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CALM Bedtime Story for Sleep _ Sunset on the Pirate Ship _ Relaxing Story for Bedtime · 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. I'm your host, Thomas, and it's wonderful
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  Speaker 1: to have your company. Tonight we'll be travelling to the
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  Speaker 1: shores of a secluded island and exploring the wreck of
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  Speaker 1: an old pirate ship. This story was a special request
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  Speaker 1: from one of our listeners. We love hearing your creative
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  Speaker 1: ideas and working to bring them to life. So if
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  Speaker 1: you have a story idea in mind that you'd like
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  Speaker 1: to share with us then please do. The best way
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  Speaker 1: is to email me via the contact page of our
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  Speaker 1: website at getsleepy.com So Let's just take a few moments
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  Speaker 1: to get settled. Make sure you're nice and comfortable. Feel
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  Speaker 1: free to adjust your pillows or blankets if you need to.
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  Speaker 1: When you're ready, let your eyes drift closed. I'd like
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  Speaker 1: you to imagine a vast blue ocean. Sunlight glitters on
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  Speaker 1: the horizon, casting a golden glow on the farthest edges
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  Speaker 1: of the water. If you listen closely, you can hear
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  Speaker 1: the distant sound of seagulls calling and waves crashing on sand.
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  Speaker 1: Soon you see an island come into view. Palm trees
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  Speaker 1: and thick undergrowth cover much of the centre, which is
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  Speaker 1: surrounded on all sides by wide yellow beaches. There are
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  Speaker 1: a few quaint settlements here and there, but the details
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  Speaker 1: are hard to make out They blend in seamlessly with
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  Speaker 1: the natural landscape. Leading away from one small cluster of
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  Speaker 1: buildings is a narrow trail. And this is where our
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  Speaker 1: story begins. A warm breeze rustles the palm fronds overhead.
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  Speaker 1: You turn your gaze upwards, marvelling at the way the
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  Speaker 1: light catches the ribbed leaves, making them glisten gold and
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  Speaker 1: then dark green in turn. As the fronds move, the
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  Speaker 1: sunlight dances across your face, You shade your eyes. The
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  Speaker 1: shimmering light gives everything here an ethereal quality, as though
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  Speaker 1: you're somehow floating outside of time. It's just you and
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  Speaker 1: the elements, so alive and present in every moment. The
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  Speaker 1: sultry weather slows down the day. Seconds tick by as
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  Speaker 1: the insects hum, the palm fronds ripple, and the sunlight
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  Speaker 1: glints across your eyelids. This island is special, you think,
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  Speaker 1: unlike anywhere else you've ever been. You feel there are
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  Speaker 1: secrets here that have yet to be uncovered, perhaps by
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  Speaker 1: you or some other curious traveller. The thought is intriguing
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  Speaker 1: to you. It lends a sense of purpose to your
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  Speaker 1: otherwise mundane walk this balmy afternoon. The path ahead of
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  Speaker 1: you winds its way through the palms, Old yellow fronds
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  Speaker 1: that have fallen from the trees are piled on either
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  Speaker 1: side of the narrow trail. Occasionally, they find their way
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  Speaker 1: into the middle, where they crunch underfoot like thick, waxy cardboard.
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  Speaker 1: The warm air is heavy and aromatic, you detect hints
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  Speaker 1: of fragrant coconut and pineapple mixed with deeper, darker undertones
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  Speaker 1: of old wood and damp soil. A briny quality of
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  Speaker 1: salt and seaweed mingles with the other scents, reminding you
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  Speaker 1: that you're never far from the ocean. This is a
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  Speaker 1: place where the pull of the sea is always felt.
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  Speaker 1: You are drawn to it as if by an invisible line.
