The Lost Property Turtle 🐢🦭 Children's Bedtime Story

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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Koala Moon, a podcast of




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Speaker 1: more bedtimes a dream. We're getting ready to head back




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Speaker 1: to Harmony Cove tonight and help reunite some precious lost




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Speaker 1: property with its owner. But before we do, let's warmly




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Speaker 1: welcome our newest freshest recruits to Coco's Club. Hello, and




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Speaker 1: thank you for joining us. Amos and Isaiah from Massachusetts,




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Speaker 1: Lucy aged eight, Eleanora and Emilia from Henderson, Texas, Orion




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Speaker 1: all the bonus episodes and add free stories coming your way.




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Speaker 1: So I wonder whether you remember Harmony Cove. It's where




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Speaker 1: our friend Echo the Turtle lives now quite happily after




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Speaker 1: his encounter with Confidence of the Bear. We'll be staying




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Speaker 1: on the beach for this story and hanging out with




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Speaker 1: a very special sea turtle who has an important and




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Speaker 1: very busy job running the Lost Property Office. Why is




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Speaker 1: it so busy and important, Well, it's pretty easy for




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Speaker 1: visitors to lose track of their things amongst millions and




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Speaker 1: billions of grains of golden sand. It seems every day




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Speaker 1: more and more items are lost and end up at




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Speaker 1: the office. And tonight our friend is trying to reunite




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Speaker 1: a very mysterious object with its owner. Only problem is




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Speaker 1: he has no idea what it is. Soon see how




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Speaker 1: he muddles through and finds out who it belongs to.




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Speaker 1: But first, lie back in bed and get comfy. Find




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Speaker 1: your fingers and toes and give them a little gentle




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Speaker 1: wiggle and squeeze.




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Speaker 2: Perhaps, roll back.




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Speaker 1: Your shoulders and move around in bed a bit until




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Speaker 1: you're in your most relaxing spot. Now close your eyes




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Speaker 1: and breathe in and out steadily and quietly. Perfect, It's




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Speaker 1: time to begin. The Lost Property Turtle by Jane Thomas.




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Speaker 1: There's a beach not far from Sleepy Forest that, even




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Speaker 1: if you were to sail up and down the entire coastline,




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Speaker 1: you would be unlikely to find.




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Speaker 3: It.




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Speaker 2: Is tucked into a hidden.




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Speaker 1: Cove where the cliffs rise from the sea and fold




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Speaker 1: this way and that in such a way as to




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Speaker 1: disguise the entrance from even the most nosy, curious and




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Speaker 1: inquisitive eyes. And yet on hot summer days, when the




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Speaker 1: sun beats down and the only escape is to dive




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Speaker 1: into the cooling waves, this hidden beach is one of




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Speaker 1: the busiest beaches anywhere in the world. It's known by




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Speaker 1: locals as Harmony Cove, as it's so very peaceful. As




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Speaker 1: soon as the sun starts to rise and sunbeams reach




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Speaker 1: around the corners of the cliffs, the beach shines and




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Speaker 1: shimmers as if it is covered in diamonds. And by locals,




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Speaker 1: I mean all the sea turtles and hermit crabs, or




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Speaker 1: the sea lions and dolphins, or the starfi should see




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Speaker 1: an enemies, an octopus and fiddler crabs. Sometimes koalas and




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Speaker 1: kangaroos even turn up there, taking the long paths that




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Speaker 1: zigzag their way down the steep cliffs and running towards




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Speaker 1: the gentle waves that ease themselves up up and down




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Speaker 1: the shifting sands. Because Harmony Cove gets so very busy,




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Speaker 1: there is of course a lost property office.




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Speaker 2: There are piles and piles.




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Speaker 1: Of strange items in there, most of which Michele has




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Speaker 1: no real understanding of, but he keeps them safe and




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Speaker 1: sound until the owners come along and reclaim them. Michelle




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Speaker 1: is a sea turtle, and he's been working in the




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Speaker 1: Lost Property office for nearly four months now. He's learned




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Speaker 1: about plastic buckets and spades and inflatable unicorns, and been




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Speaker 1: temporarily terrified by an inflatable crocodile.




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Speaker 2: He now knows that.




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Speaker 1: A single washed up flip flop makes an excellent surfboard




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Speaker 1: if you happen to be starfish sized, and that if




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Speaker 1: you blow into the tops of empty drinks bottles you




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Speaker 1: can make music. Michelle takes great pride in working out




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Speaker 1: what a particular item does and ensuring it gets back




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Speaker 1: to its rightful owner. If a young octopus comes up




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Speaker 1: and says they've lost their favorite bucket, Michelle makes sure




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Speaker 1: the octopus describes it absolutely perfectly before he searches under




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Speaker 1: his table and through the boxes of bits and bobs,




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Speaker 1: pulling out exactly the right one. Would you say it's




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Speaker 1: yellow like the sun or yellow like the sand, He'll ask?




