A story with everybody in it
A Day in Candyfloss Land
Fifty-five fluffs, one day, and a path that had to be lit by dark
In Candyfloss Land, every fluff is spun at the Great Candyfloss Wheel, out of a cloud.
That is where they all come from โ the happy ones and the cross ones, the ones who bounce and the ones who worry, every single one. A cloud comes down, the Wheel turns, and out comes somebody new with a feeling of their own to look after.
But a Wheel with no cloud has nothing to spin. And all that season, the Wheel had stood still.
So Rainbow, who is the chief of Candyfloss Land, had gone over the far side of the world to ask the sky for another one. He had been gone since the spring.
This is the story of the day he came home. It is a day with fifty-five fluffs in it, all of them busy, most of them nowhere near each other, and not one of them able to see the whole thing.
You can. That is rather the point of reading it.
55 threads ยท six parts ยท about 120 minutes read aloud
The six parts
- Part 1
Before the Sun
first lightNot much happens before the sun comes up, unless you are the sort of fluff who is awake then.








- Part 2
The Long Morning
morningBy breakfast the whole land knew, and the whole land had a job.












- Part 3
The Middle of the Day
middayIt got hot, and everybody had been working for hours, and nobody had had enough to eat.












- Part 4
The Slow Afternoon
afternoonThen somebody counted the lanterns, and there were fifty-four.












- Part 5
When the Sun Goes Down
duskA candyfloss cloud cannot travel in sunlight. It melts.











- Part 6
The Party at Winky's
nightEverybody
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