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Speaker 1: That morning in the garden, Ziggy and his friends had

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made up a brand new game. They had picked lots

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of dandelions, those white flowers as light as clouds, and

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they had a contest to see who could blow them

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the farthest. Ziggy puffed up his cheeks blue, and the

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little seeds flew away like tiny parachutes. Mine went all

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the way to the bush, shouted Ziggy, jumping for joy.

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Mine went over the little wall, said Lily, her blue

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eyes full of pride. Sky laughed softly, while Dash ran

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to gather more dandelions quick as ever. All around them

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scampered Ziggy's four cats, Sophia the cuddly little black cat,

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Dora the brave tabby, and the two brothers Poldo, fat

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and lazy, and Milo, tall and nimble, who caught a

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dandelion's seed in midair with one big leap. All of

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a sudden, from far away came a familiar sound, cheof, choof.

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It was Toby the Magic Train, who stopped beside the meadow,

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puffing happily. The children ran over to him, and Toby

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greeted them the way he always did, speaking in rhyme. Hello,

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dear friends, come, climb aboard. A mystery waits to be explored.

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A meadow lost its happy grin, with a thousand sweet

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scents shut within. The children looked at each other, curious

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a meadow that had lost its smile. They all climbed up,

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Cats included, and Toby set off happily through the field,

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puffing little white clouds. After a bumpy ride, the train

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stopped in front of them. Was the Meadow of a

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thousand Scents, a place where every flower smelled different. There

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was the flower that smelled of strawberry, the one that

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smelled of mint, the one that smelled of freshly baked cake.

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Usually it was the happiest meadow in the world, with

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butterflies dancing and scents that made you hungry. But today

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something was wrong. All the flowers were shut tight, squeezed

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together like little fists. They didn't smell of anything anymore,

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and around them the bees flew sadly with a thin,

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gloomy buzz. What's happening, asked Sky, coming closer softly. The

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bees seemed so sad. A little bee landed on her

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finger and buzzed quietly, as if it wanted to explain.

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Sky understood right away. The flowers are closed. The bees

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can't find the nectar anymore, and without flowers they can't

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make honey. Just then, from behind a rock out popped

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a funny groundhog. She walked stiffly, with her nose in

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the air and around her neck. She wore a dangling

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pine cone. She smelled of freshly cut grass. Step aside, children,

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said the groundhog in an important voice. I am the

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weather ground hog, and I sniff out the weather with

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this big nose of mine. I am never wrong. Ziggy

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was confused. Excuse me, what does never wrong mean? The

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groundhog puffed out her chest. Never wrong means I never

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make a mistake, never ever ever look at my pine

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cone barometer when it closes. The rain is coming, and

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I sniff the air and always tell you what the

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weather will be. She sniffed the air with great drama,

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turning her big nose this way and that to day.

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There will be beautiful sunshine all day long. I am

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never wrong. But just as she said it, far away,

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a deep grumble was heard, broom. It was a thunder storm,

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far far away, grumbling like a hungry tummy. And right

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away a light wind passed through the grass whispering as

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if it were telling a secret. And at that very moment,

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Ziggy noticed something. Every time the thunder grumbled and the

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wind whispered, the flowers squeezed themselves even tighter, trembling like

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little leaves in the cold. Wait, said Ziggy, sitting down

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in the grass to watch. Ziggy was like that. First

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he looked carefully, and then his mind lit up with ideas.

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He stayed quiet for a moment, his eyes going from

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the flowers to the sky, and from the sky to

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the flowers. The flowers aren't sick, they're scared. They close

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up when they feel a storm coming. They think it's

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going to rain hard, so they hide, just like when

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we pull the blankets over ourselves. The weather groundhog blushed.

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The truth was her big nose had gotten muddled that day,

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and she couldn't tell what the weather was anymore. But

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she was too proud to admit it. No, no, she muttered,

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looking away. Everything's perfectly fine. I am never wrong. Lily

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crossed her arms, stubborn. But the flowers are still closed,

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and the bees are getting hungrier and hungrier. We have

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to do something. That's when the idea lit up inside Ziggy.

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His eyes sparkled and he jumped to his feet.

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Speaker 2: I've got it. If the flowers close because they're afraid

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of the storm, we have to bring back the calm.

