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A Sleepy Story to Fall Asleep Fast _ A Magical Day with an Elephant · 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: Thank you so much for joining us. Tonight's story is
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Speaker 1: a real treat and it will be read by Simon.
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Speaker 1: We'll take a sleepy adventure in the heart of Tanzania.
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Speaker 1: It's a magical place for anyone who visits, but especially
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Speaker 1: for you, because you'll be exploring the sights with your
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Speaker 1: own local tour guide, a friendly elephant named Tembo. Let's
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Speaker 1: take a moment to relax now. First, take a deep
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Speaker 1: breath in, Slowly and steadily. Then release even slower. Breathe in.
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Speaker 2: And release. Breathe in.
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Speaker 3: Release.
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Speaker 1: As you release each breath, feel the tension of the
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Speaker 1: day begin to fall away. Feel your back loosen and
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Speaker 1: sink into the mattress and your hips, your knees, your ankles,
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Speaker 1: right down to your toes. Find a comfortable position for
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Speaker 1: your arms and nestle your head down into the pillow.
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Speaker 1: This is your personal sanctuary of rest. So enjoy having
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Speaker 1: the chance to relax as you listen along for as
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Speaker 1: long or as short a time as you'd like We
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Speaker 1: begin our story on the most beautiful beach that you've
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Speaker 1: ever seen.
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Speaker 3: Imagine yourself sitting down on the soft white sand, looking
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Speaker 3: out across a turquoise ocean. It's a glorious day. The
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Speaker 3: sun is shining in the pale blue sky, warming your
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Speaker 3: skin wherever it touches. There's a gorgeous breeze wafting towards
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Speaker 3: you from the water. It cools the air, to just
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Speaker 3: the right temperature. The ocean makes such calming sounds as
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Speaker 3: it laps against the white, sandy shore. You feel incredibly
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Speaker 3: peaceful here, watching the waves as they rise and fall.
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Speaker 3: You can even match your breath to their movements. Breathing in,
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Speaker 3: as the waves rise and breathing out as they fall
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Speaker 3: your own breath moves like the waves swirling up and
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Speaker 3: down in your chest and belly just a moment you
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Speaker 3: close your eyes feeling the breeze as it floats across
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Speaker 3: your face The waves sound even better with your eyes closed.
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Speaker 3: So clear and so calming. Each wave feels more relaxing
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Speaker 3: than the one that came before it. And soon enough,
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Speaker 3: you feel as peaceful as the ocean itself. When you
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Speaker 3: open your eyes, you have the sense that something is different.
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Speaker 3: You see the turquoise water ahead, with sunlight dancing across
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Speaker 3: its surface, and there's the same white sand snuggling your feet.
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Speaker 3: But when you turn your head to the side, you
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Speaker 3: see something that you weren't expecting. A beautiful grey elephant
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Speaker 3: is sitting beside you on the beach. He looks as
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Speaker 3: if he's sunbathing, with his legs stretched out across the sand,
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Speaker 3: his silver-grey skin glittering in the sunlight. You've seen elephants
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Speaker 3: at the zoo before, but never as close up or
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Speaker 3: as seemingly friendly as this. He must be quite a
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Speaker 3: young elephant, because he's a few feet smaller than the
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Speaker 3: others you've encountered. You can see his little tusks growing
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Speaker 3: in beside his trunk, so you know he's not a
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Speaker 3: baby either. At the top of his head, there's a
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Speaker 3: sprinkling of bristly chestnut hair. It flutters in the breeze,
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Speaker 3: like his massive ears only inches below. You're certain that
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Speaker 3: he's an African elephant, because of his huge ears. The
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Speaker 3: elephant looks at you with kindness in his eyes. Then
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Speaker 3: he opens his mouth and begins to speak. He introduces
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Speaker 3: himself as Tembo, your tour guide for the day. He's
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Speaker 3: only ten years old, but he's lived his whole life
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Speaker 3: in beautiful East Africa. he'd be honoured to take you
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Speaker 3: around his beloved homeland, the country of Tanzania, he says.
