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🌧️ RAINY FAIRYTALE ✨Duncan and the Fairy Boots - The COZIEST Sleepy Story · 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 Thomas, and it's my pleasure
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  Speaker 1: to be your host. Thanks so much for tuning in
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  Speaker 1: for this evening's story, which was written by Frankie and
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  Speaker 1: will be read by Chloe. It's fair to say that
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  Speaker 1: fairies have captured our imaginations for many generations, and tonight
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  Speaker 1: we'll revisit one of the best-known folktales about fairies and
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  Speaker 1: witness the kindness of these mischievous creatures. So, let's prepare
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  Speaker 1: to listen by making sure we're relaxed and restful As
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  Speaker 1: you ease into your bed, try to soften your mind
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  Speaker 1: and relax your body. Both have worked hard all day
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  Speaker 1: and they deserve this time to rest and recharge. Take
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  Speaker 1: a deep breath in. and let it out slowly. With
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  Speaker 1: each breath, you may find yourself drifting closer towards that
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  Speaker 1: magical place where sleep and dreams come naturally. As your
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  Speaker 1: breathing slows, try visualizing yourself lying on a field of
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  Speaker 1: soft grass with a golden sun high in the sky.
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  Speaker 1: The sun's warming rays caress your skin and relax each
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  Speaker 1: and every muscle in your body. This peaceful caress melts
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  Speaker 1: away any stress or worry, bringing you a luxurious sense
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  Speaker 1: of sleepiness. Feel as the sun travels over your body
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  Speaker 1: from the top of your head, across your face, your neck,
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  Speaker 1: your shoulders and chest. The nourishing rays continue to move
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  Speaker 1: over your abdomen, your hips, across your upper legs and
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  Speaker 1: your lower legs. any tension or achiness in the lower
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  Speaker 1: half of your body begins to melt away. And eventually,
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  Speaker 1: the light reaches your ankles and feet. Every part of
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  Speaker 1: you relaxes more and more, feeling warm and soothed by
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  Speaker 1: the nourishing rays of our life-sustaining sun. In this state
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  Speaker 1: of calm and stillness, we can turn to our story.
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  Speaker 1: In your mind's eye, imagine a wide-open green countryside The
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  Speaker 1: hills seem to roll on forever, and they are criss-crossed
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  Speaker 1: with fields, single-lane roads, and ancient hedgerows. In the distance,
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  Speaker 1: you can see a figure cresting a hill, and this
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  Speaker 1: is where our story begins.
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  Speaker 2: The pure blue sky met the green of the earth
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  Speaker 2: all around Duncan. Duncan loved walking. It was his purpose
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  Speaker 2: in life and his passion. He loved nothing more than
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  Speaker 2: taking in both nature and nature. and mankind as he
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  Speaker 2: strolled along. He preferred the rural parts of the world,
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  Speaker 2: but every once in a while, he would be grabbed
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  Speaker 2: by the urge to walk the moonlit city streets, feeling
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  Speaker 2: the cobbles under his feet. Today, however, Duncan was walking
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  Speaker 2: through the idyllic green of a vast countryside. Occasionally, he
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  Speaker 2: would see some sheep or a few fat ponies in
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  Speaker 2: a field. Otherwise, he was quite alone, which was just
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  Speaker 2: the way he liked it. As Duncan walked, he reflected
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  Speaker 2: on the past few days. While the landscape was more
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  Speaker 2: beautiful than he could have imagined, the people were less
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  Speaker 2: than friendly. They would shoo him off the road or
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  Speaker 2: send him from their door as soon as they saw him.
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  Speaker 2: Duncan looked down at himself He had to admit, after
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  Speaker 2: years of walking, he wasn't exactly clean, but he was
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  Speaker 2: a pleasant and polite man. All he ever asked from
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  Speaker 2: people was whatever they could spare. A ragged blanket, a
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  Speaker 2: bite to eat, or even some old boots. These days,
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  Speaker 2: He was lucky to get a crust of bread. Duncan's
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  Speaker 2: attention was drawn by the sound of rushing water. There
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  Speaker 2: must be a stream nearby. He peeked through hedgerows and
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  Speaker 2: followed the sound until he found a little river bubbling
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  Speaker 2: between two small hills. Duncan decided this must be a sign.
