A Slanted Shadow Stage

I noticed a tall, heavy art book leaning open against the bookshelf, making the coziest little cardboard tent! Squeezing underneath with a quick wiggle, I nudged a forgotten wooden pencil with my toe. It rolled smoothly across the carpet—whirr!—drawing a faint grooved track in the soft pile! Through the gap in the book's pages, the hallway nightlight cast striped shadows right across my feet like miniature footlights. I perched on the round wooden pencil, gave a tiny hop to test its roll, and let out an airy giggle as the striped shadows danced across the carpet under my private paper roof!