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Speaker 3: There's so much to see, from the soaring peaks of
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Speaker 3: Mount Kilimanjaro to the stunning wildlife of the national parks.
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Speaker 3: And of course, there are the beaches too, like the
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Speaker 3: one you're sitting on here. It's strange and magical to
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Speaker 3: speak to this animal. His voice is soothing, like the
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Speaker 3: sound of the ocean. You can tell from the way
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Speaker 3: he speaks that the young elephant loves his homeland dearly.
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Speaker 3: And you're certain that he'll make an excellent tour guide.
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Speaker 3: So when he asks you if you'd like to ride
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Speaker 3: on his back, you climb up without hesitation. And the
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Speaker 3: two of you begin your great African adventure right here
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Speaker 3: on the beach. The elephant's footsteps are slow and careful,
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Speaker 3: and his back is surprisingly comfortable. He walks towards the ocean,
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Speaker 3: preferring to pad softly through the water as he takes
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Speaker 3: you along the coastline. It splashes against his legs, producing
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Speaker 3: the loveliest of sounds. High up on his back, you're
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Speaker 3: kept perfectly dry, as if the elephant were your raft,
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Speaker 3: holding you safe above the water. Tembo explains that this
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Speaker 3: is the Indian Ocean and it's the third largest in
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Speaker 3: the world. From up here on his back, you can
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Speaker 3: see even more of its beauty. You notice how the
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Speaker 3: color changes across its surface as the water goes from
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Speaker 3: shallow to deep. It starts out as a bright blue-green
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Speaker 3: turquoise later becoming a deeper shade of peacock blue. There
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Speaker 3: are a few boats, too, far off, in the distance.
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Speaker 3: Their wooden frames bob just above the water, and their
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Speaker 3: white triangular sails flap gently in the breeze. It must
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Speaker 3: be very peaceful to sail across the ocean. surrounded by
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Speaker 3: miles of sparkling blue water. Though it's also pretty wonderful
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Speaker 3: here on the beach. The sand looks like powdered sugar,
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Speaker 3: stretching out for miles ahead, and it's dotted with palm trees.
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Speaker 3: Their trunks are slim and branchless, and at their top
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Speaker 3: they wear a crown of green fan-like leaves. They lean
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Speaker 3: in different directions, swaying in the breeze, as if they
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Speaker 3: themselves are relaxing in the sunshine. Between these trees and
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Speaker 3: behind them, there are buildings of different types and sizes.
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Speaker 3: There are gorgeous little lodges, perfect for holiday-makers wishing to
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Speaker 3: stay on the beach. Their smooth walls are a dazzling
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Speaker 3: shade of white, and they have sunbeds at their front,
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Speaker 3: on patios bathed in sunlight. There are wooden chalets too,
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Speaker 3: raised on stilts above the sand. Open for business, their
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Speaker 3: bamboo shutters have been pulled up... to reveal their interiors...
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Speaker 3: you pass... mini markets... and restaurants... surf shacks... and snack bars.
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Speaker 3: There are people here too... going about their day.
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Speaker 3: Some are working... serving customers... in their shops and restaurants...
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Speaker 3: whilst others... are relaxing on their patio sunbeds. Whether hard
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Speaker 3: at work or in the middle of a holiday, everyone
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Speaker 3: moves at the same leisurely pace. They all wear the
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Speaker 3: same easy smile. Clearly, Tembo isn't the only one who's
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Speaker 3: fond of his African homeland. The salty ocean breeze wafts
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Speaker 3: around you as you ride and as you make your
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Speaker 3: way along the shore, you notice other delicious scents. Tembo
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Speaker 3: senses them too, lifting his trunk to sniff hungrily at
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Speaker 3: the air. It's the local market, he explains, and the
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Speaker 3: next stop on your tour. Then he changes direction, heading
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Speaker 3: out of the water, onto the dry sand. In the distance,
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Speaker 3: you hear wonderful live music, the strumming of guitars and
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Speaker 3: the soulful voices of men singing. The music has a slow,
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Speaker 3: rhythmic beat, perfectly suited to its relaxed surroundings. It grows
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Speaker 3: louder as you walk towards it, along with the hum
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Speaker 3: of friendly conversation. Until, at last, the market comes into view.
