1 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. I'd like 2 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: to say hello to Madeleine and Danielle from glen Ridge, 3 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:23,319 Speaker 1: New Jersey. Mommy and Daddy love you very much. A 4 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: big hello to Imogen McDowell from Morningside, and hello to 5 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 1: Evelyn a special. Happy belated birthday to Scarlet Grace who 6 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: turned six on June twenty eighth, from Mommy and Auntie Gee. 7 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 1: Happy belated birthday to Emerson from Seattle, Washington who had 8 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: a birthday on June twelfth. 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And a happy early birthday to Alexander 28 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: from Shanghai who is turning five on August first. Have 29 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: a great visit in San Francisco. Happy birthday to you all. 30 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: I hope you have a wonderful day. Shout outs and 31 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,679 Speaker 1: birthday wishes are one way we give thanks to our supporters. 32 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: If you would like to support us and receive more 33 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: bedtime entertainment like this I'll add free, please visit our 34 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: support page at sleep tightstories dot org slash support. Thank you. 35 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: This is the third part of our story about Slicko 36 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:21,119 Speaker 1: the jumping squirrel. Slicko has learned to jump and now 37 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: spends lots of time practicing and moving in the forest. 38 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: While she does, she has gone out looking for nuts 39 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: and meets a pig named Squinty. While Slicko and Squinty 40 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: are talking, Slicko hears her mother calling and says goodbye 41 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: and starts on her way home. When she gets there, 42 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: her mother tells her that they have to leave their 43 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: home right away. Slicko The Jumping Squirrel, Chapter three. Mister 44 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: squirrel came along, hurrying and jumping through the leafy branches 45 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: of the tree as fast as he could come. When 46 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: he was still some distance away from the nest, he 47 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: took a long jump and landed on the limb near 48 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 1: the hole in the tree. Did you see him, asked 49 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: missus Squirrel. Yes, he is in the woods, chattered mister squirrel. 50 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: But he may not be here for some minutes. We 51 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: have time to run and hide, and we had better 52 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: not keep together. We must all go different ways, and 53 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: then he will not find us so easily. Oh what 54 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: is it, cried Slicko. What has happened? The man and 55 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: his dog have found out where our nest is, said 56 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: Missus Squirrel, And at any minute he may come here 57 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: to catch us. Oh, how dreadful, cried chatter, and even Nutto, 58 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: who was supposed to be very for a squirrel, looked frightened. 59 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: But don't worry too much, said mister squirrel. I have 60 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: seen the man in time, and we will get safely 61 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: away from him. Come now we will separate, each going 62 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: a different way. Then the man will not find us, 63 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 1: I hope. But where will we go, asked Slickle, And 64 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: what will we do for something to eat and a 65 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: place to sleep at night if we go away from 66 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: our home nest. Well, you squirrels are old enough now 67 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: to hunt food for yourselves, said missus squirrel. I am 68 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,479 Speaker 1: glad of that, so I won't worry as much about you. 69 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: And you know how to jump and run. I am 70 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: glad we learned how to jump in time, said Slickle. 71 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:51,919 Speaker 2: Yes, if you had. 72 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: Waited and kept on putting it off, said mister squirrel, 73 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 1: you would not be ready now to run and hide 74 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: away from the man and be able to take care 75 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 1: of yourselves. As for a place to sleep, your mother 76 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: and I are going to send you all on visits 77 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: to our friends or relatives. You can stay with them 78 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: for a while until it will be safe for all 79 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 1: of us to come back to our nest again. Oh, 80 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: then we are going on a visit, exclaimed Slicko. Something 81 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: like that. Yes, answered her father. And we must hurry too, 82 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: or the man may be here any minute. I passed 83 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 1: him in the woods, and he was coming this way. 84 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 1: Did he see you, Papa, asked nutto no or I 85 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: kept well behind the leaves and hurried on. But my, 86 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: how that dog did bark. He seemed very fierce. Squinty, 87 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 1: the pig told me about a dog he knew, said Slicko. 88 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 1: But he said that dog was kind and gentle. His 89 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: name was Don. This dog's name wasn't Don. I am 90 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: sure of that, spoke mister Squirrel. But we must not 91 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: stay here talking scatter every one of you. Nato and Fluffy, 92 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: you go over to Grandpa Beechnut's nest and stay with him. 93 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: I don't believe the man knows where that is chatter. 94 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: You can stay with mister and missus Acorn, the squirrels 95 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: who live in the hollow stump. Your mother and I 96 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: will go off in the woods and make a new nest. 97 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: So if we cannot come back to our old one, 98 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: we will still have a home when winter comes. But 99 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: what am I to do, asked slickle Where am I 100 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: to go? I have not forgotten you, said missus Squirrel. 101 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: You can go over and stay with your aunt Witty 102 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: until it is safe. Your aunt will be glad to 103 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: have you, for she lives all alone, and she has 104 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: room for only one small squirrel in her nest besides herself. 105 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: You run over there and tell her all that has happened, 106 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: how the man found our nest, and go quickly. Suddenly 107 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: cried mister Squirrel. Here comes the man now with his dog. 108 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: Just then there sounded through the woods. That's the dog, 109 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: said mister Squirrel. Hurry, children, and don't forget the lessons 110 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: we have taught you. We won't, promised Slicko. Off through 111 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: the woods, scampered Slicko. Her father and mother and her 112 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: brothers and sister. Slicko climbed up one tree, jumped into another, 113 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: and still another. I don't believe the man and his 114 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: dog will get me, thought Slicko as she hurried on 115 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 1: toward the nest where her aunt Wittily. Pretty soon the 116 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: man and his dog came to the foot of the 117 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: tree where Slicko used to live. Ha, there's that squirrel nest. 118 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 1: I saw the other day, said the man to himself, 119 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: I wonder if there are any in it. I'll wait 120 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 1: awhile and see if I can catch any of them. Woof, 121 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: barked the dog. Perhaps he too wanted to catch some squirrels. 