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Sleep Story for Children _ BERT GOT STUCK_ _ Sleep Meditation for Kids · New Horizon - Meditation & Sleep Stories

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  Speaker 1: H snuggle down in your warm, soft bed, and take
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  a deep breath and through your nose, and slowly and
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  gently breathe out through your mouth. Again, Deep breath in,
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  and slowly and gently breathe out through your mouth. One
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  more time, deep breath in, and slowly and gently breathe
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  out through your mouth. Now take a deep breath in,
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  and as you do, raise your shoulders up as high
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  as you can, and as you breathe out, let your
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  shoulders drop back down again. One more time, deep breath in,
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  and as you do, raise your shoulders up as high
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  as you can, and as you breathe out, let your
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  shoulders drop back down again. And relax. Now, just bring
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  your breathing back to it to normal rhythm. Now, imagine
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  roots coming out from the soles of your feet, kind
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  of like the roots of a tree. Now see those
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  roots going deep down into the ground, as far down
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  as you can get them to go deep into the earth.
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  And this is grounding you. It's making you feel very safe. Today.
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  I'm going to tell you a story, and this is
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  a story about a young puppy called Bert. Now Bert
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  is only seven months old, but he is an Irish
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  wolfhound and because he's an Irish wolfhound. He is very
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  very big, so big, in fact, he is the size
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  of a fully grown, large, very large German shepherd, probably
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  even bigger now. Bert lived with his mum Chila and
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  his dad Friend, and they lived in a little cottage
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  with a very large garden, so large it had its
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  own meadow, its own forest, and it even had its
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  own swimming pool. Yes, really, its own swimming pool. Well,
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  actually it was a large pond.
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  Speaker 2: But they liked it.
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  Speaker 1: Now. This day, Baked came rushing out of his back
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  door with his tail wagging furiously, kicking up the date
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  as he ran. Bert was very happy this day as
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  he was going out all by himself to explore, and
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  it was the first time his parents had let him
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  out by himself, and he was so excited he was
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  grinning from ear to ear. His mother called after him, saying, now,
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  don't you go too far, Bays. We don't want you
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  getting lost. Bert shouted back that he wouldn't get lost,
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  as he was seven months old now and he knew
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  what he was doing. Bert carried on, running down the
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  dusty path and on into the meadow. The meadow was
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  his favorite place. He'd only ever been there with his
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  parents before, so he was just giddy with pleasure to
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  be out all by himself, all on his own. Bert
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  ran into the most wonderful, colorful meadow where the birds
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  were happily singing, and they could hear the bees buzzing
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  lazily around the flowers. But he kept away from them
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  now because one day he decided to play and chase
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  the bees. Well, the bees didn't like that, and one
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  of them stumbing, And that was the day Bert went
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  to the vets for the very first time. Some of
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  the flowers in the meadow had shed some of their petals,
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  and Bert thought that the dusty path now looked like
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  a brightly colored carpet of flowers. The colors were bright
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  and vibrant, and it filled him with a sense of
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  joy and happiness. He could also see the most wonderful
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  red butterflies landing on the flowers looking for their lunch.
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  And as Bert ran further into the meadow, he could
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  see the old water fountain, for one made of marble,
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  and he could see the water cascading down it like
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  a beautiful waterfall. He decided to have a drink. After
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  all this running merrily was thirsty work. Indeed, after drinking
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  the cool clear water from the marble fountain, Yer carried
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  on walking, this time instead of running. He had calmed
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  down now and he began to sniff everything inside and
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  sniff he did. He sniffed the flowers, he sniffed the
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  long grass. He even sniffed the butterflies. And one of
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  the butterflies landed on his nose and gently moved the twings.
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  Bert tried to look at it, but it made his
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  eyes go crossed, and he was very relieved when it
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  flew off again. Bert carried on going his way, just
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  walking along the dusty path quite happily, when he noticed
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  something moving up ahead of him. He didn't know what
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  it was, so he went to investigate, and as he
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  got closer, he realized that it was a rabbit, a
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  very beautiful silver gray rabbit. So Bart decided he would
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  go and play with the rabbit. But the rabbit got
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  very scared because he could see a dog rushing towards him. Well,
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  he would get scared seeing a very large, lumbering giant
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  and the dog rushing towards you with his tears flapping,
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  showing his teeth with a big grin. I'd get a
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  bit panicky. The little rabbit panicked and began to run
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  as fast as he could to get away. Bat thought
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  that this was again, so he decided to run faster too.
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  The rabbit, now alarmed, ran even faster until it came
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  to a hole in the ground and then dived deeply
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  down into it. This was a rabbit hole, and it
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  led through to underground tunnels, but it wasn't the little
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  rabbit's home, so it got a bit lost, so it
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  just stopped and it stayed in the tunnel, thinking that
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  the big hairy dog wouldn't find it. But the big
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  hairy dog did find it. Bait, now, being overlly excited,
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  still thinking that this was a game they were playing,
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  dived into the hole too, but oh no, he caught
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  himself stuck. He tried to go deeper into the hole,
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  but that made it worse. He tried to pull himself out,
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  but that was even worse again, and he was going
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  deeper and he was stuck fast. Now. The little rabbit,
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  who was also in the home, was very scared, indeed,
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  because all he could see was Burt's big hairy face
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  and sharp teeth. The little rabbit thought the bit wanted
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  to eat it, and he didn't know what to do,
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  so the little rabbit started to dig with his little paws,
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  trying to find another way out. It dug, and it
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  dug faster and faster, until eventually it broke through the
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  surface and was free. The little rabbit stood for a moment,
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  wondered what to do, and then took a peek to
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  see if the dog was still there. But what the
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  little rabbit saw was an enormous hairy bottom with two
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  hairy legs and a hairy tail that had stopped wagging.
