The Fairy Bell Sisters: Hearts and Flowers for Clara. Margaret McNamara
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Название: The Fairy Bell Sisters: Hearts and Flowers for Clara
Автор: Margaret McNamara
Издательство: HarperCollins
isbn: 9780007523238
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Magic Gifts
Some fairies on Sheepskerry Island have a special gift for magic.
Like her sister Tinker Bell, Clara is one of those fairies.
So when Sheepskerry hosts the Valentine’s Games, Clara can’t help putting her magic to good use. But fairy magic is a powerful thing …
For Donna Bell Bray
Table of Contents
How to Make Stone Valentine’s Gifts
Other Fairy Bell Sisters stories
Valentine’s Day for fairies is a lovely affair, for fairies like to send and receive valentines more than anything else. (Anything else in February, that is.) And Valentine’s Week on Sheepskerry Island is better than anywhere else, because Queen Mab enchants Lady’s Slipper Field and turns the dark of winter into the fresh breath of summer. All the Sheepskerry fairies gather in the meadow to exchange gifts and cards. They smell the orange blossoms and the roses. They throw off their heavy coats and scarves and mittens and wear their light summer dresses. They kick off their shoes and turn their faces to the warm sun.
Also, gnomes come.
Gnomes?
You didn’t think there were only trolls in the world of the fairies, did you? (Trolls hibernate through the winter, by the way.) Gnomes are terribly different from trolls. Gnomes don’t have warts, for one thing. They’re not smelly. And they can talk properly, though they have a bit of a lilt to their speech as a result of living on the faraway Outer Islands. I know you may have seen garden gnomes with long beards and fishing poles, still as statues at the bottom of a garden. That’s what gnomes look like when they get old and grumpy. But when they’re young …
“When they’re young, gnomes are lots of fun,” said Clara Bell as she knotted a warm purple scarf round her neck. It was a very cold February day and all the Sheepskerry fairies were bundled up tightly, especially Tinker Bell’s little sisters.
I’m fairly certain you’ve met Tinker Bell’s little sisters, but if you have not, let’s please introduce them now. Here are:
The five Bell sisters – and their friend Poppy Flower – were making their way back from fairy school, which had let out early today, as the snow was falling fast and thick. They darted between snowflakes as they flew.
“Gnomes are lots of fun,” said Lily, “even if too many of them wear those awful pointy hats.”
“I like their hats!” said Rosie.
“Tutu!” СКАЧАТЬ