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They‘re always having parties in Milly‘s World; they never miss a chance to get together and have fun, play, laugh and eat together.

The cicadas‘ treasure Episode 1

Why don‘t we ask Alice to sing

with us?

They love to listen to music and maybe even dance. The Woodland Orchestra has fl utes and violins, trombones and double basses...a singer is all they need.

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Great idea! She‘s a cicada…

Listen...

Let‘s go!

Hello, have you seen Alice?

I asked her to move, and

now she‘s on the poplar tree by the

stream.

Milly and Billy can hear Alice singing. Not everyone in the wood is happy to hear her. Nana Spider, for example, prefers silence.

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I‘ve heard her more than I‘ve seen her!

She‘s so noisy — I can barely hear myself think!

There‘s Alice.

Would you like to come and sing in

our orchestra?

Brilliant!

I‘d love to, I could sing the

Lost Treasure song!

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How does it go?

Scrrr, scrr, scr...

Of course not! You don‘t understand

„cicada“…

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What a beautiful voice...

I didn‘t understand any

of it!

So much snow...

I don‘t know, let‘s go and see!

Alice tells the story of the lost treasure.„One winter evening, two cicadas were out walking in the cold air when they saw a light far off in the distance.“

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Everything‘s white! How lovely...

what is it?

Brrr…it‘s so cold!

„The two cicadas fl ew on until they reached a place where the moon was turning into lots of shining rays.“

It‘s a treasure!

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Yes, a treasure of gold and silver threads!

Look...it‘s down there!

„It was really, really cold. The cicadas‘ hands were frozen and their eyes were full of ice.“

I can‘t see a thing…

Let‘s take some threads of

treasure...

I can‘t, my hands are frozen…

Hold them tightly!

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Yes, we can take them to the other

cicadas!

Let‘s go home, we‘re freezing here!

Alice‘s story is good,but it doesn‘t end well.

What happened next?

Let‘s go home, we‘ll come back for

it tomorrow.

We searched for the treasure for days and

days, but we couldn‘t fi nd it anywhere.

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Oh no…the treasure has

slipped through my fi ngers!

Not yet, now we need to go and play in

the orchestra! Are you coming with

us, Alice?

A tall, bent tree...?Let‘s go and look for it!

We lost it near a tall tree that was bent over with snow,

but there aren‘t any trees like that near here...

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With pleasure! Can I bring

some biscuits?

Mmm, delicious!

MMM!

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There‘s no need, we‘ve got a Twinny,

would you like some?

With Alice the orchestra is now complete and Maestro Cricket is very pleased.

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