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Magical Bedtime Story _ The Garden of Mythical Creatures _ Mythical Bedtime Story · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Get Sleepy, the podcast where we listen, we relax,
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  Speaker 1: and we get sleepy. My name is Tom and I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host. Thank you for tuning in. Tonight I'm delighted
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  Speaker 1: to say that Simon is back to read our story
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  Speaker 1: and I can't wait for you to hear this mystical
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  Speaker 1: tale We've all heard of certain creatures that are supposed
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  Speaker 1: to exist only in legends and tall tales. They're often
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  Speaker 1: presented as sinister characters with spiky tails or sharp teeth,
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  Speaker 1: so it's no wonder we often fear them. But what
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  Speaker 1: if these fabled creatures have been misunderstood all along? What
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  Speaker 1: if they aren't so bad after all? Tonight, we'll venture
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  Speaker 1: to a secret garden where all kinds of mythical creatures
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  Speaker 1: live together in harmony. It's time now to leave the
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  Speaker 1: day behind, to let go of any desire to problem
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  Speaker 1: solve or concern yourself with what's been and gone. Just
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  Speaker 1: Settle into your bed, making sure you're comfortable so that
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  Speaker 1: you can relax and enjoy our story. Take a deep
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  Speaker 1: breath in, filling up your lungs and gently breathe back out.
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  Speaker 1: On your next inhale, Just tell yourself that you're breathing
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  Speaker 1: in the essence of calm. And as you exhale, you're
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  Speaker 1: releasing any disruptive thoughts or feelings. Breathing calm. Let go
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  Speaker 1: of tension. that essence of calm can filter through every
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  Speaker 1: cell of your body and as you release tension and
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  Speaker 1: worry those negative energies leave your body and mind dissipating
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  Speaker 1: into the outer world continue to breathe in calm and
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  Speaker 1: release any last bits of tension for as long as
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  Speaker 1: you'd like. Eventually, all you'll be left with is pure serenity.
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  Speaker 1: I'll hand over to Simon for our story now. We
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  Speaker 1: begin in a forest A beautiful one, no doubt. But
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  Speaker 1: one that has something unusual about it. Something enchanted. Let's
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  Speaker 1: head there now and discover the unique creatures that call
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  Speaker 1: this garden home.
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  Speaker 2: Deep within a magical forest, whose lush undergrowth is dotted
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  Speaker 2: with bright green ferns and purple asters, mythical creatures live
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  Speaker 2: out their days. They have a home in a secret garden,
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  Speaker 2: among fragrant flowers and magnificent trees. The entrance to the
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  Speaker 2: garden is hidden behind a giant curtain of swaying ivy. Here,
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  Speaker 2: tall blades of grass cling to the moss-covered ground, growing
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  Speaker 2: taller and taller until they become a canopy of their own.
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  Speaker 2: This makes it nearly impossible to find the arched gateway
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  Speaker 2: leading to the secret garden. which is just how the
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  Speaker 2: creatures like it. But despite their efforts to remain hidden,
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  Speaker 2: adventurers and explorers have passed through the garden gate now
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  Speaker 2: and then. They are lured by its legend and manage
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  Speaker 2: to outwit the mythical creature in charge of guarding the entrance.
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  Speaker 2: The sphinx of the secret garden has the head of
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  Speaker 2: a cat the sprawling wings of a falcon, and the
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  Speaker 2: body and tail of a lion. Its eyes are bulbous,
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  Speaker 2: with golden-brown irises and almond-shaped pupils as black as night.
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  Speaker 2: Its sharp teeth and claws are meant to ward off trespassers,
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  Speaker 2: but this sphinx wouldn't hurt a fly. Its docile nature
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  Speaker 2: and kind eyes hide the fact that, that it could
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  Speaker 2: cast spells to make humans forget their names, if it
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  Speaker 2: wanted to. The Sphinx is one of the first mythical
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  Speaker 2: creatures to be recorded in the forest bestiary. This leather-bound book,
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  Speaker 2: with gold cursive writing on the cover, is kept in
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  Speaker 2: a glass bell jar, on a stone pedestal in the
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  Speaker 2: Rose Garden. It catalogues the different creatures that live here,
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  Speaker 2: when they arrived, what their abilities are, and what jobs
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  Speaker 2: they have now. The Sphinx's job is guardian of the gate.
