0:00 A single willow tree can drink fifty gallons of water in one single day.0:08 That’s more water than you can even imagine!0:14 Pip the Owl, after his big moonlit adventure, told Barnaby the Bunny about a very special tree in their meadow—the Whispering Willow.0:30 Barnaby the Bunny had a very important question.0:36 He was tucked in his burrow, his little nose twitching.0:43 The sun had painted the sky in soft shades of orange and sleepy pink.0:51 And from across the meadow, he could hear it.0:56 A soft, rustling sound.0:59 A shhhhhh… shhhhhh… shhhhhh.1:03 Everyone called it the Whispering Willow.1:08 But what… was it whispering?1:11 Barnaby’s curiosity was even bigger than his fluffy white tail.1:19 He just had to know.1:21 So he wiggled his nose, hopped out of his warm bed, and tiptoed into the twilight.1:31 The air was cool and smelled of damp earth and sweet clover.1:39 The grass was like a soft green carpet under his paws.1:45 First, he passed a family of field mice, all snuggled together.1:53 "Squeak," they whispered.1:56 "Where are you going, Barnaby?" "To find out the willow's secret," he whispered back.2:06 He hopped on.2:08 The whispers from the tree grew a little louder.2:14 They sounded like a secret being told, just for him.2:20 He saw a sleepy badger yawning a great big yawn by his den.2:27 "Be careful, little bunny," the badger rumbled gently.2:34 "Secrets can be tricky." But Barnaby wasn't scared.2:40 He was just… curious.2:43 The tree's long, flowing leaves swayed in the evening breeze.2:50 It looked like it was waving to him.2:55 Come closer… it seemed to say.2:58 The whispers were all around him now.3:03 Not spooky whispers.3:05 No.3:06 They sounded like happy secrets.3:10 Like the sound of someone humming a very old, very gentle song.3:17 Finally, he was there.3:20 Standing right underneath the giant, graceful tree.3:26 He looked up, up, up into the thousands of long, skinny leaves.3:34 The sound was everywhere.3:37 Shhhhhh… shhhhhh.3:39 He put his little paw on the tree's trunk.3:44 It felt ancient and strong.3:48 And that’s when he saw it.3:51 It wasn't just the leaves whispering in the wind.3:57 Drifting down from the branches, like tiny, fluffy snowflakes, were little seeds.4:07 Each one was attached to a bit of white fluff, like a tiny parachute.4:15 The wind would catch them, and the leaves would rustle… shhhhhh… and then the little seeds would float away.4:28 The willow wasn't whispering a secret to keep.4:34 It was sharing its family with the world.4:39 It was saying goodbye to its little seeds as they floated off on their own adventures, to find a new place to grow.4:53 The whispers were lullabies.4:56 Barnaby watched them drift into the twilight, little bits of hope floating on the breeze.5:07 He suddenly felt very, very sleepy.5:12 He yawned a big bunny yawn.5:15 The willow's secret was a happy one.5:19 It was a secret about growing, and loving, and letting go.5:26 He curled up right there at the base of the tree, feeling safe and warm.5:35 And as he drifted off to sleep, the last thing he heard was the willow’s gentle song.5:46 Shhhhhh… sleep now, little one… shhhhhh.
