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Speaker 2: Hello. I'm Thomas, and I'm going to tell you a
Speaker 2: story about a magical night in the sleepy little seaside
Speaker 2: village of Snoozing on Sea. Perhaps you've been here before
Speaker 2: and seen the good night parade, or perhaps not. But
Speaker 2: before I begin, why don't you take some time to
Speaker 2: make yourself as comfy and cozy as can be. Start
Speaker 2: by making sure you're feeling as relaxed as possible. Maybe
Speaker 2: you're lying flat on your back with your arms and
Speaker 2: legs or stretched out, or maybe you're curled up nice
Speaker 2: and tight in a snug little ball with your blanket
Speaker 2: wrapped around you. However you are, it is perfectly fine
Speaker 2: as long as you're nice and cozy. And now let's
Speaker 2: return to the little town of Snoozing on Sea, where
Speaker 2: sometimes magical things happen. This is where our story begins.
Speaker 2: You are standing on a train platform, holding a suitcase
Speaker 2: and a thick envelope in your hand. If you look
Speaker 2: to your right, you can see steep mountains. It is spring,
Speaker 2: so the mountains are covered with trees. Sprouting new green leaves,
Speaker 2: and on their grassy slopes, pink, orange, and purple wildflowers
Speaker 2: are bursting into bloom. If you look to your left,
Speaker 2: you can see a sloping cobblestone road that leads down
Speaker 2: through a traditional English village. You see cottages with thatched roofs,
Speaker 2: a main street lined with small shops, and a church
Speaker 2: with a tall spire. The village is nestled beside a
Speaker 2: sandy bay. The ocean laps at the bay's shore and
Speaker 2: it stretches out, bright and blue all the way to
Speaker 2: the horizon. And if you look straight ahead, you see
Speaker 2: a sign on the train platform which reads Welcome to
Speaker 2: Snoozing on Sea. You open the envelope. On the journey here,
Speaker 2: you read the letter contained within it many times, but
Speaker 2: now you read it again. It says, I am so
Speaker 2: very pleased you agreed to visit me. Snoozing on Sea
Speaker 2: is a small village, but I think you will rather
Speaker 2: like it, and I promise you will have a very
Speaker 2: magical sleep here. When you arrive, take the main road
Speaker 2: from the station until you come to the carousel. There.
Speaker 2: Turn left. You'll come to a small cottage with a
Speaker 2: bright yellow door and apple trees growing either side. I'll
Speaker 2: be waiting for you. There, your friend, Elfrida Eider Down.
Speaker 2: You follow Elfrida's directions walking down the main road from
Speaker 2: the station. As you stroll, a gentle breeze wafts over you.
Speaker 2: The breeze is scented with damp perth and new flowers,
Speaker 2: the smell of early spring. You stop at the carousel
Speaker 2: to admire the brightly painted horses that prance up and
Speaker 2: down on its spinning platform. The owner winks at you
Speaker 2: as you go by. You wave and promise him you'll
Speaker 2: return to ride his horses soon. To the left of
Speaker 2: the carousel is a narrow, cobbled street. Trees grow either
Speaker 2: side of the path, and their branches meet in the sky. Overhead.
Speaker 2: You feel like you are wandering through an enchanted, leafy corridor.
Speaker 2: At the end of the street is an apple tree
Speaker 2: covered in snow white apple blossoms. They smell like honey.
Speaker 2: Elfrida Rider Down greets you at the yellow front door
Speaker 2: with a wide smile. She is a small lady with
Speaker 2: bright white hair and twinkly eyes. And the apple tree
Speaker 2: isn't the only thing that smells good. Through the door,
Speaker 2: you sniff something sweet and warm and gently spicy. Elfrida
Speaker 2: tells you that she's just baked a batch of cinnamon
Speaker 2: crisp cookies. She leads you into her cozy kitchen, where
Speaker 2: a pot of soup bubbles on the stove and a
Speaker 2: marmalade cat lies curled up in a corner. You sit
Speaker 2: at the wooden kitchen table while Elfrida serves you warm
Speaker 2: cookies and a cool drink. The cookies are delicious, so
Speaker 2: light that they almost dissolve on your tongue, leaving just
Speaker 2: the tingle of cinnamon in your mouth. Elfrida shows you
Speaker 2: to your room. It's up a winding staircase in a
Speaker 2: cozy turret. From your window, you can see all the
Speaker 2: way to the ocean. Your bed is a big four
Speaker 2: poster bed, heaped with squashy pillows and covered in a
Speaker 2: colorful quilt. It looks so inviting you could imagine lying
Speaker 2: down for an afternoon nap, head nestled against the pillows,
Speaker 2: the quilt wrapped warmly around you, with no sound to
Speaker 2: disturb you, except perhaps for the purring of Elfrida's cat.
