Speaker 1: Who Who Hendrix.
Speaker 2: Once upon a time, in an emerald green wood, there
Speaker 2: lived an owl. Nothing unusual about that, you might think,
Speaker 2: except this owl was quite possibly the coolest owl that
Speaker 2: ever lived anywhere. His name was who who Hendrix, and
Speaker 2: he was so cool that he wore sunglasses all the time,
Speaker 2: even at night. Nothing ever, seemed to ruffle the feathers
Speaker 2: of who who Hendrix, to the extent that the other
Speaker 2: animals of the wood all thought he was incredibly awesome. Well,
Speaker 2: almost all the other animals. One animal was particularly jealous
Speaker 2: of the attention and comments that who who Hendrix received.
Speaker 2: She thought that she deserved some attention too. Her name
Speaker 2: was Victoria, a rabbit with particularly soft fur. She was
Speaker 2: so proud of her fur that she felt it deserved
Speaker 2: to be noticed. She would strut between the trees, pausing
Speaker 2: every now and again to lean up against a root
Speaker 2: or pose before a dandelion, in the hopes that a
Speaker 2: passing animal would comment, What a delightful morning, she announced
Speaker 2: loudly to a passing hedgehog. I beg your pardon, said
Speaker 2: the hedgehog, who clearly had something else on his mind.
Speaker 2: I said, repeated Victoria, as she made a big deal
Speaker 2: of stroking the soft fur on her leg. What a
Speaker 2: delightful morning it is. Just look at the way the
Speaker 2: warm sunlight simply shines upon my luxurious fur. Warm sunlight,
Speaker 2: muttered the hedgehog, barely slowing down. If it's bothering you,
Speaker 2: you should get some sunglasses, like who who Hendrix? That
Speaker 2: owl sure knows how to look good in a pair.
Speaker 2: With that, said the hedgehog ambled on, flip and flop
Speaker 2: spat the rabbit as she stamped a large foot. Why
Speaker 2: is it that all anyone ever talks about is that obnoxious,
Speaker 2: odious owl? Can't they just take a moment to see
Speaker 2: how fabulous I am? Say, little bunny, what's got you
Speaker 2: so hot and bothered? Asked a relaxed voice within the
Speaker 2: branches above her. Victoria was taken aback to see who
Speaker 2: who hendricks up? There? Uh, nothing to concern yourself with, said.
Speaker 1: The rabbit, sniffily.
Speaker 2: I'm perfectly all right, Thank you very much. That's cool,
Speaker 2: said the owl, lazily, Sorry to have bothered you. Who
Speaker 2: Hendrix walked away up the branch, leaving Victoria to glare
Speaker 2: after him. It's just not fair, she fumed. Everyone thinks
Speaker 2: that owl is so special? Just because he wears shades.
Speaker 2: Maybe that hedgehog was right. I'll get my own pear.
Speaker 2: Then everyone will think I'm cool too. So that afternoon,
Speaker 2: Victoria the rabbit hopped through the long grass, wearing her
Speaker 2: very own up ahead, she spied a skunk, so she
Speaker 2: stopped to casually lean against the stump of an old tree.
Speaker 2: Good afternoon, she said, doing her best to look as
Speaker 2: cool as possible. What do you think about what? Asked
Speaker 2: the skunk, adjusting her route to avoid the rabbit. The sunglasses,
Speaker 2: of course, snapped Victoria. What do you think of the sunglasses?
Speaker 2: They're all right, I suppose, shrugged the skunk as.
Speaker 1: She passed on by.
Speaker 2: Not as good as who who Hendrix is? But they're okay,
Speaker 2: Not as good, cried Victoria crossly. Of course there is good,
Speaker 2: But it was too late. The unimpressed skunk was gone.
Speaker 2: Why do all the rotten animals around here think that
Speaker 2: awful owl is so wonderful?
Speaker 1: The rabbit shrieked to herself.
Speaker 2: It can't just be his particular pair of sunglasses, could it,
Speaker 2: she thought, trying to work it out. Then she gasped,
Speaker 2: they must be magic sunglasses. That's it. That horrible owl
Speaker 2: is cheating. At that moment, Victoria the Rabbit made up
Speaker 2: her mind she was going to steal who Who Hendricks's
Speaker 2: shades and make them her own. That evening was an
Speaker 2: exciting one for the animals of the wood. There was
Speaker 2: to be a music concert held down by the pond.
Speaker 2: McCartney the Frog would be singing songs to the assembled audience,
Speaker 2: with creatures gathering to watch as soon as the sun
Speaker 2: began to set. By the time the concert was due
Speaker 2: to start, the pond's side was packed and it included
Speaker 2: one Victoria the Rabbit. On this occasion, because she was
Speaker 2: up to no good, Victoria didn't want anyone to notice her.
Speaker 2: To pull off her daring theft, she needed to move
Speaker 2: about unnoticed, and so she had adopted a disguise. Not
Speaker 2: only was she still wearing the sunglasses from earlier, she
Speaker 2: also sported a large straw hat to cover her ears.
Speaker 2: There was no way anyone would recognize her. Now, excuse me, Victoria,
Speaker 2: said a duck, gently pushing past her through the crowd.
Speaker 1: A lucky guess, hissed the rabbit.
