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Story 23 · Book Two

Sleeping Brick

Carry the whole lot down the Back Steps in one trip and get past the loose brick without a single grind.

Pim stands safely on the paving beside the bottom Back Steps, holding exactly four empty small plain glass milk bottles snugly against her front with both arms.
The game begins here

Start with a sound.

Listen in The Back Steps

One brick in the wall is loose and grinds.

The line that comes back

“Past the brick, and not a sound.”

This page introduces the story. The complete read-aloud is in Book Two, The Middle.