The Music Box

What is the music box?

The music box is made of pale wood. When it opens, a little paper bird turns inside.

It sits on the table in Vela’s bedroom.

What happened when it played?

One night, at ten o’clock, the music box began to play all by itself. Then the wallpaper grew bark, and the ceiling sprouted leaves.

That was the way in to the Night Choir’s concert hall, high in the treetops, on the night the Lullaby went missing.

Try this tonight

Hum a little song very quietly, the way a music box plays just before bed.