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  Speaker 2: Behind the cascading wall of ivy, the arched gate is
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  Speaker 2: festooned with pink and white flowers, shaped like little hearts.
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  Speaker 2: The gate is made of wrought iron, welded into ornate shapes.
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  Speaker 2: It's covered in intricate patterns, depicting a fairy tale scene
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  Speaker 2: of rabbits, foxes and deer, frolicking among twisted vines and flowers.
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  Speaker 2: While guarding the gate, the Sphinx lies down in its
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  Speaker 2: favourite position. Flat on its belly, with its front legs
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  Speaker 2: stretched forward, and its hind legs bent at its sides.
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  Speaker 2: When it's feeling bored, which happens a lot, the sphinx
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  Speaker 2: licks its paws, stretches, or sleeps until it's roused by
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  Speaker 2: one of the garden gnomes. Now, the gnomes of the
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  Speaker 2: secret garden may be tiny in size, but here, a
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  Speaker 2: day in the life of a gnome is no small feat.
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  Speaker 2: These little gardeners, with their weathered skin, white beards and
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  Speaker 2: conical hats, are the keepers of the secret garden. They
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  Speaker 2: occupy a small hamlet on the other side of the gate,
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  Speaker 2: filled with oval flowerbeds and soaring evergreens. They live in
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  Speaker 2: hollows at the base of the trees, and they spend
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  Speaker 2: their off time knitting chunky sweaters and socks with yarn
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  Speaker 2: that they spin from bamboo grass. The gnomes work hard
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  Speaker 2: to ensure that their beloved garden thrives. This includes supervising
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  Speaker 2: mythical creatures that pretend to be hard at work, but
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  Speaker 2: are in fact not. The pixies are have a particular
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  Speaker 2: tendency to laze about instead of working. These elf-like creatures
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  Speaker 2: live in a nearby meadow, where larkspurs shine like blue
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  Speaker 2: stars under the sun. Pixies may look a bit like fairies,
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  Speaker 2: but they have pointy ears and four elongated wings like dragonflies.
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  Speaker 2: As the garden assesses, the pixies hover over the meadow
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  Speaker 2: with tiny clipboards in hand. They report to the gnomes
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  Speaker 2: on the quality of the nectar that the bees of
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  Speaker 2: the secret garden love to drink. But, oftentimes, pixies ignore
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  Speaker 2: their duties. Instead, they go foraging for blackberries that grow
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  Speaker 2: in the bushes near the cherry blossoms. The cherry blossom
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  Speaker 2: field is a pink wonderland, with thousands of petals falling
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  Speaker 2: from mature cherry trees. They blanket the forest floor in
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  Speaker 2: a sea of pink. This enchanting place is home to
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  Speaker 2: the kitsune. In her natural form, this wily creature looks
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  Speaker 2: like a fox, with long, thin legs, a pointed nose,
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  Speaker 2: and a white coat that glistens in the sunlight. but
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  Speaker 2: sometimes she shapeshifts into other forms. Occasionally, she pretends to
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  Speaker 2: be a gnome, which the real gnomes find quite annoying.
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  Speaker 2: The kitsune is one of the oldest creatures in the forest.
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  Speaker 2: Her kind can grow up to nine bushy tails over
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  Speaker 2: the course of their lives. At the moment, She has
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  Speaker 2: seven tails in all colors of the rainbow, which means
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  Speaker 2: she's lived for a very long time. But she prefers
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  Speaker 2: not to discuss her age. She carries her soul in
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  Speaker 2: a round gemstone that radiates a warm yellow light. This
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  Speaker 2: is her source of life and magic. She keeps hers
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  Speaker 2: buried in her bushiest tales, and is always careful not
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  Speaker 2: to misplace it. When she shapeshifts into other creatures, she
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  Speaker 2: wears it on a white leather collar studded with tiny
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  Speaker 2: gold stars. One of her favorite forms is a panda
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  Speaker 2: whose fur matches the collar nicely. When she's in her
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  Speaker 2: natural form, she enjoys whiling away the hours underneath the
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  Speaker 2: cherry blossoms, grooming herself as pink petals fall from the
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  Speaker 2: trees like snowflakes. Two centaurs also live in the garden.
