The Toy Train's Secret Double Life as a Bookend

A fictional comedy from CyberBabiez. The characters and events are invented.

The toy train had vanished from the tracks. Bea feared it had changed careers without notifying the timetable.

Professor Duck inspected the station. No departure had been announced, but the station clock was a sticker, so certainty was difficult.

They found the train beside a row of books, looking useful.

It admitted to working as a bookend in the afternoons. The hours were steady and nobody expected it to make engine noises.

Bea asked whether it intended to return to rail service.

On weekends, said the train. Perhaps.

The detective closed the missing-vehicle case and opened a scheduling consultation.

A compromise was reached. Books would stand between two actual bookends, and the train could choose its shifts.

Professor Duck called this a happy ending. The train called it improved work-life balance.

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