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  Speaker 1: Every time you've gone for a walk here on the island,
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  Speaker 1: you've eventually found yourself standing on the beach, looking out
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  Speaker 1: at the glimmering expanse of blue and green. At times
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  Speaker 1: you've been tempted to leave the sandy shore and walk
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  Speaker 1: straight into the water, then continue swimming, twirling and splashing
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  Speaker 1: through the turquoise waves, free and unencumbered. You understand why
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  Speaker 1: storybooks are filled with tales of the sea, and the
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  Speaker 1: people who've made their home on it. Whether romantic, daring,
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  Speaker 1: or made by necessity, the choice to leave the land
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  Speaker 1: for a life on the ocean is intriguing to you.
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  Speaker 1: to hear the creaking wooden boards of an old ship
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  Speaker 1: beneath your feet and the snapping of sails catching the wind.
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  Speaker 1: Continuing on, you come to a turn where one of
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  Speaker 1: the trees has grown at an angle across the trail.
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  Speaker 1: You reach out, feeling the jagged and scaly bark beneath
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  Speaker 1: your palm as you step over the crooked trunk. It
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  Speaker 1: reminds you that you are merely a guest here among
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  Speaker 1: these trees. They have seen countless others pass this way
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  Speaker 1: before and heard the crunching of many other footsteps and
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  Speaker 1: will continue to do so long after you are gone
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  Speaker 1: from this place. As you walk, you feel the gentle
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  Speaker 1: prickling of moisture on your skin. Days and nights are
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  Speaker 1: warm and humid, making you grateful for the occasional breeze
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  Speaker 1: that flows around you. As it tickles the back of
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  Speaker 1: your neck, you feel it beginning to cool you down.
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  Speaker 1: For a moment, your mind clears too, as if a
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  Speaker 1: dreamy haze has lifted, and you can see the sharper
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  Speaker 1: edges of the palm fronds, the vibrant greens of the
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  Speaker 1: tangled undergrowth, a fly buzzes past you. The sound is
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  Speaker 1: clear and true, as is the reverberating electric hum of
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  Speaker 1: the insects filling the trees with their song. Underneath it all,
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  Speaker 1: you can sense the rhythmic pulse of your own heartbeat.
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  Speaker 1: You close your eyes, and focus on all the life
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  Speaker 1: sheltered from the hot sun here beneath the protective canopy
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  Speaker 1: of palms your heartbeat the insect hum a small animal
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  Speaker 1: moving in the distance the call of a seagull And
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  Speaker 1: then the breeze dies down and the dreamlike trance returns.
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  Speaker 1: The muggy warmth wraps itself around the trees like a blanket,
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  Speaker 1: hushing thoughts and sounds. Once again, it's you and the elements,
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  Speaker 1: alive and yet subdued. as you continue down the trail.
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  Speaker 1: Your feet carry you over the gentle bumps and indentations
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  Speaker 1: along the path. Occasionally, you feel a palm frond crumple
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  Speaker 1: beneath your shoes, or a patch of loose dirt move
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  Speaker 1: slightly to one side as you pass. Your eyes scan
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  Speaker 1: lazily from your root to the foliage, to a sliver
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  Speaker 1: of blue sky, to a mound of damp leaves and
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  Speaker 1: other plant matter gathered at the base of a trunk.
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  Speaker 1: Time passes this way as you move through the chattering palms.
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  Speaker 1: But then The trail leads you to a dense cluster
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  Speaker 1: of trees. They are packed so tightly together that you
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  Speaker 1: can't see what lies beyond them. You pause here for
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  Speaker 1: a moment and wait for your other senses to take hold.
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  Speaker 1: Closing your eyes, you take a deep breath in. There's
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  Speaker 1: the familiar scent of pineapple and coconut, wet leaves, dirt
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  Speaker 1: and seaweed. But the smell of brine is stronger here.
