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From YouTube: BCP Library Storytime 'Zippy Who Nearly Choked'

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In this video, Ian tells the story of 'Zippy Who Nearly Choked', a traditional Russian folk tale.
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Arabela was a big fluffy brown hen who lived on a farm with her 12 equally.

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Fluffy little chicks and every morning they go out into the farmyard and they'd.

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Scratch around looking for bugs and worms and the bits of grain that the.

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Farmer's wife threw out for them now. 11 of arabela's chicks were beautifully.

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Behaved but the twelfth zippy well zippy was always getting into trouble.

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Because zippy thought that zippy knew best. well one day when they were out in.

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The farmyard scratching around looking for bugs and worms and the bits of grain.

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That the farmer's wife had thrown out for them, zippy found a big fat, green bean and arabele said "oh. Don't you try and eat.

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That zippy it'll get stuck" whatever thought zippy and the next moment the.

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Bean got stuck in zippy's throat and there was zippy lying on the floor.

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Gasping for breath and arabella thought what am I going to do? How am I going to.

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Fix this I'll get some butter I'll put the butter in zippy's, beak, it'll melt.

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It'll trickle down zippy's throat and that'll shift the bean., so she ran off to.

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The barn where the cow lived- and she said- oh mrs., cow, mrs. cow- please please.

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Could I have some butter that I can put into zippy's beak, so it'll melt, trickle.

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Down zippy's throat and dislodge the bean that's stuck there and the cow said.

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Yes, you can have some butter, but I need some hay first run along to the hay.

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Field and get me some hay., so arabella ran to the hay field and there with hay.

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Makers cutting the hay and she said: oh hey makers, hay makers. Please can I have.

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Some hay that I can give to the cow so she'll give me some.

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Butter that I can put into zippy's beak and it'll melt and trickle down zippie's.

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Throat and shift the bean that's stuck there and the hay maker said. Yes, you can.

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Have some hay, but it's nearly time for our break, we're getting peckish run.

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Along to the baker and get us some buns, so arabella went the baker's shop. She said "oh mr. baker. Mr. baker could I have some buns that I can give to the.

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Hay maker, so they'll give me some hay that I can give to the cow so she'll.

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Give me some butter that I can put into zippy's beak, so it'll melt, trickle.

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Down zippy's throat and shift the bean that's stuck there and the baker said.

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"Yes, you can have some buns, but I need to bake them. First,.

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And I've run out of wood for my oven, please go to the wood cutter and get me some.

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Wood" and so arabella went to the wood cutter and she said mr. woodcutter could.

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You please, let me have some wood that I can give to the baker, so he can light.

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His oven and bake me some buns that I can give to the haymakers so they'll.

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Give me some hay that I can give to the cow. So she'll give me some butter that I.

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Can put into zippy's beak so it'll melt and trickle down zippy's throat.

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And shift the bean that's stuck there and the woodcutter said yes, yes, you can.

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Have some wood but um I lost my axe? Could you go to the blacksmith and get.

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Him to make me a new one, so arabella went off to the blacksmith's.

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Forge- and she said, oh mr. blacksmith, could you make me an axe that I can give.

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To the woodcutter, so he can cut some wood that I can give to the baker. So he.

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Can light his oven and bake some buns that I can give to the haymakers so.

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They'll give me some hay that I can give to the cow so she'll give me some butter.

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That I can put into zippy's beak so that it'll melt trickle down zippy's throat.

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And shift the bean that's stuck there and the blacksmith said. Yes, I will make.

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You a new axe, but I've run out of iron run along to the mountains, find the.

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Mines speak to the dwarf, who runs the mines and get me some more iron.

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So arabella ran off to the mountains and she found the mines and.

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She spoke to the dwarf, who ran the mines and she said: oh mr dwarf, please.

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Could I have some iron that I can give to the blacksmith, so he can make an axe.

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That I can give to the woodcutter, so he can cut some wood that I can give to.

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The baker, so he can light his oven and bake some buns that I can give to the.

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Haymakers they'll give me some hay that I can give to the cow so she'll give me.

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Some butter that I can put into zippy's beak, so it'll melt and trickle down.

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Zippy's throat and shift the bean that's stuck there and the dwarf strokes. His.

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Beard- and he said yes, you can have some iron. If you lay me an egg for my.

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Breakfast so arabella laid the dwarf a big beautiful brown breakfast egg and.

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The dwarf took a wheelbarrow and he filled it up with iron and he pushed it.

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Down to the blacksmith shop, with arabella sitting on top like her queen.

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In her carriage and the blacksmith turned the iron into an axe, and she gave.

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The axe to the woodcutter and the woodcutter cut some wood and she took.

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That to the bakers and he lit his oven and he baked some buns, which he gave to.

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The haymakers they gave her some hay, which he gave to the cow. The cow gave us.

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Her butter, she put the butter in zippy's, beak, the butter, melted, trickled down, zippy's throat and the bean went down into.

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Zippy's tummy and everything in the farmyard went back to normal.

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And everybody went out in the morning and they scratched around looking for.

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Bugs and worms and the bits of grain that the farmer's wife had thrown out.

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And everyone was beautifully behaved and zippy didn't get into trouble until the.

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Day that zippy, but that as they say, is another story.