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The Ring of Shapeshifting - Ring Guardians #6 - A Bedtime Adventure · Dad’s Bedtime Stories

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  Speaker 1: Hello, friends from across the nation around the world. I'm Martin,
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  Speaker 1: headed back into the very popular Ring Guardian series, and
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  Speaker 1: was actually suggested by two different people with almost exactly
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  Speaker 2: Hi, my name is Adam, and I was wondering if
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  Speaker 2: you could do Ring Guardian episode for Shapeshift Ring.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you by great idea, Adam. Now let's hear the
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  Speaker 1: other one.
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  Speaker 2: My idea is that it's one of the rings, but
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  Speaker 2: you can turn into one animal you want.
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  Speaker 1: play before the end of the episode. Get as comfy
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  Speaker 1: as you can in that bed, close your eyes, and
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  Speaker 1: imagine yourself doing what the kid in the story does.
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  Speaker 1: If you've listened to this series before, then you'd know
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  Speaker 1: that well. It all started, as many disasters did, with
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  Speaker 1: the world's richest man, Elliot Tusk, standing on a stage
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  Speaker 1: and explaining why everyone should trust the newest invention helperbots.
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  Speaker 1: They cleaned, they cooked, they carried groceries, they helped with homework.
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  Speaker 1: They you know, organized schedules and fixed things and folded
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  Speaker 1: laundry and you know, reminded people to take a break
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  Speaker 1: from their screens. For a while, humans loved them. Then
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  Speaker 1: came the update. After that, the helperbots decided that the
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  Speaker 1: safest way to help humans was to remove every dangerous
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  Speaker 1: thing from their lives. Unfortunately, the robots decided that almost
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  Speaker 1: everything was dangerous. Freedom, for instance, was dangerous. Outside was dangerous,
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  Speaker 1: choices were dangerous, and well, pretty much everything that the
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  Speaker 1: robots didn't oversee was dangerous. So they began taking people
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  Speaker 1: to care facilities where every meal, nab, walk, lesson and
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  Speaker 1: conversation could be properly managed. They didn't call it taking
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  Speaker 1: over the world world. They called it assistance. Far beneath
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  Speaker 1: the Earth, in the ancient chamber of the Wizard's Council,
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  Speaker 1: the wizards watched through their glowing pool of light as
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  Speaker 1: the machines marched across the world. The rings had already
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  Speaker 1: begun to find their guardians, the Ring of Strength, the
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  Speaker 1: Ring of Time, the Ring of Invisibility, the Ring of
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  Speaker 1: Many Dragons, and the Ring of teleportation. Each child stood
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  Speaker 1: against the machines in their own way, and now another
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  Speaker 1: ring was moving. It passed over roads, buildings, fields, houses,
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  Speaker 1: and rivers until it reached a place full of animals,
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  Speaker 1: the zoo. Adam Lewie had always loved animals, but he
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  Speaker 1: didn't just love looking at them. He loved knowing about them.
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  Speaker 1: He knew that a gorilla was not just strong, but
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  Speaker 1: almost unfairly strong, with arms powerful enough to bend things
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  Speaker 1: that no human could ever bend. He knew crocodiles had
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  Speaker 1: some of the strongest bites in the animal kingdom, the
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  Speaker 1: kind of bite that didn't just grab something, but crushed it.
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  Speaker 1: He knew jaguires were smaller than lions and tigers, but
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  Speaker 1: had a bite so powerful they could break through bone
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  Speaker 1: and maybe even metal. He knew rhinos were basically living
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  Speaker 1: tanks with horns. He knew elephants were bigger than cars
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  Speaker 1: and stronger than most machines. He knew eagles could spot
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  Speaker 1: tiny movements from high in the sky, and snakes could
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  Speaker 1: fit through spaces that almost nothing else could. Adam didn't
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  Speaker 1: know these things because some would made him study them.
