Eliza and the Rose Garden Mirror, Part II: The Vine Witch

Maked Up Stories: Imaginative Kids Stories

Maked Up Stories

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Eliza is bored—the kind of deep, skin-crawling boredom that makes the whole world feel grey. But when a walk through Portland’s Washington Park leads her to a forgotten rose garden and a mysterious old mirror, everything changes. Pulled into a strange, mirrored world full of odd creatures and creeping shadows, Eliza must find her way home—and uncover the secret of a magic that feeds on boredom itself.

A magical adventure about curiosity, courage, and seeing the world with new eyes. Perfect for kids who love mysterious worlds, enchanted objects, and brave heroes!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Makeup Stories. My name is Kate. Go to Makeup Stories.com to join the Makeup Club.
0:21.0	Hello and welcome to MakeDup Stories.
0:23.7	I'm your host, Amanda.
0:25.7	In yesterday's episode, we met Eliza, a girl from Portland who was feeling an overwhelming
0:31.3	sense of boredom until she discovered a magical mirror hidden in a rose in Washington Park. The mirror pulled her into a strange,
0:40.8	enchanted version of Portland, where the garden was filled with glowing roses and mysterious creatures.
0:47.9	But something was wrong, an old magic was creeping in, turning the animals gray and empty.
0:55.0	Eliza learned that a divine witch was behind it all, feeding on boredom and stealing the wonder from the world.
1:03.0	Now Eliza must find a way to stop the witch before the garden, and maybe even her own world, are lost.
1:21.3	Eliza's legs burned as she ran, and her throat felt raw, branches whipping at her arms and at her face. The garden around her seemed to stretch and twist, the paths tangling into dead ends, the glowing roses
1:29.5	flickering like dying stars. She could hear the mirror watcher calling in the distance,
1:35.3	but his voice grew faint, swallowed by the cold air and the pounding of her own heart.
1:42.8	The gray animals will all around her now, rabbits, foxes, even birds
1:48.0	whose feathers drooped like wilted petals. Their eyes were clouded, their movements slow,
1:54.6	but relentless. They weren't angry, Eliza realized. They were empty, like the color had been drained from them, like they'd forgotten
2:03.8	how to be anything else. Eliza kept running and didn't stop until she stumbled, breathless,
2:10.8	onto a narrow footbridge made of woven vines. It arched over a deep ravine filled with mist. Eliza hesitated, glancing back, but the gray creatures
2:22.0	hadn't followed her this far. She stepped carefully onto the bridge. Each step echoed with a soft
2:29.0	creek. The mist below seemed to shift, and for a moment she thought she saw shapes in it.
2:36.6	Faces, maybe, or memories.
2:40.5	At the other side, a tall gate made of thorny branches blocked her way.
2:45.8	As she approached, the branches seemed to loosen, parting just enough for her to slip through.
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