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  Speaker 2: They love to stroll through the cherry blossoms in the
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  Speaker 2: early morning, when most of the flora is covered in dew.
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  Speaker 2: These half-humans, half-horses are brother and sister, but they couldn't
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  Speaker 2: be any more different from each other in appearance. Beau,
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  Speaker 2: the brother, is seven feet tall. He has the lustrous
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  Speaker 2: mane of a black stallion, olive skin and hazel eyes. Bev,
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  Speaker 2: the sister, is slightly shorter at six feet. She has
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  Speaker 2: a fair complexion with rosy cheeks and aquamarine eyes. Her
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  Speaker 2: mane is platinum blonde and she wears it in a long,
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  Speaker 2: thick braid that falls to her knees. Beau and Bev
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  Speaker 2: have an important job to do. They're tasked with quietly
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  Speaker 2: escorting unexpected visitors back to the arched gate so that
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  Speaker 2: the Sphinx can erase their memories of the secret garden.
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  Speaker 2: Then they watch as the visitors leave through the curtain
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  Speaker 2: of swaying ivy. Beau and Bev don't get to do
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  Speaker 2: their job frequently, given how rare unexpected visitors are. But
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  Speaker 2: they take it seriously nonetheless, in part because the centaurs
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  Speaker 2: are best friends with the gnomes. According to the gnomes,
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  Speaker 2: intruders pose a great challenge for the garden. especially humans,
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  Speaker 2: for humans cause all sorts of calamities. They pick golden
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  Speaker 2: flowers with no regard for the gentle ogres that prune them.
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  Speaker 2: They also trample beds of red poppies and pink tulips
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  Speaker 2: kept by the garden's minotaur. The minotaur is a tall,
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  Speaker 2: bull-headed man with a long brown tail who wields a
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  Speaker 2: silver axe. He works hard to grow and maintain his
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  Speaker 2: flowers over the years and sighs deeply when others walk
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  Speaker 2: on them. The gnomes can't believe that some of their
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  Speaker 2: mythical friends are related to humans. But those creatures understand.
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  Speaker 2: They know that most humans are just curious. and mean
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  Speaker 2: no harm. Some gnomes wonder if the docile sphinx guarding
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  Speaker 2: the gate should be reassigned to a different job. Perhaps
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  Speaker 2: the minotaur himself could prevent more outsiders from entering the garden,
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  Speaker 2: they wonder. To discuss the issue, the gnomes formed a
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  Speaker 2: council of elders that sometimes meets in a round clearing
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  Speaker 2: in the middle of a field of daisies. On this
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  Speaker 2: particular day, they are going over the question of the
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  Speaker 2: Sphinx and its job once again. One of the gnomes,
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  Speaker 2: who wears her pointy hat so far down her head
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  Speaker 2: it covers her eyes, says that the Sphinx is no
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  Speaker 2: longer suited to the role of gate guardian. Her white dress,
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  Speaker 2: yellow belt, and green hat match the colours of the
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  Speaker 2: daisy field perfectly. This makes some of the gnomes wonder
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  Speaker 2: whether her choice of clothing is more than just a
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  Speaker 2: happy coincidence. The gnome in the white dress says that
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  Speaker 2: humans have started to figure out how to deal with
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  Speaker 2: the sphinxes. They know the creatures can't resist the urge
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  Speaker 2: to tell riddles So they strike a deal, passage into
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  Speaker 2: the garden in exchange for solving one. However, the gnome
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  Speaker 2: who presides over the council has a different opinion. He
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  Speaker 2: says that perhaps the solution isn't to relieve the Sphinx
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  Speaker 2: of duty, but to equip it with harder riddles to solve.
