Welcome to Disney's Magic of Storytelling podcast, brought to you by Wake Med Children's,

because inside every child is a story waiting to be told.

Our storyteller is ABC 11's Andrea Blandford.

This is the short story of finding Dory.

Dory was a baby blue tankfish. She lived with her parents,

Jenny and Charlie. Dory was not like other fish as she was forgetful. She suffered from short-term

memory loss. When Dory was young, her parents collected shells and made trails for her to follow

so she would always find her way home. One day, Dory was a. Her parents collected shells and made trails for her to follow, so she would

always find her way home. One day, Dory spotted a pretty purple shell in the distance.

She wasn't allowed to swim that far, but Dory forgot. Dory was just about to pick up the

shell when whoosh! She was pulled away by the undertow. Suddenly,

Dory was all alone. She couldn't find her way home. The parents tried hard in finding Dory.

Eventually, she forgot what she was looking for. No one was able to help, and then she crashed

into Marlon. Marlon was far from home, too. He was looking for his son, Nemo. Dory helped Marlon cross the ocean and find Nemo. She went to live with them in the coral reef. She finally had a new home. One day, Dory went with Nemo's class in a field trip to see the Stingray migration.

Dory got pulled into the undertow.

When Dory returned to safety, she was flooded with memories of her mom and dad.

She remembered where she was from.

Dory wanted to go home.

With the help of some old friends, Marlin and Nemo joined Dory on her

trip across the ocean all the way to Morrow Bay, where she was scooped up and taken away.

Dory found herself in a tank inside the Marine Life Institute. This was where she was from. A cranky septipus, a seven-armed octopus named

Hank, greeted Dory and agreed to help her find her family. He had three hearts after all.

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