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Bedtime Story for Grown Ups _ Bedtime in the Antique Toy Store _ Story with Background Sleep 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. My name's Tom and I'm your host.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for tuning in. Tonight's story is about a charming
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  Speaker 1: old toy shop where visitors can play, be creative, and
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  Speaker 1: of course, dream. This is a place you may have
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  Speaker 1: heard of before, the Antique Toy Store, from one of
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  Speaker 1: our previous episodes. But no worries if you haven't listened
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  Speaker 1: to that one, you'll be able to enjoy this in
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  Speaker 1: its own right. From the outside, the Antique Toy Store
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  Speaker 1: doesn't look like anything out of the ordinary. But spend
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  Speaker 1: some time inside, and you'll soon realize that this shop
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  Speaker 1: is sprinkled with magic and enchanting surprises wait for you
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  Speaker 1: on every shelf and behind every door now then let's
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  Speaker 1: take some time to unwind and calm the body and
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  Speaker 1: mind as you lay in bed just begin with a
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  Speaker 1: few deep breaths in your own time and just watch
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  Speaker 1: the airflow the way the body moves with the breath
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  Speaker 1: and any subtle change in the way you feel after
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  Speaker 1: each exhale hopefully a gradual sense of calm and stillness
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  Speaker 1: will begin to flow through your body. And now that
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  Speaker 1: your body is calm and relaxed, pay attention to your thoughts.
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  Speaker 1: I want you to imagine that each of your thoughts
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  Speaker 1: is a brightly colored marble Pick up one marble. Look
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  Speaker 1: at it for a moment. Then, place it into a
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  Speaker 1: velvet bag. There. You've put that thought away for the night. Now,
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  Speaker 1: pick up the next marble and do the same thing again.
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  Speaker 1: one marble after another. Collect all your thoughts and place
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  Speaker 1: them gently into the bag. Pull on the bag's drawstring
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  Speaker 1: to close it, then place the bag on a wooden shelf.
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  Speaker 1: Now your mind is clear and the thoughts of your
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  Speaker 1: day have been stowed safely away. As you step back
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  Speaker 1: from the shelf, you notice that it holds many more
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  Speaker 1: things beside your bag of marbles. And this is where
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  Speaker 1: our story begins. You can see old teddy bears with
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  Speaker 1: shiny buttons for eyes, tin wind-up toys, a doll dressed
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  Speaker 1: like a ballerina, red and yellow striped spinning tops, bright
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  Speaker 1: toy steam trains, and a tiny fuzzy family of toy mice.
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  Speaker 1: This shelf is filled with wonderful old toys. You step
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  Speaker 1: slowly back. You see that this shelf is just one
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  Speaker 1: shelf in an entire wall that is covered from floor
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  Speaker 1: to ceiling with shelves of toys. And this wall is
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  Speaker 1: just one small section in a maze of hallways and
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  Speaker 1: rooms that together make up an old toy store. Everywhere
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  Speaker 1: you look, you see toys. Outside the store's wide glass windows,
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  Speaker 1: you see a cobbled street lined with charming old buildings.
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  Speaker 1: At the front of the shop stands a sign Through
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  Speaker 1: the glass, you can just make out its elegant gold letters.
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  Speaker 1: They read Dreamland. The shop is filled with people, young
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  Speaker 1: and old. In fact, it is quite crowded, but crowded
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  Speaker 1: in a cheerful way. Everyone is pointing, laughing, and exclaiming
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  Speaker 1: over the beautifully made toys that fill the shop. There
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  Speaker 1: are all the toys you might expect to see in
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  Speaker 1: a place like this. Teddy bears and tin soldiers, model
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  Speaker 1: aeroplanes and miniature cars, stuffed animals of every sort, from
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  Speaker 1: elephants to zebras, and dolls dressed in frilly, lacy frocks.
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  Speaker 1: But there are other toys too, the likes of which
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  Speaker 1: you have never seen before. In among the shelves, you
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  Speaker 1: spy clockwork lions and tigers, and even clockwork chimpanzees holding
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  Speaker 1: tin bananas in their hands. You open a music box,
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  Speaker 1: expecting to find a spinning doll inside, but instead you
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  Speaker 1: find an entire underwater scene with slippery clockwork whales and
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  Speaker 1: fish and eels all swimming in a tiny ocean You
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  Speaker 1: see wooden rocking horses, and beside them a herd of
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  Speaker 1: rocking unicorns with tails that sparkle and horns carved from
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  Speaker 1: shiny gold. You come across one barrel labeled simply Magic X.
