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Today we have something[br]a little different.

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Dr. Jane Goodall [br]is going to tell you a story.

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Stay tuned after[br]the animation

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to learn how to download[br]this as a free children's book.

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Ready?

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Let's begin.

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It starts as a whisper,

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a word on the air.

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It can't quite be heard,[br]but you know that it's there.

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As gentle[br]as sunlight,

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as tenacious[br]as hale,

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in its route to the heart,[br]it could not but prevail.

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And the people looked up[br]from their day-to-day tasks,

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their day-to-day jobs

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and their [br]day-to-day masks.

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They heard [br]or they felt

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where the whisper[br]could lead,

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and they looked [br]with eyes wide

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at what that[br]might mean.

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And once they could see it,[br]they hadn't a chance

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To resist the [br]sweet song

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of the deep spell[br]it cast.

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But the feeling it brought [br]them at first glance

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was pain,

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as they lifted their eyes[br]on the land they had claimed.

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Since they saw[br]at last

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as if raised[br]from a dream,

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they were almost alone[br]on the land and the sea.

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For the trees [br]had almost gone,

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and the bees[br]had almost gone,

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and the creatures[br]in their shells by the seas

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had almost gone.

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And the people felt sad[br]as they saw their new Earth,

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but they knew [br]this was it,

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one wild chance [br]for rebirth.

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Breaking new ground,[br]seeds rolling down,

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smell of the earth on [br]your hands and your brow.

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No time for sorrow,[br]we're building tomorrow.

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The sound of things growing[br]now keeps us around.

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As the wildness grows,[br]and the deep wood grows,

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and the sense that the[br]future's come to meet you

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grows,

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There's no chance[br]we can rest.

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We must do [br]our best.

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This moment can lead[br]us back home,

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that's our test.

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It starts as [br]a whisper,

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a word on [br]the air.

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It can't quite be heard,[br]but you know that it's there.

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It then spoke[br]like thunder.

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Until we all moved.

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And we could.

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And we did.

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And it's done.

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She's renewed.

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Help turn the whisper into a roar [br]by sharing this poem today.

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You can download the illustrated book [br]for free at ed.ted.com/whisper

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or keep your soul aflutter with one [br]of these animated poems.