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Lina and the Compass of Wonder

A four-year-old girl named Lina finds a magical compass and chooses brave, kind adventures in an enchanted world, learning that courage grows with care and trying again.

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A 4-year-old girl with large bright eyes, a brave smile and chin-length curly brown hair wears a speckled yellow dress and red patent shoes and holds a warm round golden compass glowing soft pink-orange with a small upward needle that hovers above her hand; three doors float in an arc before her—a fluffy white cloud door with silver edges, a wooden door entwined with green vines, and a wavy blue sea-like door with sparkling droplets—in a morning garden of green grass and wildflowers bathed in soft golden light with butterflies and dust motes; she looks at the compass and the doors, hesitant but determined, ready to choose an adventure, with an atmosphere of wonder and calm anticipation.

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Compass of Wonder: A small round tool that helps find special adventures, not directions.
Stairway: A set of steps that lets you climb up or down.
Marshmallow: A soft, sweet, squishy treat you can hug or toast.
Lantern: A light you carry to see in the dark.
Lighthouse: A tall light near the sea that helps boats find the way.
Pebble: A small, smooth rock you can hold in your hand.
Dizzy: A funny spinning feeling like when you turn round and round.
Gentle: Being soft, kind, and not rough or loud.
Whispered: To speak very softly so only close friends can hear.
Slippery: A surface that is hard to hold onto and makes you slide.
Hummed: Made a low singing sound with your mouth closed.
Bubble tunnel: A round, clear tunnel made of bubbles you can float through.

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