122 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: All around the foot of the tree ran the dog, 123 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: barking as loudly as he could. Maybe he was hoping 124 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 1: he could scare the squirrels out of the nest so 125 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: his master could catch them. The man waited and waited, 126 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: looking up at the hole in the trunk of the tree, 127 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: where he knew the squirrels had lived, but he did 128 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: not know they had gone. That was the time the 129 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: squirrels were smarter than him. Several hours passed, and still 130 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: the man waited. Every now and then he would look 131 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: up at the hole, and the dog, who had been 132 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: running off in the woods looking for more squirrels, would 133 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: come back, barking louder than ever. Well, I guess those 134 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: squirrels have gone away, Carlo, the man finally said to 135 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: his dog, it is of no use for us to 136 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: stay here. Come, we will go look for other squirrels 137 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: to catch. WHOA that will be fun, barked Carlo. Of course, 138 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: being a dog. He did not know any better, and 139 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: so the man went away from the empty nest where 140 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: Slicko and the other squirrels had lived all this time, Slicko, 141 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: the jumping squirrel was hurrying along through the woods toward 142 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: the nest of her Aunt Witty. Slicko's aunt had that 143 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 1: name because she used her wits. Missus Whitty and Missus 144 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: Squirrel were sisters, and that made Missus Witty Slicko's aunt, 145 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: and Slickle liked Aunt Witty very much. There were always 146 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 1: plenty of nuts in Aunt Witty's nest, and Slicko, as 147 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: well as her brothers and sister, liked to come on 148 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: a visit. But this time Slickle was all alone. Pretty 149 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 1: soon the little jumping girl squirrel came to the tall 150 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 1: tree where Aunt Witty lived. Now I must be very careful, 151 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: thought Slickle. I must wait before running in to see 152 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: if any men or dogs or other enemies are watching me, 153 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: For if they are, they would see where I go in, 154 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: and they could find the nest and maybe catch Aunt 155 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:02,599 Speaker 1: Witty and me. Squirrels, like birds and other woodland creatures, 156 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: do not like human beings to know where their homes 157 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: or nests are, so they take care to make the 158 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: front door in such a way they cannot easily be seen. 159 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: And when the forest creatures go in, they always look 160 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: around first to see that no enemy is watching. In 161 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: that way, they keep their homes or nests secret. They 162 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: have to, for they have so many enemies. Slicko looked 163 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: all around, and seeing no dogs, wild animals, or men 164 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: on the watch to spy on her aunt's nest, the 165 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: little squirrel scrambled up the tree, sticking her sharp toenails 166 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: in the soft bark as she had been taught to do. 167 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 1: When Slicko was half way up, she saw a hole 168 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: in the tree, just such a hole as her nest 169 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 1: at home. This was the front door to the home 170 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 1: of her aunt. Slicko gave two or three taps on 171 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: the bark with her front paw. The little girl squirrel 172 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 1: always did this when she called on missus whitty, so 173 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:14,679 Speaker 1: the squirrel lady would know it was one of her 174 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: little friends or relations and not a bad owl or 175 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: hawkbird wanting to eat her up. Slicko expected to hear 176 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: her aunt chatter, as she always did, come in and 177 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 1: have some nuts, but there was no answer. Slicko knocked 178 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: again with her little paw, and then, thinking her aunt 179 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: might be asleep, the little jumping squirrel gave a little 180 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: hop down inside the nest. It was just like the 181 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: nest at home, which she and the others had left 182 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: because of the danger from the man. At first, coming 183 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: in the dark nest after having been out in the 184 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: bright sunlight, slick could see nothing. Just as when you 185 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: come into the house after having walked along a snowy 186 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: road from school, you have to wait until your eyes 187 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: get used to the darker house. It was that way 188 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: with Slicko. Pretty soon, however, she could look about the nest, 189 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: and then her heart grew sad, for she saw that 190 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: Aunt Witty did not live there anymore. The nest was 191 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: deserted and empty. Most of the soft leaves and the 192 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: cotton from the milkwheat plant had been tossed out. The 193 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: nest was all disturbed. Most of the nuts were gone, 194 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: and it looked as though some boy or man or 195 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: animal had been inside, catching the squirrel lady and taking 196 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: the nuts she had stored away to eat. Oh, dear, 197 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: thought Slicko, this is terrible. On Witty has either run 198 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: away or been caught. There is no one here to 199 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: take me. What shall I do? I can't stay here 200 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: all alone. Oh dear, this is too bad. Slicko cowered 201 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: down in the empty nest and wondered what she should 202 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 1: do now that she had no home to go back to. 203 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 1: And that is the end of this part. Good night, 204 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: sleep tight. 205 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 2: Then it goes suck. There and it goes suck. Then 206 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 2: go and it goes suck, and Chang time stood still. 207 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 2: I couldn't h a bro game. The carding go. 208 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 1: Time so. 209 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 2: Way, and it goes on beside thes and it goes 210 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 2: inside and it goes aside