Lost in the Grocery Store (Part 2)
Storyland | Kids Stories and Bedtime Fairy Tales for Children
Seth Williams
4.6 • 922 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | That night, Miles sat at his desk and very carefully unfolded the small piece of paper |
| 0:20.4 | Merlin had tucked into the pouch with the vial. |
| 0:24.1 | He smoothed it flat and leaned in close. And then he just stared at it because it wasn't in |
| 0:31.3 | English. It wasn't in Spanish? It wasn't even in Chinese. It wasn't in any language he had ever seen before. |
| 0:40.0 | The whole page was covered in curling loops and little stars and symbols that looked almost like letters, but not quite. |
| 0:50.1 | It was almost like someone had invented their own alphabet and forgotten to leave instructions |
| 0:55.5 | on how to read it. |
| 0:57.3 | What is that? |
| 0:59.0 | Miles spun around. |
| 1:00.7 | Nothing, he said automatically. |
| 1:02.7 | His sister, Eliora, was leaning in the doorway with her arms crossed, looking at the paper |
| 1:08.5 | over his shoulder. |
| 1:10.5 | Okay, that is definitely not nothing, she said, as she was. crossed, looking at the paper over his shoulder. |
| 1:17.5 | Okay, that is definitely not nothing, she said, as she leaned down and squinted at the page. |
| 1:22.9 | Is that a recipe? What language is that? Miles hesitated. Then he took a breath and told her everything. |
| 1:27.6 | Eliora listened without interrupting. |
| 1:30.4 | When he finished, she was quiet for a moment. |
| 1:34.0 | And then she said, we have to go back. |
| 1:36.8 | I know, said Miles. |
| 1:38.6 | Tomorrow, she said. |
| 1:40.2 | Yeah, said Miles. |
| 1:42.8 | Getting their mom to go back to the store the very next day turned out to be easier than they thought. |
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