In tonight's story, we're meeting Katie and Bobby on their way back from the toy library. This time, they picked a fluffy capybara toy and a little wobbly maze. It's not long before the magic kicks in and they find themselves in a giant labyrinth riding on the back of a real life capybara! Relax, get sleepy, and letโs begin!
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Speaker 1: you use a toy library, I think they're a genius idea,
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Speaker 1: and so do our young siblings Katie and Bobby. Every
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Speaker 1: time they use the library, they open a portal into
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Speaker 1: a new adventure. Perhaps you recall that they've met dragons
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Speaker 1: in the supermarket, dinosaurs in the castle, Teddy bears in
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Speaker 1: a submarine, even unicorns in space. But tonight we're shortly
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Speaker 1: going with them to take another trip to the Magic
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Speaker 1: Toy Library, where they pick a board game and a
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Speaker 1: cuddly toy animal. So far, so normal, only these are
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Speaker 1: enchanted toys, of course, and let's see what happens when
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Speaker 1: they get them home. Give me a wink if you
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Speaker 1: like board games, give me a blink if you like
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Speaker 1: cuddly toys. Okay, now close both your eyes and smile.
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Speaker 1: If you like magic perfect, Now it's time to lie back.
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Speaker 1: Keep those eyes gently closed and see if you can
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Speaker 1: get a teensy bit more snugly under your covers. Relax
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Speaker 1: your whole body, keep your eyes closed as I begin
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Speaker 1: the Magic Toy Library Cappy Barras in the Maize by
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Speaker 1: Alicia Ainslie. It had been a while since Katie and
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Speaker 1: Bobby had paid a visit to the Magic Toy Library.
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Speaker 1: School had gotten very busy, and they had so many
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Speaker 1: birthday parties each weekend that they barely had any time
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Speaker 1: to stop. But one rainy Sunday, Katie and Bobby's mum
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Speaker 1: decided it was time for them to pay another visit
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Speaker 1: to the library. That sparked such joy and imagination in them. Plus,
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Speaker 1: their mum needed a new book to read, and there
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Speaker 1: was always an excellent selection for her to choose from
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Speaker 1: At the library. While their mum picked out her latest book,
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Speaker 1: Katie and Bobby rifled through the toys and made their selection.
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Speaker 1: Katie picked out a board game and Bobby chose a
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Speaker 1: cuddly toy shaped like a cappy barra. A kapy barra
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Speaker 1: is an animal that looks sort of like an overgrown
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Speaker 1: guinea pig, and the real ones can be found in
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Speaker 1: South America, swimming through jungle ponds and napping in grasslands.
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Speaker 1: The little kapy barra toy was orange and fuzzy, with
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Speaker 1: a big, rounded snout and two tiny ears on top
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Speaker 1: of its head. It had a rotund belly stuffed with fluff,
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Speaker 1: and four little legs that looked teensy in comparison to
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Speaker 1: its big body head. There was a very funny looking
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Speaker 1: animal indeed, but Bobby loved it. With their toys in hand, Katie,
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Speaker 1: Bobby and their mother returned home with their selections while
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Speaker 1: mum read her book in her favorite armchair by the
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Speaker 1: living room window. Katie and Bobby went into the garden
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Speaker 1: to inspect their toys further. Katie shook the board game
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Speaker 1: box close to her ear and heard the pieces inside
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Speaker 1: rattle and shake. Meanwhile, Bobby affectionately snuggled his fluffy Cappy
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Speaker 1: bar A toy. I think I'm going to call him
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Speaker 1: fuzzy Sam, Bobby announced, proudly gazing at his borrowed toy.
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Speaker 1: Katie didn't respond because she was so busy inspecting her game. Choice.
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Speaker 1: How do we play your game? Bobby asked, holding his
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Speaker 1: cuddly Cappy bar A toy close. Katie turned over the
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Speaker 1: box and read the instructions on the back. She read aloud,
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Speaker 1: we need to wobble the board to direct the marble
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Speaker 1: around the maze to reach the pot of gold in
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Speaker 1: the center. That sounds fun, Bobby declared. It does sound fun,
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Speaker 1: Katie agreed, before adding with a smirk. Wouldn't it be
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Speaker 1: cool if the game came to life and we could
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Speaker 1: wander around the maze for ourselves. Bobby grinned that does
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Speaker 1: sound like a fun idea, before sighing, but do you
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Speaker 1: think that board games from the toy library hold magic
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Speaker 1: in them? Too? Katie smiled cheekily and responded, there's only
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Speaker 1: one way to find out. She closed her eyes and
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Speaker 1: held the board game in her hands. She took a
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Speaker 1: deep breath and whispered wistfully, I wish that this board
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Speaker 1: game could grow a thousand times bigger so that we
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Speaker 1: could play the game for real. Excited by the prospect
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Speaker 1: of another adventure from the Magic Toy Library, Bobby chirped
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Speaker 1: in spontaneously, and I wished that this toy CuPy Bara
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Speaker 1: could grow a hundred times its size and come to
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Speaker 1: life too, And I wish it could talk. Katie and
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Speaker 1: Bobby giggled and watched as before their eyes the extraordinary happened.