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  Speaker 1: You find your nose responding to the salt. And you
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  Speaker 1: can hear a new sound permeating the buzz of the
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  Speaker 1: palm forest. Waves crashing on a sandy shore. You must
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  Speaker 1: be near the beach, you realize. Looking ahead, you see
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  Speaker 1: a V-shaped gap between two of the palms. It's large
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  Speaker 1: enough for you to fit. Bracing your hands against the
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  Speaker 1: rough trunks on either side, You climb through, pushing the
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  Speaker 1: overgrown plants that surround you out of the way. On
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  Speaker 1: the other side of the greenery, you are met with
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  Speaker 1: a stunning view of a blissfully windswept beach. Golden sand
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  Speaker 1: stretches out in either direction, as far as the eye
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  Speaker 1: can see. Directly before you, cerulean depths give way to
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  Speaker 1: white-capped waves that rumble onto the shifting sand, pulling and
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  Speaker 1: pushing in an eternal dance. You make your way down
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  Speaker 1: to the waterline. A recent wave left a bit of
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  Speaker 1: foam behind and a shadowy outline of its path. You
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  Speaker 1: trace the darker sand with your foot, moving just in
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  Speaker 1: time to avoid the next wave rolling towards you. When
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  Speaker 1: the water approaches, you bend down and let it run
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  Speaker 1: over your fingers. The water is warm, and bits of
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  Speaker 1: sand catch in your fingertips as the receding wave tugs
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  Speaker 1: at the grains. Standing up, you glance up the beach. There,
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  Speaker 1: in the distance, you see a large, dark shape resting
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  Speaker 1: on the shoreline. You hold your hand up over your
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  Speaker 1: eyes and try to get a better look but you're
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  Speaker 1: too far away to make out any details. Your curiosity
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  Speaker 1: carries you onwards. As you walk the waves lap up
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  Speaker 1: and over your footprints washing them away. To an observer
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  Speaker 1: It would seem as if you'd emerged from the sea itself,
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  Speaker 1: rather than walked down from the palm forest. You find
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  Speaker 1: yourself falling into a natural pace with the sound of
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  Speaker 1: the waves. The air here is invigorating compared to the
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  Speaker 1: heavy stillness within the trees. A sea breeze rumples your
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  Speaker 1: clothing and evaporates some of the moisture on your skin,
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  Speaker 1: cooling you pleasantly. Sometimes a gust of wind picks up
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  Speaker 1: some of the loose sand, creating miniature dunes along a
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  Speaker 1: small berm between the forest and the shore. Every gust
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  Speaker 1: brings a flurry of white caps to the blue water.
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  Speaker 1: Even from your vantage point, you can see the deeper
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  Speaker 1: water churning and rolling. Before long, you're close enough to
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  Speaker 1: the dark shape to note some of the details. It
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  Speaker 1: appears to be a large old-fashioned wooden sailing ship beached
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  Speaker 1: here for some time. The ship is resting at an
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  Speaker 1: odd angle, tipped to one side. You can see chunks
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  Speaker 1: of the hull are missing, along with some of the
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  Speaker 1: wood panelling along the sides. You wonder where the ship
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  Speaker 1: was going when it ended up here, who was on it,
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  Speaker 1: and how it came to be wrecked on these lonesome shores.
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  Speaker 1: As you walk towards the ship, you begin to truly
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  Speaker 1: appreciate how large it is. Standing beside You are small
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  Speaker 1: compared to the hull, some of which is crusted in salt, sand,
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  Speaker 1: and barnacles. Its dark wood cuts an imposing figure against
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  Speaker 1: the blue sky, and you crane your neck upwards to
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  Speaker 1: see the tops of the masts. A portion of the
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  Speaker 1: keel is visible, and you reach out a hand to
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  Speaker 1: touch it. The surface is rough and abrasive, as though
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  Speaker 1: years at sea have transformed this ship into something of
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  Speaker 1: the deep water, rather than a vessel made on land.
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  Speaker 1: Clumps and tangled strands of old dried seaweed hang from
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  Speaker 1: the wreck, and thick, frayed ropes dangle freely, occasionally swinging
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  Speaker 1: in the wind. The ropes look as though they've been
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  Speaker 1: waxed or tarred, but perhaps it's just the work of time,
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  Speaker 1: transforming the strands into something a curious beachcomber might pick
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  Speaker 1: up and take home with them. Carefully, you search the
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  Speaker 1: perimeter of the ship until you get to the place
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  Speaker 1: where there's damage to the hull. Peeking inside, you see
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  Speaker 1: it leave to a storage area that's filled with wooden crates,
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  Speaker 1: chests and sacks. You rest a hand on the splintered wood.
