Prickles Boards The Hedgerow Express 🚂 🦔 Sleepy Kids Story

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Speaker 1: relaxing and RESTful, but it is chock a block full




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Speaker 1: of interesting facts, so it might need a double listen.




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Speaker 1: Prickles is our guide. Remember him, Koco's great friend and




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Speaker 1: courageous little hedgehog. He's super inquisitive as well as brave




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Speaker 1: and is about to embark upon the journey of a lifetime.




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Speaker 1: If you've ever traveled around the British countryside, you'll be




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Speaker 1: aware that some of the views are epic and duw




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Speaker 1: droppingly beautiful. You may also be aware that there is




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Speaker 1: one major obstacle that can frustrate a good sight seeing




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Speaker 1: excursion around the country lanes, especially in late summer. And




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Speaker 1: what is that obstacle? A hedge. They line all the




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Speaker 1: lanes and divide the fields. The thing is, whilst they




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Speaker 1: may get in the way of seeing very far, they




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Speaker 1: are a very important home to a diverse variety of wildlife.




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Speaker 1: They are brimming with life in fact, and tonight, with




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Speaker 1: the help of our our spiky little friend, we're going




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Speaker 1: to investigate. So get ready to rest and switch on




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Speaker 1: your imagination. Perhaps close your eyes or just let your




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Speaker 1: gaze softly rest on something. Listen to your breathing as




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Speaker 1: you take a breath in through your nose and then




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Speaker 1: let it out. Breathe softly for a few moments, and




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Speaker 1: adjust yourself in bed so you are really comfy. Lovely,




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Speaker 1: you continue to relax and just breathe in and out gently,




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Speaker 1: and I'll get started. This is Prickles Boards the Hedgerow




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Speaker 1: Express by Jane Thomas. Have you ever heard a rustle




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Speaker 1: within a hedge and wondered what little creature is scurrying




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Speaker 1: around inside it. There are a whole worlds hidden in




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Speaker 1: the hedges in our towns and countrysides. It is said




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Speaker 1: that if you were to take all of England's hedges




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Speaker 1: and place them end to end, they would wrap around




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Speaker 1: the world ten times over. That's hundreds of thousands of




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Speaker 1: miles of hedgerows, each one packed with flowers and shrubs,




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Speaker 1: beetles and bugs, birds, nests and dens, and burrows and hideaways.




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Speaker 1: When Prickles the hedgehog found this out, which was sort




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Speaker 1: of by accident, one day, when he overheard his dad




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Speaker 1: talking with their neighbor, mister Burrow, he thought that was




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Speaker 1: one of the most wonderful things he'd ever heard. Prickles




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Speaker 1: had always loved a hedgerow. There where he found purple




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Speaker 1: and plump blackberries, and where he helped his mother reach




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Speaker 1: for the soft white sprays of elderflower, and where he




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Speaker 1: climbed inside and found long loops of sweet scented honeysuckle




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Speaker 1: that his sister made into headdresses and garlands. Also, he




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Speaker 1: shared half his name with hedgerows, being a hedgehog. The




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Speaker 1: conversation he'd heard between his father and mister Burrow stuck




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Speaker 1: firmly in his mind. Prickles found his mind drifting off




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Speaker 1: in classes at school and in the middle of discussions




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Speaker 1: at the dinner table, and even though his eyes would




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Speaker 1: move down the pages of a book, he would realize




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Speaker 1: that he had no idea what had been written at all,




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Speaker 1: and have to start all over again. His mind was




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Speaker 1: completely and utterly occupied by hedges and the worlds within,




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Speaker 1: and so Prickles decided to make a plan. He went




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Speaker 1: through the bookshelves and found what he was after, the




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Speaker 1: happy hedgehog camper, pulling it down along with a pile




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Speaker 1: of maps for all of England and Scotland and Wales,




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Speaker 1: and carried them to his bedroom. He spread out the maps,




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Speaker 1: covering almost the entire floor with them, and then sat




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Speaker 1: down right in the middle, on top of where a




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Speaker 1: place called West Yorkshire nestled against East Yorkshire, where all




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Speaker 1: the lines showed him it was very hilly indeed. Over




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Speaker 1: the next few weeks he planned a route from the




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Speaker 1: far southern corner of England, a wild looking place called




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Speaker 1: Land's End, which seemed very appropriate all the way to




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Speaker 1: the furthest corners of Scotland in the north, the Headland




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Speaker 1: at the top of the country was called dunit Head,




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Speaker 1: which made Prickles chuckle a little as he put together




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Speaker 1: his plan. He would travel the entire length of the country,




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Speaker 1: all the way from Land's End to dunit Head and




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Speaker 1: be able to say when he reached the end dune it.