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Speaker 1: Wisps of purple and gold glitter cascaded out of their
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Speaker 1: two toys and floated up into the air. The mystical
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Speaker 1: magic coming from the toys kept growing and growing, until
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Speaker 1: Katie and Bobby could barely see anything pass the sparkling
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Speaker 1: fog around them. Eventually, all the glitter evaporated away, and
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Speaker 1: Katie and Bobby gasped with amazement as they saw what
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Speaker 1: had appeared in place of their garden. Ahead of them
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Speaker 1: was the entrance to a giant maze with tall walls
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Speaker 1: made out of swirling green, ivy and white and red flowers.
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Speaker 1: It was a very pretty maze, and at the side
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Speaker 1: of the entrance door was a wooden sign with the
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Speaker 1: word welcome carved into it. Katie and Bobby laughed and
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Speaker 1: raced towards the entrance to the maize. They couldn't wait
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Speaker 1: to get inside. I'm so glad it worked, Katie professed,
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Speaker 1: approaching the entrance, may too. Bobby agreed, although, where is
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Speaker 1: my Cappy Bara. Bobby looked around for signs of his
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Speaker 1: fluffy toy, but he couldn't see it anywhere. He sighed
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Speaker 1: with disappointment and followed his sister towards the maze. Maybe
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Speaker 1: the toy didn't have magic in it this time. However,
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Speaker 1: just as the siblings reached the open door to the maze,
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Speaker 1: a voice from within called out, hell dif friends. Katie
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Speaker 1: and Bobby stopped in their tracks with surprise and watched
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Speaker 1: as a friendly face peeped out from between the flowery
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Speaker 1: maze walls. The huge orange face had a long, rounded
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Speaker 1: snout with two big nostrils and tiny ears on top
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Speaker 1: of its head. Bobby gasped and whispered excitedly, it's my
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Speaker 1: Cappy Barra, the giant orange Cappy Barra stepped out of
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Speaker 1: the maze. Bobby's wish had certainly come true. His toy
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Speaker 1: had grown a hundred times its size, at least. The
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Speaker 1: enchanted Fuzzy cappy Bara smiled, revealing a pair of bucked
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Speaker 1: teeth and announced, how dear friends, my name is Fuzzy Sam,
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Speaker 1: and I'll be your guard do the maize today. Fuzzy
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Speaker 1: Sam was wearing a little red baseball cap on his
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Speaker 1: head with a short flag and pole sticking out at
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Speaker 1: the top of it. Katie assumed this was so that
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Speaker 1: they didn't lose him around the maze. He was eager
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Speaker 1: to get going and explore the winding maze within the
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Speaker 1: ivy shrouded walls. Do you know the way to the
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Speaker 1: pot of gold, she questioned Fuzzy Sam. The giant kappy
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Speaker 1: Bara um not exactly, Fuzzy Sam replied, as the flagpole
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Speaker 1: attached to his red cap twirled on the spot. Katie frowned.
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Speaker 1: How can you be a tour guide if you don't
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Speaker 1: know the way around? She asked, quite rightly. Fuzzy Sam
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Speaker 1: chattered his buck teeth in thought and replied, well, nobody
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Speaker 1: knows the way around a may really do they? That's
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Speaker 1: the whole point of a maize. They are made for
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Speaker 1: you to get lost in, but there's always a way out,
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Speaker 1: or in this case, away to the pot of gold.
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Speaker 1: Katie wasn't convinced that Fuzzy Sam was going to be
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Speaker 1: an expert tour guide, but she was willing to take
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Speaker 1: a chance on him. After all, she had followed unicorns
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Speaker 1: through space and Teddy Bears in a submarine before. Now
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Speaker 1: what could be any different about allowing a giant cappy
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Speaker 1: bara to guide her to a pot of gold. Bobby
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Speaker 1: took his sister's hand in his and gave it a squeeze.
