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<v Speaker 1>It was late afternoon, and the sky outside the window

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<v Speaker 1>was turning pink. Ziggy, Lily, Sky, and Dash were all

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<v Speaker 1>together in the living room building a little house with

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<v Speaker 1>the sofa cushions one on top of another, then a

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<v Speaker 1>blanket for a roof, and a flashlight inside to make

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<v Speaker 1>it glow. This is our secret house, said Ziggy, hopping

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<v Speaker 1>inside like a spring. Careful, it's going to fall, laughed Lily,

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<v Speaker 1>tough as ever, pushing a cushion with her strong little hands, Sky,

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<v Speaker 1>quiet as always, sat inside the little house and listened.

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<v Speaker 1>She loved to stay silent and hear the sounds, the

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<v Speaker 1>rustle of the blanket, the laughter of her friends, the

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<v Speaker 1>soft patter of the light rain that had wet the

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<v Speaker 1>windows a moment ago and was now stopping. Dash, quick

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<v Speaker 1>as lightning, ran in and landed head first in a cushion. Ouch.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's so soft, he said, laughing, and everyone laughed

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<v Speaker 1>with him. And it was right at that moment that

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<v Speaker 1>they heard a sound, a sound they knew very well, Chew, Chew.

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<v Speaker 1>The four friends looked at each other with wide open eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>They ran to the window and saw in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of the garden a little train sparkling with a thousand colors,

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<v Speaker 1>its smoke smelling of sugar. It was Toby the magic Train. Hello,

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<v Speaker 1>little friends, climb up, nice and slow on to my

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<v Speaker 1>sweet little train. Away we go. We'll travel to a

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<v Speaker 1>place that no one's ever seen, deep down in a

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<v Speaker 1>sea that's warm and serene. Down in the deep, a

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<v Speaker 1>little light went out. But with our hearts we'll fix

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<v Speaker 1>it without a doubt. The children clapped their hands and

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<v Speaker 1>climbed aboard. The little train whistled, spun around twice, and then,

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<v Speaker 1>as if by magic, dove down, down, down into the water.

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<v Speaker 1>But it wasn't a splashy kind of dive. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a gentle dive, like sliding into a dream. And all

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<v Speaker 1>around them the sea opened up. How wonderful the water

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<v Speaker 1>was colored orange, pink, and purple, because above them the

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<v Speaker 1>sun was setting and its colors were drifting all the

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<v Speaker 1>way down. Silver little fish passed by like confetti, and

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<v Speaker 1>ahead of them, far away, they could see a strange

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<v Speaker 1>and beautiful house. It was made all of glass, shaped

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<v Speaker 1>like a sh shell, with chimneys that puffed golden bubbles

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<v Speaker 1>instead of smoke. But what is that place? Asked Ziggy,

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<v Speaker 1>his eyes shining. No one answered, right away. Then from

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<v Speaker 1>behind a tuft of seaweed, a tiny little head popped out.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a sea horse with a little bag made

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<v Speaker 1>of woven seaweed hanging from its neck. It was trembling

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<v Speaker 1>just a bit. That that is the factory of glass dreams,

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<v Speaker 1>it said, in a tiny voice. That's where the beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>dreams are made. They knead them like sugar dough. They

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<v Speaker 1>color them with the sunset, and they close them inside bubbles.

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<v Speaker 1>Then the bubbles float up all the way to children's beds,

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<v Speaker 1>and at night they make them dream of wonderful things.

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<v Speaker 1>How lovely, whispered sky. The sea horse came closer, and

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<v Speaker 1>the children smelled a lovely scent, like salt and fresh mint,

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<v Speaker 1>like a candy from the sea. I am the postman's seahorse,

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<v Speaker 1>it said, and I carry messages from one side of

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<v Speaker 1>the sea to the other. But but now everything is broken,

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<v Speaker 1>and it pointed to the sea bed with its little tail.

