# Alice Returns to Dreamland 👧🐇 Magical Family-Friendly Bedtime Story

An episode of [Snuggle: Kids bedtime stories](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1714672018), 5 May 2024, 37 min.

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Alice returns to the forest for more magical adventures in this sleepy sequel to “Alice in Dreamland.” Narrated by: Nadine Brown Written by: Shamica Latchman Welcome to Snuggle! The best kid's story-telling podcast. Enter a cozy world of imagination perfect for bedtime, quiet time, or any time you want to embark on an enchanting adventure. Learn more at slumberstudios.com/snuggle To enjoy ad-free listening and exclusive bonus episodes, start your 7-day free trial of Snuggle Premium: https://snuggle.supercast.com/ November only: try Premium free for 90 days. Ad-free listening and more at slumber.supercast.com

## Transcript

[0:03] Speaker 1: Welcome to Snuggle cozy stories for kids. This episode is
[0:10] Speaker 1: called Alice Returns to Dreamland. Snuggle is a production of
[0:15] Speaker 1: Slumber Studios. To listen ad free and support the show,
[0:20] Speaker 1: sign up for our premium feed. Hey friend, my name
[0:27] Speaker 1: is Tom, and I'm so glad you're here for story time.
[0:32] Speaker 1: Whether it's for a nap, for bed, or just for fun.
[0:37] Speaker 1: Story time is my favorite part of the day, especially
[0:41] Speaker 1: when friends like you are here to join me. I'm
[0:45] Speaker 1: really excited for this story because my friend Nadine is
[0:49] Speaker 1: going to read it for us. That means I can
[0:54] Speaker 1: listen along just like you are. And I'm feeling a
[0:57] Speaker 1: bit sleepy, so I'm even enjoy a nice nap while
[1:02] Speaker 1: I do. We're in for another magical journey tonight with
[1:08] Speaker 1: Alice as she meets some of Dreamland's friendly inhabitants. This
[1:14] Speaker 1: episode is a sequel to Alice in Dreamland, But if
[1:19] Speaker 1: you haven't heard the first story, don't worry. Nadine will
[1:24] Speaker 1: give us a nice summary of what happened last time,
[1:29] Speaker 1: so you'll have no problem following along. Let's get ready
[1:35] Speaker 1: to imagine this enchanting world by taking a nice, big
[1:41] Speaker 1: breath together inhale slowly and exhale. That's made me feel
[1:56] Speaker 1: nice and relaxed and ready to so. Now, in your imagination,
[2:06] Speaker 1: picture a beautiful autumn forest with tall, majestic trees and
[2:13] Speaker 1: golden leaves that shine in the afternoon sun. This is
[2:19] Speaker 1: the forest in Alice's world, and it swear our story begins.
[2:36] Speaker 2: Alice had returned to the forest.
[2:40] Speaker 3: Her blue slippers glided through the autumn leaves, and she
[2:45] Speaker 3: listened to every crunch and rustle of the earth beneath
[2:49] Speaker 3: her feet. It had been a few months, maybe more,
[2:54] Speaker 3: since Alice walked through these very trees on her life
[3:00] Speaker 3: last visit. She had fallen asleep while reading a book
[3:04] Speaker 3: and napped under the shade of a tree. She'd then
[3:09] Speaker 3: woken up in another world entirely Walking through the forest now,
[3:17] Speaker 3: with the wind brushing gently against her skin, she remembered
[3:23] Speaker 3: the other world. Instead of normal leaves, there had been
[3:29] Speaker 3: feathers that could fly. She remembered the flowers that sang
[3:35] Speaker 3: soft lullabies that kept them happy and imperfect harmony. Then
[3:43] Speaker 3: she recalled the purple cat who wandered through the soft,
[3:48] Speaker 3: fluffy clouds that lay scattered on the ground. Alice could
[3:55] Speaker 3: remember every moment there with perfect class. At first, she
[4:05] Speaker 3: had been almost positive it was a dream. She had
[4:10] Speaker 3: woken up with leaves in her hair and bits of
[4:13] Speaker 3: moss stuck to her clothes. Confused and sleepy, Alice had
[4:21] Speaker 3: dusted herself off and left the forest. After returning home,
[4:28] Speaker 3: where her mother had prepared her a wonderful dinner, she
[4:33] Speaker 3: went to sleep in her warm and cozy bed. But
[4:39] Speaker 3: ever since, it seemed as if Alice just couldn't shake
[4:45] Speaker 3: the memories of the other world from her head. Sometimes
[4:51] Speaker 3: she could still smell the magical forest and the warm
[4:56] Speaker 3: lilac scent of the grass that hung heavily in the air,
[5:03] Speaker 3: and at night she wished her pillows were as soft
[5:07] Speaker 3: as the fluffy white grass she had seen in the forest.