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  Speaker 1: When you peer inside, You see eggs of all shapes
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  Speaker 1: and sizes. Some are speckled, some are sparkly, and some
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  Speaker 1: are wobbling to and fro as if they are about
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  Speaker 1: to hatch. Another box is filled with spectacles in every
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  Speaker 1: kind of color. You place a pair on your nose,
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  Speaker 1: and gasp. These are kaleidoscope spectacles, and when you look
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  Speaker 1: through them, you see the toy store through a swirling
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  Speaker 1: lens of colors and patterns. You pull on another pair.
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  Speaker 1: These take all of the color out of the shop
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  Speaker 1: and make you feel like you're in an old fashioned
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  Speaker 1: black and white movie. the air is filled with toys
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  Speaker 1: as well. When you look up, you see clockwork dragons
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  Speaker 1: that breathe little puffs of fire, and toy hot air balloons,
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  Speaker 1: and brightly colored mechanical parrots, and even a floating model
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  Speaker 1: of the solar system. Here and there, The maze of
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  Speaker 1: shelves is interrupted by a wonderful display. A giant toy
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  Speaker 1: lily pond is filled with toy orange fish. Mechanical green
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  Speaker 1: frogs bounce from lily pad to lily pad. You see
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  Speaker 1: an enormous toadstool with fairy dolls and stuffed deer and
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  Speaker 1: foxes picnicking under the shade of its red and white
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  Speaker 1: spotted cap. Nearby is a doll's house with dozens of rooms,
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  Speaker 1: each filled with dolls. Some baking cakes in the toy kitchen,
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  Speaker 1: others pruning the roses in the garden, and there are
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  Speaker 1: dolls reading books in the toy library. You could stay
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  Speaker 1: in this wonderful store forever, you think, and never run
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  Speaker 1: out of things to see or toys to play with.
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  Speaker 1: But suddenly, the tinkling sound of a bell fills the shop.
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  Speaker 1: The customers begin to gather their bags and make their
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  Speaker 1: final selections. It is nearly closing time. One by one
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  Speaker 1: The customers line up at the counter. You watch as
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  Speaker 1: a grandmother buys a rocking unicorn for her granddaughter. Two
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  Speaker 1: boys buy a doll dressed as a witch. One child
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  Speaker 1: buys a toy elephant that is twice as big as
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  Speaker 1: they are. Another child purchases a clockwork ladybird. so small
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  Speaker 1: that it's almost invisible. Soon, you are the last person
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  Speaker 1: left in the store. You make your way slowly to
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  Speaker 1: the door, sorry to leave. But as your hand is
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  Speaker 1: on the doorknob, the man behind the counter calls to
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  Speaker 1: you in a soft gentle voice. He asks if you'd
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  Speaker 1: like to stay for a while. Yes, you say excitedly.
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  Speaker 1: You would. The man tells you his name is Adam.
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  Speaker 1: You follow him through the store as he dusts the
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  Speaker 1: shelves and dims the light and returns all the stray
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  Speaker 1: toys to their proper places. As he packs away the store,
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  Speaker 1: Adam tells you about his life. His mother and father
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  Speaker 1: and his grandparents before them, and even his great-grandmother and great-grandfather,
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  Speaker 1: were toy makers, he says. In fact, His family have
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  Speaker 1: always been toy makers. Adam grew up watching his loved
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  Speaker 1: ones make beautiful toys. His first memories are of sitting
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  Speaker 1: in the toy workshop watching long curlicues of sawdust float
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  Speaker 1: down to the floor while his father carved a wooden doll.
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  Speaker 1: As he grew up, he learned how to create his
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  Speaker 1: own toys. Soon, he delighted in making toys so wonderful,
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  Speaker 1: so fantastical, that some of his customers wondered if he
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  Speaker 1: was a magician. Adam reaches into his waistcoat and pulls
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  Speaker 1: out an old-fashioned pocket watch. his mouth falls open. He
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  Speaker 1: tells you he was caught up in conversation and hadn't
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  Speaker 1: realized quite how late it was. He has tickets to
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  Speaker 1: see the orchestra and he must leave now or he
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  Speaker 1: won't make it to the concert in time. But there's
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  Speaker 1: one very important job that still needs to be done
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  Speaker 1: in the toy store He looks at you and lifts
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  Speaker 1: an eyebrow. Would you be able to do this job
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  Speaker 1: for him? You nod agreeingly. You're happy to help Adam.
