Train bedtime stories
Baritone’s booming voice gives away his hiding place, while Button thinks closed eyes will make her invisible. Tangerine’s splendid echo sneezes; Cobalt is trying hard not to giggle. Nell asks Walter to check her wheels, then finds the words to ask him to stay. Choose a tunnel game, a whistle mystery, or a quiet night in the shed.
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Button tries to find Baritone in a wide tunnel, but his enormous voice keeps giving him away. Then Button closes her eyes and declares herself invisible.
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“At the wide tunnel, two tracks ran side by side. Button, a short, round yellow steam engine,…”
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Tangerine wishes for a grand echo. A sneeze gives Cobalt’s pretend answer away, and the two engines trade whistles—with a tiny ‘pip’ for the biggest call.
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“In the empty train shed, Tangerine stood on one track and Cobalt on the parallel one. Tanger…”
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Nell keeps asking Walter to check her parking place as the shed lamps dim. When she names her worry about being alone, Walter stays beside her until morning.
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“The shed lamps turned low. Nell rolled into her parking place and stopped beside the little…”
Button and Baritone’s five-page hiding game suits a listener around four and ends with closed eyes and a very visible hiding place. Tangerine and Cobalt’s five-page echo game suits read-aloud time around six through eight. A sneeze helps Tangerine find the pretend echo, and a tiny reply makes Cobalt laugh. Nell and Walter’s five-page shed story suits read-aloud time around five and six. Nell says she does not like being alone when the lamps go low; Walter stays, and both rest together until morning. Choose the first two for booming voices, grand whistles, and another laugh, or Nell’s story when quieter company fits tonight.
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A little steam engine keeps asking a friend to check a parking place, then finds the words to ask for company when the shed lamps go low.Want to make one of your own? Start with an idea and read the story before signup.