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Speaker 1: In fact, Prickles found this so funny, and he laughed




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Speaker 1: so loudly that his father came into his bedroom to




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Speaker 1: see what was going on in there. His father was




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Speaker 1: just about to open his mouth to speak when the




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Speaker 1: words stopped half way along his tongue. He looked at




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Speaker 1: the mats, now covered in bits of string, and he




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Speaker 1: looked at pins that had been stuck in all the way,




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Speaker 1: And he looked at Prickles, sat squarely in the middle,




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Speaker 1: still shaking with laughter. And finally he looked at the




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Speaker 1: title of the book Prickles held in his hands. And




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Speaker 1: that is why Prickles and his dad ended up on




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Speaker 1: a train in England a few days later, each carrying




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Speaker 1: a backpack filled with useful bits and pieces like sleeping




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Speaker 1: bags and roll mats and head torches and Wellington boots,




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Speaker 1: and headed all the way to Land's End. They were




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Speaker 1: off on an expedition to visit as many hedgerows as




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Speaker 1: possible and see the worlds inside. Prickles stared out of




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Speaker 1: the train window and watched as the world rushed by.




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Speaker 1: They rattled over bridges and alongside rivers and next to




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Speaker 1: the ocean, up steep hills and down even steeper ones,




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Speaker 1: and threw tunnels into villages and towns. Hardly anyone else




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Speaker 1: went all the way to the far corner of the country,




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Speaker 1: and in fact it was just Prickles and his dad




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Speaker 1: who climbed down. At the last station, they were left




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Speaker 1: quite alone on the platform. Prickles picked up the first




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Speaker 1: map they would use and turned it around four or




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Speaker 1: five times before he finally worked out which was the




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Speaker 1: right way up. He showed his dad their first campsite




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Speaker 1: for the night. As they left the station, they saw




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Speaker 1: a small wooden sign, so low to the ground that




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Speaker 1: no people would ever see it, but the perfect height




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Speaker 1: for animals such as hedgehogs. It showed the way to




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Speaker 1: their first stop, Dormice Delight Dormitories a few miles away.




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Speaker 1: There was a picture of an acorn carved into the




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Speaker 1: wooden sign, and Prickles and his dad followed the acorn




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Speaker 1: pictures across fields and styles, and ditches and streams, until




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Speaker 1: they finally arrived at the perfect point on the hedgerow.




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Speaker 1: Prickles pushed his way through the hawthorn entrance and his




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Speaker 1: eyes opened wide. Inside the hedgerow was all but hollowed out.




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Speaker 1: Fireflies sat on every branch and twig, so it was




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Speaker 1: as if they'd stumbled into a golden ball of light.




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Speaker 1: A dormouse sitting on a particularly large acorn beckoned them over,




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Speaker 1: welcoming them to dormice Delight and asking to see their booking.




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Speaker 1: Prickles rummaged in his bag for the right piece of




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Speaker 1: paper showing they had reservations for two bunk beds for




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Speaker 1: the night, and the dormouse pointed to a tunnel that




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Speaker 1: weaved its way among the branches of the hedgerow. They




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Speaker 1: had just finished unrolling their sleeping bags and plumping up




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Speaker 1: their pillows when a stoat poked his head into the




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Speaker 1: chamber and invited Prickles and his dad to dinner. And




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Speaker 1: so they followed the stoat deeper and deeper into the




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Speaker 1: hedgerow until they emerged into the vast dining hall. A




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Speaker 1: menu appeared, and Prickles ran his eyes down the list,




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Speaker 1: pausing at star gazy pie and deciding that sounded like




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Speaker 1: a little slice of magic. His dad ordered a Cornish pasty,




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Speaker 1: showing Prickles how the pastry was folded over and curled




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Speaker 1: and crimped to make a big hunk of a handle




