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This is the podcast. 
Yeah, the podcast. 

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Is starting. 
What's the? 

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Podcast it's all going to be all
right in the air. 

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It's going to be You've got some
worries, my dear little arise. 

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Rest your busy minds because 
it's finally time the stories 

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from now and then. 
Hey, everybody, welcome back to 

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Stories from Now and then. 
My name is Captain Blunderface 

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and I'm here in the old library 
back with another story. 

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Well, another part of a story 
that is. 

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Deprecatus is fully asleep. 
I'm not sure right now if I 

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should wake him up to hear the 
rest of the story or just let 

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him sleep. 
He was so excited to hear it, 

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but he also loves to nap. 
What should I do? 

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I suppose cats are known for 
naps, so maybe he wants to do 

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what he was born to do, but 
maybe he feels he has naps 

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covered. 
Maybe he wants to be known for 

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appreciating stories. 
Out of all the cats, he's up 

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there for story appreciation. 
While I decide what to do, we 

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have a shout out for Thea and 
Charlie from Salt Lake City, UT.

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Thea is 6 and Charlie is 4 and 
they especially love Deprecatus 

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and want to know what he looks 
like and how he came to live in 

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the old library. 
Well, Thea and Charlie, today's 

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story is for you and I can tell 
you that Debra Caddis fur is 

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longer than most cats and that 
he has blue eyes. 

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He's also pretty fast when he 
wants to zoom around the 

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library. 
His fur color could be described

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And with that, we'll see if 

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Deprikatis wakes up on his own, 
and we'll let Nicola take it 

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away for Wind of the Willows 
Part 4. 

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Good old Badger and Rat and Mole
were really trying to help by 

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keeping Toad at home. 
They thought he couldn't get in 

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trouble if he was just inside, 
but he tied his bed sheets 

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together and he climbed out of 
his window. 

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And now bad news. 
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He's been caught by a policeman 
and he's now been arrested. 

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Do you think the friends can 
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Let's find out in this final 
part, The Wind in the Willows, 

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Part 4. 
The story, gathered in fragments

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and completed later with many 
interruptions from Toad himself,

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ran. 
Thus he had stopped a motor car 

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upon the road by admiring it 
extravagantly, persuaded its 

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owner to let him sit inside for 
one brief educational moment, 

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and then, seized by old desire, 
had driven away at full speed 

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while the owner shouted behind 
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Naughty Toad, that's not his 
car. 

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And unfortunately for Toad, 
roads contain policemen. 

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He tried to explain that he 
didn't mean to steal the car, 

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but the judge didn't believe him
and he sent him to prison. 

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When Rat first heard this, he 
covered his face. 

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When Mole heard it, he said 
surely prison will cure him. 

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When Badger heard it, he 
answered, we shall hope so, 

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though hope has disappointed us 
before. 

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Yet prison did what lectures had
not for the first time in Toad's

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life. 
The days passed heavily. 

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Toad, deprived of comfort, 
applause and movement, found 

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prison life intolerably dull. 
The walls were bare. 

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Meals arrived without ceremony. 
No one admired his opinions. 

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Worst of all, no one believed 
his explanations. 

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At last, for perhaps the first 
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quietly and thought about his 
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It was during one such 
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kindness came unexpectedly. 
The jailer's daughter, who 

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brought his meals, had heard 
enough of Toad's speeches to 

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feel pity despite herself. 
You do seem miserable, she said.

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My dear young lady, said Toad 
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I am a ruined creature, once 
master of a noble house, now 

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fallen among iron bars. 
This speech, being delivered 

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with genuine sorrow, affected 
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A plan soon formed. 
The following evening she 

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returned, carrying a bundle. 
Inside were the plain clothes of

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a washerwoman. 
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impossible, she whispered. 
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laundry. 
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At first he refused, mostly 
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the bonnet. 
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so, awkwardly disguised, he left
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trying very hard to appear 
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The escape succeeded, chiefly 
because Toad looked like such a 

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funny washer woman that no one 
suspected it could actually be a

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disguise. 
At last he reached a river, and 

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by great good fortune he found a
small boat drifting loose near 

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the bank. 
Too tired to worry, he just 

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climbed in and pushed off. 
The river accepted him quietly. 

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Evening spread across the water.
Reeds whispered. 

