Ep 980. Bunny Best Friends: a meditation and relaxing story for children
Bartlett Bunny decides to explore the main room of the animal shelter, and it’s a little overwhelming, but his friends help him feel calm again.
Narrator: Female
Story Begins: 3:55
Bunny Best Friends Excerpt:
Bartlett and Lovina were a bonded pair: best friends forever. They longed to have a forever home and a family to love. But for now, while they waited, they were comfortable at the shelter. Their enclosure was quite spacious, with lots of things to play with. They had two tunnels, a hidey-house, two litter boxes, as well as lots of soft blankets to lay on and plenty of room to play and binky.
When bunnies are happy, they do binkies. A binky is a special kind of jump, where the bunny flings themself into the air as if they have springs in their paws. Bartlett’s best binkies had mid-air twists and even some butt wiggles. Lovina’s binkies often included straight leaps into the air and tail wags. The thing all their binkies had common was joy.
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