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Speaker 1: on the side. The Cornish miners used to eat these,




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Speaker 1: you see, he explained to his son. There would be




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Speaker 1: meat and vege at one end of the pasti, and




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Speaker 1: then something like apple and BlackBerry at the other end,




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Speaker 1: so your dinner and dessert in one. And then as




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Speaker 1: he finished eating, he took the last bit of pastry




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Speaker 1: and put it down on his plate. This bit you




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Speaker 1: don't eat. The miner's hands would be felthy, so they




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Speaker 1: left that last bit Alone's at that clover, Prickles carefully




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Speaker 1: noted everything about the pasty and his diary that evening,




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Speaker 1: his large looping letters, also holding reminders of stargaisy pie




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Speaker 1: and scones with strawberry jam and generous dollops of yellow cream.




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Speaker 1: It's surprising how quickly the hedgerows came to be like home.




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Speaker 1: They were so thick and strong that even when the




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Speaker 1: wind blew with all its strength, and rain poured from




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Speaker 1: the sky, Prickles was completely snug inside. On the days




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Speaker 1: when the sun threw down its warmth, the hedgerows were




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Speaker 1: cool and calm. Prickles particularly loved the hedgerows that came




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Speaker 1: with little information boards showing how old they were and




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Speaker 1: why they'd been grown in the first place. Near a




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Speaker 1: place called Stratford were hedgerows that had been there since




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Speaker 1: the days of William Shakespeare, and Prickles and his dad




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Speaker 1: followed the signs carefully to find a theater buried deep




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Speaker 1: in the countryside. The theater was lit by a soft




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Speaker 1: green moss that glowed in the dark, and Prickles sat




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Speaker 1: in awe as a group of field mice put on




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Speaker 1: a play called The Tempest, all about a shipwreck on




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Speaker 1: a magical island, where spirits danced and a magician cast




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Speaker 1: magnificent spells. Prickles held his breath and watched in wonder.




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Speaker 1: Some of the bushes are so old they remember the




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Speaker 1: first time the plays were put on, whispered as Stoat,




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Speaker 1: and the bushes seemed to rustle around him, as if




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Speaker 1: to say, it was indeed true. That's over four hundred




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Speaker 1: years ago, isn't it amazing? And here we are still




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Speaker 1: putting on those same plays. It's wonderful, whispered back Prickles,




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Speaker 1: wondering for a moment if anything he wrote in his




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Speaker 1: diaries might be important enough to be remembered in four




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Speaker 1: hundred years time. He had planned his route carefully to




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Speaker 1: visit some of the finest hedgerows in the country, which




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Speaker 1: means they had to head to a place called Cambridgeshire,




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Speaker 1: to what is called Judith's Hedge, the oldest hedge in




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Speaker 1: the whole country. This hedgerow has been a home to




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Speaker 1: thousands of creatures since it was created over nine hundred




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Speaker 1: years ago. It is older than Windsor Castle, where the




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Speaker 1: Queens and Kings of England have lived for generations, older




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Speaker 1: than most of the churches and cathedrals, older than the




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Speaker 1: castles that still stand on the highest peaks, older than




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Speaker 1: the ancient stone barns that stand in the fields that




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Speaker 1: are marked out by the endless lines of hedgerows. Judith's




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Speaker 1: Hedge was a special place, and Prickles felt that. As




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Speaker 1: soon as he pushed past the wild roses that hung




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Speaker 1: around the entrance to the butterfly bed and breakfast where




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Speaker 1: he and his dad would stay that night, a gate




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Speaker 1: keeper butterfly orange wings with a perfect brown fringe, checked




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Speaker 1: their booking, and a holly blue butterfly fluttered ahead along




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Speaker 1: the corridors to show them to their room. Hammocks woven




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Speaker 1: from leaves hung from the strongest spider webs. Glow worms




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Speaker 1: wrapped themselves around thick hawthorn stems and lit the way.




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Speaker 1: Prickles followed voices deep in the hedgerow and emerged into




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Speaker 1: a huge hall where moles sat alongside voles, and rabbits




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Speaker 1: perched next to hares, and all would turn towards the front,




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Speaker 1: where an elderly frog wearing a sweeping black cloak and




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Speaker 1: a square, flat black hat was giving a lecture ill find.




