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Speaker 1: That morning, the sky was full of gray, chubby clouds,

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the kind that looked like pillows blown up too big. Lily,

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Ziggy Sky and Dash were in the garden bouncing a

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ball into a bucket. If I score from here, I win,

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said Dash, and he threw the ball, but it landed

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in a bush instead. Lily laughed, then stopped all at once.

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She had heard something, a sound she knew very well. Chew, chew, chew, chew.

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From behind the hedge popped out Toby, the magic train,

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shiny and happy with smoke, curling into the air. Good morning, children,

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Come along with me to day. We're leaving one, two three?

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Where we go? I will not say, but courage is

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our friend to day. The children clapped their hands and

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climbed aboard in a rush. The little train whistled, spun

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around the garden, and then, as always happens in magic adventures,

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the world around them changed. The gray clouds vanished, the

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sun appeared, the sea appeared, A beach of golden sand appeared. Look,

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said Lily, jumping down first. It's beautiful. Toby, before leaving again,

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said one more thing. Here, every shell hums a little song.

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Find out the secret it won't take long, but careful

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when the sun sinks in the sea before the dark.

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Back here you must be. Then he went cheo choo

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and disappeared among the dunes. The children looked around with

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open mouths. This was singing shell Bay. Every shell, if

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you blew into it made a different note. Some made

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a high sound like a whistle, others a big sound

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like a trumpet. Try it, said Sky in her sweet voice.

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She blew into a pink shell, and out came a

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gentle fee. Everyone laughed. Ziggy took a big one and

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blew into it hard. Out came a proo as big

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as a trumpet, and the children burst out laughing even harder.

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It sounds like a raspberry, said Dash, And he tried too.

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But right at that moment they heard a huge noise

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boom boom, baba boom. On the sand. Hopping about clumb

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plaugh plath, came a shiny gray seal. She was slapping

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her flippers on a big drum made of shells and

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making an incredible racket. Hello, children shouted the seal very loud.

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I am boomba, I am the noisiest seal in the

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whole sea. Ziggy covered his ears, laughing, you are so noisy.

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That's not true. I talk normally, shouted Boomba even louder,

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and she banged the drum boom boom, baba boom. Lily

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came closer, she noticed that near the shore there was

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a little blue boat bobbing sadly, a bit crooked, spinning

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in circles without knowing where to go. Who is that

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little boat, asked Lily. Boomba stopped drumming for a moment.

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That's Peepo. He got lost. Usually I beat the right

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rhythm with my drum and the little boats follow it

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all the way to the harbor. But today today the

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rhythm comes out all crooked, and Peepo can't find the way.

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And why does it come out crooked, asked Lily. Boomba

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banged the drum right away, very loud. It's the sea.

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The sea is too noisy. It's not my fault. Boom boom,

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baba boom. Sky looked at Lily. Why is she shouting

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so much? Lily didn't answer, but inside she thought something

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is strange. Then she looked at the shell drum and

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saw a long crack right in the middle. The drum

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is broken, she said, that's why the rhythm is crooked.

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We have to fix it. We need the right shells

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to close the crack, and quickly added Dash, pointing at

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the sky. The sun had already dropped a little towards

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the sea. Toby's words came back to everyone before the dark.

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They had to hurry, so the hunt began. Boomba pointed

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with her flipper. There those white shells, those are the

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right ones. The children ran to gather them. They made

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a little pile on the sand, but just then the

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playful wind arrived, cheeky and mischievous. Whoosh, it blew hard

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and scattered all the freshly gathered shells, rolling them away. Hey,

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come back here, shouted Dash, running after a shell that

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was rolling away. He tripped, did a somersault in the sand,

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and ended up sitting in a puddle of water. Splash.

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Everyone laughed, even him. Let's not give up, said Lily firmly.