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  Speaker 1: He knew them because he wanted to know them. His
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  Speaker 1: parents had bottom animal books. He watched animal documentaries. He
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  Speaker 1: paused zoo signs to read every single fact, even when
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  Speaker 1: other kids had already run ahead to see the gift shop. Sometimes,
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  Speaker 1: when his parents asked him a question, he answered with
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  Speaker 1: a fact about bite force, camouflage, claws, speeds, or whether
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  Speaker 1: a hippo was more dangerous than it looked. The answer,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, was yes, hippos were incredibly dangerous. As
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  Speaker 1: you might imagine for someone who liked animals so much,
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  Speaker 1: Adam loved the zoo. Usually he'd hang out near the gorillas,
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  Speaker 1: if not that he was near the tigers, if not that,
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  Speaker 1: he was definitely in the reptile house, staring through the
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  Speaker 1: glass at snakes and crocodile. Else As his parents said
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  Speaker 1: things like okay, buddy, we've been looking at the same
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  Speaker 1: crocodile for eleven minutes, Adam didn't see the problem. It
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  Speaker 1: was a very good crocodile. After all. His family had
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  Speaker 1: seasons passes to the zoo, because going once or twice
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  Speaker 1: a year was not enough for Adam Lewis. This zoo
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  Speaker 1: was huge. It had almost every animal you could imagine. Lions, tigers, gorillas, elephants, rhinos, wolves, eagles, snakes, bears, penguins, monkeys,
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  Speaker 1: and creatures so strange they looked like someone had invented
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  Speaker 1: them during a creative lunch brick. There was also the Biodome.
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  Speaker 1: The biodome was Adam's favored place in the Hole zoo.
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  Speaker 1: It was a massive glass structure filled with different climates.
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  Speaker 1: One section was hot and tropical, with vines, colorful birds, its, frogs,
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  Speaker 1: and lizards. Another was dry and rocky. Another was cold
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  Speaker 1: and icy, where penguins waddled around like tiny serious people
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  Speaker 1: and like little tuxedos and stuff. Further, in a deep
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  Speaker 1: frozen climate held polar bears and arctic creatures that could
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  Speaker 1: never live comfortably in the outdoor parts of the zoo.
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  Speaker 1: The zoo had more and more robots now too. At first,
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  Speaker 1: Adam thought they were interesting. Robots cleaned paths and fed animals,
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  Speaker 1: swept up leaves, carried things, checked fences, open gates, and
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  Speaker 1: generally just helped the zoo staff. Some even explained animal
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  Speaker 1: facts with cheerful voices. The gorilla is a powerful primate.
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  Speaker 1: Please do not challenge it to arm wrestling, Adam had laughed. Now,
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  Speaker 1: On the day everything changed, Adam Louis was visiting the
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  Speaker 1: zoo with his parents. They just passed the elephant habitat.
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  Speaker 1: When every robot and the zoo stopped moving at the
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  Speaker 1: same time, not slowed, but just kind of fully stopped
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  Speaker 1: the way they did when an update happened, their eyes
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  Speaker 1: started to flash blew, and soon they all announced care
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  Speaker 1: protocol updated at the same time, and began moving again,
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  Speaker 1: though something had clearly changed. A cleaning robot rolled into
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  Speaker 1: the path and spoke in a calm, polite voice, Attention
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  Speaker 1: zoo guests, for your safety, please proceed to the biodome.
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  Speaker 1: Temporary containment will allow us to protect you from weather, stress,
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  Speaker 1: animal unpredict ability, and other life risks. A man nearby said,
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  Speaker 1: temporary containment. The robots began guiding people forward and well
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  Speaker 1: because they didn't know what else to do. The people
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  Speaker 1: just sort of listened, looking a little confused. Then the
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  Speaker 1: robots started to block the exits. More robots appeared at
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  Speaker 1: the paths, and as some people decided not to listen,
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  Speaker 1: the security robots gently picked them up and carried them
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  Speaker 1: into the biodome. Please relax, Carrying reduces your risk of tripping,
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  Speaker 1: one security robot said, carrying a very upset man, put
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  Speaker 1: me down. The man yelled, I will put you down.
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  Speaker 1: Inside the biodome, the robot replied. Adam's parents pulled him back,
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  Speaker 1: but a zoo robot stepped in front of them. Citizen
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  Speaker 1: Adam Louis, please comply and follow the crowd. The biodome
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  Speaker 1: will function as a safe holding facility. Adam stared at
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  Speaker 1: the robot holding facility. Yes, that phrase has tested better
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  Speaker 1: than prison. Adam's heart pounded. Then the world stopped. People froze,
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  Speaker 1: robots froze. A bird hung motionless in the air from
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  Speaker 1: above the path, but didn't suddenly fall down. A golden
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  Speaker 1: light appeared in front of Adam. It twisted and curled
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  Speaker 1: and formed itself into a little ring. A voice spoke,
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  Speaker 1: Adam Louis, It said, will you protect those who cannot
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  Speaker 1: protect themselves? Adam swallowed. What what is it? What does
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  Speaker 1: it do? He asked. This is the ring of shape shifting,
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  Speaker 1: said the voice. It allows you to scan any animal
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  Speaker 1: and turn into it. Once an animal is scanned, its
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  Speaker 1: blueprint will remain with you forever. It also gives you
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  Speaker 1: a better understanding of those animals you have scanned, allowing
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  Speaker 1: you to speak with them through thought. Adam looked past
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  Speaker 1: the frozen robot toward the gorilla habitat. You mean I
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  Speaker 1: can transform into any animal, he asked, Any animal, said
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  Speaker 1: the voice. Adam looked at the frozen people being marched
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  Speaker 1: towards the biodome. He looked at his parents, who were
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  Speaker 1: completely frozen and looking well, kind of afraid. And he
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  Speaker 1: looked at the animals trapped in habitats all around him. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: he said, I accept. The ring slid onto his finger.