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Speaker 1: Or when you say it's big, would you say as




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Speaker 1: big as the shell on my back, or as big




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Speaker 1: as a castle. He has boxes of left flip flops




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Speaker 1: and right flip flops, and these are divided further into




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Speaker 1: flip flops made from foam and plastic and leather and cork.




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Speaker 1: He has boxes of swimming shorts, ranging from the tiniest




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Speaker 1: scraps of material used by shrimps to those so enormous




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Speaker 1: they can be worn by a whale. He has sunglasses




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Speaker 1: and sun hats, towels and tents, books and lunch boxes,




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Speaker 1: all the stuff creatures take to the beach Michelle has




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Speaker 1: tucked away under his table, waiting to be reunited with




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Speaker 1: its owner.




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Speaker 2: There's a special section.




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Speaker 1: For things that have been left for a very long time.




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Speaker 1: Michelle will hand these out in those emergency moments when




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Speaker 1: a special little something makes someone feel a whole lot better,




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Speaker 1: like the time a seal fell on her bucket and




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Speaker 1: spade and broke them, or when a seagul forgot to




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Speaker 1: bring his sunscreen along, And now he's going to help




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Speaker 1: a little hermit crab who has turned up at his stall.




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Speaker 1: I'm Cloudier, she announces, please to meet you. Cloudia is




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Speaker 1: being very formal and proper because she has something very




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Speaker 1: important to ask. Please to meet you, too, says Michel,




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Speaker 1: And how can I help you?




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Speaker 2: Little one?




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Speaker 1: Well, I was surfing in the waves. I was doing




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Speaker 1: so well, and then I made a bit of a mistake,




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Speaker 1: and I humbled.




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Speaker 3: And and and.




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Speaker 1: The hermaid crab suddenly looked very sad. Indeed, Michele came




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Speaker 1: out from behind his table and put his flipper around her.




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Speaker 1: Come on, I'm here to help, he assured her. What




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Speaker 1: happened in the waves? I lost my shell, she wailed.




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Speaker 3: See I can't go back and see Mam and Dad




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Speaker 3: without my shell, and my brothers for never stop teasing




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Speaker 3: me about it.




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Speaker 2: What am I going to do?




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Speaker 1: Michel knew there had been something odd about the little




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Speaker 1: creature standing in front of him, but he hadn't quite




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Speaker 1: been able to put his flipper on it. As soon




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Speaker 1: as she said it, it was obvious a missing shell. Goodness,




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Speaker 1: Fortunately for you, Michel said, with a smile.




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Speaker 2: I have a lot of shells back here. We'll find




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Speaker 2: a perfect one for you.




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Speaker 1: Claudia snif you can help, she said, definitely, said Michel,




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Speaker 1: We'll find you the best shell you've ever seen. Just




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Speaker 1: you wait, Cloudia managed to smile even better than my brothers.




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Speaker 1: I promise even better than your brothers. Cloudier grinned, but said, Michel,




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Speaker 1: you need to pretend you're someone else for a moment.




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Speaker 1: Can you do that for me? Cloudia was all wide




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Speaker 1: eyes and wondering. You're going to have to pretend your Goldilocks.




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Speaker 1: We don't want to shell that's too small, and we




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Speaker 1: definitely don't want to shell that's too big. We want




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Speaker 1: a shell that's just right. Okay, so you be sure




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Speaker 1: to tell me if it's too tight or too loose,




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Speaker 1: and we'll keep going until we found the perfect shell




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Speaker 1: for you. Cloudia giggled. She liked the idea of being Goldilocks.




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Speaker 1: She curved her back and waited for mi shell to




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Speaker 1: come out. With the first shell, Cloudier wiggled and wobbled




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Speaker 1: and pushed and heaved her way into the shell, and finally.




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Speaker 2: Said, with a gasp, it's too small.




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Speaker 1: Michelle helped pull her out, heaving Cloudier's little crab claws




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Speaker 1: until she's suddenly flew out of.




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Speaker 2: The shell like a cork out of a bottle.




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Speaker 1: She fell onto the sand with a thump and a bump.




