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🗓️ 23 August 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Wendell takes the bus to school every day. He treats it like a ritual. But one day his rule-abiding driver leaves town and is replaced with a quirky farmer—Wendell buckles in for a bumpy ride that offers many surprises along the way.
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0:00.0 | From Wunder, I'm Virginia Madsen, and this is Little Stories Everywhere. |
0:12.0 | Each episode will bring you stories for kids that |
0:14.8 | spark the imagination, take you to other worlds, and bring joy. This story is |
0:20.8 | called Wendell's Wonderful Worry Some Day. |
0:27.0 | Wendell was a worrier. |
0:29.0 | He didn't like being a worrier. |
0:32.0 | He certainly didn't want to be the most anxious |
0:34.8 | nine-year-old in all a fourth grade. He just couldn't help it. At least when Mr. |
0:41.8 | Keene drove the bus, |
0:44.0 | Wendell didn't worry about being late for school, |
0:47.0 | because no matter how deep the snow, |
0:49.0 | Mr. Keene always got there on time. |
0:52.0 | The bus was quiet too, just like Wendell. Mr. |
0:56.5 | Keene didn't allow singing, shouting, or even chatting, so Wendell never had to fret about talking to anyone else. |
1:04.0 | And that was a relief because talking to other people, |
1:09.0 | except his mom, usually sent his worry meter soaring. |
1:13.0 | Then, just before holiday break in December, |
1:18.0 | Mr. Keene up and quit. |
1:20.0 | I'm tired of these northern winners. |
1:22.0 | I'm heading south these northern winners. I'm heading south he declared I'll |
1:25.0 | bask by the sea under the swaying palms. No swaying palms around here |
1:30.4 | Wendell thought. The next day Principal Paul called an emergency town |
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