WEBVTT - Nora and the Looking Shell

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<v Speaker 1>Hello, friends, and welcome to bedtime stories with mister jim O.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just getting ready for bed, are you as well?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh good, I hope you brushed your teeth and found

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<v Speaker 1>all of your comfy things like pillows and blankets and stuffies.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yes, oh good. Well, as long as you have

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<v Speaker 1>all those things ready, then it's time for our story.

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<v Speaker 1>But first we must close our eyes so that we

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<v Speaker 1>can travel to an imaginary world. One quiet evening, before

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<v Speaker 1>the sun had set, Nora walked down the beach along

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<v Speaker 1>the line where the surf met the sand. The waves

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<v Speaker 1>crashed gently on her toes, making her giggle. Out Of

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<v Speaker 1>all the places in the world, Norah loved the beach

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<v Speaker 1>the most. Sometimes she imagined she was a wave out

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<v Speaker 1>in the ocean, or a seagull flying overhead. She watched

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<v Speaker 1>one fly past and called out to it. Norah chirped

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<v Speaker 1>to the bird, her arms outstretched like wings. She closed

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<v Speaker 1>her eyes and imagined it heading home to its nest

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<v Speaker 1>and tucking itself in for the night. Nora went back

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<v Speaker 1>to collecting seashells and marveling it all the different colors

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<v Speaker 1>and shapes. Inside her bucket was a rainbow assortment of

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<v Speaker 1>all the best shells that were to find. She almost

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<v Speaker 1>missed one. As she went to take her next step.

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<v Speaker 1>There just in front of her was the most strange

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<v Speaker 1>looking seashell. It had no color and its shape was

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<v Speaker 1>like a circle who had melted in the sun. Its

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<v Speaker 1>curved edge as bumpy as the waves. As Norah placed

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<v Speaker 1>it in her hand, she could see her palm and

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<v Speaker 1>fingers through it. Wow, it was see through, but cloudy

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<v Speaker 1>like a foggy day. Norah put her bucket down in

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<v Speaker 1>the sand and with her two hands she held the

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<v Speaker 1>shell up to her eyes and looked through. Norah's eyes

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<v Speaker 1>focused on the shell, expecting to see the ocean she

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<v Speaker 1>was facing through it, but in dead everything was deep blue.

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<v Speaker 1>Bubbles passed by, floating slowly up to the surface. Then

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<v Speaker 1>Nora herself felt like she was floating up beside them.

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<v Speaker 1>Nora was a bubble. She was now floating slowly making

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<v Speaker 1>her way through the quiet blue ocean. Bubbles didn't need

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<v Speaker 1>any help to rise to the air, so Norah twirled

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<v Speaker 1>and danced as she made her way up. At the surface,

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<v Speaker 1>bubble Nora popped and became a wave, gliding over the

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<v Speaker 1>deep blue ocean water towards the shore. The current was

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<v Speaker 1>moving her, so Nora the wave enjoyed the ride. As

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<v Speaker 1>it approached the sand, she grew into a bigger wave

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<v Speaker 1>and picked up even more speed. Norah dropped the clear shell,

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<v Speaker 1>startled by the quick race towards the sand, and realized

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<v Speaker 1>she was still standing in the same place, and she

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<v Speaker 1>was still Nora, not a bubble or a wave. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>that was amazing, she said. Remember, Nora had always dreamed

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<v Speaker 1>of being part of the ocean. I wonder if I

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<v Speaker 1>can do it again. Curious, Norah brought the seashell back

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<v Speaker 1>up to examine once again, looking through it down towards

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<v Speaker 1>the sand. This time, now Norah was a tiny little

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<v Speaker 1>pebble tucked in snug alongside the others making up the

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<v Speaker 1>soft sand beach. It was a warm, cozy feeling being

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<v Speaker 1>nestled in among the others. The tide tried to make

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<v Speaker 1>the waves reach out for her and her fellow pebbles,

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<v Speaker 1>but she was tucked in too far from the ocean.

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<v Speaker 1>She felt the warmth of the sun as it rose

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<v Speaker 1>high into the sky, and then the cool of the

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<v Speaker 1>moonlight as it grew dark. The stars twinkled and winked

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<v Speaker 1>above her. Nora was a sleepy little grain of sand,

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<v Speaker 1>and when she yawned, the seashell slipped from her grasp

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<v Speaker 1>and Nora was once again back in her own human body,

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<v Speaker 1>her toes buried in the sand and the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>her standing up above it. Maybe it's time to head

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<v Speaker 1>back home. The sun was now setting, and as she

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<v Speaker 1>gazed at the beautiful sunset, Nora new she had to

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<v Speaker 1>look at one last thing. Holding the clear magical shell

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<v Speaker 1>back up to her face, Norah looked through it at

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<v Speaker 1>the colors of the sky. She took a deep breath

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<v Speaker 1>and became the streaks of the orange painted through the clouds.

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<v Speaker 1>The orange was brushed over the clouds like paint. Then

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<v Speaker 1>the orange colored Norah melted into a soft pink, and

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<v Speaker 1>she felt soft and fluffy. Among the clouds. She drifted

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<v Speaker 1>into a deep red color, floating along until she landed

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<v Speaker 1>in a deep night blue. Noura could have happily stayed

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<v Speaker 1>there as the blue of the night sky, but the

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<v Speaker 1>moon scooped her up on its way. She made its

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<v Speaker 1>way up into the clouds, Norah curled up in its

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<v Speaker 1>crescent shape. It made a nice cozy bed. She grabbed

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<v Speaker 1>the clouds around her and pulled them in close, using

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<v Speaker 1>them as a fluffy blanket. Closing her eyes, Nora returned

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<v Speaker 1>to the beach holding the seashell. Oh I was so

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<v Speaker 1>cozy and sleepy, she sighed. Nora reached for the moon

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<v Speaker 1>through her clear seashell, and she passed right through one arm,

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<v Speaker 1>then the next, Climbing right through. Norah curled herself back

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<v Speaker 1>into the curve of the moon and fell asleep. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>my friends, I hope you have a very good night,

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<v Speaker 1>very good dreams. Good night, my friends,