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  Speaker 1: In that moment, a feeling moves through you It's as
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  Speaker 1: though you're being called to explore this wreck. You can't
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  Speaker 1: explain it, but you feel drawn to it, like the
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  Speaker 1: ship has a magnetic pull. The ship has chosen you.
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  Speaker 1: With a glance over your shoulder at the empty beach,
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  Speaker 1: You climb into the belly of the wreck and begin
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  Speaker 1: to look around. Muted daylight filters through a scattering of
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  Speaker 1: holes and cracks in the old wood. The air inside
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  Speaker 1: the ship is still and dusty. Somehow it's drier here
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  Speaker 1: than outside. despite being exposed to the elements. You detect
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  Speaker 1: a faint aroma of vegetables, maybe straw, and a sweet
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  Speaker 1: burnt sugar fragrance that reminds you of grains and caramel.
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  Speaker 1: Most of the crates and chests are secured with heavy
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  Speaker 1: iron padlocks, but you peek inside a few of the sacks.
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  Speaker 1: The contents have disappeared for the most part, though you
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  Speaker 1: find an old, dried-up lemon that's as hard as a pebble,
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  Speaker 1: and a glass bottle with a well-fitting stopper. Picking your
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  Speaker 1: way through the dimly-lit maze of storage bins, You soon
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  Speaker 1: come to a flight of stairs leading to an upper deck. Somehow,
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  Speaker 1: you know you'll be safe. It's as though the ship
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  Speaker 1: wants you to be here. The wooden steps creak with
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  Speaker 1: every footfall. The sharp sound echoes through the silent space.
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  Speaker 1: You are tempted to be a little quieter, so as
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  Speaker 1: not to disturb anyone. But then you remember this ship
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  Speaker 1: was abandoned long ago. It's just you and the cargo,
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  Speaker 1: the sand and the sea. When you come to the
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  Speaker 1: next landing, you find the crew's quarters old musty hammocks
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  Speaker 1: hang from the ceiling or are strung up between support beams.
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  Speaker 1: Many are in tatters, left by their previous owners after
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  Speaker 1: the wreck. There isn't much to see here, so you
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  Speaker 1: make your way up to the next level, which is
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  Speaker 1: open to the sky. The bright sun feels both welcome
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  Speaker 1: and harsh after the dark interior of the ship. But
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  Speaker 1: your eyes soon adjust and you take your time meandering
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  Speaker 1: around the deck. You find the wheel first. Its wood
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  Speaker 1: is old and cracked. But you still enjoy the feeling
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  Speaker 1: of standing there, looking out towards the sea with one
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  Speaker 1: hand on it, as though you're the captain of this
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  Speaker 1: ship or the helmsman, you suppose. The thought makes you
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  Speaker 1: wonder who these people were. What were their stories? Where
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  Speaker 1: were they from? Where did they go? Perhaps you'll never
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  Speaker 1: know for sure. Surprisingly, the masts are still intact. They
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  Speaker 1: were made of sturdy tree trunks, incredibly straight, you think
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  Speaker 1: with admiration. A gentle fluttering at the bottom of one
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  Speaker 1: of the masts catches your eye. Curious, you move towards it.
