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But where the other crayons [0:38] Speaker 1: said sunburst yellow or midnight blue or treetop green, the [0:43] Speaker 1: magic crayon simply said magic. It looked like a white crayon, [0:49] Speaker 1: but when Malaya used it, it always seemed to draw [0:53] Speaker 1: in just the color she needed. She'd found it in [0:56] Speaker 1: the pack alongside all the other crayons and had assumed [0:59] Speaker 1: that everyone's pack of crayons had a magic crayon in there. [1:03] Speaker 1: So surprised was she to learn otherwise that she decided [1:06] Speaker 1: not to tell a soul about her good fortune. I [1:10] Speaker 1: expect you're wondering just exactly how the crayon was magic. Well, [1:15] Speaker 1: I'll tell you. Whatever Malaya chose to draw would come alive. [1:20] Speaker 1: She'd already drawn a cartoon cat and a butterfly this way, [1:24] Speaker 1: and now had to hide them both so nobody found [1:27] Speaker 1: out about the crayon. They currently lived in her bedroom. [1:31] Speaker 1: This created a problem for Malaya. If you drew something, [1:34] Speaker 1: it would come alive. But once it was alive, people [1:38] Speaker 1: might ask where it had come from, allowing them to [1:41] Speaker 1: discover the crayon. So, for a long time, Malaya didn't [1:45] Speaker 1: draw anything with the magic crayon at all. But what's [1:49] Speaker 1: the point of having a magic crayon if you don't [1:51] Speaker 1: use it? Malaya thought about this problem every day, trying [1:55] Speaker 1: to come up with a way around it. Until one day, [1:58] Speaker 1: she had an answer. I know exactly what I'm going [2:01] Speaker 1: to draw, said Malaya with a grin, and from out [2:05] Speaker 1: of her pocket, she pulled out the magic crayon. What [2:08] Speaker 1: are you doing? asked the cartoon cat as the crayoned [2:12] Speaker 1: butterfly fluttered overhead. I'm drawing something new, replied Malaya. Oh, [2:19] Speaker 1: it looks big, said the cartoon cat. Will there be [2:22] Speaker 1: enough space for it to live in your bedroom too? Oh, [2:25] Speaker 1: this one won't need to live in my bedroom, smiled Malaya. [2:29] Speaker 1: I'm drawing a Candyland unicorn with multicolored wings, and I'm [2:34] Speaker 1: going to ask if it can take me there when [2:36] Speaker 1: it flies home. Oh, that's a clever idea, said the [2:40] Speaker 1: cartoon cat. Can I come? Well, I don't see why not, [2:45] Speaker 1: said Malaya, as she began drawing the legs. It was [2:48] Speaker 1: already looking really good. She didn't even need paper to [2:52] Speaker 1: draw on, allowed her to draw straight into the air. There, [2:57] Speaker 1: said Malaya. [2:59] Speaker 2: She's done. [2:59] Speaker 1: Oh, doesn't she look beautiful? Oh, thank you for saying so, [3:04] Speaker 1: said the winged unicorn. Oh, I do like how you've [3:08] Speaker 1: coloured my wings. Are you really a Candyland unicorn? asked [3:12] Speaker 1: the cartoon cat. I am, nodded the unicorn. And I [3:17] Speaker 1: can't wait to get home. Are you all coming along [3:19] Speaker 1: for the ride? Oh, yes, please, laughed Malaya. And they [3:24] Speaker 1: climbed up onto the unicorn's back. Even the butterfly was [3:28] Speaker 1: perched itself at the base of the unicorn's horn. Hold [3:31] Speaker 1: on tight, announced the unicorn, because it's time to take [3:36] Speaker 1: to the skies. They soared across treetops and rocky ground, [3:40] Speaker 1: then golden sand and deep blue ocean as the wind [3:44] Speaker 1: