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Magical Bedtime Story for Sleep ✨ A Moonlight Ride on a Magic Carpet ✨ Sleepy Story for Grown Ups · 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 such
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  Speaker 1: a pleasure to have your company. Tonight, we'll visit a
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  Speaker 1: family's workshop where they produce and sell beautiful Persian-style carpets.
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  Speaker 1: Their designs are so rich and intricate, there's something almost
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  Speaker 1: magical about them. Let's enjoy this time of transition from
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  Speaker 1: day into night, where your body can relax and your
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  Speaker 1: thinking and problem solving can switch off. just like when
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  Speaker 1: you turned off the light in your room or your
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  Speaker 1: bedside lamp that is what you can do now for
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  Speaker 1: your own body and mind take a deep calming breath
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  Speaker 1: in and then ease it back out feeling tension and
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  Speaker 1: energy melt away. Let's do two more of those slow breaths,
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  Speaker 1: in through the nose, and gently back out. One more time,
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  Speaker 1: breathing in, filling up your lungs, Then letting go with
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  Speaker 1: the exhale as the weight of your body sinks deeper
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  Speaker 1: into bed and you move closer and closer to the
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  Speaker 1: land of sweet dreams. Now that your mind and body
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  Speaker 1: are becoming calmed and more settled. Watch an image appear
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  Speaker 1: in your imagination. It's a mud brick house in the
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  Speaker 1: center of an ancient city. The climate is hot and
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  Speaker 1: arid here, and the color of the house is almost
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  Speaker 1: the same as the earth, a rusty reddish brown. The
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  Speaker 1: ground floor is almost entirely taken up by a store
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  Speaker 1: and workshop. If you look through the windows, all you
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  Speaker 1: can see from floor to ceiling are stacks of colourful,
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  Speaker 1: patterned carpets. This is where Idris and his family live
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  Speaker 1: and work. Let's join them as our story begins. Long ago,
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  Speaker 1: in a faraway city, lived a boy named Idris. He
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  Speaker 1: spent most of the day at school and the rest
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  Speaker 1: of his time was divided between his friends and family.
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  Speaker 1: After school, he would roam the streets of the city
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  Speaker 1: with his friends. He'd explore the alleys and markets and
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  Speaker 1: play ball games in the dusty square. And then when
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  Speaker 1: the sun went down, he would head back home to
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  Speaker 1: the large mud brick house where he lived with his
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  Speaker 1: extended family. On the top floor was the bedroom Idris
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  Speaker 1: shared with his two older brothers. Downstairs were his parents'
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  Speaker 1: bedrooms and the rooms belonging to his aunt and grandparents.
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  Speaker 1: The ground floor was the largest and the area where
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  Speaker 1: the family spent most of their time. This was the
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  Speaker 1: location of the store and the workshop. For generations, Idris's
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  Speaker 1: family had made and sold the most exquisite carpets in
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  Speaker 1: the city. People would come from across the land to
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  Speaker 1: commission a decorative carpet, or to choose from those on display.