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Speaker 3: A line of stalls arranged beneath a long canvas canopy.
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Speaker 3: Like the people you passed earlier, everyone at the market
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Speaker 3: looks relaxed and happy. There are workers at their stalls,
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Speaker 3: laughing and joking as they attempt to sell their wares.
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Speaker 3: And customers, too, wandering from stall to stall, their stride
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Speaker 3: timed to the rhythm of the music. Some pause in
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Speaker 3: various places, examining the goods on sale before negotiating a
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Speaker 3: better price. Others seem content to simply meander, eating snacks
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Speaker 3: or sipping on drinks as they walk. There are a
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Speaker 3: handful of stalls selling food and drink, but Tembo has
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Speaker 3: one in mind that he thinks you'll like. He begins
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Speaker 3: walking down the centre of the market, between two rows
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Speaker 3: of tables facing each other. It's lucky that he's only
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Speaker 3: a young elephant, you think. If he were fully grown,
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Speaker 3: you might struggle to fit beneath the canvas roof. Even now,
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Speaker 3: Tembo is far bigger than the people walking around you.
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Speaker 3: It's miraculous that no one bumps into him and that
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Speaker 3: he doesn't attract more attention. Aside from the occasional nod
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Speaker 3: or wink, people naturally seem to give him space. It's
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Speaker 3: as if there's an invisible bubble that floats around the
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Speaker 3: two of you. Tembo comes to a stop before a
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Speaker 3: table where a smiling woman stands behind a large round pan.
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Speaker 3: She's wearing a traditional dress in the most dazzling shades
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Speaker 3: of yellow and blue. Animal silhouettes are printed on the fabric,
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Speaker 3: with giraffes plodding happily across a landscape. Wooden bracelets click
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Speaker 3: together on her arm as she stirs the contents of
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Speaker 3: her pan. Looking inside, you see food frying in warm
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Speaker 3: golden oil. It smells delicious. She beams at the sight
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Speaker 3: of Tembo, greeting him warmly like an old friend. Then
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Speaker 3: she pats his side as he tells her about your
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Speaker 3: Tanzanian tour. The woman's name is Precious, you learn, and
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Speaker 3: the food that she's cooking is cassava. According to her,
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Speaker 3: this is better than potato chips. the best snacks in town,
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Speaker 3: in fact. Because you're a friend of Tembo, you can
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Speaker 3: have yours free of charge. Precious spoons out some cassava
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Speaker 3: chips into a paper cone and adds a swirl of
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Speaker 3: your favourite sauce. You hold this cone below your nose,
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Speaker 3: taking in the scents as the chips cool down. After
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Speaker 3: your first bite, you know they are just as delicious
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Speaker 3: as promised. They're similar to potato chips, but lighter and chewier.
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Speaker 3: They taste like a vegetable, but they're sweet and dessert-like too.
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Speaker 3: As you eat your chips, Tembo eats too, from a
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Speaker 3: large bunch of bananas placed on the table. he picks
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Speaker 3: them up one at a time, curling his trunk around
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Speaker 3: them and placing them into his mouth. You suspect he
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Speaker 3: enjoys these a great deal, judging by the yummy noises
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Speaker 3: he makes. Very soon, the bananas are gone, along with
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Speaker 3: the tasty cassava chips. You both thank Precious, who tells
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Speaker 3: you to come back at any time then you continue
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Speaker 3: on your way. The market around you is full of variety,
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Speaker 3: with no two stalls selling exactly the same products. There's
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Speaker 3: everything here, from food and furniture to hats and jewellery.
