A SPECIAL FREE STORY

Once upon a time it stopped.

What did ? you ask.

Time. We were told to stop doing whatever we were involved in. Wait a few weeks then everything will be back to normal. Stop seeing our friends. Stop seeing our family. Stop going to school. Stop going out. Stop shopping. Stop eating out. Stop kissing. Stop cuddling. Stop living the way we do, until it is safe again.

All for our own good. Time has to stand still until the silent enemy has gone.

Maybe things, meetings, can stop, but our brains can´t. Our brains never stop, even when we are asleep. They keep giving signals for our breathing to continue, our blood to circulate, our nerves to feel, and best of all our dreams to appear.

Lucky we have our dreamtime fairies to be there for us. In these difficult times Magic Mania has sent out so many more special fairies to visit all the girls and boys in the world to try to keep them safe.

Unfortunately not all fairies sprout wings and can help. Do you want to know why?

Magic Mania expects the little people to be good and help, in return they earn their wings that emerge and unfold from their backs. Wonderful colours from pink to green to yellow. It isn’t uncommon to see rainbow wings on some little people.

One day a good little person went to one of the new Grande Mama´s, Fairy Lite.

"Grande Mama. My wings are in the way of everything I do. They get caught on flowers or trees and when I want to swim they get heavy with the water making it too difficult for me."

"So what would you like me to do about it." Replied Grande Mama Lite.

"I´d like to be able to take them off and leave them for when I need to fly off."

"Oh you do. Do you."

She said looking very hard at him.

"Yes please."

"Alright then. I can make this happen but if you fail with a baby, just once, then you never get them back again. Do I make myself clear?"

One day the  little person took off his wings and lay them in the forest floor. He was running around playing when he heard a cry for help.

"Help, help. I need a spare fairy."

It was from a Fairy who had gone to a baby being born but two babies arrived. Twins. Everyone was so happy two littles bundles to love. But a fairy can only look after one baby at a time. She called through the fairywire.

" Urgent. Urgent" she called.

"I need back up. Come as quickly as possible."

Little Bell, ran back to find his wings to get to the twins.

Oh the horror!!!! They had disappeared, flown away in a gust of dust. Little Bell looked everywhere for his wings.

Meanwhile the fairywire was red hot.

"Help. Help. Come now."

Grande Mama heard all of this and waited to see what would happen. Finally, with time running out, she went herself to be the fairy for the second twin. She sang her song to the baby and all was calm and safe again. The Mommy and Daddy gave a lot of kisses to the tree that night.

Fairy Bell was called to the council. He was in trouble. He had lost his wings and couldn’t do his job.

"I´m so sorry Grande Mama." He wailed.

"Sorry isn’t good enough." Said Grande Mama Lite.

"You must never take for granted, the good things in life. Anything precious you must take care of."

She turned to all the fairies in Magic Mania.

"Fairies. I love you more than you will ever know. Hold what you have dear to your heart, look after it, cherish it. Don’t forget it. Some things in life you can never get back."

So now, all good little people have to earn their wings because of Little Bell.

It is the special fairies that go out to the new born babies, who have shown they take care. Not every little person gets wings and that doesn’t make them bad, just not good enough.

Time never really stops. Now is a time for us to learn what is important and be ready to go, go, go when it is all over.

With love from Grangie.