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Speaker 1: Shall we go on another adventuresis? He asked. Katie smiled
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Speaker 1: back at her sweet younger brother, and then looked at
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Speaker 1: Fuzzy Sam, their tour guide, and said lead the way.
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Speaker 1: Fuzzy Sam clicked his feet together delightedly. Then the flag
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Speaker 1: on his cap stood to attention. Follow me, he declared.
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Speaker 1: He turned around and walked into the maze, with the
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Speaker 1: cure barious brother and sister following behind. As soon as
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Speaker 1: they all stepped foot in the maize, the ground began
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Speaker 1: to slowly shift from side to side like they were
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Speaker 1: standing on a boat, and the ivy walls shimmered around them.
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Speaker 1: Fuzzy Sam continued to walk on as if nothing were happening.
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Speaker 1: He seemed totally unfazed by it, while Katie and Bobby
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Speaker 1: stood still, watching their knees wobble like jelly. What's happening,
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Speaker 1: Bobby asked Fuzzy Sam. The giant kappy Bara answered, didn't
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Speaker 1: you read the box before you started the game? The
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Speaker 1: board moves, but don't worry. It doesn't do it all
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Speaker 1: the time. Sometimes it stops for a while. Their fluffy
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Speaker 1: tour guide continued to trot down the maze path, and
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Speaker 1: Katie and Bobby attempted to keep up, rocking from side
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Speaker 1: to side and sometimes stumbling into the flowery walls. Giggling,
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Speaker 1: how can barely walk? The floor is so wobbly, Bobby
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Speaker 1: called out to his sister as he tried to walk
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Speaker 1: in a straight line. The trick is to move with
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Speaker 1: the moving floor. Fuzzy Sam recommended, don't fight against it,
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Speaker 1: roll with the waves. The giant kappy Bara expertly walked
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Speaker 1: along the corridor as cool as a cucumber, never falling
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Speaker 1: over or tripping over his feet. Once Katie and Bobby
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Speaker 1: tried to take his advice, As the floor dipped to
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Speaker 1: the left, they carefully stepped their feet to the left too.
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Speaker 1: Then as the floor swayed to the right, they wore
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Speaker 1: looked back in the opposite direction. The more they practiced it,
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Speaker 1: the easier it became, and soon they were swaying along
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Speaker 1: with the moving ground, just like Fuzzy Sam was left
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Speaker 1: to right, left to right, left to right. You see,
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Speaker 1: Fuzzy Sam said, it's easy once you get the hang
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Speaker 1: of it. After a few more moments, the ground stopped
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Speaker 1: moving and the maze fell still. Oh good, Katie said,
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Speaker 1: my legs were beginning to get tired. Fuzzy Sam chuckled
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Speaker 1: and offered, you can climb on my back for a
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Speaker 1: ride if you want, but remember to hold on. It
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Speaker 1: can be a bumpy ride. Katie and Bobby liked the
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Speaker 1: idea of riding around on a giant kapy bara's back,
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Speaker 1: so Fuzzy Sam lowered himself closer to the ground and
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Speaker 1: the siblings climbed aboard. They rode Fuzzy Sam all the
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Speaker 1: way to the end of the corridor until they reached
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Speaker 1: the crossroads. There, they came across two different paths, veering
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Speaker 1: off in different directions. Now which way shall we go,
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Speaker 1: Fuzzy Sam asked the kids. I thought you were supposed
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Speaker 1: to be our tour guide, Katie asked. Fuzzy Sam replied,
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Speaker 1: I am, but remember a maze is a maze, and
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Speaker 1: it's never the same twice. I don't know the way
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Speaker 1: around any better than you do. If all a guessing game.
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Speaker 1: Katie and Bobby observed the two options. Each path looked
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Speaker 1: exactly the same as the other. It was hard to
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Speaker 1: tell which way was the right way? Shall we do?
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Speaker 1: Iip dip doo, Bobby asked Katie, but she shook her head. No,
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Speaker 1: it's okay, she replied. I think let's go to the right.