tussled Malaya's hair. Far below, an island came into sight. [3:49] Speaker 1: As they drifted down towards it, they could see strange [3:53] Speaker 1: trees bearing colorful fruits and rivers of bright, sparkling colors. Candyland, [4:00] Speaker 1: announced the winged unicorn. They soon spied a sugar-coated castle [4:05] Speaker 1: that glittered in the sunshine, where hundreds of people stood [4:08] Speaker 1: before the castle steps. Ooh, this looks interesting, announced the unicorn, [4:14] Speaker 1: and took them inland. Hopping off the unicorn's back, Malaya [4:18] Speaker 1: and the cartoon cat approached the people at the back [4:21] Speaker 1: of the crowd. [4:22] Speaker 3: Is it a celebration? [4:24] Speaker 1: Malaya asked. No, far from it. said a short man [4:28] Speaker 1: in a bright blue hat. There's trouble in the land. [4:31] Speaker 1: Before Malaya could ask what sort of trouble, the doors [4:35] Speaker 1: to the castle were thrown open and a red-bearded king [4:39] Speaker 1: with the tallest crown Malaya had ever seen strode to [4:43] Speaker 1: the top of the stairs. People of Candyland, the king [4:49] Speaker 1: said loudly. I have grave news. The brave knight, Sir [4:54] Speaker 1: Gummy Bear, has failed to stop the terror that has [4:57] Speaker 1: been stalking our home. [5:00] Speaker 3: What about the candy harvest? [5:02] Speaker 1: Shouted a worried old woman. If we can't bring the [5:05] Speaker 1: candy in from the fields and trees, then we'll all [5:08] Speaker 1: be ruined. It'll be a disaster, wailed a young man [5:13] Speaker 1: with a straggly beard. [5:15] Speaker 3: But there are no more heroes, sobbed the king. We're doomed. [5:21] Speaker 1: I could help, suggested Malaya, almost spilling her secret. What [5:25] Speaker 1: exactly is the problem? Giants, howled the king, almost making [5:31] Speaker 1: his tall crown topple from his head. Jobble wobble and [5:35] Speaker 1: wibble jibble have made our lives a misery, and they're [5:39] Speaker 1: too big for us to do anything about. They all [5:42] Speaker 1: eat the candy and they grab it with their enormous hands, [5:46] Speaker 1: added the old woman. They ate my entire toffee apple orchard. [5:51] Speaker 3: Can you really do something to help, pleaded the king. [5:54] Speaker 1: I think so, nodded Malaya. Leave it to me and [5:58] Speaker 1: my friends. She and the cartoon cat climbed back onto [6:02] Speaker 1: the unicorn's back and they took off to the air [6:05] Speaker 1: once more in search of two hungry giants. It didn't [6:10] Speaker 1: take long to find them. Jobble Wobble and Wibble Jibble [6:13] Speaker 1: were sat in a field of golden popcorn, scooping up [6:17] Speaker 1: handfuls from each plant to fill their gigantic mouths. [6:21] Speaker 3: Hey, what's your game? [6:23] Speaker 1: Shouted Jobble Wobble as he saw the winged unicorn flying overhead. Yeah, [6:29] Speaker 1: clear off, bellowed Wibble Jibble lazily, or we'll do to [6:34] Speaker 1: you what we did to that Sir Gummy Bear. Oh, [6:38] Speaker 1: that looked dreadfully big. said the cartoon cat. I don't [6:42] Speaker 1: like them one tiny bit. Me neither, added the unicorn. [6:47] Speaker 1: You can't seriously think that we can beat them, can you, Malaya? Well, [6:51] Speaker 1: I'm at least going to try, Malaya replied. Can you [6:54] Speaker 1: land on the edge of the field so we're not [6:57] Speaker 1: too close? That's exactly what the unicorn did. With her [7:01] Speaker 1: feet firmly on the floor, Malaya pulled out her magic [7:04] Speaker 1: crayon