THE TOYMAN
(3,000 words)
The Toyman, mum explains, is a creature who "looks after all the toys in the world and gathers up all the ghosts of broken toys. He doesn't like children who don't look after their toys." And the trouble is, Philip, Michael and Sarah aren't very good at looking after their toys.
That night, they all take longer to go to sleep, wondering if the Toyman could be concealed somewhere just out of sight. And when they are asleep, long after midnight, the door of the wardrobe slowly swings open.....
© Sarah Thiel