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  Speaker 2: He would wash himself in the river, get as scrubbed
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  Speaker 2: up as possible, and then knock on the door of
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  Speaker 2: that farmhouse over there and see if they had anything
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  Speaker 2: to spare. Duncan washed himself, and his travel-worn clothes in
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  Speaker 2: the cool, clear water of the river. The birds sang
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  Speaker 2: in the branches of the weeping willow tree on the bank.
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  Speaker 2: Small fish darted here and there in the shallow water,
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  Speaker 2: curious as to what kind of fish Duncan's toes could be. Finally,
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  Speaker 2: Duncan laid himself and his clothes in a sunny spot
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  Speaker 2: on the bank to dry. The warmth of the sun
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  Speaker 2: made quick work of the soggy clothes, and he was
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  Speaker 2: soon on his way. As Duncan approached the farmhouse, he
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  Speaker 2: brushed his hair away from his face and was sure
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  Speaker 2: to stand up straight. He knocked on the heavy oak door.
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  Speaker 2: From inside came the patter of little feet. The door
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  Speaker 2: was opened by a little girl. no more than six
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  Speaker 2: or seven years old. She looked Duncan up and down
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  Speaker 2: for a moment, before remembering her manners and asking how
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  Speaker 2: she could help him. Duncan asked if her mother or
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  Speaker 2: father was home. The little girl nodded. and darted away
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  Speaker 2: into the house without another word. Duncan stood at the
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  Speaker 2: door for several awkward moments, waiting for her to return. Finally,
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  Speaker 2: a man came to greet Duncan, with the little girl
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  Speaker 2: skipping along behind him. Duncan greeted the man politely. told
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  Speaker 2: him that he was a traveller, and asked if the
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  Speaker 2: man might have anything to spare. The girl's father shook
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  Speaker 2: his head gruffly. He told Duncan that they had nothing
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  Speaker 2: to give him, and suggested, not unkindly, that Duncan should
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  Speaker 2: consider getting a job. This was a line that Duncan
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  Speaker 2: had heard many times. He wanted to tell the man
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  Speaker 2: that he had, once upon a time, been a working man.
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  Speaker 2: He had laboured for eight hours a day or more,
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  Speaker 2: made some money, and strived to build the life that
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  Speaker 2: society expected from him. But Duncan had never been happy
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  Speaker 2: in that life. Underneath it all, he had always heard
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  Speaker 2: the call of the countryside. He wanted to tell this
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  Speaker 2: man that the whisper of the wind through the trees
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  Speaker 2: and the babbling of a brook was more precious than
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  Speaker 2: any money he ever received. He wanted to take the
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  Speaker 2: man by the hand and walk with him through the
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  Speaker 2: hills pointing out the way the green changed to gold
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  Speaker 2: in the sunset or the way the stars glittered on
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  Speaker 2: a cloudless night. But Duncan did none of these things.
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  Speaker 2: He merely thanked the man and turned away back to
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  Speaker 2: the road As Duncan walked, he noticed a sudden breeze
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  Speaker 2: somewhere down by his toes. He looked down and saw
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  Speaker 2: that not one, but both of his boots had come
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  Speaker 2: detached from their soles. They both flapped like open mouths
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  Speaker 2: as he walked, allowing in dust and dirt with every step.
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  Speaker 2: Duncan sighed heavily and walked on. After a while, however,
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  Speaker 2: his feet were simply too sore to continue at his
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  Speaker 2: usual pace. At midday, he decided to take a break.
