0:00 A hedgehog can curl into a tight ball, protecting itself with over five thousand sharp spines.0:10 Last night, we watched Flicker the firefly make his own special glow.0:18 Tonight, another small friend will find a different kind of magic, one that was waiting for him all along.0:30 His name was Huddle, and he was a very small, very gentle hedgehog.0:38 His home was a cozy burrow tucked beneath the roots of an old oak tree, lined with soft moss and dry leaves.0:50 One night, when the moon was a perfect silver circle in the sky, Huddle poked his little black nose out of his doorway.1:04 The air was cool and smelled of damp earth and sweet night-blossoms.1:11 Everything was quiet.1:14 So quiet.1:15 But then, he saw it.1:17 On a single, broad clover leaf, a tiny drop of water shimmered.1:24 It wasn't just water.1:26 Huddle crept closer, his little feet making no sound on the moss.1:34 Inside the dewdrop, a tiny star seemed to be swimming.1:40 It swirled with soft, silver light, a perfect little piece of the night sky.1:49 Huddle had never seen anything like it.1:53 It was magic.1:55 Then, just beyond the clover, he saw another.2:00 And another.2:01 A trail of shimmering dewdrops, each one holding its own tiny captured star, led away from his burrow and into the deep, quiet woods.2:16 Huddle felt a gentle pull, a quiet curiosity that whispered… follow.2:24 So he did.2:25 He waddled softly, his quills brushing against ferns that glistened with the same magical light.2:36 An owl hooted softly from a high branch, as if to say, “go on, little one.” A gentle breeze rustled the leaves, making a sound like a soft sigh.2:52 The trail of starry dewdrops led him somewhere he had never been before.3:01 It was a small, hidden clearing.3:04 And in the center of the clearing was a little pond, as round and smooth as a dark mirror.3:14 The dewdrops led right to its edge.3:18 Huddle looked up at the sky, and then down at the water.3:25 The pond wasn't dark at all.3:28 It was holding the entire night sky.3:32 The moon, the stars, all the constellations… they were all floating peacefully on its still surface.3:43 Huddle understood.3:45 The dewdrops weren’t just magic drops.3:50 They were tiny sips of water that had tasted the starlight from the pond.3:58 They were carrying the pond's quiet magic out into the forest for everyone to share.4:08 Huddle sat at the water’s edge, his little heart full of a warm, peaceful feeling.4:17 He wasn’t a separate, small hedgehog in a big, dark world.4:24 He was part of the quiet, shimmering night.4:28 And as he watched the stars float on the water, he knew the night was not something to be afraid of, but a soft, gentle blanket, full of quiet wonder.
