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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep tight stories. Slicko and

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Speaker 1: Mappo have seen the circus, and when some men start

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Speaker 1: and store away. As she is gathering some nuts, she

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Speaker 1: hears crashing sounds coming through the forest. When the noises stop,

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Speaker 1: she turns and sees that it is Tom Tum the elephant.

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Speaker 1: But something is wrong with Tom Tum. He seems scared.

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Speaker 1: How could Tum Tum be scared of a little squirrel.

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Speaker 1: Then Slicko remembers what Mappo told her about Tum Tum

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Speaker 1: Jumping Squirrel Chapter six. Slicko was so surprised at first

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Speaker 1: what to think. It really seemed that Tum Tum was

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Speaker 1: afraid of her, of a little jumping squirrel girl. Then

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Speaker 1: Slicko happened to remember what Mappo had told her. If

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Speaker 1: ever you see Tom Tum the monkey had said, tell

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Speaker 1: Tum Tum must be afraid of me. I'll speak to him.

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Speaker 1: Scrambling half way up the trunk of a tree to

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Speaker 1: I said, I was not a rat or a mouse.

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Speaker 1: any pine cone. As first, it might seem funny for

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Speaker 1: asked the elephant of Slicko, No, Tom Tum, and I

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Speaker 1: how do you happen to know my name, asked Tom Tum.

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Speaker 1: Mappo the merry monkey told me, said the little girl squirrel.

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Speaker 1: And Mappo told me. I was to tell you I

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Speaker 1: up your trunk and scare you. That's good, said Tom Tum.

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Speaker 1: Now I can see clearly that you are a little squirrel.

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Speaker 1: Where is he? I came out to look for him.

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Speaker 1: ran away, said Slicko. He thought he heard some men

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Speaker 1: a funny monkey, said Tom Tum. And I came all

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Speaker 1: coming after me. Oh, can't you stay here with me

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Speaker 1: little Slicko. Then the little squirrel girl told how she

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Speaker 1: went on Tom Tum with a jolly laugh. No, I

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Speaker 1: suppose not, said Slicko. You are too big for a nest. Well,

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Speaker 1: cried Slicko. Was his name, Squinty, inquired the jolly elephant. Yes,

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Speaker 1: said Tom Tom. He was a funny little pig. But

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Speaker 1: Then all at once Slicko thought of something. Oh I

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Speaker 1: Tom Tom. Yes, I hear you. What is it, asked

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Speaker 1: the elephant, stopping, Would you please give me a ride

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Speaker 1: on your back, begged Slicko. Mappo said, you gave children

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Speaker 1: went on Tom Tum. Why I shouldn't feel you anymore

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Speaker 1: the little squirrel girl Tom Tum, with a jolly noise

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Speaker 1: that sounded as much like a laugh as any elephant

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Speaker 1: of Tum Tum, And then what a fine ride she had.

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Speaker 1: riding on my back? Asked tom Tum, swinging along. Oh

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Speaker 1: it is just fine, cried Slicko as she sat there

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Speaker 1: But don't go too far with me, Tom Tum, please,

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Speaker 1: I won't, the elephant said, and pretty soon he turned

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Speaker 1: from which she had jumped, right near her aunt's nest. Well,

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Speaker 1: goodbye once more, Slicko called Tom Tum. I may see

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Speaker 1: promised Slicko. Once more. The little jumping girl squirrel was

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Speaker 1: I wonder what will become of me, and if I

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Speaker 1: from the milkweed plant in Aunt Whitey's nest, thought Slicko.

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Speaker 1: That will make it warmer. Fixing up the nest so

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Speaker 1: Nothing bothered her this night. No owl with big, round,

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Speaker 1: Slicko said, I think I had better go off in

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Speaker 1: me too, thought Slicko. The storehouse of the nest was

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Speaker 1: So the next day Slicko went off nutting again. She

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Speaker 1: just fine, thought Slicko to herself. The nuts are all

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Speaker 1: Slicko thought the nuts were put there just for her,

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Speaker 1: But it was all a trick, as you shall soon see.

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Speaker 1: Of course, Slicko did not immediately jump down to get

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