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Speaker 3: You can buy huge round cushions in every shade and
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Speaker 3: pattern or a massive wooden zebra, carved and painted to
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Speaker 3: look like the real thing. You can scoop up your
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Speaker 3: own beans from huge canvas bags, or take home an
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Speaker 3: oil painting in the brightest colours. One particular stall has
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Speaker 3: fabrics piled high for customers to buy and make into clothing.
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Speaker 3: You see every colour of the rainbow, including the yellow
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Speaker 3: and blue animal print of the dress worn by Precious.
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Speaker 3: She might well have bought the fabric here before sewing
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Speaker 3: it expertly into her own floor-length dress. Tembo stops again
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Speaker 3: at a drink stall beside a chalkboard advertising freshly squeezed
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Speaker 3: sugar cane juice. Like Precious, the man who works here
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Speaker 3: is delighted to see Tembo. He ruffles his hair gently
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Speaker 3: before turning to you and offering you a very warm welcome.
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Speaker 3: His name is Benjamin. Hearing that you're a guest in
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Speaker 3: his country, and a friend of Tembo, he insists that
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Speaker 3: you take a free drink. He picks up a tube
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Speaker 3: of raw golden sugar cane, a little like bamboo in appearance,
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Speaker 3: but larger and thicker. He places it in between two
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Speaker 3: metal rollers. and turns a wheel with his other hand.
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Speaker 3: The sugar cane disappears between the rollers, coming out flat
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Speaker 3: at the other end. All the while, the sugary syrup
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Speaker 3: from inside drips down, pouring out along a metal slide. Next,
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Speaker 3: it's filtered through a sieve and added to a mix
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Speaker 3: of fresh ginger and and lime juice. Benjamin grins as
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Speaker 3: he stirs in crushed ice, telling you with certainty that
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Speaker 3: it's the best drink around. He fastens the lid, inserts
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Speaker 3: a straw, and hands it to you. The cup is
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Speaker 3: cool to the touch, while the liquid inside is a
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Speaker 3: golden lime green. And the drink itself is beautifully refreshing.
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Speaker 3: It's fresh and tangy and wonderfully sweet, coming straight from
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Speaker 3: the centre of the raw sugar cane. Tembo, it appears,
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Speaker 3: is also a fan, though he prefers the woody cane itself.
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Speaker 3: Benjamin passes him a basket of pressed golden cane, throwing
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Speaker 3: in a handful of stalks that haven't been crushed yet.
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Speaker 3: And one by one, Tembo curls his trunk around them,
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Speaker 3: bringing them to his mouth and chewing happily. The juice
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Speaker 3: stall is positioned beside the place where the music you
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Speaker 3: heard earlier is coming from. There's a local band playing now.
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Speaker 3: so you can sip your drink and enjoy the music.
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Speaker 3: There's one man on guitar, positioned between two others, his
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Speaker 3: fingers strumming the strings gently. He sings as he plays, beautiful,
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Speaker 3: soulful melodies that make you smile. He's joined by his
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Speaker 3: two bandmates, who are also singing. Positioned in a gap
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Speaker 3: between two stalls, the musicians stand in the sand and
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Speaker 3: look out at the ocean. It's as if they're singing
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Speaker 3: to the waves themselves. Tembo says the song is about
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Speaker 3: the importance of taking things slowly. He tells you there's
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Speaker 3: a saying here that a hasty person misses the sweetest things. Then,
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Speaker 3: he leisurely returns to his basket of sugar cane, and
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Speaker 3: you continue sipping your sweet, delicious juice. Neither of you
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Speaker 3: is in a hurry to be anywhere but here, enjoying
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Speaker 3: this wonderful moment. When the basket is empty, and the
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Speaker 3: drink cup is too, you give many thanks to Benjamin
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Speaker 3: and wish him farewell. It's time to say goodbye to
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Speaker 3: the market as well, says Tembo. Now that you've both
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Speaker 3: enjoyed some lovely food and drink, he can show you
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Speaker 3: more of his incredible country. Together, you leave the market,
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Speaker 3: Tembo carrying you along at a nice, easy pace. you
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Speaker 3: can sit comfortably and take in your changing surroundings. Beneath
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Speaker 3: the elephant's feet, you see sand become pavement, and there
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Speaker 3: are roads too, with cars, buses and bikes moving along them.
