Anyway, there she was in the woods with Eleven, who by now was awake and feeling hungry, and had started to whimper. Grandmother knew that the next


Fairy thing


would be very loud wailing so she quickly looked around, settled herself on a nearby toadstool, closed her eyes and tried to think of a suitable incantation.


were becoming louder and more insistent so Fairy Grandmother decided she would just go for the old tried and tested “First Words You Say” method.


It was at that moment


that she detected a very unpleasant aroma reaching her nostrils. She looked down and realised that she had inadvertently crushed a plant when she sat down, one that gave off a revolting smell that was very diffi cult to get rid of. Without thinking, she immediately blurted out “Stinking Bladderwort!” And that is how the unfortunate baby fairy got her name.


Sparkling White by Maggie O’Toole


dreams of the night –


Calling, Fairy beings. Sending dance beams Of silvery moonlight, Into dazzled eyes Of earthly beings.


Magic dreams of the night –


Treat one and all to secret lives. Where elves, mermaids, and witches abide.


This secret world. This magic sphere.


Magic dreams of the night –


Exchanged, for Sparkling white, Opens the sphere, releasing all into the magic dreams for the night.


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