Here's a short story:

Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States. 

The state's name, Michigan, is of French origins (form of the Ojibwe word) "mishigamaa", meaning "large water" or "large lake". Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area, and the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River. 

Michigan's capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. 

Michigan is the only state to consist of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula, to which the name Michigan was originally applied, is often noted to be shaped like a mitten. The Upper Peninsula (often referred to as "the U.P.") is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a channel that joins Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. The two peninsulas are connected by the Mackinac Bridge. The state has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world, being bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake Saint Clair. As a result, it is one of the leading U.S. states for recreational boating. 

Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds. A person in the state is never more than from a natural water source or more than from a Great Lakes shoreline. (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: how many peninsulas does it have?
Guess: two

Question: what language is Michigan derived from?
Guess: French

Question: how many lakes and ponds does it have?
Guess: 64,980

Question: what separates the two peninsulas?
Guess: the Straits of Mackinac,

Question: how many lakes does the strait join?
Guess: Two

Question: what are they called?
Guess: Lake Huron and Lake Michigan

Question: what region of US is it in?
Guess: Great Lakes and Midwestern

Question: what is the capital city?
Guess: Lansing

Question: does it have the largest population in the US?
Guess: No

Question: what rank is it?
Guess: tenth

Question: where is it considered to be the largest state?
Guess: east of the Mississippi River.

Question: is Lansing the biggest city in the state?
Guess: No

Question: what is?
Guess: Detroit

Question: what bridge connects the peninsulas?
Guess: Mackinac Bridge.

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: how many of the great lakes is it bounded by?

four