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Don't Wake the Library
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Milo had a better idea. "What if we put the Keeper to sleep for good?" Posy's eyes went wide. "You'd have to read it the bedtime story from the kids' shelf. Out loud. Right under it. If your voice shakes, it wakes instead." Milo swallowed and nodded.
Milo opened the bedtime book and read it slow and steady, his voice calm and even. The Keeper's trembling eased. Around the room, breathing slowed into deep, sleepy waves. By the last page, the whole library was fast asleep, and the side door clicked unlocked on its own.
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