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Hello! Welcome to Stories Podcast. I'm your host Amanda Weldon.

Today's episode is called The Nero Bridge, an adaptation of a classic fable written for you by Daniel Hines.

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The Nero Bridge

High up in the Himalayan Mountains, in the chilly place above the clouds, there was a wild world of winter animals.

They came large and small, they came strong and came slender.

Mighty goats leapt from craggy ledge to craggy ledge, ice-white leopards purred among the frozen stone.

Great shaggy yaks plotted, heads down, up and up, hoof-smoothed trails.

Musk'deer and marmots and feathered weapon birds of prey and more.

Together, they struggled against the cold and lived on the mountain.

The mountain was their home, but it was also their greatest challenge.

The trails were narrow, the slopes icy and treacherous.

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