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❄️A RELAXING Sleepy Story❄️ A Magical Moonlit Cross-Country Ski _ Storytelling and Music · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to get sleepy. Where we listen, we relax, and
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  Speaker 1: we get sleepy as always. My name's Thomas and I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host. Thanks so much for being here. I hope
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  Speaker 1: you're well and feeling ready for a good night's rest.
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  Speaker 1: You're in the right place to get there. Even if
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  Speaker 1: your mind still feels a bit active or your body
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  Speaker 1: has some excess energy. Tonight's story will help you wind
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  Speaker 1: down and drift off to sleep. It was written by
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  Speaker 1: Monica and will be read by Chloe. You'll be taking
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  Speaker 1: a gentle ski adventure into the depths of the moonlit forest,
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  Speaker 1: where you might find that there's something magical awaiting you.
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  Speaker 1: So let's prepare to listen by settling into the comfort
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  Speaker 1: of the here and now. I hope you're cozy and
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  Speaker 1: warm in your bed. If you're ready to do so,
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  Speaker 1: join me for a few deep breaths, breathing in through
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  Speaker 1: the nose, holding at the top, and then gently exhaling
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  Speaker 1: for a little longer than the inhale again, breathe in fully,
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  Speaker 1: hold at the top and then exhale, and once you've
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  Speaker 1: let all the air ease back out, just bring your
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  Speaker 1: breath back to a rhythm that feels natural and relaxing
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  Speaker 1: for you. As we prepare to listen tonight and you
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  Speaker 1: move deeper into relaxation, I'd like to invite you to
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  Speaker 1: just consider a moment when somebody showed you kindness and care.
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  Speaker 1: It can be anyone you like, a family member, a friend,
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  Speaker 1: a colleague, or just a stranger, and it doesn't have
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  Speaker 1: to be anything elaborate. Sometimes the simple, fleeting moments of
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  Speaker 1: kindness are the ones that touch us the most. If
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  Speaker 1: you can manage to recall such a moment, just think
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  Speaker 1: about how it made you feel. Perhaps it lifted your spirits,
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  Speaker 1: warmed your heart and put a wide smile on your face.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe it surprised you or even made you feel quite emotional.
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  Speaker 1: I wholeheartedly believe in the power of showing care and
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  Speaker 1: kindness to as many people as possible. Each time one
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  Speaker 1: of us displays friendliness and compassion towards each other, it
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  Speaker 1: can kick start a beautiful domino effect or chain reaction.
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  Speaker 1: And remembering how you felt in that moment when someone
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  Speaker 1: showed you you kindness and care will help you to
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  Speaker 1: understand and realize the potential of your own caring nature.
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  Speaker 1: So let it completely flourish. We may not be able
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  Speaker 1: to change the world single handedly, but each of us
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  Speaker 1: can play our part to positively influence our little pockets
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  Speaker 1: of the world, our communities, and that in turn can
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  Speaker 1: spread far and wide. And in my opinion, showing compassion, friendliness,
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  Speaker 1: care and kindness towards the people we cross paths with
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  Speaker 1: is the simplest and most precious way that we can
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  Speaker 1: do that. I hope that's inspired a sense of warmth
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  Speaker 1: within you right now, and perhaps tomorrow you'll wake up
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  Speaker 1: and keep that sense of care and community at the
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  Speaker 1: center of your focus. Now we're ready for our story,
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  Speaker 1: So if you're yet to do so, close your eyes
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  Speaker 1: and imagine that you're looking up into the dark night sky.
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  Speaker 1: Above you is the bright, beckoning light of a full moon.
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  Speaker 1: This is where our story begins.
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  Speaker 2: It's dark out, but somehow the light of the moon
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  Speaker 2: ignites a lightness within. Snow covers the ground and reflects
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  Speaker 2: the moon's brightness. Although it's the dark of night, you
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  Speaker 2: can see, perhaps not in the same vivid way the
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  Speaker 2: sun affords, but the moon's light is enough to let
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  Speaker 2: you be a part of this nighttime world for an evening.