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  Speaker 1: He leads you to the counter and takes a heavy
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  Speaker 1: brass key from behind the till. He opens a padlocked drawer.
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  Speaker 1: and pulls out a sack tied with a ribbon. Stenciled
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  Speaker 1: letters across the front of the sack read, Sleep Dust.
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  Speaker 1: Every night, explains Adam, he sprinkles sleep dust over the
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  Speaker 1: toys to put them to bed. If they don't get
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  Speaker 1: enough sleep, the toys won't wake up bright and shiny,
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  Speaker 1: all ready for the children to come and play with
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  Speaker 1: them tomorrow. All you need to do, says Adam, is
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  Speaker 1: sprinkle a tiny bit of sleep dust into your open palm,
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  Speaker 1: then gently blow it over the toys. Within seconds, they'll
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  Speaker 1: be fast asleep, Adam thanks you for doing this job
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  Speaker 1: for him, then leaves you holding the sack of sleep dust.
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  Speaker 1: On his way out the door, he turns to you
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  Speaker 1: with a wink and says that before you put the
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  Speaker 1: toys to bed, you're welcome to play with anything in
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  Speaker 1: the shop. Then he sets off to the concert. You
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  Speaker 1: hear him walk down the street, humming a few bars
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  Speaker 1: of classical music. The humming grows fainter and fainter. You
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  Speaker 1: turn around, taking in every corner of the darkened store.
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  Speaker 1: The most marvelous toy shop in the world. And for tonight,
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  Speaker 1: you have it all. to yourself you place the sleep
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  Speaker 1: dust safely back in the drawer there is plenty of
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  Speaker 1: time to put the toys to bed adam won't be
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  Speaker 1: back from the orchestra until after midnight for now you
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  Speaker 1: want to explore First, you try on some more of
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  Speaker 1: the enchanted spectacles. Some turn the store pink, while others
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  Speaker 1: turn it green, and others make everything sparkle. Another pair
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  Speaker 1: makes the scene around you look very long and squiggly,
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  Speaker 1: like you are looking in a carnival mirror, which is
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  Speaker 1: very funny, because it makes you feel a little dizzy.
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  Speaker 1: You take them off, and instead begin to look through
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  Speaker 1: the magic eggs. You pick out an egg that is
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  Speaker 1: speckled blue and green. It feels nice and heavy in
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  Speaker 1: your palm, and it twitches a little, like it's about
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  Speaker 1: to hatch. You watch it carefully for a while, but
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  Speaker 1: nothing happens. And in the meantime, you see frogs splashing
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  Speaker 1: and fish jumping in the toy lily pond. So, you
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  Speaker 1: put the egg safely in your pocket and run to
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  Speaker 1: the pond to play. In the pond, you copy the frogs,
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  Speaker 1: leaping from lily pad to lily pad. You try and
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  Speaker 1: jump the highest, but the frogs always leap just a
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  Speaker 1: little bit higher than you do. At last, you come
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  Speaker 1: to a stop on the biggest lily pad of all.
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  Speaker 1: This one has a flower bud tightly closed at its center.
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  Speaker 1: As you sit there, you notice the bud is slowly
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  Speaker 1: starting to unfurl. You watch as pale pink petal after
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  Speaker 1: pale pink petal, a beautiful clockwork water lily unfurls and
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  Speaker 1: sprouts into a wide, open flower. When you're finished playing
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  Speaker 1: in the lily pond, you wander over to the rocking horses. First,
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  Speaker 1: you ride a rocking horse, then a rocking zebra, and finally,
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  Speaker 1: you take a turn on one of the sparkly, rocking unicorns.
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  Speaker 1: You sway back and forth, faster and faster, until you
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  Speaker 1: feel almost like you aren't just rocking back and forth anymore.
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  Speaker 1: but galloping through the store with a breeze ruffling through
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  Speaker 1: your hair. You look around. Toys fly past on the shelves.
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  Speaker 1: You realize your unicorn has freed itself from its rocker.
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  Speaker 1: It is cantering around the store with you on its back.