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Speaker 1: Michelle searched under his table and came out with a




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Speaker 1: larger shell and handed that over Cloudier backed into the shell,




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Speaker 1: almost disappearing entirely inside. Only her eyes poked out, and




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Speaker 1: then they were gone too. It's too pig, came a




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Speaker 1: voice echoing from inside the shell. Michelle saw it shake




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Speaker 1: and jiggle, and realized Cloudier was trying to get out,




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Speaker 1: so he leaned over and helped lift it from her.




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Speaker 1: She blinked, her eyes dazzled by the sun again after




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Speaker 1: the dark of the shell. They tried ten more shells,




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Speaker 1: each one a little bit too small or a little




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Speaker 1: bit too big, before Michele remembered that sometimes he stored




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Speaker 1: the shells with the buckets. He rattled around under his




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Speaker 1: table and emerged carrying a beautiful, shining shell. Inside it gleamed,




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Speaker 1: streaked with rainbows on the shiny interior. On the outside,




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Speaker 1: it curled and whirled to a single, glorious point with




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Speaker 1: patterns that made it look like it should belong to




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Speaker 1: a leopard. Cloudier's eyes opened wide. She had never in




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Speaker 1: all her life seeing anything as beautiful as that shell.




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Speaker 1: She crossed her claws and hoped and hoped that it




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Speaker 1: would fit her. Michel placed it beside her, and Cloudier




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Speaker 1: backed in, feeling how her sides just.




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Speaker 2: Touched the shell.




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Speaker 1: She stood up and felt its weight around her, and




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Speaker 1: curled up inside to check she could sleep in there,




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Speaker 1: and pulled out her claws and walked across the sand




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Speaker 1: a little. It's the Goldilocks shell, she declared, eyes shining.




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Speaker 1: Can I really have it?




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Speaker 2: Can I? Michel was delighted.




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Speaker 1: He watched as the little permit.




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Speaker 2: Crabs scuttled off across.




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Speaker 1: The sand, back to where her family waited on a




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Speaker 1: picnic rug. Even from a distance, Michele could see how




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Speaker 1: big Cloudier's brother's eyes became when he looked at the shell.




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Speaker 1: Cloudier turned slowly and proudly, showing off her new home.




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Speaker 1: He really did have a wonderful job, Michelle thought to himself,




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Speaker 1: and smiled extra widely for the rest of the day




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Speaker 1: as he reunited creatures with their missing spades and flip




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Speaker 1: flops and sombreros and umbrellas. As the sun started to




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Speaker 1: go down, the creatures began packing up their bags and




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Speaker 1: disappearing home, swimming out to sea to their apartments in




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Speaker 1: their coral reefs, or heading up the path to their




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Speaker 1: penthouses high up on the cliffs. He was smiled at




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Speaker 1: and thanked by all the animals who had been reunited




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Speaker 1: with their belongings, and Cloudier even rushed over to give




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Speaker 1: him a quick hug before she left. Michele lives down




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Speaker 1: at Harmony Cove. So after he had taken an evening swim,




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Speaker 1: floating in the sea and letting the waves push him




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Speaker 1: this way and that, he came back to the beach




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Speaker 1: and settled down next to his lost Property stand to




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Speaker 1: dry his shell. He was almost completely content, except for




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Speaker 1: one thing niggling at his mind. Have you ever had




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Speaker 1: that You've been trying to fall asleep and there is




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Speaker 1: one thing, It could be a tiny something and nothing,




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Speaker 1: worrying away right at the back of your mind, and




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Speaker 1: it means you can't fall asleep. The more you try




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Speaker 1: to ignore it, the bigger it gets, until suddenly your




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Speaker 1: entire mind is filled with this one small thing. That's




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Speaker 1: what Michel was going through right now, and the reason




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Speaker 1: he couldn't fall asleep. There was an item in his




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Speaker 1: lost property box that had been there ever since he started,




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Speaker 1: and he still had no idea what it was. He




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Speaker 1: had been thinking about it for weeks, and somehow it




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Speaker 1: had become a bigger and bigger and bigger problem.




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Speaker 2: In his mind. Until now.




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Speaker 1: He just knew he wouldn't be able to sleep until




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Speaker 1: he knew exactly what it was. Michele sighed and stood up,




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Speaker 1: wandering around to root about in the box and find




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Speaker 1: the mysterious item. He pulled it out and set it




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Speaker 1: on the table in front of him, eyeing it up




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Speaker 1: for what felt like the millionth time. It was a




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Speaker 1: small silver bar, about as long as his flipper, and




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Speaker 1: there were lots and lots of holes in it.




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Speaker 2: For a while he thought it might be a sea creature.