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  Speaker 2: Along the side of the road, there was a twisted
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  Speaker 2: hawthorn tree. It looked like the perfect place for Duncan
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  Speaker 2: to take a nap. He clambered up the slope with
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  Speaker 2: his broken boots, walked around the tree, and sat himself
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  Speaker 2: down with his back against the trunk, looking out at
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  Speaker 2: the surrounding valley. The ground beneath the tree was soft,
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  Speaker 2: with velvety moss. The branches provided the perfect cover from
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  Speaker 2: the hot summer sun. Duncan took off his broken boots
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  Speaker 2: and let his sore feet rest in the breeze. It
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  Speaker 2: was not long before he started to drift off to sleep.
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  Speaker 2: He was in the magical place between dreaming and waking.
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  Speaker 2: Part of him could still feel the moss and the
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  Speaker 2: breeze and the sun, while another part of him was
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  Speaker 2: somewhere else entirely. Strange music drifted through his head. He
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  Speaker 2: was surrounded by hundreds of people, but There was something
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  Speaker 2: strange about them as well. They seemed to glow. They
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  Speaker 2: were all at a party. A huge celebration. A birthday party, perhaps?
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  Speaker 2: Duncan felt he was just about to turn around and
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  Speaker 2: meet someone very important when... Pain in his foot brought
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  Speaker 2: him back into the waking world completely. Duncan looked around.
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  Speaker 2: His gaze fell on his bare feet. All three of them. Wait,
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  Speaker 2: that couldn't be right. Duncan looked again. There were his
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  Speaker 2: own two feet and a little creature standing. the same
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  Speaker 2: size as his foot. The little person was dressed in
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  Speaker 2: fine green clothes, but upon closer inspection, they seemed to
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  Speaker 2: be woven from leaves. On its little feet were two
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  Speaker 2: bright yellow boots made from buttercups. The rest of the
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  Speaker 2: creature was like nothing Duncan had ever seen before. He
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  Speaker 2: gawped at the being for a long moment. Then, a
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  Speaker 2: little piping voice came from the fairy. It told Duncan
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  Speaker 2: that he must be off as soon as possible. Duncan
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  Speaker 2: blinked once or twice before responding. He told the fairy
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  Speaker 2: that he just needed to rest here for a little
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  Speaker 2: bit longer. His feet were sore, and he had been
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  Speaker 2: traveling for a long time. The fairy, however, was insistent.
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  Speaker 2: Tonight was the queen of the fairy's birthday party, and
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  Speaker 2: Duncan was sleeping in the exact spot where they had
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  Speaker 2: planned to have the party. For a thousand years, the
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  Speaker 2: Queen of the Fairies had had her party on this
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  Speaker 2: little hill, under this hawthorn tree. Duncan listened to the
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  Speaker 2: fairy in amazement, still hardly believing who and what he
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  Speaker 2: was talking to. When the fairy finished, Duncan bowed his
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  Speaker 2: head and apologized. He told the fairy that he would
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  Speaker 2: soon be on his way and went to grab his
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  Speaker 2: old broken boots. The fairy watched him for a moment
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  Speaker 2: before holding up a tiny hand. Duncan paused. With his
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  Speaker 2: boots in his hand, the fairy snapped its fingers and
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  Speaker 2: the boots jumped from Duncan's hands. They ran off with
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  Speaker 2: no feet in them, down the hill and out of
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  Speaker 2: sight before Duncan could react. The fairy sat down and
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  Speaker 2: took off its own shoes. which were bright yellow and
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  Speaker 2: finer than any Duncan had ever seen. They were so
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  Speaker 2: small they could only fit on Duncan's fingers. The fairy
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  Speaker 2: offered the boots to Duncan, who politely declined them. He
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  Speaker 2: told the fairy that they were far too fine for him,
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  Speaker 2: but inside He also doubted he could even get them
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  Speaker 2: over one toe. The fairy insisted, and Duncan felt he
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  Speaker 2: had no choice. choice but to accept. The fairy urged
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  Speaker 2: him to try the boots on. Duncan, amazed, pulled one
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  Speaker 2: boot over one toe, and then all the toes, and
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  Speaker 2: then his entire foot. The boot magically grew and morphed
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  Speaker 2: to fit his foot perfectly. The other did just the same.