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  Speaker 1: past the dolls in their house and the wooden chest
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  Speaker 1: filled with teddy bears, past the toy pirate ship with
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  Speaker 1: a jolly roger flag fluttering between its sails, and past
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  Speaker 1: a basket of toy kittens, each with a silver bell
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  Speaker 1: hung round its neck on a velvet ribbon. When you
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  Speaker 1: ride past the giant toad stall, one of the bears
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  Speaker 1: picnicking beneath invites you to join them. You stumble off
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  Speaker 1: the unicorn in surprise. You didn't know bears could talk.
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  Speaker 1: All toys can, says the bear, whose name is Augustus.
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  Speaker 1: At least all the toys in this shop can but
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  Speaker 1: they can only talk at night, after the shop is
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  Speaker 1: closed and the lights are dimmed. You go and sit
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  Speaker 1: beside Augustus, joining a merry group of fairy dolls, teddy bears,
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  Speaker 1: and gnomes in fuzzy red hats. They pass plates and
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  Speaker 1: teacups between them, All empty, of course, because toys only
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  Speaker 1: eat pretend food and share stories. They talk about all
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  Speaker 1: the customers that came in that day and discuss which
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  Speaker 1: toys were chosen to have a home of their own
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  Speaker 1: away from the store. They remember stories their grandparents and
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  Speaker 1: great-grandparents told them about the children they had once lived
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  Speaker 1: with at long-ago times in faraway lands. They recall stories
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  Speaker 1: about Adam, too. They tell you how he bakes birthday
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  Speaker 1: cakes for every toy in the shop and sometimes takes
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  Speaker 1: a toy out into the town in his pocket for
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  Speaker 1: a special adventure and about the time he built an
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  Speaker 1: enormous magical castle in his workshop for all the toys
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  Speaker 1: in the store to play with. You love hearing all
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  Speaker 1: the stories about Adam but eating all this pretend food
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  Speaker 1: is making you feel a little hungry Augustus hears your
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  Speaker 1: stomach rumbling. Why don't you visit the gingerbread house, he asks.
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  Speaker 1: He leads you through the labyrinth of shelves until you
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  Speaker 1: come to a miniature forest made of carved wooden trees
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  Speaker 1: with painted leaves. You wander through the forest until you
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  Speaker 1: come to a cottage. The cottage is made of dark,
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  Speaker 1: crumbly gingerbread. Its doors and windows are drawn on with
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  Speaker 1: a zingy lemon icing. And for decoration, it is covered
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  Speaker 1: with all your favorite sweets. You break off a piece
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  Speaker 1: of gingerbread. It is soft and chewy with just the
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  Speaker 1: right amount of spice. You eat slowly savoring the rich
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  Speaker 1: dark taste of the gingerbread and the tangy sweet icing.
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  Speaker 1: Every now and then you choose a piece of candy
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  Speaker 1: and crunch it beneath your teeth. Everything tastes delicious You
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  Speaker 1: are feeling nice and full when you hear the chime
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  Speaker 1: of a cuckoo clock. You drop the peppermint stick you
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  Speaker 1: are crunching on and hurry back through the forest, just
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  Speaker 1: in time to see a chirruping wooden cuckoo folding his
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  Speaker 1: wings neatly and disappearing back into his clock. The time
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  Speaker 1: is 11pm and all the toys still need to be
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  Speaker 1: put to bed before Adam returns at midnight. You hurry
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  Speaker 1: back to the counter and find the bag of sleep dust. Then,
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  Speaker 1: just as Adam showed you, you go from shelf to shelf,
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  Speaker 1: tipping the dust into your palms and gently blowing it
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  Speaker 1: over each toy. The dust is soft and powdery, and
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  Speaker 1: it glitters like moonlight. Every handful you tip into your
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  Speaker 1: palm comes out a slightly different color, and when you
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  Speaker 1: blow it, you hear the faintest chiming melody, like the
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  Speaker 1: sound of a song being played very far away. You
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  Speaker 1: blow the sleep dust onto dolls dressed like ballerinas and
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  Speaker 1: figurines dressed like pirates. One by one, their eyes fall shut.
