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Mar 2023
13m 6s

The Tornado and the Giant Bee

MAKED UP STORIES (KIDS STORIES)
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To request a custom story, visit www.storybird.ai. When two kids, Jonah and Jesse, go camping with their family, they encounter a strange phenomenon where everything in the forest seems to have grown to an enormous size. While floating in the air due to a giant bee's strong winds, they connect with another young girl who has lost her mother. Together, they use a hula hoop to create a tornado that leads them to realize they have become tiny. After some sleuthing, they discover an alien from another planet caused their small size and only a magnifying glass can restore them. Once they return to their regular size, they happily reunite with the girl's mother and live happily ever after.

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