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- [Cookie] It's Monster Meditation.
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- [Andy] With Cookie Monster and me, Andy.
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- Ha ha.
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(timer ticking)
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Uh.
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- [Andy] Hello Cookie Monster.
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- Huh?
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Oh, it me friend, Andy.
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Hi Andy.
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- [Andy] I see you're baking some cookies.
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Mm, smells good.
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- Yeah, but they not ready.
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Why cookies take so long to bake?
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- [Andy] Yeah, it can be hard to wait
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for something you really, really want.
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Hey, you wanna play a fun monster meditation while we wait?
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- Oh, what meditation?
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- [Andy] So it's an activity that can make waiting more fun.
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- Oh boy!
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Follow along and do monster meditation with me and Andy.
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- [Andy] Great, so we're gonna play I-Sense,
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a game of I Spy but with our five senses.
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- Oh, me know those.
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(sniffs) Sense of smell.
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(upbeat music) Hearing.
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Touch.
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Taste.
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And sight.
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- [Andy] Exactly.
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Now can you spy something with your sense of smell?
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- Me smell with me little nose, cookies.
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Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!
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- [Andy] Wait, Cookie Monster.
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The cookies still aren't ready.
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Let's pass the time by playing this game.
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But before we do, we're gonna focus ourselves
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by doing some belly breaths.
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So put your hands on your belly.
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Now take a slow deep breath in.
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(inhales)
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And slowly breath out.
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(exhales)
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Great job.
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Now that we've focused, can you spy
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something with your sense of smell?
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- Me smell with me little nose, strawberries.
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(laughs)
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- [Andy] Strawberries?
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- Yeah, it me strawberry monster shampoo.
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Me had bubble bath today.
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- [Andy] So with that smell in your nose
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can you spy something with your sense of touch?
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- Hey, me fur.
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It's soft and fluffy.
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- [Andy] Now with that softness in your mind,
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Cookie Monster, can you spy something with your eyes?
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- Me spy with me little eye, you!
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Me friends at home.
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Hi.
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- [Andy] Wonderful.
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Now while focusing on your friends,
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can you spy something with your sense of hearing?
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- Me hear, uh me hear...
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(timer ringing)
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Loud ringing.
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Andy, can you answer your phone please,
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me trying to monster meditate.
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- [Andy] Um, Cookie Monster?
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That's the timer.
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Your cookies are ready.
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- Cookies!
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Oh boy, me almost forgot.
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- [Andy] See, by focusing on your senses
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you forgot all about waiting for your cookies to bake.
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And you still have one sense left.
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- Me do?
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- [Andy] Yes.
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Your sense of taste.
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(gasps) - Cookie!
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(Cookie Monster chomping)
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Meditation fun.
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And delicious.
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Ah.