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  Speaker 1: They came in all sizes, colours and designs. there were
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  Speaker 1: small prayer mats in green and gold. Displayed on the
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  Speaker 1: walls of the shop were scarlet rugs with gorgeous, swirling
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  Speaker 1: patterns made from metallic thread. And at the back, rolled
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  Speaker 1: up tightly, were the heavy, expensive carpets that were too
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  Speaker 1: big to put on display. When unrolled, They showed dazzling
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  Speaker 1: floral designs and patterns within patterns. When Idris returned home,
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  Speaker 1: he liked to walk through the shop, greeting his aunt
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  Speaker 1: who worked at the counter. Then, after passing through this
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  Speaker 1: treasure trove of carpets, he would go through the beaded
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  Speaker 1: curtain doorway at the back of the room. He liked
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  Speaker 1: the cool, ticklish sensation of the beads on his skin
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  Speaker 1: and the musical sound that the curtain made as he
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  Speaker 1: passed through. The room at the back was the workshop
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  Speaker 1: This was where his parents and elder brothers were hard
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  Speaker 1: at work right now, sitting at the looms. They were
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  Speaker 1: so focused on their work, it was as if they
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  Speaker 1: were under a spell. Idris sometimes felt reluctant to interrupt
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  Speaker 1: their trance. He would stand and watch them for a while,
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  Speaker 1: admiring their skill. At the moment, the family were working
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  Speaker 1: on two large carpets that had been specially commissioned by
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  Speaker 1: a wealthy man from a neighboring city. They would take
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  Speaker 1: months to complete. Idris's parents worked at one loom, while
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  Speaker 1: his brothers sat at another. Both looms were vertical, and
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  Speaker 1: the four family members sat cross-legged on floor cushions, weaving
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  Speaker 1: by hand. As their fingers moved swiftly between the long
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  Speaker 1: strands of wool, it looked as though they were playing
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  Speaker 1: a stringed instrument. Their movements were so graceful, and Idris
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  Speaker 1: found himself mesmerized. He knew from experience how difficult the
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  Speaker 1: work was, requiring patience, creativity, and painstaking attention to detail.
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  Speaker 1: It also called for a certain kind of dexterity, which
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  Speaker 1: Idris didn't have. He tried to learn many times, sitting
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  Speaker 1: at the loom while his parents, grandparents, or brothers patiently
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  Speaker 1: tried to teach him. Idris had already accepted that he
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  Speaker 1: was unlikely to become a carpet maker. When he grew up,
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  Speaker 1: he would do something else. He wasn't sure what as
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  Speaker 1: his ideas changed from one day to the next. Sometimes
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  Speaker 1: he daydreamed about life as a traveling merchant, riding a
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  Speaker 1: horse from city to city, through mountains and deserts. Or
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  Speaker 1: he would imagine a career as an astronomer, studying the
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  Speaker 1: planets and discovering the secrets of the universe. Or perhaps
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  Speaker 1: he would simply stay here with his family, selling the
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  Speaker 1: beautiful carpets that they created. That could be nice too,
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  Speaker 1: he thought, remaining in the place he loved and with
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  Speaker 1: the people he loved. But the future still seemed far away.
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  Speaker 1: He had plenty of time to work out what he
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  Speaker 1: wanted to do when he grew up. In the meantime,
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  Speaker 1: he was happy to watch his family at work and
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  Speaker 1: to drift from room to room as he waited for dinner. Tonight,
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  Speaker 1: his grandmother was preparing his favorite rice dish with spices
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  Speaker 1: and vegetables. While his parents and brothers put the finishing
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  Speaker 1: touches to the day's work, Idris passed through the rattling
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  Speaker 1: bead curtain once again. He always enjoyed wandering up and
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  Speaker 1: down the densely packed aisles of the carpet shop, gazing
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  Speaker 1: at the products that were ready for sale. There were
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  Speaker 1: so many of them and they were all so beautiful.
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  Speaker 1: He ran his finger over the soft wool, tracing the
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  Speaker 1: maze-like patterns from the edge to the center. It felt soothing,
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  Speaker 1: following the curving line all the way to the middle.
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  Speaker 1: When Idris touched the carpets, he sometimes thought that the
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  Speaker 1: varying colors and patterns felt different to each other. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: they were almost all the same material. The yarn was
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  Speaker 1: made from sheep's wool and dyed with natural colorings, like
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  Speaker 1: roots and berries. But when he brushed his finger over
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  Speaker 1: a rug, he felt different sensations depending on the part
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  Speaker 1: he touched. As his finger moved from crimson to indigo,
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  Speaker 1: or petal to vine, something changed. He felt a pleasant
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  Speaker 1: shiver running through him, like a cool breeze on a
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  Speaker 1: warm night. There was something magical about these carpets. His
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  Speaker 1: eye was always drawn to one carpet in particular. Hanging
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  Speaker 1: on the back wall was a large rectangular rug. The
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  Speaker 1: plush background was a deep burgundy red, but the carpet
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  Speaker 1: seemed to feature all the colors of the rainbow. Emerald green,
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  Speaker 1: saffron yellow, and so many others. Certain details shimmered in silver, gold,
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  Speaker 1: and pearlescent white. It looked as though a single moonbeam
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  Speaker 1: had woven its way through the carpet, making the patterns shine.