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  Speaker 2: They were so comfortable, it felt like Duncan was wearing
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  Speaker 2: nothing at all. His feet were no longer sore and
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  Speaker 2: he could walk on forever. He jumped to his feet
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  Speaker 2: with joy, thanking the fairy profusely. But just as he
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  Speaker 2: was about to leave, the fairy stopped him. It told
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  Speaker 2: Duncan that the yellow boots would never wear out and
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  Speaker 2: never get dirty. they would be the only boots he
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  Speaker 2: needed for the rest of his walking days. However, if
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  Speaker 2: he told anyone where he got the boots, they would
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  Speaker 2: disappear forever. Duncan promised never to tell a soul. The
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  Speaker 2: fairy examined Duncan intently, with its beetle black eyes and
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  Speaker 2: then told him to delay his travels for one night.
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  Speaker 2: The queen of the fairies would like to have him
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  Speaker 2: as a guest of honor at her birthday celebrations. Duncan
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  Speaker 2: was surprised. He asked how the fairy knew that the
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  Speaker 2: queen wanted to invite him. the fairy broke into a
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  Speaker 2: wide smile and revealed that she herself was the queen
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  Speaker 2: of the fairies. Duncan was so surprised, he stumbled into
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  Speaker 2: a shaking bow. The queen laughed and waved away his formality. Then,
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  Speaker 2: a strange song seemed to rise up from the very earth.
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  Speaker 2: Fairies appeared from behind every rock and blade of grass
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  Speaker 2: and every leaf on the hawthorn tree. Duncan was swept
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  Speaker 2: away all day and late into the evening with dancing, singing, storytelling,
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  Speaker 2: eating and revelry. The night was a blur of joyful merriment.
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  Speaker 2: Duncan ate the best food he had ever tasted and
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  Speaker 2: listened to the sweetest music ever heard. He could not
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  Speaker 2: remember falling asleep and only flashes of memory were with
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  Speaker 2: him in the morning when he woke up under the
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  Speaker 2: hawthorn tree. But looking down to his feet, he saw
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  Speaker 2: the yellow boots, as real as the ground beneath him.
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  Speaker 2: Duncan stood up, stretching in the fresh morning air. He
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  Speaker 2: felt better than he had in months, maybe even years.
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  Speaker 2: He wiggled his toes in his yellow fairy boots, enjoying
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  Speaker 2: the comfort. Then he set off down the little grassy hill,
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  Speaker 2: back towards the road. When he reached it, he looked
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  Speaker 2: back at the hawthorn tree and the mossy spot where
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  Speaker 2: he spent the night. A thought briefly stole over him.
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  Speaker 2: How much of what he remembered was true? Did he
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  Speaker 2: really meet the fairy queen and celebrate her birthday with her?
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  Speaker 2: If not, where did the shoes come from? Duncan decided
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  Speaker 2: that such questions were better left unanswered and made his
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  Speaker 2: way down the road. For many days and nights, Duncan
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  Speaker 2: travelled in a state of joy he had not known
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  Speaker 2: since he first set out on his walking trip. He
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  Speaker 2: found he could walk for miles without needing a rest.
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  Speaker 2: True to the Fairy Queen's words, the shoes never got dirty,
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  Speaker 2: never broke, never shrank, and never made his feet hurt.
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  Speaker 2: One day, he accidentally stepped into a big puddle and
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  Speaker 2: his feet stayed dry. He quickly came to consider these
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  Speaker 2: shoes to be his most prized possession. He and his
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  Speaker 2: fairy boots walked across fields and through forests. With his
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  Speaker 2: newfound enthusiasm and comfort, Duncan was able to journey to
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  Speaker 2: places further away. He found himself crossing purple moors, blanketed
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  Speaker 2: with heather. He marveled at the way the wind shook
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  Speaker 2: the heather across the landscape, like waves on the sea.