[5:13] Speaker 3: She remembered how she'd longed to take a nap in
[5:16] Speaker 3: those cloudlike surroundings. The more Alice thought about it, the
[5:24] Speaker 3: more she convinced herself that the other world was a
[5:28] Speaker 3: real and tangible place. So she did the only thing
[5:35] Speaker 3: she knew she could do, which was to go and explore.
[5:43] Speaker 3: That was how she found herself here back in the
[5:47] Speaker 3: forest on a sunny autumn afternoon. Although she was only
[5:53] Speaker 3: a few minutes away from her home. She was already
[5:58] Speaker 3: lost in the trees. She wasn't sure where she was going,
[6:05] Speaker 3: and she could barely remember the tree she had sat
[6:08] Speaker 3: beneath before in the heat of summer. But she felt encouraged. Nonetheless,
[6:17] Speaker 3: Alice's confidence in her memories of that world kept her
[6:22] Speaker 3: pushing forward. Looking around now, she saw that each tree
[6:30] Speaker 3: appeared to be exactly the same. Each one had tough,
[6:36] Speaker 3: brown bark and deep intense which seemed as though they'd
[6:42] Speaker 3: been engraved into the trunk. The leaves that adorned the
[6:48] Speaker 3: branches were different now. They were no longer the beautiful
[6:53] Speaker 3: green she remembered from the summer when she sat beneath
[6:57] Speaker 3: the tree. Now the leaves were shades of brown and gold,
[7:05] Speaker 3: merging together to form an autonomal canopy above her, as
[7:12] Speaker 3: if they knew they were being watched. The branches on
[7:16] Speaker 3: the tree shook in the wind. For a moment, Alice
[7:22] Speaker 3: thought that they were waving at her through the cracks
[7:28] Speaker 3: and the canopy of leaves. A beam of sunshine poured
[7:32] Speaker 3: into the forest and illuminated the ground. Alice decided to
[7:40] Speaker 3: listen to her instincts and follow the path the sun
[7:44] Speaker 3: had created for her. After all, the world she had
[7:50] Speaker 3: entered once before made no sense. Logic didn't seem to
[7:56] Speaker 3: exist in that universe, So she decided that her best
[8:01] Speaker 3: bet to find it again was to look without thinking.
[8:09] Speaker 3: She tried walking backwards and skipping from tree to tree.
[8:15] Speaker 3: At one point, she even pretended to fall asleep in
[8:19] Speaker 3: different places. So far, she was having no luck, but
[8:26] Speaker 3: she wasn't ready to give up just yet. As she walked,
[8:32] Speaker 3: the light from the sun reflected off her slippers. It
[8:37] Speaker 3: looked like there were thousands of tiny glittering stars gathered
[8:43] Speaker 3: in the fabric of her shoes. Smiling to herself, she
[8:50] Speaker 3: moved her feet from left to right under the glow
[8:54] Speaker 3: of the sun's rays and watched they shone in the light.
[9:01] Speaker 3: Alice giggled happily. She was now doing a little dance
[9:06] Speaker 3: in the sunlight. It was then that she finally noticed
[9:13] Speaker 3: a shift in the forest. At first, it was only
[9:19] Speaker 3: her awareness of the sudden silence.
[9:22] Speaker 2: That made her stop dancing. Then she looked up and
[9:29] Speaker 2: saw it.
[9:31] Speaker 3: There at the base of a tree with protruding roots
[9:37] Speaker 3: and a large, thick trunk.
[9:41] Speaker 2: Was a book.
