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This episode is all about gnomes. 10 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: When I was little, there was a great movie called 11 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: The Gnomemobile. After my friend and I watched it, we 12 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 1: would search everywhere for gnomes to see if we could 13 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: find them in the ditches in the fields, but we 14 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 1: never had any luck. I hope you enjoy this story 15 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: The Three Little Gnomes. A silvery thread of smoke curled 16 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: up over the trunk of the old tree and floated 17 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: away through the forest, and tiny voices came from beneath 18 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: the trunk of the old tree. Long long ago, the 19 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: tree had stood strong and upright, and its top branches 20 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: reached far above any of the other trees in the forest. 21 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: But the tree had grown so old it began to 22 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: shiver when the storms howled through the branches, And as 23 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: each storm came, the old tree shook more and more, 24 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: until finally, in one of the fiercest storms, it tumbled 25 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: to the earth with a great crash. There it lay 26 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: for centuries, and vines and bushes grew about in a 27 00:02:54,880 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: tangled mass until it was almost hidden from view. Now 28 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: down beneath the trunk of the fallen tree lived three 29 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 1: little gnomes, and it was the smoke from their fire 30 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: which curled up over the trunk of the old tree 31 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: and floated away through the forest. They were preparing dinner 32 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: and laughing and talking together when they heard the sound 33 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: of a horn. What can it be? Asked one? It 34 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: sounds like the horn of a huntsman, another cried. As 35 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: the sound came nearer, the three little gnomes stamped upon 36 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: their fire and put it out so that no one 37 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: would discover their home. Then they climbed upon the trunk 38 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: of the tree and ran along it to where they 39 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: could see across an open space in the forest without 40 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: being seen themselves. And when the sound of the horn 41 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: drew very close, they saw a little boy climb through 42 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: the thick bushes. As the little boy came out into 43 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: the open space. The three little gnomes saw that he 44 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: was crying. He must be lost, said the first little nome. 45 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 1: He looks very tired and hungry, said the second little Nome. 46 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 1: Let us go and ask him, said the third little nome. 47 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: So the three little gnomes scrambled down from the trunk 48 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: of the fallen tree and went up to where the 49 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 1: little boy had thrown himself upon the ground. They stood 50 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: about him and watched him where he had put his 51 00:04:54,279 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: face in the crook of his arm and was crying. Finally, 52 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 1: one of the little nomes sat down in front of 53 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: the little boy and spoke to him. I am lost, 54 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: the little boy said. My father went out yesterday with 55 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: all his men, and when they were out of sight, 56 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: I took my little horn and followed them. But I 57 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: soon lost their track, and I have wandered about with 58 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: nothing to eat. Last night, I climbed into a tree 59 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: and slept. The three little gnomes wiped the little boy's 60 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: eyes and led him to their home under the fallen tree. 61 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: There they finished preparing the dinner and sat about until 62 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: the little boy had eaten had fallen asleep. Then the 63 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 1: three little gnomes carried him into their house away back 64 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: in the trunk of the tree, and placed him upon 65 00:05:55,240 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: one of their little beds. When the three little Nomes 66 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: had finished their dinner, they lit their pipes and wondered 67 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: how they might help the little boy find his way home. 68 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: Let us go to old wise Owl and see if 69 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: he can suggest anything, said one. Yes, brothers cried another, 70 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: let us go to old wise Owl. So the three 71 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: little Nomes went to the home of wise Owl, and 72 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: Wise Owl said he would fly high above the forest 73 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: and try and see the little boy's home. I cannot 74 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 1: see his home, cried wise Owl. Maybe fuzzy Fox can 75 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: tell you. So the three little Nomes went to the 76 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: home of Fuzzy Fox, and Fuzzy Fox said he would 77 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: run through the forest and see if he could find 78 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: the little boy's home. So Fuzzy Fox ran through the forest, 79 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: but could not find the little boy's home. But said 80 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: Fuzzy Fox, I came upon a deer who told me 81 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: that a group of men had passed through the forests 82 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: yesterday and had scared her with their noise. So the 83 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: three little Nomes went to see the scared deer, and 84 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: they soon sued the fear that the men had made 85 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: and the deer felt better again. Then the three little 86 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: nomes sat upon