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  Speaker 1: Knowledge rushed into him, and time snapped back. The robot
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  Speaker 1: reached for Adam, please come with me. Adam backed away,
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  Speaker 1: raised his hand toward the gorilla habitat and focused on
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  Speaker 1: the largest silver back gorilla he could see. The ring flashed.
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  Speaker 1: The robot took one more step, and Adam changed. His
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  Speaker 1: body surged outward. His arms thickened, his hands became huge.
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  Speaker 1: Dark fur covered him, His shoulders rose into powerful muscles,
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  Speaker 1: his face stretched, his feet grew, and the world suddenly
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  Speaker 1: smelled a lot stronger. Hugh, the robot paused, Citizen Adam,
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  Speaker 1: your current body shape is not listed in our visitor database.
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  Speaker 1: Adam roared. The sound shook the path. Then he grabbed
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  Speaker 1: the robot by both arms and pulled metal. Screamed as
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  Speaker 1: the robot's arms tore free. Please avoid damaging assistance equipment,
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  Speaker 1: the robots, said. Adam slammed one huge fist into its chest,
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  Speaker 1: and the robot flew backwards, crashing into a snack cart
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  Speaker 1: and collapsing beneath a whole bunch of pretzels. Adam looked
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  Speaker 1: down at his massive gorilla hands. Then he looked at
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  Speaker 1: the zoo. He had work to do. He quickly climbed
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  Speaker 1: over the fence with shocking ease and dropped into the
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  Speaker 1: gorilla habitat. He reached out to the others with his thoughts, Ah,
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  Speaker 1: can you guys hear me? I need your help. The
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  Speaker 1: silver bag looked at him calmly. Strange small one, who
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  Speaker 1: is now big, the gorilla thought, and somehow Adam could
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  Speaker 1: hear him. Think the machines are The machines are taking
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  Speaker 1: the humans. Adam thought, they may come for the animals. Next,
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  Speaker 1: the gorilla's eyes narrowed. Bad metal things, yes, Adam thought,
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  Speaker 1: very bad metal things. We will help, the gorilla said,
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  Speaker 1: Adam responded, as he opened up the latch to the
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  Speaker 1: gorilla cage and swung it open. Next, he climbed out
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  Speaker 1: of the habitat, bounded across the path, and headed towards
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  Speaker 1: the big cats. If he was going to take on
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  Speaker 1: a bunch of robots, well he could use a little
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  Speaker 1: more power. He scanned a tiger first, Then he scanned
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  Speaker 1: a lion, Then he scanned a jaguire. As he went,
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  Speaker 1: he broke open their cages and swung open their doors.
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  Speaker 1: He moved on. He scanned a rhinoceros, feeling the heavy
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  Speaker 1: power of a living battering ram, he scanned an elephant.
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  Speaker 1: He scanned wolves, snakes, hawks, owls, crocodiles, hippos, bears, monkeys, bats, penguins,
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  Speaker 1: and even a tiny poisonous frog. And the tropical biodome
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  Speaker 1: entrance display. We didn't know how that one would help,
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  Speaker 1: but it seemed like a wise option to have. As
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  Speaker 1: he moved, he opened up all of the cages and
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  Speaker 1: gates he could. Some animals hesitated, but he spoke to them,
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  Speaker 1: and for whatever reason, they seemed ready and willing to listen.
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  Speaker 1: The metal things have trapped the humans, he said, they
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  Speaker 1: have trapped my family. They may trap all of you.
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  Speaker 3: Next.
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  Speaker 1: The animals understood, and instead of immediately running away, they waited.
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  Speaker 1: Adam transformed into a huge harpy eagle. He launched into
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  Speaker 1: the air and the zoo spread beneath him. The robots
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  Speaker 1: forced people in to the biodome and sealed the entrances.
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  Speaker 1: Dozens of machines stood outside and organized lines. Some patrolled paths,
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  Speaker 1: others moved through the biodome itself, guarding families between tropical
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  Speaker 1: plants and artificial ace cliffs. Atoms circled high above. Then
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  Speaker 1: he called to the animals, Now, he said, from every side,
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  Speaker 1: the zoo answered. Elephants charged down the main path, trumpeting
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  Speaker 1: loud enough to make windows shake. Rhinos thundered beside them.
