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Disney Magic of Storytelling

Moana

Disney Magic of Storytelling

Disney

Kids & Family

3.8787 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Moana sets out on a mission to save her people, and along the way finds her own identity. With the wayfinding help of demigod Maui, they have an action-packaged voyage and face impossible odds! If you would like to hear more magical Disney stories, you can visit us at abc11.com/magic-of-storytelling/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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

0:06.1

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

0:10.2

Our storyteller is ABC 11's Amber Rupenta.

0:14.7

This is a short story of Princess Moana.

0:18.7

Once upon a time, there lived a little beautiful girl named Moana in Motunui

0:24.9

Island. Even when she was little, she loved the ocean. She also loved listening to Grandma

0:32.0

Taylor's stories. Moana's favorite was about the trickster demigod, Maui, who stole the heart of the mother island, Tafiti.

0:41.3

According to Grandma, Maui upset the balance of nature by stealing the heart.

0:46.3

Moana's dad, Chief Tui, believed the ocean was dangerous.

0:51.3

The islanders were forbidden to sail beyond the reef. But little Moana

0:56.3

felt a deep connection to the ocean and to all the creatures who belonged in it. She always

1:02.8

wanted to help, and the ocean noticed, and it gave Moana a special gift. When Chief Toey picked

1:10.1

up Moana, she dropped the gift.

1:12.6

Luckily, someone else picked it up.

1:15.6

It was Grandma Tala.

1:17.6

She believed that the ocean's gift was the heart of Tafiti.

1:22.6

As Moana grew, she worked hard to help lead her people and follow her father's rules.

1:29.3

But when Moana turned 16, Grandma Tala took her aside.

1:33.3

It's time to learn who you were meant to be, Grandma said.

1:38.3

She led Moana to a hidden cavern full of ancient canoes.

1:42.3

When Moana started drumming,

1:45.0

she could feel the spirits of her ancestors.

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