[9:44] Speaker 3: Alice knew it hadn't been there before. After a moment's hesitation,
[9:51] Speaker 3: she boiled her hands into determined fists and marched towards
[9:56] Speaker 3: the book. She felt as though she he was being
[10:00] Speaker 3: watched by everything that lived and breathed in the forest.
[10:06] Speaker 3: Even the birds that had accompanied her all day had
[10:10] Speaker 3: stopped their song.
[10:13] Speaker 2: The wind had vanished too.
[10:17] Speaker 3: Before, it had seemed as if the breeze was encouraging
[10:20] Speaker 3: Alice's journey, guiding her down paths and between trees, and
[10:26] Speaker 3: tugging playfully on the brown scarf around her neck. Now
[10:33] Speaker 3: the air was still, The world had seemingly been put
[10:39] Speaker 3: on pause. Undeterred, Alice marched on.
[10:47] Speaker 2: The leaves, rustled.
[10:49] Speaker 3: And crackled, twigs snapping beneath her feet. It was the
[10:55] Speaker 3: only noise she could hear in the now silent forest.
[11:02] Speaker 2: When she reached the tree, she bent.
[11:05] Speaker 3: Down to get a closer look at the mysterious book
[11:09] Speaker 3: that had suddenly appeared by the trunk. It was a thick, heavy,
[11:16] Speaker 3: hardbacked book. The cover was brown, with deep intense forming
[11:21] Speaker 3: a collection of swells and shapes that seemed to find
[11:25] Speaker 3: homes in the leather. She hesitantly stroked the cover with
[11:32] Speaker 3: one finger before tracing the outlines of the shimmering golden words.
[11:41] Speaker 3: Once upon a time, it was as if the book
[11:47] Speaker 3: was speaking to her. The words had a magical hypnotizing effect.
[11:55] Speaker 3: As Alice paused, still staring down at the book, she
[12:00] Speaker 3: became aware that her breathing had quickened. She stood there
[12:06] Speaker 3: for a moment, torn between sense and nonsense. Mother would
[12:13] Speaker 3: surely not approve, she muttered to herself, But how could
[12:18] Speaker 3: I possibly let this go?
[12:21] Speaker 2: Alice let out a sigh.
[12:25] Speaker 3: Reason told her that books suddenly appearing as if from
[12:29] Speaker 3: thin air was silly, or even foolish. Yet she didn't
[12:34] Speaker 3: feel the urge to leave. Instead, she felt a magnetic
[12:40] Speaker 3: pull towards the leather bound book. She could feel the
[12:46] Speaker 3: need for adventure thrumbing through her body. Surely just reading
[12:52] Speaker 3: the book wren't doing much harm, Alice thought. She sat
[12:58] Speaker 3: down at the base of the tree and pulled the
[13:01] Speaker 3: book onto her lap. The tree seemed to accommodate her.
[13:09] Speaker 3: Alice was focused on the heavy book resting on her thighs,
[13:14] Speaker 3: but there was also a thought in the back of
[13:17] Speaker 3: her mind. She was sure that the bark of the
[13:21] Speaker 3: trunk had shifted ever so slightly. Alice could have sworn
[13:29] Speaker 3: there was now some kind of nook. The trunk was
[13:33] Speaker 3: comfortable enough for her to lean back into. It seemed
[13:38] Speaker 3: to be supporting her. But perhaps it was just her imagination,
[13:47] Speaker 3: and at that moment she was more interested in the
[13:51] Speaker 3: book in front of her. Alice flipped open the front
[13:57] Speaker 3: cover and stared in one day at the image on
[14:01] Speaker 3: the first page. There was a picture of herself sitting
[14:08] Speaker 3: in that very same forest, with the book in her
[14:12] Speaker 3: lap and a large tree behind her. The opposite page
[14:19] Speaker 3: was blank at first, but as her gaze drifted towards it,
[14:25] Speaker 3: words suddenly began to appear. It was though someone was
[14:30] Speaker 3: typing along as she was reading. Once upon a Time,
[14:37] Speaker 3: said the book. There was a girl called Alice. And
[14:44] Speaker 3: then with a woosh, the world faded away. It was
[14:52] Speaker 3: as though someone had suddenly pulled a rope, changing the
[14:56] Speaker 3: backdrop in a theater. His world had been completely transformed. Suddenly,
[15:07] Speaker 3: the forest she knew was no longer there. She was
[15:11] Speaker 3: back inside a dream. Here she was again in a
[15:18] Speaker 3: world of purple, where the forest smelled not of earth
[15:23] Speaker 3: but of papaya and pansies. And right on cue, Alice
[15:30] Speaker 3: heard the faint sound of the flowers singing their song.