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  Speaker 2: A night like this is not to be squandered, though bright,
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  Speaker 2: the night is still cold, and you dress accordingly. You
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  Speaker 2: put on a set of wool thermals, a long sleeve
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  Speaker 2: shirt on top and leggings below. How fortunate that the
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  Speaker 2: wool of a sheep can be crafted in such a
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  Speaker 2: manner that you get to borrow its warmth. The smooth
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  Speaker 2: wool garments settle over your skin. Your socks, too, are wool,
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  Speaker 2: chunky and warm. Gratitude flushes through you.
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  Speaker 3: What a comfort to be warm on a cold night,
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  Speaker 3: to see in the dark by the light of a
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  Speaker 3: full moon.
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  Speaker 2: This is going to be a special outing. Indeed, you
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  Speaker 2: can feel it. You pull on a pair of thick
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  Speaker 2: trousers over your legs, stand and button them at the waist. Next,
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  Speaker 2: you pull a thick hand inn it jumper over your head.
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  Speaker 2: You choose a hat and stuff a pair of gloves
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  Speaker 2: in your pocket. Before making your way toward the front door.
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  Speaker 2: You take your winter jacket from a nearby coat rack
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  Speaker 2: and slip into it, first one arm, then the other.
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  Speaker 2: You zip the front, and as you do, you feel
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  Speaker 2: a familiar lump in one of the pockets. A head torch.
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  Speaker 2: You shouldn't need it on a night this sprite, but
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  Speaker 2: it's nice to have just in case. Next to the
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  Speaker 2: door are the boots you'll wear. They look a bit
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  Speaker 2: like ordinary shoes, except for the bottom, which is designed
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  Speaker 2: to let your feet clip into a pair of cross
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  Speaker 2: country skis. You quietly slip out the door and gently
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  Speaker 2: close it behind you. Why are you being so quiet?
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  Speaker 2: You ponder for a moment. You are alone, after all,
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  Speaker 2: there is nobody to wake with a loud shut of
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  Speaker 2: a door. You decide it's the night. At this hour
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  Speaker 2: when many are settling into their beds. Quiet feels most natural.
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  Speaker 2: Quiet feels calm, peaceful. On the porch are a pair
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  Speaker 2: of cross country skis. You pick them up, along with
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  Speaker 2: a matching set of poles. The snow crunches under foot
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  Speaker 2: as you find your way to a flat spot where
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  Speaker 2: you can clip in. When you find the right spot,
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  Speaker 2: you gently let the long, thin skis fall to the snow.
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  Speaker 2: They are cumbersome and unwieldy when they're not in use.
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  Speaker 2: You slip each of your hands through the wrist loop
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  Speaker 2: on each of the two ski poles, with the poles
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  Speaker 2: on either side to steady you, You align the toe
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  Speaker 2: clip on your boot with the binding on one of
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  Speaker 2: the skis. When you press down with the ball of
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  Speaker 2: your foot. You hear a satisfying click. You pull your
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  Speaker 2: knee up just a hair, just to make sure you're
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  Speaker 2: fully clipped in. Sure enough, the ski lifts from the ground.
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  Speaker 2: That foot is ready. You fumble with the other one
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  Speaker 2: for a moment before it too clicks into place. Both
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  Speaker 2: feet are in tonight the ski. This will be like
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  Speaker 2: your wings as you travel through this most bright of
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  Speaker 2: clear winter nights, swift and fast. Before setting off, you
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  Speaker 2: look up at the moon. It's so peaceful, suspended there
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  Speaker 2: in space, lighting the dark of the night. Thank you, Moon.
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  Speaker 2: You think to yourself, there's some kind of marvelous magic
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  Speaker 2: that pervades the night. You feel a zing of anticipation.
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  Speaker 2: What mistress does the forest hold on a night like this?
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  Speaker 2: You set off down a trail. The snow is packed
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  Speaker 2: down by the traffic of others who have come for
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  Speaker 2: but tonight you travel alone. Beneath you, your skis find
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  Speaker 2: their natural rhythm. As you reach forward with one pole.