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  Now a little rabbit then heard a whimper. It saw
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  the big hairy dog trying to get out of the hole,
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  but it couldn't, and the big hairy dog began to cry,
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  and it sounded very scared. The little rabbit was about
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  to run away home, but the sound of the hairy
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  dog crying made it stop. The hairy bottom and the
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  hairy back legs then lay down with its tail no
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  longer wagging. The little silver gray rabbit stopped and spoke
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  to the hairy dog. Are you okay? She asked, because
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  the little rabbit was a girl rabbit. The big hairy
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  dog gave another scared whimper, so she asked again, are
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  you okay, big hairy dog? The bad stop whimpering and
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  said no, I'm stuck and i can't get out of
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  this hole, and I'm very scared. I want my mum
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  to come and help me. Bert said to the little rabbit, well,
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  she doesn't know where I am. Please will you help me?
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  The little rabbit thought for a moment and then said,
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  but if I help you to get out of the hole,
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  you will eat me? What said Bert? Of course I
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  won't eat you. Why would I want to eat you.
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  I only wanted to play with you. Bert gave a
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  muffled sigh and said, we lived so far away from everything,
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  so I don't have any friends. I thought that we
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  could be friends. I'm sorry if I scared you. I
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  didn't mean to. Bert gave a little whimper again, and
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  he sounded ever so sad. The little rabbit thought for
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  a moment, and even though she was still scared of
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  the big hairy dog, she knew in her heart that
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  he wouldn't hurt her, so she said, okay, I will
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  help you get out of the hole. Oh, thank you
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  so much, said Bert. The little rabbit went to a
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  was really stuff, which was so close to his head
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  and his big scary teeth. But she began to dig anyway.
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  She dug, and she dug faster and faster, harder and harder,
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  until finally she had made enough room for Bert to
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  wriggle out of the home. Dirt exploded out of the hole,
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  and was so happy to be free. He had been
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  very scared, and he was covered in dirt and grass.
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  It was all over his face and in his ears,
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  it was even up his nose. So he gave himself
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  a great big shake, and he shook off most of
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  the days. But he knew his mom would make him
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  take a bath when he got home. She would definitely
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  not let him walk on the carpet she was cleaning
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  when he left earlier, and she would definitely not let
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  him eat his dinner until he was all sparkly clean again.
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  Bert turned to look at the little rabbit, and what
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  he saw made him of a great big, lopsided grin.
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  The little silver gray rabbit was the most beautiful creature
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  he had ever seen, and she had the kindest smile
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  and the most amazing blue eyes. She'd never seen a
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  rabbit with blue eyes before. Thank you so much for
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  helping me. He said. My name is Bert and I
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  am seven months old. What's your name? My name is
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  Lucy and I am seven months old too, she replied.
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  Lucy looked at the giant, hairy door and saw nothing
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  but kindness in his big brown eyes, and she realized
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  that she wasn't afraid of him any more. Just then,
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  Bert gade his name being called in the distance, and
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  he knew that it was his mum. I have to go.
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  My mum is calling for me, and oh boy, is
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  she going to be mad that I am so dirty.
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  Bert looked at Lucy and said, can we be friends?
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  I would really like to play with you next time
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  and not scare you. Of course we can, said Lucy.
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  I would love to be your friend and go on
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  adventures with you. Bertaid, well, how about tomorrow? Then say
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  just after lunch. Great, I will be here, said Lucy,
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  and with that she waved goodbye and she hopped off home.
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  Bert was so happy he had made a new friend,
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  and even now she was scared of him. At first,
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  Lucy trusted him enough to help him. Bert thought she
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  was a very very kind little rabbit. Then Bert turned
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  and dashed off home to his and to his dad,
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  feeling so very happy, and to tell them all about
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  his new friend. He couldn't wait for tomorrow to see
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  Lucy again and to go off on an adventure with her.
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  What fun they were going to have together. But now
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  having listened to this lovely story, you are feeling very sleepy,
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  and you are breathing calmly and peacefully, and you begin
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  to drift in a beautiful night's sleep. You feel so
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  happy and so peaceful, and your body begins to fall asleep,
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  and then so does your mind. And you feel a
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  gentle wave of sleepiness starting at your feet, and you
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  can feel your toes going to sleep, and it feels
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  all warm and tingly and ever so soft. And you
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  feel this soothing, gentle wave of sleepiness coming up your
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  arms and your shins, through your knees, and all the
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  way up your thighs, and you realize your legs have
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  already gone to sleep. And you feel so tired now,
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  so sleepy, so very happy. You just want to rest
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  your eyes, rest your body, And this beautiful wave of
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  sleepiness travels all the way up your body and all
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  the way down your arms and into your hands, making
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  your body feel very very heavy, very very tired, very
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  very sleepy. This gentle warm wave of sleepiness travels up
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  your face and over the top of your head, down
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  the back of your neck, and you feel so tired. Now,
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  oh give me all. You feel so sleepy. You feel
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  very peaceful, so very relaxed.
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  Speaker 2: So very very sleepy.
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  Speaker 1: Just went to sleep. Always remember you are safe, you
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  are loved, and you are protected. Always Night night.
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  Speaker 2: B as its second se see tho every