[15:35] Speaker 3: The purple and blue brick pathway appeared before her. Months
[15:41] Speaker 3: of daydreaming and longing had led her back here to
[15:46] Speaker 3: a world she thought existed only in her imagination. Alice
[15:53] Speaker 3: was back in dreamland, but this time something was different.
[16:03] Speaker 3: Before she had only seen a purple and blue brick pathway.
[16:09] Speaker 3: To day, she could also see a different path stretching
[16:15] Speaker 3: out towards the horizon. This one was bright yellow and orange,
[16:25] Speaker 3: and the world around it was just as vibrant and brilliant.
[16:32] Speaker 3: As she looked around, she felt the warm breeze on
[16:36] Speaker 3: her skin. The gentle wind seemed to have reawakened. When
[16:44] Speaker 3: she breathed in, she could smell a wonderful, sweet fragrance,
[16:50] Speaker 3: like the scent of strawberries. Without hesitation, Alice put the
[16:57] Speaker 3: book back where she'd found it. She wanted to follow
[17:01] Speaker 3: the breeze with its warm, summery scent. Long ago, Alice
[17:10] Speaker 3: had decided that summer was by far her favorite season.
[17:16] Speaker 3: It was the time she felt most free and the
[17:20] Speaker 3: season of abundant happiness. Now, as she walked away from
[17:26] Speaker 3: the tree towards the orange and yellow path, she felt
[17:31] Speaker 3: the familiar sensation of lightness and ease. It was true,
[17:39] Speaker 3: she thought that all seasons brought something different. She liked
[17:46] Speaker 3: watching the earth change every year. She enjoyed the transition
[17:52] Speaker 3: from autumn colors to bare brunches, and then came the
[17:57] Speaker 3: appearance of the daffodils and the arrival of spring. But
[18:03] Speaker 3: most of all, she treasured the warm summer months, where
[18:08] Speaker 3: she could wear lighter dresses. It was wonderful to stay
[18:14] Speaker 3: outside when the sun went down and the sky was
[18:18] Speaker 3: aglow with infinite colors. Alice loved this time of year,
[18:26] Speaker 3: and now she loved this little part of Dreamland too.
[18:32] Speaker 3: As she walked along the path, she breathed in the
[18:36] Speaker 3: scent of fresh flowers and felt the rays of glowing
[18:41] Speaker 3: sunshine on her skin. With each step, the floral scent
[18:47] Speaker 3: grew stronger, until she felt like she was practically floating
[18:52] Speaker 3: on a cloud of fragrance. Ahead she spotted rows and
[18:59] Speaker 3: rows of yellow flowers. They looked like a thousand suns,
[19:05] Speaker 3: swaying in harmony. It was as though the flowers had
[19:10] Speaker 3: created their own special dance. They were tall, beautiful sunflowers
[19:18] Speaker 3: with long, thick green stems. Some of them were almost
[19:24] Speaker 3: as tall as Alice herself. As she approached, they slowly
[19:31] Speaker 3: turned to face her smiling and greeting. These flowers were
[19:39] Speaker 3: much more welcoming and much kinder than the ones she
[19:43] Speaker 3: had met on her last trip to Dreamland. The sunflowers
[19:49] Speaker 3: had great, big, floppy leaves which they raised to wave
[19:53] Speaker 3: at her. One even attempted to beckon her over, calling
[19:59] Speaker 3: her towards the center of the meadow. The field was
[20:05] Speaker 3: completely filled with sunflowers. Without a second thought, Alice left
[20:13] Speaker 3: the pathway of yellow and orange bricks and stepped into
[20:18] Speaker 3: the meadow. The sunflowers instantly surrounded her, but she wasn't
[20:25] Speaker 3: overwhelmed by their presence. She felt transformed, as if she
[20:32] Speaker 3: had become one of them. Alice stood among the smiling
[20:38] Speaker 3: flowers and grinned back at them. She started to sway
[20:44] Speaker 3: along to their rhythm, Although she wasn't sure why they
[20:49] Speaker 3: were dancing, she loved the feeling of moving her body
[20:54] Speaker 3: so freely. Then she heard a voice whisper behind her,
[21:01] Speaker 3: she doesn't know what she's dancing to. Another voice, which
[21:07] Speaker 3: sounded almost identical to the first, said, silly girl. Clearly
[21:13] Speaker 3: she's not got very good hearing. Well, said the verse voice,
[21:18] Speaker 3: She's not a flower, of course, she can't hear The
[21:23] Speaker 3: other voice replied, Her hair is yellow like the flowers,
[21:27] Speaker 3: so maybe she's one of them. Curious to see who
[21:33] Speaker 3: was speaking, Alice turned around. Standing nearby were two boys
[21:40] Speaker 3: who were matching blue dungarees with red and white striped shirts.