Fuzzy Fox's back and he ran on 87 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: through the forest with them until they came to a 88 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: wild boar. The wild boar had been chased by the men, 89 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: he told the three little Nomes, but had managed to 90 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: hide himself in the thick bushes and escape. It must 91 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: have been the little boy's father and his men, said 92 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: the wild boar, I am sorry that I am too scared, 93 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: or I would like to help him. Then Fuzzy Fox 94 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: ran with the three little gnomes through the forest, and 95 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: they met a bear and a squirrel, and five or 96 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: six bunny rabbits, and they all told the three little 97 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: nomes that the men had gone after them and that 98 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: they had managed to escape. The three little Gnomes felt 99 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: very sorry for their frightened friends and helped them all 100 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: they could by calming their minds. We are sorry that 101 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 1: we cannot go with you and help find the little 102 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: boys home, they all said, for his mother will miss 103 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: him and cry for him. And we know how much 104 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: a mommy or a daddy can miss a little boy 105 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: or girl. That is why we feel sorry that we 106 00:08:54,080 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: cannot help you bring him back to his mother. So 107 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: fuzzy Fox ran until he came to the edge of 108 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: the forest. And then the three little nomes saw a 109 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: large castle away in the distance, with bright red roofs 110 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: on the tall towers. That must be the little boy's home, 111 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: said one little nome. Let us return at once to 112 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: our home under the fallen tree, and ask the little boy, 113 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: said another. So fuzzy Fox ran with them back to 114 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: their home, and the little boy told them it was 115 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: his home. Then the kind fuzzy Fox took the three 116 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: little nomes and the little boy upon his back and 117 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: ran to the edge of the forest. And on the 118 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: way they stopped to see the animals, and they were 119 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: all glad that the little boys mummy and daddy would 120 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: soon see him, and they bade the little boy goodbye. 121 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: So Fuzzy Fox carried the three little Gnomes and the 122 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: little boy almost to the castle gate and shook hands 123 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: with him. I will remember the way to your home, 124 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: the boy told the three little nomes, and I will 125 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 1: be back to see you soon. The next day, when 126 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 1: the three little nomes were preparing dinner, they again heard 127 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: the little boy's horn and ran along the trunk of 128 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: the tree until they came to where they could see 129 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: across the open space. Soon there came a great many people, 130 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 1: and riding upon a fine horse. In front of his 131 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: daddy was the little boy. But this day he wore 132 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: fine silk and satin clothes, and they were not torn 133 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: by the brambles and bushes. Near him rode a beautiful lady. 134 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: She was the little boy's mommy. So the three little 135 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: Nomes went out to meet them, and the little boy 136 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: slid from the horse and ran to them and threw 137 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: his arms around them. This is my daddy, and this 138 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: is my mommy, he told them. The little boy's mommy 139 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: and the little boy's daddy dismounted and came to the 140 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: three little Nomes and thanked them for returning the little 141 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: boy to them. We will give you anything you wish for, 142 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: said the little boys Mommy and daddy. We wish for nothing, 143 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: said the three little Nomes. We live happily here in 144 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: the forest, and our wants are simple. But if you 145 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 1: could stop scaring and chasing our forest friends, we would 146 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: be very grateful. I told daddy of the frightened creatures, 147 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: said the little boy, Yes, his daddy said, and I 148 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: have given orders that no one in my country shall 149 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:28,079 Speaker 1: hunt through this forest. And from now on your forest 150 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 1: friends will be safe and can always live here in 151 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: peace and happiness. For the Great King was sorry that 152 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: he or his men had ever caused any of the 153 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: forest creatures any harm. And after that the creatures of 154 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: the forest were never scared, and they grew up so 155 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 1: tame that they would wander right up to the castle 156 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 1: where the king's men would feed them. The tiny thread 157 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: of smoke still curls up over the trunk of the 158 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: fallen tree, and the voices of the little Boy and 159 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: his daddy mingle with the tiny voices of the three 160 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 1: little gnomes as they prepare their dinner. Or the Great 161 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:25,679 Speaker 1: King and the Little Prince come often to visit their friends, 162 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: the three Little Gnomes, And that is the end of 163 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: this episode. Good Night, sleep tight.