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Speaker 1: Sleeping off a long swim, but he checked, and this




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Speaker 1: silver bar didn't breathe or show any sign that it




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Speaker 1: had ever been alive. Michelle wandered with it down to




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Speaker 1: the sea, now quite calm since the moon had risen.




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Speaker 1: The sea does that, you know, It calms down at




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Speaker 1: the end of the day. However much the waves crash




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Speaker 1: and churn against the cliffs during the day, it always.




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Speaker 2: Seems to go calm at night.




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Speaker 1: Michelle looked at the almost perfect reflection of the night




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Speaker 1: sky in the waves, seeing the constellations in the shape




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Speaker 1: the big whale and the swordfish and the running starfish.




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Speaker 1: He placed the silver bar as gently as he could




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Speaker 1: on the surface of the sea and then let go,




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Speaker 1: waiting to see if it would float. For a moment,




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Speaker 1: it did, and then it slipped into the dark water,




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Speaker 1: heading down to the sandy seafloor, with a stream of




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Speaker 1: bubbles rising to the surface as it fell. Michele quickly




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Speaker 1: grabbed it and pulled it out again, heading back to




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Speaker 1: the shore. So it doesn't float, he said to himself.




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Speaker 1: That means it isn't a boat, and it isn't a




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Speaker 1: sort of surfboard. Michele thought about all the sand castles




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Speaker 1: he'd seen creatures build with the help of the buckets




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Speaker 1: and spades, and he wondered if the silver bar was




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Speaker 1: meant to help with that. He tried scooping sand into




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Speaker 1: a bucket with it and didn't get very far at all.




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Speaker 2: In fact, it was useless for that.




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Speaker 1: Then he tried scooping sand into it, packing it into




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Speaker 1: the small holes, but they were so small that when




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Speaker 1: he dipped it up to pour out the castle, nothing




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Speaker 1: really happened at all. He supposed it could be a




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Speaker 1: very odd sort of lunch box, although he wasn't sure




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Speaker 1: what you might cram into each of those tiny holes.




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Speaker 1: The silver bar looked a bit of a mess, all




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Speaker 1: covered with sand, and he thought he should probably look




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Speaker 1: after it in case whoever owned it came back to




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Speaker 1: find it someday. So he wandered back down to the




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Speaker 1: sea and shook it around in the water until all




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Speaker 1: the sand had come loose, and then he took it




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Speaker 1: back to the beach with him. Droplets of water gleamed




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Speaker 1: in the holes, and he shook the silver bar to




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Speaker 1: get them out, and as he shook it, air rushed




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Speaker 1: in and out of the holes, and the silver bar




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Speaker 1: made a noise. In fact, it made lots of noises.




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Speaker 1: Michelle stopped. He peered inside to see if something was




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Speaker 1: living in there, but all he could see was black.




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Speaker 1: He shook the silver bar again and it made another




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Speaker 1: series of odd noises. How strange, he thought to himself.




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Speaker 1: Then he remembered how he could blow across the tops




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Speaker 1: of the empty drink's bottles, and how they all made




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Speaker 1: a different sound. Slowly, he lifted the silver bar to




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Speaker 1: his mouth and he blew. The noise and sounds that




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Speaker 1: came out of it startled him so much he dropped




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Speaker 1: it on the sand, and then he had to go




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Speaker 1: through the process of washing and drying it all over again.




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Speaker 1: This time he was ready. Michel lifted it to his




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Speaker 1: mouth and blew. He moved his mouth along the silver




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Speaker 1: bar and blew into some different holes, and they made




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Speaker 1: different noises. After a while, he worked out that each




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Speaker 1: of the holes made a different noise. Michelle started at




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Speaker 1: one end of the silver bar and breathed out hard,




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Speaker 1: working his way up to the other end. The notes




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Speaker 1: got higher and higher in pitch with each hole. It




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Speaker 1: was almost as if he thought each hole had been




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Speaker 1: carefully crafted to make a very particular noise. Just as




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Speaker 1: he was beginning to think this odd little silver bar




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Speaker 1: might be some sort of musical instrument, a seagull poked




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Speaker 1: his head around the cliff edge.




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Speaker 2: Hi.




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Speaker 1: The sea girl called Michelle turned hello, he answered back,




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Speaker 1: a little uncertainly. You didn't get many visitors at night.




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Speaker 1: In fact, harmony cove was entirely his when it was dark,




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Speaker 1: and you rather like that if truth be told, I say,




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Speaker 1: said the sea girl, I think you've got my friend's harmonica. There,




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Speaker 1: I've got your friends, what asked Michelle. The sea girl




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Speaker 1: flew over and landed next to the sea turtle. He's harmonica,




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Speaker 1: sure as feathers is feathers that's Pete's harmonica. He leaned




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Speaker 1: over as if to take it from the sea turtle.