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  Speaker 1: The carpet's central design depicted the Tree of Life. a
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  Speaker 1: beautiful golden tree with countless shining branches dripping with fruit.
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  Speaker 1: In each of the four corners was a small, richly
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  Speaker 1: detailed garden contained by a decorative wall. What Idris loved
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  Speaker 1: most about this carpet was that each garden was slightly
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  Speaker 1: different From a distance, the design looked perfectly symmetrical. There
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  Speaker 1: were four identical gardens, each with an identical fountain in
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  Speaker 1: the middle. But close up, subtle differences emerged. One garden
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  Speaker 1: resembled an orchard of figs, while another was filled with
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  Speaker 1: pomegranate trees. The animals also changed from one garden to another,
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  Speaker 1: from goats to hens and horses to peacocks. Even the
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  Speaker 1: grass varied. The garden in one corner had vertical lines
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  Speaker 1: of golden grass, while the garden below had silver waves
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  Speaker 1: that resembled an ocean. As a young boy, Idris had
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  Speaker 1: spent hours gazing at this carpet, hypnotized by the intricate details.
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  Speaker 1: As his gaze drifted from one garden to the next,
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  Speaker 1: he wondered which was his favorite. One day, when he
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  Speaker 1: grew up, perhaps he would have his very own garden,
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  Speaker 1: with a fountain, peacocks, and pomegranate trees. Now that he
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  Speaker 1: was a little older, Idris still liked to daydream about
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  Speaker 1: the gardens. But he also found himself thinking about the
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  Speaker 1: person who had woven them. His great-grandmother. According to family legend,
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  Speaker 1: she had created this masterpiece single-handedly in just a few months,
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  Speaker 1: after the inspiration came to her in a dream. Idris
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  Speaker 1: had never met his great-grandmother, but when he admired her creation,
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  Speaker 1: he felt a sense of connection to her. Even though
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  Speaker 1: he didn't share her talent, he felt proud to be
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  Speaker 1: related to someone who could create a thing of such beauty.
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  Speaker 1: Unlike the other carpets on display, the garden rug was
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  Speaker 1: not for sale. It was priceless, a precious family heirloom.
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  Speaker 1: Even if a wealthy customer came to the shop, offering
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  Speaker 1: all the gold in the kingdom, they would never part
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  Speaker 1: with it. Idris was glad to know that his favorite
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  Speaker 1: carpet would always be here, with pride of place on
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  Speaker 1: the back wall. He could look at it whenever he liked,
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  Speaker 1: lingering over every dreamy detail. Later that night, when the
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  Speaker 1: rest of his family were sleeping, Idris found himself thinking
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  Speaker 1: of the carpet once again. Random images from the day
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  Speaker 1: drifted through his mind. The sun-washed square where he'd sat
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  Speaker 1: and talked with his friends after school. The colorful baskets
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  Speaker 1: of freshly dyed wool drying in the sun on the patio.
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  Speaker 1: And the woven images of the four gardens, each one
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  Speaker 1: A small, glittering paradise. Idris wasn't tired enough to sleep
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  Speaker 1: just yet. But he was happy to lie in bed,
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  Speaker 1: watching the slow procession of images passing dreamily through his mind.
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  Speaker 1: The room was quiet, except for the soft snoring of
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  Speaker 1: his brothers. and the distant call of a nightbird beyond
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  Speaker 1: the window. It felt as though the bird was the
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  Speaker 1: only other living creature awake at this time. When it
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  Speaker 1: was taking a little longer than usual to fall asleep
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  Speaker 1: Idris often liked to get out of bed for a while.
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  Speaker 1: He'd walk around the house take a deep breath of
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  Speaker 1: fresh air on the roof terrace and clear his head.