and got to work. [7:07] Speaker 3: What's she drawing? [7:08] Speaker 1: Asked the unicorn. [7:10] Speaker 3: Is that a fried egg? [7:11] Speaker 1: I think it's an eye, said the cartoon cat. And [7:15] Speaker 1: that's an arm. They watched as the drawing took shape, [7:19] Speaker 1: revealing in the end a golden robot with crab-like pincers [7:24] Speaker 1: for hands. It whirred into life, its eyes lighting up brightly. [7:29] Speaker 3: How may I serve you? it asked. [7:33] Speaker 1: Candyland is being plagued by those two giants over there. [7:37] Speaker 1: I want you to chase them away. [7:38] Speaker 3: Said Malaya. [7:40] Speaker 1: Of course, Mistress Malaya, said the robot, snapping its pincers [7:44] Speaker 1: open and shut. [7:45] Speaker 3: Leave it to me. [7:47] Speaker 1: They watched it trundle off between the stalks of popcorn plants. Look, [7:52] Speaker 1: said the cartoon cat. [7:54] Speaker 3: They must be worried. [7:55] Speaker 1: Jabba Wobble's standing up. They're scared, laughed the winged unicorn. [8:01] Speaker 1: But Jabba Wobble didn't look scared. [8:04] Speaker 3: What's your game? [8:06] Speaker 1: He asked grumpily as the robot approached. I've been sent [8:10] Speaker 1: here to chase you away, announced the robot, lifting his [8:13] Speaker 1: pincers high. [8:14] Speaker 3: I don't think so, said Jobble Wobble, and he lifted [8:19] Speaker 3: an enormous boot high in the air and stamped down [8:23] Speaker 3: with all his might. The robot was squashed flat. Oh no, [8:30] Speaker 3: yelped the cartoon cat. Now what do we do? [8:33] Speaker 1: I've got another idea, said Malaya and got drawing right away. [8:38] Speaker 1: This time she doodled an enormous snake, the longest snake [8:42] Speaker 1: the world had ever seen. Oh, hello, said the snake, [8:47] Speaker 1: blinking its eyes for the first time. [8:51] Speaker 3: What's going on? [8:53] Speaker 1: I need your help, said Malaya. There are two giants [8:56] Speaker 1: causing trouble over there. I wondered if you could chase [8:59] Speaker 1: them away for us. Oh, gladly, said the snake. I'll [9:05] Speaker 1: be back in a minute. And off he slithered. This [9:09] Speaker 1: time it was Wibble Jibble that stood up. Go on, [9:13] Speaker 1: clear off, leave us alone, he screeched between mouthfuls of [9:18] Speaker 1: the sugary corn. [9:19] Speaker 2: Oh, I'm very sorry, but I can't do that, said [9:25] Speaker 2: the snake. It would seem that the pair of you [9:29] Speaker 2: are being beastly, so I'm going to scare you off. [9:35] Speaker 3: Well, I don't think so. [9:37] Speaker 1: Said Wibble Jibble, and he reached out and snatched the [9:41] Speaker 1: snake up, tying it into a knot and then into [9:44] Speaker 1: a massive ball. Then he drew back his giant foot [9:48] Speaker 1: and punted the ball of snake clean across the field [9:52] Speaker 1: over the forest to crash down somewhere beyond the hills. [9:56] Speaker 1: Oh dear, said the cartoon cat. [9:59] Speaker 3: That didn't work either. [10:00] Speaker 1: Hmm, said Malaya, thinking hard. I'm going to have to [10:05] Speaker 1: try something else. Like what? [10:08] Speaker 3: Asked the unicorn. [10:09] Speaker 1: Something even bigger, like a colossal dragon? Yeah, agreed the [10:14] Speaker 1: cartoon cat, with sharp teeth. not quite said Malaya in [10:19] Speaker 1: the end but you've given me an idea she walked [10:23] Speaker 1: over to the unicorn and asked her to tip her [10:25] Speaker 1: head forward where the butterfly she had drawn was still [10:29] Speaker 1: