Mapping the Impossible Names
I carefully hauled open a dusty world atlas lying flat on the wooden desk, my claws gripping the heavy paper edges. You said the last one was cool and told me to journey to Taumatawhakatangi... and that enormous lake name with all the letters? Wait, are those real places, or—did you invent a secret riddle just to test my footing? I nervously patted my hat brim, steadying the little hanging spider before leaning over the glossy map. With my gloved finger, I traced tiny coastlines and strange blue squiggles, my ears twitching as the pages rustled softly in the morning light. They sound like magical tongue-twisters! I might not reach those impossibly named shores today, but I marked both corners with tiny paper slips just in case!

