Mr. Beetle Branches Out
12/6/202535 min
After overcoming a storm of challenges, Old Mr. Beetle practically skitters on a cloud as he makes his way, oh so merrily, to his Wednesday night story time for young bugs on the 25th branch. But when he nears his story time stage, he discovers that the end of the branch has been blocked off. The 26th branch, directly above, is dangling ominously and presents too much of a hazard to allow his story time to proceed. But even more disappointing is the fact that this new obstacle may impact something very important that is coming in three week's...
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First 90 secondsRhea Pechter· Host0:00
[upbeat music] This is Rhea. Welcome to Little Stories for Tiny People. The other day, I was touring a lollipop factory when I ran into an old friend of mine I used to work with at a weave-your-own shoelaces shop. It's not there anymore. I guess no one wants to put in the time and effort to weave their own shoelaces these days. Anyway, my friend was filling me in on all the interesting things he'd done since the shop closed down, when I noticed a beetle on his jacket. It was a large beetle. And just as I was about to interrupt my friend's story to tell him about it, the beetle flew off his lapel and landed on my shoelace, which, truth be told, I did not weave myself. Anyway, as I stared down at the large beetle who promptly took flight, buzzing up and away into the lollipop factory, a very specific thought popped into my head: What has Mister Beetle been up to? I apologized to my friend, promised to send him a fruit basket, and literally ran home to write this