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Smudge Warehouse
The Inventory
Hello.
Welcome to Smudge's Warehouse, where boxes wobble, shelves shuffle, labels go missing, and absolutely nothing stays where it was put.
Inside this Grid, you'll find nine short stories.
Each story gives you one part of the bigger picture. Put the parts together and you get the big idea. You can read them in order, or choose your own path through the Warehouse.
By the end, you'll final the Grid Symbol, which ties everything together.
The Grid
Your Job
9 Squares
9 Stories
9 Fragments
Choose them
Read them
Draw them
My Symbol Is
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Snooze
Everything was quiet in Smudge’s office.
Well, except for the sound of Smudge snoring.
And dribbling a little bit.
What he was supposed to be doing, I’m not entirely sure. But whatever it was, it almost certainly wasn’t sleeping. And it definitely wasn’t remembering that Lyra, Orin, and Zia were due to arrive any moment.
Smudge had a “little” job for them.
Knock. Knock.
Smudge snored.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
Smudge snored again.
Then came a bang bang bang.
Smudge woke with a start.
“I’m definitely not sleeping!” he yelled, scrambling in his chair.
There was a wobble, a stumble, a flap of arms, and then a crash. A moment later, Smudge was lying in a heap on the floor, surrounded by several of his inventions.
There was the Self-Stirring Soup Spoon, the Automatic Sock Sorter, the Emergency Biscuit Launcher, the Banana-Powered Umbrella, and a collapsible garden rake, which had chosen that exact moment not to collapse.
“Owwww,” yelped Smudge.
The knocking came again.
“Oh! Visitors!”
After a few moments of untangling himself from the garden rake, Smudge finally managed to call out, “Come in!”
Story N
Story text goes here.
This is where the chapter story will sit. For now, this is generic placeholder text so the article structure can be built and tested.
Each story should reveal one fragment of the larger Grid idea.
Questions
Notice
What did you notice in this story?
Think
What might this story be showing you?
Fragment
What fragment of the symbol do you think this story has earned?
Choose Next Story
The Symbol
Summary
Hello.
So you've finished all the stories! Well done!
Assuming Smudge has not put it in the wrong box.