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  Speaker 2: The opposite leg slides forward over the snow. When it
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  Speaker 2: feels right to do so, you push down on your
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  Speaker 2: foot for traction. As the other leg slides forward. You
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  Speaker 2: find your rhythm, pushing and gliding across the snow, push glide,
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  Speaker 2: push glide, push glide. Your body's movements are regular and even,
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  Speaker 2: like a moving meditation of sorts. What a gift to
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  Speaker 2: travel across the snow with such ease. You can feel
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  Speaker 2: the night's chill on your cheeks, but your body feels
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  Speaker 2: warm under your layers. The trace of cold is only
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  Speaker 2: surface deep. You ski through a small grove of trees.
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  Speaker 2: Your view of the moon is fractured, partially obscured by
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  Speaker 2: the branches above. Some trees are naked in this season
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  Speaker 2: of winter, a time to hunker down and outlast the cold.
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  Speaker 2: Other trees stand tall needles intact. As you glide into
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  Speaker 2: a clearing, the world around you brightens. The moon once
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  Speaker 2: again shines down on you in full no obstructions, a
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  Speaker 2: perfect orb creamy white. Up ahead, you see something trotting
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  Speaker 2: across the meadow. You can't quite make out what it
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  Speaker 2: is until it stops. You likewise come to a halt.
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  Speaker 2: Now you can see better. It's a fox. Its thick,
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  Speaker 2: bushy tail sweeps out behind it. It's magnificently beautiful. Your
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  Speaker 2: breath catches. You can't quite see colors in the night,
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  Speaker 2: the same way you can during the day, even in
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  Speaker 2: the light of the moon. You wonder is the fox red?
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  Speaker 2: Is it black? The color doesn't really matter. You see
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  Speaker 2: the fox pause to take in your presence, and then
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  Speaker 2: it moves on into the night, going about its business.
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  Speaker 2: You move on as well. Skis finding their rhythm as
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  Speaker 2: you push and glide across the snow glistening in the
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  Speaker 2: light of the moon. Your exertion is that of a
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  Speaker 2: brisk walk, slow enough to carry on a conversation, but
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  Speaker 2: fast enough to feel an energetic warmth and vigor in
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  Speaker 2: your body. A flush of excitement ripples through you. Push glide,
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  Speaker 2: push glide, push glide. You are deep into your rhythm,
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  Speaker 2: drinking in the bright white world you're traveling through. Why
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  Speaker 2: don't you do this more often? Venture into the dark?
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  Speaker 2: You know this forest intimately, but it feels wholly different
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  Speaker 2: and energizing in the cloak of night. After your left
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  Speaker 2: you hear a yip. You let yourself glide to a stop.
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  Speaker 2: You stand stock still, listening for more nothing, and then yes,
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  Speaker 2: another yip echoes through the night. Closer.
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  Speaker 3: This time.
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  Speaker 2: You scan your eyes in the direction you heard it,
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  Speaker 2: looking for what could have made that noise. You catch
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  Speaker 2: a flicker of movement and see the fox. He's looking
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  Speaker 2: right at you. How curious You slowly shuffle your skis
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  Speaker 2: and orient yourself so you're facing the fox just as
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  Speaker 2: he is to you. He watches calmly, as if expecting.
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  Speaker 4: You to do this.
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  Speaker 2: The moon shines down on you, both, illuminating each of
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  Speaker 2: you for the other to better see. The fox takes
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  Speaker 2: a tentative step toward you, and you're not sure why,
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  Speaker 2: but you do the same. You both repeat this dance,
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  Speaker 2: taking another step toward the other. Then you're about two
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  Speaker 2: ski lengths away. The fox stops advancing, and you stop too.
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  Speaker 2: You can see him clearly now. His winter coat is
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  Speaker 2: lush and downy. His eyes seem curiously aware, almost as
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  Speaker 2: if it's you he's been looking for, and now that
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  Speaker 2: he's found you, he seems satisfied. He turns around, and
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  Speaker 2: just as you think this magical encounter is about to
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  Speaker 2: be over, his head swivels back to look at you.
