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Micah is a premium member for Massachusetts U s A.
And he would like a story with a puffin, a
golden eagle, a bison, and a right whale. Don't forget
to listen to the animal facts after the story to
learn more about these creatures. For now, it's time to
sit back and get comfy, because it's time to begin
the Bison's search for silence. It was ten o'clock at
night and Micah, a bison, was trying to read his book.
It was a good one about spaceships and aliens and
distant planets, and normally he would have raced through a
book that good, but on this occasion, it wasn't going
so well for Mica. At that very moment, through the ceiling,
he could hear his upstairs neighbors snoring. That was very distracting.
He could also hear cars speeding past outside their engines rumbling.
Micah could hear groups of animals laughing and talking as
they made their way home, and then there was the
continuous hum and clanking of the building's pipes, not to
mention a slow drip, drip, drip coming from somewhere. The
bison knew that living in the big city meant some noise,
but he'd never realized it would be so noisy all
of the time. He gave up, pulled the covers over
his head, and tried to sleep. The next morning, at breakfast,
Micha tried to read a few pages, but was distracted
by his neighbor stomping around as he vacuumed his flat,
so he headed out to his favorite corner cafe to
read with a hot chocolate. This was spoiled by a
noisy antelope talking loudly on her phone. He tried to
read on the bus, but the leopard sat next to
him was constantly bumping against his arm. He got back
home having barely read a single page. Micah decided that
he was surrounded by too many animals doing too many things,
and all of it noisily. He'd had enough if he
was ever going to read a book again. He was
going to have to move. I'd like to buy a
new house, he said to the Ostrich behind the desk
at the estate agent's. Then you've come to the right place.
The Ostrich beamed, what sort of property did you have
in mind? Somewhere far away and very very quiet, Micah replied.
As it turned out, the bison was in luck. Before
too long, Micah was packing up his things and saying
good bye to the big city. He was moving to
an island. His new house wasn't big or fancy, just
a cottage, a small garden of grass, and just beyond
a sandy beach. It was perfect. The island sat just
beyond the mainland, opposite towering cliffs, separated by a narrow
strip of water. The only noise was the gentle lapping
of the waves breaking upon the shore. The first thing
that Mica unpacked was his book. He took it straight
out on to the lawn, lay down on the grass,
and opened his book to read Hello, neighbor. Somewhat startled,
Mica lowered the book to find himself face to face
with a smiling puffin. Always good to have a new
face in the neighborhood. The puffin continued wonderful house you
have here, very peaceful. It's exactly what I wanted. Micah agreed.
I lived in the city before, and it was far
too loud. Oh, I understand, said the puffin, nodding enthusiastically.
Near my friends, we couldn't do city life. We much
prefer a sieve view. We live right over there. If
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