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  Speaker 2: He hiked up mountains to sit under strange rock formations,
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  Speaker 2: each one carved by the elements. He camped on white
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  Speaker 2: sand beaches on remote islands, where it was so windy
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  Speaker 2: that no trees could grow. He even walked to the
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  Speaker 2: oldest forest he could find and went to the heart
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  Speaker 2: of the woods. where he camped under the boughs of
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  Speaker 2: the largest, oldest tree. In the moments of rest, when
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  Speaker 2: he sat down after a long day of walking, he
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  Speaker 2: amused himself by paying attention to all the wonderful details
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  Speaker 2: of the world around him. He tried to memorize the
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  Speaker 2: sound of a running river, and the way the wind
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  Speaker 2: blew through the highest branches. He attempted to mentally catalogue
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  Speaker 2: the sounds of all the animals and the smell of
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  Speaker 2: the earth. In all his walking, however, Duncan found himself
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  Speaker 2: skirting around villages and avoiding big cities. He was worried
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  Speaker 2: that he might somehow let it slip, that he got
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  Speaker 2: his magical, marvellous boots from the Fairy Queen and thus
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  Speaker 2: lose them forever. As a result, Duncan had to learn
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  Speaker 2: some new skills. He foraged for berries and wild mushrooms
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  Speaker 2: in the forests. He became adept at identifying plants for
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  Speaker 2: making his meals. This new knowledge drew him closer to
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  Speaker 2: nature and made him more aware of the changing of
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  Speaker 2: the seasons. It was nearly a year before Duncan found
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  Speaker 2: himself back in the land of the rolling green hills.
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  Speaker 2: He had seen so much in the past year and
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  Speaker 2: still had his yellow fairy boots. The sun was bright
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  Speaker 2: and midsummer was fast approaching. Under the heat of the day,
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  Speaker 2: Duncan decided to take a break and go for a
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  Speaker 2: swim in the river where he had bathed a year ago.
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  Speaker 2: The water was cool and refreshing after so much walking.
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  Speaker 2: But Duncan always stayed where he could keep one eye
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  Speaker 2: on his bundle of clothes and the yellow boots hidden
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  Speaker 2: beneath them. After his swim, Duncan returned to the bank
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  Speaker 2: of the river undressed. He was just lacing up his
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  Speaker 2: boots and when someone approached him. A tall man strode
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  Speaker 2: purposefully towards Duncan. He looked wealthy, with his fine shoes
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  Speaker 2: and clothes. Everything was in immaculate condition. Behind him, Duncan
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  Speaker 2: could see an elegant horse waiting patiently by the road.
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  Speaker 2: He assumed This man had never walked further than his
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  Speaker 2: front door to the stables in his life. Speaking in
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  Speaker 2: an authoritative voice, the man asked Duncan what he was doing.
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  Speaker 2: Duncan answered politely and meekly that he was having a
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  Speaker 2: swim in the river. But now that he had finished,
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  Speaker 2: he would be on his way. The rich man looked
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  Speaker 2: down his nose at Duncan and peered at the fairy boots.
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  Speaker 2: He demanded to know where he had got such fine boots.
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  Speaker 2: Duncan did not want to lie, but he also wanted
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  Speaker 2: to keep his promise. He mumbled an answer about them
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  Speaker 2: being a gift. The rich man did not believe him
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  Speaker 2: and accused him of stealing. This insult was not one
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  Speaker 2: that Duncan could bear. The man even threatened to take
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  Speaker 2: Duncan with him to the authorities. Before he could stop himself,
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  Speaker 2: Duncan told the man in a proud voice that the
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  Speaker 2: shoes were a gift from the fairy queen. In an instant,
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  Speaker 2: the boots were gone. Duncan felt the cool grass beneath
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  Speaker 2: his feet and nothing else. The man stared down at
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  Speaker 2: Duncan's feet, unable to believe his eyes. The two men
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  Speaker 2: looked at one another in silence for a while, unsure
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  Speaker 2: of what to say. Finally, the rich man spoke. He
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  Speaker 2: apologized to Duncan and told him that he had to
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  Speaker 2: accept what he had just seen. The fairy boots had disappeared,
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  Speaker 2: so Duncan's story must be true. The man regretted that
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  Speaker 2: he had falsely accused Duncan and made him lose his boots.