Speaker 2: Elfrida smiles at you. She promises you'll get to stretch
Speaker 2: out on the bed and sleep this evening. For now,
Speaker 2: though it's such a beautiful afternoon, why don't you go
Speaker 2: out and explore snoozing on sea. For such a small town,
Speaker 2: says Elfrida, there really is plenty to do here. You
Speaker 2: head outside and down the road until you reach the carousel.
Speaker 2: The owner, a short man with dark eyes and a
Speaker 2: curly mustache, grins when he sees you. He knew you'd
Speaker 2: be back before too long. Rides cost one silver coin.
Speaker 2: The sign sets. You feel in your pocket, and as
Speaker 2: if by magic, there is a shiny silver coin inside.
Speaker 2: You pay the owner, then slowly stroll around the carousel,
Speaker 2: choosing a horse to ride. Should you ride on the
Speaker 2: yellow horse with painted buttercups on its saddle, The horse
Speaker 2: with a rainbow mane and tail, the blue horse with
Speaker 2: a cheek key twinkle in its sigh. In the end,
Speaker 2: you choose the emerald green horse with the shiny red saddle,
Speaker 2: and climb aboard. Swirling music starts to play and the
Speaker 2: carousel spins round. You move up and down on the
Speaker 2: horse's back. You know the horse isn't real, but you
Speaker 2: can almost feel the rhythm of its hoofs galloping along
Speaker 2: beneath you. You're sure that you hear a playful whinnying
Speaker 2: coming from it. You close your eyes and enjoy the
Speaker 2: sensation of riding along on horseback, feeling the wind ruffle
Speaker 2: your hair as you're married along, the music stops, replaced
Speaker 2: by the sounds of twittering birds and the distant murmur
Speaker 2: of the sea. The ride is over, You thank the
Speaker 2: owner and turn to pat the emerald green horse farewell.
Speaker 2: It tosses its head and knees a goodbye. You smile.
Speaker 2: Perhaps the carousel horse was more real than you thought. Next,
Speaker 2: you go down the main street past Drizzleworth's Umbrellas, where
Speaker 2: unfold umbrellas of every color are displayed in the window.
Speaker 2: You wander by Rolfe's fire lin Shop, where you stop
Speaker 2: to sniff the scent of sawdust and listen to the
Speaker 2: strains of violin music floating through the open windows. And
Speaker 2: finally you pass Petunia's Pancake Parlor, where people sit at
Speaker 2: tables covered in checkered cloths and a waitress whizzes passed
Speaker 2: with towering stacks of pancakes on a silver tray. You
Speaker 2: continue walking down the cobboard streets all the way to
Speaker 2: the sea. Here, the beach is dotted with brightly painted hats.
Speaker 2: A small shop sells ice cream by the scoop, and
Speaker 2: the sea glitters a brilliant blue under the You hadn't
Speaker 2: planned to go swimming, but the afternoon is lovely and warm,
Speaker 2: and the water looks so inviting. Perhaps you can have
Speaker 2: a quick paddle. You take off your shoes and walk
Speaker 2: across the sand to the water's edge. The sand is
Speaker 2: warm and squishy between your toes. The gentle sun feels
Speaker 2: like a blanket on your skin. You softly tread to
Speaker 2: the place where the waves are lapping against the beach,
Speaker 2: leaving soft white foam. When they pull back to sea,
Speaker 2: You stretch out a toe and dip it into the water.
Speaker 2: The temperature is effect not too warm and not too cold.
