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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to a special taster of our new

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premium only story. We hope you like it. Hell Yale, Hello,

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I'm Josephine and this is the Animal Tales podcast, home

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to over four hundred and fifty stories written just for you.

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Our Friday story is especially for our Premium subscribers only.

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Florence is a Premium member from the Sunshine Coast in

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Australia and she would like a story with a chameleon

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and a rhinoceros. Don't forget to listen to the animal

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facts after the story to learn more about these creatures.

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For now, it's time to sit back and get comfy,

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because it's time to begin the rhino and the Chameleon.

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In the whole wide world, there were no better friends

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than Florence and Sonny. They were inseparable, doing everything together.

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Nobody could make them laugh like the other could. Nobody

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understood them better than one another, and they never ever argued.

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Florence was a Parson's chameleon. She was bright green with

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a long, twisty tail and little grippy hands. Sonny was

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a white rhino with a body like a tank and

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two huge horns on her face. Florence often sat on

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the front horn, gripping on tight as she guided Sonny

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where to go. They were an odd pair to some,

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but neither of them minded one bit. While out for

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a stroll one bright day, Florence felt her stomach rumble.

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I'm hungry, she said, I was just thinking the same thing.

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Sonny agreed. Let's find some food. But they saw that

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the grass was wilting and the leaves were dry and brown,

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which wasn't very appetizing at all. From her perch on

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Sonny's nose, Florence spied a small, battered fox. Let's ask

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him where we can get some food, she suggested. Excuse me,

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said the rhino to the fox, who was sunning himself

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on a rock. Do you know where we might find

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some food around here? Maybe, said the fox as he

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took in the curious pear. But why should I tell you?

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We're both very hungry, Florence said. But whatever we find,

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we'd be happy to share with you. The fox sat up,

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curling his tail around his feet and cocking his head

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to one side. Very well, he said, there's a tree

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not far from here that bears the tastiest fruit in

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all of Africa. It's called honey fruit because it tastes

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so deliciously sweet. That sounds wonderful, Florence said, her mouth

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watering oh it is. The fox agreed, but you'd better hurry.

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Once they're ripe, they go fast. Florence and Sonny thanked

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the fox as they headed off in the direction he'd pointed.

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It didn't take them long to find the honey fruit tree,

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as it was hard to miss. It was huge, with twisting,

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sprawling branches and large leaves that overhung a plummeting cliff,

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and right at the top, high out of reach, was

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one single honey fruit. We're in luck, Sonny said, there's

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still left, but how shall we get it down? Florence asked, Well,

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I could thump the tree with my horn until it falls,

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the rhino suggested, or you could climb up and pick it.

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They are both good plans, the chameleon said to her friend,

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But I'll save you the headache. I'll climb up. Sonny nodded, carefully,

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lifting her horn up so Florence could transfer to the tree.

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Do be careful, Sonny called, don't get hurt. Florence was

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grateful that her friend cared so much, but she was

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a good climber and made it to the top with ease. Oh,

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she said, sounding disappointed. I think I know why this

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one hasn't been eaten yet. It's not ripe enough. Oh

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that is a shame. Sonny called up. How long do

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you think it needs to be ready to eat? I

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don't know, admitted Florence. If you'd like to hear more,

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