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Speaker 1: The frog was saying that hedgerows are invaluable to animals




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Speaker 1: who use them as corridors of safety, ancient passages where




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Speaker 1: they can pass unseen by the outside world. The hederow




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Speaker 1: from the outside may seem dull and bland, a mass




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Speaker 1: of green and brown all tangled together, but peer closer




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Speaker 1: and the truth twinkled bright and bald. Prickles found a




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Speaker 1: spare seat and settled into it, captivated by the frog,




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Speaker 1: who walked back and forth across a small stage with




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Speaker 1: his hands behind his back, talking to the room, and




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Speaker 1: yet also seeming to talk to himself at the same time.




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Speaker 1: He was wrapped up in his words, building up to




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Speaker 1: a grand finale. All the creatures leaned forwards in their seats,




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Speaker 1: waiting in the growing silence to hear what else the




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Speaker 1: frog could tell them. These worlds within have been a




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Speaker 1: saving grace of wildlife for hundreds of years. The animals nodded.




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Speaker 1: These worlds within each unique are surely, the frog paused




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Speaker 1: here for dramatic effect, looking up and sweeping his eyes




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Speaker 1: across the animals are surely some of the most magical




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Speaker 1: on earth. The wisdom and sanctuary of the hedgerows are unequaled.




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Speaker 1: Whereever you are, whatever happens, Nature will be there to




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Speaker 1: save and support you. Remember that, my fellow creatures, and




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Speaker 1: you will always find hope and happiness. Prickles felt his




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Speaker 1: spines rise up a little, the same way the hares




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Speaker 1: stand up on a person's arm when they are in




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Speaker 1: the presence of something or someone truly extraordinary. A rabbit




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Speaker 1: next to him whispered, he lectures at Cambridge University, Isn't




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Speaker 1: that something? And Prickles felt terribly important. Indeed in the




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Speaker 1: presence of a frog who had come to speak that




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Speaker 1: evening from one of the oldest, most prestigious universities in




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Speaker 1: all the world. The next stop on the tour of




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Speaker 1: hedgerows was in a place called Yorkshire, the bit where




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Speaker 1: Prickles had parked his bottom when he'd spread the maps




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Speaker 1: across his bedroom floor all those weeks ago. Her badger




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Speaker 1: welcomed him to the sleepy stoat and inn, where all




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Speaker 1: the creatures wore flat caps and seemed to drink copious




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Speaker 1: amounts of tea. Welcome to God's own country, said the badger,




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Speaker 1: smiling proudly as he pointed out the features of the hedgerow.




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Speaker 1: The beds were made of the thick, springy heathers that




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Speaker 1: poured across the countryside in waves of rippling purple. The




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Speaker 1: entrance way was dense with holly, the bright shiny dark




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Speaker 1: green leaves and bright shiny, dark red berries, serving as




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Speaker 1: both a beautiful doorway and excellent security system. In one




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Speaker 1: that evening, Prickles ate his first Yorkshire pudding, a huge




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Speaker 1: puff of pastry that had been baked into a bowl




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Speaker 1: and filled with rich, thick gravy. In each hedgerow he




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Speaker 1: noticed the voices of the animals changed. There might be




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Speaker 1: only a few miles between their happy hedgehog camp sites,




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Speaker 1: but the accents would be different, and the food would




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Speaker 1: be different, and the flowers and trees and bushes that




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Speaker 1: made up the hedgerows would be different. Prickles carefully wrote




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Speaker 1: everything in his diary, those large looping letters wandering across




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Speaker 1: page after page. All that he saw and heard, noted




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Speaker 1: down so he might never forget. But he knew that




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Speaker 1: he would never forget the last few weeks of hedgerows




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Speaker 1: that they saw, Those that rambled across the Scottish Highlands




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Speaker 1: were like no other and filled with sights and sounds




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Speaker 1: that would always be with him. Nessi's Nest was a




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Speaker 1: particularly wonderful camp site, named, of course, after the giant




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Speaker 1: creature that lives in nearby Loch Ness. The sound of




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Speaker 1: the bagpipes reached Prickles long before they entered the hedgerow,




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Speaker 1: and he smiled broadly at the red squirrel who greeted him.




