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1. 0:12Symbiosis
2. 0:13By Urmila Ellappan
3. 0:19Zippy had walked a long distance
4. 0:22in the African savannah
5. 0:24to reach a small lake.
6. 0:29He eagerly quenched his thirst
7. 0:32and went to rest
8. 0:34under the cool shade
9. 0:36of a baobab tree.
10. 0:40Zippy tried to fall asleep,
11. 0:44but he felt
12. 0:45uncomfortable
13. 0:47and very itchy.
14. 0:50For days,
15. 0:51For days,
16. 0:52there had been tiny fleas
17. 0:55all over his body.
18. 0:58He tried to get rid of the fleas
19. 1:00by swishing his tail
20. 1:01from side to side.
21. 1:03He tried to get rid of the fleas
22. 1:05by thumping his four legs
23. 1:08one by one on the ground.
24. 1:11He even tried thumping
25. 1:12all four
26. 1:13legs at once!
27. 1:16He rubbed his whole body
28. 1:17against the tree trunk.
29. 1:20He tried to get rid of some fleas
30. 1:23by licking his face
31. 1:24with his long tongue.
32. 1:30But nothing seemed to work!
33. 1:33The fleas just wouldn’t go away!
34. 1:37No swishing
35. 1:38or licking,
36. 1:40and no rubbing and thumping,
37. 1:43could make them leave him.
38. 1:47Finally,
39. 1:48he became so tired and irritated
40. 1:51that he rolled on the ground
41. 1:53with his feet up in the air.
42. 2:03He saw two little birds
43. 2:04perched on a branch
44. 2:06of the mighty baobab.
45. 2:12They made a lot of noise,
46. 2:14winked at each other
47. 2:16and darted down.
48. 2:23“Wow, that was something.
49. 2:24Are you O.K., Pick?”
50. 2:27“Sure, Peck, I’m fine!
51. 2:30Ehh- hi, I’m Pick!”
52. 2:32“And I am Peck, hi!”
53. 2:35With a sheepish smile,
54. 2:36Zippy got to his feet.
55. 2:38“Ahem, nice to meet you.
56. 2:41I am Zippy.”
57. 2:45“You have such deliciously
58. 2:47tempting fleas on you!”
59. 2:49Pick and Peck
60. 2:50settled down on Zippy’s back.
61. 2:54“Delicious?” groaned Zippy,
62. 2:57“I am totally bugged by them!
63. 3:00I just can’t get them off,
64. 3:02no matter how hard I try.”
65. 3:08“We are very hungry, Zippy,
66. 3:09and we love fleas.
67. 3:12May we eat up all these…
68. 3:14nasty creatures?”
69. 3:16asked Pick and Peck.
70. 3:17“Sure! Be my guests!”
71. 3:20exclaimed Zippy delighted.
72. 3:27The birds began.
73. 3:31They pecked at the fleas
74. 3:33on his face and legs,
75. 3:35they cleaned Zippy’s belly
76. 3:37and cleaned Zippy’s back.
77. 3:40The zebra stood still,
78. 3:42letting the birds eat their fill.
79. 3:49And finally,
80. 3:51they were all happy.
81. 3:54The zebra had been freed
82. 3:55of the annoying fleas
83. 3:57and the two birds
84. 3:58had enjoyed a splendid meal.
85. 4:03“Thank you very much
86. 4:05for pecking
87. 4:06those nasty fleas
88. 4:07off my body.”
89. 4:10“Oh! We must
90. 4:11thank you,
91. 4:11for providing us
92. 4:12with such a flea meal –
93. 4:13free meal.”
94. 4:17Animals helping
95. 4:18Animals helping
96. 4:19each other –
97. 4:20as Pick and Peck helped Zippy -
98. 4:22is called symbiosis.