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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. He yo, Hello,

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I'm Josephine and this is the Animal Tales podcast. There

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back and get comfy, because it's time to begin the

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Oak Rebels. When the Grizzly Bear moved into the old

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manor on the Hill, the animals in the nearby village

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of Oaktown grew nervous. He had arrived in a splendid

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golden carriage flanked by two dozen wolf soldiers, to promptly

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declare himself the Duke of the surrounding lands. The Oaktown

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animals hoped for the best, but the new Duke gave

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them the worst. The Grizzly demanded that the villagers give

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him food and pay him gold. Anything else that caught

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his eye was likely to be taken too. His wolf

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soldiers were no better, taking whatever they wanted as they

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terrorized the Oaktown animals. Should any animal refuse or protest,

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they would be dragged off and locked up in the

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Duke's cellars. A small few, though, managed to escape before

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the soldiers came, and died together in the safety of

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the forest, calling themselves the Oak Town Rebels. There weren't

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many of them, but they drew courage from their brave,

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kind hearted leader, a fenic fox named Wren. Wren and

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the rest of the Oaktown Rebels did their best to

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help the animals as much as they could, which meant

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regular run ins with the Duke's wolves, which was how

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Wren found himself sprinting beneath the trees the soldiers hot

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on his heels. Wren knew the forest well, ducking under

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branches and hopping over ferns until he arrived on a

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path at the top of a rocky cliff. He could

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hear the wolves close behind, so new he needed to

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be quick. Instead of taking the path, he dropped over

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the cliff's side, slipping into a hidden opening in the rock.

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Seconds later, the wolves charged past none the wiser safe now,

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Wren continued down the passage until he emerged into a

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secret cavern. This was the Oaktown Rebels home, dressed with rugs,

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space to sleep, and what little supplies they'd been able

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to scavenge. In the cavern's center blazed a fire pit,

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lighting up the darkness. Wren said a large panda, standing

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up from beside the fire. What did you get this time?

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Not much, Finn, Wren replied, holding up a small sack.

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It's getting harder. Finn and Wren were best friends, and together,

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along with the rest of the rebels, they helped their

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village from afar. They sabotaged deliveries to the manor house,

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released prisoners, and took back the villager's stolen proper. I

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found a few wolves returning to the manor they'd been plundering,

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but I managed to snatch these back, said Wren, emptying

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the sack out two gold coins and a silver Finn.

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The panda sighed, it's not much, but it's something. Sad

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murmurs of agreement echoed through the cave. It seemed that

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no matter what they did, it was never quite enough.

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An axe alottle called Grace picked up the silver coin.

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We have to try something bigger, she announced. If the

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Duke and his wolves carry on like this, the villagers

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will starve. They're already going hungry. But how Finn asked,

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we're so few and they're so many. We should take

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back all the gold that the Duke has taken. An

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otter suggested, then the village could buy what they need.

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