Tilly the Toad and the Treasure Trunk

Tilly the toad insists she knows where everything is, mostly, until the morning her friend Wren visits and the red feather for their puppet show is gone.

Keeping Things Tidy

In a mossy little village called Puddlebrook, there lived a young toad named Tilly. Tilly had bright green skin, bouncy legs, and a room full of wonderful things: a jar of shiny pebbles, a collection of feathers, a box of crayons, a tiny drum, and a stack of storybooks.

But Tilly never put any of them away.

Her crayons lay scattered across the floor. Her pebbles were mixed in with her socks. Her drum sat under her bed, and her storybooks were piled on the windowsill, tilting like a leaning tower.

"I know where everything is," Tilly would say. "Mostly."

Mostly was the problem.

One Saturday morning, Tilly woke up excited. Her best friend, Wren the sparrow, was coming over to play, and Tilly had planned a surprise: a puppet show using her favorite red feather and her little drum.

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What is Tilly the Toad and the Treasure Trunk about?

Tilly the toad insists she knows where everything is, mostly, until the morning her friend Wren visits and the red feather for their puppet show is gone.

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How long does it take to read?

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Who wrote it?

Nimra Khan — original fiction published on RapidTale.