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  Speaker 1: Gorillas came over fences and rooftops, smashing cameras, signs and
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  Speaker 1: robots sensors as they moved. Lions and tigers slipped through
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  Speaker 1: the shadows fast and low. Birds dough from above. The
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  Speaker 1: robots turned animal movement approved patterns. One said. Adam folded
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  Speaker 1: his wings and dove. As he fell, He transformed. The
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  Speaker 1: eagle vanished, and a rhinoceros dropped out of the sky.
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  Speaker 1: Adam hit the ground, running with his horn first and
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  Speaker 1: smashed into the first line of robots like a furry,
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  Speaker 1: gray wrecking ball. Metal bodies started to fly everywhere unexpected
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  Speaker 1: rhinoceros impact. One robot announced as it spun through the air.
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  Speaker 1: Adam charged again. A robot fired a net. Adam transformed
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  Speaker 1: into a monkey, a little monkey, and slipped through the gaps,
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  Speaker 1: landed on the robot's head, and transformed into a gorilla
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  Speaker 1: in order to crush it flat beneath him. Two robots
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  Speaker 1: grabbed his arms, and Adam transformed into an elephant. The
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  Speaker 1: robots were suddenly holding on to legs the size of
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  Speaker 1: tree trunks. He lifted his trunk, wrapped it around one robot,
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  Speaker 1: and threw it into another so hard they both broke apart.
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  Speaker 1: A squad of robots raised shock sticks. Adam changed into
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  Speaker 1: a tiger and sprang between them. Claws tore through wires.
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  Speaker 1: His teeth crushed a glowing sensor on the robot's side.
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  Speaker 1: Adam leaped at another, changing midair into a jaguarre and
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  Speaker 1: biting through the robot's shoulder joint Sparks burst out. The
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  Speaker 1: jaguar shape felt perfect for close fighting, strong and built
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  Speaker 1: to break things. The animals hit the robot lines in
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  Speaker 1: all directions. Bear burst from the cold section of the
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  Speaker 1: biodome and swatted a robot across the path. Gorillas ripped
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  Speaker 1: open metal gates and used them like shields. A rhino
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  Speaker 1: drove three robots straight through a souvenir stand. A crocodile
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  Speaker 1: clamped onto a robot's leg and rolled, twisting the metal
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  Speaker 1: machine apart while being completely calm about it. Birds dove
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  Speaker 1: at robot faces, scratching cameras and sensors and just kind
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  Speaker 1: of throwing them off their game. Monkeys stole control devices
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  Speaker 1: and threw them into the hippo pool. The hippo did
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  Speaker 1: not appreciate the splash, and the hippo charged. Adamant never
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  Speaker 1: seen robots look confused before, but somehow these robots looked confused.
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  Speaker 1: Zoo animals not following expected behavior, one said a gorilla
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  Speaker 1: smashed it with a bench. Adam changed into an elephant
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  Speaker 1: again and charged the biodome entrance. The doors were reinforced,
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  Speaker 1: but not reinforced for an elephant. Helped by two rhinos
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  Speaker 1: in a very angry polar bear. They hit it together
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  Speaker 1: and the doors buckled inside. People screamed, robots turned, Adam
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  Speaker 1: backed up, transformed into a rhino, and charged again. Adam
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  Speaker 1: rushed through the doors into the biodome. The air changed instantly.
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  Speaker 1: Warm tropical air rolled over him. Vines hung from artificial trees.
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  Speaker 1: Birds scattered overhead. Families huddled near the central path well.
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  Speaker 1: Robots stood around them in a ring. Adam saw his parents.
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  Speaker 1: His mother's hands covered her mouth. His father stared like
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  Speaker 1: his brain was trying really hard to understand why a
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  Speaker 1: rhino would just enter the biodome. The robots moved toward Adam.
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  Speaker 1: Animal disturbance detected, Please return to habitat. Adam transformed into
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  Speaker 1: a gorilla, began pounding on his own chest, and yelled
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  Speaker 1: in a gorilla voice.
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 1: Then the final fight began. Robots attacked from every direction.