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  Speaker 1: It could be a part of a hammock that's torn loose,
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  Speaker 1: or perhaps a piece of a sack. But as you
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  Speaker 1: get closer, you see it's a bit of black fabric
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  Speaker 1: rippling in the breeze. Gently, you pick up the coils
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  Speaker 1: of rope and the couple of heavy metal hooks that
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  Speaker 1: have fallen on top of the fabric. But you keep
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  Speaker 1: hold of the fabric itself, so it doesn't fly away
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  Speaker 1: on a gust of wind. When it's free, you use
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  Speaker 1: both hands to unfurl it, and what it reveals takes
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  Speaker 1: your breath away. There, gazing at you from the black background,
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  Speaker 1: is a white skull and crossbones. As the realization forms
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  Speaker 1: in your mind, a gust of wind pulls one side
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  Speaker 1: of the flag out of your hands. For a moment
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  Speaker 1: it's held out sideways just as it would be atop
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  Speaker 1: the mast snapping in the warm breeze. The skull seems
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  Speaker 1: to laugh as it moves and you imagine seeing the
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  Speaker 1: flag through a spyglass as the ship sails in your direction.
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  Speaker 1: But then you think of what it would be like
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  Speaker 1: to sail under a flag like this. The grinning emblem
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  Speaker 1: heralding your arrival on any new shore. As the wind
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  Speaker 1: dies down, the flag hangs loosely in your grasp. You
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  Speaker 1: fold it carefully and replace it under the hooks and ropes.
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  Speaker 1: There's somewhere you have to find now. The captain's quarters.
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  Speaker 1: It isn't long before you're pushing open the door and
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  Speaker 1: stepping inside the nicest living quarters on the ship. Light
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  Speaker 1: cascades in through the slanted windows behind the captain's large
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  Speaker 1: wooden desk. A fine layer of dust covers many of
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  Speaker 1: the surfaces here, and there are tiny, windblown piles of
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  Speaker 1: sand in the corners of the room. The wooden floorboards,
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  Speaker 1: though weathered, are elegant, as are the lighting fixtures and
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  Speaker 1: the various nautical instruments scattered about the room. On the
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  Speaker 1: desk is a stack of papers that you leaf through gently.
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  Speaker 1: All of the pages are yellow with age, and many
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  Speaker 1: have already started to crumble. you see lists of goods,
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  Speaker 1: ports of call, and what could be a crew or
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  Speaker 1: passenger manifest. Whether these papers came from the pirate captain,
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  Speaker 1: or the captain who had the ship before, you'll likely
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  Speaker 1: never know. Leaving the desk, You head to a window seat,
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  Speaker 1: looking out over the back of the ship and the
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  Speaker 1: deep blue expanse in the distance. If you were the captain,
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  Speaker 1: this is where you'd like to spend your time, you think.
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  Speaker 1: dreaming about new horizons and adventures long past or yet
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  Speaker 1: to come. As you lean against the seat, you feel
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  Speaker 1: something behind you. Reaching back, you retrieve a long wooden case.
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  Speaker 1: You gently unscrew the two sides of the case and
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  Speaker 1: remove the rolled up parchment you find inside. When you
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  Speaker 1: see what it is you've found, a sense of understanding
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  Speaker 1: washes over you. This is what the ship wanted you
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  Speaker 1: to find, you realize. In your hands is a beautifully
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  Speaker 1: drawn map. Studying it closely, you see that the map
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  Speaker 1: doesn't depict some unknown land as you suspected. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: it seems to be a map of this island. And there,
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  Speaker 1: just inside the tree line, not too far away, you
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  Speaker 1: see a dark X. X marks the spot. For what,
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  Speaker 1: you aren't sure. But you know you're meant to find out.