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  Speaker 2: Real head-scratchers. that even the smartest humans won't be able
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  Speaker 2: to figure out. But when the gnome in the white
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  Speaker 2: dress asks for an example, the head gnome furrows his brow.
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  Speaker 2: He doesn't know how to come up with tricky rhymes
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  Speaker 2: that will stump the smartest humans and keep them from
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  Speaker 2: entering the garden. I'll give it a shot, says a
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  Speaker 2: gnome in a blue tunic and black hat. who strokes
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  Speaker 2: his long beard. I am black of eye and bright
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  Speaker 2: of hair, he says, and my feet are firmly in
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  Speaker 2: the ground. I love the sun upon my face and
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  Speaker 2: I follow it around. What am I? The gnomes shake
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  Speaker 2: their heads. A sunflower, they say in unison. the riddle
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  Speaker 2: is too easy. After careful consideration, the gnomes realize that
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  Speaker 2: their knowledge is too deeply rooted in gardening and that
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  Speaker 2: humans will always guess their riddles. Best to leave the
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  Speaker 2: sphinx where it is at the gate, says the head gnome.
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  Speaker 2: All things considered, the Sphinx is the most skilled at
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  Speaker 2: dealing with the humans whose curiosity lures them deep into
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  Speaker 2: the magic forest. Besides, it's the only mythical creature that
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  Speaker 2: can cast a spell to make the humans forget their
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  Speaker 2: visit if it needs to. With the case closed, the
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  Speaker 2: gnomes return to their hollows under the trees or to
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  Speaker 2: their garden plots. When the kitsune isn't spending time underneath
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  Speaker 2: the cherry blossoms, she does her job as the garden messenger,
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  Speaker 2: delivering the gnome's instructions to other mythical creatures. Her first
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  Speaker 2: stop is the topiary garden, where a chimera spends his
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  Speaker 2: days sculpting dense green bushes into ornamental shapes. The chimera
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  Speaker 2: is arguably the most skilled gardener of all, which might
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  Speaker 2: be surprising. That's because he has three heads. One is
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  Speaker 2: a goat's head, the other is a lion's head, and
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  Speaker 2: the last is a snake's. And each has its own opinion.
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  Speaker 2: But the one hobby they all enjoy is gardening. When
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  Speaker 2: it's time to flex his green thumb, his three-headed... work
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  Speaker 2: as a team without any disagreement. And as three heads
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  Speaker 2: are better than one, he's able to make magnificent creations
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  Speaker 2: using all of his own creative ideas. He grows tall
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  Speaker 2: boxwoods in different shades of green, which he scops into
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  Speaker 2: fantastical topiaries, using pruners, shears, and loppers that look like
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  Speaker 2: giant scissors. He can scopt almost anything the imagination dares
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  Speaker 2: to dream. From stand-alone bushes, he carves pensive gargoyles, hunched
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  Speaker 2: over with their fists on their chins, deep in thought.