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We have to make the flowers believe the sunshine is back.

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Let's build big, colorful sun umbrellas so the flowers will

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feel safe and open up again, sun umbrellas, asked Dash,

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already ready to run. Yes, said Ziggy. Let's take branches

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and colorful sheets and build cheerful little roofs over the flowers,

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yellow like the sun, red blue. That way the wind

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won't scare them any more, and they'll think it's a

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beautiful day. Everyone got to work, and it was a

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wonderful mess. Dash ran fast to gather long, straight branches. Lily,

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stubborn as ever, pushed the branches into the ground with

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all her strength. Sky, sweet and patient, laid the colorful

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sheets on top that they had found in the train's basket,

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and Ziggy. Ziggy climbed the highest branches to tie the

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sheets at the top, jumped from one umbrella to another,

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and set everything in place with his own hands. The

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cats helped too. Dora pulled a sheet with her teeth.

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Poldo acted as a weight, sitting on a corner of

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cloth so the wind wouldn't carry it away. Sophia purred

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beside the most frightened flowers to comfort them, and Milo,

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nimble and light, jumped from flower to flower, brushing them

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with his tail as if to say, be brave, don't

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be afraid. But all at once the wind blew harder.

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One son umbrella began to bend, It shook, and it

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was about to fly away. Look Out, cried Ziggy. Lily

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grabbed the branch with all her might, her feet slipping

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on the grass. I won't let you go, she panted.

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Ziggy ran climbed up quickly and tied the sheet with

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a strong knot. Together they made it, and the umbrella

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stayed in place. The children looked at each other and

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burst out laughing, their hearts pounding slowly under those cheerful,

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colorful sun umbrellas. The flowers felt that the wind wasn't

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touching them anymore. They felt safe, and that's when the

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magic happened. One flower opened, then another, then ten, then

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a hundred, one after another. The flowers opened like hands

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opening to the sun, and the thousand scents came back

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to fill the air. Strawberry mint cake honey. The bees

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went wild with joy. They arrived in a buzzing, happy cloud,

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diving into the flowers, and right away they started gathering

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ring nectar to make honey again. We did it, shouted Ziggy,

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jumping into the air. The weather groundhog watched it all

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with shining eyes. She had seen those little children solve

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the mystery that she, with all her pride, had not understood.

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Her heart filled with something new, she took a step forward.

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Speaker 1: Shy children, I I have to tell you something, she murmured.

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To day, my big nose got muddled. I couldn't tell

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what the weather was anymore, but I was too proud

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to say so. I was ashamed. But you you taught

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me something important. She lowered her head and said the

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hardest words of all. Will you help me make my

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forecast right again? I can't do it on my own.

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Sky came over and hugged her. Of course, we'll help you.

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Asking for help doesn't mean you're weak, you know, it

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means you're wise. Whoever asks for help, added Ziggy, with

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a smile, is twice as strong because they have so

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many friends beside them. Together, the groundhog and the children

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sniffed the air, looked at the clouds, and studied the

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pine cone barometer. And this time the forecast was right.

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The storm would stay far away and the meadow would

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have sunshine until evening. But the children had prepared a surprise.

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While the groundhog looked at the sky, Lily and Dash

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had gathered the first little spoonful of new honey, freshly

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made by the bees. They put it on a big

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shiny leaf, decorated it with colorful petals, and all together

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they shouted surprise, A party for you, groundhog. The groundhog's

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mouth fell open for for me, Yes, said Sky, because

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even though you got muddled to day, you're still our

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special weather groundhog. And now you're even more special because

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you've learned to ask for help. It was the sweetest

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party in the world. They all tasted the first new honey,

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which smelled of flowers and sunshine. The bees buzzed happily,

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the cats purred, and the groundhog laughed with tears in

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her eyes, happier than ever. As the sun began to set,

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the familiar sound was heard again, cheuf cheof Toby. The

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magic train had come back to fetch them. The children

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said good bye, to the groundhog with a big hug,

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and climbed aboard. Toby happy, said his rhyme. The meadow

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found its smile once more, with flowers and sweet honey galore.

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Who asks for help is wise. You'll see together every

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fear will flee. And so among the scent of the

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thousand flowers and the sweet taste of the new honey,

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Toby carried the children back home, tired, happy, and a

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little bit wiser than before.