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 Anna Rivera.

Once there lived an adventurous young princess named Pocahontas, she loved running free throughout the land she called home.

Pocahontas and her friend Nikoma spent many hours exploring together, floating down the river in their canoe.

They were in awe of the untouched beauty around them.

Pocahontas would even leap from the peak of a tall waterfall.

The princess was a free spirit, always on the lookout for adventure.

Whenever she found herself troubled, Pocahontas would consult a mystical tree named Grandmother Willow.

All around you are spirits, child.

The wise tree would say, they live in the earth, the water, the sky.

If you listen, they will guide you.

While Pocahontas gazed out over the tops of the trees, she saw billowing white clouds.

But these clouds were unlike any she had seen before. They were actually the sails of a large wooden ship.

Pocahontas watched from afar as the ship, with its many strangers, came to shore.

The men aboard were settlers on a hunt for gold, and they believed they could claim this new land for themselves.

But one of the men, John Smith, seemed kind and gentle.

Pocahontas followed him through the forest until he suddenly spotted her.

Though she knew she should be cautious of strangers,

Pocahontas stepped forward.

And as the two came together, a magical breeze swirled around them, they could suddenly

understand each other's language. Even though they were very, very different, Pocahontas and John

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