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  Speaker 2: From wide hedges, he sculpts happy trolls with long bushy
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  Speaker 2: hair standing on end. His creations pay tribute to other
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  Speaker 2: mythical creatures that live in the secret garden. One of
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  Speaker 2: them is the giant serpent Ouroboros. Its job is to
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  Speaker 2: cultivate the land for new crops, which it does by
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  Speaker 2: by ploughing acres of soil with its teeth. Chimera sculpts
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  Speaker 2: his serpent friend in the shape of a ring, with
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  Speaker 2: its mouth biting its tail. Next to the snake is
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  Speaker 2: a phoenix, a majestic bird with scarlet and gold plumage,
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  Speaker 2: and a blue crest that flows from its head like
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  Speaker 2: a bridal train. he sculpts the phoenix topiary from a
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  Speaker 2: honeysuckle bush that has red blooms shaped like firecrackers and
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  Speaker 2: little golden flowers like sleigh bells. The decision to portray
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  Speaker 2: this fiery bird with red and yellow blooms makes sense,
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  Speaker 2: given the phoenix's tendency to burst into flames. Another sensible
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  Speaker 2: choice is to sculpt the phoenix next to the serpent,
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  Speaker 2: given the time-worn rivalry between these two mythical creatures on
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  Speaker 2: the issue of immortality. According to the serpent, there is
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  Speaker 2: only room in the garden for one creature that symbolizes
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  Speaker 2: an eternal cycle of rebirth, a beginning, end, and new beginning,
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  Speaker 2: over and over again. The Phoenix agrees, having risen from
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  Speaker 2: its own ashes plenty of times. But the Phoenix does
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  Speaker 2: not concede the title of best immortal creature to the serpent.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, the bird claims seniority as far as mythology
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  Speaker 2: is concerned. But the truth is, No one knows which
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  Speaker 2: of the two came first. Their origin stories have been
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  Speaker 2: lost to time. Or perhaps the tales were lost in
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  Speaker 2: a fire. According to the phoenix, it once had in
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  Speaker 2: its possession an ancient scroll made of papyrus that settled
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  Speaker 2: the score as to which creature was older than the other.
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  Speaker 2: Papyrus tea-stained, in appearance, is extracted from the stem of
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  Speaker 2: the grassy plant that grows along the banks of the
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  Speaker 2: Nile River. It's used to make paper, among other things.
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  Speaker 2: According to the Phoenix, the papyrus scroll detailed how, and
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  Speaker 2: most importantly, when it was born. When the Council of
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  Speaker 2: Elder Gnomes convened, to discuss the issue of best immortal creature,
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  Speaker 2: they asked the phoenix to produce this document. But the
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  Speaker 2: crestfallen bird confessed to the council that it had burned
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  Speaker 2: the scroll to a crisp long ago, when it had
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  Speaker 2: a disagreement with a griffin. The griffin, who was once
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  Speaker 2: friendly with the phoenix, had declared itself disloyal, best mythical
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  Speaker 2: bird of all time, and this played on the last
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  Speaker 2: ounce of patience the phoenix had. It couldn't contain the
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  Speaker 2: fire that rose within, and so it burst into flames,
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  Speaker 2: accidentally burning the scroll it held in its talons. How
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  Speaker 2: could a griffin think itself a better bird than a phoenix?
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  Speaker 2: After all, Griffins are a mix of an eagle and
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  Speaker 2: a lion, so they're not even entirely a bird. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: they are very smart, the phoenix told the council. Their
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  Speaker 2: intelligence is a character trait they wear proudly on their
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  Speaker 2: eagle faces. They're strong, too, with the muscular body of
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  Speaker 2: a lion and sharp talons, but... This does not a
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  Speaker 2: great bird make, the phoenix said. A phoenix can live forever,
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  Speaker 2: after all. What could possibly be greater than that? What
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  Speaker 2: about a serpent that can live forever, said the head
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  Speaker 2: gnome during the council meeting. He pointed at the ouroboros
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  Speaker 2: that had been quietly circling the gathered group. And so,
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  Speaker 2: with proof of its origin lost in a flame of
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  Speaker 2: its own creation, the phoenix agreed to share the title
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  Speaker 2: of best immortal creature with the serpent. But only as
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  Speaker 2: long as the council of gnomes agreed that the mighty
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  Speaker 2: phoenix was a better bird than the griffin. All right,
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  Speaker 2: said the council of gnomes. and the case was closed.
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  Speaker 2: That nightfall, most of the creatures wind down after a
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  Speaker 2: hard day's work in the secret garden. This is what
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  Speaker 2: is happening now that the sun has set beyond the
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  Speaker 2: trees of the magic forest. But two of them are
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  Speaker 2: just beginning the late shift. Ymir, the frost giant, emerges
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  Speaker 2: from his dark cave when the vast sweep of the
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  Speaker 2: sky turns black and becomes dotted with millions of stars.
