Alice the fairy

Alice the Fairy By David Shannon To Emmathe Fairy and the lovely Duchess (who isn’t really wicked at all) My name is Alice. I’m a fairy! I’m not a Permanent fairy. I’m a Temporary fairy. You have to pass a lot of tests to be a Permanent fairy. I have wings so I can fly! I can’t fly very high yet, but I can fly really fast! This is my magic wand. This is my blanket. Fairies use magic wands to change frogs into princes and things like that. I changed my dad into a horse. One time my mom made cookies for my dad. So I turned them into mine. I felt bad about the cookies, so I thought I’d whip up a new outfit for my dad. Did I tell you he’s the Duke of Morningside Drive? Well, he is! Plaid velvet shirt Golden sparkley pants Purplish-pinkish shoes ----(my favorite color.) But clothes were too hard, so I made him a new crown instead. With my magic wand, I can make leaves fall from trees. And I can draw pictures on water. Sometimes I use my wand to disappear. But that’s kind of scary. I’d rather use my blanket! Of course, I also have a Magic Mirror. “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairiest of them all?” Well, what do you know—it’s me, Alice! Thank you, Mirror! Fairy dust is very useful. I use it to turn oatmeal into cake. Casting spells is another important part of being a fairy. Watch me make my dog float on the ceiling. Hocus Pocus Croakin Docus! Howkin Towkin Riggin Fowlkin! Doggin Floggin Biddle Noggin!! Okay…that one needs a little work. But, a fairy must be very careful with magic. Once I accidentally turned my white dress into a red one. That made the Duchess so mad she locked me in the tower forever! (I got away, though.) A fairy’s life is filled with danger. Broccoli is often poisoned by the wicked Duchess and should never be eaten. Fairies also hate baths. I’d like to turn my bathwater into strawberry Jell-O. that would be fun! But, I don’t know how yet. You have to be a Permanent fairy to do trickslike that. They go to Advanced Fairy School to learn how. I’m supposed to learn how to make clothes, get up off the floor and dance around and line up in the closet. I’m not very good at that, though. I’ll probably be a Temporary fairy forever.