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Let's make the pile again, but this time we'll cover

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it with our hands. They all set to work together,

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each with a job. Dash zoomed fast as the wind

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and brought back the shells that rolled far away. Ziggy

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had an idea. Aha, let's dig a little hole. That

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way the wind can't carry them off, and he started

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digging in the sand with his hands. Sky calm and

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kind placed the shells into the hole, one by one,

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gently counting them in a low voice, and Lily directed

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every one, never losing her calm. Slowly the pile grew,

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but Boomba hopping excitedly Plath. Plath didn't notice the pile

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and landed right on it with her belly plough. The

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shells shot everywhere. Oops. Sorry, I didn't do it on purpose,

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she shouted, embarrassed. Meanwhile, the sun kept sinking lower and

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lower towards the sea, and the water was rising, wave

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after wave, closer and closer to the children's feet. A

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cheeky wave rushed in fast and wiped away half the pile,

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dragging some shells away. Oh no, the wave is taking

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them away, shouted Sky. Quick Altogether, said Lily. They held

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hands and made a little dam to stop the water

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while Dash rescued the runaway shells. They laughed, they puffed,

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and they didn't give up. We're almost there, said Lily.

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Three more shells and we closed the crack. They all

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ran together, grabbed the last shells and fitted them into

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the crack in the drum. The crack closed, The drum

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looked bran new again. Try it, Boomba said Lily, out

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of breath, but with happy eyes. Boomba slapped her flippers

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boom boom bam, but the sound still came out crooked

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off key wrong Peepo out at sea kept spinning in circles. Lost.

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But how, said Ziggy. We put in the right shells.

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Why isn't it working? Sky was almost about to cry,

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and the sun is nearly touching the sea. Lily did

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not give up. She sat down next to Boomba, who

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had started banging very loud again, boom boom, baba boom,

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as if to cover everything up. But Lily calmly looked

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the seal straight in the eyes, and she saw something

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the others hadn't seen. Boomba wasn't angry. Boomba was sad.

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Her eyes were shiny. Boomba said Lily in a sweet voice.

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You're not angry, You're sad, and you make so much

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noise because you're hiding something, aren't you. Boomba stopped drumming,

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the drum went silent. The seal lowered her gaze. You

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can tell me Lily went on, we won't tell you off.

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We're your friends. Boomba took a long breath. Then, for

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the first time, she spoke softly, very softly. The drum

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didn't break on its own. She whispered, I broke it yesterday.

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I wanted to be daring, to jump higher than every one,

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to show off. I hit the drum too hard with

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all my strength, and it cracked. And then then I

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was too ashamed to say it, so I shouted that

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it was the sea's fault. But it wasn't true. Her

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eyes filled with tears. I'm sorry, I told a lie.

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Lily put a hand on her flipper. Thank you for

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telling the truth. That takes courage. And here's the magic thing.

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As soon as Boomba told the truth, it seemed as

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if a great weight slid off her back. She felt lighter.

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She smiled, with tears still on her cheeks. Now try drumming,

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said Lily, but not with strength. Drum with your heart.

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Boomba closed her eyes. She rested her flippers on the

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drum gently and beat, and this time boom boom ba boom,

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a clean rhythm, clear, beautiful, bouncing over the water like

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a song out at sea. Peepo, the little boat stopped

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spinning in circles. He straightened his sail. He followed the rhythm,

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followed the sound, and began to glide straight towards the harbor.

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Just at that moment, the sky lit up. The sun

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touched the sea and painted it all orange, pink, and purple,

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like a huge picture. Under those colors, Peepo reached the

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little harbor, safe and sound. Just in time. We did it,

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shouted the children, jumping and hugging each other. Boomba jumped too, plaugh, plath,

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but this time for joy. Thank you, Lily said the seal.

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Thank you all. I was afraid that by telling the

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truth I would feel worse. Instead, I feel much better.

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That's because the truth always wins, said Lily, smiling, even

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when it's hard to say. Right. Then, among the colors

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of the sunset, a familiar whistle was heard. Chew, chew, Toby.

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The magic train arrived, gleaming under the pink sky. Well done, children,

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what a brave quest. The truth's a light that shines

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its best. A broken drum can play once more when

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honest words unlock the door. The children laughed and climbed

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aboard Boomba beat her drum to say goodbye, a sweet

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and cheerful rhythm that went with them as the train

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moved away, the sun waves goodbye in a golden gleam.

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You head back home with a happier dream. Whoever tells

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the truth this much, I know, keeps a light little

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heart wherever they go. And as Toby went chew chew,

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the sea, the bee, each and the drumming seal slowly

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faded away, and the home garden came back, with the

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gray clouds now making room for a ray of sunshine.

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That evening, before falling asleep, Lily thought about Boomba and

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she understood something important. Telling the truth sometimes is a

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little scary, but afterwards always it makes you feel lighter,

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just like a seal who goes back to playing her drum.