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  Speaker 2: He emits a low bark, almost as if to say,
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  Speaker 2: are you coming? You leave the trail behind you and
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  Speaker 2: slowly follow him, not wanting the noise of your skis
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  Speaker 2: to scare him off. You try to be as quiet
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  Speaker 2: as possible. As you follow his path, he moves through
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  Speaker 2: the forest slowly, very unfoxlike. It's almost as if he's
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  Speaker 2: leading you to something. You feel sure he wants you
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  Speaker 2: to follow. Your long skis cover up his tracks in
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  Speaker 2: the snow with each step. You're not worried. Even if
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  Speaker 2: he were to dart away. Your track back to the
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  Speaker 2: trail is clear. On a night like this, you feel
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  Speaker 2: a growing sense of brightness. But it's not the moon's light. No,
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  Speaker 2: this is the light of fire. At first, all you
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  Speaker 2: see is the occasional flicker of light against a tree trunk.
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  Speaker 2: But as you follow the fox, you see that you're
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  Speaker 2: approaching a grove of trees where a large bonfire is
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  Speaker 2: burning in the middle. Light from its flames dances cross
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  Speaker 2: the pines, which rise up from the snow in a
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  Speaker 2: near perfect circle. How unusual. A merry chatter reaches your ears.
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  Speaker 2: It's all tittering and chittering, unintelligible. The fox looks back
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  Speaker 2: at you one more time before darting into the circle
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  Speaker 2: of trees. You take his gesture as an invitation to
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  Speaker 2: follow him in. From the edge of the circle, it
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  Speaker 2: looks like an uncanny hodgepodge of forest animals. There are
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  Speaker 2: mice scurrying around, chipmunks perched on their haunches. Even a
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  Speaker 2: big porcupine is scuttling to and fro by the fire.
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  Speaker 2: How strange to see all these animals together like this.
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  Speaker 2: There's a fervor to their chitter and peeping. It feels joyous.
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  Speaker 2: You step back for a moment. What is going on here?
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  Speaker 2: Is this the trick of the full moon? A friendly
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  Speaker 2: fox guiding you back to a grove of forest animals.
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  Speaker 2: As you stand there on the perimeter of the grove,
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  Speaker 2: the fox looks up at you from beside the fire.
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  Speaker 2: His slight grin does little to answer your questions, but
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  Speaker 2: you decide to embrace this moment of adventure. You use
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  Speaker 2: one of your ski poles to the release lever on
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  Speaker 2: your skis, freeing them from your feet. Then you lean
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  Speaker 2: your poles up against one of the massive tree trunks
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  Speaker 2: and step closer to the inner circle. The trees that
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  Speaker 2: make up this grove are old and weathered. There's fur, pine, cedar,
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  Speaker 2: and spruce, all growing in a near perfect circle, all
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  Speaker 2: uncommonly straight. The ground within the grove is bare, very
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  Speaker 2: much unlike the forest floor elsewhere. It seems to be
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  Speaker 2: a place that seem quite a bit of activity. You
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  Speaker 2: take a deep breath. Despite the strange scene in front
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  Speaker 2: of you, you feel a calm excitement, a trill of anticipation,
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  Speaker 2: almost as if arriving at this grove of trees was
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  Speaker 2: the most natural climax of your cross country ski in
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  Speaker 2: the dark. There was no other destination. This is where
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  Speaker 2: you were meant to end up. The chittering of the
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  Speaker 2: forest animals is reaching a fever pitch, laden with excitement.
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  Speaker 2: You step through the circle and all goes silent. You
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  Speaker 2: look down at the animals. Every set of beady eyes,
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  Speaker 2: every twitching whisker, and every keen nose is looking up
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  Speaker 2: at you. Moreover, the animals are all fantastically dressed. Now
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  Speaker 2: that you're in the circles. Embrace hello, everyone, you say kindly.
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  Speaker 2: A cheer goes up from the crowd, and the animals
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  Speaker 2: start scurrying about back to their merrymaking, which is in
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  Speaker 2: full swing. Welcome, says the fox. Lovely moon, isn't it,
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  Speaker 2: he adds, Casting his eyes skyward. You do the same.