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Speaker 1: Michelle held it back. If it really does belong to Pete,




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Speaker 1: this harmonica, then I should be the one to return




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Speaker 1: it to him. I am, after all, in charge of




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Speaker 1: lost property, he said. The seagull shrugged, fine by me,




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Speaker 1: Come he lives around here, and the seagull disappeared back




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Speaker 1: where he had come from. Michelle shuffled after him, the




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Speaker 1: harmonica in his mouth. As he climbed across knobbly rocks




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Speaker 1: and slithered across sheets of seaweed. He kept panting hard




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Speaker 1: into the harmonica, and he gave out little puffs of




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Speaker 1: music each time he breathed out.




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Speaker 2: The seagull hopped.




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Speaker 1: Along, easily, flying over the awkward bits and waiting patiently




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Speaker 1: for Michele to catch up. When Michele thought they'd gone




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Speaker 1: so far they would surely be in a new country soon,




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Speaker 1: he saw the shapes of a hundred sea lions silhouetted




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Speaker 1: against the sky. The sea gull flew over and landed




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Speaker 1: on one, whispering something into his ear, and the sea




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Speaker 1: lion turned and waddled over to Michel Listen or chap




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Speaker 1: squawky here says you have my harmonica?




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Speaker 3: Is that so?




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Speaker 1: Michel was as cautious as ever. He'd hidden the silver




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Speaker 1: bar beneath his flipper. I might have it, he said,




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Speaker 1: Describe it to me please, Oh, certainly, certainly, said the




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Speaker 1: sea lion. I'd say. It's about as long as your flipper. Silver,




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Speaker 1: ten little holes in it, says blues on the top




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Speaker 1: of it in swirling twirling letters. Few scratches on the undercarriage.




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Speaker 1: I'm afraid it's a bit hard to keep a harmonica




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Speaker 1: in tiptop shape out on these rocks. Michele turned and




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Speaker 1: checked the silver bar, ten holes, blues written in swirling




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Speaker 1: twirling letters, and yes, he was right, a few little




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Speaker 1: scratches on the underside, turned back to the sea li




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Speaker 1: iron and held it out. The sea Lion's eyes lit up,




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Speaker 1: and he clapped his flippers together in delight. By jove,




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Speaker 1: that's it, You, sir, are a gentleman, he said happily.




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Speaker 1: Michele handed it over and was about to leave when




00:29:24

Speaker 1: he had a thought. Excuse me, he said, a little shyly. Pete,




00:29:33

Speaker 1: isn't it The sea lion nodded. Do you know how




00:29:39

Speaker 1: to make real music. With that, Pete, some of the




00:29:44

Speaker 1: nearby sea lions laughed a little. Pete glared at them




00:29:49

Speaker 1: to be quiet. I do play a little Would you




00:29:54

Speaker 1: like to hear something? Michelle nodded eagerly for you any time,




00:30:03

Speaker 1: Eh need time, And with that, the sea lion drew




00:30:10

Speaker 1: the harmonica to his mouth and breathed out. At first,




00:30:18

Speaker 1: he played a song so lively and busy that Michel




00:30:23

Speaker 1: couldn't help but tap his flippers in time to the music,




00:30:29

Speaker 1: watching as the sea lions twirled around to the sounds




00:30:35

Speaker 1: of the sea shanty. When Pete finished, they all sat




00:30:41

Speaker 1: back and clapped their flippers loudly, barking their approval and




00:30:48

Speaker 1: calling for an encore. And Pete leaned back against a




00:30:56

Speaker 1: rock and closed his eyes once more, putting the harmonica




00:31:02

Speaker 1: to his lips. This time, he played a slow and




00:31:09

Speaker 1: beautiful tune. It sounded like the sea and the waves




00:31:16

Speaker 1: all at once. Michele closed his eyes and as he listened,




00:31:24

Speaker 1: he saw mermaids float through his mind. He saw dolphins




00:31:31

Speaker 1: drifting through the tides and wails leaning into the waves.




00:31:40

Speaker 1: He saw sea gulls floating high up on the thermals,




00:31:46

Speaker 1: and starfish sleeping on the sands, and that night and




00:31:53

Speaker 1: for many nights after, Michelee didn't sleep by himself in




00:32:00

Speaker 1: Harmony Cove. He slept beside the sea lions and fell




00:32:07

Speaker 1: asleep to the music of the harmonica, drifting away on




00:32:15

Speaker 1: dreams of long summer days and starry moonlight nights