This is one of my favourite stories and i've told it for many years. It works very nicely as a riddle by asking your listeners at the end what it is they think the little girl has placed in the shed. I find that young and old alike love the riddling. You get some surprising answers. You can find a written version of this story on my blog at: http://comeuppance.blogspot.com/2005/06/storytelling-in-city-as-usual.html