The Igloo (Part 3)
Storyland | Kids Stories and Bedtime Fairy Tales for Children
Seth Williams
4.6 • 922 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Luke and Nora stood very still in their backyard staring at the penguin. |
| 0:13.5 | The penguin stared back. |
| 0:16.2 | For a long moment, no one said a word. |
| 0:27.2 | Nora looked back at the note and noticed that the note was written in very polite handwriting. |
| 0:36.5 | Suddenly, the penguin bowed and then, unbelievably, it took off its scarf, cleared its throat, |
| 0:38.9 | and it started to speak. |
| 0:44.4 | Please don't scream, it said politely, and so Luke screamed anyway. |
| 0:47.5 | Nora covered his mouth with both hands. |
| 0:49.4 | Sorry, she said quickly. |
| 0:51.7 | He does that sometimes when he's surprised. |
| 0:55.6 | And the penguin nodded as if this made perfect sense. |
| 1:02.1 | My name isn't important. The penguin continued. But you can think of me as a watcher. |
| 1:06.4 | A watcher? Of what? Luke asked. |
| 1:08.8 | Of the well. The penguin said. Of places that need guarding and of children who are special enough to notice things that no one else does. |
| 1:17.8 | It picked up its wing and gently pointed toward the envelope that Nora was still holding. |
| 1:24.0 | The igloo wasn't an accident, the penguin said. |
| 1:27.7 | And neither was the tunnel. |
| 1:30.1 | Luke and Nora leaned closer. |
| 1:32.5 | Some children can open what we call cold doors. |
| 1:36.9 | They don't appear very often, only when the temperature is just right, |
| 1:42.1 | and only when the builders work together together and only when no one is trying |
| 1:47.5 | to make magic on purpose. |
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