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Popular Bedtime Stories — The Midnight Mailbox - Chapter 2 - The Pirate Stamp. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
Shop vans and Albertsons for fresh savings every time you shop! This week at vans and Albertsons, get fresh boneless, skinless chicken breasts for 1.99 per pound limit 10 pounds, and locally grown grape-ary cotton candy grapes are 2.99 per pound with digital coupon. Plus, 24 packs of Canada Dry or 7-up 12-ounce cans are 4.99 limit 1 with digital coupon. Enjoy fresh and delicious savings for every meal! Hurry in! These deals won't last! Visit vans or Albertsons.com for more deals and ways to save! The Pirate Stamp The second envelope was cream colored with a tiny pirate stamp in the corner. Male whisk stared at it. That means clues! Emily opened it and found a card with a picture of a compass charm tied to a ribbon.
Under it was a rhyme. Round and bright, but not the moon. Find me back and do it soon. Start where stories stand in rows. After that the treasure knows. My bookshelf, Emily said at once, at the bottom was a second picture clue, a hook, a feather, and a hat. Male whisk fixed his tiny mail bag, a very pirate envelope. Emily and Male whisk slipped into her room. Moonlight lay across the floor, and her bookshelf stood by the window in neat rows. Emily checked between the books first. Nothing. Then Male whisk tapped one paw at a leaning stack on the bottom shelf. That one looks suspicious. Emily pulled the stack forward, and a little paper circle dropped onto the rug. It was the next clue, not the charm. On it was a drawing of a toy chest and another rhyme. Where brave things wait when games are done look beneath the sash and sun.
Emily frowned, then looked across the room. Her toy chest had a painted yellow sun on the lid, and a red sash hung from one corner. The sash and the sun, she said, got it. Emily knelt by the toy chest and lifted the red sash. Under it she found a marble, two stickers, and one tiny toy spoon. Not a compass charm, she said. Male whisk held up the spoon. Still dramatic. Emily checked inside the chest too. There was a pirate coat, a paper crown, a striped scarf, and a plastic telescope. No charm. Then she spotted a strip of blue paper tucked into the lid seam. She unfolded it. Captains head and captains pride, with a secret tucked inside. Emily turned toward the dress-up corner. Her pirate hat hung from a wall hook. Black felt with a red band and feathery blue trim.
Male whisk pointed, captain head. She lifted the hat down and checked the band first. Nothing. She checked under the brim. Still nothing. Maybe it fell out already. She whispered. Male whisk shook his head. Pirate clues a two-proud to stop halfway. Emily turned the hat inside out. There, hidden in the lining, was a tiny pocket. She slid two fingers inside, and felt something cool and round. Emily pulled out a small silver compass charm tied to a faded blue ribbon. We found it, she said. Male whisk put both paws to his chest. Helpful treasure. Emily tucked the compass charm into the envelope and hurried back to the porch with male whisk at her heels. The blue male box waited under the moonlight. Emily slipped the charm inside. The male box gave a warm hum and a misty picture floated up for one quick moment.
Emily saw a child's hand clipping the charm onto a ribbon bracelet. Then the picture faded. So it got back to the right person, Emily said. Right on time, said male whisk. The hidden shelf inside the male box clicked open again. The silver star mark from the first night was still there, but now Emily saw something new under it. A tiny wavelength scratched into the wood, like part of a secret map sign. Another symbol? She whispered. Male whisk's whiskers twitched. The male box likes leaving pieces before the whole answer. Emily looked at him. Do you know who sends the letters? Male whisk adjusted his blue male back. I know the male box chooses good helpers. That is not really an answer. It is the one I have. Before Emily could ask more, the red male box flag rose all by itself and gave one bright
sparkle like a tiny bit of starlight. Emily looked up. Another letter soon? Male whisk swallowed. I would tie to your room just in case. As always, visit us at readthetail.com for the next episode. Until next time, sleep well and keep dreaming. Shop vans and Albertsons for fresh savings every time you shop. This week at vans and Albertsons, get fresh, boneless, skinless chicken breasts for 199 per pound limit 10 pounds. And locally grown, grape-arie cotton candy grapes are 299 per pound with digital coupon. Plus, 24 packs of Canada Dry are 7-up 12-ounce cans are 499 limit 1 with digital coupon Enjoy fresh and delicious savings for every meal. Hurry in, these deals won't last. Visit vans or Albertsons.com for more deals and ways to save.
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