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Speaker 1: Fuzzy Sam clicked his heels together again, and the flagpole
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Speaker 1: on his cap span. You're the bath, he exclaimed. Katie
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Speaker 1: and Bobby rode along on Fuzzy Sam's back down the
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Speaker 1: maze path to the right and followed it for a
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Speaker 1: while as it snaked around the maze. Every now and
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Speaker 1: then they would round a corner which would lead them
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Speaker 1: to another two paths to choose from. Each time they
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Speaker 1: would pick a new route which would lead them onto
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Speaker 1: another path, and another path, and another, on and on
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Speaker 1: and on deeper into the maze. From time to time,
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Speaker 1: the maze floor would wobble and shift, for Fuzzy Sam
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Speaker 1: would expertly maneuver it like he had done a thousand
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Speaker 1: times before. Katie and Bobby found it much more pleasant
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Speaker 1: to deal with the swaying maze from upon Fuzzy Sam's
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Speaker 1: back than standing on their own feet. In fact, it
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Speaker 1: was quite relaxing feeling the room sway from side to side.
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Speaker 1: At one point, Bobby couldn't help but close his eyes
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Speaker 1: and take a little nap on their cappy Bara's back,
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Speaker 1: much to his sister's amusement. But as to be expected
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Speaker 1: when wandering around a maze, every so often, just as
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Speaker 1: they thought they were making progress, they would reach a
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Speaker 1: dead end. Oh dear, we went the wrong way, Bobby said.
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Speaker 1: The first time they reached the wall blocking their path,
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Speaker 1: the three of them retraced their steps and went a
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Speaker 1: different way. However, inevitably, they eventually reached another dead end,
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Speaker 1: and another dead end, and another. It feels like we've
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Speaker 1: been wandering around the maze for eges, Katie laughed as
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Speaker 1: they reached another dead end. I wonder if we will
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Speaker 1: ever find the pot of gold, Bobby added, don't worry,
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Speaker 1: my friends, Fuzzy Sam said. The pot of gold has
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Speaker 1: to be around here, somewhere, and we will find it.
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Speaker 1: Maybe we just need to call for some reinforcements. What
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Speaker 1: do you mean, Katie queried suspiciously. To her surprise, Fuzzy
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Speaker 1: Sam whistled loudly, and the high pitched sound echoed through
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Speaker 1: the halls of the Maze. Suddenly, the maze floor started
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Speaker 1: to quiver and they could all hear a rumbling sound.
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Speaker 1: It didn't feel like the last couple of times when
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Speaker 1: the May's floor wobbled and moved, though, something felt different
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Speaker 1: on this occasion. What's that noise, Bobby asked with confusion.
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Speaker 1: It sounds like a stampede of elephants, Katie commented, now
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Speaker 1: quite Fuzzy Sam smiled, it sounds more like a stampede
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Speaker 1: of cabby barrs to me. All of a sudden, a
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Speaker 1: herd of giant and fluffy cappy baras rounded the corner
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Speaker 1: and swept towards them. There must have been ten of them,
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Speaker 1: and they were all as big as Fuzzy Sam. Some
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Speaker 1: of them might even have been bigger. Howdy, my friends,
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Speaker 1: we need your help, Fuzzy Sam called out, and the
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Speaker 1: group of approaching cappy Baras came to a halt right
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Speaker 1: in front of them. Bobby's mouth fell open in awe.
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Speaker 1: He had never seen so many giant kappy barers before.
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Speaker 1: Then again, he had never actually seen a giant kapy
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Speaker 1: barra before today. All of the kapy Baras had orange
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Speaker 1: fur and wore small baseball caps on their heads with
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Speaker 1: flags on top, just like Fuzzy Sam. Each kafy Bara's
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Speaker 1: cap was a different color, which made them easier to
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Speaker 1: differentiate between. Fuzzy Sam introduced Katie and Bobby to his friends.
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Speaker 1: There was Squeaky Gee in the blue cap and Snorty
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Speaker 1: Sal wearing the green cap. Fluffy Riz wore a purple cap,
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Speaker 1: and Chumpy Chuck donned a white cap. Incredibly, it turned
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Speaker 1: out that all the kappy Baras were tour guides for
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Speaker 1: the Maize, so they would be the perfect group to
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Speaker 1: ask for directions to the pot of gold. Katie explained
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Speaker 1: to the herd how they were looking for the pot
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Speaker 1: of gold to win the game, but they had only
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Speaker 1: found dead end after dead end so far. Have any
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Speaker 1: of you seen the pot of gold recently? Bobby inquired hopefully.
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Speaker 1: The herd of Kapy Baras mumbled between themselves curiously, before
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Speaker 1: one wearing a yellow cap and flu replied, I saw
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Speaker 1: the pot of gold an hour ago, but we'll have
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Speaker 1: to hurry if we want to find it again. The
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Speaker 1: maze regularly moves it to keep us tour guides on
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Speaker 1: our toes, Katie exclaimed. Then there's no time to lose.