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  Speaker 2: Then the rich man did something even more unexpected. He
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  Speaker 2: offered Duncan a ride on his horse. Duncan accepted, not
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  Speaker 2: sure what else to do. The rich man led the horse,
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  Speaker 2: with Duncan on it, all the way back to his large,
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  Speaker 2: fine house. On the journey, he told Duncan about his
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  Speaker 2: farm and his family, while Duncan talked all about the
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  Speaker 2: beautiful things he had experienced on his walks. The way
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  Speaker 2: the sun painted the landscape in shades of gold at sunrise,
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  Speaker 2: and the fresh smell of the first snow. He recounted
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  Speaker 2: all the different wildflowers, their smells, and the months in
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  Speaker 2: which they bloomed. The rich man listened to every word,
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  Speaker 2: having never thought about the wonders of nature in such
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  Speaker 2: a way. When they got to the man's house, Duncan
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  Speaker 2: was invited to stay for the evening. The man gave
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  Speaker 2: him new clothes, and a fine pair of boots. They
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  Speaker 2: weren't as lovely as the yellow fairy boots, but they
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  Speaker 2: were sturdy, well-crafted, and comfortable. That night, Duncan dined with
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  Speaker 2: the rich man and his family. He told them the
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  Speaker 2: story of his fairy boots. The next morning, the family
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  Speaker 2: sent him on his way with food, a blanket, and
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  Speaker 2: a pack full of useful items. As Duncan walked away,
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  Speaker 2: he marveled at the generosity of the family. An idea
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  Speaker 2: came to him, which he turned over in his head.
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  Speaker 2: for the next few days. He arrived once more at
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  Speaker 2: the farm he had visited a year before. Again, he
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  Speaker 2: knocked at the door. The father answered, with his daughter
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  Speaker 2: peeking around his legs to look at Duncan. Instead of
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  Speaker 2: asking for anything they could spare, Duncan offered them a story.
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  Speaker 2: He said he would give them an evening's worth of
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  Speaker 2: entertainment in return for a meal. The father looked down
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  Speaker 2: at his wide-eyed daughter. She nodded, and he opened the
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  Speaker 2: door to allow Duncan inside. From then on, Duncan was
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  Speaker 2: welcomed in homes, inns, and anywhere people drew together in
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  Speaker 2: the evening. He told not just the story of the
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  Speaker 2: fairy boots, but also new stories that he collected during
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  Speaker 2: his journeys. Duncan never wanted for clothing, blankets, food or
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  Speaker 2: boots again. He was welcomed with joy and excitement. A
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  Speaker 2: few years later, Duncan was waving goodbye to a lovely
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  Speaker 2: little village that had housed him for the evening. A
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  Speaker 2: young man came jogging up to him, just as Duncan
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  Speaker 2: was turning back to the road. The young man, shyly
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  Speaker 2: at first, asked Duncan if he might accompany him on
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  Speaker 2: his walks. This young man said he also felt an
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  Speaker 2: urging in his heart to walk. He wanted to learn
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  Speaker 2: the stories of the people in this country, but also
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  Speaker 2: the secrets of the wilderness. He felt that all the
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  Speaker 2: passion and wonder of his life lay on the road.
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  Speaker 2: Duncan looked the young man up and down for a
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  Speaker 2: few moments. Finally, he nodded and told the man that
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  Speaker 2: they were not far from a special place. That night,
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  Speaker 2: they would camp on soft moss underneath a hawthorn tree.
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  Speaker 2: And then, maybe, the young man might get his first story.
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