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For the first time since his 
imprisonment began, Toad felt 

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something like peace. 
But peace did not last long, for

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the boat belonged to a barge 
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Seeing a stranger in her boat, 
she approached and demanded to 

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know who he was. 
Toad, abandoning his washerwoman

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disguise, confessed enough of 
his troubles to win her 

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reluctant sympathy. 
She agreed to take him part of 

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the way home, provided he 
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This proved difficult, for Toad 
admired labour far more than he 

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performed it. 
By the time morning came he had 

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tangled the ropes, dropped 
equipment and nearly upset the 

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breakfast kettle. 
The barge woman's patience ran 

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out at the next landing. 
She put him ashore firmly, 

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though not unkindly. 
Still, Toad was closer to home, 

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and he had learned something 
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Wild Toad had been in prison. 
Rough creatures from the 

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Wildwood stoats and weasels 
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The servants were gone. 
The doors were watched. 

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The house itself had been taken 
from Toad. 

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At first he could not believe 
it. 

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My hall? 
Impossible. 

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But by afternoon he had seen 
enough from a distance to know 

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it was true. 
Hiding in the bushes, Toad 

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watched the stoats and the 
Weasels moving around his house,

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lighting fires, eating food and 
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their own. 
Toad was outraged and genuinely 

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distressed. 
He loved Toad Hall deeply, and 

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now he could not enter his own 
front door. 

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He found Rat and Mole by the 
river that evening, where they 

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had just heard rumour of his 
escape. 

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Rat, seeing Toad muddy, 
bonnetless and exhausted, said 

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only well. 
Mole embraced him at once. 

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Badger, summoned quickly, 
listened without interruption to

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the whole story. 
When Toad finished, Badger 

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stood. 
Tonight we take back Toad Hall. 

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And so, after dark, the four set
out through fields beneath 

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hedges. 
Then, by narrow underground 

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passages known only to Badger, 
they reached an old, forgotten 

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tunnel leading directly beneath 
Toad Hall. 

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The air smelled of earth and old
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Their Lantern light moved softly
across brick walls laid long 

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ago. 
Above them, faintly, came 

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distant voices from occupied 
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At last they reached a concealed
panel opening behind the pantry.

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Badger lifted it carefully. 
They could hear voices now, 

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laughter, careless footsteps, 
plates knocked roughly upon 

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tables. 
Ready, whispered Rat. 

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The moment the panel opened, 
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He emerged with such force and 
certainty that surprise did half

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the work before resistance 
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Rat followed swiftly. 
Mole, though trembling, found 

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courage in movement itself. 
Toad came last, shouting more 

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loudly than necessary, but with 
admirable enthusiasm. 

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The stoats and weasels, caught 
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animals appearing from the 
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Some fled upstairs, some through
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front door. 
Within minutes the hall belonged

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again to its rightful owner. 
Silence returned. 

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Gradually. 
A chair righted, a lamp relit. 

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The old clock in the corridor 
ticked as though nothing unusual

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had happened. 
Toad stood in the centre of his 

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hall and looked around. 
Then he spoke very quietly. 

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I have been a fool. 
The others didn't know what to 

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say, because this from Toad was 
very surprising. 

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After a while, Badger nodded 
Yes, he said often. 

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Toad accepted this, but he 
added, I shall try to improve. 

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Rat looked doubtful but kind. 
Mole smiled openly. 

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They sat together in the great 
dining room to have breakfast 

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while the sun rose and the wind 
moved softly through the 

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willows. 
All was well, All had always 

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been well. 
All would be well again. 

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I do really love a happy ending 
when everything gets put right 

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and friends come together. 
These four friends could not be 

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more different, each one of them
very unique. 

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But the friendship they have is 
so strong and so special that 

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they can do amazing things 
together, like fight off all 

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those stoats and weasels, just 
the four of them, you know? 

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Here's a question for everybody 
listening which creature would 

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you like to be friends with the 
most? 

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Would it be the cosy and 
friendly mole, or the brave and 

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joyful Rat? 
Perhaps the exciting, 

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adventurous toad? 
Or maybe the wise old badger? 

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They're all so special, it's fun
to think about. 

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OK, back to you, Captain. 
That is the whole story. 

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Wind in the Willows is 
officially wrapped. 

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Thank you to everybody for 
tuning in and we hope you 

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enjoyed our first four part 
story. 

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Oh Deprecatus, He woke up just 
in time for the whole story, 

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didn't you? 
Did you end up hearing the whole

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thing? 
Great. 

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So Deprecatus, what was your 
favorite character? 

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You know what, I think that was 
my favorite character too. 

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Stories from now and then is 
narrated by the amazing Nickel 

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award music by Captain 
Blunderface and Captain 

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Blunderface played by Evan 
Wiebe. 

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We will see you all next time 
on.