Hilarious Honk: a children's story and guided relaxation

0:05 [SPEAKER_00]: Hello Away Islanders, we're so glad you're here. [SPEAKER_00]: Let's see if you have everything you want to be calm on Away Island. [SPEAKER_00]: Are the lights in your room dim or off? [SPEAKER_00]: Do you have your favorite blanket or listening buddy? [SPEAKER_00]: Before we begin our story, let's relax by taking a nice deep dragon breath, breathe in through your nose, filling up your lungs, and then out through your mouth, imagining you are breathing [SPEAKER_00]: good job.

1:19 [SPEAKER_00]: As your chest arms and shoulders relax, think of a puffin family, hugging their baby puffin in their cozy burrow. [SPEAKER_00]: You feel connected and loved just like the baby puffin. [SPEAKER_00]: As you think about the puffin' family, your heart feels happy and warm. [SPEAKER_00]: Place your hands on your chest, close your eyes, and let's take another deep, dragging breath together.

2:02 [SPEAKER_00]: Ready, deep breath in and out. [SPEAKER_00]: Now, think about your family. [SPEAKER_00]: Every family is unique. [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe your family includes parents, or siblings, or grandparents, aunts, and uncles, and cousins, or friends, pets, nannies, caregivers, teachers, [SPEAKER_00]: Whoever your family is, and wherever they are, send your loving energy out to them.

2:56 [SPEAKER_00]: And let's take one more deep dragon breath in and out. [SPEAKER_00]: Loving energy surrounds you, and like the baby puffin', you feel safe and loved. [SPEAKER_00]: Great job, everyone. [SPEAKER_00]: I hope you are tucked in nice and cozy. [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, I think we're ready to begin our story.

3:53 [SPEAKER_00]: Let's be calm on Awe Island. [SPEAKER_00]: Our story today is hilarious, honk. [SPEAKER_00]: warm afternoon sunlight shined across the away island marshland, making all the little pools sparkle. [SPEAKER_00]: On this beautiful day, all the goose rested comfortably in the reeds with her brother Pablo, and her sister has mean.

4:21 [SPEAKER_00]: The three siblings had spent the morning swimming and splashing around, and now, after some lunch, they were happy to relax for a little while, [SPEAKER_00]: Pablo stretched out his wings and let out a... UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU [SPEAKER_00]: Alba looked over at her brother and smiled mischipously.

4:51 [SPEAKER_00]: Just don't start honking in your sleep, she teased. [SPEAKER_00]: What? [SPEAKER_00]: I don't honk in my sleep. [SPEAKER_00]: Pablo said, Yes, you do. [SPEAKER_00]: Has mean replied. [SPEAKER_00]: You really do. [SPEAKER_00]: All boat repeated with a laugh. [SPEAKER_00]: She had heard Pablo make little noises while he slept before.

5:14 [SPEAKER_00]: Usually when the family was resting together after a long day of travel. [SPEAKER_00]: Pablo ruffled his feathers. [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe sometimes I snore a little when I'm really tired, he admitted, but I don't really honk. [SPEAKER_00]: You do, you do, said Alba. [SPEAKER_00]: Here's what you're like.

5:37 [SPEAKER_00]: All the lowered her head toward the grass, closed her eyes, and pretended to be asleep. [SPEAKER_00]: Honk, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, momma, m [SPEAKER_00]: Hearing her little sister laugh made Alba want to make the joke even sillier, so she flabbed one wing and kicked up a leg.

6:10 [SPEAKER_00]: HONGK, all the crying, so lovely that her voice echoed across the marsh. [SPEAKER_00]: Has mean laughed even harder. [SPEAKER_00]: Do it again, she exclaimed, [SPEAKER_00]: All the rolled onto her side and began flabbing her wings as those she were having a very exciting dream. [SPEAKER_00]: Honk honk honk honk honk honk honk All the stop I do not sound like that.

6:41 [SPEAKER_00]: Pablo said All the open her eyes and set up. [SPEAKER_00]: I know she replied still smiling. [SPEAKER_00]: I'm only joking. [SPEAKER_00]: but you keep saying that's what I sound like, Pablo complained. [SPEAKER_00]: Well, you really do honk in your sleep sometimes, all the pointed out. [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe sometimes, Pablo replied, but not like that.

7:09 [SPEAKER_00]: You made it sound like I honk all night and wake up the entire island. [SPEAKER_00]: Alba glanced toward Hasmeen, who was trying to stifle her giggles. [SPEAKER_00]: I was just being silly, all the explained. [SPEAKER_00]: I know, but you guys were laughing about something I do when I'm asleep.

7:33 [SPEAKER_00]: Pablo said, I can't even help what noises I make while I'm sleeping. [SPEAKER_00]: Pablo frowned and added, I think I'm going to go somewhere else for a while. [SPEAKER_00]: with that, Pablo flapped his wings and flew to a clump of reads a short distance away. [SPEAKER_00]: All the watched him leave, feeling confused, and stopped smiling.

8:00 [SPEAKER_00]: She had not wanted to make Pablo feel bad. [SPEAKER_00]: She had only wanted to make her siblings laugh. [SPEAKER_00]: it was a joke all the told her younger sister. [SPEAKER_00]: I know, as mean replied, I thought the honking was funny. [SPEAKER_00]: All but nodded, grateful that as mean had understood, but I don't think Pablo thought it was funny, as mean added.