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  Speaker 2: The view takes your breath away. Up above, the full
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  Speaker 2: moon is entirely unobstructed. How unusual to be in this
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  Speaker 2: big grove of trees, and yet not a single branch
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  Speaker 2: obscures the moon. You sigh, now, feeling sure this is
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  Speaker 2: some kind of wonderful moon magic at work. You smile
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  Speaker 2: at the fox in agreement, and he gives a little
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  Speaker 2: bow in return. Something tugs at your pants sleeve. Why
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  Speaker 2: it's the porcupine. She's dressed in a lovely red gown
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  Speaker 2: with a green waistband. A white apron is tied around
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  Speaker 2: her waist. She offers you a steaming mug of tea,
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  Speaker 2: which you glad to except she curses and smiles before
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  Speaker 2: shuffling back to the cauldron by the fire. How curious
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  Speaker 2: this all is, how remarkable. You draw the mug of
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  Speaker 2: tea up to your face. The steam from it caresses
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  Speaker 2: your cheeks, warming them through. When you take a sip,
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  Speaker 2: you're surprised to find that it's sweet. You taste herbs,
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  Speaker 2: berries and honey. It's delicious. Around the fire, the mice
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  Speaker 2: and chipmunks and other forest creatures hold hands and dance
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  Speaker 2: to a happy You look around and see a pine
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  Speaker 2: martin on the guitar and an ermine on the fiddle.
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  Speaker 2: The ermine's long body stands erect. Its eyes are closed
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  Speaker 2: in the ecstasy of its own music. The footbeats of
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  Speaker 2: the other animals are the drumbeat of this happy little jig,
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  Speaker 2: and happiness is the feeling that spreads throughout the circle,
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  Speaker 2: a raucous dance under the full moon. The ermine is
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  Speaker 2: fiddling fast as the jig reaches a crescendo, and then,
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  Speaker 2: with a final couple of strokes across the fiddle and
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  Speaker 2: a few last strums of the guitar, the song ends.
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  Speaker 2: A roar of merry laughter and applause rises up from
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  Speaker 2: the crowd. You two are laughing with them, for that
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  Speaker 2: spectacle was truly magnificent. Welcome, Welcome, they pipe up at you,
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  Speaker 2: Come and enjoy the magic of the full moon. Is
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  Speaker 2: this magic?
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  Speaker 3: You ask?
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  Speaker 2: In return? All the creatures just titter merrily at you,
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  Speaker 2: as if the answer is obvious. The fox, the one
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  Speaker 2: whose trail you followed into the grove, looks at you
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  Speaker 2: keenly before he speaks, the light of the full moon
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  Speaker 2: is a gift for all who travel through the dark.
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  Speaker 2: He looks to the sky, and you follow his gaze.
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  Speaker 2: The moon has moved slightly. It's no longer framed so
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  Speaker 2: perfectly by the canopies of the trees under whose branches
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  Speaker 2: you've been making merry. It's off center, and as such
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  Speaker 2: you have a hunch that these moments of magic are limited.
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  Speaker 2: As if to confirm your thoughts, you see the forest
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  Speaker 2: animals start to tidy up the circle. Empty mugs make
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  Speaker 2: their way back to the lovely Porcupine, mice and moles,
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  Speaker 2: chipmunks and shrews are helping each other don scarves, hats, jackets,
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  Speaker 2: and mittens attire for the cold. The fun of this
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  Speaker 2: full moon party must be waning. The ermine still brings
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  Speaker 2: his bow across the fiddle, but the tune is slow.
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  Speaker 2: It feels like a goodbye. You feel a flush of
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  Speaker 2: sadness that you've only caught the tail end of this
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  Speaker 2: merry little gathering. You want to stay longer, but at
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  Speaker 2: the same time, you likewise feel tired and ready to
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  Speaker 2: go home, just like the creatures around you. In the
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  Speaker 2: absence of movement, a slight chill has crept into your body.
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  Speaker 2: You look outside the circle at where you shucked your
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  Speaker 2: skis and feel a shiver. You don't want to venture
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  Speaker 2: back into the cold. Everything in your body says it's
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  Speaker 2: time for bed. The fox seems to realize your predicament.