Speaker 2: The water feels cool and silky. You put the rest
Speaker 2: of your foot into the sea, then step your other
Speaker 2: foot in too. Gradually, you wade out just as far
Speaker 2: as you feel comfortable. It is peaceful and relaxing. You
Speaker 2: notice the clouds drifting in the sky and the seagulls
Speaker 2: flying overhead. Your breathing slows down to match the rhythm
Speaker 2: of the waves as they lap slowly against the shore.
Speaker 2: You stay like this for a few minutes, just breathing
Speaker 2: deeply and enjoying the feeling of the sea against your
Speaker 2: bare legs. Finally, you're ready to head back to the sand.
Speaker 2: You dry off and put your shoes back on. The
Speaker 2: sun is getting lower in the sky. It's late afternoon,
Speaker 2: almost time to head back to Elfrida's cottage. All of
Speaker 2: a sudden, your tummy starts to rumble. Perhaps you should
Speaker 2: have stopped at Petunia's pancake parlor, But then you remember
Speaker 2: the brightly painted ice cream storm. At the each's edge,
Speaker 2: a woman with long red hair is working behind the counter.
Speaker 2: She smiles and waves her ice cream scoop at you
Speaker 2: as she sees you coming. You wonder what flavor you'll choose, chocolate, strawberry, vanilla,
Speaker 2: But when you reach the counter you stop. The ice
Speaker 2: creams here are quite different to any others you've ever seen.
Speaker 2: Some are multi colored, some sparkle like the Milky Way,
Speaker 2: and all of them are labeled with very unusual flavors,
Speaker 2: flavors like birthday, happiness or possibilities. The woman with the
Speaker 2: red hair notices your surprise and recommends you try their
Speaker 2: special dream cream flavor. It's the best ice cream you
Speaker 2: can possibly imagine, she explains, and it's different for every
Speaker 2: person who tries it. You pause for a moment and
Speaker 2: imagine just how the best ice cream flavor you can
Speaker 2: think of might taste. Your mouth starts to water. The
Speaker 2: woman hounds you a big scoop of dream cream. You
Speaker 2: take a lick, and it's just like you imagined it
Speaker 2: would be, only somehow even creamier and even more delicious.
Speaker 2: After you've finished the very last lick of your lovely
Speaker 2: ice cream, you start to head back to Elfrida's cottage.
Speaker 2: On the way, you pass a small, mysterious shop where
Speaker 2: a sign in the window reads Fortunes Told by Sarah Fina.
Speaker 2: A lady in a long purple dress wafts out as
Speaker 2: you go past and tells you to wait. She has
Speaker 2: a fortune for you. She knows you need to be
Speaker 2: back at Elfrida's, so it's a very short fortune. This evening,
Speaker 2: she tells you, will be the most magical part of
Speaker 2: your day. You're not so sure about that. Elfrida's home
Speaker 2: is charming and cozy, but it's not exactly magical, and
Speaker 2: you've already done so many magical things today. You've ridden
Speaker 2: a carousel, horse that seemed to come alive and tasted
Speaker 2: an ice cream more delicious than you could have ever dreamed?
Speaker 2: Could there really be something more magical in store for
Speaker 2: you at Elfrida's At first, your evening with Elfrida is
Speaker 2: very far from magical. It's simple and ordinary in the
Speaker 2: best possible way. You tell her about your day, and
Speaker 2: she tells you about hers. You have a bowl of
Speaker 2: delicious soup for dinner. Afterwards, you sit in front of
Speaker 2: the fire with one of Elfrida's cats curled in your lap,
Speaker 2: watching the flames flickering lower and lower, until at last
Speaker 2: Elfrida announces it is time for bed. She shows you
Speaker 2: into your room and wishes you good night. Before she leaves,
Speaker 2: she turns around and warns you that the bed might
Speaker 2: twitch a little after you get in, but you shouldn't worry.