8:31 [SPEAKER_00]: All but looked across the grass toward her brother. [SPEAKER_00]: I didn't mean to make him mad. [SPEAKER_00]: He really does honk in his sleep sometimes, all the said. [SPEAKER_00]: I've heard him too, as mean replied, but he doesn't sound anything like what you were doing. [SPEAKER_00]: Well, of course not.

8:59 [SPEAKER_00]: I made it much louder because it was funny, all the explained. [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not sure Pablo thought it was as funny as we did, though. [SPEAKER_00]: Said Husmin. [SPEAKER_00]: Alba remembered Pablo's face while she had been pretending to snore. [SPEAKER_00]: Asmeen and Alba had both been laughing, but Pablo had never laughed at all.

9:25 [SPEAKER_00]: In fact, he had asked Alba to stop, and Alba kept explaining that she was only joking, instead of paying attention to how her brother was feeling. [SPEAKER_00]: all the frowned. [SPEAKER_00]: You're right. [SPEAKER_00]: I think I might have heard his feelings," she said. [SPEAKER_00]: I think so too, as me and agreed.

9:51 [SPEAKER_00]: All the took a deep dragon breath in and out. [SPEAKER_00]: She felt steadier as the breath moved through her. [SPEAKER_00]: I should talk to him, all the decided, has me nodded, and the two sisters flew toward their brother. [SPEAKER_00]: As Alba approached, Pablo glanced back at them, but did not speak.

10:32 [SPEAKER_00]: Pablo, I'm sorry, Alba said, [SPEAKER_00]: You only make a little hunk sometimes. [SPEAKER_00]: I made everything else up because I thought making it bigger would be funny. [SPEAKER_00]: Pablo turned around to face her, feathers bristled. [SPEAKER_00]: I didn't think about how it would feel to have me and has me in laughing about you.

11:00 [SPEAKER_00]: All book continued. [SPEAKER_00]: And when you told me to stop, I should have listened. [SPEAKER_00]: I wasn't trying to embarrass you, but I should have noticed that you weren't laughing. [SPEAKER_00]: I was having so much fun making HOSMEEN laugh that I didn't think about how the joke felt to you.

11:23 [SPEAKER_00]: HOSMEEN stepped closer and added, I'm sorry I kept laughing too. [SPEAKER_00]: I should have noticed you were upset. [SPEAKER_00]: Pablo's feathers relaxed a little. [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks, he replied, I know all those honking was supposed to be silly. [SPEAKER_00]: Actually, the part where your foot was kicking in the air was kind of funny.

11:50 [SPEAKER_00]: Alba smiled cautiously. [SPEAKER_00]: It was, she asked, A little, Pablo admitted, I just didn't like you telling his mean that I really sound like that. [SPEAKER_00]: I understand, all of a sudden, next time I make a joke about somebody else, I should think about whether they would laugh at it, too.

12:16 [SPEAKER_00]: Pablo nodded, and if they don't like it, saying, I'm only joking, doesn't make them suddenly like it, he added, as mean smile that both of them, [SPEAKER_00]: Right, jokes are better when everybody gets to laugh, she said. [SPEAKER_00]: the sibling sat together among the reads for a short while, feeling a little awkward.

12:44 [SPEAKER_00]: Then, after a bit, Pablo stood up. [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, he announced, I think we've been serious long enough. [SPEAKER_00]: Since you find my sleep sounds so entertaining, I've decided I shall pick a new one. [SPEAKER_00]: Behold, he cleared his throat, closed his eyes, lifted his bill in the air, and let out a big, deep, mhm.

13:16 [SPEAKER_00]: All the end-hows mean stared at their brother for a moment, before bursting into laughter. [SPEAKER_00]: Pablo opened his eyes and laughed too. [SPEAKER_00]: I want to turn, as mean exclaimed. [SPEAKER_00]: She flopped onto the reeds and began making the highest squeaks in whistles she could manage.

13:38 [SPEAKER_00]: All three siblings descended into fits of giggles. [SPEAKER_00]: For the rest of the afternoon, the three geese took turns making silly sounds until eventually they all started yawning. [SPEAKER_00]: that was so fun. [SPEAKER_00]: I forgot I wanted to take a nap, said Pablo. [SPEAKER_00]: I could use an F2, said Alba.

14:04 [SPEAKER_00]: Me 3, said husband. [SPEAKER_00]: Alba settled into a soft patch of grass between Pablo and husband, feeling pleasantly tired after their day together. [SPEAKER_00]: She tucked her wings close to her body and rested her bill on her chest. [SPEAKER_00]: As Albo relaxed, she began thinking about everything she had to be grateful for.

14:36 [SPEAKER_00]: She was grateful for the beautiful day in the Awe Island Marsh. [SPEAKER_00]: closing her eyes, all the took a deep, dragon breath in and out. [SPEAKER_00]: She was also grateful that Pablo had told her when her joke hurt his feelings. [SPEAKER_00]: his honesty had helped Alba understand that a joke was only fun when everyone could enjoy it too.

15:22 [SPEAKER_00]: Alba snuggled a little closer to her siblings and took another deep dragon breath in and out [SPEAKER_00]: Most of all, Alba was grateful for Pablo and Hasmeen, and the wonderful time they had spent playing and laughing together. [SPEAKER_00]: Alba took one final deep dragon breath in and out.

16:17 [SPEAKER_00]: Her body relaxed, her mind grew quiet, and she drifted off to sleep, beside her brother and sister, dreaming of making more silly sounds. [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for joining us to be calm on Awe Island. [SPEAKER_00]: See you next time.