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Speaker 1: Lead the way. The herd of Capybaras cried out in
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Speaker 1: unison to the part of gold. Then they all clicked
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Speaker 1: their feet together and the flags on their caps twizzled
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Speaker 1: before they turned around and scurried off the way they came.
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Speaker 1: Fuzzy Sam, Katie and Bobby followed behind. They all weaved
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Speaker 1: down corridors, taking turn after turn and navigating wobbling floors
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Speaker 1: until eventually the stampedes stopped as they reached a big
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Speaker 1: square room with a giant bronze pot in the middle.
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Speaker 1: Overflowing out of the pot were hundreds of glittering nuggets
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Speaker 1: of gold. Katie and Bobby cheered with success and hopped
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Speaker 1: down from Fuzzy Sam's back. We've found the pot of gold,
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Speaker 1: cried Katie, delightedly. We've won the game. She hugged her
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Speaker 1: brother and they danced around with joy. They thanked the
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Speaker 1: herd of cappy baras for their help. They were very grateful.
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Speaker 1: You might not have found the pot of gold without them.
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Speaker 1: The room began to sway again. God claim your prize,
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Speaker 1: my friends, Fuzzy Sam said with a proud smile, tilting
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Speaker 1: his little red baseball cap to them. Thank you for everything.
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Speaker 1: Katie thanked their cappy bar a friend, and Bobby gave
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Speaker 1: him a big hug. It looked like they would have
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Speaker 1: to do the last bit on their own. Katie and
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Speaker 1: Bobby stumbled into the middle of the room, aiming for
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Speaker 1: the bot of Gold, which stayed put in the center.
00:24:22
Speaker 1: The maize rocked them from side to side. Katie grabbed
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Speaker 1: her brother's hand and reminded him what Fuzzy Sam had
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Speaker 1: told them earlier. Fuzzy Sam had said to move with
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Speaker 1: the moving floor, not against it. Katie and Bobby persevered.
00:24:44
Speaker 1: Each time the floor moved to the left, they allowed
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Speaker 1: it to take them with it, and each time it
00:24:51
Speaker 1: rocked to the right, they swayed that way too. They
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Speaker 1: patiently made their way across the room boom together, finally
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Speaker 1: reaching their goal in the middle. Katie and Bobby stepped
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Speaker 1: up to the pot of gold and reached inside to
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Speaker 1: each take a golden nugget. As both of their hands
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Speaker 1: touched the pieces of gold, a surge of soothing warmth
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Speaker 1: flooded through them, and the gold in the pot started
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Speaker 1: to glow brighter and brighter, until it shone so brightly
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Speaker 1: that Katie and Bobby had to close their eyes. Katie
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Speaker 1: and Bobby felt their bodies floating in mid air as
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Speaker 1: the magic of the pot of gold flowed over them.
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Speaker 1: They felt calm and happy and a little bit sleepy
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Speaker 1: from all the rocking, and within a few moments they
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Speaker 1: opened their eyes again to find themselves back in the garden.
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Speaker 1: Like before, the maize had disappeared, and all that was
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Speaker 1: left behind was the board game box on the ground
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Speaker 1: and a cuddly Cappy bar A toy next to it.
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Speaker 1: Katie and Bobby lay down on the grass next to
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Speaker 1: their borrowed toys and sighed. They felt thoroughly exhausted after
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Speaker 1: such a wonderful adventure. Bobby held the Kappy bar A
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Speaker 1: toy to his chest and wrapped his arms around it tightly.
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Speaker 1: He whispered to the stuffed animal sweet Dreams, Fuzzy Sam,
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Speaker 1: before quickly falling asleep on the ground. Katie giggled to
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Speaker 1: herself as she watched her little brother fall asleep so easily,
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Speaker 1: But she she wasn't laughing for long as she readily
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Speaker 1: succumbed to the pull of sleep. Shortly after. She was
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Speaker 1: very tired too. She closed her eyes and curled up tight,
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Speaker 1: placing her hands underneath her cheek like a pillow. The
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Speaker 1: grass was soft beneath her body, and the afternoon sun
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Speaker 1: was warm on her skin. It may have been a
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Speaker 1: long while since they had last visited the Magic Toy Library,
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Speaker 1: but it had been worth the weight. Katie drifted off
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Speaker 1: to sleep next to her brother, fulfilled from another adventure
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Speaker 1: and feeling safe in the knowledge that anything is possible
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Speaker 1: thanks to a sprinkle of magic.