Speaker 2: That's completely normal. You wonder what on earth Elfrida means,
Speaker 2: but you don't have to wonder for very long. You
Speaker 2: put on a pair of fresh, clean pajamas, fold back
Speaker 2: the blankets, and climb into bed. Just as you are
Speaker 2: leaning your head back into a big pile of pillows,
Speaker 2: you feel a strange twitching sensation. You look at the
Speaker 2: brass bed frame. It twitches again in a way that
Speaker 2: seems almost mischievous. With a whish of the wind, the
Speaker 2: bedroom window flies open, the curtains flutter, and the night
Speaker 2: sky is spread with stars. The bed twitches beneath you again,
Speaker 2: seems excited, almost impatient, as if it's waiting for a
Speaker 2: sign from you. The fresh air feels good on your face,
Speaker 2: and you remember the fortune teller's words, this evening will
Speaker 2: be the most magical part of your day. You are
Speaker 2: curious to see what the bed will do next, so
Speaker 2: you not and then you gasp. The bed is slowly
Speaker 2: rising off the floor. It floats airborne in the center
Speaker 2: of the room. Then it flies through the window and
Speaker 2: carries you out into the night sky. The bed floats
Speaker 2: through the air. The evening is cool, but you snuggle
Speaker 2: into your blankets and feel perfectly cozy. When you look down,
Speaker 2: you can see all of snoozing on sea spread out
Speaker 2: beneath you, the little cottages, the shops, the carousel, and
Speaker 2: the sea shore. The bed flies higher and higher, and
Speaker 2: soon you can't see the ground at all. Instead, you
Speaker 2: are surrounded by twinkling stars. Some of them are shooting stars.
Speaker 2: They streak through the sky, leaving golden trails behind them.
Speaker 2: The bed goes up and up and up. Now you
Speaker 2: are flying so high that you are in the Solar System.
Speaker 2: You see the pink and purple clouds that move across
Speaker 2: the surface of Venus, the bright rings that circle Satin,
Speaker 2: and the deep clear blue of the planet Neptune. At last,
Speaker 2: the bed starts to sink lower and lower. As stars
Speaker 2: and clouds drift by. You feel yourself relax The nighttime
Speaker 2: breeze wishes around you, and you sense your breath moving
Speaker 2: in time with it, in and out, in and out.
Speaker 2: The bed comes closer to Earth, and beneath you you
Speaker 2: see an alpine forest. The bed flies over the top
Speaker 2: of the trees, and you smell the clean, fresh scent
Speaker 2: of pine needles. Fireflies flash and sparkle in a clearing
Speaker 2: in the distance, there is the friendly hooting of an owl.
Speaker 2: The bed comes to land in a field of tall
Speaker 2: grasses and wild flowers. The grass sways to and fro
Speaker 2: around the bed, and you feel your breath moving in
Speaker 2: time with the swaying grass, in and out, in and out.
Speaker 2: You are feeling very relaxed. When the bed floats up
Speaker 2: into the air once more, When you look down, you
Speaker 2: can see that you are leaving the forest and fields
Speaker 2: behind you and flying out over the sea. The sea
Speaker 2: is dark and still, and the reflection of the moon
Speaker 2: dances across its water. The bed drifts down onto the sea,
Speaker 2: but it doesn't sink beneath the waves. Instead, it floats
Speaker 2: like a ship. You lie back and admire a school
Speaker 2: of dolphins that splashes in the distance. The soft sound
Speaker 2: of the waves beneath your bed is soothing. Your eyes
Speaker 2: turn very heavy and full shut. You feel your breath
Speaker 2: moving in time with the splish splash of the waves,
Speaker 2: in and out, in and out. The bed twitches one
Speaker 2: final time, lifting off the surface of the sea and
Speaker 2: flying back through the air once more. You are so
Speaker 2: tired you don't pay much attention to where the bed
Speaker 2: is going. When it lands with a soft thud, you
Speaker 2: look around sleepily. You are in your familiar room at
Speaker 2: Elfrida's house. The bed is still unstable beneath you. You
Speaker 2: cuddle into your warm blankets and feel your whole body relax.
Speaker 2: You've had a wonderful day and a truly magical evening,
Speaker 2: just as the fortune teller predicted, and now it's time
Speaker 2: to sleep.
Speaker 1: The US.
Speaker 2: In the seas, music
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