original stories · Ages 3-5

The Door That Opened onto the Garden

A child finds a small door behind the curtains and discovers her own garden, seen from the height of a beetle.

The whole story

1. Mira pulled the curtains apart one morning.

2. A tiny green door waited behind the curtains.

3. Mira touched the knob with one finger.

4. The little door opened onto a garden.

5. Mira knew this garden beside her house.

6. The daisies rose higher than Mira's knees.

7. One round pebble looked as big as Mira.

8. A curled leaf made a roof for a beetle.

9. Mira lay low and saw the garden differently.

10. Her own garden held a very big world.

11. Mira found her garden from a beetle's height.

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