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Speaker 1: sleep tightstories dot org slash support. Thank you. This is

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Speaker 1: part two of our story about Luna and Pepper, two

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Speaker 1: cats who have a wonderful home. They are out on

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Speaker 1: an adventure to help some cats who don't have a home.

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Speaker 1: Luna and Pepper think all cats deserve to be as

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Speaker 1: happy as they are. How can they help? Luna and Pepper?

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Speaker 1: Part two? The people who lived in Luna and Pepper

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Speaker 1: City loved animals and worked very hard to make sure

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Speaker 1: that they all had a family of their own. They

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Speaker 1: weren't always successful, though, and some animals did not have

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Speaker 1: offered help, the animals would hide because they were scared,

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Speaker 1: but Luna and Pepper both thought they could help. Getting

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Speaker 1: directions from the Big Mastiff, Luna and Pepper raced from

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Speaker 1: the direction of the church, dodging people's feet as they ran.

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Speaker 1: As a cat, you have to be very careful when

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Speaker 1: you are around those much taller than you and keep

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Speaker 1: and no one would want that to happen. As they ran,

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Speaker 1: they could see their destination was getting closer. Ignoring the

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Speaker 1: tempting smells of fish, stinky garbage, and the offers of

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Speaker 1: They also ran by some labradors who always seemed to

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Speaker 1: thinking that they should all race, dragged his human down

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Speaker 1: the street until he ran out of breath. Cats can

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Speaker 1: run really fast when they want to. When they arrived

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Speaker 1: more difficult to see places far in the distance, So

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Speaker 1: They hadn't been waiting three minutes when they saw a

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Speaker 1: friends are inseparable. They love to exercise and explore together,

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Speaker 1: but Luna and Pepper until now preferred to play indoors,

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Speaker 1: thought it was really funny that the four of them

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Speaker 1: I'm wondering if you can help us. I certainly would

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Speaker 1: be happy to if I can. While I am walking,

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Speaker 1: get his exercise. But we have to keep talking quietly.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to scare him. No problem. We are

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Speaker 1: My human loves to take me to a restaurant that's

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Speaker 1: near the waterfront. They have great spaghetti, which is my

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Speaker 1: flower shops, new stands, and restaurants. They continued to smell

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Speaker 1: they were very little, and it's always so hard to

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Speaker 1: They kept going, jumping over chihuahwahs and dodging kids with bikes.

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Speaker 1: They even jumped on a skateboard that was going their way.

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Speaker 1: A little winded, they stopped briefly for a break so

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Speaker 1: Luna asked, just all the seagulls, and I think the

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Speaker 1: smells is that sushi I smell? Asked Pepper, as her

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Speaker 1: belly started to make some noises. Focus, Pepper said, Luna, yeah, right, focus,

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Speaker 1: So they ran ahead down an alley where restaurants put

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Speaker 1: someone had prepared for them. As they approached, they were

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Speaker 1: greeted by a few of the cats, including their elder

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Speaker 1: hi friends. Luna said, as they approached. My name is

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Speaker 1: Luna and this is my sister Pepper. Hi there, the

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Speaker 1: oldest cat said, I'm afraid we don't have much food

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Speaker 1: for us. Is yours to use. Thank you. But we

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Speaker 1: we once lived around here and now we would like

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Speaker 1: you like, said Luna. That sounds nice. But we get

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Speaker 1: We often hide when people come to try and help us.

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Speaker 1: That another cat with tiger stripes. Yeah, I don't know why,

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Speaker 1: give us food to eat. That a tabby. You don't

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Speaker 1: find us scary, though, said Luna. No, of course not.

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Speaker 1: You are a cat, said the smallest cat. We are

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Speaker 1: looked after here very well by the kind people who

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Speaker 1: I do wish all these young ones had the benefit

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Speaker 1: And some of us are tired of leftover spaghetti Bolinese

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Speaker 1: said the tabby, Well, I have an idea. Why don't

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Speaker 1: you follow us to where we live. Our family is

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Speaker 1: super nice. We have lots of food and a great, big,

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Speaker 1: comfy couch to sleep on, said Luna. And though it

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Speaker 1: took us some time to get here, it's actually not

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Speaker 1: that far. If we go quickly, we might be able

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Speaker 1: sure they could help us with all the room and

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Speaker 1: at all, said Pepper. That big comfy couch sure sounds nice,

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Speaker 1: said the tabby. But are the humans nice? Asked the

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Speaker 1: smallest cat. The humans are the absolute best other than Pepper. Lucia,

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Speaker 1: our human is my best friend in the whole world. Really,

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Speaker 1: you have nothing to worry about. And if you are

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Speaker 1: still not sure when you arrive, you could always hide

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Speaker 1: said Pepper with a smile. I think we all would

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Speaker 1: like to take you up on your kind offer, But

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Speaker 1: there is perhaps a problem, said the eldest. What problem

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Speaker 1: could there be, asked Luna. We five cats are not

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Speaker 1: a moment, somewhat surprised. The more the merror ear, Luna

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Speaker 1: It's so beautiful inside and clean and warm, said the eldest. Yeah, sure,

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Speaker 1: it's our pleasure, Luna said with a smile. The youngest

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Speaker 1: And that's the end of this story good Night, sleep

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