Read these exact fictional statements; no real town, family, anniversary or classroom event is documented. The four source pages make an event sequence, two attributed voices and two paper objects available without a screen or purchase. The full linear and tactile alternatives repeat every printed statement and describe the drawings.
- A · Story Cart notice: “In this made-up town, the Story Cart opened in the first year. Mara and her grandfather Kit chose a book at the opening. A quiet two-part cue invited readers to join. In the next year, some people returned and drew new book covers to remember the opening.” The notice draws a cart with two wheels and books. It does not name every attendee or prove any real tradition.
- B · three-scene pictorial timeline: FIRST YEAR · OPENING: the cart with two wheels and books; Mara and Kit choose a story. LATER THAT DAY · READING: an open book with two pages; people read. NEXT YEAR · MARKING: new paper covers are drawn to remember the opening. The timeline is a fictional sequence, not a photograph or a record of every person's participation.
- C · two individual notes: Mara: “The opening matters to me because Kit let me choose the first story. I came back the next year and drew a new cover to remember it.” Ivo: “I came only in the next year. I liked looking at the new covers. I cannot tell you what the first opening felt like.” The voice page says who speaks. Ivo's liking is not Mara's reason; neither speaks for every family or visitor.
- D · two fictional paper objects: a large pictured ticket and cover. The ticket says FIRST YEAR · CART OPENING; the later drawn cover says NEXT YEAR · TO REMEMBER THE OPENING. These are objects within the made-up story. A ticket alone cannot establish who attended; the cover alone cannot show how every person felt.
Use the event-time mat to keep FIRST OPENING, LATER SAME DAY, NEXT YEAR MARKING and NOT TOLD separate. Use the source-and-voice mat to distinguish what A/B show from what Mara/Ivo say and what remains unknown. The independent Paper Theatre and Message Wall checks use new people, event objects and sequences.
Print or display whole A4 pages, redraw broad cart/book/ticket/cover outlines, or read their exact words into an agreed AAC/sign/tactile route. Do not require tiny cutting, hearing a cue, public performance, a family photograph or a real-event interview. Privately record the child's exact source-linked response, route, prompts and next move under school rules. On Days 75 and 80, present the fresh source and neutral access supports, collect first responses, and only then discuss the public key. The local gate governs any separately offered authentic family-event evidence.