The Door Wreath Secret — Under the peppermint moon, Nell carried a plain tin ring through the candy clearing. It had belonged to her baker aunt, and it clinked softly whenever snow-sugar touched it. Read the full story →
Under the peppermint moon, Nell carried a plain tin ring through the candy clearing. It had belonged to her baker aunt, and it clinked softly whenever snow-sugar touched it. Nell wanted to find why it kept whispering, “Front door, front door,” but the path split between gumdrops, and every gumdrop looked like a small sleeping hat.
At the gingerbread house, cinnamon smell curled from the windows. The tin ring jumped from Nell’s mitten and stuck to the door with a bright tap. Sprinkles rolled out of the roof icing, berries popped from the candy bushes, and a bow tied itself with a swish. “So that’s your secret,” Nell said.
Ever since, gingerbread houses wear wreaths on their doors, because the first one needed a round little sign to tell curious feet they had found the sweetest way in. If you trace the gumdrops, can you find Nell’s secret route?
