by Linda Dawley
Annabelle flattened herself, slid under the window then used magic to raise the window. Molly climbed in.
“Everything looks the same.” Molly stood in the centre of the room looking around. “Is this still the same night we left?”
“Yes. Your parents probably don’t even know you were gone.”
“Annabelle, I want to stay here for the rest of tonight. I will come back to Fairyland tomorrow.”
“What! You can’t do that. What will I tell the Grand Fairy?”
“Tell her I am homesick and need to stay here tonight. That should work.”
“I don’t think it will.”
“I have to stay here tonight. I’ll go with you tomorrow.”
Molly stood there in her now-familiar pose, chin tilted defiantly upward, hands on her hips.
“Oh, dear. Okay, I’ll think of something. But you have to come back tomorrow.”
“No problem, fairy dear.”
Molly smiled at Annabelle.
Alone in her room Molly looked at her books lined up on the shelves, counted the pencils in her pencil jar, hopped into bed and snuggled under the covers.
Oh, it was good to be home.
She hopped out of bed and scooted into her parents’ room. They were both sleeping. She lifted the covers on her mother’s side of the bed and slid in. Her mum’s arm went around Molly and held her tight.
Molly’s eyes closed. She sighed. Tomorrow I’ll go back. Tomorrow...
Annabelle watched the child snuggled next to her mother, both of them fast asleep.
Molly had her faults, but she was fun to be with. Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad. Fun wasn’t such a bad thing either. She had enjoyed playing in the clouds with Molly and it would be great to have some help.
Perhaps taking a human to Fairyland wasn’t the worst thing to do.
Perhaps the Gnome of the Forest was right, after all.
Mistakes are to learn from.
Also by Linda Dawley
WEE MAC
Twelve-year-old Jane, steeped in sadness by the loss of her mother has become mute. She and her father leave New Zealand to live in Scotland for three months. Jane spends her day walking the shoreline where she meets Wee Mac, a telepathic dog. Jane is amazed she can ‘think-talk’ with Wee Mac, then meets Hamish, a telepathic boy and they all become friends.
Angus, the bard of the village, tells stories of the seal people called, selkies, the spirits of the dead and of kelpies, horses who go under the sea. Jane decides her mum must be a selkie and is determined, with the help of Hamish and Wee Mac, to find her.
When she convinces a kelpie to take her beneath the ocean, what does she find?
Available in print or e-book from CCB Publishing (www.ccbpublishing.com), as well as Amazon and many other online book retailers worldwide.