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Speaker 1: The squirrel introduced himself as Callum and proudly posed in




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Speaker 1: his kilt red tartan squares bright against the green of




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Speaker 1: the hedgerow. Prickles's bed for the night was a thick




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Speaker 1: mattress of dark green moss, warm and inviting, but he




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Speaker 1: couldn't resist. Following the sound of the music, a huge




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Speaker 1: hall was cut out into the middle of the hedgerow




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Speaker 1: and high on a branch, another squirrel played the bagpipes.




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Speaker 1: He squeezed the bag and blew into the mouthpiece, and




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Speaker 1: the notes soared and filled the air with music. A




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Speaker 1: stoat sat nearby with a fiddle, the bow speeding wildly




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Speaker 1: back and forth across the strings. Around the edge of




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Speaker 1: a makeshift dance floor, creatures clapped their hands and stamped




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Speaker 1: their feet, and in the middle others swirled and twirled




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Speaker 1: and danced faster and faster. As the music picked up pace,




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Speaker 1: Prickles and his dad joined in, shouting and cheering along




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Speaker 1: with the others, filling the hedgerow with life and laughter.




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Speaker 1: Prickles thought back to the words of the frog, all




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Speaker 1: the way back in Cambridge, how the hedgerows are twinkling




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Speaker 1: with magic, And he threw back his head and cheered




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Speaker 1: with delight as his dad grabbed his hands and swung




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Speaker 1: him faster and faster in a circle. The final days




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Speaker 1: of their tour of the hedgerows were quiet as Prickles




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Speaker 1: thought through everything he had seen on his journey. His




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Speaker 1: legs were so tired he could well believe he had




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Speaker 1: walked around the world ten times, even though if truth




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Speaker 1: be told, they had taken many trains and buses to




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Speaker 1: help them along their way. It would take, he decided,




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Speaker 1: an entire lifetime to know all the different hedgerows and




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Speaker 1: see everything that was hidden inside. He'd loved each and




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Speaker 1: every moment of the trip, and he dragged his feet




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Speaker 1: a little on those last days, not wanting it to




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Speaker 1: come to an end, but knowing that it must done.




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Speaker 1: It Head was the last stop. It was a cold




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Speaker 1: and windy day, with the wind whipping its way all




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Speaker 1: the way from Norway, with the feeling of snow and




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Speaker 1: ice behind it. Prickles poured on his warmest coat and




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Speaker 1: his thickest socks and buried his feet into his Wellington boots,




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Speaker 1: bending himself into the wind and pushing forwards with each step.




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Speaker 1: His legs were more and more tired. His dad walked




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Speaker 1: alongside him, distracting him by pointing out the thick yellow gorse,




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Speaker 1: or the patches of purple heather, or the birds racing




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Speaker 1: through the sky high above. Prickles imagined the final stop,




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Speaker 1: the Highland Hangout campsite, in the final headgerow they would see.




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Speaker 1: Scotland had perhaps been the wild this and most wonderful




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Speaker 1: of the places he had seen. There weren't as many




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Speaker 1: hedgerows here, nowhere near as many as when they had




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Speaker 1: started all the way down in Cornwall, where they crisscrossed




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Speaker 1: and climbed over every corner of the countryside. It was




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Speaker 1: late in the evening when they finally approached the headland,




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Speaker 1: and as Prickles stood there, the wind rushing around him,




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Speaker 1: he whispered to himself, done it, and just about found




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Speaker 1: the energy for a little smile. The Highland Hangout was




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Speaker 1: a particularly beautiful hedgerow, or perhaps anywhere would have seemed




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Speaker 1: to particular ularly beautiful that evening. Since Prickles was so very,




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Speaker 1: very tired, he yawned and stretched his way through the evening,




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Speaker 1: and in the morning his father wrapped him in a




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Speaker 1: blanket and carried him, still fast asleep, to the magical




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Speaker 1: train that would whisk them back to sleepy forest. The




00:26:35

Speaker 1: train raced and rattled its way through the counties, rushing




00:26:43

Speaker 1: past headerows filled with memories and magic, and Prickles slept




00:26:51

Speaker 1: soundly beneath his tartan rug, dreaming of all the things




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Speaker 1: he had seen and the world he now knew.