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Speaker 3: You see all kinds of buildings here, from old stone
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Speaker 3: schools and long rows of shops, to massive silver skyscrapers
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Speaker 3: that reach towards the sky. Tembo informs you that you're
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Speaker 3: passing through Dar es Salaam. It used to be a
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Speaker 3: fishing village, but it's grown into a thriving and exciting metropolis.
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Speaker 3: It's now the largest city in Tanzania, with over 6
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Speaker 3: million people living here. It doesn't feel like that to you,
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Speaker 3: It's as if you and Tembo are the only ones here.
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Speaker 3: The elephant walks at a leisurely pace but quickly covers
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Speaker 3: large distances thanks to his massive stride. Before long, you're
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Speaker 3: leaving Dar es Salaam behind and wandering through the grasslands
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Speaker 3: further north. There's every shade of green out here painted
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Speaker 3: across the grassy hills and plains, and on the trees,
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Speaker 3: plants and bushes scattered all around. Tembo walks a well-trodden
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Speaker 3: path that appears as an orangey-brown stripe between the green,
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Speaker 3: where many animal feet and hooves have passed before. It's
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Speaker 3: quieter here than it was in the city, though there's
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Speaker 3: the constant hum of birds chirping Some are songbirds with
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Speaker 3: a beautiful tune to share. Their voices remind you of
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Speaker 3: the market band and its lovely, soulful singers. Tembo is
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Speaker 3: walking through a golden field when you first catch sight
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Speaker 3: of a soaring mountain ahead. You know what it is
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Speaker 3: before you're told. It's Mount Kilimanjaro. the tallest mountain in Africa.
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Speaker 3: You can see it clearly on this sunny, cloudless day,
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Speaker 3: watching over the landscape. The top of it looks flat
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Speaker 3: from here and is dusted with white snow. Tembo calls
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Speaker 3: it the roof of Africa. It's 19,000 feet tall, and
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Speaker 3: not just a mountain, but actually a sleeping volcano. People
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Speaker 3: flock here from around the globe to climb it, and
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Speaker 3: they're not alone in seeking what the mountain has to offer.
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Speaker 3: According to Tembo, the Chaga people make their homes on
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Speaker 3: the slopes of the mountain. They practice agriculture, and tend
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Speaker 3: the most beautiful crops and gardens. Thanks to the streams
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Speaker 3: flowing down from the mountaintop, they can grow everything from
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Speaker 3: bananas to coffee beans, and whatever they don't eat, they
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Speaker 3: can sell for profit. The great mountain is home to
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Speaker 3: wildlife too, like monkeys, ravens, and two-horned chameleons. These are
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Speaker 3: just a few of the species which thrive within the
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Speaker 3: miles of misty rainforest on the slopes. Most animals live
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Speaker 3: further down, around the broad base of the mountain, like
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Speaker 3: Tembo's own family. They're very happy here, he says, and
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Speaker 3: count all kinds of wonderful creatures as their neighbours. You
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Speaker 3: don't have to take his word for it. for it, though,
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Speaker 3: because the closer you ride towards the sprawling, snow-capped mountain,
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Speaker 3: the more you can see of the diverse wildlife. You
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Speaker 3: see two rhinos, an adult and a baby, the youngster
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Speaker 3: is playing in a patch of mud. It rolls happily
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Speaker 3: on its back, kicking its legs in the air. Whilst
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Speaker 3: a few feet away, its parent dines on a large
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Speaker 3: fruit bush. There's a group of zebras too, munching on
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Speaker 3: the grass. One of them is relaxing in the sunshine.