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  Speaker 2: This colossal giant's body is made of dark blue ice,
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  Speaker 2: multifaceted like a finely cut diamond. He has two icy
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  Speaker 2: blue horns, glowing eyes, and a beard that made of
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  Speaker 2: sparkling white icicles. He carries a gold and silver sledgehammer
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  Speaker 2: that he often uses to clear the land for new seedlings.
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  Speaker 2: Ymir's cave is in the garden's core. It's located in
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  Speaker 2: a modest mountain whose lone summit rises above the forest
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  Speaker 2: canopy ever so slightly. It's the perfect spot for him
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  Speaker 2: to fulfill his duty as a senior irrigation specialist. He
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  Speaker 2: takes great pride in his title. Standing at the top
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  Speaker 2: of the mountain, the frost giant takes a deep breath.
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  Speaker 2: When he exhales, cool, misty air flows out across the land.
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  Speaker 2: he sends thousands of tiny ice particles in all directions,
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  Speaker 2: coating the topiary garden, the cherry blossom field, and flowerbeds
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  Speaker 2: bristling with lupins that look like blue corn. Ymir's breath
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  Speaker 2: also blankets the intricate garden maze made with winding hedges
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  Speaker 2: that the centaurs can successfully navigate blindfolded. It's one of
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  Speaker 2: their favourite games. His breath aids the morning dew. It
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  Speaker 2: keeps the soil moist overnight until the sun rises to
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  Speaker 2: warm up the plants, flowers and trees in the garden.
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  Speaker 2: But sometimes it's a bit too cold. When this happens,
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  Speaker 2: many flower and vegetable beds are at risk of freezing over.
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  Speaker 2: This is where the frost giant's loyal, four-legged friend comes in.
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  Speaker 2: The Cerberus of the Secret Garden is a happy, three-headed,
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  Speaker 2: fire-breathing dog with kind blue eyes, a short grey coat
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  Speaker 2: and a spiky dragon's tail. Back in the day, Cerberus
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  Speaker 2: used to guard the gates of the underworld. But now,
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  Speaker 2: he lives up to his title as the official warmer
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  Speaker 2: of the garden. Every night, he pads quietly through the plants,
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  Speaker 2: sniffing out sections of the garden that run the risk
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  Speaker 2: of freezing. When he finds one, he lies down in it,
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  Speaker 2: curls up, and emanates such warmth that all of the plants,
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  Speaker 2: flowers and groves within a mile spring back into life,
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  Speaker 2: revived from their icy slumber. On nights when Cerberus doesn't
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  Speaker 2: need to warm up the soil, he pays a visit
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  Speaker 2: to the sphinx at the garden gate, walking softly on
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  Speaker 2: all fours, so as not to disturb the little gnomes
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  Speaker 2: who are fast asleep. Cerberus and the Sphinx became fast
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  Speaker 2: friends over their mutual interest in guarding things. After all,
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  Speaker 2: the three-headed dog knows a thing or two about security,
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  Speaker 2: having guarded the gates of the underworld for thousands of years.
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  Speaker 2: The two friends chat while lying under the arched gate.
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  Speaker 2: At this time of night, The red flowers above them
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  Speaker 2: are greyed over by the moonlight. The Sphinx lies in
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  Speaker 2: repose in its favourite position, with its front legs stretched
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  Speaker 2: forward and its hind legs bent at its sides. Then
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  Speaker 2: it speaks a new riddle that's currently taking shape in
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  Speaker 2: its mind. I sound like a place where roses and
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  Speaker 2: daisies could go to sleep, it says. It is not
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  Speaker 2: humans who count sheep here, but dandelions, daffodils and mythical
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  Speaker 2: creatures like you and me. What am I? Cerberus grins.
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  Speaker 2: A flower bed, he says. As the two friends talk
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  Speaker 2: late into the night, the secret garden beyond the gate
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  Speaker 2: sleeps soundly under the starry sky. In it, happy little
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  Speaker 2: gnomes are tucked into their beds. They dream of white lilies,
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  Speaker 2: babbling brooks, and friendly mythical creatures resting under the light
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  Speaker 2: of a beautiful moon.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you for watching. Thank you for watching. Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you. you