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Sleep Meditation for Kids SQUIRREL VILLAGE Sleep Story for Children · New Horizon - Meditation & Sleep Stories

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  Speaker 1: Close your eyes and take a big, deep breath in
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  through your nose, slowly and gently breathe out through your mouth.
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  Take another deep breath in, breathing in pure peacefulness, and
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  slowly breathe out one more time, deep breath in and
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  then slowly breathe out, and you're feeling very calm, very peaceful,
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  very very relaxed.
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  Speaker 2: Now, imagine yourself on a beautiful winding path, deep in
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  the heart of a wonderful, enchanted forest, and the ground
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  beneath your feet is soft and squishy, but very firm,
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  and it's made from all of the fallen leaves from
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  the trees. Can you feel the squishy leaves under your feet.
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  You can feel a gentle breeze on your face as
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  you walk along the path, and you can feel the
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  warmth of the sun all over your body. Ooh, it
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  feels so peaceful here. You look up to the very
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  tops of the trees and you can see glints of
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  sunlight shimmering upon the leaves, and it looks so pretty,
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  so sparkly, and the air smells so fresh and clean,
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  and you take great, big deep breaths of it, really
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  filling your lungs full of air and With every step
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  you take, you feel yourself relaxing more and more as
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  you go deeper and deeper into the forest. As you walk,
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  you notice the birds flying and hopping from place to place,
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  happily singing their songs to each other. More you walk,
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  the more you notice all the other wildlife at work
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  and at play here in this magical place. Off in
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  the distance, you can hear the sound of tumbling water,
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  and you wonder where it's coming from. Maybe it's a waterfall.
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  So you follow the sounds of the water, not sure
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  what you'll find, and lo and behold, you discover a
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  beautiful clear stream that's gurgling and splashing over small rocks
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  and pebbles, and it looks so cool and inviting, so
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  inviting that you think you want to go for a
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  paddle in it. So you sit down, and I'm just
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  about to take off your shoes when you notice some
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  very nice squirrels and rabbits darting about just over the
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  other side of the stream. They hear you, and they
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  stop to have a look. The rabbits, being very timid,
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  run off and disappear into the nearby bushes. But the squirrels, well,
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  they are very curious, and they all gather together. One
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  of the squirrels, who has a lovely red coat and
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  big bushy tail, comes close to the edge of the
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  stream and looks at you with big, soft brown eyes,
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  kind eyes. The others creep a bit closer, to a
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  bit timid, but they still come. They start to chatter
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  to each other, but you can't hear what they are
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  saying over the sound of the water gurgling over the rocks.
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  The first squirrel, who is the bravest one, says to.
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  Speaker 1: You, Hello, who are you and why are you here.
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  Speaker 2: You tell him that you are out walking and just
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  happen to come across the stream, and well, here you are. Really.
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  The squirrel then asks you if you would like a
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  cup of tea after your long walk. It's the least
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  they can do, he tells you. So you take off
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  your shoes and cross the stream to meet the squirrels.
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  When you get to the other side, the bravest squirrel,
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  who tells you his name is Red because he has
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  a lovely, soft red shiny coat, looks at you again
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  and says, hm, I don't think you'll fit in our village.
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  Speaker 1: You're way too big.
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  Speaker 2: The squirrels gather together again and chatter to each other.
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  Then Red steps forward and pulls a shiny brown nut
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  out of his pocket, and he says, here, eat this,
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  and then you can fit into our village. Red gives
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  you the shiny brown nut and you look at it, thinking, well,
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  it looks like a nut. You give it a little
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  lick and think, hmm, it tastes like a nut. Okay,
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  so you pop it into your mouth and begin to chew.
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  Then the most amazing thing happens. As you chew, you
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  begin to shrink in size, and by the time you
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  stop chewing, you are the same size as the squirrels.
