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 meteorologist Don Schweniker.

Today I'm going to read Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins.

Bruce was a bear who lived all by himself.

And he was a grump.

He did not like sunny days.

He did not like rain.

He did not like cute little animals.

Bruce only liked one thing.

Eggs.

He collected them from all over the forest.

Good morning, Mrs. Sparrow.

But Bruce didn't eat eggs like other bears. Instead, he cooked them into fancy recipes that he found on the Internet.

One day, Bruce came across a recipe for a hard-boiled goose egg drizzled with honey salmon sauce.

So, he went to get the ingredients.

First, we got a few salmon.

Then he collected honey from a local beehive.

He liked to support local businesses, you see.

Last, he went to Mrs. Goose's nest to pay her a visit.

Are those eggs free-range organic?

At home, Bruce prepared the eggs for hard boiling.

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