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  Speaker 2: He beckons you over to one of the ancient trees
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  Speaker 2: and gestures for you to why it looks like he's
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  Speaker 2: asking you to touch it. You momentarily look at the
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  Speaker 2: tree and wonder what this is supposed to accomplish, but
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  Speaker 2: you acquiesce to the fox's request. Remove your mitten with
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  Speaker 2: one hand and slowly reach out your palm to the
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  Speaker 2: bark of the tree in front of you. The tree's
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  Speaker 2: bark is grayish brown, a couple of bright green tufts
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  Speaker 2: of wolf lichen cling to it. Gainly old knots and
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  Speaker 2: walls tell the stories of things this tree has experienced.
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  Speaker 2: When your palm makes contact with the tree, nothing happens.
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  Speaker 2: Then you feel something. It's subtle at first, but it's
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  Speaker 2: almost like a pulse. You close your eyes to better
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  Speaker 2: focus on what you're feeling. Yet the tree feels warm
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  Speaker 2: and very much alive. You lean into the ancient trees warmth.
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  Speaker 2: Your body feels tired and sleepy. You wish you could
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  Speaker 2: slump into the comfort of the tree and stay all night.
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  Speaker 2: Your eyelids feel sluggish, but you will them to open.
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  Speaker 2: What you see before you sends a thrill of wonder
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  Speaker 2: down your spine. Where there was once just tree bark,
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  Speaker 2: there is now a door, and not just any door.
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  Speaker 2: It's your door, your front door. You look around for
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  Speaker 2: the fox, feeling a need to know if he sees
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  Speaker 2: it too. But when you look around, the fox is gone,
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  Speaker 2: so are the other woodland creatures. You are alone in
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  Speaker 2: the ancient grove of trees. Have all of them left
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  Speaker 2: this way? Seeing the doors they recognize as their own
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  Speaker 2: in the old trees standing sentinel over this place. You
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  Speaker 2: look up into the canopy of trees. Only the very
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  Speaker 2: edge of the full moon is visible through the tops
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  Speaker 2: of their branches. You don't know how you know, but
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  Speaker 2: you know this moment of magic is connected to the
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  Speaker 2: full moon, and the time left for this kind of
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  Speaker 2: wonder is fleeting. You look back at the door again,
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  Speaker 2: your door, and put your hand on the knob. You
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  Speaker 2: close your eyes and visualize what you're going to see
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  Speaker 2: when you open it and step through. Sure enough, when
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  Speaker 2: you twist the doorknob and walk through the threshold, it's
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  Speaker 2: burning along merrily through the night. A warm, cozy embrace
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  Speaker 2: flushes over you. The sensation of coming in from the cold.
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  Speaker 2: You quietly shut the door behind you. Mittens and hat
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  Speaker 2: go in a basket by the door. You sit down
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  Speaker 2: by the woodstove and lean over to loosen your cross
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  Speaker 2: country ski boots. Each boot comes off with a gentle tug.
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  Speaker 2: You set them by the woodstove to dry. Then you
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  Speaker 2: unzip your jacket, slip one arm out, then the other,
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  Speaker 2: before hanging your jacket on the coat rack by the door.
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  Speaker 2: You check the fire before walking back to your bedroom.
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  Speaker 2: Crouching in front of the woodstove, you open the door
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  Speaker 2: of the night. You have another log onto the burning coals.
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  Speaker 2: The door of the woodstove creeks when you close it.
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  Speaker 2: You turn the damper down, get up and head for
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  Speaker 2: bedside lamb glows amicably, welcoming you to bed. You pull
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  Speaker 2: thick wool trousers. The socks go too. When you crawl
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  Speaker 2: blankets quickly do their work. Capturing the warmth of your
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  Speaker 2: body and shrouding you in comfort. The effort of your
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  Speaker 2: ski adventure has left your body feeling satisfied. It's ready
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  Speaker 2: decide to cherish it as such. Your mind quiets, taking
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  Speaker 2: The light of the full moon peaks through your window,
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  Speaker 2: With a deep breath in and a slow exhale out,
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