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The Shortcut That Wasn't

High in the Cloud Kingdom, the little wind-sprite Wisp must carry a basket of glowing star-dew to Lamp Peak before dark. There are two ways: the long winding Rainbow Road everyone uses, or a sparkly gap that cuts straight through the Grumble-clouds — and oh, it looks SO much faster. Wisp zips into the shortcut, sure he'll be the fastest sprite of all. But inside, the grey clouds twist and tangle every which way. Which path gets him there in time? The rest is waiting on MoonNest.

Wide establishing shot of the pastel cloud kingdom at golden twilight: cloud hills, the glowing rainbow road, a distant lamp peak; Wisp holding the glowing basket of star-dew, ready for a journey.

High in the Cloud Kingdom, the sky was turning gold, and it was almost lamp-lighting time. Wisp, a little wind-sprite, was handed a basket of glowing star-dew. "Carry it to Lamp Peak before dark," they told him, "and the evening lamps will bloom."

Medium shot showing two paths: on one side the long winding glowing rainbow road, on the other a sparkly little gap leading straight into a clump of grey tangled grumble-clouds; Wisp standing at the fork, tempted.

There were two ways to go. One was the long, winding Rainbow Road that everyone used. The other was a sparkly little gap that cut straight through the Grumble-clouds — and oh, it looked SO much faster.

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