Episode Transcript
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hello this series is reading junior classics
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volume one fairy wonder tales we are
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reading why the diver duck has so few
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tail feathers adapted from h r schoolcraft
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having overcome the powerful pearl feather killed
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his serpents and escaped all his wiles
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and charms the heart of Manabozho well
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within him an unconquerable an
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an unconquerable desire for for further adventures
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seized upon him he had won in
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a great fight on land so he
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determined his next success should come to
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him from the water he tried his
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luck as a fishermen and with such
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success that he captured an enormous fish
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a fish so rich in fat bet
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that the oil manzullo was able to
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form a small lake fishing wishing to
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be generous at the same time having
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a cunning plan of his own invited
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all the birds and beasts of his
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acquaintance to come and feast upon the
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oil telling them that the order in
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which they partook of the banquet would
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decide how fat each was to be
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at each was to be for all
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time to come as fast as they
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arrived he told them to plunge in
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and help themselves the first to make
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his appearance was the bear who took
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a long and steady draft then came
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the deer the possum and such others
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of the family as are noted for
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their comfortable covering the moose and the
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buffalo were late in arriving on the
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scene and the partridge always lean and
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flesh looked upon till the supply was
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nearly gone there was not a drop
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left by the time the hair and
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the martin appeared on the shore of
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the lake and they are in consequence
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the slenderist of all creatures when
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this ceremony was over Manabozho suggested to
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his friends that the assembled birds and
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animals that the occasion was proper for
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little merrymaking and taking up his job
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he cried out new song from the
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south come brothers dance they all fell
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in and commenced to their rounds whenever
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manzo bow as he stood in the
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circle saw a fat foe which he
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fancied pass him he ardently rung up
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wrung it's neck and slipped it under
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his belt at the same time beating
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his drum and scene at the top
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of his lung to drown the noise
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of the fluttering crying out in a
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tone and admiration that's the way my
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brother's that's the way at last a
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small deck of the diver family thinking
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there was something wrong opened one eye
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and saw what Manabozho was doing giving
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a spring and a cry haha Manabozho
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is killing us he made a dash
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for the water Manabozho was so angry
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that the creature should have played the spy
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that he gave chase and just
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as the diver duck was getting into
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the water he gave him a kick
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which is the reason the divers tail
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feathers are few his back flattened and
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his legs straightened out so that when
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he is seen walking on land he
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makes a very sorry looking figure the
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other birds having no ambition to be
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thrust into Manabozho's belt flew off
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and the animals scampered into the woods