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<v Speaker 1>The children looked. There was a path made of stones

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<v Speaker 1>running from the factory out toward the open sea. But

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<v Speaker 1>the stones were all gray, dull, dark. Though stones usually shine,

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<v Speaker 1>the sea horse explained, trembling, they are the road the

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<v Speaker 1>dreams travel to reach the children, but they've gone out,

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<v Speaker 1>and without light, I'm afraid of the dark, and the

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<v Speaker 1>dreams get lost along the way and don't reach anyone

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<v Speaker 1>any more. A tiny tear rolled down its little face.

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<v Speaker 1>Lily clenched her fists. Then we have to light them again.

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<v Speaker 1>How do we do it? I don't know, said the

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<v Speaker 1>sea horse. The stones light up with the light of

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<v Speaker 1>the lantern fish, but the lantern fish have turned off

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<v Speaker 1>their little lights, and I don't understand why. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>speak their language very well. Dash tried to make a

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<v Speaker 1>silly face at a fish swimming by. The fish gave

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<v Speaker 1>him a funny look and swam away. Hum, that's not working,

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<v Speaker 1>said Dash, scratching his head. Ziggy tried shouting loudly, hey, fish,

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<v Speaker 1>turn on your lights, but in the water his voice

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<v Speaker 1>only made bubbles, and no one understood him. Sky meanwhile

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<v Speaker 1>said nothing. She had sat down on a smooth rock

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<v Speaker 1>and watched. She just watched. She listened with her heart

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<v Speaker 1>the way she always did, and little by little she

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<v Speaker 1>began to understand. She saw, near a dark cave a

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<v Speaker 1>big fish with a lantern on its head. The lantern

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<v Speaker 1>was dark, the big fish had its face turned the

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<v Speaker 1>other way, its long long snout drooping, and not far

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<v Speaker 1>off behind a rock, she saw a tiny little fish,

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<v Speaker 1>also with a lantern that was dark. It too had

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<v Speaker 1>a sad little face and held a small piece of

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<v Speaker 1>shell tight in its fins. Sky watched the little bubbles

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<v Speaker 1>coming out of the little fish's mouth. They floated up,

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<v Speaker 1>trembling like little sobs. The little fish glanced secretly at

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<v Speaker 1>the big fish, then looked down. And then Sky understood.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't about the dark, It was about the heart. Friends,

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<v Speaker 1>She said gently, that is a family. There's the mommy

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<v Speaker 1>fish far back there, the daddy fish near the cave,

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<v Speaker 1>and the little one behind the rock. But the daddy

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<v Speaker 1>and the little one had a fight, they said, crooked words.

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<v Speaker 1>They turned their backs on each other. And when there

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<v Speaker 1>is sadness in the heart, the little light won't shine

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<v Speaker 1>any more. And how do you know, asked Lily. I

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<v Speaker 1>felt it, said Sky, putting a hand on her chest.

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<v Speaker 1>You just have to look closely and stay quiet. The

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<v Speaker 1>postman seahorse came closer, trembling. Wait, wait, there's still a

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<v Speaker 1>message in my little bag. One last message I could

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<v Speaker 1>never deliver because the path was dark and I was

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<v Speaker 1>too afraid. It opened the seaweed bag and pulled out

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<v Speaker 1>a small sheet made from a thin leaf of the sea.

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<v Speaker 1>On it there was a drawing. The little fish had

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<v Speaker 1>drawn it. There was him and his daddy close together,

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<v Speaker 1>and underneath, in wobbly letters two words. What does it say,

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<v Speaker 1>asked Ziggy softly. Sky read it gently. It says I

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<v Speaker 1>miss you. There was a silence. We have to take

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<v Speaker 1>it to the daddy, Fish, said Sky. Seahorse. This this

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<v Speaker 1>is your job. It's the most important message of all.

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<v Speaker 1>The seahorse made itself very very small. But I'm scared.

