Layla Finds the Night Pocket — Above the sleepy cloud nursery, soft cushions went puff, puff, puff in the blue dark. Read the full story →
Above the sleepy cloud nursery, soft cushions went puff, puff, puff in the blue dark. Layla tugged her name toward an empty nook, but every cloud rolled aside with a whispery swish. “Stay, please,” she said, patting the fluff with cold fingertips.
Then the crescent moon winked. Under one round cloud bump, where nobody ever checked, Layla found a tiny pocket full of hush-stars. They smelled like rain and silver. She tucked one star above each letter, and the clouds curled close, holding her name like it had always belonged there.
Ever since, Layla’s name rests on clouds with stars to guard it. If you peek between the letters, can you find the secret place where the first hush-star hid?