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  Speaker 1: Glancing around the room, you spot a long-handled shovel leaning
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  Speaker 1: against one wall. It's an odd place for a shovel,
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  Speaker 1: you think. Or perhaps it isn't. Maybe this map is
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  Speaker 1: the reason the ship travelled to this island so many
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  Speaker 1: years ago. The crew was preparing to go in search
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  Speaker 1: of what they'd find in the forest, when their vessel
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  Speaker 1: was wrecked. Somehow, the map was left behind, along with
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  Speaker 1: the shovel. With a last look out the window, you
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  Speaker 1: turn and stand up, taking hold of the shovel on
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  Speaker 1: your way Back on the open deck, you marvel at
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  Speaker 1: the beauty of this ship. In its heyday, it must
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  Speaker 1: have been spectacular, you muse, bustling with activity and sounds
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  Speaker 1: under the watchful eye of the black flag. You carry
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  Speaker 1: the map and the shovel, back down the stairs to
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  Speaker 1: the crew quarters and then down further to the darkest
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  Speaker 1: recesses of the ship. From the storage area, you pick
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  Speaker 1: your way over to the damaged section of the hull
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  Speaker 1: and then carefully climb out. While it's a relief to
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  Speaker 1: have the sand beneath your shoes once more. You feel
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  Speaker 1: a tingle travel up your spine as you remember the
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  Speaker 1: magical feeling of being aboard the pirate ship. Consulting the map,
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  Speaker 1: you see a little dotted line heading into the forest
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  Speaker 1: between two crossed palm trees. You scan the treeline for
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  Speaker 1: the distinctive feature. It doesn't take long to spot the trees,
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  Speaker 1: whose trunks form an almost perfect X. The sand around
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  Speaker 1: the ship is soft and loose. your feet gently slip
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  Speaker 1: down the sides of tiny mounds and make deep footprints.
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  Speaker 1: But it doesn't take you long to reach the berm
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  Speaker 1: that divides the beach from the forest. Stepping up onto it,
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  Speaker 1: you find yourself on firmer ground, littered with pebbles, sticks,
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  Speaker 1: and palm fronds. You follow the line of trees to
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  Speaker 1: the pair of crossed trunks. You bend down slightly and
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  Speaker 1: pass underneath where they cross, as though stepping through a
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  Speaker 1: magical doorway. A tiny marking on the right-hand tree catches
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  Speaker 1: your attention Carved into the trunk is a miniature circle
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  Speaker 1: with an X below it. Almost like a simplified skull
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  Speaker 1: and crossbones. You must be on the right path. Now
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  Speaker 1: that you've returned to the forest, you notice it's quite
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  Speaker 1: a bit darker than it was earlier in the day.
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  Speaker 1: Sunset is approaching and the light is already fading in
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  Speaker 1: preparation for the evening ahead. A soft breeze is blowing
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  Speaker 1: in from the beach, enough to keep this part of
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  Speaker 1: the palm forest cool. Looking ahead, you see what could
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  Speaker 1: be a simple footpath winding through the trees. It loosely
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  Speaker 1: matches the dotted line on the map, so you decide
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  Speaker 1: to follow it. Crackling fronds split in two beneath your feet,
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  Speaker 1: and insects hum their evening song. Further on, you come
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  Speaker 1: to a secluded grove. On the map This cluster of
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  Speaker 1: trees seems to surround the place marked with an X.
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  Speaker 1: You begin by walking up to the nearest tree and
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  Speaker 1: inspecting the rough bark of the trunk. Just as you suspected,
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  Speaker 1: the same mark appears. You continue on to the next tree,
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  Speaker 1: which bears the mark as well. On and on you walk,
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  Speaker 1: checking every trunk. Each time your fingers graze the bark
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  Speaker 1: of a tree, you feel more connected to this enchanting place,
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  Speaker 1: more enveloped by its dreamy essence. Perhaps it's that same
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  Speaker 1: magnetic pull, or your knowledge of the map, that draws
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  Speaker 1: you into the center of the grove. As soon as
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  Speaker 1: you enter the circle of trees, you know you've found
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  Speaker 1: a special place. On the ground in front of you
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  Speaker 1: is a large X. Made of carefully arranged pebbles of
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  Speaker 1: many different colors. The stones glitter in the faded sunlight
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  Speaker 1: that filters down through the palm fronds. X marks the spot.
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  Speaker 1: You whisper to yourself. Feeling the weight of the shovel
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  Speaker 1: in your hand. You take a moment to appreciate the
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  Speaker 1: beauty of the forest and this artful sign that someone
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  Speaker 1: laid out so long ago. You don't know who left
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  Speaker 1: the marks or who drew the map, but you silently
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  Speaker 1: thank them for leading you on such an enticing adventure.