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<v Speaker 1>It's dark. What if I get lost? What if I

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<v Speaker 1>make a mistake? Sky came close and gently touched its

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<v Speaker 1>little head. You won't be alone. We're here. Look at me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a little afraid of the dark, but when I

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<v Speaker 1>do something kind, the fear becomes very very small. Try.

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<v Speaker 1>Being brave doesn't mean having no fear. Being brave means

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<v Speaker 1>doing it anyway with your heart. The seahorse looked at her.

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<v Speaker 1>It took a breath, which under water has a little bubble.

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<v Speaker 1>It took the message into its bag and it swam.

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<v Speaker 1>It swam along the dark path, trembling, but never stopping,

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<v Speaker 1>with Sky and her friends cheering it on. From afar.

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<v Speaker 1>It reached the daddy fish, who still had his snout drooping.

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<v Speaker 1>Excuse me, said the seahorse. I have a message for you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's from your child. The daddy fish turned surprised. He

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<v Speaker 1>took the leaf with his fins. He looked at it.

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<v Speaker 1>He saw the drawing the two fish close together, and

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<v Speaker 1>those two words, I miss you. And then the Daddyfish's

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<v Speaker 1>eyes filled with water, which is hard to see under water,

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<v Speaker 1>but the children saw it anyway, because some things you

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<v Speaker 1>see with your heart. I miss you too, whispered the

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<v Speaker 1>daddy fish. He turned toward the rock where the little

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<v Speaker 1>fish was peeking out. He opened his fins, and the

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<v Speaker 1>little fish darted to him and hugged him tight, and

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<v Speaker 1>the daddy held him and said, I'm sorry. Crooked words

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<v Speaker 1>mean nothing. You mean everything. And in that moment, as

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<v Speaker 1>if by magic, the daddy's lantern lit up. Then the

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<v Speaker 1>little ones lit up, and then far back the mommy

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<v Speaker 1>fishes lit up too, as she came rushing to hold

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<v Speaker 1>them close. A warm golden light, and that light touched

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<v Speaker 1>the first stone on the path, and it lit up,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the second, and the third, one after another,

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<v Speaker 1>All the stones on the path began to shine again,

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<v Speaker 1>like a necklace of stars on the bottom of the sea.

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<v Speaker 1>The dreams, which had been stuck in the dark, set

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<v Speaker 1>off again. The golden bubbles floated out of the factory

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<v Speaker 1>and began to rise toward the surface, toward the beds

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<v Speaker 1>of children all over the world. Sky had shiny eyes,

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<v Speaker 1>but she was smiling. Ziggy Lily and Dash ran to

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<v Speaker 1>her and hugged her. The postman sea horse, who wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>trembling any more, did a happy twirl in the water.

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<v Speaker 1>I did it, it said. I was scared, but I

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<v Speaker 1>did it anyway. You were brave, said Sky, the bravest

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<v Speaker 1>of all. Above them, among the colors of the sunset,

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<v Speaker 1>they heard a familiar sound, chew, chew. It was Toby,

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<v Speaker 1>the magic train, waiting for them. The children said good

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<v Speaker 1>bye to the family of lantern fish, all hugging and glowing,

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<v Speaker 1>and climbed aboard. Well done, little ones. What a special

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<v Speaker 1>light borne from a heart that is gentle and bright.

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<v Speaker 1>In a family we love each other. It's true, even

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<v Speaker 1>if sometimes we squabble, we do Just one kind word

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<v Speaker 1>spoken straight from the heart, and the darkness fades and

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<v Speaker 1>falls apart. Now let's go home. Up high, we fly

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<v Speaker 1>with a lovely dream, a soft lullaby. The train rose

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<v Speaker 1>up among the golden bubbles and carried the children home

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<v Speaker 1>to their little house of cushions. Just as the last

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<v Speaker 1>ray of sun faded gently behind the hills. Sky snuggled up,

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<v Speaker 1>tired and happy and smiled because she had understood something

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful that sometimes to help someone you don't need shouted words.

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<v Speaker 1>You just need to listen with your heart.