[21:45] Speaker 3: Beneath one of the boys was licking a lollipop. Are
[21:52] Speaker 3: you a flower? Said the boy. Alice was confused. She
[21:59] Speaker 3: was just about to respond when a sunflower patted her
[22:03] Speaker 3: on the shoulder with its large leaf. Of course she's not,
[22:10] Speaker 3: said the flower. She's a human, and she's enjoying our
[22:14] Speaker 3: wonderful music. The sunflower beamed at Alice. She smiled back,
[22:22] Speaker 3: not wanting to admit that she couldn't actually hear any music.
[22:30] Speaker 3: When the sunflower had turned away, one of the boys
[22:34] Speaker 3: tiptoed up to her and whispered quietly in her ear,
[22:40] Speaker 3: if you want to hear the music properly, come with us.
[22:44] Speaker 3: It's in the center of the meadow. And then, without
[22:48] Speaker 3: another word, the boys turned and walked away. Be mused,
[22:55] Speaker 3: Alice decided to follow them. As she walked through the meadow,
[23:02] Speaker 3: she realized where the smell of sweet ripe fruit was
[23:06] Speaker 3: coming from. Dotted around the sunflowers, where patches of green
[23:12] Speaker 3: grass and nestled in the grass where some strawberries. Alice
[23:20] Speaker 3: reached down to pick one, but when she got closer,
[23:25] Speaker 3: she noticed that the strawberries had eyes, unlike the sunflowers.
[23:33] Speaker 3: The eyes of the strawberries were closed. It seemed like
[23:38] Speaker 3: it was their bedtime, so Alice decided.
[23:41] Speaker 2: To let them rest.
[23:45] Speaker 3: She continued to walk towards the center of the meadow,
[23:49] Speaker 3: picking her way carefully through the flowers. After a while,
[23:56] Speaker 3: she realized that she could hear something new. It wasn't
[24:01] Speaker 3: the sound of her feet rustling through the grass or
[24:04] Speaker 3: the flapping leaves of the sunflowers. Alice could hear a
[24:10] Speaker 3: humming noise. It wasn't quite the same as the pansies
[24:15] Speaker 3: she had heard before on her last visit. The pansies
[24:20] Speaker 3: had made a distant buzzing, but only because they were
[24:24] Speaker 3: so small and quiet. These sunflowers, though, were just as
[24:30] Speaker 3: tall as Alice. She could hear their voices clearly as
[24:37] Speaker 3: they sang, creating a beautiful melody. As she drew closer,
[24:45] Speaker 3: she saw black musical notes appearing, one by one, rising
[24:51] Speaker 3: up into the air. They floated around the meadow, carrying
[24:58] Speaker 3: the song that only the flowers could really hear. All
[25:03] Speaker 3: of a sudden, one of the musical notes floated towards
[25:07] Speaker 3: Alice and slipped beneath her. Delighted, she allowed it to
[25:14] Speaker 3: carry her and lift her up into the air. Soon
[25:21] Speaker 3: she was flying above the heads of the sunflowers. The
[25:27] Speaker 3: musical note carried her across the meadow until they reached
[25:32] Speaker 3: a small hill. It was only a little bit taller
[25:38] Speaker 3: than the ground the sunflowers stood on. The note gently
[25:43] Speaker 3: tipped her onto the hill. Alice got to her feet
[25:49] Speaker 3: and found herself standing next to a sunflower that was
[25:53] Speaker 3: much taller than her. It was humming a beautiful tune.