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  Speaker 1: It was a kind of break which left him feeling refreshed,
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  Speaker 1: yet somehow sleepier than before. When he went back to bed,
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  Speaker 1: he usually fell asleep as soon as his head touched
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  Speaker 1: the pillow. So, after lying awake for a while, Idris
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  Speaker 1: decided to get out of bed. He lit a candle,
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  Speaker 1: put on a pair of light slippers, and quietly crossed
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  Speaker 1: the room, taking care not to wake his brothers. Then
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  Speaker 1: he slowly walked downstairs until he was standing in the
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  Speaker 1: darkened shop. In the midnight hush, the shop felt like
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  Speaker 1: a shrine. It was completely silent, and the only light
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  Speaker 1: came from Idris's flickering candle and the glow of the
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  Speaker 1: moon through a single window. The silver moonbeams seemed to
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  Speaker 1: land lightly on the stacked carpet, Noticing the way the
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  Speaker 1: light fell, Idris smiled. Perhaps the moon shared his instinct
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  Speaker 1: to be gentle and move softly. In a moment, he
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  Speaker 1: would go outside. It was warm tonight, and he wanted
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  Speaker 1: to stand on the terrace and savour the cool breeze
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  Speaker 1: before going back to bed but first he would allow
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  Speaker 1: himself one last look at the garden carpet displayed on
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  Speaker 1: the wall he loved the idea of having it entirely
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  Speaker 1: to himself there was no one sitting behind the counter
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  Speaker 1: and there were no chattering customers to distract him. It
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  Speaker 1: was just him, alone, transfixed by the splendor of the
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  Speaker 1: woven tree and gardens. Time seemed to stand still. Everything
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  Speaker 1: looked different in the candlelight. with shifting, blurring colors and
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  Speaker 1: optical illusions. At one point, the carpet itself seemed to
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  Speaker 1: move in the breeze. A gentle wave spread through the fabric,
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  Speaker 1: causing the patterned leaves to ripple like water. Idris blinked
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  Speaker 1: and looked around in confusion. The air was still, and
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  Speaker 1: the window was closed. Besides, it seemed unlikely that a
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  Speaker 1: gentle night breeze could move a heavy carpet like this one.
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  Speaker 1: He must have been sleepier than he'd realized to imagine
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  Speaker 1: such a thing. time to go to bed, he told himself.
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  Speaker 1: But when Idris looked at the carpet once more, he
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  Speaker 1: was sure that it was moving, gently rippling, then billowing
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  Speaker 1: out from the wall. He stepped back and watched in
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  Speaker 1: amazement as the carpet moved smoothly and silently away from
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  Speaker 1: the wall. Now, it was floating right in front of him,
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  Speaker 1: hovering mid-air. Idris blinked and rubbed his eyes. He must
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  Speaker 1: be dreaming. But there it was, right in front of him.
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  Speaker 1: He reached out to touch the soft, familiar fibers of
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  Speaker 1: the carpet and realized it was really happening. The carpet
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  Speaker 1: was floating, flying. Now it was moving towards the stairs.
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  Speaker 1: It looked like a vast butterfly or strange sea creature
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  Speaker 1: swimming through the air in slow motion. Although Idris knew
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  Speaker 1: it couldn't be alive, in that moment, the carpet seemed
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  Speaker 1: to be sentient. It was moving with purpose, somehow guiding him.
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  Speaker 1: Idris followed, still feeling like he was dreaming or in
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  Speaker 1: a waking trance. Up and up he went, past the
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  Speaker 1: bedrooms where his family were sleeping. Following right behind the carpet,
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  Speaker 1: he went all the way to the top of the
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  Speaker 1: stairs until he was standing outside on the roof terrace.
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  Speaker 1: It was a beautiful starry night. On any other evening,
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  Speaker 1: Idris would have come up here to stargaze. But tonight,
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  Speaker 1: his eyes were fixed on the magical apparition in front
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  Speaker 1: of him. The carpet had come to a stop, but
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  Speaker 1: it was still floating, slowly undulating in the air. Some
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  Speaker 1: of the threads seemed to catch the moonlight, shining brightly.
