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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. Hello, YAlO, Hello,

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I'm Josephine and this is the Animal Tales podcast, home

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to over four hundred and fifty stories written just for you.

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Our Friday story is especially for our Premium subscribers only.

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Orgie is a Premium member from San Diego, U s A.

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And he would like a story with a peregrine falcon,

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a poisoned dart frog, a jumping spider, and an arapeimer.

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Don't forget to listen to the animal facts after the

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story to learn more about some of these creatures. For now,

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it's time to sit back and get comfy, because it's

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time to begin the most dangerous journey. The deep dark

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woods were only inhabited by the scariest, most dangerous of animals.

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It was said that you couldn't walk ten paces without

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some menacing creature trying to gobble you up. The trees

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grew tall and thick, making it difficult to see, and

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the ground was so twisted with roots and rocks that

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every step could trip you. As a consequence, only the

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bravest or most foolish of animals ever dared to enter.

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Orgie was a little jumping spider, and he lived right

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beside these deep, dark woods in an old pine cone.

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He would sometimes see strange shadows moving amongst the trees,

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and there are odd noises all through the night. You

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won't catch me going in those woods, Orgie would say

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to himself. But not all the animals were as careful Orgie,

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Come on, Orgie. Taaron the tarantula teased, we're going to

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play by the woods. You've got to run in and

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touch the hollow tree. Gina the grass snake urged, We've

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all done it, now it's your turn. He'll never do it,

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sneered Suki, a sand lizard. He's far too little, not

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like us. In truth, they weren't particularly big or brave themselves.

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As soon as they heard a twig snap or a

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leaf rustle, they would come sprinting from beneath the trees

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in fright. But right now, all they were interested in

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was making themselves feel bigger than the little jumping spider.

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It wasn't Orgie's fault that he was so small, that's

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just what jumping spiders looked like. But he knew that

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the woods were no place for a little critter like him.

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He had no intention of ever setting foot past those trees.

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Then one day Orgie felt his pine cone move and shake.

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He poked out from between the cone's scales, and his

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heart skipped a beat. He was in the air, high

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above the trees. His pine cone home was in the

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talons of a crow. Orgie almost screaked in fear, but

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he didn't want the bird to know he was there.

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What was he going to do? A sudden flurry of

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black wings announced the arrival of another crow, cowing and pecking.

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The first crow shrieked, Orgie gasped, and the pine cone fell.

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Orgie felt his home tumble through the air, so he

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held on tightly with his many tiny legs. The cone

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bounced from a branch, struck another, then hit the ground

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before rolling to a stop. Dazed and stunned, and Orge

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stumbled out. He could only hope he had landed outside

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of the deep, dark woods, but what he saw suggested otherwise.

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The trees around him were tall and overbearing. Twisted roots

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erupted from the ground, thorny vines entangled the trunks, and

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the shadows seemed to move and swirl. I am inside

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the deep dark woods, He whispered to himself in fright,

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and I don't know which way is out. He recalled

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the stories of dangerous animals lurking around every tree trunk,

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waiting to gobble him up. What was he going to do?

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A dark shape on a nearby branch moved unexpectedly, making

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Orge squeak with fright. Are you supposed to be here?

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It asked ORGI was surprised to find himself staring into

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the eyes of a peregrine falcon, the fastest animal in

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the whole world. If you'd like to hear more, please

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