'll watch you, offered Elsie as she set her doll 171 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 1: on top of a big oat box. The cover to 172 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: the box was open. Archie liked this because he could 173 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: see the smooth oats go down the wooden chute or 174 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: slide like so much water. I will let a lot 175 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: of oats down, the little boy said to his sister. 176 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: He placed his elephant on the edge of the bin 177 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: near the doll. Then Archie pulled on the handle that 178 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: opened the door. It was hard work or the oats 179 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: pressed against the door. Elsie came to help him, and 180 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: at last the children managed to get it open. There 181 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 1: they go, cried Archie, as the oats began to pour 182 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: down the chute. Yes, and there goes your elephant, shouted 183 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: Elsie as she spoke. The stuffed toy fell into the 184 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: oat bin, and a moment later the poor guy was 185 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: pulled into the smooth chute with the running grain and 186 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: the oats closed over his head. Lost to the sight 187 00:14:52,280 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: of the children, the stuffed elephant was taking a dangerous slide. 188 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: And that is the end of this chapter. The stuffed 189 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: elephant is taking a slide down the chute. But we'll 190 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: be back for another adventure next chapter. Good Night, sleep tight.