perched at the base of the horn she carefully picked [10:32] Speaker 1: the butterfly up whispered a few words to it and [10:35] Speaker 1: the butterfly spread its wings wide with this done Malaya [10:40] Speaker 1: pulled out her magic crayon once again and drew a [10:43] Speaker 1: few extra lines what have you done asked the cartoon cat. [10:48] Speaker 1: You'll see, said Malaya, and threw her hand into the air, [10:53] Speaker 1: launching the butterfly skywards. It flapped and skittered across the [10:57] Speaker 1: tops of the popcorn stalks. And it was so tiny [11:02] Speaker 1: that neither Jobble Wobble nor Wibble Jibble saw it approaching. [11:06] Speaker 1: In fact, they didn't notice anything at all until Jobble [11:09] Speaker 1: Wobble leapt up with a yelp of pain. Yo! [11:15] Speaker 3: He bellowed. Something just bit me on my bottom. Ow! [11:22] Speaker 1: Screamed Wibble Jibble, leaping into the air beside him. [11:26] Speaker 3: Someone just bit me on the butt. Oh, there's another one, [11:33] Speaker 3: screeched Jobble Wobble. Oh, it got me again, bleated Wibble Jibble. [11:39] Speaker 1: Whoever was causing them the problem didn't seem to stop. [11:42] Speaker 1: and they were soon hopping and leaping about while slapping [11:45] Speaker 1: their gigantic behinds. [11:48] Speaker 3: This field must have fleas, yelled Jubble Wubble. Come on, [11:52] Speaker 3: let's get out of. [11:53] Speaker 1: Here, yelled Wibble Jibble, and they ran away, and they [11:57] Speaker 1: kept running, and the bites on the bottom didn't stop [12:01] Speaker 1: until they had left Candyland far behind. A little later, Malaya, [12:06] Speaker 1: the cartoon cat, and the winged unicorn were stood with [12:09] Speaker 1: the king and on top of the steps up to [12:11] Speaker 1: the front of the castle, while down below the people [12:15] Speaker 1: of Candyland cheered and waved. [12:18] Speaker 3: You have done Candyland a tremendous service, said the king proudly. [12:24] Speaker 3: Simply marvelous. [12:26] Speaker 1: It was largely down to this one, said Malaya, holding [12:30] Speaker 1: up her finger. The butterfly fluttered down and sat rested [12:34] Speaker 1: upon it, grinning a big toothy grin at the king. [12:38] Speaker 1: My goodness, he said. I've never seen such a thing. [12:42] Speaker 1: I didn't know that butterflies have big teeth like that. Well, [12:46] Speaker 1: they don't, said Malaya, patting her magic crayon in her pocket. [12:51] Speaker 1: Not normally, anyway. As a reward, Malaya was given a [12:56] Speaker 1: large sack of Candyland's best candy. It was almost too [13:00] Speaker 1: much to carry. It's time for me to go home now, [13:04] Speaker 1: she announced. Allow me to take you. said the unicorn. [13:08] Speaker 1: It would be my pleasure. If it's okay with you, [13:12] Speaker 1: me and the butterfly thought we would stay, said the [13:14] Speaker 1: cartoon cat. Of course, agreed Malaya. It's got to be [13:19] Speaker 1: better than hiding in my bedroom for the rest of [13:21] Speaker 1: your lives. And so, with a big wave, Malaya took [13:25] Speaker 1: off upon the unicorn's back, leaving Candyland safe and secure [13:30] Speaker 1: behind her. She was a little sad that the unicorn, [13:33] Speaker 1: cartoon cat and butterfly... wouldn't be a part of her [13:36] Speaker 1: life any longer. But she supposed it wasn't the end [13:40] Speaker 1: of the world. After all, if she wanted a new friend, [13:44] Speaker 1: all she had to do was draw them. 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