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Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. I'd like

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Speaker 1: to say hello to some friends. Hello to Tom and

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Speaker 1: Olivia from Galway, Ireland, Conrad from Brooklyn, Chloe Virtuiani from Sydney, Australia,

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Speaker 1: and Eden, Orian and Bay who are from just near

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Speaker 1: Byron Bay in Australia. Thank you so much for supporting

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Speaker 1: us on Patreon. This is part six of our story

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Speaker 1: about Happy Jack the Squirrel. If you have not listened

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Speaker 1: to the other episodes, you may wish to go back

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Speaker 1: and listen. Jack visited Farmer Brown's boy every day and

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Speaker 1: was very happy to see him up and about. He

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Speaker 1: him smile. Each day, Jack got a little braver and

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Speaker 1: went closer and closer to the window. In the last episode,

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Speaker 1: Jack was happy that he was brave enough to go

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Speaker 1: into Farmer Brown's boys room and couldn't wait to tell

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Speaker 1: Tommy Happy Jack Part six. Somehow, so Happy Jack's day

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Speaker 1: had been spoiled. He knew that he had no business

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Speaker 1: he told Tommy T the Chickadee about it, Tommy had said, ugh,

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Speaker 1: I've done that often. That was what had spoiled the

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Speaker 1: But he was doing his best to call Farmer Brown's boy.

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Speaker 1: You see, there wasn't a single nut on the windowsill,

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Speaker 1: and the window was closed. Pretty soon Farmer Brown's boy

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Speaker 1: said to Tommy Tea. He hoped that Tommy would be afraid,

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Speaker 1: Of course, now that he had dared Tommy Tea and

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Speaker 1: he exclaimed, are you feeling very brave this morning, me

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Speaker 1: replied Sammy Jay. Come on, cried Happy Jack. I'm going

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Speaker 1: Sammy Jay actually laughed right out. Ha, go ahead, wherever

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Speaker 1: In fact, he had had many a good meal of

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Speaker 1: latter is worse, much worse, dreams do come true once

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Speaker 1: He leaned forward and held his breath as he tried

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Speaker 1: to make sure. Ah, Now he could see just ahead

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Speaker 1: of that long black thing was a long, slim fellow,

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Speaker 1: If it hadn't been for that, Happy Jack very likely

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Speaker 1: Would Shadow find his tracks. It looked as if Shadow

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