The Whispers of the Invisible

Image of a picture of a child bent over, looking under their bed

Discovery

It's a sunny Saturday, and you are tidying up your room. As you sweep under your bed, something tiny and shimmering catches your eye. You bend down and see a speck of dust twinkling like a tiny star on your grey bedroom floor. Most people would think it's nothing special, but you've got a big imagination and you can't help but wonder.

Instinctively, you use your honed seeker skills from 'hide and seek' and peer very closely. Deep within the tiny speck, you see a sight that takes your breath away. Hidden inside is a tiny city! It's full of hardworking fairies, so small they're invisible to the naked eye, yet magical enough to be seen clearly in this special speck of dust. The little fairies are hard at work, creating and building remarkable tiny machines with a complexity that is unbelievable for their size.

The fairy engineers work so briskly to construct their unseeable creations that they flicker in and out of sight. But when you focus your eyes carefully, you can perceive a glimpse of these tiny workers. Some swarm around small, strange structures resembling lamps, seemingly understanding electricity. As you stay still and speechless, nobody else knows about the existence of this secret city but you. It’s astonishing!

What will you do now? Your once ordinary day of cleaning has transformed into an encounter with a magical, microscopic city.