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  Speaker 1: Idris watched in wonder. It was like something from a
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  Speaker 1: fairy tale. One of the dreamy stories his mother used
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  Speaker 1: to tell him at bedtime when he was a little boy.
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  Speaker 1: Her stories were full of magical moments. with fairies and
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  Speaker 1: genies and talking animals. Imagining was one thing, but seeing
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  Speaker 1: was quite another. Idris felt a surge of happiness. Even
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  Speaker 1: if this was all just a dream, what a wonderful
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  Speaker 1: dream it was. but it felt so real. And when
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  Speaker 1: the carpet spread itself out before him, Idris didn't hesitate. Somehow,
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  Speaker 1: he knew instinctively what he had to do. He sat
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  Speaker 1: down in the middle of the carpet, right on the
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  Speaker 1: image of the tree. Once he was sitting comfortably in
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  Speaker 1: a cross-legged position, he stroked the velvety surface, giving the
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  Speaker 1: sign that he was ready. The carpet seemed to understand
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  Speaker 1: the signal. Just seconds later, it began to move once more,
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  Speaker 1: slowly lifting itself off the ground It moved up and
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  Speaker 1: up until it took flight just like a bird. All
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  Speaker 1: of a sudden Idris found himself riding a flying carpet.
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  Speaker 1: He was being carried above the rooftops smoothly and effortlessly
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  Speaker 1: as though he weighed no more than a feather. Idris
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  Speaker 1: looked around in awe, peering over the edge of the carpet.
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  Speaker 1: He was already so high up, it felt as though
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  Speaker 1: he were riding on the back of a bird or
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  Speaker 1: a winged horse. The carpet moved confidently, fluidly, just like
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  Speaker 1: a living creature. It was strange just how natural it felt,
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  Speaker 1: sitting on a flying carpet. Idris felt comfortable and supported,
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  Speaker 1: trusting that it would carry him safely. As the carpet
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  Speaker 1: glided slowly onwards, Idris enjoyed the bird's eye view of
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  Speaker 1: the city. He knew these streets so well, yet they
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  Speaker 1: looked completely different from up here. Gazing down at the rooftops,
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  Speaker 1: he hardly recognized where he was. Of course, at this
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  Speaker 1: time of night, the city was shrouded in darkness. Nearly
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  Speaker 1: everyone was sleeping. The only light came from flaming lanterns
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  Speaker 1: in the street and the occasional candle burning in a window.
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  Speaker 1: The moonlight didn't illuminate the details, but it cast everything
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  Speaker 1: in a soft silver glow. The shining rooftops seemed to
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  Speaker 1: have been polished, burnished like a precious metal. Idris imagined
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  Speaker 1: that a magical nighttime transformation was taking place. After midnight,
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  Speaker 1: the moon carried out a mysterious ritual shining on each
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  Speaker 1: house in turn. Meanwhile, the residents slept peacefully, unaware of
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  Speaker 1: the magic above their heads. Idris smiled. He felt lucky
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  Speaker 1: to be the only one awake to witness this special moment.
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  Speaker 1: But as the carpet drifted east towards the river, he
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  Speaker 1: realized that he was not alone after all. There was
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  Speaker 1: at least one other person in the city who was
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  Speaker 1: still awake at this hour, enjoying the tranquility of the night.
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  Speaker 1: Near the river, was the grand university building with its
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  Speaker 1: tall brick tower. And at the top of the tower
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  Speaker 1: was a man looking through a telescope. Idris knew that
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  Speaker 1: there were astronomers in the city, but he'd never seen
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  Speaker 1: one at work before. As he flew towards the tower,
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  Speaker 1: Idris peered curiously over the edge of the carpet. To
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  Speaker 1: his surprise, he saw that the astronomer was a young man.
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  Speaker 1: For some reason, Idris had expected to see someone who
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  Speaker 1: looked like a wizard. But this astronomer was just an
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  Speaker 1: ordinary man. He might have been one of Idris's brothers
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  Speaker 1: or cousins. The astronomer was so focused on his stargazing
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  Speaker 1: that for a moment Idris thought he would fly past unnoticed.