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  Speaker 1: Some of them wear a smile on their face, looking
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  Speaker 1: like they are already lost in pleasant dreams. You blow
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  Speaker 1: the dust over the clockwork frogs and fish in the
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  Speaker 1: lily pond. They curl up beneath the lily pads and
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  Speaker 1: start to snooze. One by one, you send the rocking
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  Speaker 1: horses to sleep. Then the unicorns too. You give each
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  Speaker 1: one a good night pat on their sparkly horns. You
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  Speaker 1: move on to the teddy bears. One at a time,
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  Speaker 1: they stretch their furry arms and legs, open their mouths
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  Speaker 1: into big yawns, then drift off to sleep. When you
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  Speaker 1: come to Augustus the Bear, you reach your hand into
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  Speaker 1: the sack of sleep dust and your fingers brush against
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  Speaker 1: the bottom of the sack. It is empty. You've used
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  Speaker 1: all the dust. You look around the store. There's still
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  Speaker 1: a whole shelf of toys. Who need to be put
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  Speaker 1: to sleep. You remember what Adam told you. Each toy
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  Speaker 1: needs a good night's sleep so it can be bright
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  Speaker 1: and shiny for all tomorrow's customers. Augustus tells you gently
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  Speaker 1: not to worry. He's sure there's more sleep dust in
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  Speaker 1: Adam's special workshop. He offers to show you the way.
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  Speaker 1: You follow him through the darkened store until you come
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  Speaker 1: to a bookshelf almost hidden behind the very back shelves.
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  Speaker 1: It is lined with old leather-bound books. Augustus reaches up
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  Speaker 1: for a thick book with a red cover. Gold letters
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  Speaker 1: on the book's spine spell out the title. Secrets of
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  Speaker 1: the Master Toymakers. As Augustus pulls the book, you realize
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  Speaker 1: it isn't a book at all, but a lever. Your
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  Speaker 1: mouth drops in wonder as a secret doorway opens in
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  Speaker 1: the bookcase to reveal a wide room that smells like
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  Speaker 1: resin and wood shavings. You step inside. This, Augustus tells you,
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  Speaker 1: is Adam's workshop. He spends hours and hours in here.
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  Speaker 1: testing out new and fantastic toys. Everywhere you look, you
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  Speaker 1: can see Adam's wonderful inventions. On his work table, you
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  Speaker 1: see a clockwork cherry tree. Every few seconds, a fluffy
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  Speaker 1: pink blossom slowly leaves the tree's branches. and drifts towards
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  Speaker 1: the table. Next to the cherry tree is a toy
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  Speaker 1: theater covered with green velvet curtains. Two wind-up bluebirds lift
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  Speaker 1: the curtains and music starts to play. One by one,
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  Speaker 1: a troop of graceful dancing swans Each wearing a white
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  Speaker 1: tutu leaps onto the stage. Together, they perform a miniature ballet.
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  Speaker 1: There are paintings of teddy bears hung on the workroom walls.
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  Speaker 1: As you look at one, it raises its arm and
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  Speaker 1: waves hello to you. You could spend hours in Adam's workroom,
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  Speaker 1: admiring his creations. But you have an important job to do.
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  Speaker 1: You begin to look for the sleep dust. You check
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  Speaker 1: under the table. You open all the cupboards and drawers.
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  Speaker 1: You inspect every corner of the workroom. but there is
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  Speaker 1: no sleep dust to be found. You turn to Augustus.
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  Speaker 1: He looks at you with a shrug. He hasn't found
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  Speaker 1: any sleep dust either. Just as you were wondering what
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  Speaker 1: to do next, you hear someone politely clearing their throat
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  Speaker 1: You look up at the painted teddy bear on the wall.
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  Speaker 1: He winks when he catches your eye. Then he points upwards.
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  Speaker 1: You see a shelf nailed very high on the wall.
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  Speaker 1: It is piled with sacks, each labeled sleep dust. At first,
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  Speaker 1: you are happy that you've found the dust, but you
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  Speaker 1: soon realize you won't be able to reach the shelf
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  Speaker 1: on your own. Together, you and Augustus hatch a plan.
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  Speaker 1: You will climb on the bear's shoulders. But even standing
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  Speaker 1: on Augustus, you are not tall enough To reach the shelf.
