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Think about the last time you felt grumpy and you were in a downright bad mood. When we

have our grouchy pants on, it can be tough to take them off and snap out of it, as we'll

hear in today's tale. Sometimes we need a little bit of help.

I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle round, where story time happens all the time. Today

our story is called Tidilic Drinks Up. Versions of this tale originally come from the Aboriginal

people of Australia. Some really great folks came together to bring you our adaptation

of this hotel, including Isaac Wang, star of the feature film Clifford, the big red dog.

No circle round everyone. For Tidilic Drinks Up. Back in the oldest of olden times, long

before people roamed the earth, there lived a frog named Tidilic. Tidilic was very different

from the frogs you see today, because Tidilic was big. So big he towered over the trees,

over the hills, he even towered over the mountains. In fact, Tidilic was so big that when

he let out a ribbit, it echoed for miles, and when he hopped from place to place, the

ground beneath him trembled. The other thing about Tidilic is that, well, he wasn't very

nice, he was constantly grumpy. The other animals tried, being friendly with him, like leaping,

jumping kangaroo. Good morning Tidilic. Oh, police.

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