Dragon learns to reflect on favorite memories and welcomes in a new year!

Narrator: Female

Story Begins: 3:49

Dragon’s New Year Excerpt:

On this day, at this moment, Dragon was doing something they did often: going for a walk through the forest. While Dragon could fly, and did fly many places, Dragon particularly loved the relaxed pace of walking. Walking made it easy to stop and observe a colony of ants working together on their ant hill, or pause by a patch of wildflowers and inhale their sweet perfume. Walking also increased the likelihood of running into forest friends, and meeting new ones, too.

On this walk in particular, though, everyone seemed busy. Peanut squirrel darted by, pausing briefly to say, “Hi Dragon! I can’t talk right now, the end of the year is coming and I must get ready!”  With that, Peanut scurried off, disappearing into a leafy bush.

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