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This recording comes from the earlier book The Little Wheel Who Could. It differs from the current English book, Willy the Wheel and the Winding Path.

Little Wheel, the small red scooter hero, looking from Grandpa's workshop toward his chosen picnic destination
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Earlier edition: when the bridge stops the adventure

This earlier recording introduces Little Wheel, his friends and the old stone bridge. This is an earlier-edition sample, not a narration of the current English book.

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Little Wheel is ready for an adventure. With Lily, Sparky the puppy, and Luna the cat, he rolls past a bright garden and through a busy market.

Then they reach an old stone bridge. Lily can step up, but one high step stops Little Wheel's wheels.

He tries a slippery plank. It skids away. They push harder, but the step does not change.

For a moment, Little Wheel wonders if he is simply too small. Then he looks at his friends, the bridge, and the road ahead.

Maybe the answer isn't becoming bigger. Maybe they need to look at the path in a different way.

What will they try next?

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