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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. Hey yo, 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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Max is a Premium member from Pretoria in South Africa

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and he would like a story with a triceratops, a

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t rex and a peregrine falcon. Don't forget to listen

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to the animal facts after the story to learn more

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about these creatures. For now, it's time to sit back

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and get comfy, because it's time to begin Discovered Dinosaurs.

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It was Discovered Dinosaur's Day, where incredible fossils, handmade sculptures,

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and interactive dig sites were on display at the museum.

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It promised to be a great day of fun and education,

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creating a buzz of excitement with the animals of the city.

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Most of the animals, that is. Max was a peregrine

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falcon and he didn't want to discover dinosaurs at the museum.

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He wanted to go skydiving. He would much rather fly

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high up into the clouds and then dive downwards at

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a speed no other animal could reach. That thought Max

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was much more fun. Unfortunately for Max, he'd promised his

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friendly on a scops owl that he would go with

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them to the museum, and he couldn't let Leon down,

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So it was after the discovered Dinosaur's Day exhibits. For now,

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the young peregrine falcon was not a huge fan of

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the museum. It was all a bit dull and dusty,

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with everyone shuffling around far too slowly for his liking.

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All Max could think about was flying. Leon had spent

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ages looking at fossilized dinosaur eggs and then some models

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of small prehistoric mammals. They didn't impress Max much, but

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a family of meer cats were clearly delighted by it.

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The only thing Max found remotely interesting was a display

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of feathered dinosaurs. Apparently, according to the sign, these kinds

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of dinosaurs and Max shared a distant common ancestor, but

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all the dinosaurs had been wiped out when an asteroid

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had hit. Oh wow, look at this, Leon said excitedly.

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These are newly discovered cave paintings left by actual dinosaur.

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How cool is that? Max just shrugged, unable to hide

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how unimpressed he was. Ah, it's all right, I suppose,

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he said. Look Max, if you want to, you can go,

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said Leon. I'll be okay on my own. Oh I can't,

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said Max. Feeling embarrassed, I promised. Don't be daft, insisted

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the scops owl. I know you'd rather be flying. You've

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spent more time looking at the sky out of the

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window than looking at the dinosaurs. Go on, go and

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enjoy yourself. I really don't mind. Max felt a wave

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of relief wash over him. Thank you, Leon, you really

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are an amazing friend. With Leon's blessing, Max raced for

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the exit. As he stepped into the fresh air and

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the sunlight struck his face, the Peregrine falcon spread his

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wings and launched himself into the air. Freedom. Max cheered

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as he raced skywards up between the buildings. Now this

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was much more exciting as far as he was concerned.

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Now high over the city, Max lifted his wings so

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that he hung in the air for a moment, then

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tipped forward into a plummeting dive. Peregrine falcons were made

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for this bit. Max loved the feeling of the air.

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Racing past his feathers. As his speed became faster and faster.

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He loved this part the best, and today he was

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quite sure he was going faster than he ever had before.

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In fact, at that very moment, Max was traveling faster

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than any peregrine had ever flown before. He was like

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a streaking towards the ground. He was just grinning from

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the sensation of it all when the world around him

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became a sudden, brilliant white, like a flash of lightning.

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