Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Bunyan 's birth was somewhat unusual , as are the births of many mythic heroes , as it took five storks to carry the infant ( ordinarily , one stork could carry several babies and drop them off at their parents ' homes ) .
Simplified: According to legend , when Bunyan was born , it took three storks to carry him . ( Legend has it that storks carry babies and drop them off at their parents ' houses . ) .