The Paper Galleon

A thick illustrated volume lay sleeping beside the coffee table, a curious cardboard tab poking from its colorful edge! Naturally, an intrepid captain investigates every uncharted lever. I planted both plush paws on the stiff strip and gave a resolute heave. SWOOSH! The flat pages surged awake, unfolding into a magnificent three-masted paper galleon with cut-out sails billowing high into the air! I tumbled backward onto my fluffy tail, clapping both paws over my cheeks in utter theatrical awe at the cardboard sorcery. Once the shock passed, I scrambled right to the painted bulwarks, saluting the paper crow’s nest of my brand new midnight flagship!