Hey, Tail Blazers, I'm Chad Chennai, and this is Girl Tales, a kids podcast of feminist stories for a new generation.

I'm so excited to be here with you all today. I've been a member of the Girl Tales team since the

very first episode, and it has been a fun and exciting journey learning how to share all these

stories and adventures with all of you. I'm a producer and I've done sound design on a lot of

tales all the way back to our very first story ever, The Literate Mermaid. The whole Girl Tales team

is busy building the fourth season just for you, and can I tell you it is going to be so much fun.

Our first new episode will be October 4th. In the meantime, Rebecca asked me to share one of my

favorite Girl Tales stories with you, and so I am. And it was really hard to pick just one, but

I hope you like the story we're bringing back to you today. Growing up, Girl Tales is brought to

you by families like yours. If you'd like to hear your child's name in one of our season four

episodes, head to patreon.com slash Girl Tales and donate today. So, now onto our episode.

This is Little Lena by Kimberly Bellflower. Enjoy!

Oh! We know, be careful. This book is old. We don't want you to slip it fall.

I am as big as the ocean! My sweet little Lena, the ocean is right there and you're right here.

I can see all of you, but you know what? What? No one has ever seen all of the ocean.

No one? No one.

Have you seen my guts?

Lena, you said you see all of me, but there's a lot of stuff inside me. I'm just checking.

It's not lady-like to talk about guts. Did Dr. Time see my guts when he was operating on me?

He did. Well, not all your guts. But some of my guts?

Yes, some of your guts. He cut me open, right?

Lena, that's enough. To make me better?

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