Fort Awesome's New Alliance

Oliver had made a terrible mistake. He’d told his little sister Esther that she couldn’t join

his blanket fort, and now he was paying the price. “Surrender the fort!” Esther shouted from

behind the sofa, brandishing her toy sword. Behind her stood an army of stuffed

animals twelve teddy bears, three rabbits, and a rather fierce-looking giraffe named Kevin.

Oliver peered through a gap in his blanket walls. His fort was magnificent: three chairs,

two tables, and every pillow in the house. But he hadn’t planned for this.

“Never!” he called back. “Fort Awesome will never fall!” That’s when Esther

revealed her strategy. She didn’t just have stuffed animals; she had Bruno, the family’s enormously