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71 The Bigger the Hug: Hedgehog's Long Wait · The Story Time With Lucky Podcast

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  Welcome back to Storytime with Lucky Podcast. Today we're going to read,
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  the longer the wait, the bigger the hog.
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  All winter, Hedgehog dreamed of tortoise.
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  Winter was long without a best friend, without a hog.
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  But when the sun tickled the hedgehog's ears, spring finally arrived,
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  tortoise was nowhere to be found.
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  Holding hands with Badger wasn't quite the same.
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  It's jam. The beach wasn't much fun with magpie.
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  Just ten more, please.
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  Hedgehog loved squirrel, but she wasn't very good.
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  I hide and seek. Hedgehogs lurched everywhere, and no stuff was left unturned,
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  except for the heavy ones. But it was no good.
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  I just want tortoise.
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  The longer the wait, the bigger the hog, said Owl. But I can't wait any longer, said Hedgehog.
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  Oh dear, said Tortoise, I must have overslept. I was dreaming of you.
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  I'm the biggest, longest, huggiest hog ever.
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  Bye bye and thank you for listening. One Year with Kipper In January,
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  Kipper took a picture with his new camera and made a new year resolution.
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  This year, it will not throw any snowballs off Tiger. And for a whole month, he kept his promise.
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  And because the snow did not fall until February, an icicle grew on Kipper's house.
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  It lasted for three weeks and grew to 87 centimetres.
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  It Kipper took a photograph In March The wind flapped Kipper's ears,
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  It straightened his scarf And scruffled the daffodils on the big hill Then it
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  blew Tiger right off his feet Click,
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  This is the picture that Kipper took,
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  And by May There on the pavement Thick enough to kick Three ducklings in the
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  park One of them followed Tiger everywhere Quack, quack.
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  Leak. Quack, Franks. Quack, Franks. In June, Kipper lay on his back and watched
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  as the little things with his legs and wings climbed the spindly grasses,
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  and whizzed into the big blue sky.
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  There are a lot more little things with legs and wings than you would think, thought Kipper.
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  The first week in July was hot.
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  The second week was hotter still, and then, boom, boom, boom, a thunderstorm.
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  In August was the summer holiday time.
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  Kipper took a parachute ride above the sea. Take my picture, he called to Tiger.
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  September, in the bramble bushes were full of blackberries.
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  The thorns were prickly, ouch, ouch, but the blackberries were delicious. Mmm.
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  In October, Kipper and Tiger made a collection of autumn things.
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  October is an orangey-brown sort of month, said Tiger.
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  They made a face from the pumpkin, which glowed in the dark.
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  November came around, twiggy branches made patterns against the misty moon.
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  They huffed their breath into the heavy garden air, seeing who could huff the highest.
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  In December, the days grew dark and cold.
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  Kipper stayed indoors making decorations and a special Christmas present for Tiger.
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  I need one more photograph, said Kipper. So he called.
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  Tiger out and got his camera. Smile!
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  Kipper said Kipper as he opened the front door But Tiger was already smiling
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  Because it was snowing and he had not forgotten about February Click!
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  When Kipper's camera Poof!
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  When Tiger snowballed,
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  What we did this year January, February, March, April May, June,
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  July, August, September, October, November, December.
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  Christmas, Christmas Day came and Kipper gave Tiger his present.
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  Look at me in August, said Kipper.
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  But Tiger was looking at December. This one is the best. Wait, what's, wait, oh, oops.
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  In the end, thank you for listening. That was weird anyway. Thank you.