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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 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 stories written just for you. Our

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Friday story is especially for our Premium subscribers only. Ellery

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is a Premium member from Melbourne in Australia, and she

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would like a story with a peacock, an axe lottle,

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and an angel fish. Don't forget to listen to the

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animal 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 a tale of tales. Is

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she in there? I can't see anything. She's there, She's

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just hiding. Look between the rocks. Oh yes, she's a

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nervous one, isn't she. Ellery wriggled backwards away from the

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voices they were talking about her, but the angelfish was

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too scared to reply, Hey buddy, it's OK. You can

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come out. It's safe here. Curious yet still nervous, Elery

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stuck her nose out just far enough to catch a

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glimpse of who was talking inside the fish tank with her.

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Smiling warmly was a pink axe loottle, while outside, beak

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pressed against the glass was a large peacock. I'm sunny,

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the axe a lottle said gently, This is Ozzy. Do

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you know where you are? Ellery shook her head. She

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had no idea. This is bottle Brush wild life Rescue.

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Sannie the axe alottle said, Nave. The lady who picked

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you up rescued us too. It's really nice here. Where

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were you before? Ozzy the peacock asked Ellery, though was silent,

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too nervous to speak. Why don't we tell you our

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stories first? Sanny suggested that way you can get to

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know us better. After a moment's thought, Ellery agreed with

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a nod. Great, said Sanny, Ozzy, would you like to

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go first? It seemed to be a silly question, as

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the peacock was already shaking out his feathers, head held

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high in preparation. Come closer, every one, the peacock cried,

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My story starts many months ago. Ozzy had once lived

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in a grand old house where people could visit to

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tour the rooms and gardens. He was one of many

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peacocks that lived there, and it was their job to

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look beautiful and impressive for the visitors. This was ideal

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for Ozzie, who loved nothing more than to show off.

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He would stride around the grounds, ruffling his magnificent blue feathers,

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and then when a large enough crowd had gathered and

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all eyes were on him, he would let out a

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shrieking cry and fan out his beautiful tail feathers for

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all to see. The people would gasp and cheer and

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take pictures, and Ozzie would bask in their admiration, walking

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in circles to properly show off his colorful plumage. He

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loved the humans, and they in turn loved him. He

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was a hit every time. But when the days turned

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colder and the house became quieter, Ozzie would have less

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to do. Showing off for two or three people just

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wasn't the same. On one of those quiet days, Ozzie

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watched a delivery van come to the house. He learned

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it had come from a nearby town, a town where

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lots of people lived. Perhaps they would like to see

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him show off his tail feathers. The peacock waited for

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the right opportunity, which it turned out was a flatbed

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truck delivering chopped wood. While the driver unloaded what had

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been ordered for the house, Ozzy leaped into the back

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of the truck and hid amongst the wood that was left.

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After a few minutes, the driver climbed into the front,

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started the engine and headed off, unaware that he had

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a stowaway on board. If you'd like to hear more,

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