[26:01] Speaker 3: The flower's eyes were closed as it hummed, so it
[26:05] Speaker 3: didn't notice Alice's sudden appearance, but the large green caterpillar did.
[26:13] Speaker 3: The long body of the caterpillar was curled around the
[26:17] Speaker 3: stem of the flower, almost protectively. Perched on top of
[26:23] Speaker 3: his head was a black top hat. As Alice sat
[26:29] Speaker 3: down on the hill, the caterpillar nodded his head respectfully.
[26:36] Speaker 3: He tipped his hat towards her, as if to say,
[26:39] Speaker 3: how do you do? Alice smiled at the caterpillar, then
[26:46] Speaker 3: turned to face the dancing sunflowers before her. They swayed calmly,
[26:54] Speaker 3: their eyes closed and soft, wistful smiles playing on the
[26:59] Speaker 3: corner of their lips. The flower's vibrant yellow petals almost
[27:07] Speaker 3: seemed to glow in the light of the sun that
[27:10] Speaker 3: shone high above them. Under the warmth of the brilliant sun,
[27:18] Speaker 3: Alice was starting to feel hot. She was grateful that
[27:22] Speaker 3: her mother had encouraged her to wear a light atop
[27:25] Speaker 3: under her layers so she could peel off some of
[27:28] Speaker 3: her clothing. After taking off her jumper and tying it
[27:34] Speaker 3: around her waist, Alice lay down in the lush green
[27:38] Speaker 3: grass and listened to the sunflower's joyful humming. The grass
[27:46] Speaker 3: beneath her head was like a lovely pillow, while the
[27:51] Speaker 3: warm rays of the sun felt like a hand caressing
[27:55] Speaker 3: her face, coaxing her into a nap. Alice could have
[28:02] Speaker 3: easily drifted off, but she didn't want to succumb to
[28:07] Speaker 3: sleep just yet. She wasn't ready to say goodbye to
[28:12] Speaker 3: this world, and she knew that the last time she
[28:18] Speaker 3: had fallen asleep here, she had woken up back home.
[28:25] Speaker 3: So to keep herself awake, she listened to the music
[28:30] Speaker 3: of the flower and even attempted to hum along. After
[28:37] Speaker 3: resting in the grass for a while, Alice decided it
[28:42] Speaker 3: was finally time to get up.
[28:46] Speaker 2: The sunflower had stopped.
[28:47] Speaker 3: Humming, and she could no longer hear the rustling of
[28:52] Speaker 3: the leaves from the flowers dancing. Opening her eyes, Alis
[29:00] Speaker 3: saw the clear blue sky above her and an empty field.
[29:08] Speaker 3: There was nothing there except for the caterpillar, which was
[29:13] Speaker 3: now walking away on its many legs.
[29:18] Speaker 2: She watched it.
[29:19] Speaker 3: Move gracefully across the field towards something that was shining
[29:24] Speaker 3: on the horizon. Squinting, Alice tried to figure out what
[29:31] Speaker 3: could possibly be shimmering so brightly from.
[29:34] Speaker 2: So far away.
[29:38] Speaker 3: Curiosity soon got the better of her. Without another thought,
[29:45] Speaker 3: she got up and began to walk down the hill
[29:49] Speaker 3: and across the field. Although the shining thing seemed to
[29:55] Speaker 3: be far away, Alice discovered it took no time at
[29:59] Speaker 3: time to get close to it. Somehow, within minutes of walking,
[30:08] Speaker 3: she had already reached the far side of the field.