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Speaker 3: His black and white stripes are are even more striking
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Speaker 3: in the glow of the sunlight. To your joy, there's
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Speaker 3: a trio of giraffes, too. Plodding across the grassy plains,
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Speaker 3: they remind you of the pattern on Precious's homemade dress.
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Speaker 3: Only now, the giraffes aren't black silhouettes, but a stunning
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Speaker 3: mix of yellow and brown splotches. you watch them walk
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Speaker 3: to a massive emerald-coloured tree. They stretch out their long,
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Speaker 3: elegant necks and begin chewing on leaves from the treetop.
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Speaker 3: Tembo knows these giraffes and he calls to them now
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Speaker 3: as you pass them in the field. They pause eating
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Speaker 3: to return the greeting, welcoming you to their beautiful homeland.
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Speaker 3: The giraffes, it seems, are as friendly as the people.
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Speaker 3: No wonder Tembo loves this place. One of them tells
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Speaker 3: Tembo that they've seen his herd on its way to
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Speaker 3: the local watering hole. He thanks them kindly, then raises
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Speaker 3: his trunk. he makes a wonderful trumpeting sound, telling his
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Speaker 3: herd that he's on his way to join them. They
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Speaker 3: respond seconds later with similar sounds that rumble across the land.
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Speaker 3: Tembo is already walking in the direction of the sound,
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Speaker 3: excited for you to meet his family. Very soon, you
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Speaker 3: catch sight of the herd. A blur of silvery grey,
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Speaker 3: moving slowly across the land. You count ten elephants in total,
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Speaker 3: walking in single file. As you suspected, the adults are enormous.
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Speaker 3: The one at the front must be ten feet tall,
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Speaker 3: but the one at the back isn't much taller than Tembo.
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Speaker 3: This elephant, it turns out, is Tembo's mother. She turns
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Speaker 3: around as you reach the herd and rubs her trunk
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Speaker 3: fondly across his head. She's very pleased to see him
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Speaker 3: and to meet you too. She waits for Tembo to
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Speaker 3: get in line and then takes her place at the
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Speaker 3: back of the herd. Together, you ride on. It isn't
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Speaker 3: far to the watering hole, but you must admit that
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Speaker 3: you're feeling a little tired. Your body begins to relax
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Speaker 3: on Tembo's comfy back, and you find yourself leaning like
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Speaker 3: a palm tree on the beach. Tembo's mother must have
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Speaker 3: noticed this, because you feel her trunk resting gently against
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Speaker 3: your back, propping you up to keep you from falling.
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Speaker 3: She does this all the way to the watering hole,
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Speaker 3: before helping you down from her son's back. You thank
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Speaker 3: her for her help as she steps away to drink
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Speaker 3: some water. Then you speak to Tembo, telling him, What
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Speaker 3: a wonderful day you've had in Tanzania. He's been an
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Speaker 3: excellent tour guide and the friendliest elephant you've ever met.
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Speaker 3: He rubs his trunk affectionately across your hair and tells
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Speaker 3: you to come back any time you wish. You're part
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Speaker 3: of the herd now, a member of the family. Then
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Speaker 3: he guides you to a wild fig tree where you
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Speaker 3: rest in the shade leaning against the tree trunk. You
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Speaker 3: watch the elephants gather round the massive puddle. Some drink
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Speaker 3: the water while others wash or play. One seems content
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Speaker 3: to paddle through it sending waves rippling across the surface
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Speaker 3: of the pool You close your eyes, breathing in the
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Speaker 3: fresh air. You can smell the scent of grass, earth
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Speaker 3: and mud, all of which are comforting to you. You
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Speaker 3: listen to the sounds of the watering hole and smile
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Speaker 3: to yourself, thinking of all your new friends. Before you
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Speaker 3: know it, you're falling asleep. Your day is ending just
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