The Palace of Stories

The delivery man had thought that he had finished for the day. But just as he was clearing out his van, he found a tiny little parcel that needing delivering. He was so tired, however, that he just couldn't face another journey across town. Hoping no-one would see him, he tossed the little parcel into a garden and hoped to forget about it. Later that night, wracked with guilt and digging around in his neighbours' gardens, he meets a gnome who has adopted the parcel and refuses to give it back...

Told at bedtime for Leo's children, in Edge, England. Leo plays appalachian dulcimer to accompany the story.

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