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Speaker 1: Welcome to Lingo Listen, where we share some of our

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Speaker 1: favorite stories with you. Subscribe or follow us so you

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Speaker 1: never miss one of our episodes. This is a story

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Speaker 1: about friendship. We know you have a lot of friends.

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Speaker 1: Now get comfy and lingo listen to the story of

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Speaker 1: the ant and the Bird. One day, a little tiny

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Speaker 1: ant went down to the river for a drink of water.

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Speaker 1: She was so thirsty, but she couldn't reach the water.

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Speaker 1: She stretched down, down, down to sip the water. But whoops,

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Speaker 1: the little ant fell into the water and guess what.

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Speaker 1: The ant didn't know how to swim. She tried to

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Speaker 1: yell for help, but her voice was too small. Sitting

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Speaker 1: in a tree along the river was a bird. The

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Speaker 1: bird wasn't doing much, just singing to himself as usual.

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Speaker 1: Now he heard some splashing in the water and he

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Speaker 1: saw the ant trying to swim. The bird felt sad

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Speaker 1: for the poor aunt, but he didn't know how to help.

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Speaker 1: What can I do, he thought, hmm, pick up the

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Speaker 1: ant in his beak. Ouch. No, with his sharp beak,

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Speaker 1: he would probably hurt the little ant. How else could

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Speaker 1: the ant ant get out of the water. Maybe on

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Speaker 1: a boat. But the bird didn't have a boat. Too bad,

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Speaker 1: The bird thought a little bit harder. He didn't have

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Speaker 1: a boat, but maybe he could make a boat. He

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Speaker 1: plucked a nice big leaf off of his tree and

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Speaker 1: flew over the river with the leaf in his beak.

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Speaker 1: The bird dropped the leaf into the water. He worried

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Speaker 1: to himself, will it float? But yes, the leaf did float.

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Speaker 1: It floated gently over to the poor ant. Climb on

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Speaker 1: to the leaf, he told the ant. The ant struggled

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Speaker 1: and struggled, puffing and puffing. Finally, the little ant climbed

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Speaker 1: onto the floating leaf. She rowed that leaf, just like

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Speaker 1: a boat, over to the beach, where she climbed out

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Speaker 1: and shook herself dry. The ant felt so happy to

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Speaker 1: be alive. Who just then she heard someone walking on

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Speaker 1: the sand. It was a big man, and the man

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Speaker 1: was carrying a bow and arrow. He was a hunter.

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Speaker 1: The ant saw that the hunter was pointing his arrow

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Speaker 1: up at a tree, the very tree where that quick

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Speaker 1: thinking bird sat. Oh no, the ant felt worried for

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Speaker 1: the bird. What can I do? The ant thought to herself.

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Speaker 1: Could she take away the hunter's bow and arrow? Hmmm,

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Speaker 1: probably not. Could she shout to the bird, Oh, but

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Speaker 1: her voice was very small, but her bite was very strong.

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Speaker 1: The ant ran over to the hunter and bit him

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Speaker 1: very hard. Oh, shouted the hunter. The bird was startled

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Speaker 1: by the sound and flew out of the tree. The

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Speaker 1: bird looked down and saw that the hunter was frowning

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Speaker 1: and rubbing his ankle. The ant sat nearby, smiling up

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Speaker 1: at the bird. You saved my life, said the bird.

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Speaker 1: The little aunt nodded and said with her tiny voice,

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Speaker 1: and you saved my life. And that is how the

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Speaker 1: bird and the aunt became best friends. With their big

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Speaker 1: hearts and quick thinking, they loved to work together to

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Speaker 1: help other animals get out of trouble. What do you

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Speaker 1: do when your friends need help? Goodbye. Keep an ear

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