Your adrenaline is bringing blood to the skin's surface.

It's causing your pores to open and you're sweating.

This is your body responding to its natural desire

to run from a dangerous situation.

Your heart rate is increasing to the point where it feels like it's going to explode.

Your heart's providing as much blood as possible to help you run.

Your body's become cold and you feel frozen to the spot.

Why?

Because your body's reminding you that playing dead is sometimes the best option.

Did you hear that noise?

Maybe it was just my imagination.

Welcome to Extraordinary Stories podcast.

Stop! Gather around, I'm going to tell you a story Okay, hi. How are you? Are you well? Are you good? I am.

Okay, so here we are again, the second episode of Extraordinary Stories, podcast, short stories.

If you didn't hear last week's, go back and listen, Christian the Lion.

What are these episodes?

Well, I'll explain it again.

I'll stop explaining it each episode because I know you probably know,

but if you don't, these are a midweek episode in which I tell a shorter story, a smaller story

than the main one that comes out at the weekend. Okay, I'm just going to do some quick shoutouts

and then we'll get on with the story.

I've got some new shout-out music, indeed, courtesy of Claire O'Meara. Honestly, the things that

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