The Secret Staircase

Lucy is a curious girl with warm brown skin, curly black hair tied with a red ribbon, and hazel eyes full of wonder. She asks big questions every day that nobody can answer, and her teacher Mr. Pennywhistle appreciates how she keeps asking even when he does not know the answer. When Lucy wonders how birds build nests without hands, she finds a narrow wooden staircase behind the classroom that winds up into the air, where a plump robin named Pip waits with a twig in his beak.

Step by step, the staircase carries Lucy to places where she can find her own answers. Pip shows her how twigs and moss are woven into a nest like a basket, a forest teaches her why leaves change color in autumn, and a music room lets her feel how vibrating strings and air make sound. Lucy writes everything in her notebook, learning that careful observation reveals what is right in front of her. Written by Yavuz DEMİRKIRAN, this gentle tale about curiosity and patience can be read on Online Masal.