Hector’s Flight Home, Part III
Maked Up Stories: Imaginative Kids Stories
Maked Up Stories
4.3 • 810 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Seven year old Olive adores hedgehogs. Imagine her surprise when during a vacation to New Zealand she learns - alongside a hedgehog she has just befriended - that hedgehogs are considered a pest and are a serious threat to native bird species in New Zealand.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Makeup Stoyshawry, |
| 0:03.0 | Hanna, Hanna, Hanna, |
| 0:05.0 | Oh, ayah, yidda-a-da-a-com to make-up stories. |
| 0:13.0 | My name's Alushka. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm from Lakemary, Florida. |
| 0:17.0 | Go to make-upstories.com to join the Makeup Club. |
| 0:28.9 | Hello and welcome to Makeup Stories. I'm your host, Amanda. |
| 0:37.1 | Today we're going to be continuing our story about Olive and Hector the Hedgehog. |
| 0:42.1 | But before we do, I have a little correction. Olive, who requested this story, lives in Seattle, not San Diego. |
| 0:49.8 | A cool fact about Seattle is it has more houseboats than any other city in the world. |
| 0:56.0 | Thanks again, Olive, for your story request. |
| 0:58.0 | We can't wait to see what happens next. |
| 1:01.0 | Before we continue with our story today, I wanted to remind you about our audio scavenger hunt and how to participate. |
| 1:11.7 | A few days ago, Jonah and I shared with you a story called The Velvetine Rabbit. |
| 1:17.0 | This is one of my very favorite stories from when I was a child. |
| 1:21.4 | My challenge for you is to listen to that story or have your grown-up read it to you |
| 1:26.3 | and then send me the name of a |
| 1:28.5 | make-up story that you think was inspired by the velveteen rabbit, and why? As long as you can |
| 1:34.9 | give a reason for the story you chose, there are no wrong answers, and one kid who participates |
| 1:40.6 | will receive their own velveteen rabbit as a gift from me, Steve, Jonah, and Jesse. |
| 1:46.5 | To submit your answer, have your grown-up send an email or a voice memo to make-up stories |
| 1:52.1 | at gmail.com. Happy hunting. |
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