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  Oh my, you are astounded as you come face to
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  face with all of the squirrels. You look around you
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  and you realize that the world looks very different when
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  you're the size of a squirrel. The trees now look
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  like giant skyscrapers, and the stream looks like a mighty river,
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  and the sky, well, the sky looks like it's a
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  million miles away. Oh my goodness me. Red introduces you
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  to his squirrel friends. There is Bushy because he has
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  the bushiest tail of all the squirrels. There is Cyril,
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  who has a bit of a wonky tair because he
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  fell out of a tree when he was little and
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  broke it and it never really mended right. Then there
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  is Penelope. She thinks she's ever so posh and tends
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  to talk with a very posh English accent. Then there
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  is Elvis. Now Elvis thinks he is a great singer.
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  He isn't. He has a terrible singing voice, but it
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  doesn't stop him from singing with great gusto and as
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  loud as he possibly can, much to the annoyance of
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  the other squirrels. And his friends take you over to
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  their tree, a very large tree with little lights draped
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  all over it. Red tells you that every tree is
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  a different squirrel village, and each one is very special
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  and very magical too. They go around the back of
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  the tree and you see a doorway. They open the door,
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  and as they do, you realize that in fact, it's
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  an elevator, and you all pile inside and it begins
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  to move. There are many floors in this tree, and
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  Red tells you that this is their village, and many
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  many squirrels live inside this beautiful tree. The first floor
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  is full of shops, shops that they use and Red
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  tells you that their favorite shop is the fruit and nutshop.
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  He says it has a lot of different fruits and
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  all different varieties of nuts. The second floor has a
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  gym and a swimming pool. They all love this floor.
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  The third floor is the school for the young squirrels,
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  and Red tells you that they still go to school,
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  but they don't like it very much because all they
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  really want to do is be outside, playing and exploring.
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  The fourth floor is the most amazing garden of herbs, spices,
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  and lots and lots of flowers. And you think it's
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  a bit odd that they have a garden inside the tree,
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  but the squirrels think it's normal because this is their
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  home and they love it. The fifth floor is where
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  all the tiny squirrel houses are, and there are many,
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  many of them, all different shapes and sizes. The sixth
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  floor is full of cafes and looks out over the
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  forest from the many windows all around it. This is
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  where they are taking you for a nice cup of
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  tea or lemonade if you prefer that instead. They also
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  have big cream cakes and juicy fruit to snack on too,
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  not forgetting the endless supply of nuts that the squirrels
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  love so very much. On the final floor live the
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  Mare and the mares of the village. They are the
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  ones who are in charge of everything, and they have
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  the biggest house of all. In fact, they have the
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  whole of the top floor to themselves, kind of like
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  a penthouse. Sweet, and they are very lucky to live there.
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  Begins to sing, and he sings so loudly that it's
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  hurting your ears. Red tells him to stop so that
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  you can all talk together, but he carries on humming anyway.
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  It's like you just can't stop. You don't mind, really,
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  in fact, you really rather like it. So for a
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  few moments, sit in the caffe with your new friends
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  and enjoy yourself, get to know them, have some fun,
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  and when you finish here, go and explore their village
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  with them. Find out what it's really like to live
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  in a tree. And remember, you too are the size
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  of a squirrel, and you can fit anywhere inside this tree.
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  So go enjoy yourself with the squirrels. S h. Now
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  it's time for you to return to your own home.
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  You can always return to visit your new squirrel friends
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  anytime you wish. Next time, maybe you can play some
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  games with them, or maybe you can bring them a gift.
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  Speaker 1: They would like that.
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  Speaker 2: So for now, say goodbye to Red, to Penelope, to Cyril,
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  to Bushy, and to Elvis the singing squirrel. You leave
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  the tree, and as you do, you begin to grow
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  larger and larger, and Cyril shouts.
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  Speaker 3: Don't worry, next time you visit will make you small again.
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  Speaker 2: You laugh out loud and can't wait for your next visit,
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  your next adventure with these amazing squirrels who have now
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  become your friends. And now you're back in your very
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  own bed, feeling so peaceful, so calm, feeling so sleepy
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  now and you are drifting deeper and deeper into the
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  most wonderful night's sleep. So snuggle down and you feel
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  so safe and protected. And when you wake up in
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  the morning, you will feel completely refreshed, bright and alert
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  and ready to begin a new day ahead. And each
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  night from now on you will sleep better and better,
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  deeper and deeper. Noin night to s.
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