[30:14] Speaker 3: She was standing on what appeared to be the edge
[30:17] Speaker 3: of a beach. Now, instead of strawberries and flowers, she
[30:26] Speaker 3: breathed in the scent of briny ocean water. She inhaled deeply,
[30:34] Speaker 3: drinking in the smell. It reminded her of August afternoons
[30:41] Speaker 3: at the seaside with her grandma. Until now, she hadn't
[30:48] Speaker 3: realized how much she missed that smell. Alice continued to
[30:55] Speaker 3: walk towards the ocean, relishing the sound of the water
[31:00] Speaker 3: lapping at the shore. She could also hear the distance
[31:07] Speaker 3: squawking of birds flying above the water, eager to catch
[31:13] Speaker 3: fish swimming near the surface. Now she was close enough
[31:20] Speaker 3: to understand, or had caught her eye before it was
[31:25] Speaker 3: the sunlight reflecting off the water of the big blue ocean.
[31:34] Speaker 3: Alice smiled happily as she gazed at the beautiful.
[31:38] Speaker 2: Panorama before her.
[31:43] Speaker 3: The grasp beneath her feet had now turned to bright
[31:47] Speaker 3: yellow sand. As she walked on, she glanced back at
[31:55] Speaker 3: the footsteps she left behind. Alice slowly wandered along the beach,
[32:05] Speaker 3: relishing in the beauty of her surroundings, until she came
[32:10] Speaker 3: across an unusual creature.
[32:16] Speaker 2: She was sure it was a.
[32:18] Speaker 3: Walruss, except it stood upright like a man. It wore
[32:25] Speaker 3: a pair of black shoes, a blue jacket, and a
[32:30] Speaker 3: red waistcoat, and it stood beside a large wooden boat.
[32:39] Speaker 3: As soon as the walrus noticed Alice. It beckoned her
[32:43] Speaker 3: to come towards the boat. On board were the two
[32:48] Speaker 3: boys who had led her through the meadow and the
[32:52] Speaker 3: caterpillar she had sat beside on the hill. Alice walked
[33:00] Speaker 3: towards the boat, excitement swelling in her chest. She had
[33:08] Speaker 3: never been on a boat before, and she couldn't believe
[33:12] Speaker 3: that she was about to go on one now. The
[33:17] Speaker 3: walrus offered Alice a rough, wet flipper and helped her
[33:22] Speaker 3: into the boat. As soon as she had sat down,
[33:28] Speaker 3: he gave it a little kick and they were off.
[33:34] Speaker 3: With the cool breeze blowing through her hair and the
[33:39] Speaker 3: gentle rocking motion of the boat, Alice felt more relaxed
[33:45] Speaker 3: than ever. She sighed happily and leaned back, enjoying the
[33:56] Speaker 3: gentle spray of the salty water. At last, the caterpillar
[34:05] Speaker 3: spoke comfortable, he asked. She noticed that he was wearing glasses.
[34:16] Speaker 3: He peered over them as he pulled out a book
[34:20] Speaker 3: from beneath the seat. Alice recognized the book from earlier,
[34:27] Speaker 3: and she knew what it meant.
[34:30] Speaker 2: She was ready to go home.
[34:35] Speaker 3: After Alice nodded, the caterpillar smiled and opened the book
[34:43] Speaker 3: in a slow, gentle voice. He began to read Once
[34:50] Speaker 3: upon a Time, And just like that, the ocean was
[34:58] Speaker 3: gone and the tapella had vanished. Alice was back in
[35:05] Speaker 3: the forest, Sitting at the base of the tree. She
[35:12] Speaker 3: looked up at the canopy of autumn leaves and saw
[35:17] Speaker 3: the light of the setting sun beyond them. The brilliant
[35:23] Speaker 3: beams set the world alight like a glowing fire. Alice
[35:31] Speaker 3: breathed in deeply, inhaling the scent. She could no longer
[35:39] Speaker 3: smell the salt water of the ocean, but earth and trees.
[35:47] Speaker 3: At last, she was back in her forest, filled with
[35:53] Speaker 3: ordinary trees and flowers. Smiling to her herself, Alice stood
[36:02] Speaker 3: up and brushed the dirt off her clothes. She'd had
[36:09] Speaker 3: a wonderful time and dreamland, but she was happy to
[36:14] Speaker 3: be home again

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