Speaker 2: The problem with wearing sunglasses after the sun had set
Speaker 2: was that it was very hard to see where she
Speaker 2: was going, and even harder to spot who Who Hendrix,
Speaker 2: especially amongst all these animals in the crowd. All she
Speaker 2: could do was casually move through it and hope she
Speaker 2: caught sight of him. Out on the pond on a
Speaker 2: stage of overlapping lily pads, McCartney, the frog was finishing
Speaker 2: the first of his songs to loud whistles and clapping.
Speaker 2: Thank you all for coming, said the frog happily. Now
Speaker 2: for my next song, I have a very special, very
Speaker 2: cool guest joining me out on the water. The audience
Speaker 2: irrupted with enthusiastic cheers as who Who Hendrix swept down
Speaker 2: out of the night sky with a guitar slung across
Speaker 2: his body and his sunglasses still in place. Great to
Speaker 2: be here, said the owl, still as cool as ever.
Speaker 2: Hearing the owl voice, Victoria the rabbit spun in his direction,
Speaker 2: although she still couldn't see a thing. Now I've got you,
Speaker 2: she grinned, taking a big step forward. Those sunglasses are
Speaker 2: going to be mine. Unfortunately, she really couldn't see a thing.
Speaker 2: She stepped straight off the pond's edge and landed with
Speaker 2: an almighty splash in the murky water. Help, she spluttered
Speaker 2: desperately I can't swim, but who who Hendricks was already
Speaker 2: in the air, gliding effortlessly over to snatch the soggy
Speaker 2: rabbit up in his claws to return her to dry land.
Speaker 2: Somebody get this rabbit a towel, said the owl, looking
Speaker 2: cooler than ever. Victoria, who had lost both her hat
Speaker 2: and her shades in the water, looked at her damp
Speaker 2: fur and sobbed. The rest of the concert was a
Speaker 2: huge hit, with who Who Hendrick's playing a blistering guitar
Speaker 2: set alongside McCartney's superb singing, but there was one member
Speaker 2: of the audience who wasn't enjoying it at all. Those
Speaker 2: sunglasses must be magic, growled Victoria. How else could that
Speaker 2: objectionable owl see what he was doing. She was determined
Speaker 2: to lay her paws on them before the night was done,
Speaker 2: so she snuck around to the pond's far side and
Speaker 2: launched herself on a small wooden boat she found there.
Speaker 2: Paddling carefully, she crept up behind the lily pad stage
Speaker 2: where the duo were performing their last song. All she
Speaker 2: needed to do was climb from the boat to the stage.
Speaker 2: Not being a water based animal, this made her nervous
Speaker 2: if only this rotten little boat would keep still, she thought,
Speaker 2: surely all it needed was one little hop. That's what
Speaker 2: rabbits specialized in. So she hopped, but this made the
Speaker 2: boat rock even more. Instead of landing on the lily pad,
Speaker 2: she plopped into the water in between. Help, she shouted
Speaker 2: as she splashed about, I can't swim this time. Who
Speaker 2: Who Hendrix was even cooler. He didn't even stop playing
Speaker 2: the guitar as he leaned out to pluck the soaking
Speaker 2: rabbit up in one foot. Somebody get this rabbit a towel,
Speaker 2: said the owl, looking quite possibly the coolest he'd ever been.
Speaker 2: The crowd thought this was all part of the show
Speaker 2: and began cheering for more so mc cartney, the frog
Speaker 2: and who Who Hendrix.
Speaker 1: Began an encore.
Speaker 2: They were sensational, with the owl even playing the guitar
Speaker 2: behind his back. When the concert was over, the stage
Speaker 2: floated to the pond side to allow who Who Hendrix
Speaker 2: and McCartney to mix with the adoring fans. No sooner
Speaker 2: had they set foot upon the grass when a crazed
Speaker 2: rabbit burst forth and tried to snatch the sunglasses from
Speaker 2: the owl's face. Being as cool as he was who who?
Speaker 2: Hendrix simply stepped casually aside, leaving the screaming rabbit to
Speaker 2: take a plunge into the pond.
Speaker 1: Somebody get this rabbit a towel.
Speaker 2: Said the owl as he hooked the half drowned Victoria out.
Speaker 2: A pair of paramedic foxes swept the rabbit away to
Speaker 2: the medical tent, where they helped her cough up the
Speaker 2: water she'd swallowed and dried her in a big blanket.
Speaker 2: Feeling utterly miserable, Victoria could only sulk.
Speaker 1: Woods with all the swimmen.
Speaker 2: Asked who who Hendrix appearing beside her, You bother, some bird,
Speaker 2: snapped Victoria crossly. I was trying to get your sickening sunglasses. These,
Speaker 2: said the owl in surprise, as he removed them from
Speaker 2: his face. If you wanted em that much, you should
Speaker 2: have just said he passed them over. You're just giving
Speaker 2: them away, said the stunned rabbit. But aren't they magic? No,
Speaker 2: they're perfectly ordinary, and now they're yours, he said as
Speaker 2: he turned to leave. By the way, rabbit, what loveliest
Speaker 2: soft fur you have. Victoria's heart melted. How cool of
Speaker 2: you to notice, she said.
Speaker 1: The end