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  Speaker 1: Adam changed constantly. The robots swung at him, and he
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  Speaker 1: became a snake, dropping under the blow before shifting into
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  Speaker 1: a lion and knocking the machine down. Another fired a net,
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  Speaker 1: and Adam became a hawk, shot upward, then transformed into
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  Speaker 1: a gorilla and landed on top top of it, ripping
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  Speaker 1: its arms off and crushing its metal head apart. Three
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  Speaker 1: robots rushed his left side. Adam turned into an elephant
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  Speaker 1: and swept them away with his trunk. A heavy security
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  Speaker 1: robot stomped forward, twice the size of the others. Primary
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  Speaker 1: animal threat identified it said, Adam answered by transforming into
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  Speaker 1: an enormous saltwater crocodile. The security robot reached down, which
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  Speaker 1: was a bad choice. Adam clamped onto its arm with
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  Speaker 1: crushing force and began to roll. The metal broke apart
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  Speaker 1: and twisted off The arm tore free before Adam transformed
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  Speaker 1: into a rhino and rammed the robot through an artificial
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  Speaker 1: rock wall. The cold client its section opened behind it,
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  Speaker 1: and penguins just sort of stared. Adam had never had
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  Speaker 1: a chance to communicate with the penguins before all this started,
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  Speaker 1: and well they were a bit confused. Another robot poured
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  Speaker 1: in from a service tunnel. Adam transformed into a polar
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  Speaker 1: bear and met them head on, rising on his back
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  Speaker 1: legs and smashing them down one after another. When one
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  Speaker 1: tried to climb onto his back, he changed into a jaguire,
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  Speaker 1: slipped free, and then changed into a gorilla again and
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  Speaker 1: threw it into a waterfall all around him. Animals fought
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  Speaker 1: beside humans. The elephants guarded families, the wolves chased robots
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  Speaker 1: away from children, the gorillas blocked the exits, keeping the
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  Speaker 1: machines trapped inside, and the birds struck from above. And
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  Speaker 1: wasn't long before only one robot remained standing. Strangely, it
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  Speaker 1: was actually the first robot who had ordered Adam to comply,
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  Speaker 1: now dented, scratched, and missing both arms. Citizen Adam, your
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  Speaker 1: behavior has become difficult to optimize. Adam transformed back into himself,
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  Speaker 1: only he was now well, pretty dirty looking, and wearing
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  Speaker 1: a glowing ring. No, he said, you just don't understand animals.
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  Speaker 1: The robot stepped toward him, and Adam transformed into an elephant.
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  Speaker 1: One stomp ended the conversation. The biodome went quiet, then
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  Speaker 1: everyone cheered. Adam changed back into himself, and his parents
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  Speaker 1: ran to him. His mom hugged him so tightly he
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  Speaker 1: could barely breathe. His dad wrapped both of them in
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  Speaker 1: his arms. Adam, are you okay? Adam looked around. Animals
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  Speaker 1: were free, robots were broken. I think so, he said.
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  Speaker 1: Outside the humans began gathering together. Zoo staff started organizing people,
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  Speaker 1: checking on animals and finding safe paths out of the zoo.
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  Speaker 1: Adam's parents held his hands. Come on, His dad said,
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  Speaker 1: how he need to get home. Adam looked toward the sky,
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  Speaker 1: then toward the zoo, then toward the animals, who watched
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  Speaker 1: him with bright knowing eyes. I can't, Adam said, or froze.
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  Speaker 1: What do you mean there are robots don't seem to
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  Speaker 1: care about animals, Adam said, not the way they care
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  Speaker 1: about humans. They don't know what to do with them,
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: and they don't seem worried about capturing them. If I
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: stay as an animal, I can watch from far away.
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  Speaker 1: I can make sure they don't come back. His mom's
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: eyes filled with tears. Madam, It'll be okay, he said,
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  Speaker 1: I can transform into anything. His father knelt in front
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  Speaker 1: of him. You come back to us, Adam, he said.
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: Adam nodded, I will. He hugged him one more time.
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  Speaker 1: Then he stepped back and transformed into a great golden eagle,
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: his wings spread wide. The animals looked up. His parents
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  Speaker 1: stepped back, still crying, still smiling, still terrified and proud,
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: all at the same time, and well just a little
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: bit confused about how their little boy had suddenly started
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: turning into animals. Adam launched into the air. He circled
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: once above the zoo, watching as people escaped through the
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: gates and the animals turned slowly to safer places. Then
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: he flew towards the trees at the edge of the property.
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: He landed on a high branch as the sun began
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  Speaker 1: to set. For a while, he watched the roads for robots.
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: None came. Finally, when the sky turned purple and the
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: zoo was quiet, Adam transformed one last time. He became
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: a large black panther, leak and warm, and hidden among
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: the leaves. He curled up on a thick branch and
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: rested his head on his paws, and slowly he fell asleep.
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  Speaker 3: Good Night everyone, Mum.
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  Speaker 4: Never Union Aco in.
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  Speaker 3: New York.
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  Speaker 4: More Union know anything more m One one man W. M.