The Bridge: An Uncertainty Story for Kids

Little Stories for Tiny People: Anytime and bedtime stories for kids

Rhea Pechter

Books, Kids & Family, Arts, Stories For Kids

4.5 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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This is a quiet, atmospheric story about a mysterious bridge that appears out of nowhere and the young squirrel who decides to cross it. Find out what happens when Sasha makes her way across the canyon, in the midst of a great fog. Thank you to HANNAH for the super important reminder message at the beginning! Little Stories Premium is available now! Get more of the stories you love and ad-free listening. Join at http://www.littlestoriespremium.com Find my two picture books, Little Hedgehog Goes to School and Little Fox Can't Wait to Dream at https://www.littlestoriestinypeople.com/books

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0:00.0	This is Rhea.
0:10.8	Welcome to Little Stories for Tiny People.
0:14.6	Our story today explores taking chances in the face of uncertainty.
0:22.0	It is filled with unknowns and fog.
0:27.2	It might give you a sense of not really having firm footing, just like our main character.
0:37.4	That is all by design.
0:39.5	So huddle beneath your weighted blanket and let yourself sink into this atmospheric
0:48.6	story.
0:49.6	It's called The Bridge.
0:54.5	Take it away Hannah.
0:55.5	Now remember, there are no pictures.
0:59.4	You have to imagine the pictures in your mind.
1:03.2	You can imagine the pictures however you want.
1:06.6	Okay, here we go.
1:15.2	The bridge appears overnight.
1:18.8	The animals find it at dawn as daytime creatures creep from their sleeping quarters, blinking
1:26.8	in the early light.
1:29.1	One intrepid chipmunk thrills his friends by scampering just a couple of past steps onto
1:36.3	the bridge.
1:37.6	It shakes under his weight.
1:40.3	The chipmunk scrambles back onto solid ground, giggling wildly, thrilled and terrified.
1:48.8	It is a very steep, vertical drop into a canyon.
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