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  Speaker 1: But just then, the astronomer stepped back from the telescope
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  Speaker 1: and looked up. right at Idris and the flying carpet.
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  Speaker 1: Idris and the astronomer were now separated by just a
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  Speaker 1: few meters of air. They stared at each other in silence,
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  Speaker 1: in mutual wonder. And then, not sure what else to do,
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  Speaker 1: Idris waved shyly After a moment's hesitation, the awestruck astronomer
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  Speaker 1: waved back. Just like Idris, he was probably wondering if
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  Speaker 1: he was dreaming. And if not, it was time to
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  Speaker 1: pack away his telescope and go to bed. The carpet
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  Speaker 1: flew on, drifting parallel to the river. Now that he
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  Speaker 1: was feeling more at ease, Idris decided to lie down.
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  Speaker 1: The soft wool of the carpet felt as comfortable as
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  Speaker 1: his bed. Lying on his back, Idris was in the
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  Speaker 1: perfect position, for stargazing. He didn't have a telescope like
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  Speaker 1: the astronomer, but he could still appreciate the beauty of
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  Speaker 1: the stars. They were so far away, and yet their
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  Speaker 1: light had traveled all the way here, shining in the
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  Speaker 1: sky over his city and over his house. From here,
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  Speaker 1: he could see nothing but stars. It was as if
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  Speaker 1: he was being carried up into the sky, lifted by
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  Speaker 1: the night breeze like a floating leaf. The wind felt
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  Speaker 1: so soft on his skin, blowing lightly through his clothes.
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  Speaker 1: After the heat and humidity of the day it felt
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  Speaker 1: wonderfully refreshing like a cool bath or a dip in
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  Speaker 1: the river. Idris could smell the river too its strong
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  Speaker 1: scent carried by the same breeze that was carrying him.
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  Speaker 1: Breathing in deeply He recognized other aromas, the distinctive smell
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  Speaker 1: of the dusty earth and the fragrant trees in the
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  Speaker 1: gardens below. Idris was now feeling so deeply relaxed. Lulled
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  Speaker 1: by the gentle motion of the carpet, he could have
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  Speaker 1: almost fallen asleep right there. He imagined himself drifting off
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  Speaker 1: as the carpet followed the winding river on and on
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  Speaker 1: until he reached the distant sea. But the carpet seemed
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  Speaker 1: to sense that Idris was ready to go to bed.
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  Speaker 1: It changed direction. And when Idris peered over the edge,
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  Speaker 1: he recognized this part of the sleeping city. There was
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  Speaker 1: the dome of his local temple, and nearby, the square
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  Speaker 1: where he played with his friends. And now, he was
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  Speaker 1: floating above the roof terrace, in the place where his
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  Speaker 1: adventure had begun. The carpet had taken him home. It
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  Speaker 1: descended just as gently as it had taken flight. Idris
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  Speaker 1: found himself being lowered so gradually, so softly, that he
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  Speaker 1: hardly felt the landing. After stepping off the carpet, he
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  Speaker 1: began to head downstairs towards his bedroom. This time... the
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  Speaker 1: carpet followed behind like a loyal pet. When Idris got
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  Speaker 1: into bed, the carpet settled on the floor beside him.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps it was tired too. Idris reflected. After the long journey,
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  Speaker 1: they were both sleepy and ready to rest. As Idris
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  Speaker 1: made himself comfortable, moving his pillow and rearranging the sheets,
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  Speaker 1: he noticed that the carpet was doing something similar. Ever
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  Speaker 1: so slightly, it shifted position. Then, the patterned surface rippled,
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  Speaker 1: as though a breeze were passing through. Idris imagined the
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  Speaker 1: carpet taking a deep breath, just as he was doing now.
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  Speaker 1: A deep breath in, then out. Idris closed his eyes.
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  Speaker 1: At last, he felt ready to sleep. And just moments later,
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  Speaker 1: he drifted off, dreaming of the wind and stars and
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  Speaker 1: his magical, moonlit flight. you you Thank you for watching.
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