The Moon Fairies

                                  

One bright moonlit night, long ago, a little girl lay awake in bed, her mind filled with images of the magical creatures her Grandma had been telling her about all day. Sleep came silently, but she resisted its lure, not wishing the day to end.

Suddenly, before her eyes, strange gauzy shapes seemed to form and music soft and sweet, charmed her ears. Translucent shapes hovered round her bed and the air was alive with the beating of a thousand wings. She was carried gently into the garden, borne through the air.

There, by a gurgling stream, the Moon Fairies had gathered. The silver moonlight glittered on tiny silver wings as the fairies danced to magical tunes. The full moon had drawn them there. All night, the little girl sat entranced, watching the fairies. One of them paused for a moment to drop a small silver star into her hand. Soon, her eyes began to droop as sleep claimed her.

 When she woke the sun was shining brightly outside and she was in her bed. She rushed out of her room and ran to tell Mother and Grandmother about it, but of course they told her that she had had a wonderful dream. So, when she later found that little star under her pillow, she did not tell anyone. 

But……I know.

You see, that little girl was ME.