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  Speaker 1: You drag a chair away from Adam's work table. Augustus
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  Speaker 1: climbs up on the chair. Then you climb up on
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  Speaker 1: his shoulders. You stretch your arms out as far as
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  Speaker 1: they can go. Your fingers are so close to the
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  Speaker 1: sleep dust. But you still. can't quite reach. You climb
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  Speaker 1: down from the chair. Augustus frowns, trying to think of
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  Speaker 1: what to do next. As you are standing, staring at
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  Speaker 1: the shelf and wondering how you will reach it, you
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  Speaker 1: feel a strange twitching in your pocket. You reach inside
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  Speaker 1: and pull out the magic egg. You had almost forgotten
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  Speaker 1: it was in there, but now it is rocking from
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  Speaker 1: side to side. Soon enough, a tiny crack appears in
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  Speaker 1: its sparkly blue shell. The crack turns bigger and deeper,
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  Speaker 1: And then, with a pop, the egg hatches. A tiny
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  Speaker 1: red aeroplane flies out and begins loop-de-looping in the air
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  Speaker 1: above you. While you watch the plane, something strange begins
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  Speaker 1: to happen. With every loop it makes, it grows a
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  Speaker 1: little bigger. It loops towards the ceiling, then back down again,
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  Speaker 1: growing bigger and bigger each time. When it lands on
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  Speaker 1: the floor by your feet, it is just big enough
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  Speaker 1: for you to climb in. Next to you, there is
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  Speaker 1: a passenger seat for augustus he climbs in too now
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  Speaker 1: you know exactly how you can reach the sleep dust
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  Speaker 1: hold tight you tell augustus then you push the control
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  Speaker 1: marked up you lift off the ground and soar up
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  Speaker 1: to the shelf. You reach out and pull down a
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  Speaker 1: sack filled with sleep dust. Then you guide the plane
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  Speaker 1: out of the workroom. The secret bookcase door closes behind you.
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  Speaker 1: The plane engine whirs you pick up speed. You and
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  Speaker 1: Augustus are soaring through the toy store now, past all
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  Speaker 1: the clockwork parrots and dragons, and floating planets that drift
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  Speaker 1: in the air between the shelves. As you go past,
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  Speaker 1: you sprinkle a little dust on each one, The dragons
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  Speaker 1: and parrots fold their wings and settle in the eaves
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  Speaker 1: to sleep for the night. The planets turn dark and
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  Speaker 1: stop spinning. When you reach the chest filled with teddy bears,
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  Speaker 1: you say goodnight to Augustus and shower sleep dust over
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  Speaker 1: his eyes. He yawns and thanks you for a wonderful adventure.
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  Speaker 1: Now you are alone flying through the store, shaking handfuls
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  Speaker 1: of sleep dust onto the toys below. The store is
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  Speaker 1: very quiet now. Most of the toys are asleep. The
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  Speaker 1: only sound is the soft hum of the plane engine
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  Speaker 1: and the gentle noise of sleep dust falling through the air.
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  Speaker 1: When you're sure every toy in the shop is asleep
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  Speaker 1: and dreaming, you fly the plane up as high as
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  Speaker 1: it will go and turn one last loop-de-loop. You feel
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  Speaker 1: the cool air on your face and ruffling through your hair. Slowly,
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  Speaker 1: you land the plane and climb out, sprinkling some sleep
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  Speaker 1: dust onto its shiny red wings as you go. You
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  Speaker 1: have landed outside the enormous dollhouse There is still one
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  Speaker 1: lamp shining, mellow and golden, in the window. You look
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  Speaker 1: through the glass and see there is an empty bed
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  Speaker 1: waiting there. It is just the right size for you. Suddenly,
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  Speaker 1: you feel very tired. you turn the knob of the
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  Speaker 1: doll's house front door. It's open. Yawning some more, you
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  Speaker 1: go inside and stretch out on the bed. You've had
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  Speaker 1: a wonderful day in Adam's toy store, and he's sure
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  Speaker 1: to be pleased with how well you put all his
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  Speaker 1: toys to sleep. The pillow is soft beneath your head.
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  Speaker 1: You pull a big fluffy blanket over you and snuggle up,
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  Speaker 1: nice and cozy. You close your eyes and wonder sleepily
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  Speaker 1: what you will dream of tonight. Teddy bears and toy planes,
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  Speaker 1: clockwork cherry trees and miniature dragons, magic eggs and gingerbread houses,
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  Speaker 1: and all kinds of amazing things. Your breathing is slow
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  Speaker 1: and heavy now. Your entire body is relaxed. And you
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  Speaker 1: fall into a deep, calm sleep. Thank you. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for watching. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for watching. Thank you. Thank you.