The Secret Door

On a rainy afternoon, a curious boy named Jack is building a block tower in his bedroom when his elbow bumps the bookshelf. Behind it he finds a tiny door with a glowing golden knob. Crawling through with his yellow backpack and silver flashlight, he enters Toyland, a bright place where toys walk, talk and play music. There he meets Sergeant Pip, a wooden soldier with a chipped ear, Moppet, a stuffed rabbit with one button eye, and Tick, a clockwork bird with teal wings.

Jack learns that Toyland is in trouble: many toys have turned see-through and faded because children have stopped playing with them, and the fading keeps spreading. With his new friends he helps arrange a loud, colorful parade through the secret door and into the human world, ending at his school playground. Written by Yavuz DEMİRKIRAN, the tale follows the toys as they march under the moonlight, sing and dance, and slowly grow solid and bright again. This gentle story about memory, imagination and the bond between children and their toys can be read on Online Masal.