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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, 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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Misha is a Premium member from New Zealand and she

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would like a story with a puppy. Don't forget to

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listen to the animal facts after the story to learn

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more about these creatures. For now, it's time to sit

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back and get comfy, because it's time to begin new puppy.

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Misha had been with her new family for a few

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days now. She had decided that she liked them very much.

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They were so full of love and affection, constantly cuddling

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or playing with her. She was still getting used to

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her strange new home, and much of it still confused her.

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For example, there was a window the family liked to

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look at every evening, but when they stopped looking through it,

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it turned black. None of the other windows did that.

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Misha soon learned that she preferred the window in the

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bottom of the door. The glass was just low enough

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for her to be able to see outside, not that

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she was allowed to go outside yet. No, no, said

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one of the children, as Misha attempted to follow her

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into the garden. You're still too little to come out here.

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Be patient, it won't be long. Misha sat down heavily,

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whined quietly, then settled down to watch through the glass.

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All the family were out there, cutting the grass, trimming

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the hedge, or playing games. Misha just wanted to be

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with them. The girl had said it wouldn't be long

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until she was allowed outside, but what did that mean

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in a minute tomorrow? Poor Misha had no way of knowing,

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so instead she watched. What are you looking at? Asked

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a curious voice that she didn't recognize. The puppy almost

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tumbled over in surprise. Was this a new member of

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the family that she hadn't met yet? Above her, someone

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was watching from the back of a chair. It had large,

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round yellow eyes and was studying her carefully. Are you

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part of my family? Asked Misha innocently. That depends, said

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the creature, ruffling its feathers. If I'm part of your family,

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will I get something to eat? Misha had forgotten all

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about what was happening in the garden. Oh, there's lots

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to eat, Misha said, leaping to her feet and wagging

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her tail. Let me show you. She raced across the

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floor to her bowl, which unsurprisingly was empty. Oh, she

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said in disappointment. Sometimes there's food in here. You're new

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to all this, aren't you, said the creature from its perch. No,

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I'm not new, insisted Misha. I've lived here lots and

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lots of days now, maybe four hum, said the creature.

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Let me explain my situation to you. You see, I'm hungry.

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The window was open and the family are all outside,

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so I thought i'd come in and look for a snack.

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You can help me if you like. Does this mean

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you are or aunt part of the family, asked Misha,

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cocking her head to one side. Let's say I am,

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said the creature as it shuffled a step to the

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left on the chair's back. You can call me uncle

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Moore pork. It's so nice to meet you, Uncle more pork,

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said Misha as she bowed down, stretching out her fore

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legs in front of her. It will be fun to

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help you. That's great to hear, said the bird. So

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where do we start? Where do your family keep their

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tasty treats in here. Uncle more Pork, said Misha, bounding

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over to a towering object. It has a door, and

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inside it is very cold. Us owls aren't afraid of

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a little cold, said Uncle Moore Pork, as he spread

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his wings and flew to the fridge's top. He reached

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down and tapped the door with his beak. How do

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we get inside? I really don't know, admitted Mischa. Everyone

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else in the family can do it, so we must

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be able to because we're family too. If you'd like

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