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This is Ria. Welcome to Little Stories for Tiny People.

I came up with the idea for this story as I was skiing.

Yes, I ski.

And I know I probably seem like I would be an incredible skier, but I'm not.

I aimed to get down the mountain without breaking anything.

That's the goal, and thankfully I achieved that low bar every time.

Anyway, I was on the mountain recently, and I thought,

Bramilton Tea Beetle should do something like this. So I wrote this story.

Let's hear it. It's called Bramilton's unexpected adventure. Take it away, Fia and Bastion.

Remember, there are no pictures. So you have to imagine the pictures in your mind.

You can imagine them however you want.

Okay, here we go.

It was a brisk, windy day in March, and Bramilton Tea Beetle was warm inside his little hut beneath a shrub.

A mug of tea steamed from its spot on a table beside his easy chair where he sat whittling a chess piece.

He was nearly done with the set, and he was pleased with how the pieces were turning out.

He had the completed figures all lined up around his mug of tea, as if they were guarding it.

He grabbed his magnifying glass and held it up so he could get a good look at the night he'd just finished. Pretty good, he muttered, peering through the

glass. All he had left to do was a single pawn. He intended to begin it right away. He wanted to have the whole set done before the weekend, when his neighbor would drop by for a friendly game. Brambleton enjoyed playing chess, especially with his neighbor, who was just a tad bit better than himself.

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