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  Speaker 1: The hum of the insects grows louder as you focus
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  Speaker 1: on the pebbles. Lifting up the shovel, you place the
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  Speaker 1: point down on the dirt and begin to dig. Seconds
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  Speaker 1: tick by to the thudding of the tool against the soil.
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  Speaker 1: The warm air gathers around you, and you feel the
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  Speaker 1: moisture building on your arms and neck. A light breeze
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  Speaker 1: ripples through the trees, hinting at the cooler air to
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  Speaker 1: be found on the beach. You'll return there soon enough,
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  Speaker 1: once you've finished what you came here to do. When
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  Speaker 1: the shovel makes a metallic sound, you know it's come
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  Speaker 1: into contact with something other than the soil. It jumps
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  Speaker 1: a little in your hand, so you lay it to
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  Speaker 1: the side and kneel down by the hole. Using your hands,
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  Speaker 1: you clear off any loose soil from the object the
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  Speaker 1: shovel struck, a large wooden chest with iron bindings. You
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  Speaker 1: take a deep breath, before opening it. Coconut and pineapple,
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  Speaker 1: damp leaves and seaweed fill your senses and ground you
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  Speaker 1: to this place and time. Exhaling, you creak open the
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  Speaker 1: top of the chest. Gemstones, and gold and silver coins
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  Speaker 1: glimmer and glint as dusty shafts of light engulf them.
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  Speaker 1: Old papers, yellowed in some cases, or held together with
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  Speaker 1: leather straps, are piled in one corner. Garnet rings and
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  Speaker 1: emerald studded necklaces are jumbled together with ladies' hatpins, notes,
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  Speaker 1: and doubloons. And there, resting lightly on top, is a
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  Speaker 1: delicate glass bottle with a message inside. You can't read
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  Speaker 1: the message as it's rolled the other direction. Picking up
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  Speaker 1: the bottle, You hear something jingle as it hits the glass.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps a piece of jewelry or a coin, you think.
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  Speaker 1: As far as you know, you are the only one
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  Speaker 1: to have any knowledge of this treasure. This is a
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  Speaker 1: secret between you and the island. Only the insect and
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  Speaker 1: the stoic palms have witnessed you here today. You set
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  Speaker 1: the bottle with the message carefully to one side of
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  Speaker 1: the hole and close the top of the treasure chest.
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  Speaker 1: It will be our secret, you whisper, to no one
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  Speaker 1: in particular. Then, you use the shovel to replace the dirt,
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  Speaker 1: but instead of arranging the pebbles in a perfect X,
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  Speaker 1: you add a circle at the top, the same as
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  Speaker 1: the markings on the trees. Carrying the shovel, map, and
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  Speaker 1: glass bottle in your arms, You make your way out
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  Speaker 1: of the palm grove and under the crossed trunks. You
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  Speaker 1: follow your footsteps along the treeline and down the berm
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  Speaker 1: to the soft sand, all the way back to the
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  Speaker 1: pirate ship. You climb in the hull and up the
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  Speaker 1: flights of steps, into the captain's quarters, where you leave
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  Speaker 1: the map and shovel. Then you head out onto the
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  Speaker 1: open deck, just in time for sunset. The sky glows
• 44:30
  Speaker 1: red along the horizon, with a feathering of deep orange
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  Speaker 1: merging with the blue above. you absentmindedly turn the bottle
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  Speaker 1: in your fingertips, listening to the jangling of the small
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  Speaker 1: object inside. Someday, you'll open the bottle and read the
• 45:01
  Speaker 1: message when you're ready for your next adventure. And someday,
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  Speaker 1: you'll return to the forest, to the buried treasure, when
• 45:15
  Speaker 1: the time is right. But for now, you'll enjoy the sunset,
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  Speaker 1: here aboard the old pirate ship, listening to the creaking
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  Speaker 1: of the wooden boards beneath your feet, imagining the snapping,
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  Speaker 1: black sails in the wind and feeling the freedom of
• 45:46
  Speaker 1: a life at sea with endless horizons.
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