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STORY TIME
O
nce upon a Friday
pulling her coat tightly around her. At
afternoon, a sharp, cold
that moment she spied a cabin ahead,
winter wind was blowing
barely visible among the trees, with
across the roads of Prague.
only a narrow clearing in front. Goldileh
The snowy road was quiet, except for the
approached the cabin and noticed a post
sounds of the wind rustling autumn’s
with the name GOLEM. Outside the door
old leaves, the ones which had escaped
were three pairs of dirty boots. The first
being buried under snow, and the
was a very large pair, the second was a
footsteps of a girl named Goldileh.
medium-sized pair, and the third was a
Goldileh watched the leaves rush by and began chasing them, making a
pair small enough to fit Goldileh! Goldileh knocked hard on the door.
game out of catching the biggest among
Nobody answered, but the door opened
them. She ran alongside the road and
slightly, and she peeked inside. Goldileh
chased one particularly large leaf
called out, but nobody responded, so
beyond the edge of the city. Here, the
she took a slow, single step into the front
road had become a trodden path which
room. She saw piles of firewood in the
continued into a great forest. So, too,
corner, scraps of paper covering three
continued Goldileh.
chairs, and clay toys scattered over the
Goldileh stopped when she lost
AT THAT MOMENT SHE SPIED A CABIN AHEAD, BARELY VISIBLE AMONG THE TREES, WITH ONLY A NARROW CLEARING IN FRONT.
dusty floor. “Oy, what a balagan!” she
sight of the leaf. Breathless, and now
whispered to herself. Goldileh was curious,
cold, she sat down on a flat rock,
and so she closed the door behind her and
Goldileh approached the cabin and knocked on the door.